Introduction to Nankang IC
Design Incubation Center
ITRI/STC
June/15/2009
Why Fabless IC Design Industry?
Worldwide Semiconductor Industry
營
收 (百 萬 美 元
)
Revenue:US
(M)
$300,000
50.00%
2001-2008
1994-2000
CAGR=8.67%
CAGR=12.32%
$250,000
2009-2012
40.00%
CAGR=9.16%
30.00%
$200,000
20.00%
10.00%
$150,000
0.00%
$100,000
-10.00%
-20.00%
$50,000
-30.00%
$0
半導體營收
Revenue
Gross Rate
成長率
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
$101,800 $144,400$131,900$137,200$126,600 $149,400$204,400$138,900$140,800 $166,400$213,000$227,500$247,700$255,644 $248,603$194,797$209,032$227,544 $253,400
0.00%
41.85% -8.66%
4.02%
-7.73%
18.01% 36.81% -32.05% 1.37%
18.18% 28.00%
6.81%
8.88%
3.21%
-2.75% -18.00%
6.00%
9.00%
5.50%
-40.00%
Fabless Industry
Revenue:US (M)
營收(百萬美元)
$100,000
100.00%
$90,000
$80,000
1994-2000
2001-2008
2009-2012
CAGR=31.74%
CAGR=21.16%
CAGR=21.26%
80.00%
60.00%
$70,000
$60,000
40.00%
$50,000
20.00%
$40,000
$30,000
0.00%
$20,000
-20.00%
$10,000
$0
Revenue
設計營收
Gross
Rate
成長率
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
$3,248 $5,921 $6,729 $7,435 $7,280 $10,183 $16,983 $13,307 $14,632 $22,347 $33,362 $38,977 $49,591 $53,000 $51,000 $48,894 $57,901 $71,904 $87,170
0
82.30% 13.65% 10.49% -2.08% 39.88% 66.78% -21.65% 9.96% 52.73% 49.29% 16.83% 27.23% 6.87% -3.77% -4.13% 18.42% 24.18% 21.23%
Fabless IC Design Industry still maintains reasonable double digit growth rate.
-40.00%
Larger Cooperations have
more advantages?
Worldwide Top 20 Semiconductor Companies in 2008
US$(M)
Rank
2008
Rank
1998
Company
Revenue
2008
Growth
Rate
Rank
2008
Rank
1998
Company
Revenue
2008
Growth
Rate
1
1
Intel
34,274
-2.0%
11
-
Infineon
6,095
6%
2
6
Samsung
20,500
3%
12
16
AMD
5,962
-1%
3
5
TI
11,816
-11%
13
2
NEC
5,853
5%
4
4
Toshiba
10,092
-6%
14
-
Micron
5,320
-4%
5
-
TSMC
10,566
8%
15
-
NXP
5,218
-13%
6
9
STM
9,516
10%
16
-
Freescale
5,113
-6%
7
-
Renesas
7,836
-2%
17
10
Fujitsu
4,472
-2%
8
20
Sony
6,750
-6%
18
-
Panasonic
4,418
16%
9
-
Qualcomm
6,477
15%
19
-
Broadcom
4,658
23%
10
-
Hynix
6,324
-31%
20
-
Nvidia
3,425
-16%
Worldwide top 20 ：US(8)、Japan(6)、Europe(3)、Korea(2)、Taiwan(1).
The revenue of TSMC: $10.57B(Top 5).
Fabless IC companies：QUALCOMM(Top 9)、Broadcom(Top 19)、 NVIDIA(Top 20).
More than 50% Top-20s in 1998 drop out in 2008 list.
資料來源 : GSA. Dataquest. iSuppli
Worldwide Top 10 Fabless Companies in 2008
US$(M)
Rank
2008
Rank
1998
Company
Revenue
2008
Revenue
2007
Growth
Rate YoY(%)
Main Product
1
-
QUALCOMM
$ 6,477
$ 5,619
15 %
CDMA/3G Chipset
2
10
Broadcom
$ 4,658
$ 3,774
23%
Broadcast, DSL, Ethernet, WLAN,
VoIP
3
17
NVIDIA
$ 3,425
$ 4,098
-16%
Graphic IC
4
-
Marvell
$ 2,951
$ 2,895
2%
Ethernet, WLAN, HDD
5
-
MediaTek
$ 2,755
$ 2,472
11%
GSM/GPRS/WCDMA,DVD,DTV
IC
6
N/A
LSI
$ 2,677
$ 2,604
3%
Storage and Network Chip
7
3
Xilinx
$ 1,906
$ 1,809
5%
FPGA
8
-
Avago
$ 1,665
$ 1,554
7%
Analog/Mixed Signal
9
2
Altera
$ 1,367
$ 1,264
8%
FPGA
10
-
SanDisk
$ 1,030
$ 1,284
-20%
Flash、Memory Card
Top 10：US(9)、Taiwan(1).
More than 60% companies in 2008 Top-10 list are new.
Source：GSA (2009/03)
Why Taiwan?
Worldwide Foundries in 2008
Rank
2008
Company
Country
1
TSMC
2
Global Market Share
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
Taiwan
55%
51%
47%
50%
49%
48%
50%
UMC
Taiwan
25%
24%
24%
20%
19%
18%
16%
3
Chartered
Singapore
6%
6%
7%
7%
8%
7%
8%
4
SMIC
China
1%
3%
6%
7%
7%
8%
6%
5
Vanguard
Taiwan
0%
2%
3%
2%
2%
2%
3%
5
Dongbu
S. Korea
3%
3%
3%
2%
2%
3%
3%
7
X-Fab
Europe
1%
1%
1%
1%
1%
2%
2%
8
SSMC
Singapore
1%
1%
2%
2%
2%
2%
2%
9
HHNEC
China
2%
1%
2%
2%
2%
2%
2%
10
He Jian
China
0%
0%
1%
2%
2%
2%
2%
Top 10：Taiwan(3)、Singapore(2)、China(3)、Korea(1)、Europe(1).
The worldwide market shares of TSMC and UMC are 66%；Taiwan’s worldwide market share
in foundry is around 68.5%.
Source：IC Insights；IEK/ITRI (2009/03)
Worldwide Assembly & Testing in 2008




US$(M)
Country
2008
Revenue
2007
Revenue
Growth
Rate
2008
Market
Share
ASE(日月光)
Taiwan
$3,016
$3,086
-2%
15%
2
Amkor(艾克爾)
UAA
$2,658
$2,739
-3%
13%
3
3
SPIL(矽品)
Taiwan
$1,917
$1,967
-3%
10%
4
4
STATS Chip
PAC(新科金朋)
Singapore
$1,658
$1,631
2%
8%
5
5
Powertech(力成)
Taiwan
$954
$744
28%
5%
6
7
UTCA(聯測)
Singapore
$711
$765
-7%
4%
7
6
ChipMOS(南茂)
Taiwan
$519
$718
-28%
3%
8
8
KYEC(京元電)
Taiwan
$417
$413
1%
2%
9
9
嘉盛(Carsem)
Malaysia
$370
$372
-1%
2%
10
10
Unisem
Malaysia
$365
$341
7%
2%
2008
Rank
2007
Rank
Company
1
1
2
Top 10：Taiwan(5)、Singapore(2)、Malaysia (2)、USA(1).
Rank 1:ASE、Rank 3: SPIL.
Taiwan’s assembly & testing revenues accounted for 47.3% of the worldwide total.
Taiwan has unique and complete vertical integration supply chain.
Source：Gartner (2009/02)
Taiwan Top 10 Fabless Companies
US$(M)
2008
Rank
1998
Rank
Company
2008
Revenue
1998
Revenue
Growth
Rate
Product
1
4
MediaTek
$ 2,755
$85
11%
GSM/GPRS, DVD, DTV IC
2
-
HiMax
$ 1,005
N/A
10.9%
LDC Driver IC
3
6
Novatek
$ 798
$73
-28%
LCD Driver IC
4
-
Phison
$ 575
N/A
-8%
Flash Controller IC
5
8
RealTek
$ 510
$64
6%
Ethernet/WLAN/LCD
Controller IC
6
2
VIA
$ 242
$181
-46%
PC Chipset
7
9
Etron
$ 230
$64
-43%
DRAM/SRAM IC
8
-
Richtek
$ 207
N/A
11%
Power Management IC
9
-
Sitronix
$ 195
N/A
12%
LCD Driver/ Micro controller
10
-
Raydium
$ 193
N/A
51%
LCD driver IC/ LEDDriver/
Power Managerment IC
Worldwide Fabless Top10
Taiwan Fabless Top10
Average
Average
Average
Growth Rate
GPM
NPM
30%
30%
45%
30%
25%
20%
Operation
Cost
20%
10%
The top 10 fabless companies in Taiwan are small-medium enterprises except MTK.
The revenue of Taiwan IC design industry accounted for 24% of the worldwide total.
Source:GSA(2009/04).IEK
Introduction of Nankang IC
Design Incubation Center
Background & Goals
Strategies
Background & Goal
 Project funded by government to grow fabless IC design
industry in Taiwan since 2003.
STC
Strategic Alliances
Technology Transfer
and Joint Development
• ITRI
• Universities
• EDA Vendors
Nan-kang IC Design
Incubation Center
• Measurment instruments
vendors
• Design Services
• VCs
Technical, financial, and
other services
Incubated Companies
Syncpower, 5VT, Kolorific,
Terminus, IC ARTiS, …
•High Added Value
•Fast Growth Rate
•Excellent Profit Margin
Strategies
 Capital Requirement
 IC Design Infrastructure
 Government Incentive Program
 Semiconductor Industrial Alliance
 VCs
 Talent Pool
 ITRI/STC Service & Support
 ITRI/STC Joint-development
 Technology
 M&A
 ITRI/STC Transfer
 Industry Collaboration
Member Qualifications
 Qualifications:
 Fabless IC design start-ups registered in Taiwan within 3
years
 Fabless IC design SME registered in Taiwan & has jointdevelopment or needs technical services/support of
ITRI/STC.
All applications are subjected to be approved by the committee
for membership of the incubation center
 Application Process:
Submit
Business Plan
Reviewed by
the
Incubation
Center
Committee
Meeting
Conclusion
Approval
Application Documentation
 Documents to be submitted for application:





One business plan or brief report for application which contains:
Basic Information and Current Status of the Company
Product and Technology:
IC related technologies and the innovativeness and market value
analysis of the product
Management Team:
Background information on company officers and main managers
Financial Plans:
Projected financial statements for the next three years
Other Items:
EDA usage plans, SWOT analysis , and other information if necessary
Incubation Services ItemsIC Design Automation Computing Center
 Beseline Services：
 Network
 Provide one set of L2 Switch: 24 ports 10/100Base
+ 2 Gigabit Ethernet ports
 Optic fiber network is deployed and tested
 To allocate VLAN to each company for ensuring
data security
 Firewall for network access control
 Servers
 To provide half-sized server rack space
 Storage
 To provide 50GB RAID storage.
＊Free Services
Incubation Services ItemsIC Design Automation Computing Center (Continue)
 Beseline Services：
 Backup
 Full Backup (once per week)
 Incremental Backup (once per day)
 The backup data will be preserved at least one
month.
 Server Room
 Entrance control
 UPS
 Environment monitoring & auto-reporting system
 24-hour temperature & humidity control
＊Free Services
Incubation Services ItemsIC Design Automation Computing Center (Continue)
 IC Design Automation Computing Center- Optional





Server Leasing and Management
Storage Leasing and Management
Customized Data Backup
Remote Backup Services
IT management technical service
＊Provide favorable rate
Incubation Services ItemsIC Design Automation Computing Center (Continue)
 IC Design Automation Computing CenterOperation Model
INTERNET
Office Spaces
Firewall
Server Room
1Gb Fiber
Storage & Backup
Servers
ADSL Router
License Servers
育成中心提供
Foundry FES-2402
Power
PS1
PS2
1
2
Console
Lnk/Act
Lnk/Act
裝置雙網卡以同時
連接EDA Domain 與
OA Domain
13
14
Firewall
1
3
5
7
9
11
13
15
17
19
21
23
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
20
22
24
Catalyst 2950 SERIES
1
FDX
FDX
SYST
2
RPS
STRT UTIL DUPLXSPEED
FOUNDRY
NETWORKS
FastIron Edge 2402
MODE
1Gb Fiber
WEB Server
Management Servers
EDA Computing
Servers
Terminal or PC
For Login to
EDA Computing Servers
Mail Server
PC For OA
Computing Server 由廠商自行採購
育成中心提供部份Server租用。
Internal File Server
Incubation Services ItemsIC Design Automation Computing Center (Continue)
Incubation Services Items-EDA Tools
 EDA Tools (EDA-On-Demand)
 Fault-tolerant license server scheme and license
management.
 Management, update & maintenance of various EDA
tools and binary executable version.
 EDA tool environment setups
 EDA Vendors：Cadence, Synopsys (Synplicity), Tanner,
Incentia….
＊Exact Favorable rate is subject to the EDA Vendors’ offerings.
Incubation Services Items-Measurement Lab
 Measurement Lab
 Measurement equipments and open lab space for leasing.
Measurement Equipment Services:
Vendor
Agilent、LeCroy 、R&S、Tektronix
Categories Signal Generator、 Spectrum Analyzer、
Oscilloscope 、 Logic Analyzer…etc
Duration
Weekly/ Monthly/ Quarterly
＊Provide favorable rate
Incubation Services Items-Measurement Lab
Incubation Services Items-Design Service & MPW
 Design Service & MPW
 Global Unichip CORP
 Foundry：tsmc
(0.35um~65nm)Vanguard(0.5um~0.18um)
 EE solution
 Foundry： tsmc(0.25um~0.13um)、
UMC(0.5um~90nm)、SMIC(0.35um~0.13nm)、
HEJIAN(0.18um)、TOWER (0.35um~0.18um)
 Uleadtek
 Foundry： IBM(0.35um~90nm)、
Chartered(0.35um~90nm)、UMC(0.5um~0.18um)、
Vanguard(0.5um~0.18um)、GSMC (0.25um~0.13um)、
HHNEC (0.35um~0.18um)、X-fab(0.25um~0.18um)、
HEJIAN(0.35um~0.18um)
Incubation Services ItemsOffice Space & Administration
Office Space & Administration
Item
Cost
Free of Charge items
Conference room & No
exhibition zone
Appliance
No
Administration
supports
 Projector, shredder, refrigerator, microwave
oven….
 Mails delivery, repair claiming assistance,
miscellaneous information provision
No
Services charged by costs
Rent + admin. cost Approx.
USD$1.4/feet2
Water, electricity & Yes
air conditioning
Copy Card
Security entrance
badge
Payment Term Remarks
Quarterly
payment
Monthly
payment
USD$10/each
USD$3/each While move-in
1 坪 = 35.6 Square Feet
 Electricity—independent-metered electric bill
 Water & air conditioning—proportionate share of
the building’s bill ($ per rent area)
 500 copies available
Incubation Services ItemsOffice Space & Administration (Continue)
Space Saving (Example)
Space available
No other
separate large
meeting room
is needed in
office.
Actual space rented
•No extra lab is needed in the office.
About 10% office space can be saved.
Laboratory space is
open.
Usage fee is charged
accordingly.
break room
Free
About 10%
office space
can be saved.
No computing server
room is needed in
office.
•Lab bench and other basic facilities
are provided with 24 hr access.
Meeting room/
No cost on electricity
and air-conditioning.
About 5% office space
and 10% water and
electricity expenses
can be saved.
Computing
Server room
Free
Incubation Services ItemsOffice Space & Administration (Continue)
Cost Saving (Example)
Original rental, water and electricity expenses are about
USD$ 6,270 (Take 3500 Square Feet for example)
Rental
Location
Size
Water + Electricity
USD/Month
Main Office
2275 ft2
(Actual
Size:65P)
4,800
Lab
105 ft2
152
Meeting Room
290 ft2
727
Location
0
Partial expenses
absorbed by NKIC
USD/Month
Main Office
364
Lab (Electricity /Air Condition)
76
Server Room
(Water/Electricity /Air
Condition)
152
USD$955
Reduce approximate 15% more! (955÷6,270)
0
0
Incubation Services ItemsJoint Research & Design
 Joint-Research & Design
 EDA tools evaluation & design methodology / flow
development
 ITRI technology transfer and consultation.
 IC joint-development
Incubation Services ItemsKnowledge-Based Services
 Knowledge-Based Services
Talents Recruit
Services
Technical
Seminars
VC Alliance
Financial
Consulting
Industrial Technology
Investment Corporation
Government Incentives
主辦
單位
補助
方式
New
Leading
Products
Program
MOEA-IDB
補助
款
ITDP
Industrial
Technology
Development
Program
MOEA-IDB
SBIR
MOEA-
Small
Business
Innovation
Research
department
of
industrial
technology
SMEG
MOEA-
small and
medium
enterprise
credit
guarantee
fund of
Taiwan
Small and
Medium
Enterprise
Administra
tion
項目
補助額度
對象/範圍
備註
總經費40%為上限
1.新興高科技開發之產品，符合「晶片
系統國家型科技計畫」前 瞻產品、
平台分項計畫範圍。
2.產品關鍵技術需超越國內目前工業技
術水準。
配合晶片系統國家型科技計畫
總目標，協助半導體產業開發
潛力IC產品，並推動SoC科技之
整合。
專案
貸款
1.前瞻性、重大影響技術開
發：總經費40%為上限。
2.一般技術開發：總經費
30%為上限。
各開發產業技術之廠商
補助
款
先期階段個別申請：NT100萬為上限
研發聯盟：NT500萬為上限
研究開發階段個別申請：NT1000萬元為限
研發聯盟：申請家數x
NT1000萬，最高至NT5000萬
1.依公司法設立之本公司
2.資本額NT8,000萬元以下或加入勞保
員工人數200人以內之中小企業。
3.無欠稅紀錄，且於近五年內未曾因
執行政府相關科技專案計畫有解除
合約紀錄者。
貸款
協助
1.不得超過該計劃所需經費
之80%
2.最高NT一億元
3.保證成數最高九成
1.實收資本額NT 8,000萬元以下。
2.連續營業達半年以上，或經常僱用員
工人數未滿200人，且連續營業已達1
年以上。
1.透過信用保證，分擔銀行辦
理中小企業貸款之信用風險，
提升銀行貸款意願。
2.協助信用無嚴重瑕疵，具發
展潛力但擔保品不足的中小
企業取得銀行融資。
Convenient Transportation Network
90 minutes
Hsinchu
Science Park
60 minutes
45 minutes
Taipei County
Taoyuan
Sanchong
Xindian
CKS
Airport
Tianmu
Xinyi Dist.
Xizhi
Song Shan
Airport
Nei
Hu
30 minutes
Nan-Kang Software Park
Taipei Main
Zhonghe Station
Taipei City
Downtown
Xinzhuang
Keelong
Transportation Map
(國道五號)
Public Transportation System-Now
 Easy access to major highways and expressways
-Chungshan First Highway
-The Second Freeway
-The National Highway No.5
-Huan Dong Blvd
About 2 minutes drive to the above connections to other Taipei areas
 By MRT
Nankang Software Park Station (will be available in Dec. 2008)
 By Bus
經貿園區站 311、620、645、629、51、281、小1、藍12、藍21、藍22 。
南港站 203、205、212、276、306、281、605 。
 Nangkang Software Park sulttle bus
Tien-Mu Line、Tu-Chen Line、Pei-To Line 、Chung-Ho Line
 Parking
Parking spaces for visitors in NK Software Park Phase I & II
Monthly rental parking spaces around NK Software Park
Public Transportation SystemFuture
Railway + Metro + High Speed Rail in Nangkang
High Speed Rail in Nangkang－Starts from Dec./2010
Taiwan Railway in Nangkang－ Starts from Dec/2008
Metro in Nangkang－ Nangkang Line & Neihu Line ：
Nangkang Line (南港站) － Starts from Dec/2008
Neihu Line (南港軟體園區站、南港展覽館站)－Starts from
July/2009
View of Nangkang Software Park
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Contact Window
STC/ ITRI: Amanda Lee

Phone: 02-2655-7155 ext.318

E-Mail：amandalee@itri.org.tw

Fax: 02-2655-7115

Address: 10F, No.3-2, Yuanqu St., Nan-Kang District, Taipei City
STC/ ITRI : Miranda Soon

Phone: 02-2655-7155 ext.323

E-Mail: soon@itri.org.tw
STC/ ITRI : Rita Huang

Phone: 02-2655-7155 ext.328

E-Mail: ritahuang@itri.org.tw
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