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Q: There are three companies MOSIS (USA), CMP-TIMA (France) and CMC Microsystems (in Canada). What type of services they provide for VLSI designers? Explain with reason why we should have one such company in Pakistan?

Answer 1

All these mentioned names related with semiconductor manufacturing unit and helping designers.

1) MoSiS USA based industry expertise in providing multi project wafer(MPW) in semiconductor IC industry also provide various support in providing low cost practical prototyping in debugging their design before investment for big. As mask cost increasing, most of the designers uses MPWs for their design verification using single wafer. MoSIS keeps low cost of prototype by aggregating multiple design set on single mask set.

2) CMP France based, established in 1981, Multi Project Wafer service organization in IC inovation. CMP provides their prototype to small industry, university, Research laboratories for making low volume semiconductor foundries. It provides various design kits and CAD tools as well.

TIMA is France based research laboratory provide post fabrication test support to designers.

3)CMC microsystems Canada based industry, helping industry, research laboratory with best technology of design tools. It also helps university researchers understanding engineering design, in micro-nano system. It establishe collaboration between industry and university, which helps students understanding design and industry gets best designer.

All these industry support designers in learning prototype of various devices under semiconductor. If such industry comes or established in Pakistan, surely it will help their students learning world class designing, that will create students jobs ready which ultimately increase their GDP. Semiconductor technology is very essential part of any device today, as all these industry provide tools and prototype, which helps researchers designing prototype before investing their money in big project.