Increasing the cost of developing semiconductor solutions leads to an increase in the number of mergers and acquisitions among industry players and the active search for alternative production technologies,. So, this year was held 23 transactions between different companies - more than in the two previous years combined. The total amount of these transactions reached nearly $ 30 billion. The largest this year are transactions between Avago and LSI, as well as Infineon and International Rectifier.
The cost of developing semiconductor solutions with topological 28 nm may reach $ 36 million, 20-nm require the investment of $ 53 million already, with a further reduction of design standards will lead to an additional increase in development costs. It is noted that some of the decisions, sensitive to the value, not pass on the technology of 10-14 nm in the next 4-6 years.
To reduce the cost of solutions addressing various new technologies. This, for example, the use of a three-layer substrate type "silicon on insulator" and the three-dimensional arrangement of chips as an alternative to expensive scaling scheme in the plane.