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NMI Design Survey 2006

In early 2006 the National Microelectronics Institute undertook a sector wide survey on semiconductor design related activities in the UK and Ireland. A report is now ready and presents the findings together with insight and commentary into the status of design activities here. Weighing in at 55 pages, the report covers market sectors, technology, employment, business indicators, business & technical challenges - details of the reports’ contents can be seen below.

Member companies of NMI can download this report by logging into the Members Area or request additional complementary copies of the report by email. The file is large and my be stopped by size limits on your server, so please try to download from the members area first.

The report is also available to non-members for £995 + VAT and comes in hardcopy and electronic format.
Table of Contents:

Commentary and Analysis
Summary
Recommendations
Industry Support
NMI Work
Survey Intent
Setting the Scene
The Importance of Micro-electronics
Microelectronics Impact
The Recent Downturn & Value-Chain Reconfiguration
Europe and Engagement with Collaborative Research Funding
Survey Regional Breakdown & Clusters
Industry Challenge: Visibility
Why is Visibility a Problem?
Industry Perspective
Market
Application and Technology
Report Framework
End Markets
A Note Regarding “Other” Markets
Market Breakdown by Region
Products and Applications
Regional Breakdown
Business Confidence Indicators
Business Outlook
The Long List of Business Challenges
Funding
Value Chain, Supply Chain and Winning Customers
Competition
Operational Efficiencies
Growth Pains
...Company Development
...Recruitment & Skills
...Graduates
Design Activity
Design Starts
Design Complexity
Keeping Up with Technology
Technology Drivers
Technology Use
Company Analysis
Ownership
Regional Breakdown
Size & Age
Employment Analysis
Conclusions
Industry-level
Firm-level
Individual-level
Government-level
About NMI
NMI Members
Appendix A: Strategic Groupings & Company Definitions
Appendix B: Economic Development Agencies
English Region Annual Budget
Appendix C: Cluster Maps
East of England Development Agency (EEDA)
East Midlands Development Agency (EMDA)
Invest Northern Ireland (INI)
London Development Agency (LDA)
North West Development Agency (NWDA)
One North East (ONE)
Scottish Enterprise (SE)
South East England Development Agency (SEEDA)
South West Regional Development Agency (SWRDA)
Welsh Development Agency (WDA)
West Midlands Development Agency (WMDA)
Yorkshire Forward (YF)

 
List of Figures

Figure 1 Microelectronics Underpins over $5000 Billion of Service Industry
Figure 2 Semiconductors Yield High Value Added Content of Products
Figure 3 Split of Respondents by National Regions
Figure 4 UK Geographic Position of Microelectronics Design Companies
Figure 5 Percentage of Firms Split by Region for All Respondents
Figure 6 London – Cardiff Map
Figure 7 Percentage Market Breakdown for All Respondents
Figure 8 Application Areas of Companies by Development Agency
Figure 9 End Market for the Development Agencies
Figure 10 End Products and Applications
Figure 11 End Products and Applications for the Development Agencies
Figure 12 Business Outlook
Figure 13 Design Starts 2005 - 2006
Figure 14 Major Technology Platforms
Figure 15 Technology Platform Activity by Region
Figure 16 The Employing Companies
Figure 17 Regional Variation for Foreign Listed, UK Limited Companies
Figure 18 Number of Employees Related to Company Formation Date
Figure 19 Make up of company size from respondents
Figure 20 Participating Companies Year of Formation from 1980
Figure 21 Median Company Formation Dates for UK Economic Regions
Figure 22 Split of Employee Skills in the Design Companies
Figure 23 Skills Mix for Microelectronics Companies
Figure 24 Split of Hardware Design Skills
Figure 25 Split of Software Design Skills
Figure 26 Split of Manufacturing and Production Design Skills
Figure 27 Regional Variations in Employee Skill Mix
Figure 28 NMI Strategy
Figure 29 Semiconductor Supply & Value Chain Model
Figure 30 Table of Economic Development Agencies
Figure 31 Split of design respondents across the UK by region
Figure 32 English Region Annual Budget
Figure 33 Source of Funding for Development Agencies

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
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