SI List members, The fundamental question from the perspective of a service bureau is whether, or not we have enough work to keep the EMC/SI talent busy. Frankly, I don't know that a service bureau supplying layout alone can survive with a model that includes top flight EMC/SI resources unless they are getting the lions share of the market. Having said that I do believe that my firm, Hytek Services, can absorb the costs associated with keeping a SpecctraQuest/hSpice/XTK/Hyperlynx user on staff owing to the comprehensive nature of our IN HOUSE offering i.e. software, board level design, simulations, layout, prototype & production assembly, sheetmetal, machining, etc.. If a potential customer says to me that they want to partner with Hytek for proto/pilot/production manufacturing, but that I need to have someone full-time on the front end due to the volume of work, hey, I will make it happen. In fact, I already have XTK & Hyperlynx covered, but I am looking for someone with SQ experience at this time. Patrick O'Shea Director of Business Development Hytek Services, Engineering & Manufacturing 3333 Bowers Avenue, Suite 185 Santa Clara, CA 95054 Cell: 408.593.3241 Direct: 408.727.9770x220 Fax:408.727.9557 www.hytekservices.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shawn Arnold" <sarnold@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, March 15, 2002 8:46 AM Subject: [SI-LIST] Need for SI Service Bureaus? > To all list members, > > A few of us in Silicon Valley have been discussing the need for a Specctraquest "type", tools to be determined by market demands, Signal Integrity service bureau, similar to PCB design service bureaus. > > After researching the market, we have noticed that there are a small handful of EMS players that offer this service, but they concentrate on the "complete" system build for their top tier clients. We have also noticed that a couple of PCB design service bureaus have poked into this area, but typically will not pay for quality SI talent to do the job correctly and have gotten bad reputations already, the same can be said for a few top tier PCB fabricators. > > Has the market reached a point where outsourcing of these typically internal resources is a valid business model and under what conditions would you use, or not use, this type of service? > > Please respond, pro or con. All comments welcome. > > Sincerely, > Shawn Arnold > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > To unsubscribe from si-list: > si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field > > or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: > //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list > > For help: > si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field > > List archives are viewable at: > //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list > or at our remote archives: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages > Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: > http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list or at our remote archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu