[SI-LIST] Re: Need for SI Service Bureaus?

My company (innoveda) supplies SI consulting to our customers as an
"in sourcing" type service (that is, we go there and do it with you) and
also as a complete service type function. The problems listed by other
list members (ie. getting models, liability etc.) are very real and do
complicate things which is why we prefer to augment our customers.

We also find the SI - Route loop is so tight that you need to be working
with the circuit designer and layout engineer on a continuous basis to fix
most problems.


Jon Powell
Innoveda Consulting Services

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Shawn Arnold [mailto:sarnold@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, March 15, 2002 8:47 AM
> To: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 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
> 
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