[SI-LIST] Re: SI work - part or full time endeavor
- From: Ray Anderson <reanderson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 18:33:55 -0700
Though your motivation to secure the info you requested sounds sincere,
and the actual information is fairly generic, I'd venture to say that
you would probably get more responses if the question didn't emanate
from an anonymous source. (though I do understand that your management
might not be too keen on identifying their company in relation to such a
question)
-Ray
D wrote:
>I work in a division of a large company that designs and manufactures boards
>and systems. As many as 20 new high speed multi-layer board designs are done
>every year. After hiring on, I was surprised to learn that SI was not part of
>the pre-design or design verification process. I did some further
>investigation and learned that many board level reliability issues were
>clearly signal integrity related. After a 1/2 dozen meetings with key
>decision makers I was able to secure quasi-commit on a 3 month project to
>define an SI process that was suited/tailored for my division's business.
>While doing so, I evaluated a few SI tools in parallel with help from this
>list.
>The good news is that a reasonable process is now in place along with budget
>for the tools. The bad news is that the same decision makers are now
>reluctant to commit full time resources to doing the SI work. It seems that
>there are two reasons for this: 1) they do not understand the complexities of
>the work (in fact, it seems that few EEs truly understand SI); 2) because of
>item number 1, they fear that the SI work will become "science project"
>oriented and will in turn delay design schedules.
>
>In the past I have successfully leveraged feedback from this list as
>supporting data (so to speak) for persuading said reluctant decision makers to
>"see the light" on the SI front. So, I'd like to ask the list to help me once
>more by answering the following simple questions:
>
> a.. Is there a dedicated, full time, SI team or group at your place of
> business?
> b.. If you have an SI group, how many people are in the group?
>
>If you do not wish to broadcast this information, please feel free to respond
>to me directly.
>
>Thanks in advance and best regards,
>
>D
>
>
.
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