Semiconductor industry and market

What is a company called whose business model is licensing design assets (IP) such as CPUs to other companies for fees?

  1. AFoundry
  2. BIP vendor
  3. COSAT
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Answer: B. IP vendor

IP vendors develop design assets such as CPU cores and interface circuits and license them to semiconductor companies, earning license fees and per-product royalties. Using IP lets semiconductor companies reduce development time and cost.

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