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Europe’s IC design companies up 12.7 per cent on 2005
Future Horizons plots solid growth for European fabless and IC design, recently published in the 2006 edition of its European Chipless & Fabless Design House Report covering independent IC design companies in Western Europe and Israel
Despite a number of acquisitions in this sector the number of independent chipless, fabless and IC design houses in Europe continues to rise according to Future Horizons. The number of fabless start-ups is up almost 13 per cent over 2005. The UK again stands out as having three times as many companies as other European regions with the exception of Israel, which is also included in the report "The UK position is no surprise and Israel has always been a source of new company generation, but Germany and France, despite their size, lag behind the leading two by some margin. The smaller Switzerland has seen the largest percentage new design company growth in recent times," said Chris Ryan, semiconductor industry analyst, Future Horizons.
