A smart tool for Purchasing Departments

From a short data input list, with no need for a technical expertise, IC Price+ will help you :

• Negotiate the purchasing price of integrated circuits, delivered in wafers, chips or packaged ICs,
• Identify the best supply sources/costs according to technology and volume and their evolution,
• Make the best technological choice to fit with your delivery schedule.

A powerful tool for Senior Technologists and Project Leaders

From a detailed data input list and fine tuning of technical parameters, IC Price+ will help you :

• Evaluate a new technology through yields and costs evolution,
• Calculate the production cost and selling price of  an IC, depending on foundries and manufacturers,
• Evaluate the relationship between an IC function, a technology, an equipment and manufacturing cost, floor price, NRE, etc.

Easy to install, friendly to use, and safe for workgroups New!

• No admin privilege is required for setup

1.  IC Price+ is working from a single MS-Excel™ file and an external and sharable data file.
2. Requires only basic MS-Excel ™ or MS-Office™ suite (from 2003 to 2010 release)

• Results are fully open-format

1. You can modify or export final results, and build reports your own style as in any Excel workbook.

• Workgroup-compliant, safely

1. All the data managed by IC Price+ are stored in an external MS-Access™ database file. Data cannot be read from the single Excel file and access rights to the database are needed. Multiple access, data sharing and data integrity are secured.

• Market relevant features

1. Commercial life cycle and price versus quantity rules can be set to fit precisely your market.

• New technology models

1. IC Price+ is ready to modelize any technology down to 45nm.
2. The model for probe test and final test price calculation is based on test time evaluation from  the device functions.
3.  Wafer back end processes are managed with accuracy.