PLMs and Semiconductors - Problems and Challenges

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) was first introduced by automobile and defense companies in the mid 1980’s with the goal of reducing development cost and speeding up the product development process.

While PLM systems have seen success in these and other industries with large design teams and well established methodologies, the adoption rate in the semiconductor space has been slow. This can be attributed to a number of factors.

This white paper discusses the problems and challenges of trying to use a PLM system in the semiconductor design environment and presents an alternative solution that provides the most critical functions of a PLM system, but without the cost and increased maintenance overhead.

See the PDF at: PLMs and Semiconductors - Problems and Challenges