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SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Tessera Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSRA) today announced that on February 17, 2011, it sent Amkor Technology, Inc. an official notice of termination of their license agreement with Tessera. The two companies are currently in arbitration regarding multiple issues, including several past breaches by Amkor of the license agreement.
"We have concluded that the best course of action is to terminate Amkor's license agreement with us," stated Henry R. Nothhaft, chairman and chief executive officer, Tessera. "We will take the necessary steps to protect our innovation and technology, our shareholders, and our licensees in good standing."
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Definitely, the emphasis is on opportnities, not challenges.
i guess the increased complexity will demand supply chain experts to understand trends specific to various sectors, not just on a general note. the trends in tablets and PC, telecoms and the fabless companies brings up varying factors and stacks, meaning they must be tackled independently of each other.
However, you “your current suppliers are the best sources to go to for solutions”
is this remark to the supply chain practitioners? i ask because all indication shows that the supply chain and suppliers must all adjust to meet the demands of the designers and the market.
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You are correct-this statement is sent from a supply chain management perspective, and is only offerred as the “supplier you know” is teh best place to push for reccomendations and solutions since switching costs are minimal, and relationships are more robust.
Thanks for weighing in, Cheers…
With increase demand for tablets and smartphones the supply chain turns out to be a crucial factor. To design products with the considerations of the components used in is really a challenging task for engineers also. Since most of the component vendors are making their products targeting these two sets of products, finding component for other kind of applications like medical, avionincs is also really challenging…