The time taken to validate the chip and move it to volume production bears the highest risk and business impact of the entire SoC development process.  At the point when the chip comes back from the fab, up to and beyond $50 million has been invested.  Now is the time to ship it to customers as soon as possible to gain maximum revenues, profits and market share.

More crucially, now could be the one and only time the socket could be even won (or kept from competitors) until another consumer buying cycle or communications infrastructure standard rollout comes around.  An extra week in silicon validation could mean the loss of key markets for a year, or forever.

An investment in ClearBlue is an “insurance” against the uncertainty of executing against ambitious product integration plans.

• Build predictability into your product rollout plans
• Enter the market on time and achieve the ROI you forecasted