Systems definition and product architecture
- Design and proto-type evaluation
- Production release
- Second source or EOL replacement
- Treehouse will develop a product fully compliant with existing specification(s)
- Cost reduction
- Treehouse can help realize cost reductions through integration,
- PC Board integration and re-design, or
- Lower cost process
Supplier management - IP suppliers, IC foundry’s, packaging and test houses
- Negotiate pricing and schedule
- Complete IP comparison study
- Manage data hand-off
- Manage contract negotiations
- Quality plan touch points among suppliers
- Proto-type development and evaluation
- Project management
- Quality and reliability, packaging, failure analysis, IP development, CAD
- Budget, schedule and quality
- Risk analysis and avoidance – DFMEA and other analysis tools
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Documentation
- Design specifications, reports and reviews
- Project plan template
- Compliance matrix template
- Test specification/flow template
- Coding style document, digital RTL
- Backend (physical integration) document template
- Silicon evaluation template and report
- Tape-out checklist
- 3rd party IP selection/qualification report
- Tool selection report
- Package selection report
- Foundry selection/qualification report
- Verification plan
- Design for test/manufacturability guidelines
- Production flow
- Manage production and inventory
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