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Using IP has become prevalent because the benefits outweigh the risks. Many successful projects have saved time and money by using circuits that were developed elsewhere, either in another part of the same company or at an IP vendor.

When building a complex SOC, only those in enormous organizations have luxury of designing every bit of the chip. The rest of us rely on purchasing IP. No one thinks twice about using a digital cell library from an outside source, or a padcells for the padring. Using PLLs and Phys are fairly commonplace too. Less common [...]