Silicon modelers are from mars, gaas modelers are from venus

Silicon Modelers Are from Mars, GaAs Modelers Are from Venus is a paper that states that most common modeling differences between silicon and GaAs modelers are a result of fundamental philosophical differences between the modelers and process users, which the author exemplifies by means of its eponymous metaphor: that silicon and GaAs modelers are from distinct planets - silicon modelers from Mars and GaAs modelers from Venus - and that each group is acclimated to its own planet's technology's society and customs, but not to those of the other. One example is silicon modelers complaint that if they offer solutions to problems that GaAs modelers bring up in conversation, the GaAs modelers are not necessarily interested in solving those problems, but mainly want to talk about them. The paper asserts each groups can be understood in terms of distinct ways they respond to customer expectations and the products their models are used to design. The focus is on bipolar modeling in SiGe and GaAs technologies.