Description VCX Software runs an online bazaar for people who want to make chips. Not fish and chips, but semiconductor chips. The company was created in 2003 to take over The Virtual Component Exchange (VCX), a portal for semiconductor intellectual property (SIP) established in 1997 by Scottish Enterprise, a government economic development agency. While the VCX portal continues to offer SIP, design tools, and silicon foundry services from the likes of Chartered Semiconductor, VCX Software is trying to drum up more business by also providing e-commerce applications, Web consulting and services, custom software development, and training.