Abstract :
Judging China an electronics superpower in the making, large corporations like Japan´s NEC, as well as independent Taiwanese investors, are racing to set up semiconductor wafer fabrication lines within its territory. This paper examines how, all the same, given the overall downturn in the chip sector, some observers wonder whether this is the right time for companies to start building expensive fabs in China.
Keywords :
electronics industry; production; semiconductor device manufacture; China; Japan; NEC; Taiwan; electronics industry; semiconductor wafer fabrication lines; Bridge circuits; Consumer electronics; Fabrication; Foundries; National electric code; Production; Semiconductor device manufacture; Surface contamination; Thermal pollution; Wireless networks;
