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Japanese Chip Makers to Unite

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the the-march-of-forward-progress dept.

Doctor Memory writes "The Register reports that several Japanese semiconductor manufacturers (Toshiba, Hitachi and Renesas, and possibly NEC and Matsushita) are in talks to create a "semiconductor superpower" to counter rivals in Taiwan, the US and China. The firms are in talks to create a shared foundry, which might set the stage for the creation of a 45-nanometer process well in advance of the competition."

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  1. Ship Has Already Sailed to China by mpapet · · Score: 4, Informative

    Most of this stuff is moving to China as fast as humanly possible.

    R&D and (b)leading-edge manufacturing is still in Taiwan, but moving at lightning speed to China ASAP.

    As I recall:
    Employees cost roughly 1/3 the price of an American worker. Employees in China cost roughly 1/4 the price of a Taiwanese worker.

    Is my recollection still true?

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  2. Re:Price Fixing by LWATCDR · · Score: 3, Informative

    Well there is still companies US, Taiwan, and the EU competing with these manufactures. If they "fix" the price too high then companies in these other countries can undercut them.

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  3. Re:Do Over by mpapet · · Score: 2, Informative

    As I recall:
    Taiwanese employees cost roughly 1/3 the price of an American worker. Employees in China cost roughly 1/4 the price of a Taiwanese worker.

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    http://www.maxineudall.com/2010/02/should-economists-be-sued-for-malpractice.html
  4. Re:I for one welcomeourJapanese chip making overlo by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    has to be a wholly owned company to be called insourcing.

    owned by many = not wholly owned by any.

    so it's outsourcing.

    not that i'm pedantic or anything

  5. Re:I for one welcomeourJapanese chip making overlo by Bill+Wong · · Score: 2, Informative

    No... That's not quite right either.
    Joint Ventures are typically formed for this kind of strategic alliance.
    Joint Ventures are typically owned by the parties involved, so, it's not exactly outsourcing...