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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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