By: Mark LaPedus
Backed by billions of dollars in government funding, China in 2014 launched a major initiative to advance its domestic semiconductor, IC-packaging and other electronic sectors. So far, though, the results are mixed.
China is making progress in IC-packaging, but the nation’s efforts to advance its domestic logic and memory sectors are still a work in progress. In fact, China has yet to achieve its goal of closing the technology and trade gap with foreign chipmakers.
The government isn’t throwing in the towel, however. On the contrary, it continues to invest in the semiconductor sector, and now it appears to be putting its emphasis on one area in particular—memory. [Read more…]
Source: Semiconductor Engineering