China’s Semiconductor Catchup is Critical to Future Technology Competition

February 23, 2019 by Brian Wang

Dr. Walden Rhines, Chief Executive Officer, Mentor Graphics talked about the semiconductor industry. Semiconductors are critical to global technological competition. The world-class semiconductor companies are in the USA, South Korea and Taiwan. Japan and Europe have solid semiconductor technology as well. China lags about 5-10 years behind in this critical technology. China will invest hundreds …

China will spend big to fix semiconductor dependence as they imported $260 billion in chips versus $162 billion in oil

September 5, 2018 by Brian Wang

China imported US$260 billion worth of semiconductors in 2017, more than its $162 billion imports of crude oil. Chinese-made chips made up less than 20% of domestic demand in the same year, according to the China Semiconductor Industry Association. As part of a massive push to lower foreign semiconductor dependence China will be spending tens …