countzero wrote:
once again, I'm not talking about producing the silicon. Tell me one leading semiconductor design company that hails from china.
Not sure, that's a little confusing. First sentence sounds like your talking about companies that are "producing the silicon" and the second sentence sounds like asking for a "design company" that hails from China.
I know for sure on the "producing the silicon" side that Hynix (worlds second largest manufacture of RAM) just built a brand new $2 billion 12" fab in China (300mm). Hence I no longer have a job at the 8" (200mm) fab I worked at. But most companies are going to 12" and it costs a lot to try to upgrade, plus U.S. wages vs China, I'd probably go there too. :-)
Though not sure what products the 12" fab in China is making, but Hynix fabs make RAM, CCDs, flash ram for iPods etc...
EDIT:Intels new $2.5billion 12" fab is suppose to begin production in 2010, but I don't if they have any current 8" or other fabs over there right now.
