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Essential Guide to Semiconductors, The
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Essential Guide to Semiconductors, The

by Jim Turley
December 2002
Beginner
239 pages
5h 43m
English
Pearson
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The Business of Making Semiconductors

Semiconductor manufacturing is a multibillion-dollar business with hundreds of suppliers, large and small, playing their part. From raw silicon in one end to finished product out the other, every chip passes through a dozen different corporate hands. Nothing is small scale and even the smallest niches in the supply chain are multimillion-dollar markets employing thousands of people.

Some segments of the industry are labor intensive and have been gradually moving from country to country as taxes, wage rates, and educational levels change and shift. Others are capital intensive and tend to stay centered in industrialized countries. Copyrights, patents, and intellectual property laws also affect what business ...

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