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Panel 6: The Internationalization of Cooperation -- New Challenges
Pages 175-186

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From page 175...
... He echoed the comment by Ken Flamm that success has many fathers and applied it to the semiconductor industry, underlining just how successful it has been. He then introduced the first speaker, George Scalise, president of the Semiconductor Industry Association, past chair of the Semiconductor Research Corporation, and a former member of the board of SEMATECH.
From page 176...
... Since then SRC has helped to increase the number of engineering graduates and to enhance technology training. It has also created an "integrated, virtual semiconductor research laboratory" that funds projects at about 65 universities across the country.
From page 177...
... The number of electrical engineering graduates has declined by 40 percent. "We're going to have to create a sea change," he said, "that will allow us to be far more efficient, far more effective." He said that cooperative research was needed to bring about a linked series of necessary steps more research can drive market competition; more competition can allow the industry to stay on Moore's Law; the continued improvements implied by Moore's Law can bring greater functionality and lower cost.
From page 178...
... Overall the United States is spending about 3 percent of GDP on basic R&D. In the short term, industry has filled the gap; but this creates an unstable environment, because when economic conditions decline, industry reduces its spending.
From page 179...
... In the Japanese view there has been a good balance of support for research by government and industry through the universities. Industry support goes to SEMATECH and the SRC, and university support comes from industry partly through MARCO and the Focus Center Research Project, and partly through SEMATECH, with "very good balance between design and processing." He said that the overall success of U.S.
From page 180...
... Masuhara reviewed the research gap discussed by several speakers and the Japanese view of government projects in Europe, Japan, and the rest of Asia. In regard to Europe he emphasized the success of the applications-related technology research center IMEC, created and supported by both national governments and the European Union.
From page 181...
... Clack St. Clair Kilby shares with Robert Noyce the credit for inventing the integrated circuit, or microchip, which made possible the development of the modern computer.
From page 182...
... Without ASTRO, the most feasible strategy for the time being is for individual companies to join consortia activities. He said that trying to participate internationally through the various Japanese research institutes would be difficult because they are funded primarily by the government.
From page 183...
... The Dutch companies joined to create an umbrella European association. Cooperation as a Way of Life in Europe In discussing support measures for semiconductor technology, he said that internationalization is a common concept for any European.
From page 184...
... Research partners receive financing from their national governments, which support 100 to 200 new EUREKA projects per year. Projects range widely in size from the Joint European Submicron Silicon Initiative project (JESSI)
From page 185...
... EUREKA funding differs from European Union funding in that each country decides to participate in a project. Industrial partners in different countries participating in a particular project will enter into contracts with their own national government.
From page 186...
... Graham concluded the panel session and the symposium by thanking all participants, especially those who had traveled long distances to attend. He thanked the organizers again for a rich and educational program featuring excellent material and the participation of the leaders of the international information technology community.


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