FD-SOI, an Opportunity for China?
Last month in Shanghai was a meeting of the FD-SOI consortium. The focus of the meeting was largely on the suitability of using FD-SOI to serve the Chinese market. The fabs in China are not right on the bleeding edge and are very cost-sensitive so 28nm is probably as advanced as they will get for a long time if not indefinitely. China has a goal that by 2020 they will manufacture 40% of the semiconductors used in China within the country. This is a big goal since China is actually the largest market for semiconductors in the world. This year the Chinese market will be $161B with just 8.9% being manufactured in Chinese fabs. Of course a lot of those semiconductors are re-exported inside finished goods but a lot are consumed in China too, after all it is also the largest market for smartphones.
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