China's fabless turn to Taiwan, says survey

Peter Clarke, EETimes
9/6/2011 6:42 AM EDT

LONDON – China's fabless chip companies are turning to Taiwan to a greater degree to help them get close to the leading-edge in geometry and compete globally, according to an IC design house and fabless chip company survey conducted by EE Times-China.

Some 9.2 percent of China's fabless chip companies are producing digital ICs using 45-nm or below process technologies, according to the survey.