Bill McClean, IC Insights, Arizona, USA
ABSTRACT
The Asia-Pacific region has become a major IC market with significant growth seen in both China and Taiwan. India is being portrayed as the next major country in the region to see strong IC market growth in the next decade. This article discusses that growth through 2011 while highlighting the challenges faced by China and India in competing for a larger share of IC production at a time when every major IC market has large highly entrenched market leaders.