Securing the Future : Regional and National Programs to Support the Semiconductor Industry

Front Matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Executive Summary -- Introduction -- Findings -- III PROCEEDINGS -- Opening Remarks -- Panel I The U.S. Experience: SEMATECH -- Panel II Current Japanese Partnerships: Selete and ASET -- Panel III European Partnerships -- Panel IV The Taiwanese Approach -- Panel V Challenges Facing the Equipment Industry -- Panel VI The Internationalization of Cooperation- New Challenges -- IV RESEARCH PAPERS -- Competing Programs: Government Support for Microelectronics -- SEMATECH Revisited: Assessing Consortium Impacts on Semiconductor Industry R&D -- Appendix A Description of Focus Center Research Program Centers -- Appendix B Biographies of Speakers* -- Appendix C Participants List -- Appendix D Bibliography.