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在当今世界性的商业活动中,半导体工艺技术的水平高低是保持公司竞争力的重要因素。更进一步说,在最先进的工艺技术中的投资能力是竞争胜负的关键。为什么集成电路会变得如此重要? 法国SGS-Thomson微电子公司经济战略负责人Jean Philippe Dauvin说,原因是所有产品中半导体的成分正稳步增加。他说:“七十年代和八十年代制造的设备中只有大约7％的半导体成分。”到1993年,这一数字上升到11％,今年将达到13％。在个别设备中,例如PC机,半导体成分更高。 而且半导体的种类也在变化。整个系统集成在一
In today’s global business activities, the level of semiconductor technology is an important factor in maintaining the company’s competitiveness. Furthermore, the ability to invest in state-of-the-art process technology is the key to the outcome of the competition. Why Integrated Circuits Will Become So Important? Jean Philippe Dauvin, head of economic strategy at SGS-Thomson Microelectronics in France, said the reason is that the composition of semiconductors in all products is steadily increasing. “There was only about 7% of the semiconductor components in the devices made in the 1970s and 1980s.” By 1993, that number had risen to 11% and will reach 13% this year. In individual devices, such as PCs, semiconductors have higher composition. And the type of semiconductor is also changing. The whole system is integrated in one