Taiwan agrees to transfer wafer tech to mainland
(Shanghai Daily)
Updated: 2006-08-03 09:43
The Taiwan government yesterday ended a ban on semiconductor firms from transplanting 0.18-micron technology to
the Chinese mainland in another move to boost economic cooperation across
the Taiwan Strait, the Shanghai Daily reported.
Industry officials, however, said it won't influence the domestic industry as
firms have already adopted more advanced technologies.
Lifting the ban came after a government review. Taiwan regulations prevent
technologies not available in the Chinese mainland from being exported. An
international agreement removed 0.18-micron manufacturing technology from a list
of controlled technologies, therefore, the government lifted the restriction,
Taiwan Economic News reported.
"The technology is popular in the Chinese mainland. Some firms, like
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp and Grace Semiconductor
Manufacturing Corp, have adopted more advanced 0.13, 0.11 or 0.09 micron
technologies," said Li Ke, an analyst at Beijing-based CCID Consulting Co, a
research firm under the Ministry of Information Industry. The 0.18 microns refer
to the distance between transistors on a wafer. A shorter distance between
transistors represents better technology.
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