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Originally Posted by RickS
I read recently that China was going to start manufacturing their own memory. It will be interesting to see what effect that has...
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Hi Rick,
EE Times reported last month that :-
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Originally Posted by Dylan McGrath, Editor in Chief, EE Times
On Dec. 4, Micron filed a civil suit federal court in Northern California under the Defend Trade Secrets Act and civil provision of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act against against Taiwanese foundry United Microelectronics Corp. (UMC) and JHICC alleging theft of its trade secrets and other misconduct. A spokesman for Micron confirmed the filing and said "Micron aggressively protects its intellectual property worldwide and will use all available legal options to remedy any misappropriation."
While this particular case smacks to McClean of industrial espionage, he believes the real high-stakes lawsuits will come when JHICC and other Chinese companies start marketing chips. Once they begin producing chips, Samsung, Hynix and Micron will have a chance to examine them to look for evidence that their patents are being infringed, he said.
"When they start producing, then they will have product to look at," McClean said. "That's when the real fun will begin. The lawyers are going to have a field day."
For example, Yangtzee is reportedly moving quickly to develop 3D NAND flash, the state-of-the-art technology which established vendors led by Samsung are ramping up now. McClean doesn't know how this could be done without running afoul of patents held by the established players. "I think it's just about impossible for anyone to produce 3D NAND without stepping on some of their patents," he said.
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Story here :-
https://www.eetimes.com/author.asp?section_id=40
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https://www.eetimes.com/author.asp?s...&page_number=2
It reminds me of when I was in Beijing in 1984. It was just a sea of
bicycles and the only cars were some taxis and a few government vehicles.
Some locals looked frightened to see you if they turned around in the street
and you happened to be there behind them. You may as well have been
from another planet.
When you saw another westerner you tended to acknowledge each other
with a little nod.
At the hotel I was having dinner and a Chinese chap introduced himself as
being a member of the "Australia-China Friendship Society".
I asked him what he thought the major purpose of the Australia-China
Friendship Society was?
He replied, "to assist China in giving back the technology that is rightfully hers of which the west has been guardians of for these past centuries".
I looked at his face and he was serious.