TY - JOUR
AU - Hart, Jeffrey A.
AB -  Introduction Semiconductors are relatively new products which are used in a wide variety of electronic devices. Semiconductors “are materials (such as silicon, germanium, or gallium arsenide) whose electrical property is to act under certain conditions as insulators and other conditions as conductors.”’ Semiconductors have a wide variety of types, ranging from the simplest diodes and transistors to the most complex integrated circuits, and uses. Currently, the main uses of semiconductors are in computers, telecommunication equipment, office automation, and consumer electronics. In the next decade, a large portion of the increase in demand for semiconductors will come from new applications in industrial robots, automobiles, and advanced weaponry. The semiconductor industry has the same centrality for the current wave of industrial innovation that the steel and automotive industries had in their time of glory. Computers, telecommunications, and robotics are dynamic high-technology industries, but they would not be so dynamic had there not been an almost incredible surge in innovation in the semiconductor industry. Technological and market change in microelectronics has been very impressive. Each year, a slew of new devices is introduced to the market, complementing and sometimes displacing the demand for older products. The very rapid growth in demand 
TI - Politics of Global Competition in the Semiconductor Industry
JO - Pacific Focus
DO - 10.1111/j.1976-5118.1986.tb00040.x
DA - 1986-09-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wiley/politics-of-global-competition-in-the-semiconductor-industry-iGMnUxB0IL
SP - 93
VL - 1
IS - 2
DP - DeepDyve
ER -