Acceleration, 126
Actuator/valves, 76
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Inc., 3, 11
Amazon Web Services (AWS), 20
Analog chips, 63
Angular momentum, 83
Apple Inc., 4
Application-Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), 23
ARM Inc., 129
ARM processors, 4
Automotives, 16
Balanced economic growth, 20
Balanced economy, 33
Big Data, 131
analytics, 80
content management, 80
data management and warehouse, 80
integration and governance, 80
server, 80
stream computing, 80
service providers, 69
Biochips and lab-on-chips, 77–78
functional integration, 78
parallelism, 78
reduced reagent consumption, 78
speed/throughput, 78
Bitcoin mining industry, 23
Blogs, 22
Blood pressure monitors, 69
Body area network (BAN), 70
Body/electronics interface, 77
BRICs, 37
Broad Area Networks (BAN), 134
Cache memory, 3
Capital-intensive
investments, 20
semiconductor
industry, 29
manufacturing, 31
Capital-intensive business, 116
Capital provision, 36
Cell phone users, 7
Chinese semiconductor industry, 27–28
integrated device manufacturer to Fabless-Foundry model, 31–32
process driven by progress of Moore’s law, 29–31
rise and fall of Chinese dragon economy, 35–41
Chips
manufacturing costs, 1
Closed loop, 77
drivers for More-than-Moore and Beyond CMOS, 81
graphene p-n Junction, 82
spintronics and orbitronics, 83
Commercial process technology, 30
Common sense macroeconomics, 27
Communism, 28
Communist ideology, 125
Computer networking, 7
ConFab 2012, 58
Consumer
electronics, 16
purchasing power, 19
Content management, 80
Cooperative internships, 61
Corporate human resources policies, 133
C-suite employees, 114
Data management and warehouse, 80
Debt-based economy, 68
Debt-creation policies, 101
Decentralized supply chain, 66
Democratization
of information and communication, 13
of publishing business, 21
Department of Defense (DoD), 57
Digital broadcasting, 7
Digital Revolution, 7
Digital signal processing and digital signal processors, 77
Dynamic Random Access Memories (DRAMs), 16
EBN, 64
E-commerce businesses, 8
Economic balance, 19
Economic democracy, 19
Economic exploitation, 120
and demise of Moore’s law, 120–122
Electronic design automation (EDA), 92
Electronics Magazine, 46
Employee-sponsored neo-cooperative corporate sector, 64–67
Employee stock options (ESOPs), 113
Entertainment electronics, 75
Export-oriented economy, 42
Fab, 56
Fabless business model, 45
Fabless-foundry business model, 16, 56, 68, 70–71
Fabless semiconductor
companies, 11
Facebook, 9
Focus Center Research Program (FCRP), 49
Foreign currency retention, 36
Foreign direct investments (FDI), 35
FOReignEXchange (FOREX), 57
FOREX reserves, 37
Foundries, 56
Free market
approach, 111
economic policy, 24
economy, 28
enterprise, 27
solution to raise global prosperity, 122–124
theory, 21
Freescale Semiconductors, 34
Fujitsu, 3
Functional integration, 78
GAO. See General Accounting Office (GAO)
Gas/chemical sensors, 76
General Accounting Office (GAO), 38, 57, 87
Geometrical scaling, 49
Global economic balance, 120
Globalization, 41
Google Compute Engine, 20
Graphene p-n Junction, 82
High-risk industry, 24
High-tech semiconductor manufacturing, 29
Human creativity, 126
IBM, 3
IBM Smart Cloud Enterprise, 20
IDMs. See Integrated device manufacturers (IDMs)
In-cabin information systems, 76
Industry 40, application domains
Big Data analytics, 80
content management, 80
data management and warehouse, 80
integration and governance, 80
server, 80
stream computing, 80
biochips and lab-on-chips, 77–78
functional integration, 78
parallelism, 78
reduced reagent consumption, 78
speed/throughput, 78
mobile communication and information, 78–80
smart automotive
actuator/valves, 76
entertainment electronics, 75
gas/chemical sensors, 76
in-cabin information systems, 76
integrated sensors, 76
non-embedded sensors, 76
optical/infra-red sensors, 76
powertrain electronics, 75
radar-based sensors, 76
safety and convenience system, 76
vehicle and body controls, 76
wearable healthcare, 76
body/electronics interface, 77
closed loop, 77
digital signal processing and digital signal processors, 77
integration technologies, 77
memory, 77
monitoring, 77
power management, 77
prevention, 77
radio technologies, 77
sensors and circuitry, 76
spot check, 77
Information Technology Agreement (ITA), 37
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), 20
Infrastructure investment, 36
In-house supercomputing centers, 21
Initial public offering (IPO), 40
Integrated circuits (ICs), 1, 16, 30, 45, 129
Integrated device manufacturers (IDMs), 10, 31
business model, 10, 16, 52, 55
and fabless business model
globalization of semiconductor manufacturing, 56–58
Integrated sensors, 76
Integration and governance, 80
Integration technologies, 77
Intel 80286 processors, 3
Intellectual property (IP), 86
Intel Pentium III Xeon, 4
International Electron Device Meeting (IEDM), 47
International Medical Equipment Collaborative (IMEC), 49
International Technical Working Group (ITWG), 49
International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors (ITRS), 5
More-than-Moore and beyond-CMOS approach, 49–53, 73–75
Paolo Gargini’s analysis, 46–49
Internet of Things (IoT), 5, 68, 129–141
Investments, 15
Knowledge-based economy, 2, 28, 68
Knowledge-intensive business, 35
Laptops, 16
Local area network (LAN), 70, 134
Long-term plannings, 27
Lower industrial tier (LIT), 92
Low Labor Cost (LLCs), 137
Macroeconomic policies, 5
Macroeconomic reforms, 20
Make in India campaign, 71–72, 141
Mass capitalism, 9, 19, 21, 23, 34, 41, 42, 111, 123, 124–127, 135
Memory, 77
market, 2
Mergers and acquisitions (M&As), 24, 62
Microelectronic devices, 30
Microprocessors, 3
invention of, 2
Microprocessor unit (MPU), 5
Middle-industrial tier (MIT), 89
Miniaturization of circuits, 16
Minimum necessities, 117
and maximum amenities, 110–117
Mobile communication and information, 78–80
Mobile Pentium III processors, 4
Monetary policy, 100
Moore’s law, 6, 10–12. See also Semiconductor industry
to human progress, 1
microelectronics and information processing, 1–5
ROI. See Return on Investments (RoI)
More-than-Moore and beyond CMOS
economic exploitation and demise of Moore’s law, 120–122
free market solution to raise global prosperity, 122–124
with mass capitalism, 85
innovative business model for semiconductor industry, 86–90, 86–93
mass capitalism and fourth industrial revolution, 129
central bank monetary policies under mass capitalism, 136–139
United States’ imports from China, 139–141
measurement of progress, 99
macroeconomic parameters, 99–106
minimum necessities and maximum amenities, 110–117
Motion sensors, 131
Motorola, 34
National Research Institute (NRI), 49
National Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors (NTRS), 45–46
National treatment of foreigners, 36
Neo-co-operative corporations, 65, 113
Neural-network processing, 131
Non-embedded sensors, 76
Numerous-to-mention innovations, 22
NVIDIA Corporation, 58
Open-source projects, 9
Optical/infra-red sensors, 76
Orbitronics, 83
Original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), 4, 91
Outsource semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT), 58
Over-accumulation of wealth, 120
Paolo Gargini’s analysis, 46–49
Parallelism, 78
Personal area network (PAN), 70
Personal Computers (PCs), 16
revolution, 2
Platform as a Service (PaaS), 20
Political corruption, 120
Post-silicon services, 66
Powertrain electronics, 75
Pre-silicon services, 66
Progressive externalization, 45
Project managers, 114
Qualcomm Inc., 12
Quantitative easing (QE), 136
Rackspace Open Cloud, 20
Radar-based sensors, 76
Reduced reagent consumption, 78
Return on Investments (RoI), 6, 29, 88, 138
with Moore’s law, 15
Bitcoin mining industry, 23–24
RoI. See Return on Investments (RoI)
Safety and convenience system, 76
Samsung, 19
Satellite positioning, 131
Semiconductor foundry, 33
Semiconductor industry, 1, 16, 18. See also Moore’s law
free markets, 42
organizational success, 33
strategic success, 33
three-tier business model, 59
robust growth of Industry 40, 70
Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), 45–46
Semiconductor manufacturing
from a top-notch wafer fab, 60–62
Semiconductor manufacturing equipment and materials (SEM), 38
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC), 11, 34
Semiconductor memory devices, 2
Semicon West, 64
SEmionductor Manufacturing TEchnology (SEMATECH), 49
Server, 80
Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE), 64
Siemens, 3
Silicon Valley venture capitalists, 11
Small Business Administration (SBA), 64
Small business units (SBUs), 62
Smart automotive
actuator/valves, 76
entertainment electronics, 75
gas/chemical sensors, 76
in-cabin information systems, 76
integrated sensors, 76
non-embedded sensors, 76
optical/infra-red sensors, 76
powertrain electronics, 75
radar-based sensors, 76
safety and convenience system, 76
smart automotive, 75
vehicle and body controls, 76
Smart home thermostats, 69
Social disparity, 120
Social networks, 22
Software as a Service (SaaS), 20
Speed/throughput, 78
Spin, 83
Spintronics and orbitronics, 83
Stake holder system, 28
State capitalism, 28
State-of-the-art domestic semiconductor manufacturing industry, 32
State-of-the-art semiconductor foundry, 29
State-of-the-art semiconductor wafer fab, 30
Strategic investments, 33
Stream computing, 80
Supply-side economics, 5, 105, 109
policies, 42
Surplus laborers, 123
System in Package (SiP), 91, 134
System on Chip (SoC), 92
Tablets, 16
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (TSMC), 31, 56
Tax break, 36
Technical Working Groups (TWGs), 46
Telecommunications, 16
Texas Instruments Inc., 11, 12
Three-tier business model, 34, 42, 59
robust growth of Industry 40, 70
Top-notch semiconductor wafer fab, 34
Trade deficits, 57
Training programs, 37
TSMC, 19
Twitter, 9
Unbalanced economy, 34
United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC), 56
Upper industrial tier (UIT), 92
Validated end-user program, 39
Value-added tax (VAT) exemption, 36
VAT rebates for domestically produced ICs, 36
Vehicle and body controls, 76
Virtual IDM concept for the semiconductor industry, 58–59
Wage-productivity gap, 17, 101
Wealth
unproductive utilization of, 18
utilization of, 15
Wearable healthcare, 76
body/electronics interface, 77
closed loop, 77
digital signal processing and digital signal processors, 77
integration technologies, 77
memory, 77
monitoring, 77
power management, 77
prevention, 77
radio technologies, 77
sensors and circuitry, 76
spot check, 77
WhatsApp, 22
Windows Azure, 20
Wireless-payment support, 131
Xilinx, 11