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The investments required are in tens of billions of dollars. Pakistan invested $500,000 in six universities to promote "chip design" . That does not show commitment and is laughably meagre amount to even scratch the outer layers of "chip design".
No "Chinese" chip manufacturer has outsourced production to SE Asian countries or any where else because the West has a stranglehold on semiconductor IP and the means of making those chips.
China claims it has 22nm Litho built in house. We have yet to see an actual product from this Lithography machine mass manufacturing chips.
China itself will need AT LEAST a decade to reach capabilities of Western machines in todays format and their efficiency ( working versus faulty semi's) will be suspect.
Any new country attempting semiconductor manufacture has to rely on obtaining the right licences and the right equipment from the West.
India with nearly $60 billion to spend on building a FAB has as of today failed to get the right licences. It is going to be very expensive for India to get started but it has deep pockets and a large market.
Does Pakistan ??
No "Chinese" chip manufacturer has outsourced production to SE Asian countries or any where else because the West has a stranglehold on semiconductor IP and the means of making those chips.
China claims it has 22nm Litho built in house. We have yet to see an actual product from this Lithography machine mass manufacturing chips.
China itself will need AT LEAST a decade to reach capabilities of Western machines in todays format and their efficiency ( working versus faulty semi's) will be suspect.
Any new country attempting semiconductor manufacture has to rely on obtaining the right licences and the right equipment from the West.
India with nearly $60 billion to spend on building a FAB has as of today failed to get the right licences. It is going to be very expensive for India to get started but it has deep pockets and a large market.
Does Pakistan ??