China could be wasting its money trying to develop a chip industry. SIA vp for global  policy Jimmy Goodrich (pictured) argues that the Beijing government may have misunderstood the apparent need for domestic self-sufficiency in chips which has driven its huge IC investment programmes. The key figure is $300 billion – the amount China spent ...

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