'Supply Chain Explorer' site that allows you to check the share of computer chip supply chains by country at a glance
The manufacture of IC chips used in computers is made up of the complex interactions of various companies around the world. A site that illustrates the state of the international supply chain of such IC chips along with information such as the share of countries and companies is ' Supply Chain Explorer: Advanced Chips 'is.
Supply Chain Explorer: Advanced Chips
When you access the site, it will appear as shown below. The top item is 'design', which summarizes the design of CPUs, GPUs, FPGAs, chips for AI, etc., and the items 'manufacturing' and 'assembly/test/packaging' continue below. . Try clicking 'Logic chip design: Advanced CPUs'.
Then, an explanation was displayed that 'the CPU is a major general-purpose logic chip, and two companies, Intel and AMD, have monopolized the market.' There is also an item 'Notable supplier companies' at the bottom, and AMD and Intel are listed with the nationality 'US (United States of America)'. In addition to the two companies, four Chinese companies were listed with the label 'negligible market share'. In addition to circuit design, there seems to be information on 'core intellectual property rights' and 'electronic design automation software'. Click on 'Core Intellectual Property'.
The core intellectual property was also described as 'reusable, modular design blocks licensed by chip design firms for use in their designs.'
If multiple countries share shares, a graph showing each country's share will be displayed. While the United States has had a monopoly on circuit design, the United Kingdom, where Arm is based, has a strong presence in core intellectual property share.
In addition to the method of following the supply chain in order, it is also possible to highlight specific items by selecting the item of 'HIGHLIGHT BY'. Try selecting 'SPECIFIC INPUTS'.
A column called 'CHOOSE INPUT' appears. When you select 'WAFER (wafer)', the wafer item suddenly appears.
Also, if you select 'JAPAN' in 'SUPPLIER COUNTRIES', items with a high share of Japan in the process will be highlighted in blue. There is not much presence in the item of circuit design.
However, it seems that the item 'Fabrication' has a share in various fields.
In addition, when highlighted in the item 'MARKET CONCENTRATION', items where supply is biased to a specific country are displayed in blue. Try clicking on 'Wafer handlers' that is shining bright blue to display it.
Japan seems to have gained an overwhelming share in this field. Under the graph, company names such as '
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