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- catalog abstract "Annotation Although the microchip is an American invention, early, unbridled competition among U.S. companies and the worldwide race for new products allowed the Japanese to move in on the microchip market. By the mid-1980s, Japan dominated the industry, in this country as well as abroad, and the U.S. semiconductor industry faced irrecoverable loss of production capability. Desperation led to the creation of Sematech. In Sematech, Larry D. Browning and Judy C. Shelter trace the history of Sematech, a consortium formed by fourteen major American semiconductor manufacturers and the U.S. government. Sematech's founders were aware that consortia emphasizing cooperative research had been unsuccessful; Sematech planned a different approach. Its founding charter stated its goal: "To provide the U.S. semiconductor industry the capability for world leadership in manufacturing"--In other words, improve core manufacturing competence without making end products. By 1994, U.S. chip makers were once again ahead in global market share, and Sematech began to phase out government funding. Sematech's success was based on first identifying the companies with the best operating solutions to each problem and then disseminating these practices to the industry. Sematech not only provided a solution to many problems of the U.S. semiconductor industry, it also provided a template for other public/private enterprises. Examining what Sematech did and how it did it is important to the health of the U.S. economy in an increasingly multinational competitive environment. Browning and Shetler's well-written, thoughtful history will inform and engage business historians, managers, public policy scholars, and othersinterested in the development and success of the U.S. computer chip industry and the application of its techniques to other fields of business.".
- catalog alternative "Saving the U.S. semiconductor industry".
- catalog contributor b11732980.
- catalog contributor b11732981.
- catalog created "c2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "c2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2000.".
- catalog description "Annotation Although the microchip is an American invention, early, unbridled competition among U.S. companies and the worldwide race for new products allowed the Japanese to move in on the microchip market. By the mid-1980s, Japan dominated the industry, in this country as well as abroad, and the U.S. semiconductor industry faced irrecoverable loss of production capability. Desperation led to the creation of Sematech. In Sematech, Larry D. Browning and Judy C. Shelter trace the history of Sematech, a consortium formed by fourteen major American semiconductor manufacturers and the U.S. government. Sematech's founders were aware that consortia emphasizing cooperative research had been unsuccessful; Sematech planned a different approach. Its founding charter stated its goal: "To provide the U.S. semiconductor industry the capability for world leadership in manufacturing"--In other words, improve core manufacturing competence without making end products. By 1994, U.S. chip makers were once again ahead in global market share, and Sematech began to phase out government funding. Sematech's success was based on first identifying the companies with the best operating solutions to each problem and then disseminating these practices to the industry. Sematech not only provided a solution to many problems of the U.S. semiconductor industry, it also provided a template for other public/private enterprises. Examining what Sematech did and how it did it is important to the health of the U.S. economy in an increasingly multinational competitive environment. Browning and Shetler's well-written, thoughtful history will inform and engage business historians, managers, public policy scholars, and othersinterested in the development and success of the U.S. computer chip industry and the application of its techniques to other fields of business.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-266) and index.".
- catalog extent "xi, 279 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Sematech.".
- catalog identifier "089096937X (cloth)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Sematech.".
- catalog isPartOf "Kenneth E. Montague series in oil and business history ; no. 10".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "c2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "College Station, TX : Texas A&M University Press,".
- catalog relation "Sematech.".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "338.7/62138152/0973 21".
- catalog subject "HD9696.S4 S453 2000".
- catalog subject "SEMATECH (Organization) History.".
- catalog subject "Semiconductor industry Government policy United States.".
- catalog title "Saving the U.S. semiconductor industry".
- catalog title "Sematech : saving the U.S. semiconductor industry / Larry D. Browning and Judy C. Shetler.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".