Lists the countries and the capabilities they contribute to the semiconductor value chain ecosystem

On the ocasion that the chip-making machines giant ASML Holding NV are considering building plants in Southeast Asia (Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore) , below is an easy-to-understand example for those who want to have never worked in the semiconductor industry:

Lists the countries and the capabilities they contribute to the semiconductor value chain ecosystem:
1.   UK – Semiconductor IP houses license IP blocks to fabless firms
2.   US – Fabless firms design complex chips with the support of EDA software
3.   India – Design verification teams verify specifications and layout
4.   US – OEMs lock in chip design for end products
5.   Netherlands – Fab Capital Equipment make the process equipment used by fabs to manufacture chips
6.   Germany – Gases, specialty chemicals and fab consumable suppliers equip fabs with key fabrication and facility cleaning materials
7.   Japan – Materials companies form silicon ingots from pure silicon and slice into wafers
8.   Taiwan – Foundries etch 60+ layers of transistors and interconnected wires onto wafer to develop integrated circuit (IC)
9.   US – Test equipment firms design and manufacture equipment used by OSATs to test semiconductor chips
10. Malaysia – OSATs assemble, package, and test semiconductor chips
11. China – EMS players integrate ICs into OEM end product electronics
12. Argentina – Consumer buys smartphone
( source: www.accenture.com, Quatr )