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During his recent working visit to the United States, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh witnessed the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the National Innovation Center and Synopsys, a global leader in electronic design automation.
During his recent working visit to the United States, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh visited several leading global corporations in technology, automation, electronic design, and semiconductor chip design in Silicon Valley (California). The Prime Minister's visit, along with positive developments in science and technology cooperation within the country, is opening up opportunities for the development of the microchip industry.
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Professor Dang Luong Mo, a scientist with extensive experience in the microchip industry, commented: “With Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh's recent visit, especially the activities aimed at promoting the design and development capabilities of semiconductor chips in Vietnam, and developing human resources for the semiconductor industry and other high-tech industries in Vietnam, it shows that the Government has given great attention to the domestic microchip industry. This is a necessary action to promote this important technology sector in our country.” According to experts, microchips always play a key role in the technological development of each nation.
Even Japan, a leading nation in science and technology, has launched a large-scale industrial investment program seeking to shift some chip manufacturing operations back to Japan by building an $8.6 billion chip manufacturing plant. More recently, India has shown a strong determination to participate in the global value chain of the semiconductor industry. Electronics manufacturer India Semiconductor Mission (ISM), launched in late 2021 with a total investment of $30 billion, aims to transform India into a major hub for chip manufacturing, design, and packaging.
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Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh with Vietnamese staff working at Synopsys during his recent business trip to the US. Photo: NHAT BAC |
Through ISM, India aims to become an alternative chip manufacturing solution in the increasingly competitive global outsourcing market. “The efforts of global technology corporations to restructure their global supply chains open up opportunities for developing countries, including Vietnam, to participate more deeply in the global supply chain of the microchip and semiconductor industry,” said Mr. Nguyen Anh Thi, Head of the Management Board of Ho Chi Minh City High-Tech Park (SHTP).
According to Mr. Nguyen Anh Thi, with the presence of Intel, Samsung, and numerous other technology corporations at SHTP in particular, and the initial foundations of the semiconductor industry built over the past nearly 20 years in general, Vietnam is considered to have the potential to participate more deeply in the global supply chain, ensuring controlled access to this crucial industry if appropriate mechanisms and policies are in place to attract investment from countries with developed semiconductor industries.
Potential human resources
During his recent trip to the United States, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh witnessed the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the National Innovation Center and Synopsys, a global leader in electronic design automation. Synopsys will support the planning for the establishment of a Semiconductor Research Institute in Vietnam. Currently, the National Innovation Center is building the infrastructure for a microchip design incubation center in Hoa Lac High-Tech Park (Hanoi), including Synopsys' advanced technologies in prototyping and simulation to optimize software, synchronize SoC (system-on-chip) and hardware design, etc. This is considered a crucial infrastructure preparation step for the development of the domestic microchip industry.
Developing human resources is also a preparatory step for the microchip industry. In Ho Chi Minh City, SHTP has established and put into operation the Electronics and Semiconductor Training Center (ESC), in which Synopsys Vietnam plays an important role, supporting the Synopsys software to promote the training of microchip personnel…
The center aims to become a large-scale integrated circuit training unit, meeting the requirements of major investors and creating conditions to attract larger-scale international cooperation programs in the future. Currently, universities under the Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City have programs to enhance human resource training for the integrated circuit industry. Recently, integrated circuit design corporations worldwide are shifting their operations, increasing investment, and seeking potential human resources in Vietnam. Marvell Technology, Inc. (USA), specializing in the design, development, and manufacturing of semiconductor chips with over 7,000 employees and more than 10,000 patents, has established a Semiconductor Design Center in Ho Chi Minh City. Dr. Nguyen Loi, Senior Vice President of Marvell Global, said that Marvell chose Vietnam because of its dynamism, political and social stability, and talent pool.
Many Vietnamese businesses, such as Viettel and FPT, are gradually entering the microchip industry with specific goals and products. For example, FPT Semiconductor (a subsidiary of FPT Software) launched its first line of microchips for use in Internet of Things (IoT) products in the healthcare sector last September. The integrated circuit (IC) chips are designed and structured directly by FPT Semiconductor engineers, aiming to serve specific industries and products. Mr. Nguyen Vinh Quang, CEO of FPT Semiconductor, stated: “Over the next two years, FPT Semiconductor plans to supply 25 million chip units to the global market and intends to launch seven more chip lines in 2023, serving the technology, telecommunications, and IoT sectors.”
After 20 years of planning and development, this is a great opportunity for Vietnam's microchip industry to grow. With the role of linking four key stakeholders, including the government's major policies and clear actions, increasing investment in Vietnam, and the readiness of universities and manufacturers, this is an opportunity we must seize to achieve a breakthrough.
Professor Dang Luong Mo
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