1. Industry-Academia Cooperation ASP-DAC 2000 Panel Youn-Long Lin Tsing Hua University Hsin-Chu, Taiwan

2. Taiwan’s Information/Electronics Industry zMake decent products affordable for the mass ye.g., PC @ $99 that satisfies 90% of the customers zSmall-sized, specialized companies y“Only when I come to Taiwan can I realize that motherboard is an industry by itself.” -- A. Grove zNo standard setter zLive on slim margin zVery little long-term R&D

3. Taiwan’s Universities zProfessors’ life is easy although pay is low zKind of semi-communism zVery good for self-motivated professors y$3,000 per year per student zIndustrial cooperation is encouraged, morally

4. Present status about university- industry collaboration zIndustry-funded projects (<20% in NTHU) zGovernment&Industry-funded projects ye.g., the P7 project zProfessors provide consulting to industry zProfessors are very influential in government high-tech policy setting and fund distribution to industry

5. The P7 Project zHigh-Performance CPU z3 years, NT$150M (US$5M) zNSC 80%, Industry (3 companies) 20% zNCTU-led multiple universities involvement

6. Organization for collaboration between universities and industries zMOEA funds ITRI; ITRI carries out projects cooperating with university and industry (kind of subcontract) zNSC runs an Industry-Academia Collaboration Fund zUniversity-run incubators (46 centers)

7. What prevents university and industry from more collaboration zProfessors are treated as public servant, hence, cannot take on managerial position in the industry; Consulting only zIndustry hasn’t been convinced that professors are helpful in developing marketable technology zIncentive system (salary, promotion appreciate industry collaboration very little)

8. Future zRelaxed regulations zUniversities’ financial pressure will force professors to seek for industry cooperation zAdvanced technology need will turn industry to university for help zMOEA funds universities directly