U.S.- Innovation Survey of Expert Opinion IC Design Topline Results U.S.- Innovation Survey of Expert Opinion IC Design 2013 May-June Topline Results Methodological notes: All results shown are percentages. Due to rounding, percentages may not total %. The topline total columns show %, because they are based on unrounded numbers. Questions asking respondents about a country other than their own (i.e., questions asking respondents from the U.S. sample about Chinese IC design teams) were optional. Results therefore do not include the full sample and are considered less statistically valid. Sample design was purposive sampling of IC design experts, selecting respondents from a near-comprehensive list of IC design firms in the and primarily based on job title. Some Chinese respondents came from Chinese IC design industry conferences. The 2013 IC design survey was administered from May 7 to June 7 through a web-based survey distributed via email invitations. Additional paper questionnaires were administered at Chinese IC design industry conferences in October 2013. 1
U.S.- Innovation Survey of Expert Opinion IC Design Topline Results I. DEMOGRAPHICS Sample (n=83) Q2 Please rate your knowledge of the IC design industry in the and. Unfamiliar Casually Acquainted Familiar Knowledgeable Expert 0 0 9 37 54 13 18 28 34 7 6 48 27 12 7 0 0 41 35 24 Sample (n=83) Q4 Are you currently involved in IC design work? Yes No 85 15 76 24 Sample (n=64) Q5 How many years have you worked in or been involved in IC design work? <5 6-10 11-15 16-20 21-25 26-30 31-35 36-40 3 8 15 28 17 18 5 6 16 45 22 13 3 2 0 0 (n=67) Sample (n=83) Q6 Which description best describes the organization in which you currently work? University or Private Public other higher Private firm research Government research Other education institute institute institute 75 1 1 0 12 10 66 1 4 7 19 2 Sample (n=83) Senior business executive Senior technical executive Q7 Which title best describes your role in your organization? Scientific/ Nontechnical Consultant Policymaker Other Professor/ technical researcher staff staff 32 40 13 0 1 13 0 0 4 31 19 17 4 16 1 8 2
U.S.- Innovation Survey of Expert Opinion IC Design Topline Results (n=63) Sample Q36 In which country and state/province do you currently work? Other 92 3 5 0 0 (n=64) Sample Q37 What is the highest level of education you have completed? College Master s Doctoral Some college degree degree degree Professional degree 0 23 25 42 9 0 4 48 43 4 (n=64) Sample Q38 Did you receive your highest degree in an engineering or physics field? Yes No 91 9 78 22 (n=63) Sample Q39 In which country did you complete your highest degree? Other 83 2 16 9 91 0 Sample Q8 What primary end-user markets/applications does your organization address? (select all that apply) Telecommunications/ Other Automotive Electronics Applicable Consumer Not Computing Industrial Medical Military Wireless 38 60 65 37 24 24 63 4 3 9 4 52 13 22 4 48 0 0 Sample Q9 What categories of IC design do you currently work with? (select all that apply) Digital Mixed-Signal Analog Not Applicable 65 72 51 10 48 43 4 9 3
U.S.- Innovation Survey of Expert Opinion IC Design Topline Results II. Levels of Innovative Activity Sample (n=67) Team Green Team Blue Team Green Team Blue Q10-13 Overall, how would you characterize the activities of [name of team/country]? Not Slightly Somewhat Very Highly innovative innovative innovative innovative innovative 0 0 13 56 31 12 33 46 9 0 0 0 21 47 32 7 25 50 15 3 0 0 0 71 29 5 50 41 5 0 0 0 14 82 5 5 23 64 9 0 Sample Q10-13 (ANCHORING VIGNETTE-CORRECTED) Overall, how would you characterize the activities of [country]? 1 2 3 4 5 4 11 18 39 28 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 31 50 12 8 0 4
U.S.- Innovation Survey of Expert Opinion IC Design Topline Results III. Innovation Environment (n=66) Sample Q14a Please mark the level of that each of the following obstacles has on leading-edge IC design teams in the. Small Medium Not a Large problem Lack of finance from venture capital 17 39 32 12 Lack of finance from public sources 38 36 11 15 Shortage of qualified talent 27 45 21 6 Difficulty in finding co-operation partners 42 29 8 21 Manufacturing resources do not keep up with technology 41 21 11 27 development Foreign competition 23 41 26 11 Inappropriate government policy or regulation 42 15 11 32 Lack of high quality intellectual property 30 21 17 32 Weak intellectual property protection 26 24 20 30 Lack of finance from venture capital 33 50 0 17 Lack of finance from public sources 50 17 0 33 Shortage of qualified talent 17 0 17 67 Difficulty in finding co-operation partners 67 0 17 17 Manufacturing resources do not keep up with technology 0 17 0 83 development Foreign competition 33 17 17 33 Inappropriate government policy or regulation 33 0 0 67 Lack of high quality intellectual property 33 17 0 50 Weak intellectual property protection 0 17 0 83 5
U.S.- Innovation Survey of Expert Opinion IC Design Topline Results (n=19) Sample Q14b Please mark the level of that each of the following obstacles has on leading-edge IC design teams in the. Small Medium Not a Large problem Lack of finance from venture capital 42 37 5 16 Lack of finance from public sources 37 32 16 16 Shortage of qualified talent 32 32 37 0 Difficulty in finding co-operation partners 16 37 26 21 Manufacturing resources do not keep up with technology 42 42 5 11 development Foreign competition 5 47 32 16 Inappropriate government policy or regulation 26 21 21 32 Lack of high quality intellectual property 39 33 11 17 Weak intellectual property protection 11 26 42 21 Lack of finance from venture capital 43 30 17 9 Lack of finance from public sources 43 26 4 26 Shortage of qualified talent 13 48 39 0 Difficulty in finding co-operation partners 17 70 9 4 Manufacturing resources do not keep up with technology 22 30 22 26 development Foreign competition 26 57 13 4 Inappropriate government policy or regulation 30 39 13 17 Lack of high quality intellectual property 22 35 43 0 Weak intellectual property protection 9 39 48 4 6
U.S.- Innovation Survey of Expert Opinion IC Design Topline Results Sample (n=66) (n=19) Q15 Considering all sources, how easy is it for leading-edge IC design teams in [the United States/] to access domestic financing? Very easy Somewhat Somewhat Very easy difficult difficult Don t know 6 35 33 23 3 21 53 11 5 11 33 33 33 0 0 5 50 32 14 0 Sample (n=66) (n=19) (n=5) Q16 Considering all sources, how easy is it for leading-edge IC design teams in [the United States/] to access international financing? Very easy Somewhat Somewhat Very easy difficult difficult Don t know 2 15 41 20 23 5 16 53 16 11 20 40 40 0 0 0 9 73 18 0 Sample (n=66) Q17 In your opinion, when leading-edge IC design teams in [the /] select next generation technology development, how consistent is it with the technology direction laid out by the government in sectoral roadmaps and targets? Consistent by choice Consistent by coordination Inconsistent Not applicable Don t know 8 8 58 8 20 6 50 28 6 11 33 17 50 0 0 0 64 36 0 0 7
U.S.- Innovation Survey of Expert Opinion IC Design Topline Results Sample (n=66) Q18 How would you evaluate the of the [/Chinese] government s industrial policy on the development of next generation technology in leading-edge IC design teams in [the /]? Large positive Small positive No discernible Small negative Large negative 5 32 45 11 8 56 44 0 0 0 17 17 67 0 0 22 65 4 9 0 Sample (n=66) Q19 How would you evaluate the of the [/Chinese] government s public services on the development of next generation technology in leading-edge IC design teams in [the /]? Large positive Small positive No discernible Small negative Large negative 9 24 33 20 14 33 50 6 6 6 33 17 50 0 0 13 43 4 30 9 Sample Q20 For innovation in the IC design industry in [the United States/] to occur, is it important for leading-edge IC design teams in the to be geographically close to chip manufacturers (IC foundries)? Yes No Don t know 15 83 2 39 61 0 33 67 0 78 22 0 8
U.S.- Innovation Survey of Expert Opinion IC Design Topline Results Sample (n=17) Q21 For innovation in the IC design industry in [the United States/] to occur, is it important for leading-edge IC design teams in [the /] to be geographically close to electronic equipment manufacturers (buyers)? Yes No Don t know 38 60 2 76 24 0 33 67 0 74 26 0 Sample Q22 Are the capabilities of leading-edge IC design teams in [the /] constrained in any way by the technological level of domestic chip manufacturers? No, access to global foundries is easily obtained No, technological level of domestic foundries is sufficient Yes Don t know 80 9 9 2 67 11 22 0 71 29 0 0 43 48 9 0 Sample Q23 How easy is it for leading-edge IC design teams in [the /] to hire domestic talent? Very Don t Very easy Easy Neutral Difficult difficult know 9 28 25 32 6 0 17 44 11 28 0 0 57 29 0 14 0 0 9 17 65 4 4 0 9
U.S.- Innovation Survey of Expert Opinion IC Design Topline Results Sample Q24 How easy is it for leading-edge IC design teams in [the /] to hire international talent? Very Don t Very easy Easy Neutral Difficult difficult know 9 32 18 29 8 3 0 17 17 39 22 6 43 43 0 14 0 0 0 4 22 65 9 0 Sample Q25 Can leading-edge IC design teams in [the /] access the most advanced IP blocks and design tools? Yes, but access is Yes, but access only sometimes Yes, access is only No, access is available due to is always sometimes never Don t know intellectual available available due to available property high price restrictions 43 46 11 0 0 28 22 50 0 0 71 29 0 0 0 4 70 22 4 0 Sample Q26 From the following list, which types of labs do leading-edge IC design teams in [the United States/] frequently interact with to obtain access to important scientific results and new research procedures? (select all that apply) Domestic university research labs Domestic public research labs Foreign university research labs Foreign government research labs No frequent interaction with any of the above 78 26 29 5 20 3 78 61 28 11 6 6 71 57 57 14 0 0 17 65 17 0 9 0 Other 10
U.S.- Innovation Survey of Expert Opinion IC Design Topline Results IV. Innovation Gap Sample (n=19) Q27 Are the most innovative IC design teams in [the /] at the global technological frontier or behind the global technological frontier? At the global Behind the global technological frontier technological frontier 95 5 16 84 86 14 0 US Sample Sample (n=16) (n=1) Q28 ASK IF BEHIND THE GLOBAL TECHNOLOGICAL FRONTIER IN Q27: Assume the global technological frontier does not move. How many will it take the most innovative IC design teams in [the /] to reach where the global technological frontier is today? 0 1-12 13-24 25-36 37-48 49-60 61-72 >72 0 67 0 33 0 0 0 0 0 6 44 25 6 6 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 9 22 48 4 4 Sample (n=16) (n=1) Q29 ASK IF BEHIND THE GLOBAL TECHNOLOGICAL FRONTIER IN Q27: Now, realizing that the global technological frontier in IC design is moving forward rapidly, over the past 2 years, has the gap between the most innovative IC design teams in [the United States/] and the global technological frontier decreased? Yes No 0 75 25 0 52 48 11
U.S.- Innovation Survey of Expert Opinion IC Design Topline Results Sample (n=16) (n=1) Q30 ASK IF BEHIND THE GLOBAL TECHNOLOGICAL FRONTIER IN Q27: In the future, is it reasonable to expect that the gap between the most innovative IC design teams in [the /] and the global technological frontier will decrease? Yes No 33 67 81 19 0 65 35 Sample (n=1) (n=12) (n=0) (n=15) Q31 ASK IF YES IN Q30: Keeping in mind that the global technological frontier in IC design is moving forward rapidly, how many from now do you expect it will take the most innovative IC design teams in to catch up with the global technological frontier? 0 1-12 13-24 25-36 37-48 49-60 61-72 >72 -- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 8 17 17 8 8 17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0 0 7 20 0 40 27 7 Sample (n=62) (n=0) Q32 Assume the global technological frontier does not move. How many will it take the most innovative IC design teams outside of the to reach where the United States (the global technological frontier) is today? 0 1-12 13-24 25-36 37-48 49-60 61-72 >72 8 24 45 11 6 3 0 2 33 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 33 0 0 17 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 12
U.S.- Innovation Survey of Expert Opinion IC Design Topline Results Sample (n=62) (n=0) Q33 Now, realizing that the global technological frontier in IC design is moving forward rapidly, over the past 2 years, has the gap between the most innovative IC design teams outside of the and those in the (the global technological frontier) decreased? Yes No 79 21 0 0 0 -- -- -- Sample (n=62) (n=0) Q34 In the future, is it reasonable to expect that the gap between the most innovative IC design teams outside of the and those in the (the global technological frontier) will decrease? Yes No 85 15 0 -- 0 -- -- -- Sample (n=52) (n=0) Q35 Keeping in mind that the global technological frontier in IC design is moving forward rapidly, how many from now do you expect it will take the most innovative IC design teams outside of the to catch up with those in the (the global technological frontier)? 0 1-12 13-24 25-36 37-48 49-60 61-72 >72 4 17 31 17 4 13 2 10 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 17 33 0 17 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 13