Modernization of the Production Structure Is an Urgent Task

Abstract

The USSR was one of the originators of the world microelectronics in the 1950-1960s, and the Soviet electronics engineers maintained leadership in a number of the sectors of microelectronics up to the 1980s. However, over the last 20 years an alignment of forces in the world markets has cardinally changed. A.V. Latyshev, Director of the Institute of Physics of Semiconductors, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science, Member Correspondent of the Russian Academy of Sciences talks in his interview to the Correspondent of EKO Journal about a current state the world and domestic microelectronics, the chances Russia has to restore its position in the global market of element base, and nuances of import substitution of electronic components.