Growing dominance by Asia. - The growing influence of Asia in the electronics sector was confirmed in 2007 and the domination of this continent should increase still more during coming years, according to the latest SEMI association statistics. Last year, three countries alone - Taiwan, Japan and South Korea - represented over 60% of the $41 billion devoted by microchip producers to the purchase of production and testing equipment. Up for the sixth year in a row, the global semi-conductor...