The development of IC industry in Brazil is hindered by the country's lack of infrastructure and skilled personnel, Toshiba said.

Last month, Brazil has started manufacturing the first integrated circuit. Japan supports Brazil started to develop this industry as soon as two countries signed an agreement under which, in Brazil, the digital television standard is ISDB-T standard in Japan. Toshiba's experts have studied the current state of the IC industry in Brazil and assess the possibility of building factories in Brazil producing microchips.

The construction of modern plants depending on the technology application will be worth 3 to $ 5 billion should be temporary, experts warned Japan Brazil focuses on training human resources and infrastructure development, particularly the development of electric power. A group of 20 Brazilian engineers were sent to training a 5 month course on IC Design Center at Toshiba, Kawasaki (Japan) and Toshiba, the two experts opened a training course for engineers at Brazil the San-Paulo (Brazil).