SUPERCLUSTER THE  GLOBAL  MEANING  

 Somnuck  Jongmeewasin  

Chonburi  CSO  5  November  2015  

Leading hub and startup eco-system for high-tech innovation & development, accounting for 1/3 of all of the venture capital investment in the country.

Silicon Valley, encompasses all of the Santa Clara Valley, the southern half of the Peninsula and

southern portions of the East Bay. It was in Silicon Valley that the silicon-based integrated circuit, the microprocessor, and the microcomputer, among

other key technologies, were developed. The region employed about 250,000 IT workers

(U.S.’s Supercluster Definition)︎

Silicon  Valley,    as  seen  from  over  north  San  Jose,    

facing  southbound  towards    (Note  2)  

Silicon  Valley,  site  boundary  in  the  map,    the  first-­‐ever  supercluster  in  the  20th  century  

(Note  1)  

San  Jose,  acting  as  Silicon  Valley’s  capital    (Note  4)  

The  existing  Silicon  Valley    (Note  3)  

The wide-range collaboration in order to create innovation with high-impact in the country, while

exploiting the achievements of science and technology promotion measures in each area thus

far, the government will initiate selection and concentration, finding the best match, based on

social and market needs. (Japan’s Supercluster Definition)︎

WIDERANGE  COLLABORATION  

Kyoto-­‐Aichi  Supercluster  in  Japan  

(Note  5)  

Supercluster  in  Power  Electronics,  

background  &  aim  of  developing  SiC  power    device  technology  

(Note  6)  

Industries using high technology such as automobiles and parts; electrical appliances; telecom equipment, and petrochemicals and environmentally friendly chemical products. Clusters are formed in areas where there is already a concentration of a certain industry. They will be linked with education

institutions or research centres, raw materials sources, labour pools and SMEs in the same areas.

(Thailand’s Supercluster Definition)︎

The  Mazda2  eco-­‐car  production  at  Auto  Alliance(Thailand)  Co.,Ltd’s  plant  in  Rayong  (Note  7)    

ARE THOSE THAILAND’S COMPETITIVENESS ?

Michael  Porter’s  Diamond  Model  (Note  8)  

If not, can we follow what we are ?

THE TAILOR-MADE SUPERCLUSTER

Through

Mutual Knowledges of Community Identity, Community Heritage,

Community Problem, and Community Future.

(Note  9)  

(Note  10)  

(Note  11)  

Reference  

Note  1,  2,  &  4:    ‘Silicon  Valley’,  2015,  Wikipedia,  wiki  article,  viewed  4  November  2015,  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Valley  

Note  3:  The  Mark  Consulting  2015,  A  Brief  History  of  Silicon  Valley,  the  Region  That  Revolutionizes  How  We  Do  Everything,  viewed  4  November  2015,    http://themarkconsulting.com/a-­‐brief-­‐history-­‐of-­‐silicon-­‐valley-­‐the-­‐region-­‐that-­‐revolutionizes-­‐how-­‐we-­‐do-­‐everything  

Note  5  &  6:  Japan  Science  and  Technology  Agency  2013,  Super  Cluster  Program:  System  Summary,  viewed  4  November  2015,  http://www.jst.go.jp/super-­‐c/en/index.html  

Note  7:  Online  Reporters  2015,  ‘Privileges  for  Clusters  Approved’,  Bangkok  Post,    22  September,  viewed  4  November  2015,  http://www.bangkokpost.com/business/news/702868/privileges-­‐for-­‐clusters-­‐approved  

Note8:  Porter,  ME  1990,  Competitive  Advantage  of  Nations,  The  Free  Press,  NY,  p.127  

Note  9  &  11:  Decharut  Sukkamnerd  (Ph.D.),  Facultyof  Economics,  Kasesart  University  

Note  10:  Chamroon  Suaydee,  Prachinburi  CSO