A US tech guru gets positive about Asia

CSFB''s Palo Alto-based tech guru, Richard Char sees great things happening in Asia.

FinanceAsia What trends do you see in Asian tech

Char Asia has always been important for tech. For as long as I have been doing tech, Asia has been an important element.

In our telecoms space, Asia is important because Asia - specifically Korea and Japan - have been ahead of the US. In Japan, the developments in GPRS and 3G are two years ahead of the US. Korea is the most 'broadband' country in the world right now. So if you want to know what the US broadband space might look like in the future, you look at what's being done in Korea today.

Taiwan has always been important for semiconductors...

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