Who can become China's capital of IC?

Since 2014, China has begun to vigorously develop the integrated circuit industry. Under the dual support of the national policy and the semiconductor industry fund, corporate mergers and acquisitions frequently occur, and local governments have also accelerated the layout of the semiconductor industry chain. Who can become the capital of China's IC in the country's development of integrated circuit development?

According to EETimes, Wei Shaojun, former president of Datang Telecom and currently the vice president of the China Semiconductor Industry Association, said in an exclusive interview that a large part of China’s national integrated circuit industry investment fund is used by the semiconductor industry. In order to promote local semiconductor manufacturing, the proportion is said to be as high as 70%, and the rest is allocated to the chip design industry. Although Wei Shaojun avoids talking about a specific product or foundry category, industry observers believe that funds will mainly be invested in the memory manufacturing industry.

Therefore, to explore the capital of IC, more attention must be paid to semiconductor manufacturing. With respect to semiconductor manufacturing, the manufacture of memory is the last link in the entire Continental semiconductor industry chain. According to reports, the mainland currently strives to establish a DRAM factory in the province of up to five provinces, and the central semiconductor policy will choose to support one of the provinces and factories. Therefore, the competition for DRAM plants is also crucial for building an IC capital. However, the creation of an IC capital requires more layout. Let's take a look at a few places where there have been major moves recently.

In recent years, the city of Hefei has successively issued the “Development Plan for the Integrated Circuit Industry of Hefei City” and the “Development Policy for the Promotion of the Integrated Circuit Industry in Hefei City” to carry out the development of the integrated circuit industry from the aspects of the company's initial creation, R&D, support, capital, market, and environment. Full support. Hefei plans to use 5 to 10 years to build the largest production base for panel-driven, automotive electronics, power integrated circuits, and specialty memory chips.

Since 2014, Hefei has signed 45 projects including Fujitsu Microelectronics, Xinfu Sensor, and Juchuang North, with a total investment of 63 billion yuan. The company is currently talking about projects such as Glofangd, Qunlian Electronics, Huada Zhibao and Duntai Technology. 26, a total investment of about 50.5 billion yuan. At present, 20 projects including Jiefa Automotive, Beijing Junzheng, and Zhaoyi Innovation are officially operating; 10 projects including Fujitsu Microelectronics and Powerchip Technology are about to start construction. It is estimated that by the end of this year, there will be more than 60 integrated circuit companies in Hefei.

According to reports, there are 20 integrated circuit projects in Hefei this year. Among them, Hefei 12-inch wafer manufacturing base project will start construction in the new station area, the total investment of 13.53 billion yuan, is currently the city's investment in the largest integrated circuit industry projects, plans to produce 40,000 12-inch wafers, the output value of 35 100 million yuan, the project is expected to reach its capacity in 2018.

If the development of Hefei is still actively being laid out, the development of Xiamen's semiconductor industry has gone further. Huang Wenhui, deputy mayor of Xiamen City, stated that the municipal government has actively promoted the leap-forward development of Xiamen's integrated circuit industry by introducing large projects, fostering large enterprises, and building large industries. The UMC project that was groundbreaking on March 26 this year and the Ziguang Zengrui project officially opened today marked the official clarion call of the integrated circuit industry to enter the south. Xiamen hopes that through the joint efforts of all parties, with the application of the whole machine as the guide, the whole industry chain will be designed, manufactured, sealed, and measured. The innovation chain, industrial chain, and financial chain will be driven by multiple gears in parallel to build Xiamen into the South China Center for Integrated Circuit Industry in China. .

On June 6th, Xiamen hosted “2015 Ziguang Zeng Rui Xiamen IC Industry Development Seminar”, which marked the official settlement of China’s largest integrated circuit chip company in Xiamen. In addition to well-known domestic companies, Taiwan’s wafer foundry giant UMC called for internal acceleration of the construction of Xiamen’s 12-inch plant and Taiwan’s advanced manufacturing process to fully tap China’s rapidly rising semiconductor business opportunities. UMC’s joint venture with Fujian Electronic Information Group Co., Ltd. establishes Lianxin IC manufacturing, plans to invest US$6.2 billion in Xiamen and build a 12-inch wafer fab. It is estimated that it will invest US$1.35 billion over the next five years and will gradually acquire operating rights. UMC's Xiamen 12-inch wafer fab is an important layout of UMC’s comprehensive card slot for rapid take-off of China’s semiconductors. Therefore, UMC started construction in March this year after the announcement of the investment project. The new project office responsible for the construction of the plant last month entered a large number and adopted 24 Hours of work are intensive.

Earlier this year, Wuhan Xinxin Integrated Circuit Manufacturing Co., Ltd. announced on February 13 that the company has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Huatian Technology. The two parties will cooperate in the advanced manufacturing of integrated circuits and packaging and testing to jointly build China. Integrated circuit industry chain.

Under the favorable conditions of the domestic integrated circuit industry, various localities have laid out one after another and competed for the honor of domestic IC capitals. However, it can be seen that whether in Hefei, where heavyweight companies are still negotiating, or in Xiamen, where they are still developing rapidly, they all work hard under the image of the industry. However, when it comes to semiconductor manufacturing, the domestic SMIC is more representative, but it has not been introduced in the above.

Therefore, whether it is Hefei, Xiamen or Wuhan, China’s ICs do not belong to these cities according to the current situation. In the development of the integrated circuit industry, Shanghai and Beijing not only have unique advantages, but also have an early start in the industry. Beijing has acquired Ziguang Group, which is very strong in the integrated circuit industry through acquisition, while Shanghai has the largest foundry in China. Enterprise SMIC.

The battle for glory between China's IC capitals should start between these two cities. As for the current situation, who in Beijing and Shanghai deserve the title of China's IC capital? Please look forward to the introduction of the development of the IC industry in Beijing and Shanghai below, and observe and discover from it.