In smic IC manufacturing co., LTD., Shanghai headquarters, stunning patent on one side wall, more than 5000 final authorized invention patent, a record of the growth of China's semiconductor leader and brilliant, deduce a science and technology enterprises in China toward overtaking "corner" leapfrog development goal continuously explore legend.
In the spring of 2000, smic was established in Shanghai zhangjiang hi-tech park. At zhangjiang and large tracts of wasteland, waiting for the arrival of the developer, it's like the IC industry in mainland China, the most important manufacturing is almost a blank, not to mention in advance end design packaging after testing, the famous multinational companies occupying a commanding lead in the field.
"Smic greatly contributed to the creation and development of wafer manufacturing process and technology of China, narrowing the gap with the world advanced technology." Smic's CEO said chiu, "smic to fully support the development of the domestic integrated circuit design company, hand in hand to grow together with them. China's IC design industry can achieve good result today, in which smic also has contribution".
The rise of smic is driving the development of the industry chain upstream and downstream technology. Smic's vigorously support upstream and downstream enterprises, industrial cluster effect into full play. Upstream equipment industry, for example, smic pioneered the use of domestic manufacturers of equipment, with smic process evolve, equipment factory technical ability was improved significantly.
At present, smic in Shanghai, Beijing, tianjin, shenzhen has a production base, to provide global customers 0.35 microns to 28 nm wafer foundry and technical services. Relying on advanced technology and production strength, at present, smic has become the largest and the most advanced technology in domestic IC foundry enterprise, pure wafer foundry field ranks fourth in the world.
So far, smic has been introduced to domestic 6 generation technology, respectively is 0.18 micron, 0.13 micron, 90 nanometers, 65/55, 40 nm and 28 nano technology. At the beginning of the smic's creation, China's manufacturing process is still in the 1 micron to 0.8 microns. And the beginning of investment in smic is 0.18 micron technology, through years of efforts, the gap with the international advanced technology from 6 to 1.5 to 2 generation. Now, smic is mainland China's first for overseas and domestic customers to provide a complete 28 micron process service of pure wafer foundry enterprise, more advanced 14 nano technological process is also in the sustained development.
Said chiu, smic on technology research and development strategy of execution is pre-research before the next generation of products, namely the production of generation process at the same time, the technical research and development technology of the next node. Later found that such steps forward relatively slow, adjust immediately, at the same time for multiple nodes technology research and development, accelerated the pace of technical progress, shorten the gap with competitors.
As the semiconductor technology into 20 nm node, the difficulty of technology development and capital investment is greatly increased. Smic parties at home and abroad will be more integrate high quality resources, combined with the production, use, improve the efficiency of research and development and accelerate the evolution process.
Founded in 2014, smic the integration of domestic IC industry chain of integrated circuit technology research institute, broke the r&d resources scattered, lack of independent innovation ability of the situation, can build a linkage equipment manufacturers, material suppliers, suppliers, design companies and public platform of scientific research institutions, and to rely on, to strengthen the exchanges and cooperation with the international promote industry development.
In 2015, smic's new technology research and development company was set up, this to production under 14 nm and CMOS technology for target platform on the international leading industry chain partners win-win co-operation, accelerate advanced technology research and development speed, link started cooperation with customers from r&d, shorten time to market your products.
