Development of the Chinese IC Manufacturing Industry
June 28, 2007 / China Research Team
35 Page, Topical Report
US$1,980 (Single User License)

Abstract

In 2006, China's IC manufacturing sector grew by approximately 32.6% compared to 2005, with shipment value reaching 30.9 billion RMB (US$4.1 billion). Such growth was contributed by the development of Chinese foundries, as well as major international companies such as UMC, TSMC, and Hynix that have directly and indirectly set up factories in China. In 2006, China's major IC manufacturers included  SMIC, Hynix-ST Semiconductor, HuaHong NEC, HeJian Technology, TSMC (Shanghai), Shougang NEC Electronics, ASMC, Grace Semiconductor Manufacturing, and CSMC. This report will analyze these companies' backgrounds, revenue, production, production process technologies, and their collaboration in the IC industry.
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China's IC manufacturing shipment value exceeded ten billion RMB in 2004 and reached 38.5 billion RMB (US$5.1 billion) in 2006, which accounted for 30.7% of China's total IC industry shipment value. This growth was mainly spurred by continued growth in the global IC foundry market and orders shifted to Chinese makers from major international companies such as Hynix, TSMC, and UMC.

China's IC manufacturing has developed strongly due to the Chinese government's IC industry support initiatives, exchange rate policies, and the growth of China's full-system manufacturing sector. It is expected that the growth in the Chinese IC manufacturing sector will help boost development of China's IC design industry.

Chinese IC manufacturers can basically be divided into three types that include Chinese domestic IC foundries such as SMIC, GSMC, CSMC, HHNEC, and SGNEC. The second type includes companies with international backgrounds such as Hejian and TSMC (Shanghai). The third type is companies with backgrounds in IDM such as Hynix-ST Semiconductor and ASMC. While companies with international foundry backgrounds and IDM backgrounds mainly obtain technology support and clients from their stockholders, they are restricted by the overall strategies of the companies they belong to.

Chinese domestic foundries, on the other hand, have more decision-making power and have ambitious plans for capacity expansion. However, due to their limited R&D abilities for production process technology, they have to seek out technological support from larger international companies when they get involved in more advanced process technology. For example, collaboration was needed when SMIC built a 12-inch processing line, when CSMC constructed an eight-inch production line, and when GSMC added an eight-inch line to their 12-inch fab. When dealing with IC designers, these companies need the assistance of professional international semiconductor companies to achieve elaborate division of labor; these partner companies include those specializing in IP, design services, and packaging and testing. With competition increasing within the IC foundry market, strengthening collaborative relationships with clients is still a challenge for many companies. Especially with the scale of the Chinese IC design houses still relatively small, it is important for these companies to develop more international clients.

Appendix

List of Companies

3i

 

 

Accent

 

 

ACE China

 

 

Actions Semiconductor

 

矩力

Advance Group

 

勇瑞

Agilent

 

 

Alphatec

 

 

Amkor

 

 

AOS

 

 

Aplus Flash

 

 

Applied Materials

 

 

ARC

 

 

ARCA Technology

 

 

ARM

 

 

Artisan

 

 

Artisan Components

 

 

ASMC

 

 

ASML

 

 

Aster Technology

 

 

Aurora

 

 

Beijing QQ Technology

 

 

Beijing Shanghua

 

北京上華

Brillian

 

 

Broadcom

 

 

Cadence

 

 

CCI

 

 

Cension Semiconductor Manufacturing

 

成芯

Chartered

 

 

Chi

 

 

Chipnuts

 

 

ChipPAC

 

 

Chongqing Chongyou Information Technology

 

重郵信科

Commit Incorporated

 

 

CSMC

 

 

Cypress

 

 

Dai Nippon Printing

 

 

Datang Microelectronics

 

大唐微電子

DNP

 

 

Dolphin

 

 

Dupont

 

 

DuPont Photomasks

 

 

ECS Elite Group

 

精英

Elite Semiconductor Memory Technology

 

晶豪科技

Ellipsiz

 

奕力

Elpida

 

 

ENG

 

 

EPSON

 

 

Fangtek

 

 

Faraday Technology

 

 

Fujistu Nantong

 

 

Fujitsu

 

 

Fu-jian Fu-shun Microelectronics

 

福州福順微電子

Fuzhou Rockchip Electronics

 

福州瑞芯微電子

g

 

 

GAPT

 

 

General Circuits (Beijing)

 

 

GlobalCAD

 

 

Grace Semiconductor Manufacturing

 

宏力半導體

Grinm Semiconductor Materials

 

有研半導體

Haier IC

 

海爾集成

Hangzhou Guoxin Science & Technology

 

杭州國心

Hangzhou Silan Microelectronics

 

杭州士蘭

Hejian Technology

 

和艦

Hisilicon

 

海思

HOYA

 

 

Huada Electronic Design

 

華大電子

HuaHong IC

 

華虹集成電路

HuaHong Jitong

 

華虹計通

HuaHong Microelectronics

 

華虹微電子

HuaHong NEC

 

 

Huawei

 

華為

Hynix

 

 

Hynix-ST Semiconductor

 

 

Silicon Motion

 

 

IMEC

 

 

Infineon

 

 

IPCore Technologies

 

智芯科技

ISSI

 

 

Jazz

 

 

Kilopass

 

 

KLA Tencor

 

 

Legend Silicon

 

 

LHWT Microelectronics Incorporated

 

 

LSI Logic

 

 

Magma

 

 

Marvell

 

 

Mentor

 

 

Mentor Graphics

 

 

MIPS

 

 

Mobilic Technology

 

 

MoSys

 

 

Motorola

 

 

Nankai University

 

南開大學

Ningbo CAS

 

寧波中科

NMC

 

 

Nortel

 

 

NXP

 

 

Oridus

 

 

Panovasic

 

虹微

Philips

 

 

PKL

 

 

Photronics Semiconductor Mask

 

翔準先進光罩

Qualcomm

 

 

RDA Microelectronics

 

銳迪科電子

Saifun

 

 

Samsung

 

 

Sanyo

 

 

Semico

 

矽科微電子

Shanghai Belling

 

上海貝嶺

Shanghai Fudan Microelectronics

 

復旦微電子

Shenzhen Founder

 

深圳方正

Shenzhen SI Semiconductors

 

深圳深愛電子

Shougang NEC

 

 

Sicomm Technology

 

 

Sigma Microelectronics

 

希格瑪晶華微電子

Sigu Technology

 

矽榖科技

Silicon Storage Technology

 

 

SMIC

 

中芯

Solomon Systech

 

 

Sony

 

 

Springsoft

 

 

SSIPEX

 

 

SST

 

 

STATS China

 

 

StatsChipPac

 

 

STMicro

 

 

SuperPix Micro Technology

 

 

Suzhou Guoxin Science & Technology

 

蘇州國芯

Tensilica

 

 

TI

 

 

TMDC

 

 

Tokyo Electron

 

 

Tongfang Microelectronics

 

同方微電子

Toppan

 

 

Toppan Chunghwa Electronics

 

中華凸版電子

Toppan Printing

 

 

Toppan SMIC

 

 

Toshiba

 

 

Tsinghua University

 

清華大學

TSMC

 

台積電

TSMC (Shanghai) Electronics

 

台積電(上海)

TTSILICON

 

 

UMC

 

聯電

UTAC

 

新加坡聯合科技

VeriSilicon

 

 

Virage Logic

 

 

Virtual Silicon Technology

 

 

WestStar Chips

 

 

Wolfson Microelectronics

 

 

Wuhan Xinxin

Semicondutor Manufacturing

 

武漢新芯積體電路

Xilinx

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