China's First Collaborative Integrated Circuit Manufacturing (CIDM) Project Settled in Qingdao, Shandong Province

On March 30th, CIDM IC project was signed in Qingdao West Coast New Area, with a project investment of about 15 billion yuan. The management committee of Qingdao West Coast New District, Qingdao International Economic Cooperation Zone, Qingdao Aucma Holdings Group Co., Ltd., and Core Semiconductor Technology Co., Ltd. Established in cooperation. It is reported that this is the nation's first collaborative integrated circuit manufacturing (CIDM) project. The signing of this project has settled the Shandong province's manufacturing industry, and it has broken the gap between the manufacturing industry in Shandong Province and the gap in the integrated circuit industry, which will enhance the high-end manufacturing industry. The core supporting rate supports the transformation, upgrading, and innovation of home appliances, automobiles, machinery manufacturing and other industries in Qingdao and even Shandong Province. It is a concrete practice for Qingdao West Coast New District to implement the Party's Nineteenth Congress report “Improving the quality of the supply system”.

The major projects of the transformation of old and new kinetic energy in Shandong Province put forward the “Top Ten” industries, among which the new generation of information technology represented by chips is the first place in emerging industries. According to reports, the CIDM IC project adopts a co-construction and sharing model. IC design companies, terminal application companies, and IC manufacturers jointly participate in project investment and integrate multiple parties through the formation of joint venture companies. This model allows the IC design company to have the exclusive production capacity and technical support of the chip manufacturing plant. At the same time, the IC manufacturing plant is guaranteed by the market and achieves resource sharing, capability coordination, and risk sharing. The project will take the lead in achieving breakthrough development in the West Coast New Area of ​​Qingdao, rapidly accumulate an integrated circuit industry chain, and explore the formation of a new industrial model that can be replicated and promoted.

The project is located in the Qingdao International Economic Cooperation Zone, with a total investment of about 15 billion yuan, of which a total investment of about 7.8 billion yuan in the first phase, after the completion of the project can achieve the amount of 8-inch chips, 12-inch chips, photomasks and other integrated circuit products Production. The entire line will be put into operation in the first phase of the 2019 plan and will be fully produced in 2022.

According to reports, Dr. Zhang Jingjing, the leader of the project team, has more than 30 years of experience in semiconductor manufacturing and R&D. He has worked at Texas Instruments for 20 years and successfully created and managed in the United States, Japan, Singapore, Italy, and Taiwan. Technical development and operation of more than 10 fabs; Founder of SMIC International Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. and Shanghai Xinsheng Semiconductor Technology Co., Ltd.

“We have introduced the international advanced shared-share CIDM model to China for the first time. We have participated in a series of advanced manufacturing application companies such as Aucma with world-class chip design and manufacturing capabilities. We will be involved in automotive control, smart home appliances, smart manufacturing, etc. The core technology in the field has achieved breakthroughs, and Qingdao has built a full industrial chain from chip R&D, design, manufacturing, and application to the application, said Zhang Jingjing.

Implementing the spirit of the 19th “High Quality Development”, Qingdao West Coast New Area takes the real economy as the focus of development, planning and building “four bases” such as information technology, circular economy, smart manufacturing, and marine manufacturing, as well as the economic center of the central vitality area. Centers for real economy headquarters, smart medical centers, green financial centers, sports industry sports centers, civic cultural centers, ecological leisure centers and other "seven major centers" to speed up the construction of a modern economic system. The Qingdao International Economic Cooperation Zone is a key functional area in Qingdao and the West Coast New Area. It focuses on building an industrial system that focuses on smart manufacturing, life and health, new energy and new materials, and stealth championships. Germany, Siemens, U.S. Joint Technology, and BGI , Lishen New Energy, Aucma Smart Cold Chain, Haier Central Air Conditioning Interconnected Factory and other projects have settled down. Around the CIDM IC project, the Qingdao International Economic Cooperation Zone will focus on the introduction of upstream and downstream enterprise cluster developments such as chip design, equipment materials, and packaging and testing to create a “China Core” for smart manufacturing.