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SAN FRANCISCO—Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (SMIC), China's largest dedicated semiconductor foundry, said Friday (June 24) it agreed to acquire a 70% stake in specialty foundry LFoundry sri for about $55 million.
The deal marks SMIC’s first expansion of manufacturing beyond China and will also move the company into the global electronics market, SMIC (Shanghai) said.

Tzu-Yin Chiu, SMIC
Tzu-Yin Chiu, the SMIC’s CEO and executive director, said through a statement that the acquisition marks an important step in SMIC’s global strategy. “In the future SMIC will continue to enhance, strengthen and further expand leadership in the global semiconductor ecosystem," Chiu said.
LFoundry Europe GmbH, the German parent company of LFoundry, and Marsica Innovation SPA, an LFoundry subsidiary that manages the fab in Avezzano, Italy, will each retain 15% ownership in LFoundry at the conclusion of the deal, SMIC said.
SMIC is ranked by market research firm Gartner Inc. as the fifth largest semiconductor foundry in the world with a 2015, when its revenue hit $2.24 billion, with market share of close to 5%. SMIC posted its 16th consecutive quarter of profitability in the first quarter on sales of $634.3 million.
LFoundry is a specialty foundry focused on analog products targeting automotive, security and industrial applications. The company boasts a manufacturing capacity of around 40,000 8-inch wafers per month at its Avezzano fab. LFoundry, which is not ranked among the world’s top 10 foundries, posted 2015 revenue of about $243 million.

Top five chip foundries by 2015 sales (in millions of dollars). Source: Gartner
SMIC and LFoundry said the deal would create greater opportunities for both companies by combining manufacturing capacity and giving each company’s respective products inroads into markets in China and Europe.
"The agreement with SMIC will further enable us to better use our own manufacturing capacity and have access to SMIC's extremely diverse technology offerings while taking advantage of SMIC's commercial network and overall capacity,” said Günther Ernst, LFoundry CEO.
—Dylan McGrath covers the semiconductor industry for EE Times


1楼2016-08-30 16:45回复
    先进工艺挑战尤甚 中芯国际以“特色工艺”开辟差异化之路
    在工艺制程的演进方向上,半导体芯片公司的追求永无止境,目前高端处理器芯片、NAND Flash存储芯片和FPGA等均已走向16nm、14nm甚至更高级别的技术节点。虽然对大部分大陆厂商来说,在先进工艺节点挑战不小,但发展特色工艺是他们最大的竞争亮点。
    中芯国际许天燊表示,对于16nm、14nm 和10nm的制程, 技术上的挑战在于,器件结构从传统的二维平面形晶体管发展成三维鳍型立体形晶体管,工艺上随之引进了一系列全新的关键技术,如多晶矽虚拟栅极平整化技术、低介电常数侧墙技术、三维源漏外延技术、自对准局域互联技术和后段双曝光金属互联技术等。
    据记者了解,这些技术开发所需的设备和工艺研发本身就是挑战,而应对这种挑战一方面需要大量资金的投入,另一方面是要有强有力的研发团队,而最为重要的是持续不断的创新,只有创新才能不断战胜那些技术上的新挑战。
    相对技术挑战而言,良率所面临的瓶颈来自于:工艺中的缺陷和纳米颗粒的检测技术,工艺及设备本身的稳定性和先进良率的分析测试手段。许天燊强调,为了应对这些挑战,首先要选好原材料,包括从高质量的晶圆,高纯度的气体和化学原料源头上著手;其次是正确选择与1Xnm工艺相对应的制造设备和工艺条件;第三是选择高精度的在线缺陷和颗粒检测技术和设备;最后是持续不断的优化工艺条件,降低工艺的不稳定性,提高芯片电学参数的一致性,从而提高芯片的良率。
    记者了解到,先进工艺和特色工艺“双管齐下”,已成为大陆晶圆代工厂商普遍的布局策略,中芯国际在大力发展28纳米和FinFET(鳍式场效应晶体管)先进工艺的同时继续投资特色工艺,如电源管理芯片、射频/无线技术、射频前端模组、CMOS图像传感器、微机械系统/传感器、嵌入式存储器、新型存储器等,这些特色工艺是未来物联网相关应用和市场需求的基石。
    总的来看,在先进工艺方面,以中芯国际为代表的晶圆代工企业已经开始走向28nm级别,并且中芯国际已经开始跟IMEC、高通、华为等国际国内巨头合作研发14nm等更为先进的工艺,这是一大历史性跨越。而在特色工艺环节,中芯国际深耕细作,避开了与国际巨头的正面竞争,走出了自己的差异化道路。


    2楼2016-08-30 16:48
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      中芯国际许天燊表示,中国大陆客户相对于国际客户的差异在于:一是国内客户需要更多的知识产权以及设计服务相关支持;二是,以前,国内客户往往更侧重于中低端市场,然而现在客户也在向中高端市场倾斜;三是,大多数国内客户由于市场细分而对价格敏感,但由于体量小,需要更多代工伙伴的支持。然而,中芯国际在过去几年里对国内客户的扶持是不遗余力的,大中华区的销售额已接近50%,这有赖于我们跟大陆客户之间的长期合作伙伴关系。
      据悉,SMIC在去年下半年实现28纳米进入量产并且带来收入,海外和国内的客户目前对其28纳米和40纳米的需求很高。 “在28nm和40nm节点,去年年底,我们上海12寸厂和北京合资厂共有2万片每月的产能,但这远远无法满足客户的需求。我们今年计划在年底前将上海12寸厂扩产至每月2万片,同时北京合资厂计划在年底前扩产至每月1万8千片12寸产能。相应的,今年整个公司计划投入25亿美元的资本开支,主要用于12寸产线的投入。


      6楼2016-08-30 16:50
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