Integrated circuit design, manufacturing, packaging and testing and supporting industries together constitute the industrial chain pattern of integrated circuits.
With the rapid development of integrated circuit design and chip manufacturing industry, dajiangdong plans to layout the integrated circuit industry as its "future industry", and is constantly improving the integrated circuit industry chain to realize the transformation from "zero" to "one".
At the end of December last year, Hangzhou SMIC wafer large-size semiconductor silicon wafer was started in dajiangdong, and it is expected to be put into operation in the first quarter of 2019. This will not only make dajiangdong integrated circuit industry chain from "short board" to "long board", but also fill the gap in the field of large-size semiconductor silicon wafer production in China.
At present, dajiangdong is planning to build a large industrial platform of 10000 mu and 100 billion yuan, of which the integrated circuit industry is put in front of dajiangdong. With the continuous improvement and growth of dajiangdong's integrated circuit industry chain, the development space and industrial foundation of dajiangdong have also focused on more and more industrial horizons. The benefits of integrated circuit industry agglomeration have begun to show, prompting new momentum for industrial incubation.
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Large silicon wafers are expected to be put into operation in April next year
Ferrotec has set up a sub project in dajiangdong
The golden sand poured out of the six "treasure bottles" and sprinkled on the starting platform. Suddenly, the salute and fireworks burst into the sky.
On October 8, Hangzhou SMIC Semiconductor Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "SMIC") held a plant capping ceremony in dajiangdong industrial cluster.
The capping ceremony was 2 months ahead of schedule. He Xianhan, President of SMIC, personally poured the last party of concrete for the plant with a shovel.
According to the current progress, the factory will be officially put into operation in April next year. On this land equivalent to the size of 19 standard football fields, SMIC will build three 8-inch (200mm) and two 12 inch (300mm) semiconductor silicon wafer production lines. Among them, the 12 inch production line is the first production line with core technology and real mass production in China.
It can be said that this company, covering an area of 209 mu, is expected to become a benchmark base for large-scale silicon wafer production in China. After the project is completed, it is expected to achieve an annual production capacity of 5.4 million semiconductor wafers in 8 inches and 2.88 million semiconductor wafers in 12 inches, with an annual income of 5 billion yuan.
He Xianhan has high hopes for this. He hopes that this is a world-class high-tech building with large semiconductor silicon chips, making it a landmark factory in Hangzhou and even Zhejiang Province.
"At present, the demand for large-size semiconductor silicon wafers in the Chinese market is very large, and will become larger and larger in the future. However, no domestic enterprise can do it, mainly by importing." He Xianhan said.
Semiconductor silicon wafer is one of the key materials in the field of semiconductor manufacturing, and it is also a short board in China's integrated circuit industry chain. In the near future, the large-size semiconductor silicon wafers baked here can significantly alleviate the current situation of insufficient supply of silicon wafers in China.
The medium core wafer responsible for the production of large-size silicon wafers is a joint venture established by Ferrotec holdings, Hangzhou Dahe thermomagnetic Electronics Co., Ltd. and Shanghai Shenhe thermomagnetic Electronics Co., Ltd., both of which are members of Ferrotec group. In September last year, Ferrotec (China) signed an investment agreement with Hangzhou dajiangdong industrial cluster, spending 6 billion yuan to build this large-scale integrated circuit silicon wafer project.
In addition to the capping of the main plant of SMIC wafers, on October 8, its "mother brother" Hangzhou Heyuan precision tools Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Heyuan Seiko") officially moved to dajiangdong and invested an additional 1 billion yen for the R & D, production and sales of precision cutting tools.
Heyuan Seiko is one of the few enterprises in China that has a full set of professional equipment and can manufacture high-end precision cutting tools. It has strong competitiveness and market share in the high-end market. In particular, the popularity of "wagen Heyuan" brand cemented carbide saw blade ranks among the top in the world.
After the relocation, Heyuan Seiko plans to introduce foreign high-precision automatic coating equipment, establish a tool coating production line, and newly introduce Japanese saw blade heat treatment production line and automatic processing equipment.
"This will further enrich the types of tool products and expand production capacity to meet the needs of various customers for tool products." According to the relevant person in charge of the enterprise, in the next three years, the company will take metal cutting, aluminum alloy, diamond and special tool products as the development direction, and establish a more efficient and comprehensive R & D, manufacturing, sales and after-sales service system. It is expected to achieve sales of 3.2 billion yuan in 2021.
So far, Ferrotec group has landed all its three important business segments of Jiangdong new materials, SMIC wafers and Heyuan Seiko, laying a solid foundation for the integrated circuit industry in the cluster area.
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Large size silicon wafer is preferred to domestic enterprises
Hangzhou encourages enterprises to forge "strong core"
As an important part of integrated circuits, the core technology of large-scale semiconductor silicon wafer has always been a blank in the field of large-scale silicon wafer production in China. It is precisely because of the technical barrier that large-size silicon wafers always rely on foreign companies, and the market has been in short supply.
He Xianhan, President of SMIC wafer, said that the silicon chips of Dajiang Dongji real estate will give priority to domestic enterprises and ensure demand.
In fact, chips made of silicon chips are the "heart" of intelligent products, ranging from industrial robots and unmanned cars to smart phones and IOT sensors. In particular, large silicon wafers and large chips are an important support for the country's high-quality development.
At present, Hangzhou is at the leading level in terms of integrated circuit materials and integrated circuit design, but there are still deficiencies in the two major fields of manufacturing and packaging testing of the integrated circuit industry. Therefore, the production of Hangzhou SMIC next year has become the key to the breakthrough of Hangzhou's integrated circuit industry; Hangzhou also frequently issued supporting policies to build a city of integrated circuit design innovation.
Large silicon wafers are in short supply all over the world
SMIC wafer gives priority to domestic enterprises
You may be curious about the large-size silicon wafer of medium core wafer:
The semiconductor silicon wafers originally produced in China are generally 5 to 6 inches. Why should the silicon wafers be made into such large blocks by the medium core wafer?
"Small silicon wafers are mainly used in products with low accuracy requirements. If astronomical telescopes or military reconnaissance equipment are used, larger silicon wafers are needed." He Xianhan, President of SMIC, said.
In he Xianhan's opinion, silicon chips can be used in many places, such as cars, household appliances, monitoring equipment... Sensors are needed wherever data needs to be read, and semiconductor silicon chips are needed in sensors.
In addition, for chips made of silicon, no matter how complex mathematical, physical and engineering problems are, as long as the staff tell it the problem through the computer keyboard and give it ideas and instructions for solving the problem, the computer can tell you the answer in a very short time.
Large silicon wafers do more than that. With it, unmanned aircraft can fly, and artificial satellites, spacecraft and space shuttles can accurately take off, fly and locate, and automatically send back all kinds of information to the ground. The artificial intelligence industry being laid out in Hangzhou also has to rely on it.
Thus, its value can also be reflected. He Xianhan said that worldwide, the demand for 12 inch large-size silicon wafers is 6.5 million a month. At present, there are about 5.8 million large-size silicon wafers available in the world. Therefore, in sales, there is no need to worry about large-size silicon wafers.
Moreover, an 8-inch semiconductor silicon chip costs 52 to 54 dollars if it is purchased from Japan. After the large-scale silicon wafer project in dajiangdong is put into operation, the price of 8-inch silicon wafer is expected to be about $52, which will not be too low. But the supply can be guaranteed.
"First, it will be provided to domestic customers. In this way, it can alleviate the problem that domestic customers can't buy large-size silicon wafers." He Xianhan revealed.
Behind the negotiation of large silicon wafer project
It took nearly 50 rounds of consultations in two years
In terms of integrated circuits, Hangzhou has certain industrial advantages.
Hangzhou is one of the first seven national IC industrial design bases, gathering more than 85% of the province's IC design enterprises and more than 95% of the design revenue.
In 2017, integrated circuit enterprises above Designated Size in Hangzhou realized a main business revenue of 16.5 billion yuan, of which more than 50% was design revenue, which is at the leading level in China in the subdivided fields such as embedded CPU, microwave and millimeter wave RF integrated circuits, digital audio and video, etc.
However, the integrated circuit industry in Hangzhou lacks core high-end manufacturing industry, advanced packaging industry and key design industry. The medium core wafer large-size silicon wafer project is improving the current situation of "soft" integrated circuits.
It is worth mentioning that dajiangdong spent almost two years to introduce this large project with a total investment of 6 billion yuan.
"In two years, we spent nearly 50 rounds of negotiations alone." Shen Jiangli, chief of the comprehensive section of dajiangdong Investment Promotion Bureau, introduced that semiconductor projects are very attractive to many cities, because once they are implemented, they will not only promote economic benefits, but also optimize and improve the whole industrial chain, "Therefore, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Yanchuan, Chongqing, Wuhan and Xi'an, which participated in the negotiations, have given great support. They are competitive in terms of investment environment, industrial agglomeration and talent advantages."
Shen Jiangli said that dajiangdong's rich manufacturing industry, especially the automobile and its parts industry, has laid a good foundation for the development of high-end manufacturing, which is closely related to the underlying infrastructure such as silicon chips, which just becomes the reason why SMIC wafers like dajiangdong.
"Dajiangdong's industrial layout and development direction are in line with the positioning of the group." As the project side, Yuan Shenglan, deputy director of SMIC general manager's office, said that Ferrotec group is constantly moving towards high-quality development. "Choosing dajiangdong, we are optimistic about not only the good geographical advantages of sea, land and air, but also the good business environment."
From nanny to housekeeper
Dajiangdong business environment
Yuan Shenglan's business environment refers to the efforts made by the cluster area. From the official commencement in May this year to the capping of the main plant, SMIC wafer took just five months, which shows the efforts behind it.
In September this year, typhoon "Shanzhu" passed through the east of Dajiang, with wind and rain. On the construction site of SMIC wafer under construction, the electricity suddenly stopped, which made yuan Shenglan at a loss: the workers were working overtime. Without electricity, the dark work could not be carried out as usual.
After a phone call, the staff of Jiangdong Power Supply Bureau immediately went to support, worked overtime in the dark to repair the circuit, and ensured the construction site and domestic electricity, which moved yuan Shenglan.
"From the temporary power supply after the completion of pile foundation at the construction site to the comprehensive distribution of water, electricity and gas before the mobilization of equipment, everyone works overtime to find solutions at every critical juncture." Yuan Shenglan recalled that numerous problems, large and small, were encountered in the project construction, ranging from construction planning to the clothing, food, housing and transportation of employees. Departments involving relevant government functions were always on call, and many times they could formulate plans in advance.
As a development highland not long after its establishment, dajiangdong does not have an advantage in resource elements and infrastructure supporting facilities. It can attract projects and retain enterprises. It is more a supplement in "service". Originally, dajiangdong worked in accordance with "everything around the project, everything for the project, all service projects and everything subject to the project", providing "nanny" services for enterprises. This year, the "nanny" service has been transformed into a more proactive and problem-solving oriented "housekeeper" service, which makes business owners more comfortable.
"Find problems in advance and deal with them properly at the first time." According to Zhang ronghua, chief of the project promotion section of dajiangdong Investment Promotion Bureau, the "housekeeper" service is not a one-time service. The "housekeepers" need to continue to follow up the project, and even take the initiative to go to the construction site to answer questions to the enterprise, so that the service has no dead corner.
Encourage enterprises to cast "Hangzhou core"
The maximum government reward for a single project is 35 million yuan
Dajiangdong serves wholeheartedly in the project promotion because of Hangzhou's determination on the road of "strengthening the core".
Open the development plan of Hangzhou integrated circuit industry released last year, and clarify the development idea of "driving manufacturing by design". Give full play to the agglomeration advantages of design industry and further elongate the long board; Make up for the "short legs" in the fields of materials, chip and equipment manufacturing, and vigorously promote the implementation of projects such as material production, chip manufacturing and equipment manufacturing in Hangzhou.
This is the plan given by Hangzhou.
On July 17 this year, Hangzhou issued the special policy to further encourage the accelerated development of the integrated circuit industry (hereinafter referred to as the "special policy"), which pointed out the direction for enterprises in the integrated circuit industry.
The special policy specifies that the government will increase financial support, help IC technology innovation, application innovation and industrial chain integration projects, focus on cultivating a number of "specialized, refined, special and new" IC enterprises, and build Hangzhou into the capital of IC design innovation.
The special policy specifies that special funds at all levels are arranged every year to support the development of integrated circuit industry in Hangzhou, and explains the funding conditions, amount and proportion. The scope of support includes enterprise R & D investment IP (intellectual property) purchase, streaming manufacturing, new or technological transformation projects, large-scale local application of independent chips (modules) and new professional technical service platform.
For example, For projects with R & D investment of more than 3 million yuan (inclusive) in the integrated circuit industry, 20% of the actual R & D investment and up to 10 million yuan will be given; for new construction or technological transformation projects of integrated circuit enterprises with investment scale of more than 50 million yuan (inclusive), the actual investment will be given 15% (including equipment and software investment), and the maximum subsidy of a single enterprise shall not exceed 35 million yuan.
"Before the release of the policy, the relevant departments of Hangzhou municipal government visited the parent company and asked us to put forward valuable suggestions on the relevant contents of the policy." Yuan Shenglan, deputy director of SMIC's general manager's office, said that Hangzhou SMIC's large-size silicon wafer project is also actively applying for the project, striving to obtain special funds and invest in the R & D and manufacturing of silicon wafers.
The integrated circuit industry represented by silicon wafer is actually an industry of "three highs". The first is talent, the second is capital, and the third is technology. It has typical characteristics of high talent, high threshold and high technology. Why bother to do it?
French economist Perrault once proposed that in the process of making a group of industries grow rapidly into industrial clusters, it can also promote the growth of other industries through multiplier effect. This phenomenon is called "growth pole effect".
In other words, if we can identify industries with the role of "magnetic field" as key cultivation objects, such industries can also become "catfish" stirring the industrial structure of a city in the process of rapid multiplication, introducing innovative resources and injecting new kinetic energy into other industries in the city.
Those who do not seek the overall situation are not enough to seek a domain. As the "heart" of intelligent products, chips made of silicon chips are the core of the integrated circuit industry. They have always been known as the "food" of the industry. They are an important industry to cultivate many other strategic emerging industries. Once they grow into a 100 billion cluster, they will undoubtedly play a growth pole effect on the industrial transformation of Hangzhou.
Obviously, dajiangdong is a very key step in this go game of "high-end manufacturing".
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He Xianhan, President of SMIC wafer:
"In terms of transportation, there will be metro lines 7 and 8 in the future, which will be very convenient to travel. In recent years, dajiangdong's manufacturing industry is also gradually moving up, not only vehicle projects, but also aerospace projects. I believe I can find good partners here." He Xianhan said that there is no need to worry about the future sales of large-size silicon wafers produced by SMIC wafers in China. Now, as long as we do a good job in construction and put them into operation as soon as possible, we can export solutions for China's strong "core" road.
Qin Yingan, general manager of Hangzhou Zhuosi Electronic Technology Co., Ltd.:
People who make integrated circuits are more painful. You have to accumulate knowledge and experience silently. We have found a way out in providing software design services for its manufacturers at the upstream end of integrated circuits. With the continuous strengthening of services, the products independently developed by us are also participating in the market competition. Now the company has just started, but the future is bright.
Lu Pengfei, general manager of Hangzhou Tuoer Microelectronics Co., Ltd.:
It only covers an area of 4.5 mu, with monthly sales of more than 13 million yuan. It is expected to create a tax of 10 million yuan this year. As a part of dajiangdong integrated circuit, we have always insisted on independent chip design, R & D and production. With more than 10 years of deep cultivation in the characteristic field of air flow sensor, Tuoer microelectronics has accounted for 80% of the market in the subdivided field, and has become a supplier to many of the world's top 500 enterprises. In the future, Tuoer Microelectronics will manufacture modules from chips, which is not only an extension of the integrated circuit industry chain, but also a strengthening of dajiangdong's existing integrated circuit industry.
Permanent venue of European Chinese microelectronics China Forum settled in dajiangdong
In May this year, the permanent venue of the European Chinese microelectronics China Forum was settled in dajiangdong, and jointly established a microelectronics professional accelerator with dajiangdong to jointly build a microelectronics industry cluster. This not only broke the talent deadlock that restricted the development of integrated circuit industry in the past, but also introduced cutting-edge technologies in microelectronics such as semiconductor chips and sensor products into this "Automobile City". In the future, with the continuous holding of the forum, the discovery of good projects will add luster to dajiangdong's integrated circuit industry.
