According to Digitimes Research data show that in 2017 the global IC foundry growth of 6% to 55.7 billion US dollars, by 2022 will reach 74.66 billion US dollars in market size, the annual compound growth rate of 6%. According to IC Insights and other market research structure Reported that in 2017 the global IC foundry market than in 2016 growth of about 7%, it may rush to 55 billion US dollars, an increase of about 10% from 2017 IC chip foundry market development, crystal Yuan found that the top ten enterprises accounted for the overall foundry market 95% to 96% of the share. 'I look forward to the development of the semiconductor industry in China's gold and you build a better future industry.Gull core hope to become China's domestic semiconductor industry "This is a firm commitment to the Chinese market," said Bai Nong, Global Vice President and General Manager of Greater China, GLOBALFOUNDRIES, at his GTC Technical Conference Shanghai station.
FinFET and FD-SOI go hand in hand, 7nm yield to 65%
"With the rapid development of customers, markets and applications in the region, we will continue to develop new technologies to achieve interconnection intelligence." China is definitely one of the most important markets in the grid, and we will continue to bring advanced, The technology helps our customers grow and succeed, "said Mike Cadigan, senior vice president of global sales and business development at Christiech.
According to Mike Cadigan, as the 5G is about to start commercial, data transmission is getting higher and higher, mobile phones need to meet the high-speed, massive data transmission, the need for different RF devices, so the high-performance computing needs, Providing the FinFET process, from 14LPP to 12LP to 7LP.Gary Patton, CTO and Senior Vice President of Global R & D, said that the current 7nm 7LP EUV technology has made positive progress, and the QSG process is expected to exceed the 14nm process 40% increase in power consumption and 60% reduction in energy consumption. The grid said that 7nm yield has risen to 65%, will plan to promote EUV commercial and popular, and customer AMD to cooperate.He admits that EUV does face many challenges, including How to further improve the yield, mask defects and other issues, we must strive to overcome the ability to put into mass production, the goal is to improve the yield to 95% .Ge core currently take a phased push EUV strategy, in the first stage does not need Mask (pellicle), the second stage before use.
AMD's second-generation Zen CPU architecture, the next generation of Navi GPU architecture, will use the grid 7nm.
On the other hand, real-time data, real-time feedback, connecting the cloud, accelerating innovation is a new requirement for applications such as networking, but the traditional process is generally difficult to meet all the requirements, especially the Internet for low power requirements higher . For such low-power cost-effective applications, the grid for the Internet of things, mobile communications, RF chip provides 22FDX, 12FDX and other solutions.Gary Patton said that the current 20,22 nm has entered the production preparation phase, to Visible at the end of 2018 has 15 tape-outs, and there are nearly 135 customers started the initial contact.He pointed out that the current 12FDX performance has reached 90% of the target is expected in the second half of 2018 will enter the trial production, the first half of 2019 official Mass production.
Mike Cadigan emphasizes that both FinFET and FD-SOI processes can be used to help customers meet their needs in low, medium, and high-end applications. The two processes are not competing for different scenarios, Is a complementary relationship. 'In the emerging application of things such as the market, Chinese customers always have a variety of different needs, and product focus, a single technology is difficult to meet their requirements, two-line parallel to be able to "Gregg Bartlett, senior vice president of CMOS core business, said, 'As the car is moving in the direction of automation, car manufacturers and parts suppliers are designing new integrated circuits.' '' '' '' '' '' '' '' '' '' '' '' The core includes a variety of automotive platforms, including the new platform, AutoPro, combining a range of technologies and services to meet the complexity and needs of smart interconnect applications in the automotive industry.
He pointed out that the automotive industry has two major subversive trends: one is the electrification of the powertrain, the other is autopilot.China in these two areas the whole industry has just started, in this regard will show more opportunities and as The
In addition, according to Gregg Bartlett, after the completion of the acquisition of IBM Microelectronics Division, the grid core is now able to provide highly differentiated RF technology and has a large ASIC design / development team, of which about 150 employees in Shanghai, another 40 to 50 employees in Beijing. 'Our ASIC business continues to grow, the number of employees is also increasing, with the industry's most widely used ASIC design services, differentiated IP, custom chips and advanced packaging technology to provide true end to end Design. '
Actively layout of the Chinese market, Chengdu factory next year mass production
The Chengdu government is working with the grid to establish a world-class FD-SOI industrial ecosystem, which will be the result of the construction of the Chengdu-based fab factory building for more than eight months. The first phase of the plant will be closed in early November. The development of high - tech industries in the region is reinforced by the fact that all this is not just a simple production facility, but also a tangible symbol of China 's future future, as Bai Nong, general manager of global vice president and general manager of Greater China.
It is reported that Fab 11 (11 plants) will be China's largest wafer fab next year and become one of China's most advanced 300-mm fabs, and Fab 11 will also be the production center of the core 22FDX. 11 will produce 130nm to 180nm mainstream technology products, the number of wafers per month for the 20000. By the second half of 2019, will be highly differentiated 22FDX (FD-SOI) production, is expected to produce 65,000 per month.
In addition to building factories, grid core and China are closely related for a long time in the FD-SOI, the grid is working closely with the Chengdu municipal government to expand the FD-SOI ecosystem, through the investment of more than 100 million dollars to build Chengdu FDX chip Design and IP development centers, several leading semiconductor companies have committed to supporting ecosystem initiatives, including Invecas - the leading IP development partner of the grid core. Invecas has invested heavily in China, including the recent expansion in Shanghai and Shenzhen The engineering team and is committed to building a research and development center in Chengdu to develop advanced IP and design and support for FD-SOI.
The core core 22FDX ® technology has recently been adopted by three Chinese local customers. Shanghai Fudan Microelectronics Group is expected to adopt the grid. The core of the core technology is not only continue to increase investment in the Chinese market, but also to its leading differentiation technology for Chinese customers to provide support. Core 22FDX platform, is expected to begin in 2018 to design and development of highly reliable server and intelligent intelligence and intelligent networking products in the field of intelligent products.After detailed design evaluation, Rockchip microelectronics plans to use the core core 22FDX technology. Can be very good to meet the power consumption and performance are higher requirements of the SoC products. Rockchip will use the core core 22FDX technology design ultra-low power wireless connection based on intelligent hardware SoC, but also for the design of high-performance artificial Intelligent application processor SoC. In addition, the national science micro-program in the next generation of Internet of things chip products in the development of low-power 22FDX technology, and in the future for the production of mass production. Can work with local customers to witness 22-nanometer process Application, for the grid is an important and very meaningful moment.
"Looking at Greater China, our existing customers cover top companies to many small companies, but when we offer more capabilities and technology like 22FDX, more opportunities will emerge and give us the opportunity to serve customers who have not been able to serve. 'White farmers stressed.