The integrated circuit industry is the core of the information technology industry and is called the “Pearl of Industry.” Hefei is a sub-center city of the world-class urban agglomeration in the Yangtze River Delta. It has gathered 129 integrated circuit companies in three years, covering design, manufacturing, and sealing. The entire industrial chain of testing, equipment and materials has become one of the fastest-growing and most effective cities in China's integrated circuit industry. Hefei, which was once the 'Desert' of the integrated circuit industry, has emerged from the fierce competition in the city and has risen to ' Rising star'.
In today's era, a new round of scientific and technological revolutions and industrial changes are gestating. Today's Hefei is struggling to create 'innovative capitals with international influence,' and sprinting 'world-class industrial clusters' in the integrated circuit industry will undoubtedly be the city. Best illustrations of industrial innovation and high quality development.
Leading agglomeration grows at a rate of 20 new additions per year
On December 6, 2017, the Hefei Jinghe Integrated Project with a total investment of 12.8 billion yuan will be put into mass production. With the construction of the next few years, Hefei Jinghe is expected to become the world's largest manufacturer focusing on panel-driven chips. This stage, landing integrated circuits of the entire industry chain, so that Hefei City station industry development at the forefront.
In the same month, the chip packaging and testing 'Shuangzi' project settled in Hefei, with a total investment of 3.5 billion yuan. China will establish the largest semiconductor display chip packaging and testing company headquarters in China and the packaging COF tape production base to create the 'IC Capital of China' for Hefei. Tim engine.
Leading companies continue to gather. In the design process, Hefei has 102 well-known companies such as MediaTek, Grouplink Electronics, Zhaoyi Innovation, and Junzheng Technology, among which 5 companies have sales revenue exceeding RMB 100 million. The world’s top integrated circuit design The company's MediaTek technology has set up its world's second largest R&D center in Hefei. In the manufacturing process, the company has achieved mass production of 12-inch wafers for wafers, and Changxin’s 12-inch memory wafer manufacturing base project has been accelerated. It is expected that the project will occupy the world after the project is put into production. About 8% of the DRAM market will fill the gap in the domestic DRAM market. Hefei will enter into a world-class storage manufacturing center. In terms of packaging and testing, Tongfu Microelectronics, Xinhuicheng, COF tapes, and silicon will be among the others. Project; In the equipment sector, the core-microelectronics dual-stage laser direct imaging equipment has broken the monopoly of foreign high-end laser direct-write exposure equipment, and Dahua Semiconductor's proprietary production equipment and precision molds have achieved mass production sales.
At present, Hefei has 129 IC companies and is one of the few cities in the country that has design, manufacturing, packaging, testing, materials, and equipment. The data show that in 2017, the city’s integrated circuit industry completed a total value of 23.56 billion yuan. An increase of 31.03% over the same period of last year. The settled companies are still growing at an average annual rate of 20.
Innovation leads the 'screen-core-end' integrated industry features appear
Into Hefei Jinghe IC Co., Ltd. located at the intersection of Daxie Road and Xiqiaohe Road of Xinzhan High-tech Zone, the exhibition hall not only displayed the finished products of Hefei-made wafers, but also generated from thin films, optical lithography, and etching. Miscellaneous, wafer manufacturing processes such as chemical mechanical polishing are also straightforward.
In 2019, after the first phase of the wafer wafer production project is completed, the production capacity will reach 40,000 per month, effectively filling the gap in the domestic drive IC industry, and will increase the localization rate of panel-driven chips in Hefei to 30% in 5 years, breaking the domestic market. The panel chip is almost entirely dependent on the import situation, achieving an effective combination of 'core' and 'screen'.
Hefei is the country’s largest home appliance manufacturing base, the largest in the country, the most complete new display industry base in the industry chain, the nation’s major automobile and equipment manufacturing base, and the nation’s important new energy industry base. It is predicted that only appliances in Hefei will be used as panels. Display, automotive electronics and green energy, and other industries, market demand for various types of chips each year reached billions of tablets, a total of more than 30 billion yuan, a huge market demand.
According to the calculation of the International Monetary Fund, the output value of a chip of 1 yuan can drive the related electronic information industry's output value of 10 yuan, which in turn will result in a GDP growth of 100 yuan. However, at present, domestic integrated circuits rely heavily on imports, and the core technology is controlled by people and has become a constraint on the economy. Shortage of social development.
How to break through? After three years of hard work, Hefei has explored its own way, using innovation as the driving code, and initially formed its own industrial characteristics. In summary, taking the local market as the traction, human resources as the support, and the local industry Highly integrated, initially forming three clusters of industry-specific chips. In the field of panel-driven chips, the company gathered Duntai Technology, Jinchuang North, Zhongdian Jingxian, Hongjing, Longxun and other companies; in the field of home appliance chips, gathered together Science and technology, Silicon Lijie and other companies; have also been deployed in storage, automotive electronics, power chips and other fields.
Elemental support escort 'industrial ecological chain' formation
Only high-quality industries can retain high-quality talents. Among the important factors for the accumulation of polymer fertilizers in the integrated circuit industry, talent has become the key.
'High-end talent and key technologies are the core competitiveness of the industry's development.' Vice President of China Semiconductor Industry Association Yan Xiaolang suggested that through the construction of a college of model microelectronics in colleges and universities, collaborative innovation between industry and universities should be carried out to drive the development of the entire industry.
Today, Hefei is embarking on training its own IC talent team and training microelectronics talents as an important content for advancing 'two-class' universities such as China University of Science and Technology, Hegong University and Anda University. The 14 universities in the city have nearly 10,000 micro-levels. Students in electronics related majors, Beihang University of Microelectronics, China University of Science and Technology, and Hefei Microelectronics College accelerated their construction.
In terms of talent introduction, Hefei City has introduced supporting policies in one-off talent subsidy, work allowances, housing, and children's education, etc. In response to the demand for Taiwanese and foreign talents in China, we have accelerated the construction of an international community and improved international hospitals, schools, and other service facilities. Attract more talent.
In terms of capital elements, Hefei City initiated the establishment of an integrated circuit industry investment fund of Anhui Province with a total size of 30 billion yuan to help the industry leap forward. National IC Industry Investment Fund, Walden Fund, Jianguang Assets, Zhongxing Hechuang, Yinkuan The participation of capital and other industrial investment funds, integrating high-end elements, supporting key projects, and stimulating industrial development.
In terms of policy support, Hefei City has taken the lead in promulgating the “Hefei City's Several Policies for Promoting the Development of the Integrated Circuit Industry”. It supports the development of integrated circuit companies in terms of supporting R&D, application promotion, and platform construction. In terms of platform construction, it invests 40 million yuan to complete the investment. IC design verification and analysis of the public service platform (ICC)... Converge resource elements, relying on talent and policy dividends, Hefei integrated circuit industry is building greater advantages in development and building an industrial ecosystem.
Dreamful Future: The Rise of Chinese IC Capital
At the two national conferences this year, integrated circuits were once again included in the State Council's "Government Work Report." This is listed as the first real economy development. This year's "Government Work Report" in Hefei City has clearly stated that 'To promote new types of displays, integrated circuits, and photovoltaic solar energy. , Strategic emerging industries such as intelligent voice and artificial intelligence have developed into world-class industrial clusters.
All along, the State and Anhui Province have attached great importance to the development of the integrated circuit industry in Hefei. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has listed Hefei as one of the 9 largest integrated circuit development bases in the country. The National Development and Reform Commission has listed Hefei as one of the 14 key integrated industrial development cities. Has been included in the "13th Five-Year" national major integrated circuit production layout plan. Anhui Province, Hefei City, IC industry base as a provincial development base for the new industry agglomeration.
At the beginning of 2017, the construction plan of Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center was approved. The basic platform of the “GuoZihao” innovation system will provide an innovative power source for Hefei’s industrial development. In March of this year, “Hefei City supported 'Triple and Creative'”. A number of policies were officially issued. Within the next three years, Hefei will arrange 200 million yuan each year to support the city's major emerging industrial bases.
With the support of the country and the province, Hefei is seizing opportunities, focusing on resources, highlighting key points, and striving to build integrated circuits into a core industry that will enhance competitiveness after the new display industry. During the “Thirteenth Five-Year Plan” period, Hefei The city will focus on improving the 'Hefei Core', 'Hefei Production' and 'Hefei Use' chains, and will fully develop the design and manufacture of memory chips, driver chips and specialty chips. By 2020, it will strive to exceed 50 billion yuan in output value. Manufacturing and design industries Ranked among the top five in the country and strived to build 'China's Capital of IC'.