SHANGHAI, April 24, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Semiconductor
Manufacturing International Corporation ("SMIC"; NYSE: SMI; SEHK:
981), China's largest and most
advanced semiconductor foundry, hosted its sixth annual technology
workshop in Shanghai today to
promote the latest advanced and specialty technology platforms.
At the event, SMIC announced its latest achievements and
milestones on advanced technologies such as 28nm and 40nm, as well
as new feature offerings on specialty technologies, including eNVM,
PMIC, RF, IoT, and Matured Technology Enhancement (MTE)
programs.
Mr. John Peng, senior vice
president of SMIC China Sales, gave the opening address entitled
"Focusing on Product Applications, Creating a Technology Platform
Portfolio." Mr. Peng specifically mentioned the rapid growth of
China's IC industry, especially IC
design industry in recent years, and shared the new progress of
SMIC advanced and specialty technology platforms, IP portfolios,
and products especially targeting terminal applications such as
Smartphones, tablets, wearable devices, and set-top-boxes.
Dr. Tianshen Tang, senior vice president of SMIC Design Service
Center, gave a presentation on "Opening Eco-system, Excellent
Quality and Caring Service." Dr. Tang introduced the challenges and
opportunities of semiconductor industry in the 4G wireless
communications era, and SMIC's measures and goals of establishing
and refining open design IP/EDA/design service ecosystem and
providing customers with more solutions to the new challenges.
This workshop unveiled a variety of topics including the latest
status and development trends of SMIC's 28nm PDK and 40nm RF PDK,
and highlights on 40nm design flow and tape-out. SMIC also shared
its 0.13um EEPROM technology specialties, Smartcard platforms, and
varieties of power management technology platforms. Furthermore,
SMIC addressed its foundation IPs readiness and roadmap for various
advanced and specialty technologies, and application platforms.
In addition, executives from SMIC's partners also presented
their technology development trends. Eleven SMIC's partners set up
vendor booths and displayed their latest products and service
offerings. Over 200 IC design engineers, customers, technology
partners, and suppliers from around the world were in
attendance.
Finally, Mr. John Peng thanked
all the customers and partners for their supports and partnerships
over the years. Mr. Peng addressed that SMIC will continue to
accelerate and refine its technology innovations and customer
service, optimize technology and product mixes, improve product
quality, ensure on-time delivery, and work seamlessly with
customers and partners to win together.
About SMIC
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation ("SMIC";
NYSE: SMI; SEHK: 981) is one of the leading semiconductor foundries
in the world and the largest and most advanced foundry in mainland
China. SMIC provides integrated
circuit (IC) foundry and technology services at 0.35-micron to
40-nanometer and has begun offering advanced 28nm process
technology. Headquartered in Shanghai,
China, SMIC has a 300mm wafer fabrication facility (fab) and
a 200mm mega-fab in Shanghai, a
300mm mega-fab in Beijing, a 200mm
fab in Tianjin, and a 200mm fab
project under development in Shenzhen. SMIC also has customer service and
marketing offices in the U.S., Europe, Japan, and Taiwan, and a representative office in
Hong Kong. For more information,
please visit www.smics.com.
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