SHANGHAI, May 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Semiconductor
Manufacturing International Corporation ("SMIC"; NYSE: SMI; SEHK:
981), mainland China's largest and
most advanced semiconductor foundry, held its 2013, also the
5th, advanced technology workshop in Shanghai today. The workshop offered 40nm and
28nm IP and design solutions, and provided customers a chance for
direct communication to promote technological innovation and
cooperation. John Peng, Vice
President and General Manager of SMIC's China Business Unit,
mentioned in the opening speech that SMIC's 28nm will be ready for
new tape-out in 2013, and its 20/14nm development is in
preparation. Peng also addressed the importance of the China market and its growing share of SMIC's
business. In addition, Tianshen Tang, Senior Vice President of SMIC
Design Service, introduced SMIC's 40nm and 28nm technology and IP
development roadmap to give insight on SMIC's value-added
technologies and services. The workshop showcased SMIC's most
up-to-date technology achievements on 40nm and 28nm, 40nm design
and tape-out methodologies, eNVM platform for China market, SMIC foundation IP and special
IP platforms, SMIC RF spice model and PDK introduction, and
more.
The workshop focused on 40nm and 28nm advanced nodes, with more
than 200 invited senior IC design engineers in attendance.
Executives and representatives from ARM, Ansys/Apache, BriteSemi,
Cadence, Mentor Graphics, Innosilicon, Synopsys, and other SMIC
partners also gave presentations on their IP offerings, design
solutions, and application platforms.
Peng marked the end of the event by thanking the attendees for
their continued support and expressing SMIC's commitment to working
closely with its customers to achieve further success.
The workshop also featured an exhibition with SMIC partners
displaying their products and services, including libraries and IP,
EDA tools, and design services.
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, providing integrated
circuit (IC) foundry and technology services at 0.35-micron to
40-nanometer. 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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