The unfinished semiconductor project "Chengdu Singer", which was shut down for two years, finally ushered in the takeover.
According to Ji Wei. According to many insiders, Chengdu Gaozhen Technology will spend 7 billion yuan to acquire the factory invested by Chengdu Municipal Government for Singh, and build a DRAM production line on this basis.
The core of the power grid is Grofonde. In 20 17, Grofonde, the world's second largest wafer manufacturer, officially started construction of a 12 inch wafer manufacturing base in Chengdu, with a total investment exceeding 10 billion US dollars. After the completion of the factory, the business was close to shutdown, and it was announced on May 19.
The receiver Chengdu Gaozhen Technology Co., Ltd. was established on September 28th, 2020. Cui Zhenyu, the legal representative and actual beneficiary, is the former vice president of SK Hynix and the former chief researcher of Samsung Electronics Technology Development Department. It is reported that there are only two veterans in Korea who have experience in all semiconductor fields from R&D to mass production, and Cui Zhenyu is one of them.
The DRAM chip market has a high degree of monopoly, which is basically divided by Samsung, SK Hynix and Micron. The competition is cruel and the phenomenon of suppressing opponents is very serious. China's DRAM chip is in the initial stage from 0 to 1. If it succeeds, it will be very good for the domestic market.
According to enterprise survey data, the registered capital of Chengdu Gaozhen Technology Co., Ltd. is 565,438 yuan+0.096,5438 yuan+0 billion yuan. At present, there are two shareholders: Chengdu Integrated Semiconductor Co., Ltd. invested 3,065.46 million yuan, holding 60% of the shares; Zhenxin (Beijing) Semiconductor Co., Ltd. invested 2,043.64 million yuan, holding 40% of the shares.
Among them, Chengdu Integration was established on September 28, 2020, and Chengdu High-tech Zone Electronic Industry Information Development Co., Ltd. holds 100% of the shares, and the actual beneficiary is He Zhaofeng, CEO of Next Venture Space.
Zhenxin (Beijing) is another company in Cui Zhenyuan, established on 201910.04, and held by Xi Anxinlong Hong Xin Technical Service Co., Ltd. 100%.
Cui Zhenyu is a veteran of the Korean semiconductor industry. He served as the chief researcher and executive director of Samsung Electronics Technology Development Department, the special director and vice president of SK Hynix Semiconductor Company, and held teaching positions in several universities.
At the beginning of this century, when Hynix was on the verge of bankruptcy, he jumped from Samsung to SK Hynix. In less than two years, Cui Zhenyu led his technical team to upgrade the company's R&D capability to Samsung's level and bring Hynix back to life, which is a classic in the history of Korean semiconductor development.
According to the available information, Cui Zhenyu is very interested in the semiconductor market in China. In an interview with domestic media on 20 18, he said, "The Korean semiconductor industry has already felt the progress of China. Although Korean enterprises are larger in scale and stronger in comprehensive technical strength, the pace of China is obviously faster. 」
On 20 19, Cui established Zhenxin (Beijing) Semiconductor Co., Ltd. in China. According to the data of enterprise survey, Trucore has applied for 43 patents related to wafer manufacturing. All technologies are jointly developed by Trucore Semiconductor Company and Microelectronics Company of Chinese Academy of Sciences, and two of them are directly related to DRAM chips.
According to Ji Wei. Zhenxin also recruited two generals, SK HAN and YKHOH, to serve as chief operating officer and CTO respectively. SK HAN has 35 years of experience in the semiconductor industry, and once served as the head of Samsung's manufacturing department 9LINPJT and SK Hynix's M8/M9 manufacturing department. YKHOH served as SK Hynix NAND/Mobile &；; General manager of graphics DRAM development department.
When Dangreau Fangde announced the establishment of a factory in Chengdu, the news caused a sensation in the whole semiconductor industry.
Around 20 17 and 20 18, China's integrated circuit industry developed well, and the central and local governments successively issued support policies, which set off a wave of core-making fever throughout the country.
As an important town in the midwest of China, Chengdu has attracted the layout of Intel, Texas Instruments, AMD, MediaTek, Spreadtrum and other enterprises, forming a complete industrial chain of design, manufacturing, packaging and testing.
Singer began to build a 12 inch wafer manufacturing base in Chengdu. The factory is carried out in two phases as planned. The first phase of 12 inch factory will introduce 0. 18/0. 13μ m process from Singapore factory, and it is expected to be put into production in the fourth quarter of 20 18. The second phase will introduce 22 nm FD-SOI technology, which is expected to be put into production in the fourth quarter of 20 19.
Chengdu Municipal Government invested 7 billion yuan to build Singer Factory, responsible for the construction of workshop and supporting facilities, and set up R&D, operation and logistics teams. However, the total investment scale has exceeded $654.38+0 billion, including $9.3 billion for infrastructure and the rest for infrastructure and ecological chain construction.
Different from FinFET process adopted by most wafer manufacturing companies, FD-SOI process is adopted for wafer core, which has lower design and manufacturing costs, and is of great use in the fields of Internet of Things, wearable devices, automobiles, network infrastructure, machine learning and consumer multimedia.
However, the development of FD-SOI technology is limited by the imperfect ecosystem, and it is not satisfactory in IP construction, mass production experience and application promotion. Therefore, at that time, Singh intended to build an FD-SOI ecological chain with the Chengdu municipal government, hoping that domestic chip design companies could adopt SOI technology and quickly promote market maturity.
At that time, Singer operated 1 1 fabs all over the world (five 8-inch fabs and six 12-inch fabs), including four 8-inch fabs in Singapore (formerly licensed semiconductors) and 1 fabs in the United States (formerly IBM). There are two 12 inch fabs located in Singapore (formerly licensed semiconductor, one of which was upgraded from 8 inch), two in the United States (1 formerly IBM), and two 12 inch fabs located in Germany (formerly FAB 36 and FAB 38 of AMD, now collectively referred to as FAB 1), with process nodes.
General manager of business operations in Singapore and CEO of Chengdu factory. As many factory leaders in Singapore are from China, they are ready to support Singer Chengdu with local customers, technology and talents.
However, less than two years after the factory was built, Singh stopped.
On May 2019 17, Chengdu Singer issued three notices of human resource optimization policy and closure. In the notice, Chengdu Singh said, "In view of the company's operating status, the company will officially stop working and suspend business as of the date of this notice."
As for the compensation arrangements for the remaining 74 employees, the notice stated that if they leave their jobs on or before June 14, 2020, Singh will pay their wages according to the wage standard agreed in the labor contract. On or after June 15, the basic living expenses shall be paid at not less than 70% of the minimum wage in Chengdu.
For employees whose contracts expire on or before July 6, 2008, Singh will not renew their labor contracts and pay economic compensation (n). /kloc-employees whose contracts expire on or after July, 0/9 can get economic compensation of N+ 1. If the labor contract termination agreement is signed before 5: 30 pm on May 19, 2020, Singh will also pay an extra salary of 1 month as a signing reward.
The current situation of unfinished business is closely related to Singh's parent company.
Singer was originally AMD's wafer manufacturing division. In 2008, due to poor management, AMD sold it to ATIC, an investment company in the United Arab Emirates, and the reorganized company is now Singh.
After more than ten years, the grid core has been in a state of loss, the wafer manufacturing process is poor, and the yield is low, all of which depend on the blood transfusion of the parent company ATIC. Since its establishment, ATIC has injected nearly $30 billion into Singh, but its net profit has been negative. The helm is constantly changing, and four CEOs have been changed in less than 10 years.
The establishment of a factory in Chengdu was decided by Sanjay Jha, the third CEO. Singh first negotiated with the Chongqing municipal government in 20 16, but in the same year, a large-scale loss broke out and the negotiations failed, and then he signed a contract with Chengdu. Sanjay Jha's development strategy is radical. Besides building a factory in Chengdu, we also built a new factory in new york, acquired IBM's microelectronics business, and developed 7nm. However, during his term of office, he suffered huge losses, with an average annual loss of more than $6,543.80 billion.
Thomas Caulfield, the fourth CEO, began to cut business lines on a large scale after taking office, and the cooperation with China changed its course. 2065438+June 2008, Singer laid off employees globally, and the recruitment of Chengdu factory was suspended; On 20 18, 10, Singh signed an amendment to the investment agreement with the Chengdu municipal government to cancel the 180nm/ 130nm project originally planned to be imported from Singapore.
Under the pressure of many parties, Singer Chengdu Project was closed. However, the factory building was built, and it was shut down for nearly 17 months because the equipment price was too high and the infrastructure itself had problems. If Gao Zhen Technology succeeds, it may be good for Chengdu government and domestic chip market.
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