Integrated circuits are intelligence-intensive industries that require talents, funds, and technology to achieve real development.
In recent years, colleges and universities have accelerated the cultivation of chip talents, ZFs in various places have promoted the development of integrated circuits, and enterprises are also actively developing technologies and products.
So, which cities are developing integrated circuits with real money?
Bohai Rim
Beijing
Beijing has a very complete integrated circuit industry chain ecology. At present, it has formed a complete industrial chain with design as the leader and manufacturing as the support, including packaging, testing, materials, equipment and other links.
Needless to say, the resources Beijing possesses include Tsinghua University, Peking University, Chinese Academy of Sciences and so on. The quality of talents is the highest, the industry is developed, and the requirements for the educational level of talents are also the highest.
Now Beijing mainly has Haidian (Zhongguancun Integrated Circuit Design Park), Shunyi (Zhongguancun Shunyi Park), Yizhuang, and Daxing (Economic and Technological Development Zone) industrial clusters.
Representative companies: Chipone North, North Huachuang, GigaDevice, Zhaoxin, Beijing Junzheng, Bitmain, etc.
Dalian
As a manufacturing base in the north, Dalian started relatively early in the field of integrated circuits and developed rapidly.
From the perspective of the three major business areas of integrated circuit design, manufacturing, and integrated circuit equipment and materials, Dalian's integrated circuit industry has begun to take shape.
In 2022, Dalian issued "Several Policies of Dalian City to Promote the Development of the Integrated Circuit Industry" to support enterprises in R&D, investment and financing.
Representative companies: Intel, SK Hynix, DATE Gas
Middle reaches of the Yangtze River
Wuhan
Wuhan's memory chips are in a leading position in the country, leading the R&D and manufacturing of memory chips in my country.
At present, Wuhan has formed a complete layout of the integrated circuit industry chain. The investment layout focuses on chip manufacturing, while taking into account design, packaging and testing and other industrial links.
Representative companies: Yangtze River Storage, Minxin Semiconductor, Wuhan Xinxin, Huawei HiSilicon, Fiberhome Communications, etc.
Yangtze River Delta region
The Yangtze River Delta region is a major gathering place for the domestic integrated circuit industry, and it is also a region with a relatively abundant supply of integrated circuit talents.
Shanghai
In the field of design, the scale of Shanghai's integrated circuit design industry in 2021 ranks first in the country. In terms of manufacturing, it owns SMIC and Hua Hong, two of the top two wafer manufacturing companies in mainland China.
Shanghai is mainly Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park and Lingang New Area. Zhangjiang, in particular, is currently an industrial agglomeration area with concentrated domestic integrated circuit industry, the highest level of comprehensive technology, and the most complete industrial chain.
Representative companies: Ziguang Zhanrui, OmniVision Group, Guilun Electronics, SMIC, Huahong Group, Shanghai Microelectronics, Weir Semiconductor, etc.
Wuxi
According to new data in 2023, the output value of integrated circuits in Wuxi has reached 200 billion. There are more than 400 integrated circuit companies in Wuxi, including 13 listed companies.
Wuxi is mainly based on Binhu District, High-tech Zone, and Liyuan Development Zone. The main layout is the manufacturing end and packaging and testing end. The scale of design enterprises is relatively small, and it is currently extending to semiconductor equipment, core components and supporting services.
Representative companies: Huahong, SK Hynix, China Resources Micro, Zhuosheng Micro, JCET, etc.
Nanjing
In 2022, Nanjing's integrated circuit industry will realize a cumulative revenue of 56.803 billion, a year-on-year increase of 12.4%.
Nanjing has multiple integrated circuit parks such as Jiangbei New Area, Economic Development Zone, and Jiangning Development Zone. It is at the forefront of the industry in 5G communications, radio frequency chips, and advanced wafer manufacturing.
According to the data, as of 2022, Nanjing Pukou District has gathered more than 300 upstream and downstream enterprises in the integrated circuit industry chain.
Representative companies : TSMC, Synopsys, Tsinghua Unigroup, Huatian Technology, Xinhuazhang, etc.
hangzhou
Hangzhou is one of the national integrated circuit industry design bases, ranking fourth in the country in the field of design.
Integrated circuits are mainly distributed in the West Lake District and Binjiang District of Hangzhou. The West Lake District has a relatively complete layout in the fields of design, manufacturing, and packaging and testing, and the Binjiang District mainly focuses on the design field.
On the whole, Hangzhou does have more advantages in the design of integrated circuits, and it also has unique craftsmanship in the manufacturing process. It is vigorously developing packaging, materials, equipment and other links.
Enterprises: Silan Micro, Pingtouge, Guoxin Technology, Silicon Lijie, Hikvision, Dahua Electronics, etc.
Hefei
Hefei is one of the few cities in the country that has a complete industrial chain of integrated circuit design, manufacturing, packaging and testing, and equipment and materials.
Hefei City is committed to the whole chain of "Hefei core", "Hefei production" and "Hefei use", making Hefei the "IC capital of China". It is estimated that at the end of the "14th Five-Year Plan", the output value of integrated circuits in Hefei will exceed 100 billion.
There are more than 300 companies in the design field; in Q1 of 2022, Hefei Jinghe Integration will enter the list of the top ten wafer processing manufacturers in the world.
Representative companies: Jinghe Integration, Changxin Storage, Tongfu Microelectronics, MediaTek, etc.
Xiamen
Xiamen's support in the integrated circuit industry in recent years is obvious to all. The output value of integrated circuits has increased from 18.7 billion in 2018 to 32.95 billion in 2022.
There are more than 300 integrated circuit industry chain enterprises in Xiamen, and an industrial chain covering integrated circuit design, manufacturing, packaging and testing, equipment and materials, and applications has been initially formed.
At present, the integrated circuit development zone in Xiamen mainly includes the Torch High-tech Zone, the Haicang Taiwanese Investment Zone, and the Huli Free Trade Zone.
Representative companies: Silan Microelectronics, Tongfu Microelectronics, Lianxin, etc.
suzhou
Suzhou's integrated circuit industry also covers design, manufacturing, packaging and testing, equipment materials and other links. The layout is centered on "design-manufacturing-packaging and testing" and supported by equipment, materials and service industries.
There are more than 300 companies engaged in integrated circuits and related businesses in Suzhou, mainly concentrated in industrial parks, high-tech zones, and Kunshan City. Among them, the scale of the integrated circuit industry in the industrial park reached 80.4 billion.
Representative companies: Guoxin Technology, Hejian Chip, Sirip, Ruixinwei, etc.
Pearl River Delta region
Guangzhou's layout in the field of integrated circuits is indeed relatively slow, but in the past ten years, Guangzhou's integrated circuit industry has experienced a process of "from weak to strong". Since Guangzhou listed integrated circuits as a key development industry, the output value of integrated circuits in Guangzhou has exceeded 20 billion.
Guangzhou is committed to forming an integrated circuit industry chain integrating chip design, wafer manufacturing, packaging and testing, and supporting services. At present, representative companies of integrated circuit design and manufacturing are mainly distributed in Huangpu District, Nansha District, Zengcheng District, Tianhe District, etc.
Representative companies: Yuexin Semiconductor, etc.
Shenzhen
Shenzhen is one of the distribution centers, application centers and design centers of my country's semiconductor and integrated circuit products, and Beijing and Shanghai have long occupied the top three in the scale of the domestic integrated circuit industry.
Shenzhen is known for its chip design. At present, there are 587 integrated circuit companies in Shenzhen, of which design companies account for 66.4%. Around 2021, links such as manufacturing, packaging and testing, equipment and materials will also increase.
Shenzhen plans to build more than 4 professional integrated circuit industrial parks by 2025, and the revenue is expected to exceed 250 billion in 2025.
Representative companies: Huawei Hisilicon ZTE Microelectronics, National Technology, Goodix Technology, Duntai Electronics, etc.
Midwest
Xi'an
The establishment of branches of companies such as Infineon, Intel, Samsung, and Micron has given Xi'an a good start in the development of the integrated circuit industry.
At present, there are more than 200 integrated circuit-related enterprises in Xi'an. By 2021, the scale of Xi'an's integrated circuit industry will reach 151.35 billion.
In addition, Xi'an has abundant resources in scientific research institutes and universities. Xidian, Xi'an Jiaotong University, and Xi'an University of Technology have provided Xi'an with strong chip talent support.
Representative companies: Ziguang Guoxin, Huatian Technology, Xi'an Microelectronics Technology Research Institute, Huaxin Semiconductor, Yisiwei, etc.
Chengdu
Chengdu IC development layout comprehensively covers the whole chain development including design, manufacturing, packaging and testing, and material end. As of 2021, the scale of Chengdu's integrated circuit industry has reached 146.4 billion.
Chengdu's demand for employees in the integrated circuit industry is second only to Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen, ranking fourth in the country. Like Xi'an, it has the same high-quality university talent resources.
Representative companies: Tsinghua Unigroup Chengdu, VeriSilicon Microelectronics, Haiwei Huaxin, etc.
chongqing
As of 2022, the scale of Chongqing's integrated circuit industry will be about 35 billion.
At present, most of the jurisdictions in Chongqing have upstream semiconductor equipment, EDA and other enterprises distributed, while the representative enterprises of integrated circuit manufacturing are mainly distributed in Shapingba District, Yongchuan District and Banan District.
Representative companies: China Resources Micro, Ziguang Zhanrui, Southwest Integration, etc.
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