By 2004, IBM was able to get the third place in the world for the production of semiconductors contract. By 2005, from third placed it moved nu Chartered company , and soon moved to the fourth place by Chinese company SMIC (Semiconductor Manufacturing International). At the moment, according to rumors, IBM is in talks to sell factories.
By 2014, SMIC company came with annual revenues of $ 1.9 billion and the fifth position in the ranking of contract semiconductors manufacturers . In general, SMIC company earns now exactly half of United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC), which is in third place behind GlobalFoundries company , and business at the UMC are not going well. It does not have such a powerful client, as Apple company , so the chances of Samsung looks better. Therefore, UMC will have to exert a lot of effort to resist SMIC.
The expansion of demand for 28-nm production weakened UMC company position to produce 40nm semiconductors. This immediately interested SMIC company . Now UMC plans to expand 40nm production capacity in its Singapore unit - up to 10-15 thousand 300mm wafers per month, and Chinese - to 48-50 with 44 plates (a division of Hejian Technology). Additionally, the company is considering the purchase UMC 200-mm factory Malaysian company Silterra. As for the 28-nm products, the company SMIC intends to start producing chips with these standards at the end of 2014. Related Products :
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