SMIC Is Doing Well

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Alan Patterson, SMIC Running Full Tilt, Countering Chip Slump. EETimes, Nov 11, 2015.
www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1328239

Quote:

"Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC), China’s largest foundry, today said its capacity is fully utilized [and its profit up]

"The 28nm node has been a key driver for sales and profit at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) for nearly five years. * * * Competition is building in 28nm. United Microelectronics Corp (UMC), the world’s second-largest foundry, last month said it aims to grab a 15-20 percent market share in 28nm by the second quarter of 2016. UMC’s efforts to grab a bigger piece of the 28nm business stalled during the third quarter.

"the company [SMIC] said it booked its first revenue from sales of 28nm chips during the third quarter [of this year]. While SMIC didn’t quantify its 28nm sales, the company said revenue from 45nm-and-below products came in at about $80 million, compared with about $75 million in the second quarter. That chunk accounted for about 15 percent of the company’s total sales in both quarters.

"Specialty products such as CMOS sensors, fingerprint sensors and specialty memory represented about 40 percent of SMIC’s sales during the third quarter, the company said. About 43 percent of the company’s third-quarter sales came from products made with 0.15 [150nm]and 0.18 micron technology.

"During the third quarter, nearly 48 percent of the company’s [SMIC's] sales came from customers in China, followed by North America at 34 percent.

Note:
(a) SMIC CEO (since 2011) Tzu-Yin Chiu 邱慈云 (出生台湾)
(b) “UMC, the world’s second-largest foundry”

That is 2014 ranking. I introduced the following to you last at the time when it was published.
Peter Clarke, UMC rises as ranking shows foundry market grew in 2014. EE TImes (Europe Analog), Apr 14, 2015
http://www.analog-eetimes.com/en ... p;news_id=222907164