[7.10 Semiconductor News] Japanese semiconductor companies bet on China * Pudong to build a world advanced integrated circuit park under trade friction

[semiconductor] the Japanese government has rejected South Korea's proposal for negotiations and reiterated its intention not to lift controls on exports of raw materials to the South Korean semiconductor industry, Xinhua reported. Japan has restricted its companies from exporting three semiconductor raw materials to South Korea that can be used to make smartphones and integrated circuit chips from July 4.

[Pudong builds World Advanced Integrated Circuit Park] A few days ago, Lingsheng Technology Co., Ltd. announced the establishment of Shanghai Integrated Circuit Design Industrial Park. The company has a registered capital of 2.98 billion yuan, and its independently developed SoC chip project has been listed in the second batch of major foreign capital projects in the country. As more and more enterprises enter the Shanghai Integrated Circuit Design Industrial Park in Zhangjiang, Pudong is taking another step towards the goal of promoting the development of the whole integrated circuit industry chain and building a world-class advanced manufacturing cluster. Lingsheng Technology Co., Ltd. was jointly funded and established by Beijing Jianguang Asset Management Co., Ltd., Lianxin Technology Co., Ltd., Qualcomm (China) Holdings Co., Ltd., and Beijing Zhilu Asset Management Co., Ltd., on May 4, 2018, it was approved unconditionally by the Ministry of Commerce. The company focuses on the consumer mobile phone market. (Shanghai Pudong Portal) "View details

Wang Jinjian, vice mayor of Wuxi Municipal Government, recently met with visiting Vice President (IMEC) Rudy Laurence of the Belgian Microelectronics Research Center. Wang Jinjian said that Wuxi High-tech Zone has a good foundation of microelectronics industry, and the current regional ranking of the industry is second only to Shanghai. A large number of Wuxi integrated circuit enterprises generally have the demand for talent training. It is hoped that IMEC will speed up the establishment of IMEC China College with Wuxi City and Wuxi High-tech Zone, and strive to sign a contract at Wuxi World Expo in September. Rudy Laurence, vice president of IMEC, pointed out in the exchange that after several years of vigorous development, IMEC's business from China has continued to grow, and has deep cooperation with Huahong, Huawei and other enterprises. (set microgrid) "View details

[Cisco will buy Acacia for $2.6 billion] on Tuesday, Cisco announced plans to buy Acacia Communications, for a total of $2.6 billion at $70 a share by fully diluting its shares. Acacia Communications is an intelligent transceiver design, development, manufacturing and sales company. Acacia was up more than 38 per cent in pre-market trading on Tuesday, while Cisco was down 1 per cent. The acquisition will improve Cisco's portfolio of optical systems. As a networking company, Acacia has been a supplier to Cisco before. The deal is expected to close in the second half of Cisco's 2020 fiscal year. When the deal closes, Acacia employees will join Cisco's optical systems and business units, the two companies said. (Sina Science and Technology)

[Apple will launch 5G iPhone in 2020 but still use Qualcomm baseband chip] Apple's own research and development of 5G baseband chip is almost an open secret, and it has been reported that Apple is also interested in acquiring Intel's German baseband chip unit, which shows Apple's determination to develop 5G baseband chip. However, as it will still take some time for Apple to develop its own 5G baseband chip, Apple will launch a 5G iPhone with Qualcomm 5G baseband chip in 2020, according to foreign media reports. While Apple intends to develop its own 5G baseband chips to reduce its reliance on external suppliers, market analysts see its own 5G baseband chips as difficult to launch in the short term and as soon as 2022 or 2023 at the earliest. (TechNews Technology News)

[under trade friction, Japanese semiconductor companies bet on China] Japanese media reported that in the context of Sino-US trade friction, Japan's magnetic technology holding company, which makes semiconductor materials and equipment parts, has chosen to continue to invest in high-level equipment in China. At a recent financial presentation, he Xianhan, a senior executive at the Japanese magnetic technology holding company, was confident about the future of his business in China, according to the Japan Economic News website on July 8. According to the report, this confidence is reflected in the equipment investment plan. The company plans to increase its investment in equipment in fiscal 2019 by 30% from a year earlier to 48 billion yen, the highest in a single year. Of these, 96 per cent are invested in China. (reference message) "View details

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