Development of Regional IC Industry

The development of China’s IC industry began with the successful development of the first Si-based digital IC in 1965. The period of 1965–1978 was the beginning of China’s IC industry, to establish a number of research institutes and semiconductor devices factories. From 1978 to 1990, it was the stage that the IC industry introduced the foundry technology, equipment, and explored the development roadmap. In the last decade of the twentieth century, China’s IC industry entered a period of key construction including a 150 mm silicon-based IC production line. Entering the twenty-first century, the industry has stepped into a golden period of development. In order to speed up the development of its IC industry, the state council issued “the Notice of the State Council on Printing and Distributing the Policies for Encouraging the Development of the Software Industry and the IC Industry”, “Notice of the State Council on Issuing Several Policies on Further Encouraging the Development of the Software and Integrated Circuit Industries”, and “the Guidelines for National IC Industry Development” (referred to as the Guidelines). Among the organizational efforts, the Chinese Semiconductor Industry Association (CSIA) has played a liaison role.