Challenges to the IC industry in the Soviet Union encountered difficulties in the industry worried

Chip industry base blossom everywhere at the same time, the relevant city domestic competition is also carried out like a raging fire, positive behavior in Suzhou has not won more praise.

"Suzhou is a paradise in which technology is turned into money, but there is a lack of money and technology." Yang Weize, who served as mayor of Suzhou, Suzhou.

As an important development of the integrated circuit (IC) industry in the city, Suzhou's IC industry chain (chip design, manufacturing, packaging testing) although complete, but in the core of the chip design field has always been weak. Compared with the Yangtze River Delta region in Shanghai, Wuxi, Suzhou's chip design industry is lagging behind.

In order to change the status quo, the latecomers are trying to achieve breakthrough with the help of various forces. By the end of 2005, Suzhou Zhongke integrated circuit design center and the Hongkong science and Technology Park reached a cooperation agreement, both sides will use their own resources and advantages, promote the development of the two chip design companies, focus on cooperation in personnel training, business incubation, project development.

Although this is not the first cooperation between the mainland and Hongkong in the field of chip design, but the Soviet Union has attracted much attention. This is the "7+1" protocol (2003, signed an agreement with the Ministry of science and technology, Hongkong science and Technology Park in mainland Beijing, Shanghai, Wuxi, Hangzhou, Shenzhen, Xi'an, Chengdu 7 IC design industrialization base of Hongkong science and technology parks to achieve cooperation, and cooperation) Hongkong's first mainland related projects. Have been excluded from the 7 industrial base of Suzhou, put out the attitude behind others no longer gansu.

However, Suzhou's positive behavior did not win more praise. Su Gang cooperation has just started, many people in the industry have expressed doubts about the actual value of the cooperation.

Miss the chance to save

Suzhou is the development of the integrated circuit industry, with a very complete upstream and downstream industry chain. Whether in manufacturing or packaging testing strength is very strong, it can win more customers and markets. Suzhou is also very obvious advantages in human resources." Zhang Shurong, vice president of science and Technology Park, Hongkong enterprise development and technical support to analyze the reasons for cooperation.

In an area of 260 square kilometers of the Suzhou Industrial Park, the reporter noted, here has the UMC (like the world's second largest chip foundry) investment background of Suzhou and ships such as chip manufacturer, factory and AMD, Infineon and other international giants.

Have a good industrial base, the development of Suzhou chip design industry should have a great advantage. However, as of the end of 2001, the 7 National IC design industrialization base directory, but not the name of Suzhou. Suzhou is located in the Yangtze River Delta region is the biggest winner at the time, Shanghai, Wuxi, Hangzhou has become a national focus on the development of chip design center city.

Suzhou and industrialization base is indeed a lot of people regret, Suzhou also missed the '7+1' agreement with the opportunity to cooperate with Hongkong." Although the past two or three years, the Suzhou semiconductor association responsible person is still fresh in my mind, it is precisely because of this, we only in 2004 to build the Suzhou branch of integrated circuit design center."

In terms of chip design, compared with the surrounding neighbors, Suzhou slower than a beat. When Shanghai, Wuxi, Hangzhou, the industrial base in 3 years of experience and lessons in progress, Suzhou has just started faltering.

However, Suzhou is not only missed opportunities. "The late development of Suzhou IC industry, Shanghai has the best domestic industrial base and service system, Wuxi is the old base of domestic chip design development, participated in the 908 and 909 projects under the National 863 plan, Hangzhou also like Silan this design enterprise. But we have a big gap with them, it takes time to catch up." Yang Lizhi, general manager of Suzhou integrated circuit design center, told the IT Time, so, we can not miss any chance. Cooperation with Hongkong, is to make up for this regret."

During the interview, Suzhou industry showed a rather similar attitude, can not help people chew the overtones of cooperation. Whether it is the establishment of the Department of integrated circuit design center, or to establish a cooperative relationship with the Hongkong science and Technology Park, Suzhou has always been to create all the opportunities to obtain the same platform for the development of national industrialization base. Compared with the domestic IC design center city, Suzhou's goal is very clear." Zhao Jianzhong, Deputy Secretary General of the Shanghai integrated circuit industry association, such as the evaluation of Su Hong cooperation, competition is not a bad thing, Suzhou stepped up the pace of development of chip design, but also to stimulate the development of other bases."

It is reported that by the Suzhou municipal government and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou branch of the joint planning of the Suzhou branch of the integrated circuit design center, is based on the establishment of industrial bases such as Shanghai model. The function of the design center and the function of the industrial base is no different, are actively promoting the development of chip design companies in the region.

Shanghai is the first to put forward the establishment of the center of the IC design industrialization base of the city, as early as 2000, Shanghai proposal to promote the layout of the competent authorities in the country to set up industrial base. The Shanghai 11th Five-Year plan once again increased the proportion of the development of the chip design, the capital investment in the design industry for the first time more than the package test, it can be seen, Shanghai's determination to promote industrial upgrading. However,