UMC planted in SMIC undercover?

Yesterday morning, Suzhou Hejian technology door to see a taxi, usually often have twenty or thirty cars waiting at the door. And ship technology declined to be interviewed, said the company is currently producing and operating normally. Normally low-key and ship technology, is now in the vortex of the joint event. Taiwan gecom suffered lightning again brought back a thorough investigation, TSMC, UMC all the old and recent grudges. February 18th, Cao Xingcheng, chairman of the joint press in its own written statement, the name of the informant in the core of the international commercial undercover agent Chen Chengyou". He said, on suspicion of UMC breach of the occasion, whether can reasonable doubt, in this case the Department of people by the Taiwan judiciary, and ship harassment antithetical couplet electric damage.

Not only that, Cao Xingcheng also revisit SMIC at the beginning of the founding of the past, to SMIC's rise, UMC and TSMC gaming world purchase process, TSMC to market prices beyond the world, caused by Zhang Rujing "with the money received founded smic.

However, SMIC vice president Scheinin yesterday in an interview with reporters, for the shelling of the "core" and the core of the international commercial road, no comment on the evaluation of the "".

Analysts pointed out that the net worth position Cao Xingcheng today today, should not talk. In addition, a combined electric chairman and a core is clearly not designed regardless of employee turnover. Cao Xingcheng said in a statement also hesitate to use "grandiose" word to describe the SMIC chairman Zhang Rujing, thus the resentment and how deep.

"Beginning this year, foundry enterprises will face greater pressure," said Xue Zi, Deputy Secretary General of the Shanghai integrated circuit industry association, the competition between OEM companies.

In January 18th, SMIC CEO Zhang Rujing, Hejian technology deputy chief Cao Xiaozhong, TSMC Shanghai general manager Zhao Yingcheng and President Liu Youhai, President of advanced Huahong NEC Liu Wentao 10 Delta IC leaders held a new year party in Shanghai integrated circuit industry association's invitation.

Although not the fair competition as a formal meeting, but will you Mister together, is the hope that we can develop the spirit of cooperation and common attitude, IC industry will be bigger and stronger in Shanghai and the Yangtze River Delta region.

Since Xue told reporters, because this year the industry generally bearish semiconductor market situation, some forecasters even IC industry growth in 2005 from 25% in 2004 down to about 5%, while the Japanese production of 12 inches of chip factory will also give 8 inch chip factory to bring greater pressure.