NEW YORK (AP) — Chinese chip maker Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. said Tuesday that it intends to start a new integrated circuit production project in Shenzhen, China.
SMIC said it will register an independent legal entity called the Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Shenzhen) Corp. Ltd., which will build an integrated-circuit technology research and development center. The entity will also set up an 8-inch wafer production line and a 12-inch chip fabricating plant.
SMIC said the 12-inch chip fabricating plant will have an advanced process technology licensed from International Business Machines Corp.
SMIC expects work on the project will begin in the first half of 2008.
