Elite interview

Author: TangXiaoQi

Quote: as Taiwanese said, semiconductor industry, early, late night with chopsticks of the world.

In shenzhen, and IC companies, especially those who hope to enter IC base IC company in the name of a ZhouShengMing, believe that they must not strange. In a sense, as a national IC design shenzhen industrialization base, the deputy director of the ZhouShengMing of these enterprise future development of special influence. From 1996 to join the "shenzhen very large scale integrated circuit process before the office of leading group" (hereinafter referred to as large offices), ZhouShengMing has been in the government, the enterprise and media communication between plays a "bridge" role, actively promote the development of the IC industry in shenzhen. Ten years, he saw the IC industry in shenzhen, and even the whole country left feet on the ground every step, also had to shenzhen in IC manufacturing link gap) sigh with regret. But more important, he is more IC entrepreneurs planning the development of shenzhen roadmap, IC industry's confidence in future.

Question 1: can simply review your work experience?

I graduated from shandong university department of physics, the school of the semiconductor professional, and after graduation, assigned to the earliest Chinese do integrated circuit of the Beijing 878 factory, also is the state with electric factory. The use of 878 factory production line introduced from Japan, mainly do TTL digital circuit, CMOS memory, and color TV, audio amplifier, operational amplifier and chip. At that time, because foreign boycott, we can only introduce equipment, a lot of technology need oneself fumble.

88-89 conversion, China's high technology and new technology industry at one fell swoop to decline. Along with the country's reform and opening up, including integrated circuit, more and more foreign products, our own production products behind. At the time, I came to shenzhen. This time, I have to leave semiconductor industry a long time, but in 96 shenzhen to integrated circuit project, set up large do, take this opportunity, and I went back to the familiar with the industry.

Question 2: the current shenzhen IC industry, do you have any comment?

Shenzhen IC industry development in a conclusion: I got up very early, catch a late set.

Why do you say that? Shenzhen was first put forward by the method of comprehensive introduction of the development of the integrated circuit industry ". In that a lot of people do not have enough IC industry knowledge era, such formulation is very advanced and creative. Shenzhen city at that time the government put forward "global introduction, cooperation, joint venture construction construction" mode, namely: buy other people's thing, but must oneself digestion; Once upon a time to the entire process, all want to his master. In fact, later success in other cities in China for the model.

However, in shenzhen is put forward after the slogan, only has built a "meaning method, there is no walk on. Shenzhen government established the "super do" purpose, is to promote the introduction of IC manufacturing line. With the success of the model in China and the state council in 2000 and document no. Come on stage, Chinese people begin to pay close attention to the semiconductor industry, Shanghai, wuxi, suzhou, Beijing also began to develop. However, the pace of shenzhen but hasn't been cleared.

Question 3: is the shenzhen itself condition restricted the development of IC manufacturing?

Indeed. In fact, all want to set up domestic chip manufacturer company, in addition to outside, the first look at TSMC is shenzhen, but in the end they had chosen to other cities. From the surface to see, this is mainly comes from the land resources and political level, in the final analysis, is also the government group of how many, how much to economic support. With smic, for example, Shanghai municipal government for its factory batch 1 square kilometers of land; Beijing tao 2, 300 million to support the factory in Beijing, Wuhan municipal government for the wuhan build 12 inch wafer plant investment of 100. These in shenzhen is very hard to do.

But after the root, this is mainly ideological problems. Shenzhen is not without money, but from the ideology will not throw so much money. Investment semiconductor and general enterprise is different, the first investment to throw enough, not equal to white cast; Secondly could not short-term response. These are not conform to the shenzhen people do trade, hope short term rapid response the thought idea.

We then summed up, and "909" production workshop project, Shanghai although spent great effort, at that time the central investment 2.1 billion, Shanghai in 1.9 billion, but the project of Shanghai later overall IC industry environment really played an important role.

Question 4: shenzhen in IC manufacturing link now has the very big disparity, the IC design development? Shenzhen IC industry base in promoting IC design plays a function?

From IC design perspective, shenzhen at present is still good, because the pearl river delta application industry is more, this is an advantage. IC base since 2003 after operation, to promote the IC design industry gathered has also played a positive role.

According to our statistics, there are now shenzhen IC design enterprises and institutions around 120 (the number is dynamic), products on the market influential probably more than sixty home.

Shenzhen IC base of the core business, it is for these enterprises to provide EDA design platform, MPW flow sheet service platform, test verification platform, IP development and reuse platform, and personnel training, etc. Of course, we also have a great service, is the incubator. This a few aspects of the core work in promoting. At the same time, we are also trying to create a good atmosphere for the industry, including recruitment, financing, market recommend, cooperation and so on.

Due to space limitation, shenzhen IC base to take the open service mode. As long as the enterprise registered in shenzhen, enjoy the base platform service is the same price, the same preferential policies. Ministry of science and technology point shenzhen base, its service range is radiation the whole south China to south China, so we belong to the enterprise also to have certain preferential.

We provide enterprises with Cadence, Synopsys, Mentor Graphics, Magma, Synplicity, huada electronics company's original tools, the students enterprise and small enterprise is very important. Using pirated EDA software will damage the enterprise, we have seen such examples, some companies in the design process using pirated software, product problems but can't find the mistake.

As the incubator, we allow to start your own business, and is the research and development stage, can not stand the company first. In our design office, with the aid of the existing hardware and software supporting environment, to research and development, product out again after financing, to establish the company. With this method, the base appeared a lot of successful enterprise.

Base for IC entrepreneurs planning the development of the roadmap, I call it "the trilogy" : the first step, the enterprise business, first in shenzhen, shenzhen because the environment is very suitable for business, as long as the product good very easy to accept the market, the enterprise cash flow, perfect supporting industry and rapid; The second step, the product realization of postpartum, then to Shanghai and surrounding areas, because of the development of Shanghai personnel with high quality, complete industrial chain, production atmosphere; The third step, products in the industry have an impact on the development of Beijing, then to, in order to gain more countries to support.

Of course, we also organize company between internal communication, and for IC manufacturers looking for partners. Each year we June will be held a litchi festival market seminar, invite domestic system manufacturers, to recommend shenzhen base enterprise products, as well as the country several other base products. But because the staff is limited, we in this work are to be further.

Question 5: integrated circuit test verification very tall to the requirement of the platform, the base can now provide such service?

We have a validation test laboratory, but the investment is less. The test really want to build the whole words, need to spend a lot of money. Hong Kong science park as an example, they spent $40 million, then additional about 1, 20 million dollars, to establish a comprehensive analysis of the test environment. LiuYingLi vice mayor the instructions I feel very to: try to use peripheral effective resource for shenzhen enterprise service. So we and guangzhou five, Hong Kong science park, Hong Kong university of science and technology, shenzhen two test factory ember electronic and the American families, have established the good relations of cooperation.

That is to say, we combined enterprise for technical service and technical interface, help IC design company looking for the right test platform. Since the Hong Kong price is more expensive, we have to part of the IC design company subsidies. Using this method, the local satisfy the business enterprise of the high-end test requirements.

In fact, in addition to testing, validation and product analysis, we also use Hong Kong international environment, IP reuse business cooperation with Hong Kong. Hong Kong has a "greater China IP alliance", the enterprise needs to words, we can help the approach, establishes the cooperation relations.

Question 6: there is such a view: Beijing, Shanghai, shenzhen than IC products are more likely to be accepted, you agree with the statement?

I was asked the same question, I direct response is the other side of the government to give money too much.

Beijing, Shanghai government to support IC industry is very big, every year many IC enterprise can obtain the support of capital. For example, a Shanghai enterprise, to receive government 20 million support, implement "as long as the customer wants to our products, no matter how much the price to." Because 20 million has to support the enterprise all, they need most is order, which represents their grades. This enterprise, no market consciousness, their behavior and to the production of similar products the company has done a lot of pressure.

The government gave money, very possible will give them into the task, let them to do CPU, DSP, the results do not but after market. Like Shanghai han core events, and is not an accident, it is in this background formed step by step, and is not a personal responsibility. By contrast, shenzhen enterprise research and development products launched, take the market as the guide, so enterprise development more benign.

Question 7: in the process of development, shenzhen IC industry base now is the main difficulty that faces??????? In the future there will be what?

Site restrictions are IC base are now facing bottleneck problem. Now, there are 46 companies that wish to enter the base, eight enterprises need to expand the area, but our current site but difficult to meet these requirements.

Now, shenzhen IC industry development, the aggregation effect, benefit, if only because the location problem forced many enterprises to leave shenzhen, that is the most regrettable. At present, in order to solve the problem, Mr Fukuda site IC design industry incubator has official start, shenzhen by the end of the second phase of software park or early next year and will be completed. But it was limited, the former from sand village management, it is hard to like this give enterprise rent of privilege; The latter needs the enterprise evaluation, and then sell at cost to meet the requirements of the enterprise. Due to the shenzhen IC design enterprise is developing rapidly in recent years, so only part of the enterprise conform to the criteria of assessment, but we are trying to fight for.

Recently, IC base have several big things to do:

First of all, "shenzhen integrated circuit design industrial park" project to carry out, this is three years to solve the problem, is shenzhen IC design industry development facing the most urgent solution.

Secondly, launch IC design industry special preferential policies.

Third, the use of the exhibition, etc propaganda, this year we to do good IC China 2007, probably next year we will with the aid of this year's successful experience, and global resources the cooperation of the specialized institutions, in shenzhen positioning a yearly IC application of exhibition.

In short, the base of the main service purpose is to protect the existing one of enterprise, reduce the cost to attract new enterprise, guide enterprises to use the original software, respect for and protection of intellectual property rights, perfect the IC design services industry chain, thus will shenzhen IC industry bigger and stronger.