Semiconductor industry in China News
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The Chinese semiconductor industry, including integrated circuit design and manufacturing, forms a major part of mainland China's electric technology industry.
China's semiconductor industry consists of a wide variety of companies, from integrated device manufacturers to pure-play foundries, fabless semiconductor companies and OSAT companies. Integrated device manufacturers (IDMs) design and manufacture integrated circuits. Pure-play foundries only manufacture devices for other companies, without designing them, while fabless semiconductor companies only design devices. Examples of Chinese IDMs are YMTC and CXMT; examples of Chinese pure-play foundries are SMIC, Hua Hong Semiconductor and Wingtech; examples of Chinese fabless companies are Zhaoxin, HiSilicon, Loongson and UNISOC; and examples of Chinese OSAT companies are JCET, Huatian Technology and Tongfu Microelectronics.