IC alliance platform launched in Pingshan

An integrated circuit (IC) alliance platform has been launched in Pingshan District to support the district’s semiconductor and IC industrial ecosystem. The platform will provide resource matching, project implementation, and industry empowerment services for companies.

The platform will draw on the full-chain resources of the Shenzhen Semiconductor and IC Industry Alliance (SICA), which has more than 1,400 member companies. More than 70% of its members are based outside Shenzhen, including global industry leaders such as Applied Materials (U.S.), ASML (the Netherlands), Air Liquide (France), and Tokyo Electron (Japan), as well as Chinese companies including NAURA, AMEC and Piotech.

On the launch day, five additional public service platforms were also unveiled.

The Shenzhen Technology University Semiconductor Micro-nano Fabrication Center is a key provincial-level pilot-scale production platform focusing on compound optoelectronic chips and silicon-based MEMS. It offers R&D, pilot production, and small-batch foundry services.

The Shenzhen Superlubricity Technology Micro-nano Fabrication Platform is recognized as a national-level pilot-scale production platform by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. It provides 6/8-inch wafer prototyping and packaging services with full-process digital flow control.

The China Automotive Vehicle-grade IC Verification Platform is a benchmark project under CATARC that supports the national automotive chip standards system. It provides full-chain technical verification, testing, certification, and application demonstration services.

CAS Mige Lab was incubated by the Institute of Semiconductors of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). It offers IC testing and SEMI certification services to help companies reduce R&D costs and accelerate process iterations.

The Pingxin Technology Open-source Intelligent EDA Platform focuses on EDA tools and RISC-V chips. It is building an open-source ecosystem to support chip design enterprises across the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA).

From EDA tool support to automotive-grade chip verification, and from process development to back-end testing, Pingshan is building a comprehensive, full-cycle service system to lower the innovation threshold for enterprises.

As Shenzhen’s core cluster for silicon-based semiconductors, Pingshan is home to more than 200 leading companies, including SMIC and Fine Made Electronics Group, forming an integrated industrial chain spanning design, manufacturing, packaging, testing, equipment, and materials. The district accounts for more than half of Shenzhen’s chip manufacturing capacity.

Going forward, Pingshan will further enhance its semiconductor ecosystem by focusing on three priority areas: silicon-based manufacturing, photonic information technologies, and specialty processes — aiming to attract more high-quality enterprises and establish an industrial hub with strong influence across the GBA.