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To: StanX Long who wrote (58520)	1/8/2002 3:57:04 AM
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Shanghai Hua Hong NEC to make China's first 0.18-micron chips By Mark LaPedus Semiconductor Business News (01/07/02 19:22 p.m. EST) siliconstrategies.com PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. -- Hoping to get a jump on its rivals, Shanghai Hua Hong NEC Electronics Co. Ltd. here today announced that it plans to become China's first IC maker to process chips, based on 0.18-micron technology. Shanghai Hua Hong NEC plans to deploy 0.18-micron technology in its 8-inch fab by June of 2002, said Toshio Ohta, general manager of the company, in an interview at the Industry Strategy Symposium (ISS) here today. The Shanghai-based company is a joint foundry venture between Japan's NEC Corp. and China's Hua Hong. For some time, the company has been making chips, based on 0.35-0.25-micron technologies. It makes chips for NEC as well as outside foundry customers. The company hopes to beat its rivals in China to the 0.18-micron punch. Besides Shanghai Hua Hong NEC, only one other chip maker in China has announced plans to make 0.18-micron ICs. Late last year, Singapore's Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Pte. Ltd. said it will take an equity stake and license its 0.18-micron technology to silicon foundry startupSemiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (SMIC) of China. Under the terms, Chartered will transfer its 0.18-micron baseline logic process technology and grant patent license rights to SMIC, in exchange for an equity stake and access to capacity. SMIC will move its fabs into 0.18-micron production by the end of 2002.