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SilTerra’s customers include innovative start-ups and global tech giants LG, Sony and Qualcomm that provide chips to brand names like Amazon and Google.
One California-based start-up was acquired for $1.2 billion after enlisting SilTerra to launch its DNA Sequencing Chip.
if lousy chip can get acquired for usd 1.2 bil, this California company?
China's largest and most advanced chipmaker, Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp., has announced plans to build a US$8.87 billion wafer fab in Shanghai. When completed the wafer fab could be the largest in China. The company made the announcement by way of a filing with stock exchanges on Friday. It is listed in Shanghai and Beijing.
The wafer fab is reportedly targeting 28nm manufacturing processes even though SMIC is bringing up a 14nm FinFET process and claims to have a so-called N+1 process equivalent to about 8nm. However, SMIC has been targeted by the US government as a company that others need special licenses to supply. This is thought to have prevented access to extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUVL) machines from ASML that are vital for leading-edge chip manufacturing.
The factory will be built as joint venture between SMIC and the Pilot Free Trade Zone Lin-Gang Special Area Administration in Shanghai. SMIC will own 51 percent of the venture and the Shanghai municipal government 25 percent. Third-party investors will be sought to take up the remainder of the stake, the statement said.
The 300mm Shanghai fab is expected to have a production capacity of 100,000 wafer starts per month and expects to avoid US sanctions by focusing on 28nm and earlier nodes. No indication was given of the time line for the construction and commissioning of the wafer fab but the announcement is in addition to plans for wafer fabs in Beijing and Shenzhen.
i want to be provide a fair and neutral picture in this forum.
SilTerra is a pure play wafer fab. It "strays" a bit by creating its own libraries (like app or subroutine) for customers to design or compose their chips. This is an IP which may have yet to be valuated. Hint hint hint ..
With regards to the DNA sequencing chip I don't have the details but am quite sure that the ideas and design belongs to that Californian company else they cannot be sold for that price.
Hence the role of SilTerra as a pp (not private placement ;-)) is to provide services (maybe the odd library) to that company to design the chip as well as to fabricate the chips. Usually for samples before production run.
And as a reminder to readers here - this type of exercise will cut into the 46K wafer starts. So that reduces your 46K X USD 4500 projection as there is a high probability of defects amongst those runs. That's reality yah ..
Whether this Californian company or Son Hai / Foxconn or Chipmore opps Chipone raise orders, efforts are needed to do these engineering and test runs (and hence chew up the available capacity).
Just a simple explanations without going into too much details.
Not so straight forward as Siam Road char kway teow!
@jwblacklabel, Sir...thanks for the great clarifications on chips designing and manufacturing.
On Wall Street, some Startup companies may sell their Patented products along with lock, stock and whiskies for Billions.
This particular start up, and as you pointed out may have a most creative design for certain usage, but still just an "un-programed" chip, "Hardware VS software".
But @Mr Fengping also wished to point out Silterra's finest in allowing the design to be produced at its plant here in Malaysia.
I know you cover DNeX / SilTerra in-depth. Did you come anything about IP evaluation of SilTerra BCD libraries? After all its certified to Grade 0 automotive electronics standard. Must be worth something.
BTW you cannot evaluate their processes as mostly dictated by the equipment they use. Just like a Nespresso machine.
@jwblacklabel,..Sir, the IPs should have been lodged and calculated during due diligent. And as you mentioned, they're mainly Auto standard at 200nm, which was the bulk. Shortage of this is noticeable worldwide.
everybody is so positive including myself.... still could not find the answers why IBs are not interested in DNex.....why? why? why? Anybody blocking ? or IBs wanted to see the first QR after taking over Ping and Silterra ?
... we will see..... few more days....the long waited QR !
MOSCOW (Bloomberg) --Europe is bracing for a tough winter as an energy crisis that’s been years in the making leaves the continent relying on the vagaries of the weather.
Faced with surging gas and electricity prices, countries from the UK to Germany will need to count on mild temperatures to get through the heating season. Europe is short of gas and coal and if the wind doesn’t blow, the worst-case scenario could play out: widespread blackouts that force businesses and factories to shut.
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Higher oil price..usd80 n above. More serious chip shortage...many foundry n semicinductor plant in europe is shutting down due to blackout.
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Trevor not so clever.