Tianjin leverages Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei collaboration to promote core crossover

Although the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Synergy Development Program has not yet been fully publicized, the industry has different versions of the three locations and functions, but the consensus is that Tianjin will optimize the development of advanced manufacturing equipment such as high-end equipment and electronic information, and create advanced manufacturing in the three places. Industry base. As the crown jewel of the electronic information manufacturing industry, integrated circuits will become one of the industries in which Tianjin has benefited from the coordinated development of the three places. According to the “Tianjin IC Industry Development Three-year Action Plan” (hereinafter referred to as the “Action Plan”) promulgated in February this year, Tianjin will firmly seize the strategic opportunity of coordinated development of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei, and promote the key breakthroughs and overall integration of the integrated circuit industry in the city. Promote and achieve leapfrog development.

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For the integrated circuit industry, although Tianjin does not belong to the domestic first echelon, it has great ambitions. “For the three-year plan of action, the objective set by the city is that the average annual growth rate of the industry should be maintained at more than 30%. By 2017, the scale of the integrated circuit industry in the city will reach 28 billion yuan, which will lead to 'leadership in the design industry, improvement in the manufacturing industry, and closure'. The industry support, material and equipment industries and other supporting industries have basically completed their development pattern, and the comprehensive development level has reached the domestic level. The relevant person in charge of the Tianjin Municipal Industry and Information Technology Commission disclosed to the China Electronics News reporter. According to reports, it is estimated that in 2015, the scale of the IC industry in Tianjin will reach 17 billion yuan, and the growth rate of the industry will exceed 30%.

In fact, on the one hand, Tianjin is promoting local leading enterprises to become bigger and stronger. On the other hand, in the face of the historical opportunities of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei integration development, Tianjin is expected to attract more leading enterprises to settle down. “Tianjin is expected to achieve the leap-forward development of the integrated circuit industry by undertaking the integration of Beijing spill-through IC industry enterprises and fostering the organic integration of local companies,” said Rao Xiaoping, deputy general manager of CCID Consulting Semiconductor Industry Research Center. “As a Beijing-Tianjin twin engine In one, the downstream market of the integrated circuit industry in Tianjin achieved a broad development prospect by establishing a foothold in Beijing and Tianjin and realizing it across the country and links to the world.”

Regarding the concrete benefits that the Tianjin integrated circuit industry will obtain from the coordinated development of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei, the relevant person in charge of the Tianjin Municipal Industry and Information Technology Committee did not disclose the project details to the reporter. However, the person in charge said that Tianjin will firmly seize the strategic opportunity of coordinated development of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei, focus on the development of the design industry to improve the industrial chain, cultivate and introduce leading enterprises and implement large projects as the starting point for the development of industrial clusters, and market-oriented. To promote the linkage of development of production, education and research, to create the core competitive advantages of key products such as domestic CPUs, and to promote the key breakthrough and overall improvement of the integrated circuit industry in the city.

In promoting the development of industrial clusters, Tianjin will follow the principle of “regional concentration, enterprise concentration, product integration, and development intensive” to guide upstream and downstream affiliate companies in a spatial layout, reduce production, collaboration and transaction costs, and increase the scale effect of the industry. As well as its overall ability to cooperate, it promoted the development of the integrated circuit design industry and supporting supporting industries in Tianjin Binhai New Area, and formed the industrial cluster structure in which the three functional zones of the development zone, the bonded zone, and the high-tech zone were jointly developed.

In addition, Tianjin will also combine the cultivation of leading and development clusters, strengthen the “one enterprise, one policy, one case, one discussion” service for key enterprises in the industrial chain, gather innovative resources, and promote the gathering of “professional, refined, special, and new” small businesses. Intensive, to create clustered development advantages.

IC design goals directly to the first echelon

The data shows that in 2014, the sales revenue of the integrated circuit industry in Tianjin was 15.2 billion yuan, of which the integrated circuit design was 4 billion yuan. In 2013, the city’s integrated circuit industry achieved sales of 12.5 billion yuan, of which the design industry reached 3.8 billion yuan, an increase of 178% year-on-year, ranking first in the country for consecutive years of growth. It is not difficult to see from these data that the integrated circuit design industry has implemented the ear of the Tianjin integrated circuit industry.

It is worth mentioning that IC design investment is relatively low and the added value is high. The investment ratio for IC design, packaging and testing and manufacturing is approximately 1:10:100. In order to better create a late-development advantage, Tianjin has taken the integrated circuit design industry as the top priority for industrial development. The relevant person in charge of the Tianjin Municipal Industry and Information Technology Committee revealed to the “China Electronics News” that according to the “Action Plan”, Tianjin integrated circuit design industry will strive to master the 22nm process design capability in three years, in the domestic CPU, mobile communications, industrial control, information security Such subdivided areas form distinctive industrial clusters with prominent advantages and lead the development of the integrated circuit industry in the city. By 2017, the output value will reach 8 billion yuan. In addition, two to three domestic IC design services and integrated circuit special materials and equipment companies will be fostered in three years to support the development of the industry. In the next step, the Tianjin Industrial and Commercial Committee will strengthen the related work of the IC design company and the annual review, and use the rare opportunity of the country to vigorously develop integrated circuits to create a good industrial development and investment environment.

This reporter learned that Tianjin integrated circuit design companies are basically concentrated in Tianjin Binhai New Area. According to Jin Donghu, deputy head of the Tianjin Binhai New Area, the integrated circuit industry is an important support for the electronic information industry in the Binhai New Area. At present, it has formed a relatively complete industrial chain covering design, packaging, testing, manufacturing, equipment and materials, and has become a development of the new area. The fastest sub-sectors, especially the IC design industry, are growing rapidly, ranking first in the country for five consecutive years.

In addition, Tianjin Binhai New Area will set up a "Special Fund for IC Design Industry Promotion", and will arrange 200 million yuan each year to support IC design industry development. In the next 5 to 10 years, the integrated power development target for the integrated circuit design industry in Binhai New Area, such as scale and technology level, is to enter the top 5 in the country and form an internationally competitive enterprise cluster. By 2020, the industrial sales revenue will reach 20 billion yuan and it will enter the country. Integrated circuit design advanced provinces and cities in the first echelon.

Industrial chain short board to be completed

Despite the strong growth in IC design, it does not mean that the IC industry in Tianjin only has a design industry. In fact, the Tianjin integrated circuit industry covers chip design, manufacturing, packaging and testing, equipment and materials, and the industrial chain can be described as complete. It can be said that the complete industrial chain support in Tianjin has laid a solid foundation for the development of integrated circuits.

According to the “Action Plan”, Tianjin IC manufacturing industry will focus on the development of special-purpose production lines for analog and digital-analog hybrid circuits, micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS), and radio frequency circuits to expand the production capacity of existing production lines and maintain the scale of production capacity; The construction of process production line will support the design level with the improvement of process capability; by 2017, the output value will reach 10 billion yuan. The packaging and testing industry will strive to achieve breakthroughs, mastering advanced packaging technologies such as TSV, SiP, stacked packaging and 3D packaging; by 2017, it will achieve a production value of 10 billion yuan.

However, the relevant person in charge of the Tianjin Municipal Industry and Information Technology Committee admitted to reporters that compared with the advanced regions in China, the integrated circuit industry in Tianjin is still relatively weak, and there is still a small industrial scale, unbalanced development of various links in the industry chain, and the ability of continuous innovation of enterprises. Insufficiency and other issues, the ability to provide public services such as financing services, market expansion, talent introduction, and training for enterprises needs to be further improved.

Rao Xiaoping believes that the IC industry in Tianjin is not only small and its manufacturing process is relatively backward. The 8-inch SMIC process in the city is 0.35~0.18 micron COMS, which not only lags behind the international mainstream level of 20nm, but also lags behind. Domestic 28nm process level. And there are more than 120 companies with sales revenues exceeding 100 million yuan in the country, and less than 5 in Tianjin.

In addition, insufficient supply of talent also severely restricts the development of Tianjin's industries. “The IC talents have a long training cycle, and talent shortages tend to form inertia. In particular, the shortage of local IC talents, especially the lack of high-end design talents, and the serious outflow of talents, companies often need to recruit skilled chip designers and engineers to the south. Tianjin's local colleges and universities send about 570 graduates in the integrated circuit industry to the society each year, but only about 20% of them can achieve employment in the IC industry in Tianjin, said Rao Xiaoping.

The next 5 to 10 years will be an important strategic opportunity for the development of the IC industry in Tianjin. The relevant person in charge of the Tianjin Municipal Industry and Information Technology Committee stated that the next step will be to promote the establishment of the Tianjin Integrated Circuit Industry Development Leading Group and the Integrated Circuit Industry Development Expert Consultation Committee to increase financial support and stimulate the vitality and creativity of the enterprise to drive the industrial chain collaboration. Continuous development.

We will encourage and support leading companies in integrated circuits to implement industrial integration, promote the pooling of talent, technology, and scientific research resources to leading companies, and promote enterprises to become bigger and stronger. Establish and improve management and service mechanisms for project planning, investment attraction, and landing construction. For the weak links in the industry chain such as packaging and testing, materials, and equipment, efforts will be made to increase investment and improve the industrial ecosystem. Promote the integration of industry and application development, and guide the upstream and downstream enterprises in the industrial chain to work together to gradually advance the substitution plans for domestic software and hardware products, and achieve gradual breakthrough from point to point.