The integrated circuit industry is a strategic, basic and leading industry, and an industry that leads the future. On September 3, a global IC industry event - the 2nd Global IC Entrepreneur Conference and the 17th China International Semiconductor Expo (IC China 2019) opened in Shanghai. What are the current problems facing semiconductor development and what are the future trends? As a highland of the integrated circuit industry, how will Shanghai participate in international competition on behalf of the country in the future? Participants from all sides discussed the topic.

"Integrated circuit technology turned the original half basketball court, an electronic computer weighing hundreds of tons into a fingernail size, about 50 grams, and a performance increase of 10 to the power of the 9th power." Xu Ningsheng, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and president of Fudan University, played the analogy. It is said that a 30T-capacity portable hard disk based on a flash chip can store more than 10 million books, which is equivalent to carrying a large library.

In Xu Ningsheng's view, integrated circuits are the core of all high-tech products and applications. "The chip is the backbone of a system, just as important as the human brain." He said that some technologies in the frontier common technology of integrated circuits, such as logic chips, memory chips and some new and transformative technologies, are worthy of study. Among them, in the memory, dynamic random access memory (DRAM) technology faces a capacitor bottleneck, so the capacitorless DRAM technology is a future technology trend.

For the future market trend of integrated circuits, San Diego Mehrotra, the rotating chairman of the American Semiconductor Industry Association and president and CEO of Micron Technology, said that computing breakthroughs have continued in the fields of smartphones, personal computers and cloud computing applications. The way people use information in production and life is deeply optimized. Especially in the fields of healthcare, transportation technology and data access, semiconductor technology plays an irreplaceable role and occupies a growing share in the industry chain. Thanks to advanced computing performance, faster connection speeds, and real-time data analysis required for new applications, the long-term prospects for the global semiconductor industry are bright and the industry continues to expand.

Qiao Yueshan, director of the Electronic Information Department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said that China has become the world's largest and fastest-growing IC market. The fast-growing Chinese market has become the main driving force for the development of the global integrated circuit industry. In recent years, the average annual compound growth rate of China's integrated circuit industry has exceeded 20%. Many innovations have been achieved in the entire industrial chain of design, manufacturing, packaging and testing, equipment and materials. The independent innovation capability of enterprises has been continuously improved, and the super-moore field has accelerated. Disciplinary, cross-disciplinary and cross-regional collaborative innovation is becoming increasingly active. In the future, driven by emerging applications such as 5G, intelligent networked vehicles, artificial intelligence, and ultra-high-definition video, the market demand for the global integrated circuit industry will continue to grow.

In the past 20 years, the global semiconductor sales business has been growing at a compound annual growth rate of nearly 7%. At the forum, Sanjay Mehrotra admitted that the current Sino-US trade situation not only affects the economies of the two countries, but also affects the macroeconomic environment in other parts of the world. "We still hope that the United States and China can work together to find solutions, create a fair and just competitive environment, and provide market growth opportunities." Sanjay Mehrotra said.

Zhou Zixue, chairman of China Semiconductor Industry Association and chairman of SMIC, said that in the first half of this year, although the industry development was affected by the complex external environment, the development of China's semiconductor industry was stronger. As the world's largest semiconductor market, the development potential is still available. period. "The semiconductor industry is a highly internationalized industry. It is impossible for any country or region to achieve 100% pure localization. It is necessary to join hands and learn from each other to seek common development and achieve a win-win situation."

Qiao Yueshan also said that the IC industry is very special, and enterprises must allocate resources globally and participate in global market competition. "China is willing to strengthen cooperation with countries around the world and welcomes enterprises from all over the world to invest and operate in China. At present, foreign-funded enterprises have become important players and promoters of China's integrated circuit industry."

As the host of this conference, Shanghai, has always accelerated the development of the integrated circuit industry as an important support point for the construction of science and technology centers. It has become one of the regions with the most complete integrated circuit industry chain, the highest industrial concentration and the strongest comprehensive technical capability. . In 2018, the sales volume of the Shanghai IC industry reached 145 billion yuan, an increase of 23%, accounting for 22% of the country. It is expected to reach 200 billion yuan in 2020. At present, there are about 600 integrated circuit companies in Shanghai, employing more than 170,000 people, accounting for 40% of the country.

Last year, Shanghai launched the construction of integrated circuit design industrial park. This year, the construction of smart sensor industrial park was started. Currently, it is preparing to build an integrated circuit equipment material industrial park. The goal is to focus on attracting and attracting world-class integrated circuit enterprises, and strive to build a world-class advanced level. The integrated circuit of the professional park. Xu Kunlin, deputy mayor of Shanghai, said at the conference that with the strong support of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Shanghai is actively promoting the construction of the National Integrated Circuit Innovation Center and the National Intelligent Sensor Innovation Center, accelerating the improvement of original innovation capabilities, and solving the problems of the industry's advanced technology and technology. Contribute “Shanghai Wisdom” to the innovation and development of the integrated circuit industry in China and the world.