On November 13th, the groundbreaking ceremony of Poly Power Semiconductor (Chongqing) Co., Ltd. was held in Dazu High-tech Zone. This project mainly focuses on the research and development and production of leading-edge GaN epitaxial wafers and chips in the global semiconductor field. This high-tech chip project with a planned investment of 5 billion yuan is expected to break through the bottleneck of key materials and manufacturing technologies of China's third-generation semiconductor devices and form an independent manufacturing capability.
The Julicheng semiconductor project covers an area of 500 acres and plans to invest 5 billion yuan. It will build a full industrial chain base in Dazu that integrates gallium nitride epitaxial wafer manufacturing, wafer manufacturing, chip design, packaging, testing, and product application design. After the completion of the project, the annual output value will be over 10 billion yuan, and 2,500 jobs will be solved. In addition, the company is also building headquarters in China, scientific research and executive support projects.
According to industry insiders, the first-generation semiconductor materials are represented by silicon and germanium, and the second-generation semiconductor materials are represented by gallium arsenide and indium phosphide. In recent years, the third-generation semiconductor materials represented by silicon carbide and gallium nitride have become the forefront and hotspot of global semiconductor research. Due to its excellent properties such as large forbidden band width, high breakdown electric field, large thermal conductivity, high electron saturation drift rate, and strong radiation resistance, the third-generation semiconductor materials have become the "nuclear "Core" has broad application prospects in many fields.
At present, there are only a few companies in Germany, Japan, the United States and other countries with the entire gallium nitride industry chain. It is not too late for China to start the research and development of third-generation semiconductor devices, but because it has not achieved a good breakthrough in key materials and key manufacturing technologies, China has not formed its own manufacturing capabilities.
The base built by Julicheng in Dazu is its first production and R & D base in mainland China, which is expected to break the above situation. After the project is completed, it can provide a large number of gallium nitride high-power semiconductors and high-frequency semiconductor components for the core components of power control systems and communication systems in high-speed rail, new energy vehicles, 5G communications, radar, robotics and other industries.
This project was recommended by the Municipal Taiwan Affairs Office for the current period, and was strongly promoted by the Municipal Economic and Information Commission, the Municipal Commercial Committee, and the Taiwan Business Association. After several rounds of consultations and months of investigation and expert demonstration, the company was introduced to China. International Finance Co., Ltd. successfully signed a contract with Dazu District in September this year. At present, the core members of the project operating company Julicheng Semiconductor (Chongqing) Co., Ltd. have gradually settled in.
Since the signing of the contract, Dazu District and the enterprise have cooperated sincerely, and it only takes 65 days to start construction. The construction of Julicheng Semiconductor Base will have an important demonstration and guiding role for Dazu and even Chongqing in implementing an innovation-driven development strategic action plan led by the intelligence of big data and accelerating the deployment of emerging industries such as electronic information and integrated circuits.