Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation

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Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation, (Simplified Chinese: 中芯国际集成电路制造有限公司) (abbrev. SMIC, 中芯国际, NYSE: SMI, SEHK: 981) is a semiconductor foundry in mainland China, providing integrated circuit (IC) manufacturing services at 350 nm to 90nm technologies. Headquartered in Shanghai, SMIC operates three 8-inch wafer fabrication facilities in its Shanghai fab, an 8-inch wafer fab in Tianjin, and a 12-inch wafer fab in its Beijing fab, the first of its kind in mainland China. The company was founded by Dr. Richard Ru Gin Chang (Traditional Chinese: 張汝京) in April, 2000.