SMEI 2023 annual top ten news inventory


02/09

2024

In 2023, the prosperity of the Internet of everything and intelligent sensing has created a broader market space and business opportunities for MEMS business. As international personnel exchanges and communication return to normal, cross-border exchanges and cooperation are increasingly enhanced. Cymicro plays and integrates the different advantages of its subsidiaries, while laying out pilot and mass production lines at home and abroad to meet the different needs of domestic and foreign customers, and is committed to forming a foundry service system that can support "internal cycle" and take into account "double cycle", and actively grasp the development opportunities of semiconductor basic hardware industry under the background of the Internet of everything and intelligent sensing era.
Thanks to all the employees at home and abroad who have contributed to the development of the company in the past year, thanks to every customer and supplier who have given the company trust and support in the development of the company's business, thanks to all the shareholders who care, support and help the company, every government agency and every partner in other fields.
The development of the company cannot be separated from the continuous summary and thinking, in order to record the past, but also to look forward to the future, next, please count with us the top ten news of 2023 Sai Microelectronics:
1, BAW filter to achieve mass production

Cylex Microsystems Technology (Beijing) Co., LTD. (hereinafter referred to as "Cylex Beijing"), a subsidiary of Cymiconics Holdings, has completed the small batch trial production phase of a series of BAW (Bulk Acoustic Wave with resonator) filters manufactured by MEMS process for a customer. On July 15, 2023, the customer has signed a long-term purchase Agreement with Celex Beijing, and Celex Beijing has started commercial scale production of BAW filters.

2. MEMS-OCS achieved mass production

Silex Microsystems AB (hereinafter referred to as "Sweden Silex"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of SILex Electronics, manufactures OCS (short for Optical Circuit Switch) for a customer using the MEMS process. The process and performance verification (process development and trial production took more than 7 years) was completed, and the volume purchase order issued by the customer was received on December 22, 2023, and Silex, Sweden, began the commercial scale mass production of MEMS-OCS.

3, MEMS microgalvanometer to achieve mass production

Selex Beijing has completed small batch trial production of a MEMS microgalvanometer manufactured for a customer using the MEMS process. On September 13, 2023, the customer signed a purchase order with Celex Beijing, and Celex Beijing began commercial scale production of MEMS microscopes.

4, Sweden Silex continued to maintain the world No.1 and completed the acquisition of semiconductor production and manufacturing parks

According to the MEMS Industry Status 2023 released by Yole Development, the world's authoritative semiconductor market research institution, Silex of Sweden continues to rank first in the global MEMS foundry ranking in 2022, and has won the title for four consecutive years from 2019 to 2022. Second to fifth place are TELEDYNE MEMS, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), X-FAB, and Semiconductor Manufacturing Integration (SMEC); Silex of Sweden ranked 26th in the overall global MEMS Vendor ranking 2022.

In March 2023, Sweden's Silex acquired 100% of Corem Science Fastighets AB (now renamed "Silex Properties AB") held by Corem Stockholm Holding AB for SEK 294 million.

 

With this acquisition, Silex holds assets such as land and above-ground buildings in the park, providing realistic and predictable conditions for the expansion and development of the company's MEMS process development and wafer manufacturing operations in Sweden. This transaction is in line with the company's development strategy and business development needs, which is conducive to the sustainable development of the Swedish subsidiary's business, thereby promoting the further development of the company's overall business and improving the company's comprehensive competitive strength on a global scale.

5. The Silex team from Sweden came to Beijing for exchange

In 2023, the Swedish Silex management team and finance team came to Beijing for many times to conduct in-depth communication and exchanges with the management team of Sai Microelectronics. In May, Dr. Edvard Kalvesten, founder, director and CEO, led the management to report the business development and future development plan, exchange and discuss with Celex Beijing on business, market, management and other matters, and participated in the company's on-site research activities held on May 23, 2023; In September, Ms. Sofia Hultberg, the Chief Financial Officer, led the finance team to communicate the overall development plan of the Group, the construction of cross-border financial IT systems, the specific issues of subsidiary dividends, the update of financial and non-financial information standards, and future financing plans. In November, Dr. Edvard Kalvesten led the management again to Beijing to attend the board of Directors and business report meeting of Silex, Sweden.

Sai Microelectronics continues to promote international personnel exchanges, and continuously deepen international communication and exchanges, by playing and integrating the different advantages of its subsidiaries, the company will actively grasp the development opportunities of semiconductor basic hardware industry in the era of Internet of Things and artificial intelligence.


6, smart sensing industry fund set sail

In February 2023, The Beijing Beigong Huai Micro Sensing Technology Equity Investment Fund (Limited Partnership), which is jointly invested by Cymicro Electronics and Beijing Guorong Industrial Development Investment Management Co., LTD., Beijing Cymicro Private Equity Fund Management Co., LTD., Beijing Huisheng Fund Management Co., LTD., and Beijing Shensai Knowledge Property Investment Fund (Limited partnership), is located in the market of Huairou District, Beijing The Supervision and Administration completed the industrial and commercial registration, with a total scale of 1 billion yuan, which is the first high-end instrument equipment and sensor industry investment fund in Beijing.

The Smart Sensing Industry Fund mainly invests in smart sensors, high-end scientific instruments and their upstream and downstream fields, including but not limited to image sensors, pressure sensors, radar sensors, high-end scientific instruments and other high-tech industrial key areas in Beijing.
With its own funds invested in the smart sensing Fund, the purpose is to make use of the advantages of the fund and the fund participants, and rely on the industry experience, professional team advantages and project resources advantages of the fund manager to expand the company's investment channels, promote the company's industrial synergy, improve the company's business layout, and form an organic collaborative smart sensing industry ecology of "design-manufacturing-sealed test". Further enhance the company's comprehensive competitive strength, industry status and competitiveness, enhance the company's sustainable profitability, and create more investment returns for shareholders.
7, Qingdao Juneng Chuangxin completed more than 100 million yuan A round of financing

In December 2023, Qingdao Juneng Chuangxin Microelectronics Co., LTD. (hereinafter referred to as "Juneng Chuangxin") completed A round of financing of 170 million yuan.  This round of financing will provide favorable support for Juneng Innovation Core in product research and development, technological breakthroughs, market development and other aspects. Sai Microelectronics will continue to focus on and support the development of Poly Core gallium nitride (GaN) business in its new role.

8, Sai Microelectronics selected 2023 Beijing private Enterprise Science and Technology innovation Top 100

In September 2023, Beijing Federation of Industry and Commerce held a grand conference of 2023 Beijing Top 100 Private Enterprises in Beijing, at which the "1+4" top 100 list of Beijing private enterprises was released, and Sai Microelectronics was ranked 16th in the "Beijing Top 100 Private Enterprises in science and Technology Innovation" list.

The research and release of "Beijing Top 100 Private Enterprises" has been carried out for six years, aiming to guide the transformation and upgrading of the industrial structure of private enterprises, implement the new development concept, actively integrate into the new development pattern, and promote the high-quality development of the capital's private economy. The 2023 Beijing Top 100 Private Enterprises list is based on the selection index system, and finally formed after the data review, statistical calculation and comprehensive opinions of relevant commissions by third-party professional institutions.

9. Sai Microelectronics was invited to co-organize the 2023 (15th) International Symposium on Sensor and MEMS Industrialization Technology (and Achievement Exhibition)

In November 2023, it was organized by the Joint State Key Laboratory of Sensing Technology, Shanghai Institute of Microsystems and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Electronics, Sensing and Microsystems Technology Branch, and co-organized by SAI Microelectronics. The "2023(15th) International Symposium on Sensor and MEMS Industrialization Technology (and Achievement Exhibition)" organized by Chongqing High-tech Zone Management Committee of Western Science City, Shanghai Dragon Media Business Consulting Co., LTD., and Shanghai Core Olympic Conference Services Co., Ltd. was held in Chongqing.

Dr. Yunfei Li, Chief Technology Officer of Celex Beijing, delivered a keynote speech on "Advanced OEM Leader for MEMS with Global Layout" at the meeting, introducing the key technologies and process accumulation of Celex in the field of MEMS. In this conference, Simicro Electronics exhibited many representative products such as filters, microgalvanometers and silicon photonics from Sweden's Silex (FAB1&2) and Celex Beijing (FAB3).
10, Sai Microelectronics party work together

The party and the workers jointly build a new chapter of the development spectrum. In 2023, the Party branch and the labor union jointly focus on the development of the company, actively explore new ideas and new measures of "Party and industry co-construction", strive to play a "combination" of "serving enterprise employees and improving enterprise cohesion", and jointly carry out "red education + league construction and expansion" education activities to dig into the advanced typical deeds of the production line. Actively participate in the "assistance to the severely poor disabled elderly" public welfare projects, solve the problems of talent settlement, children's education, apartment housing and other issues, further promote the deep integration of Party and industry cooperation, gradually form a new pattern of complementary advantages, joint construction and mutual promotion, the same frequency resonance, and joint promotion, and inject "new momentum" into the development of the company.

Dragon flying clouds and snow dancing, the New Year ushered in a new atmosphere.
On the occasion of the approaching of the Spring Festival, Sai Microelectronics wishes you all the best in the Year of the Dragon!