Overview
SMIC Orient (SMOC, Semiconductor Manufacturing Oriental Corporation) is an $8.87B 300mm fab in the Lingang Free Trade Zone, Shanghai, announced in September 2021 as a joint venture with the Lingang FTZ administration. It targets around 100,000 wafers per month at 28nm-class and older nodes, with a focus on automotive chips. The fab opened in early 2024 and has been ramping through 2025 as part of China's broad mature-node capacity expansion. Key facility details include: The facility is situated at Lingang Special Area, Shanghai, China. It focuses on Logic / Foundry and 28 process nodes on 300mm wafers. This site represents an estimated investment of $8.87B and a production capacity of 100,000 wafers per month. Production at this facility commenced in 2024.
Technology
About SMIC
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) is the largest and most advanced semiconductor foundry in mainland China. SMIC provides wafer fabrication and technological services on different process nodes from 0.35 micron to 14 nanometer.