China’s Impact on the Semiconductor Industry, High Tech, Page 29
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| Page content: Chinese semiconductor companies Table 3 on the following page lists the Chinese semiconductor companies that had the largest revenues in 2008. By definition, the companies on the list are the largest indigenous Chinese companies that design, manufacture (or have manufactured, the legal term for outsourcing), market and sell semiconductor devices. Therefore neither foundries nor packaging and testing companies are included on the list. Instead, they, along with foreign semiconductor companies manufacturing in China, are included in Table 5 (on pages 40 and 41). The threshold for inclusion in this 2008 listing remained at US$30 million, the same as used for the 2007 listing. Meanwhile, the number of qualifying companies increased from 29 to 33. Three companies from the 2007 list--one IC design and two discrete companies--failed to qualify for the 2008 list due to revenue declines ranging from 1744%. Seven new Chinese companies were added to this year's list--four IC design, two discrete and one IDM (integrated device manufacturer) companies. The most notable addition was RDA Microelectronics, Inc. This is an IC design (fabless) company founded in 2004 with funding from a world premier private equity fund. RDA is focusing on the development and marketing of RF ICs (radio frequency integrated circuits). With several CMOS-based transceiver and GaAs-based power amplifiers successfully launched since 2005, RDA has now shipped millions of units. Its revenue grew by more than 200% in 2008 and RDA is now the leader in sales among all China-based RF IC producers. The largest of the Chinese semiconductor companies, HiSilicon Technology Co. Ltd., had the second highest growth rate, almost 140% in RMB (or 160% in US$) and the largest absolute increase in revenues. HiSilicon is the former chip R&D center of the Huawei Company, but was spun out in 2005. HiSilicon has considerable experience in telecom ASIC device R&D. Its technical level ranks among the top tier of China's IC design companies with capabilities of designing at the 0.11µm technology node. With double-digit revenue growth in 2006 and 2007 and triple-digit growth in 2008, the company is demonstrating strong competitiveness. Ningbo KangQuiang Electronics Co., Ltd., a discrete device manufacturer, also experienced triple-digit revenue growth in 2008--at least 100%. Of the remaining 30 on the list, nine had double-digit, five had single-digit and one had zero revenue growth. Finally, fifteen of these companies had negative revenue growth in 2008. PricewaterhouseCoopers 29 | ||||||
