By Kate Yuan

Nanhai Semiconductor (南海半导体), an IC investment company, was launched in  Foshan City of southern China’s Guangdong Province to facilitate the IC industry in the Greater Bay Area, JW Insights reported.

Leading the industry platform project is Wang Huilian, director and general manager of Nanhai Semiconductor. He and his team previously spent five years in the Haicang District of Xiamen and helped set up the local semiconductor industry.

He said in an interview that “Nanhai Semiconductor will directly invest in projects and companies with good growth potential and market prospects that could drive the development of surrounding companies.”

“We have a professional team and could provide consulting services with our resources in technology, industry, and talents. We will also set up industry funds to attract industry and social capital to jointly support the IC industry in Nanhai District,” Wang added.

Nanhai Semiconductor was registered earlier this year in Foshan, where Nanhai District is located. Now Nanhai Semiconductor has supported three projects in Nanhai: Sky Semiconductor's 12-inch 3D integrated advanced packaging manufacturing line, the 4/6-inch filter wafer manufacturing line of EPIC MEMS, and the System-in-Package and Heterogeneous Integration Public technology Platform partnering with Tsinghua University.

The three projects are all centered on semiconductor manufacturing, which is a weak link in the Greater Bay Area. By combing market demands and technology development trends, the projects will be an important step in pushing forward the IC industry in the Greater Bay Area. 

Nanhai Semiconductor will guide capital flowing to sub-sectors especially the important parts in the supply chain with the need for self-sufficiency and strategical self-control, Wang added.