摘要
IT＇S not immediately associated with China but SMIC （the Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation）,one of the leading semiconductor foundries in the world, is a young Chinese miracle. Established in 2000, the Shanghai-based fime＇s, customer base already spans the world. Eight-inch wafers produced at its plants in Shanghai and Tianjin are the meat-and-potatoes of computer manufacturing but early in 2005 SMIC, seeking greater things,
Sales of semiconductors, the chips used in computers, are soaring in China and the country is churning out plenty of its own too.
