New Micron (Suzhou) releases 450mm semiconductor-grade monocrystalline silicon rods, achieving domestic substitution of wafers

At Semicon China 2020, New Micron (Suzhou) Semiconductor Technology Co., Ltd. released a 450mm (18-inch) 11-9 purity semiconductor-grade single crystal silicon rod.

Xia Qiuliang, CEO of New Micron, introduced that the 450mm semiconductor monocrystalline silicon rod adopts the most advanced MCZ technology in the world, which represents the international advanced level and changes the situation that there is no independent 450mm semiconductor-grade monocrystalline silicon rod in China. It will achieve domestic substitution in wafer fabs below 28nm and play an important role in the independence of semiconductor wafer fabs.

New Micron (Suzhou) Semiconductor Technology Co., Ltd. was established in January 2013. Relying on the Suzhou Institute of Nanotechnology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Industrial Innovation and Incubation Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, it was founded by Mr. Xia Qiuliang, a former R&D technical executive of a US-funded semiconductor company. It is committed to the research and development and industrialization of advanced semiconductor silicon materials and provides a package of solutions for semiconductor silicon wafers. It took 3 years to develop the industry's most advanced 450mm (18-inch) defect-free single crystal silicon growth technology. It plans to invest more than 200 million yuan in the next 3-5 years to build the most advanced semiconductor silicon material research and development and production base in China.

The company has been rated as a science and technology-based small and medium-sized enterprise in Jiangsu Province, a high-tech enterprise, one of the first companies listed on the "New Fourth Board", a gazelle cultivation enterprise in Suzhou Industrial Park, a listed nursery cultivation enterprise, and an enterprise included in the Suzhou City Gazelle Plan.

In December 2019, New Micron completed a pre-A round of financing of tens of millions of yuan, led by Shaanxi Investment Growth Fund. In June 2020, it quickly completed a new round of financing, led by Anfeng Venture Capital. Currently, a 20,000 square meter factory building is under construction, which is expected to be capped in April 2021, and the production line will be put into operation at the end of 2021.