In the last two years, SMIC and GMSC have lured more than 100 senior engineers from Taiwan to Shanghai, and SMIC announced in mid-March the acquisition of 0.18-micron technology through tie-ups with Toshiba and Fujitsu, shrinking the advantage of Taiwan's manufacturers. SMIC has also announced a strategic alliance with a major American chip packager and tester, ChipPAC.
過去兩年，中芯和宏力已用高價在台挖角了上百名高階工程師。而就在本月中，中芯公開宣布已取得○．一八微米的先進製程，並和東芝／富士通半導體集團建立技術夥伴關係，大幅拉近了和台灣同業的技術落差；同時還和美商封裝測試大廠金朋建立策略聯盟。