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Native name | 深圳市新凯来技术有限公司 |
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| Company type | Private (government-backed) |
| Industry | Semiconductors |
| Founded | August 2021; 4 years ago (August 2021) |
| Headquarters | Shenzhen,Guangdong,China |
Key people | Du Lijun (President) |
| Owner | Shenzhen Municipal Government |
| Website | www |
Shenzhen SiCarrier Technologies Co., Ltd. (SiCarrier;Chinese:新凯来;pinyin:Xīnkǎilái) is a Chinesesemiconductor equipment company headquartered inShenzhen. The company is backed by the Shenzhen Municipal Government and works extensively withHuawei.
SiCarrier was established in 2021 in Shenzhen. Its major backer is the Shenzhen Major Industry Investment Group, a semiconductor investment fund established by the Shenzhen Municipal Government.[1][2][3][4]
SiCarrier has formed a close relationship with Huawei,where it mainly interfaces with its internal research arm, 2012 Lab which is named after the2012 film. The two have exchanged both staff and patents. SiCarrier has hired engineers to work directly on Huawei's projects. Huawei has transferred about a dozen patents to SiCarrier, including sound-proof technologies for electronic machines and data center designs. Apart from being a semiconductor equipment manufacture for Huawei, SiCarrier also is a nexus between Huawei and the rest of the supply chain. SiCarrier has subsidiaries that are involved in critical processes for semiconductors such as Cornerstone (photoresist), Zetop (photolithography) and Ueascend (chip equipment).[1]
In late 2023, SiCarrier was granted a patent involvingself-aligned quadruple patterning (SAQP). The patent employed deep ultraviolet lithography chipmaking machines and SAQP technology to achieve certain technical thresholds for the5 nm process. This could avoid the use ofextreme ultraviolet lithography machines while reducing manufacturing cost.[2][4] The underlying technology was seen to used by Huawei to produce a7nm chip for itsMate 60 Pro smartphone in 2024.[2]
In December 2024, SiCarrier was targeted in a new round of USexport controls and added to theUnited States Department of Commerce'sEntity List.[5][6]
In March 2025, SiCarrier made its debut at Semicon China, an annual industry event inShanghai organized bySEMI. At the event, it unveiled dozens of tools which related to etching and deposition process, optical metrology and inspection which attracted significant attention.[4][6] Prior to the event, SiCarrier held a low profile.[2] SiCarrier then emerged as a challenger toASML and other foreign companies in the semiconductor equipment field.[3]
In September 2025,Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation started to conduct trials of a DUV machine made byShanghai Yuliangsheng Technology (a project tied to SiCarrier). SMIC plans to integrate these DUV machines into production lines in 2027.[7]
In December 2025,Reuters has reported on the progress of domestic EUV machines. According to report it is expected that a EUV machine for producing working chips will be ready by around 2028-2030.Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics offers uncapped salaries to PhD researches in lithography and grants up to 4 miliion yuan (560,000 USD) and 1 million yuan (140,000 USD) in personal grants. There is also aggressive hiring of researchers from outside of China: signing bonuses of 3-5 million yuan (420k-700k USD) and home purchase subsidy.[8]
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