The equipment start-up kept a low profile until this week, when it unveiled about 30 new products at the Semicon China show
SiCarrier, a three-year-old chip equipment manufacturer backed by the Shenzhen government, debuted an array of new products this week, touting them as “100 per cent domestically controllable”, in a further sign of progress in China’s efforts to achieve semiconductor self sufficiency amid escalating US restrictions.
Du Lijun, who leads the process equipment product line at SiCarrier, stated during his keynote address at the Semicon China exhibition on Thursday that the company possesses extensive expertise covering system design, hardware, components, and algorithms for semiconductor manufacturing tools.
In reaction to the present prohibition on exporting cutting-edge lithography equipment to China, SiCarrier is concentrating on alternate materials, non-optical corrections, and three-dimensional architectural solutions. The company’s offerings for processes like diffusion, etching, and thin-film deposition are already equipped for large-scale manufacturing and can be applied in high-end logic chips and memory devices, he further noted.
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“Ever since its launch, SiCarrier has focused on meeting the advanced equipment requirements of domestic semiconductor producers,” said Li Zhoujian, who leads the metrology and inspection product line at SiCarrier, according to a local semiconductor-oriented publication on Tuesday.
Li, who is a seasoned executive at Huawei Technologies and currently serves as part of its Representatives’ Commission representing employee shareholders, noted that SiCarrier’s measurement and testing equipment has successfully localized critical parts. This achievement represents significant progress in a sector long controlled by international players, where domestic businesses had minimal prior involvement.
SiCarrier has been a hot topic of discussion in China’s semiconductor industry for its alleged close ties with Huawei, although neither company has responded to the speculation. The equipment start-up kept a low profile until this week,
When it unveiled around 30 new products at Semicon China 2025.
Inspired by renowned mountain ranges, this product lineup encompasses tools for processes such as diffusion, etching, thin-film deposition, optical inspection, optical metrology, and power inspection. This information was provided in a promotional pamphlet handed out at the exhibition by SiCarrier.
The pamphlet stated, “The firm has set up a comprehensive R&D framework that spans from start to finish, encompassing basic material processes, key components, and full systems.”
Based in Shenzhen, this company runs research centers across key Chinese urban areas including Shanghai, Beijing, Xi’an, Wuhan, Chengdu, and Hangzhou, along with multiple international sites.
SiCarrier was among
140 Chinese companies
included in Washington’s trade blacklist back in December.
The company’s parent entity, SiCarrier Technology, which came into existence in 2021, operates under full ownership by Shenzhen Major Industry Investment Group—a venture funded by the local Shenzhen administration. This organization has facilitated manufacturing operations in Shenzhen not only for itself but also for semiconductor firms like Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) and China Resources Microelectronics.
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