Smic is the 3rd largest manufacturer of wafers.   Have reported that mainland China's largest wafer generation industry, semiconductor manufacturing international (SMIC) has announced this year 14 nm process will be put into production in 2018, and the investment amount up to $2016 in 2.5 billion. Both measures exceed the world's third largest wafer manufacturer, which means that the core has the opportunity to overtake the company and become the world's third largest manufacturer of wafers.  According to the report, TSMC is a leading manufacturer of the global semiconductor manufacturing industry, which is currently in the global semiconductor manufacturing process.  The xiamen plant is currently stuck in the process of introducing 28 nanometers  , Romania's (fab) buy a samsung 14 nm FinFET (fin type field-effect transistors) technology, become a third home to master the technology of foundries, but the company losses for years, had spread to sell to more mainland enterprises, competition from smic is not obvious.  The most direct of the inverse and central competition is the combined electricity, which is established in the mainland and the ship's technology, and currently has a 12-inch wafer factory in xiamen.  Report mentioned, umc to 28 nm process into the mainland, but as a result of umc 14 nm process in China, Taiwan has not been mass production, so it is still in the closing stages.  This year it has invested $2.5 billion in a combined $2.2 billion  Umc xiamen factory as scheduled even though the first half of 2017 by 14 nm FinFET technology, xiamen factory introduction is only 28 nm process, and smic is the same level, so may not have more advantages than the core competitiveness.  As for the investment amount, umc investment amount of $2.2 billion this year, and smic has been raised to $2.5 billion in the first half, the core investment amount for the first time beyond umc, accelerated the core in the process of semiconductor technology.  The report points out that if the technology of the mid-core's 14 nanometer FinFET technology is to be launched in 2018, the competitive advantage will be even more pronounced.  In November, the xiamen factory in xiamen has a 99% efficiency rate of 40 nanometers  Umc, announced on November 16th this year in xiamen 12-inch fabs joint venture set up in the core of integrated circuits (xiamen) held the opening ceremony, and the plant to break the past record, since March 2015 to start, only 20 months started production customer products.  The company points out that the products yield more than 99 percent of the products in the xiamen factory with 40 nanometers. (from: apple daily)  1.3 billion dollars! Japan's TDK has acquired the us chipmaker InvenSense  Japanese electronics maker TDK has confirmed it has agreed to buy the us chipmaker InvenSense for $1.3 billion, Reuters reported. InvenSense makes motion sensors for apple and samsung.  In a statement on Wednesday, TDK said it would buy all of the company's shares at $13 a share. This means that the purchase price of TDK is 19.9 per cent higher than that of the company's shares at the end of the day on Tuesday. As early as early December, Reuters reported that TDK was in talks with InvenSense for the acquisition.  With the acquisition of InvenSense, TDK, a key supplier of smart phone parts, will be able to boost its capabilities in sensor technology. InvenSense's gyroscope, which helps smartphone computing work, is used in augmented reality games such as Pokemon Go.  Company company was founded in June 2003, the headquarters located in SAN jose in California, the company's annual revenue is declining, over the past three quarters of consecutive losses, orientation in the smartphone gradually collapse, margins under pressure. Meanwhile, the company's plans to diversify into cars and industrial applications have not worked.  In the second quarter of fiscal 2017 (ended October 2, 2016) of net revenue of $79.8 million, $112.5 million during the same period for each of the previous fiscal year, down 29%, a net loss of $12.5 million. Net revenue for the fiscal first quarter of 2017 (as of July 3, 2016) was about $6,006 million, down 43% from $106.3 million in the same period a year earlier, and a net loss of $20.2 million. (by Reuters)  China has built a large number of 12-inch factories to help the global semiconductor industry grow  Semiconductor industry as a whole a recession this year, but next year forecast growth of 7%, among them, the mainland build 12 inch factory, Taiwan manufacturers have the opportunity to get the business opportunities, the company is expected to increase profit.  On October in Taiwan have reported on the website, export total amount of $26.75 billion, annual increase of 9.4% high level, one of the most bright eye is the semiconductor industry, growth of 29.1%, compared with the same period last year growth of 21%, according to this wave of Taiwan export export earnings rebound, the semiconductor industry occupies a pivotal position.  According to the semiconductor industry researcher Lin forecast: 2017 global semiconductor growth momentum, the overall industry have the opportunity to grow 7%, compared with the decline of 0.4% this year, industry obviously amelioration; 12 inch capacity among them, the mainland, is expected to grow 1.8 times in three years, but also an important factor in the global semiconductor industry to restore growth, Taiwan manufacturers have the opportunity to get the opportunity, performance will be steady growth.  In recent years, the mainland wafer factory has been actively expanding its production, becoming the main area of new production capacity of whole spheritic wafer, and increasing demand for the domestic wafer manufacturing equipment and materials. While Taiwan semiconductor factory in the past 30 years development experience, also got the business opportunities in this wave of agitation, related stocks this year revenue and profit are promoted, the next few years will be steady development, make company with cash ability stronger, become high yield good stocks.  People in the industry believe that both han and hanke, the semiconductor equipment factory in Taiwan, have grasped the rise of the mainland. Among them, hantang invested nt $500 million in late 2013 to buy nearly 20 per cent of the mainland construction group, while the founding shareholder was the jiangxi provincial government. Han and tang dynasties and system integration company, construction joint venture jiangxi han and tang dynasties through engineering company in mainland, semiconductor equipment integration experience, coupled with han and tang dynasties due to the cross shareholding, establish a closer relationship of "community of interests".