The Spring Festival Gala of the Year of the Dragon, "Mountains and Rivers Poems of Chang'an" has focused the world's attention on Xi'an, with profound cultural heritage and innovative integration of modern science and technology, which makes people yearn for the city infinitely, and this is only the epitome of Xi'an's accelerated development.
As an important economic growth pole in Xi'an, the construction of the Silk Road Science City is in full swing, and international leading enterprises such as Samsung and Rongda have landed one after another, demonstrating the innovation power, urban charm and investment potential of this region.
In March 2024, Micron's chip packaging and testing project started construction in the Silk Road Science City. It is reported that the new plant will use leading automation technology and AI-based intelligent solutions to introduce a new production line, and strive to build a world-class benchmark factory for chip packaging and testing.
Micron chip packaging and testing project renderings
The industrial base is strong, and "high-quality investment" is pouring in
Xi'an is an important scientific research, education and manufacturing base in the field of semiconductors in China. In 2003, Xi'an introduced Infineon, the first foreign-funded enterprise of integrated circuits, and the road of exploration and growth of chasing "core" began.
International giants such as Samsung, Micron and Applied Materials, as well as domestic leading enterprises such as Huawei and ZTE, have set up camp in the area, injecting strong impetus into the development of high-tech industries in the western region.
The Silk Road Science City has the world's largest flash memory chip production base, driving more than 100 enterprises from the upstream and downstream of the industrial chain to settle in, showing a rare gathering trend in the field of memory chips in the world, and ranking first in the central and western regions in terms of industrial scale.
The output value has repeatedly broken new highs, and the "heavyweight project" has added momentum
As early as 2006, Micron Technology Co., Ltd., the world's leading semiconductor company, set its sights on Xi'an and built its only manufacturing plant in China in the high-tech zone, mainly engaged in integrated circuit packaging and testing and memory module production.
Since its establishment, Micron Xi'an's total import and export volume has continued to grow steadily, ranking first in Shaanxi Province for 17 consecutive years, making outstanding contributions to the development of the export-oriented economy in the western region.
Micron Semiconductor (Xi'an) Co., Ltd
With a total investment of 4.3 billion yuan and an area of 37 acres, the new project is currently undergoing earthwork construction and is expected to be completed and put into use in the second half of 2025. After the completion of the new plant, Micron's Xi'an factory will expand to 132,000 square meters, and will create about 500 jobs, further expanding the import and export value and output value.
In addition to the construction of new factories, Micron will also invest in a number of engineering laboratories to attract a large number of outstanding engineers and university graduates to participate in the research and development of cutting-edge technologies, and press the "acceleration button" for product launch by improving the efficiency of product reliability certification, monitoring, failure analysis and commissioning, and help accelerate the upgrading of the regional economy.
Practice the green concept and "sustainable development" will be steady and far-reaching
Under the vision of carbon peak and carbon neutrality, the development of green and low-carbon advanced technologies is not only a powerful starting point for building a modern energy system, but also the key to industrial transformation and upgrading.
With the strong support of the governments of Shaanxi Province, Xi'an City and High-tech Zone, Micron announced that it has joined forces with Schneider Electric, a global digital transformation expert in energy management and automation, to launch strategic cooperation in the fields of sustainable development, intelligent manufacturing, green factories and carbon peaking and carbon neutrality management, and jointly build Micron's world's first Sustainability Center of Excellence (CoE) for packaging and test manufacturing, leading technological innovation and contributing to China's low-carbon economy and the global semiconductor green supply chain.
According to the data, Micron's Xi'an plant has achieved 100% renewable energy use, and this year's goal is to achieve 100% water recycling.
Micron chip packaging and testing project renderings
2024 is the year for the Silk Road Science City to achieve the construction goal of "three years out of the image", with the construction of Samsung M-FAB, ESWIN 12-inch silicon wafers, Rongda core precision parts manufacturing, Micron chip packaging and testing and other projects, the high-tech zone continues to be the world's largest flash memory chip production base, and the Silk Road Science City, a city of the future, is continuing to attract the attention of the world.