China International Semiconductor Exhibition (IC China 2013) was opened on 13th/Nov/2013 . Reporters learned from the meeting , this year is a Chinese semiconductor industry harvest year , IC design industry get rid of years of slow growth pattern resume rapid growth , industry-wide sales are expected to reach 87.5 billion yuan , an increase of 28.5% YOY .
a international business strategy company predicted that from 2014 to 2020 , China's semiconductor market will enter in a seven-years rapid growth period, the market will grow from the current $ 111 billion to $ 208 billion .
This year, the state-owned enterprise UNIS acquired Spreadtrum, one of China's top ten IC design companies. Now, UNIS is trying to use its acquisition of $ 18.5 per share to acquire RDA , which is also one other of top ten IC design enterprises. China Semiconductor Industry Association executive vice president Xu Xiaotian , said in future there will be more and more such mergers and acquisitions.