Subject type: Semiconductor foundry, state-backed Jurisdiction: People's Republic of China Also known as: Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation, 中芯国际 File opened: 29 August 2026 Last updated: 29 August 2026 Origin SMIC was founded in 2000 in Shanghai by Richard Chang, a Taiwan-born executive who had worked at Texas Instruments, with capital from international … [Read more...] about SMIC: China’s Largest Foundry, Process Capability and the Limits of Export Control