SMIC Beijing NORIC (B1/B2A, Yizhuang) · 中芯国际集成电路制造（北京）有限公司 / 中芯北方集成电路制造（北京）有限公司

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SMIC’s original Beijing campus — 中芯北京 (registered July 2002, its first 12-inch site) and 中芯北方 (NORIC, established July 2013 with a $3.59 billion initial in…
Published

October 11, 2026

TipWhy This Matters

SMIC’s original Beijing campus — 中芯北京 (registered July 2002, its first 12-inch site) and 中芯北方 (NORIC, established July 2013 with a $3.59 billion initial investment) — the mature-node workhorse the tracker had missed while covering the newer 中芯京城 JV: NORIC ran at 100.76% utilization in Jan–Aug 2025 and earned ¥11.58 billion net in 2024, SMIC’s ‘cash cow’.

Chinese name: 中芯国际集成电路制造（北京）有限公司 / 中芯北方集成电路制造（北京）有限公司 (Zhōngxīn Běijīng / Zhōngxīn Běifāng)

What does this facility make?

28nm-and-above logic, RF, embedded memory and CIS wafers on two 300mm lines.

Why does it matter?

September 2025: SMIC announced it would buy out NORIC’s remaining 49% (¥40.601 billion, share-and-cash at ¥74.20/share, valuing NORIC well above the ¥37.4 billion transaction basis); approved by the SSE M&A committee 11 May 2026 — the largest STAR-market M&A — and completed via HKEX disclosure 24 June 2026. Consolidating the mature-node cash cow inside the listed company shows how central 28nm economics have become to China’s foundry champion.

Key Facts

Company SMIC
Type Fab
Category JV
Capability 12-inch (300mm) mature-node foundry — two 35,000 wafers/month lines (L1: 40/28nm; L2: 28nm HKMG), 65–28nm logic/RF/eNVM/CIS; reached 75,000 wafers/month full design capacity in 2022
Status Operational
Capacity 75,000 wafers/month (300mm), as of 2026-05 — NORIC (中芯北方) only, installed; design target reached 2022. Excludes B1 (中芯北京): 42,000/mo end-2018 (94,500 8-inch-eq ÷ 2.25, FY2018 20-F)
Investment $3,590M
Funding Source Big Fund I
Location Beijing, Beijing Municipality
Current Node 28nm (NORIC/中芯北方 B2 300mm; mass production Q4 2015)
Entity List Yes — US Commerce BIS (18 Dec 2020)
Equipment Origin Not yet assessed
Last Verified Not recorded (newest source dated Jun 2026)

Technical Complexity

3.9/5

Technology Node Trajectory

  • 2005: 90nm (B1/中芯北京 300mm; 0.15–0.09µm range, commercial prod. Mar 2005)
  • 2009: 65nm (B1/中芯北京 300mm)
  • 2012: 55nm (B1/中芯北京 300mm, most advanced in volume production)
  • 2015: 28nm (NORIC/中芯北方 B2 300mm; mass production Q4 2015)

Project Timeline

  • Jul 2013 — 中芯北方 (NORIC) established; initial total investment $3.59 billion
  • Jun 2016 — First NORIC line (L1, 40/28nm) reaches production
  • Jan 2022 — Both lines combined reach 75,000 wafers/month design capacity
  • Jun 2026 — SMIC’s ¥40.6 billion buyout of the remaining 49% completed — NORIC now wholly owned

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