Effects of Intel’s Strategic Investment into UNIS on China’s Deployment for the Semiconductor Industry

In September 2014, Intel announced that it would purchase a 20% stake in China's UNIS, a state-owned enterprise invested by Tsinghua University, for US$1.5 billion. This year UNIS has acquired Chinese IC brand vendors Spreadtrum and RDA Microelectronics for US$1.7 billion and US$900 million, respectively. Alongside with Intel's investment strategy, it has indeed put a big boost to China's fabless IC industry. This report examines the strategic objectives of Intel's acquisition for UNIS and how this incident will affect China's deployment for the semiconductor industry, especially the fabless IC domain.

List of Topics
Background of Intel's investment into UNIS and includes strategic objectives of the deal 
Highlighting the effects of the deal on China's semiconductor industry, especially for the fabless IC design industry 
Touching on Chinese smartphone application processor market share by chip suppliers like Qualcomm, MediaTek, Apple, Spectrum, etc., and by number of cores per CPU 
Development of China's one-stop supply chain for the fabless IC industry, touching on how international brands such as Qualcomm and NXP have interacted and cooperated with Chinese local vendors.

List of Companies
Apple, Datang Telecom, GalaxyCore, Goodix, Hisense, Hisilicon, Hua Capital Management, Intel, JCET, Marvell, MediaTek, NXP, OmniVision, PuDong, Qualcomm, RDA Microelectronics, Rockchip, Silead, SMIC, Spreadtrum, STATS, Tsinghua University, Tus-Holdings, UNIS, WLCSP.