SMIC Participates In 4th Annual IC China Exhibition And Conference

SMIC Participates In 4th Annual IC China Exhibition And Conference

September 06, 2006

    SUZHOU, China, Sept. 6 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ --
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation
(SMIC; NYSE: SMI and HKSE: 981) ("SMIC" or the
"Company"), one of the leading semiconductor
foundries in the world, is currently participating at the
4th annual IC China Exhibition & Conference (IC China)
in Suzhou. Targeting China's booming IC industry, IC China
is a three-day exhibition and conference, featuring global
semiconductor companies including design houses, foundries,
assembly and testing companies, equipment vendors, and other
industry providers.

    For the fourth consecutive year, SMIC is showcasing its
latest technologies and product offerings at IC China. Some
items on display include 90nm masks, 90nm Logic and 90nm
DRAM wafers from SMIC's 300mm fabs, as well as 3G TD-SCDMA
chips, multimedia image enhancement and color adjustment
processors, and CMOS image sensor chips from SMIC's
customers.  A wide range of innovative end products that
operate with chips manufactured by SMIC, including a MP4
player, hub with memory card reader, cell phones, and
fingerprint recognition reader, are also on display.  In
addition to its booth exhibition, SMIC is sharing its
experience on sub-micron technology development at one of
IC China's technical seminars.

    "IC China provides an ideal platform for SMIC to
showcase its latest technology offerings," said Ning
Hsieh, SMIC Vice President of Marketing and Sales, who is
speaking at the summit conference on the advancement of
China's IC Industry.  "SMIC's participation in the
conference reinforces our commitment to establish and
strengthen our relationship with industry partners."

    Visitors can find SMIC at booth B080 in the Suzhou
International Expo Center Hall 3A for the duration of IC
China 2006 from September 06-08.

    About SMIC

    SMIC (NYSE: SMI; SEHK: 981) is one of the leading
semiconductor foundries in the world and the largest and
most advanced foundry in Mainland China, providing
integrated circuit (IC) manufacturing service at 0.35mm to
90nm and finer line technologies. Headquartered in
Shanghai, China, SMIC operates three 200mm fabs in Shanghai
and one in Tianjin, and one 300mm fab in Beijing, the first
of its kind in Mainland China. SMIC has customer service
and marketing offices in the U.S., Italy, and Japan as well
as a representative office in Hong Kong. For additional
information, please visit http://www.smics.com.

    For more information, please contact:

    SMIC Shanghai
     Reiko Chang
     SMIC Public Relations Department
     Tel:   [phone] x10544
     Email: [e-mail]

    SMIC Hong Kong
     Mei Fung Hoo
     Tel:   [phone]
     Email: [e-mail]

SOURCE  Semiconductor Manufacturing International
Corporation