Recently, AAC Technologies has signed a cooperation with SMEC to deepen their strategic partnership. Both parties will cooperate with each other on MEMS microphones with wider measures taken in technology research and development, product innovation, manufacturing processes, domestic supply chain completion, and industrial ecosystem construction. This is a development of the cooperation agreement signed by both parties in 2018, marking a key milestone that AAC Technologies has realized independent and homemade production of chips.
AAC Technologies, founded in 1993, is a world leader in precision manufacturing that provides software-hardware-combined technical solutions for mobile terminals, smart homes, and smart wearables. It has been rated as “An Enterprise Leading an Individual Field of the Manufacturing Industry” by MIIT three times. In 2003, AAC Technologies entered the fray of semiconductors with MEMS microphones. After years of technology accumulation, the company has mastered core technologies throughout the entire process from chip design and packaging to testing. In 2018, AAC Technologies launched China’s first MEMS microphone product with independent intellectual property rights. It is now one of the most important suppliers of MEMS microphone components and modules in the world, and one of the top 10 MEMS companies in China’s semiconductor industry.
Semiconductor Manufacturing Electronics (Shaoxing) Corporation (SMEC), headquartered in Shaoxing, Zhejiang, is an OEM manufacturer of analog integrated circuit chips and module packaging in the power, sensing, and transmission fields. Since its foundation, SMES has been focusing on artificial intelligence, mobile communications, vehicle-mounted products, industrial control, and other fields. By building continuous R&D and industrialization capabilities, the company strives to reach a world-class level in terms of MEMS and power device manufacturing technologies.
With a huge market potential, MEMS microphones can be widely used in consumer electronics, automotive electronics, and industrial control. This partnership with SMEC covers low-end, medium-end, and high-end product lines and promotes products to global clients. It further intensifies AAC Technologies’ dominance in the mobile phone market and lays a solid foundation for market expansion.