[News] SiCarrier Subsidiaries Reportedly Launch China’s Fully Independent EDA, 3nm Test Equipment

According to ijiwei, citing Yicai, Qiyunfang, a subsidiary of SiCarrier—a fast-rising Chinese semiconductor equipment firm reportedly linked to Huawei—has unveiled two domestically developed EDA products with fully independent intellectual property rights at China’s SEMiBAY.

As the report states, Qiyunfang’s EDA tools deliver a 30% performance improvement over industry benchmarks in key electronic circuit design metrics, while shortening hardware development cycles by 40%. The president of the company’s Electronic Engineering EDA business unit said the products have already entered the market, with more than 20,000 engineers currently using them, according to STAR Market Daily.

The global EDA market remains dominated by U.S. and European firms. According to TrendForce, as of 2024, Synopsys, Cadence, and Siemens held 31%, 30%, and 13% of global market share, respectively. TrendForce also notes that by 2024, China’s self-sufficiency rate in EDA software exceeded 10%, marking a notable improvement from previous years, with domestic players such as Empyrean and Primarius showing rapid growth.

SiCarrier Subsidiaries Launch Test Equipment for 3nm and 5nm Nodes

In addition to Qiyunfang, another SiCarrier subsidiary, Long Sight, has unveiled its self-developed next-generation ultra-high-speed real-time oscilloscope. As noted by another report from Yicai, the device achieves a bandwidth exceeding 90 GHz, a capability applicable to R&D support for 3 nm and 5 nm advanced nodes.

As noted by National Business Daily, Long Sight’s self-developed next-generation ultra-high-speed real-time oscilloscope is expected to boost the performance of China’s domestically produced oscilloscopes by up to 500%, ranking second globally. The report adds that in chip development, oscilloscopes enable engineers to visualize electrical signals. Since they must achieve higher precision than the devices they measure, oscilloscopes require technology at least one generation ahead.

Meanwhile, according to STAR Market Daily, SiCarrier itself did not release any new products at the 2025 SEMiBAY event, with all new product announcements instead coming from its subsidiaries.

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