On September 11, 2025, through the joint organization of the South China Normal University Faculty of Engineering's School of Electronic Science and Engineering (School of Microelectronics) and the Guangzhou Semiconductor Association, a delegation of approximately 100 participants visited the "SEMI-e Shenzhen International Semiconductor Exhibition & 2025 Integrated Circuit Industry Innovation Exhibition" at the Shenzhen World Exhibition & Convention Center (Bao'an). The delegation was led by teachers including Associate Researcher Gao Wei, Specially-Appointed Associate Researcher Yang Mengmeng, and Graduate Counselor Chen Yu, and consisted of Master's students from the classes of 2023 and 2024, as well as undergraduate students majoring in Integrated Circuit Design and Integrated Systems from the class of 2022.
As a highly influential event in the industry, this exhibition spanned a total area of 300,000 square meters and brought together 5,000 leading exhibitors, comprehensively showcasing the latest products, cutting-edge technologies, and innovative achievements in the semiconductor and integrated circuit fields. Deeply integrating the "semiconductor + optoelectronics" industries, the exhibition focused on three core themes—"IC Design and Application," "IC Manufacturing and Supply Chain," and "Compound Semiconductors"—establishing a display platform that covers the entire integrated circuit industry chain. This provided an excellent opportunity for faculty and students to engage closely with industry frontiers.
From the faintly gleaming silicon wafers in the manufacturing sector, to the structurally sophisticated and efficiently operating packaging equipment in the packaging area, to the physical chips of varying sizes—meticulously developed by various manufacturers yet harboring immense computational power—and even the agile, intelligently interacting robotic dogs in the application sector, each exhibit captivated the students, compelling them to observe the details up close and diligently record key points.
Through in-depth exchanges with exhibition interpreters, the students not only gained a clearer and more systematic understanding of the current development status, technical bottlenecks, breakthrough directions, and the strategic layouts of major enterprises across the industry chain, but also witnessed firsthand numerous emerging technologies at the forefront of R&D or already industrialized. These direct experiences and professional explanations further ignited students' strong interest in deeply exploring the field of semiconductor integrated circuits and filled them with anticipation and aspiration for future careers in this industry.
This exhibition visit provided a valuable practical experience for our students. The close exposure to leading enterprises and cutting-edge technologies in semiconductor integrated circuits not only enriched their professional understanding but also bolstered their confidence and motivation to delve deeper into the field. In the future, the School will continue to provide more practical opportunities, organizing students to participate in industry visits that take them beyond classrooms and laboratories. This will enable face-to-face understanding of industrial development, enhance practical and communication skills, and support their comprehensive growth within the professional domain.