TAIPEI -- China's largest contract chipmaker, Semiconductor Manufacturing International Co., on Thursday said nearly one-third of its board of directors has resigned effective immediately, in a big reshuffle of high-ranking personnel after the company was blacklisted by the U.S. in late 2020.
The four resignations include Vice Chairman Chiang Shang-yi, the former co-chief operating officer and longtime research and development chief of rival chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp. The hiring of Chiang, an industry heavyweight, in December 2020 was viewed as a way for SMIC and China to bolster the semiconductor sector.
