SMIC → StarFive

As of 2026-09-05, SMIC is a tracked supplier of StarFive. SMIC is a major in Foundry (headquartered in China); StarFive is a challenger in EDA & IP (headquartered in China). SMIC has 37 tracked customers; StarFive has 3 tracked suppliers.

Data as of 2026-09-05 · relationship type: tracked supplier → customer · both names resolve in companies.json · no dollar amount is shown unless it already sits on a company record, and none is invented here

Why this edge matters

SMIC (major in Foundry) is a tracked supplier of StarFive (challenger in EDA & IP). China's largest foundry, pushing advanced nodes despite export controls. Chinese RISC-V CPU IP and SoC company. The edge is one of 3 tracked suppliers of StarFive and one of 37 tracked customers of SMIC.

Source: derived from both company records and the counted edges.

Concentration / risk note

StarFive has only 3 tracked suppliers in this dataset. Concentration on the supplier side is high.

Basis: few suppliers. Omitted on edges where the graph does not back a concentration claim.

The two companies

SMIC (supplier)

China's largest foundry, pushing advanced nodes despite export controls.

StarFive (customer)

Chinese RISC-V CPU IP and SoC company.

Other tracked suppliers of StarFive

Other tracked customers of SMIC

Cite as: wafergraph, “SMIC → StarFive — supplier relationship in the semiconductor supply chain”, https://wafergraph.com/relationship/smic/starfive/ (data as of 2026-09-05).

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