[Synopsys and SMIC Announce DesignWare IP for 40-nm Low-Leakage Process Synopsys’ DesignWare Embedded Memory, Logic Library, Analog and Interface IP for SMIC’s Advanced Low-Power Process Enables Faster Development of SoCs for Mobile Markets MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. and SHANGHAI, July 10, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ — Highlights: • Latest collaboration yields availability of 15 Synopsys® DesignWare® IP products on SMIC’s 40-nanometer low-leakage (40LL)]

[SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION (Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability) Notification of Board Meeting Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation Chief Executive Officer Shanghai, 13 July 2012 As at the date of this announcement, the Directors are Zhang Wenyi as Chairman of the Board of Directors and Executive Director of the Company; Tzu-Yin Chiu as Chief Executive Officer and Executive]

[SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION (Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability) (STOCK CODE: 981) APPOINTMENT OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER Board Company SMIC The board of directors (the “ Prior to joining SMIC as Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Kung had over twenty-two years of experience working as a chief financial officer of publicly listed companies, private equity investment manager, banker]

[SMIC and Synopsys Extend 40nm Low Power Capabilities with Reference Flow 5.0 MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. and SHANGHAI, June 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ — Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, and Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (“SMIC”; NYSE: SMI; SEHK: 981), one of the leading semiconductor foundries in the world, today announced]

[SMIC and Brite Semiconductor’s 40LL Dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 Processor-based Test Chip Achieves 1.3GHz SHANGHAI, June 20, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ — Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (“SMIC”; NYSE: SMI; SEHK: 981), and Brite Semiconductor (Shanghai) Corporation, a leading IC design and turnkey service provider, today jointly announced that their dual-core ARM® Cortex™-A9 MPCore™ processor-based chip, adopting SMIC’s 40nm LL (low-leakage) process technology, has]