China's largest chipmaker, Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC), has cited fingerprint sensors for helping it “outperform a weaker market” after Q3 net profits jumped 73.9 per cent.In its Q3 results, SMIC said that strong market growth in fingerprint sensors boosted results including a third-quarter net profit increase 73.9 per cent to US$82.6 million, up from US$76.7 million in the same period last year.Jefferies' Hui told the South China Morning Post that SMIC has benefited from the fact that sensors are rapidly being adopted in more smartphone models.”SMIC's dominant fingerprint customer is Sweden-based Fingerprint Cards,” Hui said, adding that SMIC will see growth accelerate from this product segment based on Fingerprint Cards' plans to expand shipments of those sensors to 150 million units next year, up from between 40 million to 50 million units this year.Qualcomm, which supplies many of the essential chips used in smart devices, are among SMIC's top multinational clients.In 2011, Fingerprint Cards and Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) jointly announced that the companies would work in collaboration to bring FPC1080A, a fingerprint swipe sensor optimized for mobile phones and tablets, to the China market.

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