The Ministry of Economic Affairs said that it may make Taiwan's overall progress behind at least a year and a half, more than a year and a half, more than a year and a half, more than a year and a half, May not catch up with the '5G harvest year in 2020', lost market opportunities.
Ministry of Economic Affairs officials pointed out that through the cooperation with Qualcomm, the current ITRI and Taiwan plant can be developed with Qualcomm simultaneously, rather than the chip after the launch to research and development; once the co-break, will delay the development of Taiwan factory time, Watching other manufacturers to launch new products.
Fair Taiwan will be a small base station (small cell) manufacturers to obtain Qualcomm 4G latest chip group of the time, More than eight months later than Qualcomm's first-line partner, but through the cooperation with Qualcomm, the Taiwan plant will be able to get along with Qualcomm's first-line partners at the same time the latest 5G chipset, shorten the development time; Or strengthen the demand, ITRI and the policy will be able to directly develop high-pass chip software, shorten the Taiwan manufacturers in response to market demand for new products.
Ministry of Economic Affairs officials also said that if Taiwan and Qualcomm co-break, may miss the commercialization of the 5G product in time points in 2010. Officials said that if the cooperation to maintain, Taiwan plant will be developed in the high-pass chips when the development of products; If the chip came out to do, will be behind, lost to seize the first step in the initiative.
Officials also said that the International Standards Organization in 2009 will announce 5G related standards, the current 5G related equipment and more commercialization in 2020, the various manufacturers are aimed at this process to do the development test; Missed and Qualcomm cooperation and delay, may not catch up with this train.
ITRI: estimated after two years
For the impact of time with the high-pass break, ITRI assessment for about two years; Ministry of Economic Affairs officials pointed out that the Taiwan plant if you abandon Qualcomm chips, we must develop their own methods, may use multiple chipsets to test, but also to redesign Development, research and development period will be stretched for at least a year and a half.
Officials also revealed that the current research and development of the communication meeting was suspended by Qualcomm, but ITRI's own research and development is not shut down, the past about a week at least once a day, about two or three weeks, but because the two sides have a consensus technology architecture is still , Still able to temporarily develop their own. As to when the bottleneck? Officials said, depending on the R & D progress of the Institute, if done fast, will be encountered earlier need to continue to communicate part.
Officials said Qualcomm should eventually resume cooperation, will not give up their customers; but Qualcomm also need time to fair for the ruling and the Taiwan plant to do the overall assessment of the ecological, or still to be static To be Qualcomm assessment results.