The joint innovation center will be located in the International Innovation Park in Laoshan District, Qingdao. It aims to integrate multi-disciplinary resources and promote technological innovation in smart wireless headsets, VR / AR (virtual reality / augmented reality) and wearable smart hardware and Internet of Things And breakthroughs to promote the development of local industries in Qingdao.Central Joint Innovation Center, including the exhibition center, innovation laboratory in two areas. Exhibition Center will serve as high-tech exhibition in Qingdao business cards, through the showcase of Qualcomm and the United States the world's leading technology and the latest Application case, to help double-hit enterprises in Qingdao understand the world's latest technology and market trends, for more companies to join double smart terminal development and expansion ideas; innovative laboratory equipped with advanced test equipment, relying on the United States Qualcomm's world-leading technology, Research and development strength and industrial base to provide technical evaluation, initial R & D guidance and system compatibility test for eligible double-start companies so as to speed up the development of Double-start businesses in intelligent terminal and related industries in the Internet of Things.
At the signing ceremony, representatives from Qualcomm and Goer introduced the company's development vision respectively, and Qualcomm, the world's leading wireless communications company and the world's largest fabless semiconductor company, led the global 3G, 4G and next generation wireless technologies , And lead the new era of intelligent interconnection through the fields of mobile computing, internet of things, automotive and artificial intelligence, etc. Goer is a leading global manufacturer of precision components and smart hardware. With its expertise in acoustics, sensors, MEMS, Components and VR / AR, intelligent audio, smart wearable, robots and other intelligent hardware has accumulated profound technical advantages, with leading vertically integrated capabilities and automated precision manufacturing capabilities, providing customers worldwide one-stop product solutions. Qualcomm in the field of intelligent hardware cooperation has been carried out for many years, such as in the field of VR, the two sides based on Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 and 835 mobile platform has jointly developed two VR one machine reference design platform, effectively enhance the VR one machine industry's development speed .
Zhang Deping, Vice Mayor of Qingdao City, said he is pleased to have the opportunity to cooperate with Qualcomm, the global leader in wireless communication technology and semiconductor design. The brand influence and advanced technologies of Qualcomm and Goer help to gather industrial resources, attract skilled personnel and promote Upstream and downstream industries, improve the industrial chain of Qingdao. Joint Innovation Center will help solve the problem of lack of core in Qingdao, Qingdao enterprises to provide chip applications, 5G, Internet of Things technology solutions to promote technological innovation in Qingdao. Qingdao Will go all out to support the development of QUALCOMM and QUALCOMM in Qingdao and jointly expand the market cake of microelectronics and intelligent hardware so as to achieve a win-win situation for both enterprises and local industries.
Laoshan District Mayor Zhao Yan said Laoshan District based on local advantages to create a 'northern coastal economic zone microelectronics R & D Heights and Qingdao' core 'development goals' and strive to 2022, Laoshan District, the scale of microelectronics reached 10 billion yuan According to the national 'Thirteenth Five-Year Plan', fostering the industrial system of integrated circuits, and fostering industries such as artificial intelligence, intelligent hardware, mobile intelligent terminals, 5G mobile communications technology, advanced sensors and wearable devices will be a new economic growth point. The establishment of the Innovation Center is not only a positive response to the 13th Five-Year Plan of the country, but also an effective promotion of the development of such industries as microelectronics, intelligent hardware industry and Internet of Things in Qingdao City.
Meng Pu, chairman of QUALCOMM China, said Goer is our long-term partner and both parties have maintained good and in-depth cooperation in many fields. In the future, Qualcomm will continue to strengthen cooperation with Goethe and Qingdao in smart terminals and the Internet of Things Cooperation in the field as well as hope that JCC can benefit more double-hit enterprises in Qingdao and be able to understand the cutting-edge technology trends at home and gain strong support for innovation and entrepreneurship.
Jiang Long, president of Gore Co., Ltd., said that Gore's cooperation with Qualcomm has been a long time.The establishment of this joint innovation center helps to promote the development of intelligent hardware ecosystem.Golle will play in the intelligent hardware and sophisticated Component technology, R & D strength and manufacturing experience, and actively promote the development of intelligent hardware and Internet of Things together with Qualcomm to create an innovation-driven win-win cooperation model.