1. Qualcomm announced 5G significant progress Has been with 19 OEM + 18 operators to cooperate;
2. TSMC's proposed new factory to deal with fingerprint identification needs of enterprises;
3. Chihara: mining chips more low-end, two quarters can do it;
4.AMD officially moved into the new headquarters! Next to Intel, NVIDIA;
5. Korea K2 semiconductor project research and development speed 1000 times faster power consumption only one-thousandth chip
1. Qualcomm Announces 5G Major Progress Collaboration has been made with 19 OEM + 18 operators
(Reporter Zhang Yiqun) Recently, Qualcomm announced that its Snapdragon ™ X50 5G new air interface (NR) modem series has been selected by a number of wireless network operators and OEMs around the world to support the 5G The new air-to-air mobile network and terminal trials mean that Qualcomm's 5G new air interface mobile solution for smartphones is ready to push commercially viable 5G new air interface products and services up to 2019 as soon as possible.
Collaborate with mainstream operators and OEMs
It is understood that Qualcomm plans to show Xiaolong X50 5G modem at this year's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona (MWC) to achieve gigabit-per-second download speeds, and emphasizes 5G technology will be able to support new use cases and enhanced user experience.In addition, Qualcomm will demonstrate system interoperability with new infrastructure standards based on 5G using a number of infrastructure vendors using its advanced prototyping systems.
AT & T, BT, China Telecom, China Mobile, China Unicom, Deutsche Telekom, KDDI, KT, LG Uplus, NTT DOCOMO, Orange, SingTel, SK Telecom, Sprint, Telstra, TIM, Verizon and Vodafone Home operators to launch trials based on 3GPP Release 15 5G new air interface standards.These 5G new air interface mobile trials will use Qualcomm's 5G mobile test platform and smart phone reference design with integrated Snapdragon X50 chipset and smartphones Optimizing 5G technology for power and size requirements while maintaining interoperability and coexistence with 4G LTE allows operators to prepare for the official deployment of 5G commercial networks and help OEMs deliver 5G smartphones in a wide range of Use cases and deployment scenarios for testing and development.
Christiano Amon, president of Qualcomm Incorporated, said: '2018 is an important year for Qualcomm and the entire mobile industry, and Qualcomm will implement the agreed 5G new air interface specification, demonstrating Qualcomm's Delivering on 5G by enabling growth and innovation in the mobile industry by supporting a number of commercial launches expected in 2019. With our success and leadership in leading 3G, 4G LTE and RF front end, Qualcomm Fully prepared to provide the required multi-gigabit, multimode products for 5G deployments worldwide. '
In addition, Qualcomm also announced that its Snapdragon ™ X50 5G new air interface (NR) modem family has been adopted by several OEMs around the world to support standard 5G new air interface mobile terminal products released since 2019.
It is understood that OEM partners include Asus, Fujitsu, Fujitsu Connected Technologies Limited, HMD Global, HTC, Inseego / Novatel Wireless, LG, NetComm Wireless, NETGEAR, OPPO, Sharp, Sierra Wireless, Sony Mobile, Telit, Vivante, WNC, Xiaomi and ZTE, etc. The OEM is working hard to build on the first commercially available 5G modem solution - The Dragon X50 5G new air interface modem series has been commercially available since 2019 as a 5G mobile terminal supporting bands below 6 GHz and millimeter-wave (mmWave) spectrum.
Complete 5G new air interface network and terminal key basic test
Qualcomm also announced recently that it has successfully completed interoperability tests with Nokia in the 3.5GHz and 28GHz spectrum in line with the global 3GPP Release 15 5G new air interface standard using Nokia Commercial AirScale base stations and Qualcomm Technologies terminal prototypes. Air port standards have been officially completed in December last year.
It is learned that the two sides conducted a test based on the new air interface technology at Nokia 5G Innovation Center in Oulu, Finland to promote the commercial implementation of 5G technology, which will lay a solid foundation for both sides to carry out 5G new air interface test with operators in 2018. .
Operators Nokia, Qualcomm and BT / EE, Deutsche Telekom, Elisa, KT, LGU +, NTT DOCOMO, Optus, SK Telecom, Telia and Vodafone Group have all promised to jointly test and test the new 5G air interface technology. A series of work will be based on interoperability tests Nokia and Qualcomm have successfully completed for the flexible 5G new air interface, which will support a wide range of 5G services and diverse deployment scenarios.
Qualcomm announced a partnership with Nokia in 5G for its new air interface in September last year and has successfully completed several tests in the near future.Nokia and Qualcomm Technologies will continue to work closely together to accelerate the development of the industry so as to promote the 3GPP standard 5G infrastructure And terminals in large-scale 5G deployments by 2019. This will ensure that commercial networks can be launched in time for 2019, especially in the United States, China, Japan, South Korea and Europe.
Marc Rouanne, president of Nokia Mobile Networks, said: "These tests, conducted jointly by Nokia and Qualcomm Technologies, are significant to the evolution of 5G and it is worth mentioning that during the testing we delivered to more than 100 customers through Nokia's AirScale base station ) And Qualcomm Technologies' UE prototypes quickly became available for the 3GPP R15 specification, which was finalized in December of 2014. Next, we are very much looking forward to working with standards-based 5G new air interface OTA testing with operators. "
Christianiano Armon, president of Qualcomm, said: 'Qualcomm and Nokia have successfully completed this global 5G new air interface standard based on the end-to-end interoperability connectivity test in order to successfully roll out 5G new air interface commercial networks and terminals in 2019 A solid foundation. "Qualcomm is looking forward to further cooperation with Nokia and global operators in compliance with standard outfield tests in the process of commercial 5G implementation." (Proofreading / Xiaoqiu)
2. TSMC's proposed new factory to deal with fingerprint identification needs of enterprises
In order to cope with the growing demand for smartphones such as fingerprinting and automobiles, the world's largest integrated semiconductor company, TSMC, started to discuss the construction of a new factory, which employs 200 mm diameter Silicon wafer, the new plant will discuss the equipment needed to introduce a more efficient 300mm product.
It is reported that in the past few years, fingerprint chips have been trapped by capacity, the expansion will effectively ease the pressure on capacity.
Organizations predict that by 2018, the global market size of smart terminal fingerprint identification chips will reach 1.199 billion with sales volume of 3.07 billion U.S. dollars and a CAGR of about 36% in sales volume. And the accelerated penetration of fingerprint identification is expected to give chips, , Modules and other domestic supply chain bring new market opportunities.
3. Chihara: mining chips more low-end, two quarters can do it
Zhiyuan yesterday held a legal person briefing, general manager Wang Guoyong said that the successful transformation of the original Wisdom, last year in the 28-nanometer, 40-nanometer and 55-nanometer process orders are the highest volume this year NRE (design commission) continued optimistic about the market, the first quarter Challenges 100% growth over the same period last year, but overall, the first quarter revenue due to off-season factors will be the year-end gross margin steady 50% should be the normal wisdom of the original.
Wang Guoyong said that Wisdom original continuous transformation, changing product, customer structure, but also enhance the customer's adhesion, customer widening also increased, the gross profit margin rose successfully.He said that the original transformation of the original Wisdom have been in place in 2017 Year including 28 nm, 40 nm and 55 nm process orders are high, not only that, but also with Samsung for 14 nm advanced process cooperation.
Wang Yong said that optimistic about the vigorous growth of the NRE market this year, revenue contribution is expected to challenge 100% annual growth in the first quarter, the annual, NRE is also expected to grow more than 50%, the current positive transformation under the original gross margin has risen up , But revenue is not yet in place, although there will be one of the advanced process of the introduction of Zhibo this year, but the advanced process is not considered this year's operating plan.
Wang Guoyong said that in the first quarter, Wisdom optimistic about NRE have the opportunity to double compared to last year's growth, but the overall season due to off-season factors, fear of a single-digit quarterly decrease, the first quarter should be the bottom of the operation for this year, as gross margin Aspects, standing 50% should be said that the original normal Wisdom.
In response to the fierce price volatility of virtual currency, Wang Guoyong said that basically Wisdom has not changed its attitude in the field, mainly in the establishment of an ecosystem and the existence of its virtual currency. Currently, it has not been affected. Basically, the situation In addition, he also said that the virtual currency 'mining' chips are relatively low-end products, may be done in two quarters, but AI (artificial intelligence) chips, probably need to calculate the annual, high-end Products, different areas, the application has its own uniqueness.
Wang Yong said that the original product should be a wide range of Wisdom, there are many IC customers require a long product life cycle, 10 years or even 20 years have as for the automotive field, the certification takes a long time, the original last year There are already delivery customers, follow-up depot just enter the heavy volume phase, there will be a stable contribution to the operation, and the cycle is not short.
4.AMD officially moved into the new headquarters! Next to Intel, NVIDIA
At the end of August 2016, we were fortunate to be the only network media company in Greater China. We had the privilege of visiting AMD headquarters in Sunnyvale and the last media company to visit this headquarters. As AMD prepares to move, headquarters and R & D center will move to California Santa Clara, the heart of Silicon Valley.
AMD has nearly half a century of headquarters in Sunnyvale, California (another headquarters in Austin, Texas) since 1969. In 1995, AMD sold the headquarters building to Credit Suisse for $ 95 million Carey, then rent back, the landlord becomes a boarder.
AMD CEO Su Tzu Feng announced today that AMD has formally entered the new headquarters and specifically opened a party, Lisa Gilmour, the mayor of Santa Clara, and numerous partners, all of whom gathered in the industry to celebrate.
AMD's new headquarters building is a six-story building with a building area of 20,000 square meters and is part of Santa Clara Square, a total area of nearly 160,000 square meters. Designed and built by the construction company Pei Cobb Freed & Partners, AMD won the Architectural Design Award The old headquarters is more modern, can accommodate more than 1,000 people at the same time office, and has a good all-glass exterior lighting, distribution of a reasonable floor space, as well as leisure, entertainment, fitness, restaurants, supermarkets and other ancillary facilities.
Interestingly, about 800 meters across the road from AMD's new headquarters is Intel's headquarter. Intel, Dell, Qualcomm and other tech giants are also home here, not far from Apple and Google.
5. Korea K2 semiconductor project research and development speed 1000 times faster power consumption only one-thousandth chip
Set in the micro-network news, South Korean companies are the world's semiconductor and display industry leader, but equipment and materials and other major support industries are more dominated by the United States, Japan and Europe, the localization of production is limited.
However, the government of South Korea has recently proposed a new industrial plan to strengthen the competitiveness of the semiconductor and panel industries through the development of new technologies and localized production. The core of the plan is the 'Gap 5' strategy, and South Korea will maintain the leading industries in emerging markets Five-year economic advantages, while narrowing the gap with advanced countries.
It is reported that the program for the semiconductor industry 'K2 project' will start to develop 1000 times faster, but the power consumption of only one-thousandth of the chip, the study will include the development of new materials and nanoscale process technology. For the panel industry, the Korean government will focus on the development of flexible panels with more than 20% flexibility and print production technologies that reduce material usage by 60% and processing time by half.
South Korea's Ministry of Industry, Trade and Industry is expected to complete the relevant budget and budget process this year, and immediately put the plan on the road.The target is 2022 years ago, South Korea's global system chip market share from the current 3 to 4% expanded to 6% OLED panel exports Grow to 3 times, reaching 25.5 billion US dollars.
Other targets include an increase in the proportion of chip equipment in the area of geotextiles by 2022 from the current 20% to 30% and a 50% increase in the proportion of chip materials to 70%. If the target is reached, Korea will have 8 worlds First, equipment manufacturing companies that have annual revenues of more than 1 trillion won will increase the proportion of panel equipment in the area from the current 70% to 80% and the panel production target in geotextiles from 30% to 50%. After the deal is reached, there will be four of the world's largest related companies in Korea.
STMicroelectronics Launches "Internet of Things" Seminar on SensorTile
STMicroelectronics announced today that everyone can learn 'Introduction to Embedded Systems with SensorTile' course (Learn about embedded systems with SensorTile), including students, guest creators, rookie engineers and computer scientists.
Includes a teaching course developed by Professor William Kaiser at UCLA for freshman computer engineering classes that provides the foundation for understanding the fundamentals of sensor-based IoT embedded systems. Encourage professors from other universities to adapt this course.
This set of 8 self-paced tutorials builds around SensorTile from STMicroelectronics. SensorTile is a unique real-time embedded system with IoT capabilities integrated into a stamp-only module. The 13.5mm x 13.5mm miniature module integrates high-performance, low-power STM32 Arm®-Cortex®-M microcontrollers, five practical MEMS sensors and a Bluetooth network processor, five of which Is an accelerometer, a gyroscope, an electronic compass, a pressure sensor, and a microphone.Development kits that include modules, cables, docks, and batteries are sold for about $ 80 at major distributors.
William Kaiser is a professor at the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science at UCLA and is currently the current director of the Research and Collaborative Embedded Networking Technologies Group at the University of California, Los Angeles, winner of the Gold Shield Prize 2007 at UCLA. 'We and STMicroelectronics The eight free online tutorials that we collaborate with, along with technical documentation, open source algorithms and development solutions, and an ever-expanding user forum with no restrictions are a great way to ensure community sustainability and we want to develop a community Expanding to community colleges and other types of universities and even high school and self-study, "said Professor William Kaiser." In fact, as we made the tutorial simple but useful, we knew that novices would meet in some places In the face of learning disabilities, we rely on the enthusiasm of community users to help newbies overcome inevitable obstacles.
John Rossi, Vice President of Americas for Strategic Marketing at STMicroelectronics, said: "Professor Kaiser's passion and dedication to the development of the 'Introduction to Embedded Systems with SensorTile' curriculum is key to the success of the course, which is now part of the University of California, Los Angeles A compulsory part of all computer engineering students.For ST, the driving force of this project is that we want to create passion for engineering and problem solving to us and emphasize our slogan, "Where does the semiconductor have a positive impact on human life, There are ST's semiconductors here. '