'The reason why Violet chose the heavy science and technology represented by integrated circuits is because science and technology are of great significance to China as a stronger country in the future. The reason why Ziguang develops its heavy technology industry through international mergers and acquisitions is because it can From a higher starting point, we can obtain a bridgehead. Based on this, we increase investment in R&D, establish better mechanisms, and can develop rapidly. In the past six years, the facts prove that our development path is correct. ' Electronic information in China On the eve of the expo, Zhao Weiguo, chairman of Ziguang Group Co., Ltd., said in an interview with the reporter of the China Electronics News, the official cooperation media of the organizing committee.
When talking about the 6th Electronic Information Technology Expo, Zhao Weiguo said: 'The Expo is a major military parade in China's electronic information industry, a full-scale display of strength and capabilities, Ziguang hope to participate in the Expo. Put our development in the past six years to the society and make a systematic report to our customers. '
"China Electronics News": Ziguang has chosen a "heavy science and technology" industry development line in the development of these years. What is "heavy technology"? Why should we choose this?
Zhao Weiguo: The Ziguang Selective Science and Technology Road is determined by Ziguang’s own Tsinghua Gene and the mechanism of Ziguang Enterprise. Ziguang, as a high-tech enterprise under Qinghua University, should take responsibility for the country and make its own contribution to the national science and technology industry. Why? The reason for choosing the heavy science and technology represented by integrated circuits is because science and technology are of great importance to the country and China as a stronger country in the future.
Heavy technology has several characteristics: First, it is cutting-edge technology. Only a few countries in the world possess such core technology, and the precision has reached the nano level. It has the highest degree of precision in all industrial fields in the world.
Second, it is the foundation of the industry. Integrated circuits are the basis of the entire IT industry and the Internet industry. We see that the Internet is everywhere and information is everywhere. In fact, the IC chip is dominating. Although it is so important, the integration in China. The circuit industry is very weak. At present, it cannot be said that there is a place in the world. It can only be said to be a latecomer. Such an industry has a major impact on China's economic and industrial security, national security, and even defense. Therefore, it is the entire industry. The foundation and core.
Third, it is capital intensive. To enter the first group in the IC manufacturing field, it must maintain a scale of investment of ten billion US dollars annually. Without such investment scale, it is difficult to develop in this area. Like Intel, Samsung Accumulative investment in this field has exceeded 100 billion U.S. dollars, and it still maintains technological transformation and R&D investment of over 10 billion U.S. dollars per year, so this industry is a capital-intensive industry.
Fourth, it is technology-driven. It is different from Internet companies and many other emerging companies. Integrated circuit companies rely mainly on technology to drive their business, instead of relying on business models or marketing.
In the end it is irreproducible. I think no matter if it is the United States or South Korea or Japan, if some of the major integrated circuit companies do not exist, this country can hardly produce such companies. In China, we have to work very hard in this area to develop. Going on, to form such a company. Similarly, the existence of these companies may not be irreplaceable.
“China Electronics News”: What are the current layouts of Ziguang’s strategy from “core to cloud”? How effective is this?
Zhao Weiguo: After six years of development, Ziguang has initially established a basic industrial chain from the core to the cloud. At first, we moved into the IC market through mobile chip design, and then formed the depth through memory chip manufacturing, and then extended to the cloud computing industry. In the field of integrated circuit chips, Ziguang mobile phone chip ranks third in the world, and smart cards also lead the world. In the field of storage, Ziguang also made major breakthroughs, especially in the memory chip factories we built in Wuhan, Chengdu and Nanjing. , It is a major breakthrough for China's IC industry. In the cloud computing and networking field, Ziguang owns the IT infrastructure capabilities such as routers, switches, servers, storage, and security. China's Internet giants, governments, large-scale enterprise network systems, many They are all built using violet light. Purple light also has government affairs clouds, private clouds, and public clouds. In the first half of 2018, Ziguang will launch its own public cloud service.
In the past, China Electronics News’ Ziguang’s deepest impression on the outside world was that it took a lot of money to conduct international mergers and acquisitions. Now it is turning to independent innovation as the leading factor. What kind of consideration is this change based on?
Zhao Weiguo: It is actually not a change, but a strategic logic. If we start from scratch in many areas and develop from scratch, perhaps when our technology is developed, it will be out of date, and we may always eat behind others. Earth. Just like snoring, you may have already hit you on the mudflat before you have past your opponent. Through mergers and acquisitions that cut into important areas of technology, we can obtain a bridgehead, which will make it easier for us to enter this industry. It is a strategy. It does not mean that we like to acquire. After the acquisition, we can obtain a complete intellectual property, technology, team, product, and market. Based on this, we increase R&D investment and establish better mechanisms. Can be quickly developed. Facts have proved that in the past six years, the adoption of such a development model in these fields is successful.
“China Electronics News” Ziguang will participate in the forthcoming 6th China Electronic Information Technology Expo (hereinafter referred to as the “Electronic Expo”). What do you think will be the significance of the electronic fair for China's electronic information industry from big to strong? What advice does it have for the future?
Zhao Weiguo: The electric fair has been held for five times. This year is the sixth. Ziguang is the first time to participate in the group. The electric fair is a large-scale military parade in China's electronic information industry, a full-scale display of strength and capabilities. Ziguang participates in the Expo and hopes to make a systematic report to our customers for the development of our company for six years. We will make our contribution to the new IT industry and the Internet industry in China and globally.