Haosheng Technology was jointly invested by Jianguang Assets, Lianxin Technology, Qualcomm and Beijing Zhilu Assets and other companies on May 26 last year. It is oriented towards the Chinese market and focuses on the smart phone chip business. The registered capital of the joint venture company is RMB 2.98 billion. Among them, Qualcomm invested 720 million yuan in cash, which accounted for 24.133% of the shares. At that time, it sparked heated discussions among the entire semiconductor industry in China. The focus of the industry's dispute lies in whether this Chinese-foreign joint venture handset chip company positioning in the low-end market is It will hinder the development of domestic counterparts.
As we all know, the current global mobile phone chip major players include Qualcomm, Apple (for personal use), MediaTek, Samsung, Hass (for personal use), Spreadtrum (Ziguang Zengrui), etc. In addition to these, Hass products are not for sale. High-end mobile phone processors are mainly dominated by Qualcomm. Mainland China Spreadtrum, Lianxin and Taiwan's MediaTek mainly provide mid-to-low-end products.
Industry insiders questioned that Qualcomm has an absolute monopoly in the high-end and mid-end chip markets, and has received a huge return on profits. Why does it take some effort to stifle low-end and mid-to-low-end markets? Those who hold this view believe that this kind of use is beneficial. Technical cooperation to release low-end technologies will be a great challenge for the high-end and mid- to high-end Chinese self-innovation chip companies in the mid- to low-end chip industry. More importantly, the market cannot replace real core technologies. Even technology introduction and joint venture mergers and acquisitions should be consistent with national security and industrial autonomy top-level design.
The other side believes that the low-end mobile phone chip market is large enough. Whether it is from the economic benefits of commercial competition or let more people use mobile phones to realize the social benefits of science and technology as universal values, new players are worth adding. Advocate. In this view, Weisheng Technology China shares nearly 76% of its shares, which is market-for-technology, and its introduction of 'Full Netcom' technology has high gold content. In addition, Weisheng Technology's chips will be handed over to SMIC. Internationally foundry, and will soon enter 14nm after 28nm. The design and manufacturing process that represents the level of chip innovation will be taken care of by relevant Chinese teams and companies. It is 'Chinese design' and 'Made in China'.
In any case, whether the Chinese semiconductor industry 'goes out' through international mergers and acquisitions or attracts foreign companies to invest in the Chinese market during the past two years is one of the quickest ways to achieve results, both with its advantages and disadvantages. Semiconductor power, strengthen independent research and innovation, China's core strength still depends on their own.
As the market becomes more open, and Qusong is officially approved for business development, will Qualcomm disrupt the development of China's mobile phone chip companies through Haosheng? Will Lianxin be able to change its weak position through cooperation with Qualcomm? Live in the middle and high-end market? Chinese mobile phone processor market, the situation will start.