1. New brand new positioning! Ziguang Zengrui is one of the best IC design companies in the world.
In the micro-message message (Text/Mau Mao), Ziguang Group's Spreadtrum and Rui Dike announced their formal merger in January this year. This officially opened the new journey of 'Ziguang Zongrui'. Today, Ziguang Zengrui again Formally released a brand new brand identity and definition, which marks the absorption of the two high-tech companies Spreadtrum and Radik, Ziguang Zhanru officially completed the collaborative integration, and achieved a full upgrade of the brand.
New brand: 'show' wings take off, 'sharp' meaning aggressive
In December 2013, Ziguang Group acquired Spreadtrum Communications for US$1.8 billion; in July 2014, Ziguang Group completed the acquisition of RDA Microelectronics for US$907 million; in February 2016, Ziguang Zengrui was established, Spreadtrum Rui Dike is affiliated with Ziguang Zengrui, but the two companies are still operating independently and have their own system architecture and staffing.
On January 19, 2018, Ziguang Group's Spreadtrum and RDA announced an official merger, which officially opened the new journey of 'Zhongguang Zongrui'. It goes without saying that the new brand logo and definition will be Ziguang Zengrui’s The first step in the new journey.
According to the official introduction of Ziguang Zengrui, the brand new Ziguang Zhanrui brand logo continues the purple and flat design style of the Ziguang Group logo. The center of the two connected boxes is radially processed, reflecting the dual-chip high-tech tension. It also represents Ziguang Group's strategic layout from 'core' to 'cloud'.
At the same time, Chinese and English fonts also complement the graphic design. First of all, from the perspective of Chinese fonts, 'violet' implies 'purple violet core, strong national dream', and 'exhibition' and 'sharp' have also been given a new meaning and vitality. Implications of 'flying wings, forge ahead'.
From the perspective of English fonts, Violet's English name UNISOC is pronounced ''ju:ni 'ɛs o si', meaning You need SOC. This is a 5G era, the age of interconnectedness, our future life. Without chips, it will be ubiquitous and omnipotent.
In addition, UNISOC consists of two parts: UNI and SOC. The UNI has four layers of meanings: Unique (exclusively created by the core player), Universal (exclusively by the core world), and Unicore (for high-end core cohesion). , Unimpact (Innovative Energized Core Gravity); and SOC has two meanings: System On Chip (leader of the Pan Chip), Semiconductor Of China (leader of the China Core).
New starting point: will lead the Chinese core to the world
The launch of the new brand has given the company new vitality and potential, and opened a new chapter in Ziguang. An executive vice president of Ziguang Group, Zeng Xuezhong, CEO of Ziguang Zengrui said: 'Standing at a new starting point, Ziguang Zengrui We will always adhere to the guidance of the Ziguang Group's core cloud strategy. We must not only become the Chinese core that will live up to our mission and fearlessness, but will also become the world core that will lead change and drive innovation.
As we all know, China is the world's largest semiconductor chip consumer market. According to the statistics of the China Semiconductor Industry Association (CSIA), China’s integrated circuit import value exceeded US$260 billion in 2017, which has replaced crude oil as China’s largest import commodity.
However, the embarrassing event of ZTE USA's ban on selling products that had been fermented before has evoked a 'warning' for the development of China's chip industry. The consequences of being restrained by people are obviously indescribable, and China's dependence on foreign investment in reducing chip areas is imminent.
Zhao Weiguo, chairman of Ziguang Group, once stated that in the next 10 years, Ziguang will invest 100 billion U.S. dollars in chip manufacturing, and said that it has prepared five years of ammunition. At present, Ziguang Group's chip business has covered mobile communications, storage, and smart security. , FPGAs, Internet of Things, digital TV chips, AI chips, semiconductor power devices, etc., for the rise of domestic chips 'is a must.'
As the "Elite" unit under the Ziguang Group, Ziguang Zengrui will naturally bear the brunt of this. At present, Ziguang Zengrui has developed into the largest pan chip supplier in China, covering mobile communications, Internet of Things, smart TV, RF front-end, WCN, 5G. Pan-chip field of comprehensive product layout.
According to the micro-grid network, Ziguang Zengrui has already been at the forefront of China's IC design battlefield. According to statistics from IC Insights, a market research organization, in 2017, the world's top ten chip design rankings, Ziguang Zengrui and Huawei Hass as Representatives of Chinese companies occupy two of them.
New Layout: Two-wheel drive with 'Independent Innovation + International Cooperation'
Since then, Ziguang Zengrui has built its core and established its core. From 2G, 3G to 4G and then to the current 5G, Ziguang Zunrui always insists on independent innovation. Up till now, Ziguang Zengru has applied for more than 3500 domestic and foreign patents. He has won five national science and technology progress awards, including one special award, two first prizes, and one second prize. At the same time, Ziguang Zengru continued to participate in the planning and implementation of major national long-term science and technology projects. Dozens of national and local scientific and technological special tasks.
Today's Ziguang Zengrui has achieved a number of technical breakthroughs in the development of its own embedded CPU and R&D in the Internet of Things field. It also targets the AI and 5G directions that represent the driving force for future growth.
First, in terms of 5G, Ziguang Zengrui started the 'Global Leading Strategy for 5G Chips' in 2018, and has successively entered into strategic cooperation with China Mobile, Intel, Huawei, Keysight Technologies, and Rohde & Schwarz, striving to build high-end 5G in China. The chip has become one of the world's leading brands of 5G chips. It plans to launch the first 5G chip in 2018, and the first commercial 5G mobile platform in the second half of 2019 to achieve simultaneous deployment with the deployment of 5G mobile networks.
Secondly, in terms of AI, Ziguang Zeng Rui has recently launched the first SG9863 platform chip with integrated AI. This is the world's first mobile platform based on ARM architecture to provide AI performance support, which can increase the performance of mobile phone CPU by 20%. Improves AI computing performance by up to 6 times.
In addition to independent innovation, Ziguang Zengrui also attaches great importance to international cooperation. It can be said that in terms of international cooperation, Zengguang Zengru is an industry model for domestic IC design companies.
In 2014, Ziguang Zengrui and Intel reached a strategic alliance. Intel invested RMB 9 billion to acquire a 20% stake in Ziguang Zhanrui. In 2015, the major fund invested 10 billion yuan in Ziguang Group. As a result, Ziguang Zengru formed National Semiconductor. Major funds, Ziguang Group, Intel's shareholding governance structure of three common stocks, and launched a multi-faceted depth of cooperation.
According to the micro-grid understanding, leveraging Intel's technology, Ziguang Zengrui also achieved product innovation. Up to now, Ziguang Zunrui has successively launched the 14nm 8-core 64-bit high-end LTE SoC chip platform based on Intel architecture SC9861, SC9853I. And five-mode high integration, low-power LTE chip platform SC9850 series.
New Positioning: Committed to becoming one of the best chip design companies in the world
In recent years, the state’s support for the chip industry has been increasing, prompting the rapid development of Chinese chip companies headed by Ziguang Zengrui. Zeng Xuezhong believes that in the past 30 to 40 years, the global chip industry is based in the United States, Japan, and Europe. Mainly, the high-end market is almost monopolized by them, but in the next 10 years or even longer, China's chip market share will continue to expand.
As a global enterprise, Ziguang Zengrui employs more than 4,500 people. It has 14 technology R&D centers and 7 customer support centers around the world. All the time, Ziguang Zengru and global terminal manufacturers, operators and software companies have maintained Close contact.
In terms of terminal manufacturers, Ziguang Zengru's major customers include Samsung, Huawei, Lenovo, HTC, TCL, etc. 1300+ domestic and foreign brand manufacturers and program design companies; In terms of operators, Ziguang Zengrui's major customers include the Americas, Europe, and Europe. , Asian, Australian and African operators; In terms of software ecology, the main customers of Ziguang Zonui include Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Twitter, Opera, Kingsoft, Firefox, Tencent, Baidu, Sina, Sohu, Alibaba, HKUST Fly, contact technology, etc.
It is worth mentioning that in terms of chip technology, Ziguang Zhengrui is the only chip company in the world that can provide three mainstream architectural standards. The existing products can reach ARM architecture 16-nanometer chip technology; Intel-based X86 architecture can reach 14 nanometers In addition to its chip technology level, in 2015, it obtained the ARM V8 architecture license and developed the first domestic embedded CPU based on independent intellectual property rights.
At present, Ziguang Zengru has become the world's third largest mobile phone baseband chip design company, China's largest pan chip supplier, and China's leading 5G communications chip company. In the future, Ziguang Zonui has also given the company a new orientation: One of the best chip design companies in the world. In the view of Micronet, perhaps this goal will soon be realized.
2. Ai for Smart K power vivo NEX 'screen sound';
On the 12th of June, the micro-news news, known as the "breaking of the future," the vivo NEX new product conference was officially held. The new vivo XEX flagship machine was unveiled. The vivo NEX is the masterpiece of the current full-screen mobile phone, using 6.59 Inch AMOLED screen, the whole screen accounted for up to 91.24%, considered to be the highest proportion of the current screen full screen mobile phone.
In order to achieve a more comprehensive and full-screen experience, Vivo uses screen sound technology to drive the screen to vibrate through the micro-vibration unit, enabling NEX to achieve full-screen sound, making the ultra-narrow frame and perfect sense of hearing both perfect.
The latest Smart K series products not only improve the clarity of music through Ai's proprietary sound algorithms and patented technologies, but also increase the presence of different rhythm and different styles of music. Smart K sound with layered and transparent effects , Not only will the music show greater loudness when it is put out loud, but it will also be able to display the charm of the sound on the screen of the smartphone in all directions with a single screen.
The screen sounds as the black technology unveiled at the vivo NEX conference. It is not difficult to see that in a sense, this is a smart phone with Chinese core technology mastered, and Ai is the latest Smart K implementation of screen sounding black technology, vivo NEX Once again to the world 'sound'. 3. The value of China’s Bitcoin mainland is estimated to be US$12 billion, and that of Sequoia Capital will be US$400 million.
According to Chinese media reports from insiders of Sequoia Capital, Sequoia Capital will invest US$400 million in Bitland before the Bitcoin mining machine maker Bit Continental’s initial public offering (IPO). This also allows Bit Continental The market value is estimated to reach 12 billion US dollars.
Russo Capital’s rumors that Bitland has refused to comment on this matter. It was reported that Bitland is expected to apply for an IPO in Hong Kong in September and is expected to be listed before the end of the year. The founder of Bitland, Wu Ji Han, once said that there is no Detailed listing plan, but will consider IPO in Hong Kong, China or other countries. However, due to the relatively low profile of Bitland, lack of detailed financial data as a reference, it is difficult to estimate the actual market value after the market.
Bitland was founded in 2013 and specializes in the development of application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) chips and is used to manufacture computers that specialize in cryptocurrency mining. Wu Binhan has said that Bitcoin will continue to be in the field of bitcoin mining machines in the future. Expanding to maintain its competitive edge in the industry, it will also introduce artificial intelligence (AI) chips. Bitland is currently the world's largest manufacturer of bitcoin mining machines with a market share of more than 70%.
Bitland’s IPO plan is considered to be related to its rival, Kennan Minzhi, and No. 2 Jinan Minzhi applied for an IPO in Hong Kong in May. It is expected to raise US$1 billion. Due to the recent boom in Bitcoin, Jia Nan Yuzhi’s revenue soared 28 times between 2015 and 2017 in just two years, and gross profit increased by 43 times. Currently, the market share in the mining machine is about 15%. TechNews
4. Teamsun Tiancheng intends to participate in setting up a billion-dollar equity investment center for integrated circuits;
According to the micro-network news, Teamsun Tiancheng announced on the evening of the 13th that its wholly-owned subsidiary plans to invest 1 billion yuan, including the first phase of 400 million yuan, to participate in the establishment of the Beijing IC Advanced Chip Investment Center (Limited Partnership).
According to the agreement of the partnership, the total amount of limited partnership enterprises to be raised shall not be less than RMB 7.5 billion. The partnership enterprises mainly focus on the design of integrated circuit high-end and special-purpose chips, investment in the Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, automotive electronics, cloud computing, mobile communications, and power devices. , Flexible display and other key areas of chip design business.
Beijing Teamsun Technology Co., Ltd. is a China IT integrated service provider. It is a multinational IT service group with service networks covering Greater China, Southeast Asia and North America, and Eastern Europe. The business direction covers cloud computing, big data, mobile Internet, Internet of Things, In areas such as information security, the business areas include IT product services, application software development, system integration, value-added distribution and other IT service businesses.
5. To break the monopoly of European and American markets, Shen Di 6-axis IMU 'China Core' entered the market in an all-round way;
Gathering micro-network messages, MEMS inertial measurement units have been widely used in mobile phones, smart homes, IOTs, model airplanes, and other market sectors. In different application scenarios, the key component IMU plays a very important functional role. However, Prior to this, the global energy production of 6-axis IMU chips had only a few foreign sensor giants. After Shen Di released China's first SH200I 6-axis IMU chip prototype in December 2015 and introduced mass production, it is expected to break this market. The monopoly pattern.
Founded in August 2008, Shen Di Semiconductors is the first MEMS chip company in China that was created by a foreign student studying in the United States to produce series of inertial sensors such as commercial MEMS gyroscopes. Founder of the company, Shen Di Semiconductor (Shanghai) Limited Zou Bo, chairman of the company, said that since the release of the first SH200I 6-axis IMU chip prototype in China in December 2015, the product has been introduced into small-volume production in the fourth quarter of 2017. This year, it will fully promote the consumer market. Mass production.
As the first MEMS technology company to mass-produce 6-axis IMU chips in China, Shenzhen Shendi Semiconductor has successively introduced gyroscopes, six-axis IMUs, magnetic sensors, and silicon microphones, and will introduce pressure sensors and ultrasonic fingerprints in the future, striving to become domestically-owned. The most complete MEMS sensor product line company. The company's MEMS inertial sensor technology has been used on a large scale in pesticide spraying in precision agriculture, unmanned combine harvesters, industrial-grade intelligent manufacturing, industrial robotics, etc. In overseas markets, it is linked to Maytronics pools. Cleaning robot navigation technology achieves cooperation.
Since the founding of the company for 10 years, Shenzhen Shendi Semiconductor Co., Ltd. has successively created more than one in China. It has obtained 50 invention patents and 28 utility model patents. Shendi Semiconductors has accumulated a lot of attention in medical, automotive, and intelligent manufacturing. Performance MEMS inertial sensor market is getting better. Zou Bo pointed out: 'The new technology is emerging in an endless stream. This industry must not only highlight the cost but also technological innovation. It can be said that Shendi's products have its competitive cost advantage and stable quality. Consistency with mass production. '
According to data from market research institutions, currently, the market size of MEMS sensors reaches 12 billion U.S. dollars, and the market is expected to reach 30 billion annual shipments in 2021. The market size is about 20 billion U.S. dollars, and the compound annual growth rate is about 9%. The average growth rate of the Chinese MEMS device market is about 15%-20%. In terms of horizontal comparison, the growth rate of the Chinese integrated circuit market is about 7%-10%, and the growth rate of the MEMS device market is twice that of the integrated circuit market.
In terms of applications, consumer electronics is currently the largest application area of MEMS sensors, followed by medical and automotive electronics. These three companies together account for more than 85% of the total market share. With the update of technology, Optical Image Stabilization (OIS) has been widely used. Smart phones, sports cameras, wearable smart glasses and other products, of which the most important is the MEMS sensor. It can be seen that China's MEMS sensor market has unlimited potential.
In the face of huge market opportunities and strong industry competitors, China's domestic MEMS sensor manufacturers also face many challenges. 'Break overseas monopoly requires technological innovation, and this innovation timeline is continuously shrinking, at present, in terms of our technology. , only two years to three years, but the level of application has been the same. 'Zou Bo stressed that 'in the huge market demand, not saturated, the Chinese core has the strength to compete with the international giant, Shen Di also Will fight for the rise of China's MEMS industry!'
6. The nano-pilot of the Chinese Academy of Sciences led to a fruitful 5 years of investment in corporate innovation.
The Chinese Academy of Science's Strategic Pilot Science and Technology Project (Class A) 'The Transformational Nano-industry Manufacturing Technology Focus' (referred to as the 'Nano-pilot Project') Chief Scientist, National Nanoscience Center Research Fellow Wang Hao, said on the 13th, After 5 years of collaborative efforts, Nano The pilot project has formed a series of nano-core technological innovations in power lithium batteries, green printing, nano-catalysis, health clinics and drinking water treatment and other industrial fields. Scientific research results have attracted and stimulated large and medium-sized enterprises to invest more than RMB 5 billion. Family.
The Chinese Academy of Sciences held a regular press conference in the second quarter of this year in Beijing, highlighting breakthroughs in research and innovation and industrial applications made by the Nano Pilot Project.
Wang Hao said that the nano-pilot project has been implemented in the field of long-term power lithium batteries, and it has been implemented from the core technology to the scale application. The power battery density of a number of power battery cells developed specifically has reached 300Wh/kg (watt-hour/kg). In the world advanced level, battery pack integration optimization is currently underway to prepare for loading demonstrations. Lithium battery key materials for special development have entered the pilot stage and have formed cooperative relationships with over 30 batteries and electric vehicles and other companies. Achieve volume delivery as soon as possible. In the high-energy density lithium-ion battery next-generation positive and negative materials, solid-state batteries, lithium-sulfur batteries, sodium-ion batteries, high-level power battery failure analysis technology, etc., also made a lot of original results, and take the lead to build The new high energy density battery industry chain has laid an important foundation for the development of China's next generation power battery.
In the field of green printing, NanoPilot promotes nano-green printing to form a complete industrial chain. Researchers have broken through the world-famous photolithographic process ideas and developed nano-green printing platemaking technology; Breakthrough traditional electrolytic oxidation process route, built in the world The first non-electrolytic oxidation process of 6 million square meters of nano-green base demonstration line; Breakthrough water-based ink is difficult to use in international packaging of plastic packaging problems, to achieve the green water-based plastic printing ink key technology breakthroughs; from the source to solve the plate process high-risk wastewater Emissions, the historical difficulties in the discharge of electroplating waste liquid waste from plate base production, and the formation of a complete green printing industry chain technology, products are exported to many countries and regions. On this basis, the research team further breaks through the limitations of traditional printing technology and develops The new concept of nano-green printing technology has been applied in many important fields such as printed electronics, 3D printing, printing and dyeing, and building materials, and has also led the drafting of relevant international standards.
In addition, in the area of boosting Pratt & Whitney’s medical field, nano-health technology has been successfully applied to the development of in-vitro diagnostic products and nano-pharmaceutical preparations, and new types of tuberculosis diagnostic technology and “cancer catcher” technology have been developed. In drug research and development, Completed the initial research and development of a number of nano drug preparations, and some samples have entered the clinical approval process.
Wang Hao said that the Nano Pilot Special Team will further focus on key national needs and key technical issues of the company, organize the core R&D forces of China's nanotechnology, select key technologies in key areas to conduct research, and help China's new energy sources, new materials, and advanced manufacturing. Strategic and emerging industries such as innovation, green, energy conservation, environmental protection, and sustainable development.
Qi Tao, deputy director of the Scientific and Technological Affairs Bureau of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, pointed out that the strategic pilot science and technology project is aimed at solving the major scientific and technological issues that affect the long-term development of the country. It is an important strategic arrangement for the future. The Chinese Academy of Sciences pilot projects are divided into A and B categories. This category is a forward-looking strategic science and technology project, focusing on the breakthrough of strategic high-tech and major non-profit critical core scientific and technological issues. The B-type pilot project is based on the cross-cutting frontier and focuses on breakthroughs in frontier scientific issues. As of May this year, the Chinese Academy of Sciences has implemented a total of projects. There are 21 Class A pilot projects, 30 Class B pilot projects, and 5 have been accepted.
It is understood that the Nano Pilot Project specifically targets China’s key scientific and technological issues in the areas of energy, advanced manufacturing, and population health, and has systematically formulated power lithium batteries, green printing, nanodevices, nanocatalysis, in vitro diagnostics, nanomedicine, Typical applications of water/electricity/oil, industrial common platform support and standards, etc. 8 major sections totaled 17 R&D tasks. Specialized teams have integrated more than 1,300 researchers from more than 10 research institutes of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Voice of the Chinese Academy of Sciences