Cai Ming Jie said that MediaTek mobile phone chips in 2017 due to product planning issues in the previous year, after the first phase of two years of adjustment, it is expected to see results by the end of next year, and this just catch the 5G launch, and 5G official business transfer It may not be until the second half of 2019. MediaTek is better prepared for 5G than it was for 4G in the current year. We use our original base to develop AI and now we also integrate AI into our chips. AI progresses faster than Moore's Law every half a month. Up to four times. He expects 5G to be truly effective until 2021 in 2020.
Cai Lixing pointed out that the status of smart phones in the fourth quarter of last year was not good. The Chinese market in the first quarter of this year was also not good. It did not begin to rejuvenate until March. We expect the second quarter of the year to return to springtime. In the second half of the year, China’s major OEM customers will also be full year. To maintain growth, such as: Huawei, Xiaomi, OPPO, VIVO, etc. In addition to China, the Indian market has also grown a lot. Global growth this year is limited, single-digit growth, and MediaTek customer growth rate will be higher than the global mobile phone growth rate, MediaTek The competitiveness of medium and high-end products has been greatly enhanced. At present, 4G Modem has reached Cat.16 speed level.
Tsai Ming-chieh pointed out that two years ago, the shareholders meeting mentioned several important projects, 5G and AI, and the trend has begun to shape. It will be established two years ago. The cost of R&D will be 200 billion yuan in 7 years. However, due to 5G, AI With the rise of such applications, at present, it seems that the amount of RMB 200 billion is not enough, and the amount may increase. In the future, the annual R&D expenditure will be more than RMB 30 billion.