1.Dongguan Merchants Conference signing 400 billion yuan on the site, Ziguang Group signed 100 billion yuan last year
According to the micro-network news, a 1000-person industry investment promotion conference was held in Dongguan today. 29 large and special investment projects were organized and signed on site. The amount of investment involved in the agreement exceeded 400 billion yuan. The contracted projects involved high-end smart manufacturing industries. Industry and technology innovation cooperation, urban renewal cooperation and other fields, there are many leading companies in the industry, high technological content, and good economic returns. Zhao Weiguo, Chairman of Ziguang Group, Zhou Qunfei, Chairman of Lanshen Technology Group, Cai Rongjun, Chairman of O.F. Technology Group, etc. Circuit, electronic industry chain executives participated in the investment promotion.
Dongguan is vigorously advancing the construction of Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macao Bay Area, and building a strategic deployment of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen innovation corridor. According to the Dongguan City's key industrial development plan, it is clear that it should focus on a new generation of information technology, high-end equipment manufacturing, new materials, new energy, and life. In the five fields of science and biotechnology, breakthroughs were made in the top ten industries. In May this year, Dongguan officially established the Leading Group for Innovative Investment Promotion led by the Mayor, and set up the Investment Innovation Office within a month or so. Accumulatively contacted more than 50 major interested merchants, with an investment of over RMB 500 billion, involving an annual output value of more than RMB 700 billion, mainly concentrated in high-end electronic information, high-end equipment manufacturing, new energy, new materials, great health, industrial platforms, etc. .
According to statistics, in 2015-2017, 10,447 new projects were introduced in Dongguan; the total investment in the agreement was 482.5 billion yuan, an average annual increase of 5.8%; the actual investment amount was approximately 268.58 billion yuan, an average annual increase of -2.4%. There were 8636 domestic-funded projects, the agreed investment amount was 399.341 billion yuan, and the actual investment amount was 19.546 billion yuan. With regard to foreign investment, a total of 1811 new foreign investment projects were signed, with an average annual increase of 44.99%; the contracted foreign capital utilized was 12.4 billion US dollars (approximately 82.71 billion yuan). The actual absorption of foreign capital was US$10.97 billion (approximately RMB73.02 billion).
From the perspective of the ratio of domestic and foreign investment in the project, domestic-funded projects are the main ones; from the perspective of the industries involved in the project, manufacturing projects are the mainstay. For the manufacturing city of Dongguan, the integrated circuit (IC) industry has also ushered in recent years. Rapid development.
In terms of policy, Dongguan City issued the “White Paper on the Development of the Integrated Circuit Industry in Dongguan” at the end of 2016. Dongguan integrated circuit companies are mainly located in Songshan Lake, Qingxi Town, Shipai Town, Chang'an Town, Huangjiang Town and Houjie Town. In Humen Town and other regions, Songshan Lake has gathered all of the integrated circuit design companies in Dongguan City, and a small number of packaged test companies have been distributed. Other towns and streets have laid out IC packaging and testing and raw material companies. Overall, the integrated circuit industry in Dongguan City has been gathered. It is not obvious, but companies in the field of IC design show a clear agglomeration status.
In the Songshan Lake where IC industry gathered, in 2017, the Dongguan Songshan Lake Management Committee issued the “Dongguan Songshan Lake Promotion Integrated Circuit Design Industry Development Support Measures” to give strong support to IC companies in their jurisdiction.
With the attraction of advantageous policies, Dongguan has attracted a number of integrated circuits in recent years, and electronic companies have invested in Dongguan. For example:
Last year, Ziguang Group's core cloud industrial city project and the “Ziguang Group South China Headquarters Project” plan to invest 100 billion yuan, becoming the largest investment project and the highest technological content in Dongguan over the years;
The Huawei Terminal Headquarters project is located in the Songshan Lake High-tech Industrial Development Zone in Dongguan with a total investment of approximately RMB 12.27 billion and covers an area of approximately 2073 mu. In addition, in January 2016, the Dongguan City Government and Huawei Corporation signed the “Huawei Capital Investment Project Investment Agreement”. The total investment of the project is not less than 30 billion yuan, including land, infrastructure, equipment, and other fixed assets. At this point, Huawei has invested more than 40 billion yuan in Dongguan;
Lansi Technology's Songshan Lake (ecological park) in Dongguan Lansili Technology (Dongguan) Co., Ltd. project was officially started in March 2017 with a total investment of 5 billion yuan. After completion, it is expected to have an annual sales income of 7.86 billion yuan. About 1 billion yuan. In addition, Lansiwang Technology (Dongguan) Co., Ltd. and Lansi Precision (Dongguan) Co., Ltd. held a project launching ceremony in Tangxia, which will produce high-precision matching with smartphones, computers, and automobiles. Metal parts and components are the main products. The estimated total investment is about 4.5 billion yuan. After the completion of the project, it can achieve annual sales of several billion yuan, create a tax revenue of about 700 million yuan, and provide 6,000 jobs;
In 2017, BBK was among the top three projects in Dongguan. It was an OPPO R&D headquarters project, a Vivo production center, and a small talented production center. The investment in the three projects exceeded RMB 4.75 billion. The two mobile phone R&D centers of OPPO and vivo were located in Chang'an Town. , It is expected that more than 30,000 R&D scientists will be assembled. Chang'an Town will become the most densely populated city in the smart phone industry.
Songshan Lake, where IC design companies in Dongguan are the most concentrated, has gathered more than 50 related companies. Among them, there are industrial giants like Ziguang Group, and small and medium-sized enterprises from Shenzhen. At the same time, the investment book is also stupid. Dongguan is expected to build its own competitive advantage in the IC industry with a strong manufacturing base.
2. Violet billion investment has become the highlight of Dongguan Investment Conference
On June 21st, Dongguan City held an industry investment promotion conference. 29 special investment projects were signed on site, involving a total investment of more than 400 billion yuan. Ziguang Group's core cloud industrial city project with a planned investment amount of 100 billion yuan and 'violet light' The Group's South China Headquarter project, 'Dongguan', has become Dongguan's largest investment project with the highest technological content. The Guangdong Science and Technology Department, the Provincial Department of Commerce, the Provincial Development and Reform Commission, the Provincial Economic and Credit Commission, the Dongguan City Party Committee Secretary, and the Municipal People's Congress Standing Committee. Director Liang Weidong, Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, Mayor Xiao Yafei and other relevant city leaders attended the investment conference. Ziguang Group Chairman Zhao Weiguo delivered a speech on behalf of the participating companies.
Secretary of the Dongguan Municipal Party Committee and Director of the Standing Committee of the Municipal People’s Congress, Mr. Liang Weidong, remarked that Dongguan’s development can have today’s situation and cannot be separated from a large number of dynamic enterprises and merchants. In the future, Dongguan will uphold the fine tradition of reform and opening up, and dare to take the lead. Deepening various reforms and creating a first-class business environment for the majority of companies. China Merchants also announced the 'Ten Investment Promotion Projects', 'High-quality Use of Foreign Investment, Ten', 'Promotion of Headquarters Business Development', 'Supporting the Development of Listed Companies' A series of investment promotion policies were warmly welcomed by the company. Xiao Yafei, deputy secretary of the Dongguan Municipal Committee, said that in the future Dongguan will focus on five new emerging fields of information technology, high-end smart equipment, new materials, new energy, new life sciences and biotechnology. , Ten key industries, to create an advanced manufacturing base with global influence, a national-level innovation and entrepreneurship base in Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macao, and a South China Science and Technology Achievement Transformation Center. Dongguan is located in the Guangzhou-Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Corridor directly connected to the Dawan District of Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macao. Central, strategic advantage. As early as November 15, 2017, Ziguang Group and Dongguan City People’s Government A strategic cooperation framework agreement was set up to invest 100 billion yuan to build Ziguang Group's core cloud industrial city project and the Ziguang Group's South China headquarters project. Both parties today signed a concrete landing agreement for the strategic cooperation framework. It will promote project integration. The further development of circuits, 5G technology, big data, Internet of Things, cloud computing, SSD, automotive smart driving, etc., is both a reflection of Ziguang’s technological level and R&D achievements in recent years and a strategic layout for the development of Ziguang Industry.
Zhao Weiguo, chairman of the company, said in his speech that the prospect of Dongguan is boundless. Ziguang Group will use core cloud industry as its leader in Dongguan to create an industrial ecology and form an industrial accumulation, eventually forming a core cloud industrial cluster with an annual sales income of more than 100 billion and a tax revenue of over 10 billion. To play a leading role in promoting a new round of high-level development in Dongguan, and to contribute to the purple power.
3.TOF depth perception black technology, RV1108 visual core upgrade!
Pico Zense is a high-precision, high-resolution Time-of-Flight (TOF) depth-aware solution released by Pico, based on the Rockchip RV1108, which enables gesture recognition, body positioning and recognition, and enables rapid integration of 3D vision capabilities. Into the product.
< 芯视觉动能 - RV1108 >RV1108 is an important product of Rockchip layout AI and vision related fields, with key technologies such as intelligent image processing, embedded high-performance CEVA XM4 vision processor DSP, up to 600MHz; 8M ISP; support 1440p@30fps/1080p@60fps H. 264 video codec; Built-in 128MByte DDR; Highly integrated, supports MIPI DSI, HDMI TX, CVBS IN/OUT, 100M Ethernet, Audio Codec.
The mature TOF laser imaging solution is adaptable to the working environment and can intelligently cope with light of 100k Lux level, complex indoor and outdoor lighting conditions, electronic interference, and air flow interference. In a common working environment, stable output is highly available. Low noise depth image.
Small size, low power consumption. 69mm*25mm*21.5mm size, less than 1.5W minimum power consumption.
High resolution and high resolution. 640 x 480 depth image resolution. Within the usable range, the depth error is as low as 1%.
Integrate the computing capability into the hardware layer of the module, significantly reducing the overall system's computational complexity and system resources and resource consumption, and improving usability.
According to the application scenario, the adapted working distance can be adjusted. Even in a long-distance application of 8 meters, the accuracy of the module is hardly affected, and the accuracy deviation below 1% can be effectively controlled.
< 海量基础3D视觉相关基础能力 >
Deep colorization Using natural gestures and somatosensory controls, it replaces complex remote controls and buttons to bring better operating experience to smart devices such as projectors and TVs, as well as new application imaginations including gesture control and somatosensory games.
3D point cloud colorization Fusion depth vision, inertial measurement, autonomous positioning navigation system for robots, drones and other products, realizing high-precision real-time map construction in complex environments, automatic navigation, real-time positioning, three-dimensional obstacle avoidance, and object recognition and other functions.
Human skeleton tracking Through machine learning algorithm and post-tracking detection technology, accurate positioning and tracking by pedestrians, positioning and identification of key points of human skeletons, and analysis and recognition of pedestrian behavior trajectories are widely used in TV, security, new retail, robotics and other fields.
Projection interaction Through the intelligent 3D interactive technology, millisecond-level response to precise positioning and tracking of targets in the projection area can be achieved. The recognition accuracy can reach millimeters, and multiple gesture interactions can be completed, simultaneously supporting multiple simultaneous interactions.
4. Double Kirin 970 performance. Will Kirin 1020 help Huawei lead Qualcomm in the 5G era for 5 years?
According to foreign media reports, according to foreign media reports, Huawei Hass is developing a 5G chip named Kirin 1020. Its performance is extremely strong. It is twice that of Unicorn 970, and the security bun is expected to reach 40 points. Million. It cannot be confirmed at this time
According to legend, the Kirin 1020 as the next-generation processor chip of Kirin 980 has entered the research and development stage in advance. Kirin 1020 will further strengthen the embedded neural network processing unit, and use 7nm technology, its power consumption will be greatly reduced.
From 2018 to 2019, it is an important node for the deployment of 5G networks. With the approaching of the 5G era, the competition between Qualcomm and Huawei has become increasingly fierce. Qualcomm has stated that the world’s first 5G mobile phone will come out this year. It is clear that this rapture The 5G mobile phones will be equipped with Snapdragon processors. At the same time, Huawei has said that it will launch 5G chips and mobile phones in 2019.
With the advancement of the 5G process, the Kirin 1020 will enter volume production and be used by Huawei's flagship smartphones. According to market research agency Counterpoint, Huawei's market share in the global smartphone market was 11% in the first quarter of this year. Samsung (22%) and Apple (15%). The launch and application of Kirin 1020 is expected to stabilize Huawei's position in the global smart machine field.
From the time point of view, Unicorn 980 is less likely to support 5G. Unicorn 1020 should be Huawei's first 5G chip. If the rumors are true, Unicorn 1020 will also become an important chip for Huawei and Qualcomm in the 5G era.
Those who broke the news claimed that: Once the Kirin 1020 is introduced, it will lead Qualcomm for at least five years, and Qualcomm's status as the boss may be at stake.
However, the Kirin processor still has a short board that needs to be filled.
Currently, the performance of Unicorn and Opteron's flagship processors is approximately the same, but the GPU performance of Qualcomm processors is better than that of Unicorn processors. It is reported that Unicorn 980 is expected to use Huawei to research GPUs. If Unicorn adopts its own GPU architecture, The performance improvement is worth looking forward to, because the Mali series of Arm and the high-pass GPU gap is obvious, if Kirin continues to use the public version, GPU part to catch up with Qualcomm more difficult.
However, in the near future, Huawei has announced 'very scary technology' - graphics processing acceleration technology GPU Turbo. Does this mean that Unicorn 980 will have a 'quality' improvement in the GPU?
According to industry news, Unicorn 980 will be in mass production this quarter. It will use TSMC's 7nm manufacturing process, and adopt Cortex-A75 and A55 cores, and integrate the second generation of NPU. However, it is very difficult to research GPU and whether Unicorn 980 can be equipped Self-developed GPU, how to research GPU performance still needs to be announced.
Recently, the online exposure of Huawei's Mate 20 running on the Unicorn 980 processor has exceeded 350,000. Therefore, it is not impossible for the Kirin 1020 to achieve 400,000 runs. (Proofread/Yechuan)
China's IC Manufacturing Investment Increases by 28.1% from May to May
According to data from the National Development and Reform Commission, from January to May, manufacturing investment increased by 5.2%, which was a further 0.4% increase from January to April. Investment in high-tech manufacturing increased by 9.7%, which was a 4.5% increase over all manufacturing investment. Investment in special instrumentation and instrumentation for environmental monitoring increased by 106.5%, medical diagnostics, investment in monitoring and treatment equipment manufacturing increased by 69.2%, investment in semiconductor discrete device manufacturing increased by 33.1%, investment in communications system equipment manufacturing increased by 30.5%, and integrated circuit manufacturing Investment growth 28.1%. Financial sector
6. Unmanned supermarket detonates 3D sensing new applications, the market is still short of mature solutions company
IPhone X brought 3D sensing to the fire. Apple and Android battled for the market. On the one hand, Apple plans to add the front 3D sensing module to the products in the second half of the year to continue to lead the 3D sensing trend; On the other hand, Qualcomm teamed up with Qijing Optoelectronics to launch a more mature Android 3D sensing solution. For a time, 3D sensing has become a hot word for mobile phones, Google, MediaTek, and Lenovo have entered the industry. At the same time, 3D sensing Infiltration in new areas is quietly underway. The entire purchase process of unmanned supermarkets does not require the support of 3D sensing technology. With the change of consumption patterns, the 3D sensing application market has opened up a new world. .
Unmanned 3D Sensing New Application Fields
Since Amazon's 'Unmanned Supermarket' officially unveiled, Internet giants such as JD.com and Alibaba.com have also entered the arena, opening the era of hegemony for 'unmanned supermarkets.' Jingdong even shouted that 50 to 100 people will be established in 2018. Stores. With no one shops gradually becoming a trend, many people in the industry believe that this new market will trigger the demand for 3D sensing, becoming another important application market for 3D sensing following mobile phone devices.
'With the rise of unmanned supermarkets, the market demand for 3D sensing will certainly increase. Because rising labor costs need to be solved, and retail giants such as Amazon, Alibaba, etc. have begun to join this war situation, and therefore will attract other retailers Join. Therefore, the market demand for 3D sensing will also increase. 'The analyst at the State Industrial Research Institute in Jibang, Huang Jingzhe told the China Electronics News reporter.
At present, unmanned supermarkets require many technical support in the field of science and technology, such as big data, biometrics, artificial intelligence, and many other technologies. The entire purchase process of users in unmanned supermarkets requires 3D sensing via a camera pre-installed in the store. Technology detects the environment, and then uses face recognition and item movement monitoring techniques to perform statistics on customers and their behavior. Finally, electronic tag identification technology is used to help users checkout. In this series of activities, 3D sensing becomes 'Unmanned supermarket' is an indispensable foundation.
'3D sensing plays a role in face recognition in an unmanned superstore. By recognizing human faces in real time through a built-in lens with 3D sensing capabilities, it can be compared with pre-registered data in the database to identify The identity of the customer, combined with an electronic tag attached to each item, can record or track the customer's purchase behavior. When payment is made for purchase, it may be possible to use 3D sensing to drive face recognition for payment.' Huang Jingzhe said.
According to the reporter’s understanding, the current level that unmanned supermarkets can do is to perform face recognition and even behavior capture through the lens with 3D sensing capabilities, and to further track the movement of goods (such as selecting what products enter the shopping cart) and people. Face recognition, in order to carry out human and physical binding to reduce the incidence of theft.
Light source, different lens angle and smartphone
Currently, there are not many companies offering mature solutions for 3D sensing in the unmanned supermarket area. Several active manufacturers include Yu Chuang, Yuan Shi, Ya Guang, Yang Mingguang, etc. The natural light 3D depth map of Chao Chong (Depth- () Map) Measuring and capturing visual ICs and sub-system platforms are used in the unlicensed supermarkets of Alibaba's Ant Financial Services in Hangzhou.
According to the reporter’s understanding, the unmanned supermarket’s 3D sensing solution was provided by Chuangchuang. The entire set of solutions achieved the identification and statistical data of unmanned supermarkets in the dark under the technology of Chuangchuang Natural Light 3D sensing and depth map measurement. There is no need to provide light source for 3D sensing according to the standard. This is obviously different from the 3D sensing on the mobile phone. The 3D sensing technology of the mobile phone needs laser or infrared technology to measure in a dark environment. Micro launched the 3D-sensing depth map visual chip and platform solution of natural light, using the 3D-MAMEC (Multiple Eye Depth Measurement Capture) sub-system developed by Innova, which can be used for personal and multi-person face recognition. Natural Light 3D Sensing Solution also broke into the US Amazon unattended store supply chain.
'It is understood that Chuangchuang has now entered the supply chain of Amazon and Alibaba's unmanned stores. Its features should be based on wide-angle ranging, multi-person identification, and support for gesture recognition.' Huang Jingzhe said.
There are some different performance requirements for 3D sensing in mobile phones and unmanned supermarkets, such as the camera angle of view (FOV). For mobile phones, 3D sensing needs to capture data information through the camera, combined with RGB camera sensors Infrared lasers are used to calculate depth maps of objects (or people) in front of them. Therefore, the FOV of the camera of the mobile phone is crucial for the accuracy and security of information such as facial features and physical locations. In this case, the sensing range is no longer the face area, so the FOV required for unmanned 3D sensing will be much larger than the 3D sensing on the mobile phone.
The main characteristic of unmanned 3D sensing is the application of field of view. The 3D sensing of the mobile phone only needs to ensure that the human face can be covered. In contrast, the angle of field required by the unmanned supermarket will be large. Many. In addition, the requirements for ranging length should also be higher than the mobile terminal. 'Huang Jingzhe said.
In addition, the 3D sensing application in the unmanned supermarket area has a different point than the mobile phone side - there is no need to compete for VCSEL components. As we all know, the production of mobile phone 3D sensing module threshold is high, the output of high-efficiency VCSEL components is difficult to meet The market demand has become a major problem for 3D sensing in the development of mobile phones. However, in the field of unmanned supermarkets, the most pressing problem is to store and access user information in supermarkets with large traffic. Pre-registration and the storage of face information is a challenge in itself, because it takes time, privacy, and security issues to be considered. Huang Jingzhe said.
Need to increase the recognition area in the future
The application of 3D sensing in unmanned supermarkets has a very attractive market space. On the one hand, people in the industry pay attention to the development of unmanned supermarkets, and on the other hand, they focus on the future development of 3D sensing. Reducing the effect of light sources on 3D sensing in unmanned supermarkets and increasing the coverage area covered by 3D sensing is a key direction for future research and development.
The main purpose of unmanned supermarkets is to reduce the manpower needed, so in the future, its accuracy and wide-angle will be the focus of development. For example, how do you identify the size and even appearance of customers? The angle of infrared light emitted by the lens Is it wide enough to avoid blind spots in the area? I believe these should be the development trend of 3D sensing in unmanned supermarket applications. ' Huang Jingzhe said.
In addition, burglary in unmanned supermarkets has also become a function of 3D sensing. '3D sensing in the development of unmanned supermarkets can be used as a means to enhance the safety of previous general 2D identification, but also in unmanned supermarkets. In order to avoid the theft, related applications are expected to receive more attention. 'Huang Jingzhe said.
In these development directions, many manufacturers have already begun to deploy. Huang Jingzhe said that there is little overlap between the manufacturers of mobile 3D sensing supply chains and the mobile phone terminals. Currently, the more mature companies have created, the original phase, Yaguang, and fame. Guang et al. Qualcomm, Apple, and other big manufacturers still use mobile devices for their 3D sensing layout, including mobile phones, wearable devices, and automobiles. China Electronics News