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Unigroup Guoxin Microelectronics Co., Ltd.
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Guoxin Micro (Stock Code: SZ002049) is one of the largest listed companies involved in integrated circuit design in China. With smart chips as the core business, the company focuses on digital security, intelligent computing, power and power management, high-end chip components, highly reliable integrated circuits and etc.. It is a leading provider of chip products and solutions, which are widely used in finance, telecommunications, government affairs, automobile, industrial interconnection, Internet of Things and other fields. In terms of the chips for China's second-generation ID card, the company accounts for a quarter of the total market share. In the global SIM chip market, its market share ranks the first place, with overseas shipments exceeding 50%. It occupies a leading position in various business domains, including chips for China's SIM card, banking cards applying state cryptography, resident health card, new generation traffic card, ID card reader and POS SE chips. The company's products and applications are all over the world. To this date, the accumulated shipments of smart chips worldwide has exceeded 15 billion pieces. With the mission of the company“bring success to customers with chips and to create a smart world with joint efforts”, and the vision to become “a leading enterprise of smart chips”, we stick to the three approaches, namely, "leading technology, global development and efficient operation", and is dedicated to the fields of smart internet connection, smart industry, smart finance, smart city, smart life and smart transportation. We are committed to the building of a smart industry ecosystem and empowering all walks of life to become more intelligent. THD 89,our next generation high-performance security chip, is the first of its kind in China that has obtained SOGIS CC EAL6+ --- the highest security certificate in the world. As a major breakthrough in this field and a milestone in the history of chip security certificate in China, it has demonstrated to the world the great power of China in smart manufacturing of chips and has created a good momentum for Chips from China, with Chips from Unigroup as a representative, to explore the world market. THD89 features excellent RF performance, rich communication interfaces, ultra-low power consumption, large capacity space and ultra-fast transaction speed. With all the indicators above the international standard, it has improved China’s competitiveness in the international market of security chips. In addition, THD89 product adopts advanced technology, supports international and national encryption algorithms, and is compatible with mainstream standard interfaces. It adopts memory encrypted storage, bus encrypted storage, electrical environment monitoring, anti power consumption analysis and anti fault injection, making it extraordinary in security, reliability and ease of use. The product is suitable for finance security, mobile communication, automotive electronics, identity authentication and other fields, providing top level design for the smart connections to everything. In the context of 5G and new infrastructure construction, it has great great potential for development in IOT applications. For instance, in the field of financial security payment, the product can be applied in financial cards, urban transportation, social security cards, electronic licenses, resident health cards, etc.. Among them, hundreds of millions of chips for financial cards have been shipped to cover most major card vendors at home and abroad. Also, in the field of Internet of Vehicles, the solution offered based on this chip has created a real-time protection system for intelligent vehicles. It has been introduced into more than ten automotive electronics enterprises and gradually applied to many international well-known brand vehicles, providing information security guarantee for Vehicles subject to China Ⅵ Emission Standards and helping to build a safe ecological environment for the IOT. The company has mastered six core technologies related to intelligent security chip, including NFC, security algorithm, security attack and defense, embedded storage, embedded scheme and high reliability. It has a number of core patents, and has built four technology platforms, including design, testing, quality assurance and process outsourcing, which can ensure the R & D, manufacturing, testing and application development of a variety of process nodes. With leading process technology nodes and efficient design, the intelligent security chips of the company have significant advantages in performance, cost and reliability. It is widely used in financial payment, identity recognition, Internet of Things, mobile communication, intelligent terminal, Internet of Vehicles and other fields. the intelligent security chip THD89 passed the international SOGIS CC EAL6 + security test, making it the first chip in China that has been awarded the highest level of security certificate. Guoxin Micro provide basic support for the digital era. The company is firmly embracing the future trend and the forefront of technology to explore the broad market, and is expected to maintain current leading edge and achieve greater development. -
Shenzhen Longsys Electronics Co.,Ltd.
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Founded in 1999, Longsys is engaged in the R&D, design, and selling of Flash memory and DRAM. With its primary focus on storage products and applications, the company is strongly competitive in areas such as firmware algorithm development, storage chip testing, integrated package design, and storage product customization. It provides consumer, industrial, and automotive storage products along with software and hardware application solutions for industry storage. Longsys has formed four product lines: embedded storage, solid-state drive, mobile storage, and memory module, and also owns the industry storage brand FORESEE and the international high-end consumer storage brand Lexar. Longsys's storage products are widely used in smartphone, smart TV, tablet, computer, communication device, wearable device, the Internet of Things (IoT), security monitoring, industrial control, automotive electronics, and personal mobile storage. In 2021, Longsys grew its business rapidly and secured an operating income of 9.7 billion yuan and a net profit of more than 1 billion yuan. It has formed stable cooperative relations with Huaqin Technology, Wingtech Technology, Longcheer, Tinno Mobile, and other industry-leading original design manufacturers (ODMs) of devices. Its industry storage products have made it into the supply chain systems of Transsion Holdings, ZTE, ByteDance, EZVIZ, Tsinghua Tongfang, and other major industry leaders. JD.com, Amazon, Walmart, Best Buy, Office Depot, and many other well-known retailers are all clients of Longsys's consumer storage products. Following the release of FORESEE automotive eMMC (Grade 3) in 2020, Longsys has launched FORESEE automotive eMMC (Grade 2), one of the few domestic storage products that meet AEC-Q100 Grade 2 (the core standard system for the automotive electronics industry), for automotive electronics and other high-end application scenarios FORESEE automotive eMMC (Grade 2) comes in 4GB, 8GB, 16GB, 32GB, and 64GB capacity options and can work under temperatures ranging from –40℃ to 105℃. It can resist high and low temperature changes, has high environmental resistance, and performs well in harsh environments with static electricity, electromagnetic interference, and more. The mean time between failures (MTBF) exceeds 20 million hours. The high reliability and long service life ensures that the eMMC can operate around the clock for extended periods. Its unique device status monitoring system allows hosts to view the running status and lifespan of storage components at any time simply by using standard commands. In addition to facilitating maintenance and advance warnings, this system ensures both device and data security. Longsys's delivery center has deployed a professional production supply chain specifically to meet the grading requirements of automotive products, and is sufficient to support the professional production supply chain for current and future business development. Stocking and backup operations are strengthened by management in every step of the process, from client requirements, product development, and material selection to production and delivery, to ensure that clients' requirements are met. Longsys has realized the modularization of memory chip architecture, firmware development, hardware design, packaging technology, and system testing. This enables clients' ideas to be brought to life and applied to storage products without delay. The brand offers several technical customizations for its automotive storage products, such as mirror dash cams and automotive memory that is water-proof, dust-proof and shock-proof, among other innovative applications. It can therefore provide services with differentiated customization for different automotive clients. A wide range of customization options are available for automotive storage products, including but not limited to chip appearance, software partitioning, pSLC, and encryption. These tailored services offer clients several advantages including easy application, short production cycle, and controllable cost. FORESEE automotive eMMC (Grade 2) is primarily used in dash cam, in-vehicle digital video recorder (DVR), car entertainment system, mirror dash cam, T-box, advanced driver-assistance system (ADAS), panoramic camera, central control navigation system, electric vehicle charging infrastructure (EVCI), and other terminal devices. After years of technology accumulation and brand development, Longsys has won Excellent Supplier and many other honorary titles from Lenovo, Sangfor, ZTE, Tsinghua Tongfang, and other companies. It has also won Best Partner and other titles from Samsung Electronics, Western Digital (SanDisk), Silicon Motion Technology, Yangtze Memory, and other upstream manufacturers. As a comprehensive semiconductor storage company, Longsys adheres to the business bottom lines of brand, quality, compliance, and value, and continuously consolidates its market position. According to the rankings of eMMC embedded storage market share in 2020 published by ChinaFlashMarket (CFM), Longsys's eMMC products ranked seventh in the world in terms of market share. Omdia (IHS Markit) data shows that from January to September 2021, Lexar memory cards and flash drives came second and third respectively in the global market share rankings. Longsys focuses on the quality improvement and innovation of storage products, and continuously invests in R&D resources. At present, R&D personnel account for more than 50% of the company's total employees. The company has also obtained 438 patent authorizations (as of December 31, 2021), finished 4 integrated circuit layout designs, and accumulated a series of core technical capabilities in continuous innovation, firmware development, memory chip testing, and integrated packaging design. Relying on comprehensive technical strength accumulated over many years, the company has formed rich and complete product lines covering various application scenarios for semiconductor memory, with product performance and quality widely recognized by industry customers and the consumer goods market. Since 2017, Longsys has gradually upgraded from a technology-based product company to a technology-based brand company, on the solid foundation of industry storage market exploration. With technological innovation and product quality, the company continues to expand the influence of the FORESEE brand in the industry market, develop industrial and automotive embedded product, micro-storage product, SSD product and DRAM product, and form integrated solution capabilities for storage. In 2017, the company acquired the international high-end consumer storage brand Lexar, to comprehensively upgrade its personal data storage development strategy for mobile storage, SSD, memory module, and network storage, and make efforts in the high-end consumer storage market. At this stage, with the continuously increasing international influence of the FORESEE and Lexar brands, Longsys has formed a mechanism for continuous transformation of technological advantages into brand advantages, and built a comprehensive and rich product system to continuously highlight brand advantages. -
GigaDevice Semiconductor Inc.
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GigaDevice Semiconductor Inc. is a global leading fabless supplier. The company was founded in April 2005 and headquartered in Beijing, China, with branch offices in many countries and regions around the world, providing local support at customers’ fingertips. Committed to building a complete ecosystem with three major product lines—memory, MCU and sensor—as the core driving force, GigaDevice can provide solutions for a broad set of applications in the fields of industrial, automotive, computing, consumer electronics, IoT, mobile, networking and communications. GigaDevice is currently ranked No. 1 SPI NOR FLASH® supplier in China and No. 3 in the world with accumulated shipments nearly 16 billion since its inception. GigaDevice GD32 MCU, a leader in China's high performance 32-bit general purpose microcontroller market, has more than 2,000 customers, with more than 1 billion units shipped, and over 450 part numbers from 35 family series in a variety of applications. In addition, GigaDevice delivers touchscreen controller sensor and fingerprint sensor to world-renowned mobile makers around the globe. It is currently one of the only two optical fingerprint sensor suppliers in China with mass production capability, with its touchscreen controller sensor ranked No. 4, and the optical fingerprint sensor ranked No. 3 in the world. GigaDevice provides a complete portfolio of SPI NOR Flash with capacity ranging from 512Kb to 2Gb, available in 1.8V, 3.3V and wide voltage ranges. It delivers multiple product series featuring high performance, low power, high reliability and small package to address the requirements of different application markets. For example, GD25LE series features the industry’s lowest power consumption, as low as 0.2uA on sleep mode while only 5mA on read mode at a high frequency of 133MHz – its great energy-saving performance can significantly extends the standby time of battery-powered applications; WLCSP (Wafer-Level Chip Scale Package) products, its length and width dimensions can be within 1mm while the thickness can be 0.25 mm, allowing designer to embrace innovative solutions in smaller devices; Quad I/O GD25LT/GD55LT and Octal I/O, xSPI compatible GD25LX/GD55LX series with 400MB/s data throughput, provide high-speed Quad and JEDEC xSPI- & Xccela-compliant Octal SPI NOR Flash with various density from 512Mb to 2Gb, which are developed for applications in automotive, AI, IoT and other related areas that require large-capacity storage, high reliability & ultra-high-speed data throughput. For NAND Flash, GigaDevice has the proven process of 38nm node and advanced process of 24nm to provide the mainstream products with the density ranging from 1Gb to 8Gb. NAND product series are available in 1.8V and 3.3V with both traditional parallel and new SPI interfaces supported, enabling comprehensive solutions for embedded applications that require large capacity and high reliability of code storage. As one of the major product lines of GigaDevice, GD32 MCU, the largest ARM MCU family in China, is the forerunner in the high-performance general-purpose MCU market. Being the first to introduce its Arm® Cortex®-M3, Cortex®-M4, Cortex®-M23, Cortex®-M33 core and RISC-V general-purpose MCU product series, GD32 MCU has become the mainstream choice in China's 32-bit general purpose MCU market. All GD32 MCU product is compatible with each other in terms of software/hardware, pin, package, while fully applicable from entry-level, mainstream, to high-performance series that meet embedded control needs and beyond, with add-value of cost-effectiveness. GD32 is building an "MCU one-stop shop" to provide users with the most comprehensive system-level products and solutions. GigaDevice will continue to design and innovate the best-in-class GD32 MCU products and will strengthen the MCU ecosystem to anticipate what the future holds. Sensing is taking a crucial role by closing the gap between the physical and the digital, in the increasingly connected world. Adding intelligence to HMI (Human-Machine Interface) and passion to innovation, GigaDevice aim to enrich people’s lives. We create exciting innovations that enable our customers in the consumer, IoT, wearable and other technology sectors maintain their competitive edge. GigaDevice's GD30 analog solutions already have four product lines, incl. power management unit, motor driver, high-performance power IC and lithium battery management, which can be widely used in TWS headset charging compartment, motor drive, new energy battery charge & discharge management, Wi-Fi communication scenarios such as facilities and equipment, and are widely recognized by various manufacturers. Co-work with GD32 MCU, GD30 products have developed a variety of solutions, which can form effective synergy in key vertical markets that have been deeply cultivated and newly tapped. In 2021, GigaDevice has achieved revenue of 8.51 billion RMB, an increase of 89.25% compared with 2020. GigaDevice attaches great importance to technological innovation and continues to increase R&D investment. In 2021, the company’s R&D investment reached 940 million RMB, which is 11.05% of the revenue, and an increase of 73.77% compared with 2020, ensuring technological advancement. While launching a comprehensive series product with technical and cost advantages, GigaDevice has also accumulated large numbers of intellectual property patents. In 2021, 136 patents have been applied and 136 new patents have been authorized. At the end of 2020, the company has a total of 834 authorized patents. -
RIGOL TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
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Founded in 1998, RIGOL has become a well-known high-tech enterprise specializing in the R&D, production, sales and service of general electronic test and measurement instruments. Its main products include oscilloscopes, waveform generators, spectrum analyzers, RF signal generators, DC power supplies, DC electronic loads, multimeters and data acquisitions, etc. RIGOL is currently the only Chinese enterprise equipped with self-developed digital oscilloscope core chipset and successfully realized product industrialization. The company has successfully listed on Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) STAR Market on April 2022. In recent years, RIGOL has developed rapidly, with a revenue growth of nearly 37% in 2021. Headquartered in Suzhou, RIGOL has 3 R&D centers in Beijing, Suzhou and Shanghai, and established overseas subsidiaries in Europe, the United States, Japan and Singapore. Its business covers more than 90 countries and regions and has won high recognition from many well-known customers. As of June 30, 2021, RIGOL has 386 authorized patents, including 346 invention patents, and has been listed in the Top 500 Chinese Enterprise patents in 2019 and 2020. RIGOL has won more than 60 awards, obtained the membership of international Bus LXI Alliance, CNAS certification laboratory and many other qualifications, participated in 1 national standard, led the drafting and formulation of 3 industry general specifications, and undertook 10 national and provincial projects including "National Torch Plan". RIGOL takes general electronic test and measurement instruments and their solutions as the core, providing scientific research, product development and manufacturing test and measurement guarantee for education and scientific research, industrial production, communication industry, transportation and energy, consumer electronics and other industries. The most influential products of RIGOL in the past 12 months are DS70000 series high-end digital oscilloscope and DG70000 series arbitrary waveform generator. 1、DS70000 series is the seventh-generation digital oscilloscope independently developed by RIGOL, giving full play to the excellent performance of the oscilloscope dedicated chipset "Phoenix" which is independently designed by RIGOL, to achieve a maximum 20GSa/s sampling rate and 5GHz real-time bandwidth. Based on the new generation technology platform UltraVision III, DS70000 has a maximum refresh rate of 1,000,000 wfm/s and supports 8bit~16bit variable resolution. The embedded RIGOL real-time spectrum analysis technology platform, UltraReal, enables the product to achieve FFT rate of 10,000/s. In addition, DS70000 also provides high-speed serial bus signal integrity measurement and protocol decoding analysis, bringing users a reliable measurement verification function, and high-quality user experience is ensured through the use of high-definition intelligent control feedback keyboard and wear-free and long-life photoelectric encoder. 2. DG70000 series is an industry-leading high performance arbitrary waveform generator, with a maximum sampling rate of 12GSA /s, 5GHz analog bandwidth, 16bit vertical resolution. With -70dBC spurious-free dynamic range and a single channel of up to 4G sample points, DG70000 provides users with clearer and purer signal. DG70000 supports to create up to 16384 advanced sequences, which can define a variety of complex waveform outputs. It can be cascaded to 224 channels with an interchannel delay of as low as 10ps, and it can directly synthesize RF signals up to 5GHz, and the real-time modulation bandwidth is up to 1.5GHz. DG70000 supports fast frequency modulation, and the hop interval is as low as 128ns. Using RIGOL’s waveform synthesis technique, SIFI III, DG70000 can generate arbitrary waveforms point by point, and restore the signal without distortion, and the random jitter is as low as 350fs. The product can meet the complex testing and diversified needs of application fields such as high-speed digital system design, quantum communication, Internet of Things (IoT), automotive bus, intelligent manufacturing, education and scientific research. With the launch of new products based on the StationMax® platform, RIGOL will gain huge blue ocean space in the context of national strategy of new infrastructure and localization. Products based on this platform will be able to meet the needs of efficient testing applications of different customers in industrial electronics, consumer electronics, communications and radio frequency, education and scientific research and other industries. R&D Project:In the past year, RIGOL has completed several product R&D projects including the new model of DP800 series, and has acquired a large number of technological accumulation and technological breakthroughs. In 2021, RIGOL upgraded the bandwidth of DS70000 series digital oscilloscope to 5GHz, which made China become the third country in the world to master the core technology of high-bandwidth oscilloscope. Product and Brand Promotion:In 2021, RIGOL participated in many large-scale exhibitions around the world, and actively held and participated in various industrial seminars to promote product and brand communication. Meanwhile, the continuous operation of online media such as Wechat, Bilibili and Zhihu, as well as overseas platforms such as LinkedIn, Twitter and YouTube, has also brought RIGOL sustained and rapid growth of brand sound and brand influence. Marketing Positioning:Since its establishment, RIGOL has been focusing on the development and breakthrough of cutting-edge technology in the field of general test and measurement instruments. With the mission of "Enabling Technology Exploration, Empowering Possibilities and More", the company has become a well-known high-tech enterprise in the field of test and measurement Industry. RIGOL takes solutions as the center, with chip, hardware, algorithm and software as the core foundation, to achieve independent product development. RIGOL focuses on the four golden circuits of semiconductor, communication, new energy and quantum, and focuses on solving the test and measurement challenges of industrial customers. Its own chipset is an important basic guarantee for RIGOL solutions. Financial Performance:In recent years, RIGOL's operating revenue has continued to grow, indicating the company's good profitability and future potential. In 2021, its operating revenue is 48,394.18 million RMB, with a year-on-year growth of 36.63%. The sales proportion of products equipped with self-developed chips in the total sales of digital oscilloscopes increased from 47.70% in 2020 to 54.54% in 2021. On April 8, 2022, RIGOL was officially listed on the STAR Market of the Shanghai Stock Exchange. Customer Service:RIGOL always focuses on the value of "customer success", defines competitive service strategies and service products according to customer needs, and provides excellent experience for customers by constructing customer service network and system. At present, the company has established overseas subsidiaries in the United States, Europe, Japan and Singapore, and achieved localized services and support for the main target markets around the world. Employment Promotion:With the rapid development of RIGOL, the demand for social and campus recruitment increases, providing hundreds of jobs every year; In 2018, RIGOL established RIGOL Academy, which is committed to cultivating elite talents for the test and measurement industry. In 2021, RIGOL Academy has offered 38 courses to help employees develop and grow. -
Dosilicon Co., Ltd.
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As a Fabless company, Dosilicon focuses on the design, production and sales of NAND Flash /NOR Flash /DRAM carrying independent intellectual property. Currently, Dosilicon is one of few memory companies who can provide NAND / NOR / DRAM design process and product scheme at the same time in China. Dosilicon's product line has been continuously enriched, the introduction of customers has been completed, and the products have been gradually in large quantities. Therefore, the sales scale has been expanded. At the same time, with the continuous recovery of the market and the rise of product prices, Dosilicon achieved an operating revenue of 1134.813 million yuan in 2021, an increase of 44.62% year-on-year With strong R & D capability and stable supply chain system, products have entered many well-known customers at home and abroad, and are widely used in 5G communication, IOT terminals, consumer electronics, industrial , automotive electronic products and other fields. With its outstanding performance, it has been certified by many well-known platform manufacturers. At the same time, it has entered the supply chain system of many well-known customers at home and abroad, and is widely used in terminal products such as communication equipment, security monitoring, wearable devices, mobile terminals, etc. At the same time, the company can provide customized design services and overall solutions for NAND, NOR, DRAM and other memory chips according to customers' specific needs, helping customers reduce product development time and cost and improve product development efficiency. In the process of customized design for customers, we constantly understand the functional requirements of the market for products, receive customers' feedback on terminal products, repeatedly verify and polish existing technologies, and establish a technology development cycle of "R & D - Transformation - innovation" to further enhance technical capabilities. As a leading memory chip design company in the mainland, Dosilicon continues to innovate and lead the memory chip industry in the mainland, focuses on domestic advanced processes, and has established a strategic cooperation relationship with SMIC, the largest wafer foundry in the mainland. The two sides have carried out in-depth technical cooperation for many years on the characteristic . Based in China and facing the world, Dosilicon is deeply involved in the world's largest storage chip application market, accurately perceives the rapidly changing market trend, closely follows the localization wave of storage chips, quickly responds to customers' personalized needs by virtue of all-round technical reserves from chips, application circuits to system platforms, and provides targeted complete memory solutions including NAND, NOR and DRAM. After years of experience accumulation and technology upgrading, Dosilicon has created a variety of storage chip products characterized by low power consumption and high reliability. In 2021, Dosilicon made an initial public offering and was listed on the science and innovation board, simultaneously enhancing the influence of local brands, and maintaining the Performance Leadership and competitive advantage of existing products through continuous R & D innovation, process upgrading and performance iteration; Relying on the advantages of multiple storage products, we will increase the layout and development of emerging fields such as the Internet of things, intelligent hardware applications, automotive electronics, medical health, etc., improve the market share of the company's products, and simultaneously improve the ability of customized products and services; Insist on taking storage products as the core, expand intelligent extension and application-oriented, develop characteristic storage products, and improve profit space through differentiation; Continue to develop high-quality domestic customers and serve important customers in the industry, start to expand overseas markets in a planned and step-by-step manner, and improve the company's market position and influence in Europe and the United States. The design of the company's projects under research, including 24nm NAND and 48nm NOR, are China's leading processes, which has achieved a technological breakthrough in domestic flash memory chips. At the same time, the lower process 1xnm product series, vehicle specification product series and LPDDR4x products are in the steady development stage. Dosilicon also has an excellent customer service team. In the process of customized design for customers, experienced on-site technical engineers and customer quality engineers can promptly deal with relevant problems encountered by customers when using products. Relevant problems will also be fed back to all links of product R & D and production at the first time, forming a good processing closed loop internally. The continuously improved quality control system promotes the continuous improvement of the company's products. Dosilicon pays attention to the construction of R & D echelons, who establishes a human resources system matching the business strategy, vigorously expands the talent team through internal training, joint training, talent introduction and other means, continuously replenishes fresh blood and continuously expands the R & D team based on the R & D framework, actively promotes the mechanism of bringing the old with the new through compensated rewards, builds a comprehensive training system, and speeds up the integration of the new. Continuously improve the knowledge structure, age structure and professional structure of employees, and establish a talent echelon that meets the needs of the rapid development of the enterprise. In conclusion, Dosilicon performed well in 2021, with rapid growth in operating performance and continuous improvement in profitability. In the case of global capacity shortage, the company actively responded, continued to promote diversified and multi-channel layout, and provided capacity guarantee for performance growth. In 2021,Dosilicon realized an operating revenue of 1.134 billion yuan, an increase of 44.62% over the same period of the previous year; The net profit attributable to the shareholders of the listed company was 262million yuan, an increase of 1240.27% over the same period of the previous year; The net profit attributable to the shareholders of the listed company after deducting non recurring profits and losses was RMB 255million, an increase of 1354.24% over the same period of the previous year. -
NVIDIA
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Since its founding in 1993, NVIDIA has been a pioneer in accelerated computing. The company’s invention of the GPU in 1999 sparked the growth of the PC gaming market, redefined computer graphics and ignited the era of modern AI. NVIDIA is now a full-stack computing company with data-center-scale offerings that are reshaping industry. NVIDIA is built like a computing stack or neural network—in four layers: hardware, system software, platform software, and applications. Each layer is open to computer makers, service providers, and developers to integrate into their offerings however best for them. NVIDIA has shipped more than a billion CUDA-based GPUs. More than 3 million developers and 10,000 startups create thousands of applications for accelerated computing. NVIDIA is becoming the new engine for the world’s AI infrastructure and providing the full stack of AI software. NVIDIA AI brings together skills like computer vision, conversational AI, recommender systems, AI avatars, robotics, and autonomous vehicles. NVIDIA’s work in AI is transforming 100 trillion dollars’ worth of industries, from gaming to healthcare to transportation, and profoundly impacting society. In FY22, full year revenue was a record $26.91 billion, up 61%. At GTC in March 2022, NVIDIA has unveiled several new chips, including the Hopper GPU architecture and H100 GPUs, AI and accelerated computing software, and powerful data center systems to help enterprises gradually transform into intelligent manufacturers. Built on the NVIDIA Omniverse real-time 3D collaboration and simulation platform, AI will usher in the next wave of development, and will be prosperous in various fields. Currently, NVIDIA is releasing new products across all four layers of the stack, including hardware, system software and libraries, software platform NVIDIA HPX, NVIDIA AI and NVIDIA Omniverse, AI and robotics application framework. The NVIDIA Hopper architecture will power the next wave of AI data centers. The first Hopper-based GPU, the NVIDIA H100, comes packed with 80 billion transistors, and delivers an order of magnitude performance leap over its predecessor. The new chip, NVIDIA H100, will be the "new engine of the global AI infrastructure". NVIDIA has also launched a variety of new Hopper GPU-based AI supercomputers-DGX H100, H100 DGX POD and DGX SuperPOD, which committed to building the world's most powerful AI systems. NVIDIA Grace CPU Superchip with 144 CPU cores will be the ideal CPU for AI factories. NVIDIA NVLink will be coming to all future NVIDIA chips—CPUs, GPUs, DPUs, and SOCs. NVLink is open for customers and partners to build custom processors. NVIDIA AI platform is constantly being updated and making significant achievements, including the Triton inference server, the NeMo Megatron 0.9 framework for training large language models, and the Maxine framework for audio and video quality enhancement. NVIDIA AI platform includes NVIDIA AI Enterprise 2.0, a suite of end-to-end, cloud-native AI and data analytics tools and frameworks optimized and certified by NVIDIA, and now supports all major data center and cloud platforms. The NVIDIA OVX computing system for driving large-scale digital twins is designed to run complex digital twin simulations in NVIDIA Omniverse, a real-time physical-level accurate world simulation and 3D design collaboration platform. The OVX system combines high-performance GPU-accelerated computing, graphics processing and AI with high-speed storage access, low-latency networking, and accurate timing to deliver the performance needed to create realistic digital twins. NVIDIA's DRIVE Orin autonomous driving car computing platform begins mass production in March 2022. The new DRIVE Hyperion architecture, based on the Atlan computing platform, is designed to scale across generations, increasing sensor data processing performance to further enhance safety and extending to fully autonomous driving operations. R&D: NVIDIA's research in AI is driving transformation across a wide range of industries and making a profound impact on society. These industries include gaming, healthcare and transportation, with a total value of $100 trillion. NVIDIA Earth-2 AI digital twin supercomputer is being used to predict future climate. With the help of NVIDIA accelerated computing, three physicists were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for their groundbreaking experiments and first detection of gravitational waves. NVIDIA accelerated computing enabled researchers to set a Guinness World Record for the "Fastest DNA Sequencing Technology": 5 hours and 2 minutes. Built to support interdisciplinary workflows, NVIDIA Clara Discovery combines the power of accelerated computing, AI and machine learning to empower the entire drug development process. NVIDIA Omniverse is profoundly changing the way we create and develop as individuals and collaborate as a team, bringing more creative possibilities for 3D creators, developers and enterprises. Market Position: NVIDIA is built like a computing stack or neural network—in four layers: hardware, system software, platform software, and applications. Each layer is open to computer makers, service providers, and developers to integrate into their offerings however best for them. Engineer Community Contribution: NVIDIA has been in close connection with the engineer community for more than 20 years. NVIDIA Developer Community is a community dedicated to "helping to change the world", helping registered developers to obtain the latest technologies, development tools, access to free SDKs, technical documents, to accelerate the development of artificial intelligence, deep learning, accelerated computing, professional graphics applications in key technical fields. NVIDIA has shipped more than a billion CUDA-based GPUs. More than 3 million developers and 10,000 startups create thousands of applications for accelerated computing. Social Recognition: NVIDIA is committed to advancing human technology and providing technical support to the communities where people work and live. NVIDIA Wins Glassdoor's "Best Places to Work”, Fortune's "Top 100 Best Companies to Work For", Fast Company’s "Most Innovative Company", MIT Technology Review’s “Global Top 50 Smartest Companies” and other awards. Financial Performance: For fiscal 2022, revenue was a record $26.91 billion, up 61% from the previous fiscal year, with growth across the board in gaming, data center, professional vision, automotive and robotics. -
OmniVision
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OmniVision Group is a global leading IC design company in China. With worldwide Research & Development centers and business networks, OmniVision's headquarter is in Shanghai. By delivering Sensor Solutions, Analog Solutions as well as Touch and Display Solutions, OmniVision Group is committed to helping customers in mobile, security, automotive, wearable devices, loT, computing, consumer electronics, industry and medical to solve technical challenges and meeting increasing demands for artificial intelligence (Al) and green energy. “Empower the Sensing by Technology." OmniVision Group aspires to fully improve its global strategic presence, leveraging the complementary advantages, resource sharing and synergy of continuous innovation, high synergy for supply chains and clients and diversified talents to enable scale effect. Adhering to technological innovation to improve customers’ satisfaction and stickiness, OmniVision Group will continuously provide superior products and service to create greater value for our global customers. In 2021, OmniVision Group exceeded 12.3 billion in annual shipments, accumulated more than 4,400 authorized patents and achieved 24.104 billion yuan in turnover. OMNIVISION Leads Pixel Shrink Race with the Development of World’s Smallest 0.56-micron Pixel With a pixel size now smaller than the wavelength of red light, OMNIVISION’s R&D team has validated that pixel shrink is no longer limited by the wavelength of light. The pixel is based on OMNIVISION’s PureCel®Plus-S stacking technology, and deep photodiode technology is applied to carefully embed the photodiode deeper into the silicon. These advanced technologies have enabled OMNIVISION to develop the smallest pixel, allowing for higher resolutions in the same optical format, and further enabling the image sensor to have more ISP functions, lower power consumption and faster read out speed. The technology achieved the world’s smallest 0.56-µm pixel, with uncompromising high quantum efficiency (QE) performance, excellent quad phase detection (QPD) autofocus capabilities and low power consumption. This ultra-small pixel technology will address the increasing demand for high-resolution and small pixel pitch image sensors for multi-camera. The first 0.56µm pixel die will be implemented in 200MP image sensors for smartphones OmniVision has the advantages of R&D ability, and achieved significant R&D results in 2021, for example: - Mobile: Following OV64B, OmniVision introduced 50 megapixel, 60 megapixel, and 200 megapixel products. - Automotive: OmniVision launched a number of new products from 3 megapixel to 8 megapixel. The HALE (HDR and LFM engine) algorithm provides both HDR and LFM function, and DeepWell™ dual conversion gain technology significantly reduces motion artifacts. - Healthcare: OmniVisin unveiled the first 8-megapixel resolution sensor for disposable and reusable endoscopes, innovatively introducing Nyxel® near-infrared technology to the healthcare industry. - Security: OmniVision’s OS02H10 integrates Nyxel® and PureCel®Plus technologies, bringing high quality NIR and improved performance in lowlight conditions. Nyxel® technology brings excellent quantum efficiency to OS02H10. This enables it to achieve better shooting effect and longer shooting distance at both 850 nm and 940 nm NIR wavelengths. Overall, in the field of CMOS image sensor, OmniVision is one of the earliest companies engaged in CMOS image sensor design, development and sales, and has established brand influence and market awareness worldwide. OmniVision is one of the top three suppliers of CMOS image sensors in the world, has established long-term and stable relationships with downstream customers, and has a leading market share in a wide range of segmented application markets. In the field of touch control and display chips, OmniVision’s TDDI Solutions cover the mainstream Android smartphone at home and abroad, and its market share is rapidly increasing. OminiVision’s Analog Solutions has also achieved a wide layout in mobile, security, IoT, with the accumulation of technology in related fields and cost-effective advantages. OmniVision’s TVS and MOSFET were honored as Shanghai Top 100 High-tech Projects for many times. -
Silicon Motion, Inc.
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"Silicon Motion Technology Corporation (NasdaqGS: SIMO) is the global leader in developing NAND flash controllers for SSDs and other solid state storage devices. We have over 20 years of experience developing specialized processor ICs that manage NAND components and deliver market leading, high-performance storage solutions widely used in data centers, PCs, smartphones and commercial and industrial applications. We have one of the broadest portfolios of controller intellectual properties developed from our deep understanding of NAND characteristics, which enables us to design both unique, highly optimized configurable IC plus related firmware controller platforms and complete turnkey controller solutions. More NAND flash components, including current and up-coming generations of 3D flash produced by Kioxia, Micron, Samsung, SK Hynix, Solidigm, Western Digital and YMTC, are supported by Silicon Motion controllers than any other company. Our customers include NAND flash makers, module makers, hyperscalers and OEMs. We are the world's leading supplier of SSD controllers used in PCs and other client devices and leading merchant supplier of eMMC/UFS controllers used in smartphones and IoT devices. We also leverage our controller expertise to supply custom-designed high-performance Open-Channel data center SSDs to China's leading hyperscalers and customized small single-chip form factor SSDs for industrial, commercial and automotive applications. We market our controllers under the ""SMI"" brand, ""Shannon Systems"" for enterprise-grade SSDs and ""FerriSSD"", ""Ferri-eMMC"" and ""Ferri-UFS"" for industrial-grade single-chip SSDs and related modules. As electronics content and data grow exponentially in today's vehicle, automakers are now beginning to incorporate PCIe NVMe SSDs, which will be more widely implemented in the next few years. We've designed our latest automotive-grade PCIe NVMe SSD controllers from the ground up with PCIe Gen4 technology and innovative hardware features optimized for true Gen4 performance, low power consumption, and advanced error correction combined with data path and EMI protection. Using 12nm process technology for high throughput, lower power consumption, and rigorous data protection, our controllers provide ultra-high performance and reliability for automotive applications — including a cost-effective PCIe NVMe SSD solution for automotive storage. Ideal for automotive computing environments, we now offer controllers with built-in SR-IOV capability, delivering a direct, high-speed PCIe interface supporting up to eight virtual machines that are capable of fulfilling multiple requirements and functions. The idea of centralized architecture is to integrate all electronic systems into a centrally controlled platform, which requires a higher-end transmission system and various storage applications. When it comes to implementing virtualization in high-speed data networks with a PCIe bus, SR-IOV allows for greater software functionality and easier remote management — and it's capable of interfacing directly, at high speed and independently, to each virtual machine (VM) via a dedicated virtual function (VF) implemented in the SSD controller. This can only be delivered by PCIe SSDs, which can support future vehicles requiring implementation in a centralized architecture. Here are the competitive advantages our SSD controllers provide for the automotive industry: Data Path Protection • End-to-end data path protection • SRAM ECC for SRAM soft/hard errors TSMC Automotive Service Package • Tightened process control and scrap criteria • Documentation and failure analysis Extended Temperature and Voltage • -40°C to +85°C (Grade 3) • -40°C to +105°C (Grade 2) production test • High-voltage SRAM test Traceability • OTP controller die stores unique ID to trace back wafer map or wafer lot All of our automotive-grade flash products undergo rigorous testing to meet the qualifications that the industry and our customers demand, including AEC-Q100 compliance, ISO 26262, supplier chain certification by IATF 16949 certification, and ASPICE compliance SW development process. In addition, Silicon Motion provides product supply longevity to reduce costs for additional qualifications. The industry is rapidly transforming with technology driving innovation, automotive standards shaping requirements, and consumer preferences changing demands. Since the car on the road is now its own data center, the need for data storage has grown exponentially — and so has the role of NAND flash to support mission-critical functions in automotive applications and entertainment features. As electronic content becomes a larger and larger part of the vehicle, storage technologies employing NAND flash must be able to ensure optimized performance, reliability, and longevity. Silicon Motion provides dependable high-performance automotive-grade storage solutions, including controllers and single-chip solutions for in-vehicle infotainment, navigation, ADAS, DVR, and autonomous driving applications. With over 20 years of experience in developing specialized processor ICs that manage NAND components, our expertise delivers best-in-class automotive-grade storage solutions. All of our automotive-grade flash products undergo rigorous testing to meet the qualifications that the industry and our customers demand, including AEC-Q100 compliance, ISO 26262, supplier chain certification by IATF 16949 certification, and ASPICE compliance SW development process. In addition, Silicon Motion provides product supply longevity to reduce costs for additional qualifications. -
Chengdu KSW Technologies Co.,Ltd.
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Chengdu KSW Technology Co., Ltd. is a high-tech enterprise focusing on the research and development of high-end wireless test simulation instruments and system solutions. It is a listed company on the Science and Technology Innovation Board of Shanghai Stock Exchange (stock code: 688283). Company focused on mobile communications, wireless networking, car networking, navigation and other fields, to provide high-end radio equipment performance, function testing simulation test instruments, such as wireless channel simulator, RF & microwave signal generator and vector signal analyzer, vector signal transceiver apparatus, telemetry remote control receiver machine and other test simulation instruments, and system solutions for various radio and electronics industries. In 2021, the company achieved revenue of 162.89 million yuan, a net profit of 50.72 million yuan, and a compound growth rate of revenue of 24.28% from 2019 to 2021. The company's products are widely used in domestic mobile communication operators and global equipment manufacturers, scientific research institutes, universities and laboratories, etc. The company's products and technologies have been widely recognized by the customers in wireless test and simulation. Our wireless channel simulator helps simulate the real complex environment, for large-scale network wireless ad-hoc network equipment, mobile communication 4 G / 5 G phased array base station and mobile phones, GPS/Beidou navigation equipment, simplifies the costs/ time consuming field test at lab, greatly accelerates the research and development process, reduced the cost and uncertainty of field test. As a quality evaluation instrument for mobile communication system, wireless networking equipment and navigation equipment, the company's wireless channel simulator accurately evaluates the performance of the manufacturer's equipment, and has been widely recognized by the tier one wireless equipment manufacturers and operators in terms of technology and service. With the continuous extension of the application field of the new generation of mobile communication technology, the gradual deepening of the application of complex electromagnetic environment simulation system in wireless research, and the increasing investment in the R&D of extended products in WIFI, vehicle radio application, emergency communication, etc., the diversity and complexity of various wireless communication simulation scenarios are increasing,that sheds the light for the future growth. In the past year, KSW continued focusing on the high-end radio test and simulation, and the market share of core products has steadily been increasing. Research and development investment continues increasing, actively deploys the multi-product line research and development strategy, including the wireless channel simulator applied in multi-scenario and MIMO, vector signal generator, spectrum analyzer, vector network analyzer, complex electromagnetic environment performance evaluation system technology and other projects of research work. Continue to enrich the company's high-end radio test simulation instrument product line, constantly improve product performance to match with the global leading products, build strong competitive advantages versus the local peers. The company aims to help users in wireless and electronics address the test and simulation challenges in product development, and gradually establishes the brand image of the company as a top “China-made” high-end wireless test and simulation instruments supplier. Our products are widely used in domestic mobile communication operators and global equipment manufacturers, scientific research institutes, universities and laboratories, etc. Our products and technologies have been widely recognized by customers in wireless test and simulation. The company was awarded "Excellent supplier" by China Mobile Research Institute. In terms of personnel construction, the company pays attention to the training of all kinds of talents needed in the field of radio simulation testing, and has established a stable R&D team with professional and technical capabilities, which can insight into market development needs and rapid productization. The technical staff of the team has now become a professional talent in the design of system architecture in the field of radio equipment test and simulation, algorithm research, core signal processing firmware design, RF microwave design, high performance digital circuit design, product structure design. In the process of rapid development, the company continues to provide a number of job opportunities for fresh college graduates and related engineers in various industries in China. At the same time, the company always takes employees as an important source of the company's core competitiveness, creates a good working and learning atmosphere for employees, a fair growth path, and a diverse and inclusive corporate culture, and establishes a reliable platform for the long-term development of employees. Relying on excellent quality, reliable performance, perfect after-sales service and fast response mechanism, Chengdu KSW Technologies Co., Ltd. helps customers to meet various testing challenges in the process of product development and accelerates technological innovation. The company always adheres to the enterprise spirit of "Driving high-quality development with technological innovation", and is committed to becoming the promoter of leading technology in the future.
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Canaan Inc.
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Canaan’s AI reasoning chip, the Kendryte K510, is equipped with a self-developed visual neural network accelerator (KPU2.0), Canaan’s proprietary computing data flow technology, and a computing array that integrates 3D dimension and multi-level storage structure. Through dynamic chip management and utilization of high-frequency data, the benefits are twofold: improved computing efficiency of the processor and reduced power consumption of the chip. These provides viable solutions to the storage and performance challenges currently plaguing conventional terminal AI chip design. Canaan is an industry pioneer when it comes to CPU design, deploying RISC-V instruction set (ISA) to develop its terminal SoCs. Specifically, the Kendryte K510 has a dual-core 64-bit RISC-V CPU and a digital signal processor (DSP) with up to 800Mhz frequency equipped, to support the growth of AI-related applications. The Kendryte K510 integrates the latest generation of image processing ISP in its visual subsystem design, supporting TOF depth camera access, 2D/3D noise reduction, wide dynamic range WDR, RGB & IR fusion, hardware 3A and other complete functions. TOF sensor solutions are also supported by our 3D ISP. Common chip applications include: AI IPC, drone aerial photography, professional photography, robots, AI STEAM, edge computing boxes and other scenarios. -
KOWIN TECHNOLOGY CO.,LTD
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KOWIN is an important part of the semiconductor industry of KONKA Group. Company focuses on the research and development, design and sales of embedded memory chips, modules, mobile storage and other products. The main products cover eMMC, eMCP, ePOP, nMCP, UFS, LPDDR, DDR, SSD, PSSD, etc. Widely used in Intelligent Terminals, Smart Wearables, Smart Homes, HCI, Internet of Things, Industrial Control, WIT120, Automotive Electronics and other fields. With the advantages of high starting point, high quality and high efficiency, adhering to the core values of "integrity, reliability, efficiency, innovation and enterprising" and the business philosophy of "based on high quality, driving new technology", Kowin is committed to becoming an ultra-reliable storage module innovation solution provider, making storage more efficient, data more reliable, and building a Internet of Everything world. In June 2021, the DRAM product line was released. In January 2022, the UFS3.1 product line was released. In March 2022, the eMCP, ePOP, and nMCP product lines were released. In October 2021, a joint certification agreement was signed with Qualcomm. In November 2021, it passed the certification of the Guoke micro-platform. In December 2021, a joint laboratory was established with MediaTek In May 2022, eMCP products passed the Zhanrui platform certification. In 2021, since the launch of embedded memory chip, quickly recognized by the market, in many fields and the head of well-known enterprises to establish cooperation, such as Konka, Baidu, TCL, 360, Cultraview, Unionman, Changhong and so on. At present, the company has more than 100 customers in volume production, and there are more than 50 customers are doing test verification. In the future, Kowin will make great efforts in the dimensions of embedded memory chip technology innovation, product upgrade, industrial application, etc., and focus on "core" cohesion with all parties in the industry to boost the prosperity and development of China's semiconductor industry! -
RiVAI
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RiVAI is a RISC-V-based chip company that provides core processers to mid-to-high end market. The founder is one of the original researchers at UC Berkeley that developed RISC-V. The executive team consists of professionals with one of the strongest backgrounds in RISC-V and AI. Currently, over 85% of RiVAI team are R&D engineers who have many years of R&D experiences in semiconductor companies. The majority of the team are graduates of world-famous universities such as UC Berkeley, Stanford, and Carnegie Mellon. On June 20th 2022, RiVAI announced its high-performance RISC-V vector processors with its first successful application case in DSP. This DSP IP has been integrated and verified in the world’s giant company’s products and has mass-production-ready quality before it was introduced to the public. This recently announced products marked a technological breakthrough in the commercialized products and its readiness for mass production. In addition to its technical capabilities, RiVAI enjoys academic and industry resources from world-class universities, semiconductor and tech giant companies and RISC-V International. Developing locally designed and locally sourced chips are beneficial to the critical technology's supply chain security in China with RISC-V being the only viable ISA to achieve this end. RiVAI, as a local R&D team led by a co-developer of RISC-V, will be the leader of this technology advancement and production of made-in-China chips. RiVAI actively collaborates with the RISC-V International Open-source Laboratory at TBSI, to produce R&D talents in the field. With its distinctive advantages in RISC-V technologies and professional experiences, RiVAI is confident and determined to lead the construction of China’s RISC-V ecosystem and the development of China’s chip design technology. -
Tsingmicro
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Coarse-grained Reconfigurable Architecture(CGRA) is a new type of chip architecture technology, which can flexibly reconfigure hardware resources according to different application requirements. As the most promising future computing architecture, it is one of the disruptive technologies in the post-Moore era, and it is also a technological commanding height that countries are scrambling to seize. The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency proposed in 2017 that the core technology for the United States to maintain its leadership in the field of science and technology for the next two decades is reconfigurable computing. The work plan of the Ministry of Science and Technology shows that in the next 10-15 years, the national strategy will support the development of the integrated circuit industry, and CGRA will be listed first. CGRA has the following advantages: On-demand instant reconfiguration, high energy efficiency, low power consumption. It can be flexibly reconfigured according to algorithms and applications, suitable for various scenarios and applications, and has strong versatility Reconfigurable and flexible application architecture reduces chip tape-out costs and chip costs. Products have been widely used in smart security, financial payment, smart wear, smart robots, aerospace and other fields. The CGRA team of Tsingmicro has published nearly 200 related papers in international authoritative journals and top conferences, and has authorized more than 130 patents and inventions. The core technical indicators lead the world. Based on CGRA, the company has mass-produced 3 high-efficiency smart chips within 3 years, with a market share of over 60% in sub-sectors. It is the world's first CGRA chip company with the largest shipment volume. -
HOUMO.AI
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HOUMO.AI is the first domestic company dedicated to the large computing power chips based on Compute-In-Memory (CIM). Aiming at the "Memory Wall" problem and performance bottlenecks caused by the separation of computing units and memory in traditional AI computing chip architecture, HOUMO.AI has made a huge breakthrough of the chip performance and power-consumption bottleneck, taking advantages of the frontier CIM technology.HOUMO.AI provide chips high in computing-power, low in power-consumption, together with industrial solutions, which can be generally applied to edge-computing terminals such as unmanned vehicles 、generic robots,as well as cloud reasoning. In May 2022,Houmo AI’s first SRAM-based large computing power Compute-In-Memory (CIM) AI chip proves to work normally,and has completed a run-through of autonomous driving algorithm model. It is the first AI chip that adopts SRAM-based CIM structure design. The sample chip’s performance can be up to 20TOPS, and can be scalable to 200TOPS, with an energy efficiency ratio for the computing unit up to 20TOPS/W. In terms of the compatibility, Houmo AI’s large computing power CIM AI chip is well designed to adapt to the fast iteration of algorithms, as it supports mainstream algorithms and custom operators. Backed by optimization and innovation on memory components and structures, the unit computing power of chips can be scaled up to 1000TOPS. HOUMO.AI aims to use subversive technology to create AI chips with "Tenfold Effect" that can meet the needs of super computing power in artificial intelligence and change the world with infinite computing power. -
Witmem
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Witmem is a leading computing-in-memory chip enterprise in worldwide. Founded in 2017, Witmem focuses on the field of computing-in-memory chip, innovatively uses Flash memory to complete the storage and operation of neural networks, solves the problem of AI's memory wall. In January 2022, the world's first computing-in-memory SoC chip WTM2101 launched by Witmem realized mass production. Which means Witmem had successfully explored and accumulated experience in material selection, design, process and other aspects during the mass production, creating a successful case for the global computing-in-memory chip mass production. WTM2101 chip can perform large-scale deep learning operations using microwatt to milliwatt power consumption, which is mainly used in the intelligent voice, intelligent health and lightweight vision markets. -
Anhui Listenai CO.,LTD.
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As an industry-leading intelligent terminal system level (SoC) chip design company, Listenai technology has established an industry-leading chip design team, as well as an experienced AI algorithm team. Its core capability is to deeply couple the independent and leading chip design with the industry-leading artificial intelligence algorithm, so as to achieve the integration of software and hardware to create a single chip solution with the highest cost performance, and promote the rapid and large-scale development of the era of internet of everything. In 2021, the company launched a new generation of terminal intelligent SoC chip for the AIoT field, focusing on intelligent voice processing and taking into account image and visual processing. It has the advantages of strong AI coupling, high integration, high computing power and low power consumption. It adopts a multi-core heterogeneous architecture, integrating ARM Star MCU, HiFi4 DSP, and the AI neural network processing core NPU newly designed by Listenai, with a computing power of 128GOPS. It also adopts key technologies such as circuit design of special chip for multi-level perceptual AI processing and joint design of "chip" and "algorithm". It has become a special chip for artificial intelligence in many fields such as home appliances, office education, consumer electronics and intelligent vehicles. At the same time of designing chips, Listenai technology has built an all-round chip ecosystem, including full link processing tools and underlying systems. It has created hundreds of AI scenario algorithms on the edge, which can effectively solve the core pain points of development in the field of the Internet of things, such as fragmentation and difficulty in development, and fully promote the development and ecological construction of terminal intelligent hardware. -
C&B ELECTRONICS (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.
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With the development of electric vehicles and industrial energy storage, current sensors based on shunt have been recognized by more and more vehicle manufacturers and battery manufacturers. High precision current sensors play a crucial role in improving the range of BEV and HEV, and also play a key role in the accurate electricity estimation for energy storage power stations and DC charging piles. C&B Electronics Shenzhen Co.,Ltd. owns the CB series high-precision current sensor with complete independent IP. After years of technical accumulation, a complete set of mathematical models for current sensing based on independently developed shunts is developed. Take CB350 as an example, which has automotive grade and industrial grade, and has superior overcurrent sensing capability with high precision current sensing capability, with the following characteristics: (1) CB350 has extremely high precision current sensing mathematical model, which brings great convenience to the update of products, and can quickly correspond to the various needs of the market. (2) The product is developed on a common platform and has strong adaptability. No matter automotive or industrial grade, the CB350 requires no changes to hardware or housing, just simple changes in accordance with customer requirements. (3) CB series has self-developed fully automatic production line, which can complete the production with less labor. The production rate can be as high as 45 seconds per piece for product production off-line calibration and re-inspection, which greatly saves labor cost and guarantees superior production capacity. (4)The modular design of CB series automatic production line can be quickly replicated and expanded according to market and customer needs. -
Geehy Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
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Introduction of new products of Geehy in the past year: In 2022, the APM32F103RCT7 / APM32F072RBT7 automotive grade MCU launched by Geehy passed the AEC-Q100 automotive grade certification by virtue of low power consumption, high performance, high integration, high reliability and other product performance as well as strong environmental adaptability and anti-interference,It can be widely used in the core application fields of automobile such as body control, safety system, intelligent cockpit and power system, which can help to ease the tight supply of automobile electronic chips and accelerate the development and innovation of domestic automobile electrification, intelligence and digitization. The latest high-performance & high security APM32F405 / 415 Series MCU launched by Geehy takes into account high computing, high real-time and ease of use, conforms to the industrial enhanced level high reliability standard, supports a variety of international and national security encryption algorithms, has stable performance and excellent quality, and can achieve an effective breakthrough in the core key chips in the high-end industrial control field. Core technology and innovation capability: Geehy is one of the few companies with secure embedded eSE chip design technology in China. The chip technology ensures the safety and stability of the data information and equipment of the core key nodes of the Internet of things. Geehy security embedded ese chip design technology adopts special security processor, supports multi-layer combined protection mechanism such as physical circuit, cryptographic algorithm and system, and can realize hardware level security protection of multi bit integration; At the same time, it breaks through the core IP authorization constraint and solves the separation constraint between the application system and the security chip, so that a single chip has security, master control and other customized functions at the same time, which can effectively resist the Internet of things security threats such as side channel attacks, remote software attacks, physical attacks, and fault injection attacks. -
Zhejiang Starshine Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
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1) Technical advantages The technical team of Starshine is top-notch in China, and has many years of experience in filter research and development in the field of filters. The academic background and industrial experience are top-notch in China, and have rich experience in theoretical foundation, design, simulation, and technology. In terms of RF modules, the R&D team has a high academic level and has the most cutting-edge technical experience in the world. Our RF module team has the highest domestic level. 2) Customer resource advantage Starshine has obtained strategic investment from 4 customers of Huaqin, Longcheer, Tinno and Yiqing Group, and the 4 customers have given strong support to the company. 3) Product advantages Starshine also has the research and development capabilities of SAW, TC-SAW, BAW and RF modules. The RF product line is complete, and the combination of high, medium and low-end products is conducive to the company's market development and differentiated competition. -
Newsight Imaging
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Newsight Imaging is an Israeli semiconductor startup founded in 2016 with the goal of making 3D technology accessible for mass market applications across many industries. Newsight is a designer, developer, and manufacturer of advanced 3D CMOS sensor chips and spectral sensors – from chip to full sensing unit. Newsight develops advanced imaging sensor chips and solutions for two business units: Machine vision and Spectral Analysis. One small sensor serves countless applications. From Automotive, Industry 4.0, Smart City & Robotics to Water Safety & Healthcare. Newsight’s unique combination of great performance and attractive price is granting the company growing recognition as one of the leading companies to watch in the semiconductor industry. For example, the company was awarded the Frost and Sullivan 2022 Leadership Award for the leading European automotive sensor category and was selected as one of the 100 startups to follow in 2022 by EETimes Magazine. Since its incorporation, the company has released 5 sensors to the market and is expected to release 2 additional sensors in 2022. The Company has over 50 employees working under the 2 business units, of whom more than 50% are talented females. The R&D team is composed of top industry electrical and optical engineers, algorithmic engineers as well as other talents that take part in the creation and implementation of our technology. The qualities of our chips, especially our flexibility and pricing, help us gain engagement and business opportunities from many verticals and applications that benefit from our solutions. Under our machine vision business unit, we develop, design, and manufacture 3D sensors that are already being used in several applications. The company’s unique enhanced Time of Flight (eTOF™️) technology enhances the short distance iTOF and provides accurate depth sensing for longer distances even outdoors. Newsight’s eTOF™ patented technology allows unparalleled distance measurement with less than 1% error rate. In the automotive sector, we have active collaboration with a big headlight manufacturer, ZKW, to develop smart headlights for major European brands. The solution is already integrated into an Audi demo car, expected to be seen in vehicles on the road in the next 2 years. In Smart Manufacturing, we recently signed a commercial agreement for the purchase of 100,000 sensors with SSZN, a leader in developing smart industry 4.0 solutions. Under Newsight’s Spectral business unit, we create unique spectral sensing sensors that enable lab-quality analysis, available in the palm of your hands. The technology has resulted in the launching of 2 JV's based on Newsight's Technology, both with highly respected governmental companies. The first JV, called Virusight, was launched with Sheba medical center, named one of the top 10 hospitals in the world, is leading the commercialization of the SpectraLIT™ (Newsight’s portable spectrometer) as an AI-driven pathogen diagnostic test, including COVID-19. Virusight announced the results of a major clinical trial that confirm the SpectraLIT device instantly (under 20 seconds) detects COVID-19 with 96.3% accuracy. The second JV, Watersight, was launched with Mekorot – Israel’s national water company, to utilize the spectral technology for water quality monitoring. -
SemiDrive
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Impact on the industry: 1. The intelligent cockpit chip Infotainment SoC X9 can simultaneously drive up to 10 high definition displays including instruments, central control, rearview mirror and rear seat entertainment through a single chip, and support multi-screen sharing and interaction to meet the functional demands of intelligent cockpits in the future; 2. SemiDrive is one of the few companies which can provides automotive-grade Gateway SoC; 3. The frequency of automotive-grade MCU E3 CPU is up to 800MHz, with up to 6 CPU cores.What’s more,the automotive-grade reliability standard reaches AEC-Q100 Grade 1 level and the functional safety standard reaches ISO 26262 ASIL D level; with the adoption of dual-core lock-step Cortex-R5, it has achieved up to 99% of diagnostic coverage; and that above-mentioned two automotive-grade standards MCUs are met at the same time can be second to none even on a global scale. Business model innovation: 1. SemiDrive Technology has focused on providing high-performance and high-reliability automotive-grade chips and is also the first provider of “full-scenario and platform-based” chip product and technical solutions in the world. The products have included intelligent e-cockpits, autonomous driving, gateways and MCUs, and covered the most core chip categories of automotive electrical / electronic (E/E) architecture in the future. 2. In terms of automotive-grade certification, SemiDrive Technology has successively obtained such certifications as ISO 26262 functional safety process, AEC-Q100 reliability ISO26262 functional safety product and national secret, so that it has become the first four-certificate-in-one domestic automotive-grade chip enterprise.
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Unigroup Guoxin Microelectronics Co., Ltd.
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Guoxin Micro (Stock Code: SZ002049) is one of the largest listed companies involved in integrated circuit design in China. With smart chips as the core business, the company focuses on digital security, intelligent computing, power and power management, high-end chip components, highly reliable integrated circuits and etc.. It is a leading provider of chip products and solutions, which are widely used in finance, telecommunications, government affairs, automobile, industrial interconnection, Internet of Things and other fields. In terms of the chips for China's second-generation ID card, the company accounts for a quarter of the total market share. In the global SIM chip market, its market share ranks the first place, with overseas shipments exceeding 50%. It occupies a leading position in various business domains, including chips for China's SIM card, banking cards applying state cryptography, resident health card, new generation traffic card, ID card reader and POS SE chips. The company's products and applications are all over the world. To this date, the accumulated shipments of smart chips worldwide has exceeded 15 billion pieces. With the mission of the company“bring success to customers with chips and to create a smart world with joint efforts”, and the vision to become “a leading enterprise of smart chips”, we stick to the three approaches, namely, "leading technology, global development and efficient operation", and is dedicated to the fields of smart internet connection, smart industry, smart finance, smart city, smart life and smart transportation. We are committed to the building of a smart industry ecosystem and empowering all walks of life to become more intelligent. The company has mastered six core technologies related to intelligent security chip, including NFC, security algorithm, security attack and defense, embedded storage, embedded scheme and high reliability. It has a number of core patents, and has built four technology platforms, including design, testing, quality assurance and process outsourcing, which can ensure the R & D, manufacturing, testing and application development of a variety of process nodes. With leading process technology nodes and efficient design, the intelligent security chips of the company have significant advantages in performance, cost and reliability. It is widely used in financial payment, identity recognition, Internet of Things, mobile communication, intelligent terminal, Internet of Vehicles and other fields. the intelligent security chip THD89 passed the international SOGIS CC EAL6 + security test, making it the first chip in China that has been awarded the highest level of security certificate. Guoxin Micro provide basic support for the digital era. The company is firmly embracing the future trend and the forefront of technology to explore the broad market, and is expected to maintain current leading edge and achieve greater development. -
RIGOL TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
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Founded in 1998, RIGOL has become a well-known high-tech enterprise specializing in the R&D, production, sales and service of general electronic test and measurement instruments. Its main products include oscilloscopes, waveform generators, spectrum analyzers, RF signal generators, DC power supplies, DC electronic loads, multimeters and data acquisitions, etc. RIGOL is currently the only Chinese enterprise equipped with self-developed digital oscilloscope core chipset and successfully realized product industrialization. The company has successfully listed on Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) STAR Market on April 2022. In recent years, RIGOL has developed rapidly, with a revenue growth of nearly 37% in 2021. Headquartered in Suzhou, RIGOL has 3 R&D centers in Beijing, Suzhou and Shanghai, and established overseas subsidiaries in Europe, the United States, Japan and Singapore. Its business covers more than 90 countries and regions and has won high recognition from many well-known customers. As of June 30, 2021, RIGOL has 386 authorized patents, including 346 invention patents, and has been listed in the Top 500 Chinese Enterprise patents in 2019 and 2020. RIGOL has won more than 60 awards, obtained the membership of international Bus LXI Alliance, CNAS certification laboratory and many other qualifications, participated in 1 national standard, led the drafting and formulation of 3 industry general specifications, and undertook 10 national and provincial projects including "National Torch Plan". RIGOL takes general electronic test and measurement instruments and their solutions as the core, providing scientific research, product development and manufacturing test and measurement guarantee for education and scientific research, industrial production, communication industry, transportation and energy, consumer electronics and other industries. 普源精电(RIGOL)在产品方面积极布局,不断创新,在2021年10月推出了线性直流电源新机型DP813A和DP822A,满足光通讯模块测试、芯片和集成电路测试、半导体测试和工业ATE测试等多个行业及应用测试需求。在2022年6月推出了DSG5000系列微波信号发生器,能够提供高质量信号、准确信号电平和宽输出功率范围,满足如超导量子计算、雷达信号生成、MIMO、EMS等复杂测试需求。截至2021年6月30日,普源精电已有授权专利386项,其中发明专利346项,并在2019年、2020年连续两年荣登中国企业专利500强。2021年普源精电发明专利荣获苏州市“优秀专利奖一等奖”;并因在专利申请、管理、运营和保护方面的突出表现,被授予“知识产权工作先进单位”荣誉称号。 多年来,普源精电深耕数字化转型,在文化引导、组织建设等方面探索数字化管理模式,全面实施IT系统。公司凭借这样的架构优势,实现了组织快速响应,在疫情期间保障生产,并提升了公司运营效率、经营指标与客户满意度。2021年12月,普源精电以 “RIGOL数字化转型实践与探索”,荣获“2021中国管理年度价值案例”,入选《管理蓝皮书:中国管理发展报告(2021)》,为中国企业提供了在数字化转型方面具有参考价值的管理案例。 公司的快速发展,社招和校招需求增大,每年提供数百个工作机会。 2018年公司成立普源书院,致力于为测试测量行业培养精英人才。2021年,普源书院提供课程达38节,帮助员工发展与成长。同时,普源精电长期关注中国高等教育的发展,并携手高校开展广泛的交流与合作。在过去的12个月内,RIGOL已先后与多所高校开展了“教育部产学合作协同育人”项目合作,促进了高校新工科创新体系建设,为测试测量行业培养优秀人才。 RIGOL is active in product layout and keep innovating. In October 2021, DP813A and DP822A, new models of linear DC power supply, were launched to meet the requirements of optical communication module testing, chip and integrated circuit testing, semiconductor testing, industrial ATE testing and other industries and applications. In June 2022, RIGOL launched DSG5000 series microwave signal generator, which can provide high quality signal, accurate signal level and wide output power range to meet complex testing requirements such as superconducting quantum computing, radar signal generation, MIMO, EMS and so on. As of June 30, 2021, RIGOL has 386 authorized patents, including 346 invention patents, and has been listed in the Top 500 Chinese Enterprise patents for two consecutive years in 2019 and 2020. In 2021, RIGOL's invention patent won the first prize of Suzhou Excellent Patent Award; It was awarded the honorary title of "Advanced Unit in Intellectual Property Work" for its outstanding performance in patent application, management, operation and protection. Over the years, RIGOL has been engaged in digital transformation, exploring digital management mode in cultural guidance and organizational construction, and comprehensively implementing IT system. Relies on this structural advantage, RIGOL has achieved rapid organizational response, ensured production during the epic, and improved the company's operational efficiency, operating indicators and customer satisfaction. In December 2021, RIGOL was awarded the "2021 China Management Annual Value Case" for "RIGOL Digital Transformation Practice and Exploration", and was selected in the "Management Blue Book: China Management Development Report (2021)", providing Chinese enterprises with management cases with reference value in digital transformation. With the rapid development of the company, the demand for social and campus recruitment has increased, providing hundreds of job opportunities every year. In 2018, the company established RIGOL Academy, which is committed to cultivating elite talents for the test and measurement industry. In 2021, RIGOL Academy offered 38 courses to help staff develop and grow. At the same time, RIGOL has been paying close attention to the development of Higher education in China, and has carried out extensive exchanges and cooperation with universities and colleges. In the past 12 months, RIGOL has successively carried out cooperation with many universities in the "Ministry of Education, Industry-University Cooperation and Education" project, promoting the construction of new engineering innovation system in universities and cultivating excellent talents for the test and measurement industry. -
Unicmicro(Guangzhou)Co.,Ltd
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UNICMICRO (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd. focuses on low-power IoT chips design, offering customers with low-power 8-bit MCU,32-bit MCU, Sub-GHz RF transceivers, PD SoC, and analog chips for IoT applications. At present, there are tens of millions of MCU shipped. UNICMICRO (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd.. is the chairman unit of ZETA China Alliance. ZETA technology is a LPWAN communication protocol with China's independent intellectual property rights. ZETA alliance is a cross industry alliance for LPWAN 2.0 Internet of things. At present, ZETA alliance has about 400 members in China, Japan and Southeast Asia, including mobile operators in China and Japan like China Tower, China Mobile, NTT DoCoMo, TDDI, members of ZETA alliance cover semiconductor, communication, industry, agriculture, electric power, logistics, real estate and other fields. Unicmicro cooperates with alliance members to promote the internationalization of ZETA technology. -
Quectel Wireless Solutions Co., Ltd.
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Quectel’s main business includes the design, research and development, production and sales of wireless communication modules and their solutions in the Internet of Things field. It can provide one-stop IoT solutions including wireless communication modules, antennas and IoT cloud platform management. The company's diverse products and its rich functions can meet the various needs of different smart terminal markets. Quectel's products can be widely used in intelligent transportation, smart energy, wireless payment, smart agriculture and environmental monitoring, smart city, wireless gateway, smart industry, smart life, medical health and smart safety and other fields. In 2021, the company achieved an operating income of 11.262 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 84.45%. As a technological innovation company, Quectel reserves and launches a variety of innovative products that meet market demand with high quality, complete portfolio and good service. In terms of 5G modules: In February 2021, Quectel took the lead in launching the second-generation 5GNR communication modules that comply with the 3GPP R16 requirements—Sub-6GHz modules Rx520F series, Rx520N series and millimeter wave (mmWave) modules RM530N, RG530F series. These modules feature ultra-reliability and low-latency, which further improves 5G service capabilities and efficiency, and can meet industry application scenarios that have higher requirements for enhanced mobile broadband and reliable communication capabilities, such as industrial Internet, fixed wireless access, mobile Computing, smart medical care, private network, etc. In terms of automotive modules: Quectel continues to provide a rich and powerful automotive product portfolio based on new technologies and new platforms. The newly launched LTE-A automotive grade module AG519M, and the AG56xN and AG57xQ modules supporting 5G NR and 5G NR+NR V2X, meets the needs of customers who are increasingly rich in the Internet of Vehicles ecology and balanced in the supply chain. Automotive-grade Wi-Fi 6 module AF50T and WiFi 6E AF68E support customers and cellular communication modules to form multiple access points in the car to meet the needs of private networks. AG800D and AG600K in-vehicle Android smart modules developed based on Qualcomm's high-performance chips have ultra-high video and AI processing capabilities, and are suitable for 360 surround view, OMS/DMS, AR navigation and other scenarios. Automotive-grade high-precision positioning GNSS module LG69T-AM, equipped with Point One positioning engine, uses RTK and SSR technology to achieve centimeter-level positioning, is well used in micro-transportation and other fields. In addition, in order to comply with the wave of AIoT intelligent application innovation, the company has also launched a series of module products that support AI algorithms. Among them, the new generation flagship SG865W-WF smart module has powerful performance and a comprehensive computing power of up to 15TOPS. The module can be used in computing-intensive IoT applications such as smart cameras, video collaboration and smart retail. Quectel attaches great importance to intellectual property protection, and has applied for and obtained intellectual property certification. As of the end of 2021, the company has obtained 209 authorized patents, 104 trademarks, and 189 software copyrights. In addition, as a member of China Communications Standards Association (CCSA), the company participated in the formulation of the 5G general module line standard, and as a member of 3GPP (an international standards organization that studies and formulates communication technical specifications), the company actively participated in the formulation of 3GPP international standards to promote the Internet of Things industry. -
Dosilicon Co., Ltd
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As a Fabless company, Dosilicon focuses on the design, production and sales of NAND Flash /NOR Flash /DRAM carrying independent intellectual property. Currently, Dosilicon is one of few memory companies who can provide NAND / NOR / DRAM design process and product scheme at the same time in China. Dosilicon's product line has been continuously enriched, the introduction of customers has been completed, and the products have been gradually in large quantities. Therefore, the sales scale has been expanded. At the same time, with the continuous recovery of the market and the rise of product prices, Dosilicon achieved an operating revenue of 1134.813 million yuan in 2021, an increase of 44.62% year-on-year With strong R & D capability and stable supply chain system, products have entered many well-known customers at home and abroad, and are widely used in 5G communication, IOT terminals, consumer electronics, industrial , automotive electronic products and other fields. With its outstanding performance, it has been certified by many well-known platform manufacturers. At the same time, it has entered the supply chain system of many well-known customers at home and abroad, and is widely used in terminal products such as communication equipment, security monitoring, wearable devices, mobile terminals, etc. At the same time, the company can provide customized design services and overall solutions forNAND, NOR, DRAM and other memory chips according to customers' specific needs, helping customers reduce product development time and cost and improve product development efficiency. In the process of customized design for customers, we constantly understand the functional requirements of the market for products, receive customers' feedback on terminal products, repeatedly verify and polish existing technologies, and establish a technology development cycle of "R & D - Transformation - innovation" to further enhance technical capabilities. As a leading memory chip design company in the mainland, Dosilicon continues to innovate and lead the memory chip industry in the mainland, focuses on domestic advanced processes, and has established a strategic cooperation relationship with SMIC, the largest wafer foundry in the mainland. The two sides have carried out in-depth technical cooperation for many years on the characteristic process platform of high reliability and low power memory chips, and developed a variety of standard processes involving flash memory chips. So the product yield and production efficiency of wafers have been improved. After the joint development of the first NAND flash process production line in the mainland, the NAND flash process has been promoted to 19nm, which also means that Dosilicon has accumulated experience and technical reserves to further advance to the 1x nm process, promote the further upgrading of the company's product process, and increase the product market competitiveness. Based on the successful development experience with various process platforms, and combined with the repeated debugging and optimization of market demand, Dosilicon has successively enriched the SLC NAND series product line, and achieved higher product performance in the continuous improvement and R & D. The first SLC NAND Flash successfully tape out on 19nm process technology line of SMIC in 2021. At the same time, the 24nm NAND and 48nm NOR designed, developed and mass produced by Dosilicon are currently the leading processes in the mainland, achieving a breakthrough in flash chip technology in the mainland. In addition, Dosilicon is also continuously increasing the development of vehicle specification level products. SLC NAND Flash are stable in terms of durability and data retention characteristics. Not only has the erasure times of a single chip exceeded 100000 times in the industrial temperature control standard, but also the data validity can be maintained for 10 years in the extreme environment of -40 ℃ to 105 ℃. The product reliability is gradually moving from the industrial standard to the vehicle specification level standard. Through continuous innovation, we constantly update iterative products, continue to miniaturize the process and improve the yield, lead the evolution of products from consumer and industrial level to vehicle specification level, and continue to lead the memory chip industry in the mainland. In 2021, Dosilicon made an initial public offering and was listed on the science and innovation board, simultaneously enhancing the influence of local brands, and maintaining the Performance Leadership and competitive advantage of existing products through continuous R & D innovation, process upgrading and performance iteration; Relying on the advantages of multiple storage products, we will increase the layout and development of emerging fields such as the Internet of things, intelligent hardware applications, automotive electronics, medical health, etc., improve the market share of the company's products, and simultaneously improve the ability of customized products and services; Insist on taking storage products as the core, expand intelligent extension and application-oriented, develop characteristic storage products, and improve profit space through differentiation; Continue to develop high-quality domestic customers and serve important customers in the industry, start to expand overseas markets in a planned and step-by-step manner, and improve the company's market position and influence in Europe and the United States. Dosilicon will always focus on its core advantages, combine internal and external resources, take independent innovation as the driving force, continuously improve its core technology, create a development path extending from multi category general-purpose products to characteristic products, improve its comprehensive competitiveness, and is determined to become a leading memory company serving customers all over the world. -
SmartSens Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
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SmartSens Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (Stock Code: 688213) is a high-performance CMOS image sensor (CIS) chip design company. It is headquartered in Shanghai and has research centers in many cities around the world. In May 2022, SmartSens was successfully listed on the SSE Science and Technology Board, and its market value exceeded 20 billion yuan. At present, SmartSens has gained “FIVE trophies” in global security CIS shipments and is at the forefront of the emerging machine vision sector, as well as developing business in the emerging automotive electronics and smartphone sectors, with applications all over the world. SmartSens has maintained a high level of technological innovation and has introduced several cutting-edge core imaging technologies for four major applications. SmartSens’ proprietary SFCPixel® technology, NIR+ technology, low noise reading circuit design, dark current optimization technology for high temperature scenarios, several professional HDR technologies, LFS technology and PixGain technology are widely used in many of its products. SmartSens is committed to continuous innovation of products and fueling growth in numerous industries by delivering a more comprehensive portfolio of image sensors. In the past 12 months, SmartSens has achieved comprehensive expansion in four application areas: smart security, automotive, machine vision and smartphones, launching several innovative CIS based on customers' core needs. In the field of smart security, SmartSens launched several new products in the Advanced Imaging (AI) series focusing on new security applications, including the 8 MP SC830AI and 3 new products in the upgraded version of 4MP series. That completes a full line of AI product upgrades covering mainstream 2MP to 8MP imaging solutions. At the same time, for ultra-low light scenarios, SmartSens launched its first Stack Rolling Shutter 8MP CMOS image sensor SC850SL, which is equipped with SmartSens’ second-generation NIR+ technology, rendering clear, visible-like HD images even in environments with only weak starlight. In the field of automotive electronics, SmartSens has launched several new high-performance CIS products for three major automotive types: viewing, sensing and in-cabin. Among them, the latest SC220AT combines the four major performance advantages of on-chip ISP, high sensitivity, high dynamic range and excellent LED flicker suppression (LFS) performance and meets the requirements of AEC-Q100 Grade 2 and ASIL-B functional safety, with excellent imaging performance. So far, SmartSens has launched six high-performance CIS covering 1MP~8MP automotive imaging solutions and has started the R&D planning for the second and third generation of automotive products, which will further lay out the smart automotive on all fronts. In the field of machine vision, as applications such as obstacle avoidance systems and optical flow ranging are directly related to the safety of drone flight, these applications have extremely high requirements on the imaging performance of CIS. With the launch of SmartGS®-2 technology, which is suitable for machine vision applications with fast moving object scenarios, SmartSens has further opened up the drone machine vision market. Currently, SmartSens has become one of DJI's key suppliers, and its CIS products have been adopted by the full range of new DJI models (including the newly launched Marvic 3, Air 2S and Mini3 Pro this year), being used in obstacle avoidance systems, optical flow and gesture recognition applications. Finally, in the smartphone segment, after the successful mass production of its first 1.0μm pixel size product, the SC1600CS, SmartSens has created a milestone - SmartSens' first 50MP ultra-high resolution 1.0μm pixel size image sensor, the SC550XS, which uses the advanced 22nm HKMG Stack process, equipped with many of SmartSens’ cutting-edge imaging technologies, AllPix ADAF® technology to achieve 100% all pixel all direction auto focus coverage, equipped with MIPI C-PHY 3.0Gsps high-speed data transmission interface, to meet the flagship smartphone main camera imaging performance requirements. In addition, in the past 12 months, SmartSens has won many national and international awards, including: CCIDnet | 16th "China Core" Excellent Technological Innovation Product Award, CPSE | 18th CPSE Security Expo Golden Tripod Award, a&s | 2021 Global Security Top 50, ASPENCORE | EE Times - China IC Design Achievement Award for China Innovative IC Design Company of the Year, etc. -
2Pai Semiconductor Co.,Limited.
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Founded in 2017, 2Pai Semi has become the leader in digital isolation. The main products of the company are 3kV and 5KV standard digital isolators, digital optocouplers, single channel isolated gate drivers, dual channel isolated gate drivers, non-isolated high voltage half-bridge gate drivers and opto-compatible solid state relays, etc. These products are widely used in industrial control, photovoltaic, electricity meters and new energy electric vehicles and so on. All these products have won consistent praise from customers. The annual shipments are tens of millions of products, and sales shall be more than 100 million YUAN this year. The company also pays great attention to talent team building. Graduate students account for 44%, and R&D colleagues account for more than 50% in the company. 2Pai Semi adheres to the two-legged mode of direct supply and agent supply in the terms of business. While strengthening close cooperation with important customers, the company expands sales channels and increases the number of customers. In addition, the company has also carried out in-depth cooperation with some important customers, such as developing customized products together, binding fabs and packing plants together to ensure stable supply. All these measures have greatly improved the research and development capacity. 2Pai Semi adheres to the vision and concept of "creating new value with IC", and strives to provide high-performance, cost-effective analog integrated chips that bring value to customers. The company attaches great importance to scientific and technological innovation. Up to now, it has 22 domestic and 11 international invention patents. In the past two years, the company has raised great reputation as it won the honors of Shanghai Patent Pilot Enterprise and KPMG China "IC Technology" Emerging Enterprises 50 list. 2Pai Semi is leading digital isolator technology in the world, with complete independent intellectual property rights. There is no intellectual property conflict with any company or individual in the world. At present, the digital isolator π 1XXX & π 2XXX series products have been on the market, which have excellent comprehensive performance and fill the blank in the field of digital isolator in China, and greatly expand the application range of digital isolators. The single-channel and dual-channel isolated gate drivers are in mass production recently. And these two devices are very popular as they have won a large number of orders in OBC application for new energy vehicles, providing a favorable solution for the replacement of domestic ICs. Opto-compatible solid-state relay is the first semiconductor enterprise in China to produce products based on digital isolation technology. The performance is much better than PhotoMOS devices. It broke the monopoly of American and Japanese enterprises in PhotoMOS for vehicles. -
Shenzhen Thinkplus Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
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Shenzhen Thinkplus Semiconductor Co., Ltd.,founded in 2011, is leading enterprises of power management chip in TWS field which is a national high-tech firm.We focuse on the design of POWER+ power management system chips for battery applications, and is committed to providing leading battery management system level chips and solutions for smart wear, consumer electronics, industry, energy storage systems, new energy vehicles and other fields. Its main products include TWS headset power management chips, mobile power SoC chips, lithium battery charging chips, power management pmics, wireless charging chips, etc. In recent years, the market share of our products in the SoC chip market of TWS Bluetooth headset charging bin ranks first in China, with more than 700 million pieces sold. We have won the 2022 China IC Top 'New Company of the Year Award', the 2021 6th China IoT Innovation Award and so on. Our customers include Xiaomi, OPPO, vivo, OnePlus, realme, Transsion, MEIZU, 1MORE, Baidu, NetEase, Rambler, JBL, Harman, Lenovo and other well-known domestic and foreign brands. Our products have served hundreds of millions of consumers around the world. Our headquarters is located in Shenzhen, and we have set up R&D centers in Shanghai, Chengdu and Zhuhai. The R&D staff of our company accounts for about 62%. In our company, the employees with master's degree or above account for more than 50%. At the same time, among our employees, some of them graduated from famous universities such as Hong Kong University of science and technology, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Huazhong University of science and technology, University of Electronic Science and technology, Xi'an University of Electronic Science and technology. Up to now, we have applied for, obtained more than 130+ IP rights. In the past year, Shenzhen Thinkplus Semiconductor Co., Ltd. has won such honors as 'The Best New Company of the Year' from China Semiconductor Investment Alliance, The 6th China IoT Innovation Awards in 2021', 'Core Partner of Anker Innovations' ,'AIoT Excellence Award', etc, which mean that the industry, medias and partners have fully recognized Thinkplus Semiconductor's achievements and contributions to the chip field. In the meanwhile, Thinkplus Semiconductor as a national high-tech enterprise, is continuously increasing research and development investment, actively cultivating industry talents, committed to product innovation and other measures, and many chip enterprises to work together to promote the vigorous development of 'China chip'. -
Zhuhai Jieli Technology Co.,Ltd
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Jieli Technology was established in August 2010. It is the world's leading system-on-chip (SoC) design enterprise for smart RF product and smart multimedia product. The company's chip sales have exceeded 8 billion pieces, forming a strong brand influence, and it is one of the main suppliers of Bluetooth audio SoC chips in the world. The company's products are mainly used in IoT smart devices such as AI smart speakers, Bluetooth speakers, Bluetooth headsets, smart voice toys, HD recorders, smart video surveillance, health care, education counseling, etc; covered huge amount of application types and market. Jieli R&D team has the advantages of being close to the market and rapid R&D. After more than 10 years of technology and market accumulation, it has a complete set of design platforms and software protocols for RF, video, audio, medical and health, IoT and generic MCUs. In addition, chip products have a strong competitive advantage in the industry. Jieli Technology products have the characteristics of high integration, high performance, high-cost-performance, multi-function. Jieli Technology will take advantage of existing industry experience, research and development, products, services, location and other advantages, with the Internet of Things, Internet of Vehicles, artificial intelligence Cultivation and development of emerging industries such as Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, smart video surveillance, IoT, AI and neural network pattern recognition and other market fields and realize the vision of "becoming a world-class integrated circuit design enterprise". Jieli Technology is the world's leading system-on-chip (SoC) design company for RF smart products and multimedia smart products. The company's chip sales have exceeded 8 billion, forming a strong brand influence, and it is one of the main suppliers of Bluetooth audio SoC chips in the world. Under the background of foreign sanctions on China's IC technology, the localization of some company’s clients has been effectively realized; helps the company won multiple national and global awards. The company proactively grasps the development direction of the international and domestic IC design industry, builds an IC design research center, and builds a first-class R&D platform. Further improve the technical level of the core products of RF smart terminal chips and multimedia smart terminal chips, strengthen the technical research on RF technology, digital-analog hybrid integrated circuit design technology, software and hardware collaboration technology, etc., to maintain the company's core competitiveness. The company adheres to independent research and development, appropriately purchases advanced equipment and technology license authorization, strengthens research on advanced technology levels, realizes the extension and expansion of existing technologies, the research and development and application of new technologies, and actively and steadily sets foot in new technologies and product fields. The company pays caution to the layout and protection of intellectual property rights, has always adhered to the independent research and development mode, and has formed a system with independent intellectual property rights and core technology. By the end of June 2022, a total of more than 400 intellectual property rights of various types have been obtained. Through continuous technological innovation and technology accumulation, the core technology and intellectual property system have been established, and certain intellectual property barriers have been established. -
JLQ Technology Co., Ltd.
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As a leading integrated circuit design enterprise in China, JLQ Technology Co., Ltd.(JLQ Technology) is committed to building an intelligent world of mobile Internet with innovative chip design capabilities. Its business focuses on the two core areas, i.e., mobile communication and smart Internet of things, aiming to provide customers and partners with high-performance chip products, targeted industry solutions and high-quality technical services. JLQ Technology has excellent capability and profound technology foundation in R & D, engineering and applications of chip technology. Its chips and technology applications have been applied in various products such as smart phones, mobile PC, smart vision and smart travel. Guided by value innovation, the company will cooperate with its partners to create an open and win-win ecosystem and promote technology progress and industry development of China's integrated circuit. JLQ announced the launch of the 4G smartphone ICs platform JR510 in June 2022. This ICs platform is mainly for the field of mobile communication, and it is the second heavyweight ICs platform launched by JLQ after its establishment. Based on the octa-core architecture, the JR510 has balanced performance and power consumption, and has powerful image and AI processing performance, which can meet the diverse application needs of the mobile era and empower mobile intelligent terminal products to benefit more users and scenarios. At present, JLQ JR510 has entered the stage of mass production and has been adopted by Xiaomi's brand POCO C40. The successful launch of the JR510 ICs platform and the ability to face the market in a short period of time, obtain the adoption of the industry’s leading customers and enter the stage of large-scale mass production, is a very challenging project. This means that JLQ has accumulated depth and breadth in its long-term cultivation, and has a strong scientific research strength from the technical end to the product end.With its excellent performance, the JLQ JR510 4G smartphone ICs platform will bring a better mobile communication experience to consumers around the world, and also bring more choices of chip solutions to the industry, adding vitality to the industry and creating new value. -
Shenzhen Reexen Technology Limited Company
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Shenzhen Reexen Technology Limited Company, founded in 2018, is committed to the design of high-performance mixed-signal chips. It is a global leader in the field of new sensor-memory-computing integrated architecture technology. It has received investment and funding of hundreds of millions of yuan from the Chinese and European governments. The existing team has nearly 100 people, including 7 young scientists (Shenzhen Peacock Talent Team) and more than 70% of the chip R&D team. Other core members have worked in Tl, ADI, HiSilicon, IMEC, Qualcomm, STMicroelectronics, Realtek, etc. A well-known semiconductor company with 10 to 25 years of experience in chip design and development, computing architecture and deep learning. Reexen's spatiotemporal processing chip based on digital-analog hybrid SRAM memory and computing (CIM) technology came into being. Reexen's SRAM-based CIM processor is 5-10 times more energy efficient than traditional digital NPUs. Through the circuit micro-architecture design of the memory-computing array and the high-energy-efficiency and high-precision ADC design, each bit of digital input and analog signal can achieve 1-to-1 accuracy; and the SRAM computing unit has the advantages of easy process iteration, fast operation speed, and high computational efficiency. The advantages of high precision. The architecture based on spatiotemporal multi-domain redefinition enables the chip to handle tasks such as dynamic camera (DVS) asynchronous event streaming, ultra-wide-domain audio, sensor time-series signal conditioning and fusion tasks, taking into account traditional vision and depth, angular, velocity/optical flow Field, and dToF/FMCW lidar point cloud and other spatial information processing functions, truly realize multi-modal signal processing and efficient neural network operation in one chip. Therefore, the integrated space-time processing chip of Reexen has well solved the intelligent application requirements of human-computer interaction systems under the current ultra-low power consumption requirements such as XR SLAM, and is a product with the significance of the times. -
RiVAI
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RiVAI Technologies (Shenzhen) Co. Ltd., established in 2018, is a chip design company that provides RISC-V-based core processors for mid-to-high end markets. The company has its origins in the UC Berkeley RISC-V project, with its founder and CEO coming from the original RISC-V team. The management team consists of professionals with strong academic and R&D experiences in RISC-V and AI chips. RiVAI’s key product is a high-performance and low power-consumption processor IP. The company provides customized DSA processors and customized chip solutions for the high-end applications needed in industries, such as auto drive, data center, servers, cloud book, audio electronics, wearable devices, and smart security systems. Since its establishment, RiVAI has been endorsed by top investment institutions, and its customers include many well-known domestic and foreign companies. In 2021, RiVAI completed the A+ round of financing, led by ByteDance and Hillhouse Venture, and followed by Lenovo Capital and Incubator Group, Wu Capital, Waterwood Investment Holdings Limited, ZhenFund, and so on. Previous shareholders such as Northern Light Venture Capital and Baidu Ventures continued to increase their stakes. Headquartered in Shenzhen (China), RiVAI also has offices in Chengdu (China) and Silicon Valley (U.S.). RISC-V, as an emerging open ISA, provides an opportunity to develop made-in-China chips which improves regional supply chain security, especially in a deglobalized era. Dr. Tan, the president and the CEO of RiVAI, has actively participated in the creation, development, verification, and promotion of RISC-V. As the first Chinese scientist with extensive knowledge of RISC-V, he has leveraged his knowledge to lead early development efforts in China. Currently, over 85% of RiVAI’s employees are R&D engineers with many years of chip design experience. Many received their education from the world’s top universities such as Berkeley, Stanford, and Carnegie Mellon. RiVAI announced its RISC-V-based high-performance vector processors on June 20th 2022, with its first implementation designed for the smart video and audio industry. In addition to its technological capabilities, RiVAI has strong academic and industry network with the world’s top universities, semiconductor and tech giant companies, and RISC-V International. Achieving high-end CPU’s technological independence is highly desirable to China’s chip industry but the complete independence must be achieved from bottom up, leaving RISC-V the only viable pathway. Being the only China’s R&D team that is led by the co-developer of RISC-V, RiVAI will be the leader of this technology revolution. Talent supply in China’s semiconductor industry is severely short of its demand which directly slows down the technology development and innovations in the industry. RiVAI enjoys academic and industry resources from many world-class universities, semiconductor and tech giant companies, and RISC-V International. It actively collaborates with the RISC-V International Open-source Laboratory at TBSI, to produce R&D talents in the field. Since its foundation, RiVAI has attracted many tech industry professionals from Silicon Valley and master and Ph.D graduates of top university across the world to join its team, continuously bringing in the most front-end technologies, theories, skills, and knowledge in CPU instruction set architecture, SoC chip design, verification, tape-out, silicon photonics, and software algorithms. RiVAI is building an international team, consisting of senior RISC-V engineers and managers. With its distinctive advantages in RISC-V technologies and professional background, RiVAI is confident and determined to lead the construction of China’s RISC-V ecosystem and the development of China’s chip design technology. -
Black Sesame Technologies
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Black Sesame Technologies is a world-leading company in image processing, perception algorithm, and SoC design for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems and autonomous driving solutions. Founded in 2016, Black Sesame Technologies have released two generations of chip products: Huashan No. 1——A500, and Huashan No. 2——A1000/A1000 L/ A1000 Pro. The computing power of the A1000 Pro reaches up to 196 TOPS. Huashan Chips can support L2+ to L4 automated driving. Our chip products and solutions are integrated into automakers and Tier1 companies: China FAW, SAIC, Bosch, and more. Black Sesame has over 800 employees worldwide who have more than 15 years of experience and expertise in image processing, vision algorithms, chip design, and automotive-grade product & application development. BST launched the HanHai Autonomous Driving Middleware Platfinm at May 2022. Based the on HuaShan series embedded system development platform, it includes development toolkits like Target(SoC) SDK, X86(Host) SDK、Target(MCU) SDK, which perfectly support the development of vehicle-side, road-side, other intelligent driving, and V2X scenarios. With the high performance of HuaShan series chips, the key modules of the autonomous driving system and other basic software components are packaged into open APIs, allowing users to access and use the processing capabilities of the Huashan series chips quickly and easily. It also assists developers in agile development and deploying solutions of autonomous driving. -
WeEn Semiconductors Co., Ltd
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WeEn’s global footprint has an operational headquarters in Shanghai and wholly owned subsidiaries and centers in Jilin & Hongkong, north east China (Front-End Fabrication) Shanghai and Manchester, UK (Research & Development) , Dongguan(Warehouse and Distribution), and cities throughout the world (Sales Offices and Customer Service Access). With global sales offices in 12 countries and regions in Greater China, Europe, Asia Pacific and America, we can provide timely and efficient professional service and support to customers. Since span off from NXP in 2015Y, the company operation is very well and keeps quick growth. By increasing the investment in power semiconductors, WeEn has expanded the capacity and released more new products to meet the demand of customers and market. With a heritage of over 50 years in semiconductor development and manufacturing, WeEn as a key player has focused on developing a wide and deep portfolio of industry-leading power products including Silicon Carbide Power Devices, Silicon Controlled Rectifiers and Triacs, standard and fast recovery Power Diodes , TVS and ESD protection Devices and IGBTs and modules. All these products are widely used in the markets for telecommunications, computers, consumer electronics, intelligent home appliances, lighting, automotive and power management applications. Based on recent reports published by Omdia, WeEn has ranked the second place in the global market share of Thyristors and Number One in China. In the market segment of silicon carbide rectifiers, WeEn also ranked the fifth place in the world and first place in China. "Efficient, reliable, and innovation" has always been the principle of WeEn and our vision is to become the leading China-based global power semiconductor supplier and seeks to help our customers achieve improved cost and production efficiency and contribute to the development of global intelligent manufacturing. In the past year, WeEn Semiconductor has been deeply engaged in the field of power semiconductor. While consolidating the existing market, WeEn has also maintained high R&D investment to launch new products. WeEn has successively released the G4 Fast Recovery Diodes and G5 Soft Recovery Diodes and gradually enriched the product layout on the new platform. In particular, the G5 diode is match with the application of high-frequency market trend and can improve the system EMI. At the same time, WeEn is also further developing the sixth generation diode platform, which can be better used in modules with IGBT, as well as in frequency converters, solar inverters and other applications. Overvoltage clamp Thyristor (ACT/ACTT series) released by WeEn adopts the latest generation of planar passivation process and has the function of overvoltage clamp protection. Compared with traditional Thyristor, ACT/ACTT products have stronger voltage transient processing ability, better device high temperature performance and higher stability and reliability. As an international semiconductor company, WeEn always aims to lead the newest technology development of Silicon Carbide. Based on the 3rd generation technology, WeEn developed the newest 1200V SiC MOSFET which exhibit 40% smaller cell pitch than other products in the market, the specific on-resistance is lower than 3.0 mOhm.cm2, the maximum junction temperature could reach 200℃,which is very competitive in the electric vehicle and photovoltaic applications. Since the outbreak of Coronavirus, the entire semiconductor industry's supply chain has been greatly affected, while at the same time, a lot of opportunities have emerged. In the field of Thyristors and fast recovery diode replacement, with excellent product quality and performance as well as good supply chain management, WeEn has won a lot of opportunities to replace the international well-known brands at home and abroad. At the same time, WeEn Semiconductor follows the idea that “base in China, serve the Global” , and has joined many global electronic exhibition, such as the PCIM Europe, Electronica India and Electronica Shanghai to bring the information about the latest product and industry market trend, showing very good performance on the international stage. In the past year, WeEn has held and participated in several important industry seminars, published technical articles on professional industry media, which deepened the communication with engineers and work together on the continuous development of the global electronics industry. -
Semiment Technology Co.,Ltd
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Established in 2011, Semiment Technology (Shanghai) is head-quartered in Lingang Special Area, Shanghai, and has R & D and sales centers in Shanghai Caohejing Development Zone, Xi'an and Shenzhen. Semiment is one of the earliest integrated circuit (IC) design companies in China for automotive and industrial applications. Company is committed to providing customers with automotive qualified IC solutions. Its main products include sensor ICs, power drive ICs, isolation interface ICs and other high-performance mixed-signal ICs, which are widely used in automotive, industrial, IoT and other fields. In 2021, NXP and Infineon as ABS wheel speed sensor suppliers in the automotive industry encountered serious shortage to China auto OEM, with increasing pricing. ABS wheel speed sensor is a mandatory component for vehicle, and each generally requires 4 modules/chips. The shortage affected the production of the whole vehicle. Semiment's SC9641/SC9642, self-innovated and AECQ100 certified, with strict auto-level control procedures and domestic & controllable supply chain to meet demands from Auto OEMs regarding performance, safety, supply, and cost. The domestic replacement of the wheel speed sensor chip partially solves the problem of “KaBoZi” project. In 2021, Semiment already engaged and supported most Tier1/Tier2 of ABS wheel speed sensor. Based on 4ea per vehicle, Semiment already deployed ABS speed sensor IC on more than 6 million vehicles, and the growth rate will exceed 50% in 22 years. In 2022, the delivery time of Allegro/Melexis ‘s LT extends to 52 weeks especially for auto position sensor IC. Semiment SC244X series products can meet the application of car seat motor, window sunroof motor, tailgate motor, thermal management pump/valve and other applications. Those products alleviate shortage of foreign brands and won many projects and shipped huge quantities. At the same time, Semiment is penetrating into power supply, driver, isolation and interface products in the high-end analog Automotive IC segment, and continuously supports domestic substitution. -
RoboSense
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RoboSense (Suteng Innovation Technology Co., Ltd.) is a world-leading provider of Smart LiDAR Sensor Systems. With a complete portfolio of LiDAR sensors, AI perception and IC chipsets, RoboSense transforms conventional 3D LiDAR sensors with comprehensive data analysis and interpretation systems. Its mission is to innovate outstanding hardware and AI capabilities to create smart solutions that enable robots, including autonomous vehicles, to have perception capabilities superior to humans. RoboSense deploys globally with talent from top global companies and scientific research institutions, empowering the team’s innovation capabilities. As of 2021, RoboSense owns more than 700 patents globally. Its leading products are built on its multi-disciplinary strengths in technology across diverse level of the business. With a market-oriented strategy, RoboSense provides customers with various Smart LiDAR perception system solutions, including MEMS LiDAR, mechanical LiDAR, fusion hardware, and perception software. RoboSense’s portfolio has been globally recognized with the AutoSens Awards, Audi Innovation Lab Champion and CES Innovation Award, signaling its market success. To date, RoboSense LiDAR systems have been widely applied to future mobility solutions, including autonomous driving passenger cars, commercial vehicles, automated logistics vehicles, robots, the company’s own Robotaxi, Robotruck, Robobus, as well as new smart transportation infrastructures. Among them, the pre-installed mass production projects cover supercars, coupes, and SUVs, heavy-duty trucks and other types of vehicles. Since the traditional mechanical lidar system did not consider the mass production requirements of vehicle specifications at the beginning of its design, it is limited by factors such as complex structure, difficult assembly, large number of components, and high cost. high-speed, low-cost and other vehicle-mounted mass production requirements. By 2020, the new energy vehicle industry has gradually begun to seek automotive-grade high-performance lidars to upgrade advanced assisted driving systems. RoboSense began to deploy at the end of 2016. After more than 5 years of R&D iterations, it developed a new generation of MEMS LiDAR technology platform, and launched a second-generation MEMS LiDAR based on this platform. The generation of smart solid-state LiDAR RS-LiDAR-M1. In 2021, M1 will enter the stage of mass production of vehicle specifications, and in 2022, M1 started to mass production. In March 2021, RoboSense completed the first automotive-grade solid-state LiDAR production line in China; in June, RoboSense achieved the first vehicle-grade mass production SOP of the second-generation smart solid-state LiDAR RS-LiDAR-M1, delivering luxury new energy in North America Lucid Motors, started the "Era of mass production of LiDAR". In September 2021, Yole Développement, a world-renowned semiconductor research and consulting company, released the annual "Lidar for Automotive and Industrial Applications" industry research report, stating that RoboSense design wins accounted for 10% of the global market, ranking first in China, 2nd in the worldwide. At the same time, RS-LiDAR-M1 won the PACE Awards from Automotive News. RoboSense always adheres to clients’ needs as the first rule, constantly breaks through the technical limits, continues to expand the innovation frontier of the LiDAR industry, and continues to empower autonomous driving industry partners with products that are closer to the market, more innovative technology, and more extreme performance , strive to promote the comprehensive commercialization of autonomous driving technology, and join hands to create a smart era empowered by autonomous driving technology. -
BIWIN STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
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Founded in 2010, BIWIN Storage Technology Company Limited (hereinafter referred to as "BIWIN") is a storage product manufacturer focusing on IC packaging and testing. Recognized as the National High-Tech Enterprises, National Specialized And New "Little Giants", BIWIN has received the strategic investment in the 2nd Phase of the National Fund. Being locally dedicated with international scale, BIWIN integrates storage media characteristic analysis, firmware algorithm development, memory design and simulation, packaging and testing, test equipment development and algorithm development, brand operation, etc., thus building a partially integrated business model. The company's memory products are widely used in smart mobile terminals, PCs, industrial terminals, data centers, smart cars, mobile storage and other information technology fields, making itself a leading actor in being a part of the global TOP-level brand supply chain. Credited with excellent overall competitiveness, the company has won the titles of "National Specialized and New "Little Giants", "National High-Tech Enterprises", "Top Ten Best Chinese Chip Manufacturers", "Guangdong Complex Memory Chip R&D, Packaging and Testing Engineering Technology Research Center", "2018 Provincial Key IC Projects in Guandong", "Shenzhen Well-known Brand", "AEO Advanced Authorized Enterprises". And BIWIN’s products have been awarded as "The Best Memory of 2021 China IC Design Achievement Award" and "AspenCore World Electronics Achievement Awards". BIWIN continues to improve product development and semiconductor packaging process, being an active part in the formulation of relevant standards in the domestic memory field. We actively contribute to the formulation of product specifications and test standards initiated by ITMA, and make forward-looking suggestions on the specifications for next-generation products. Also, the company established a NM card test laboratory for setting testing standard and developing testing samples in the product certification, entering the first batch of qualified test laboratory with certification. In the development of the packaging process for memory chip products, BIWIN has been working to improve its process capabilities and has provided corresponding solutions for the multi-layer stacking technology of the new-gen LPDDR5 chips and the automated test technology of high-speed chips. In response to the relative backwardness in the field of server storage products, the company has developed server system SSDs fabricated with homemade electronics, being on a par with international competitive products in terms of technical specifications and compatible with mainstream enterprise operating systems. -
C&B ELECTRONICS (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.
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In 2016, C&B Eureka established a high-end resistor brand whose name is called "RESI", inlcuding high precision resistor, current sensing resisitor, shunt, high voltage resistor, power resistor, AEC-Q200 qualified resistor, ignition resistor, current sensing module and etc. In 2018, the Changsha RESI Electronics Technology CO., LTD. subsidiary is established, with AEC-Q200 laboratory in it, it is regarded as the R & D and production base of C&B corp. In 2021, Suzhou RESI Smart Factory started operation, which greatly increased the production capacity of RESI resistors; in the same year, C&B Advanced Measurement Center(AMC) was also established, focusing on the production of current detection module products, provide domestic and foreign customers new precision current sensing solution. Now these modules have been favored by many new famous EV companies in China. At the end of 2021, C&B Electronics has completed the acquisition of two companies, Guilin Strong and Shanghai Tongli Alloy Co., Ltd.,and realized the whole industry chain layout in which alloy raw material, electron beam welding, automated production, testing and inspection are fully autonomous and controllable. And now C&B corp has become a high-tech company with strong core technology and industrial advantages. Since the central government redefined the concept of new infrastructure at the end of 2018, China's 5G, artificial intelligence, industrial Internet and Internet of Things industries have flourished and even reached a world-leading level in some areas. However, with the rise of unilateral trade protectionism and increased uncertainty in the international political and economic environment, China's current situation of being constrained in high-tech manufacturing has become more prominent. At present the best resistors almost from Japan, Europe and the United States of America companies, the domestic production is mostly low-end products, in the process, materials, quality control is relatively weak.The future world is an electronic world, the domestic electronics industry from consumer electronics to upgrade to automotive electronics, medical electronics, aerospace and other high-end fields is inevitable, high-end resistors are essential to high-end manufacturing of basic materials. As the Western countries' blockade of China's high-end component manufacturing intensifies, supply chain security has become an enduring topic. How to ensure the security of the supply chain so that Chinese high-end manufacturing companies will not stop production or disconnect due to lack of materials? C&B Electronics, as a high-end electronic component manufacturer, completed the acquisition of a key upstream and downstream process manufacturer of alloy current detecting resistors in late 2021.Separately,they are Guilin Strong and Shanghai Tongli Alloy Co., Ltd.,and the new 15,000 sq. ft. intelligent manufacturing plant in Suzhou has been opened to ensure that these products, from raw materials to core manufacturing equipment, from R&D to production testing, from technical support to professional sales, are all done within the Group, which has greatly improved product quality, delivery timeliness and service professionalism.The direction of the world is precision measurement and control, and high precision low temperature floating flow detection resistors are the 'cement and sand' to build the new world. C&B Electronics always upholds the philosophy of down-to-earth, innovative and customer-oriented, and strives towards the goal of leading the world and contributing to the Chinese electronics industry in a small way. -
Chipone Technology(Beijing) Co.,Ltd.
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Chipone Technology (Beijing)Co., Ltd.. is the world's leading provider of overall display control chip solutions, with the most complete display chip solutions in China, and the only chip design company with both LCD/OLED panel display and LED display strategies, including drivers , Touch, fingerprint recognition, timing control, power management, etc. As at 31 December 2021, the Company has accumulated a rich reserve of core technologies and owns 423 overseas patents (including 399 invention patents), 365 domestic patents (including 189 invention patents), 36 exclusive rights for integrated circuit layout designs, 10 software copyrights, participated in the formulation of 8 national standards, and has independently undertaken or participated in many major national research projects, including 863 projects of the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China, national science and technology major special projects, and national key R&D projects. The company has been recognized as a high-tech enterprise, set up a "post-doctoral research station", and won the "Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People’s Republic of China Manufacturing Single Champion Demonstration Enterprise (2020-2022)", "Beijing Science and Technology Award", "Beijing Invention Patent Award", "Beijing Enterprise Technology Center", "Beijing High-precision Industrial Design Center", " Beijing Zhuan jing te xin Little Giant Enterprise“ (means Professionalism, refinement, distinctiveness and novelty)" and many other awards and honors. Chipone has been ranked as the number one global or mainland Chinese manufacturer in several segments of display chips. In the field of panel display driver chips, according to Omdia 2021, the company ranked No. 1 in the market share of global smartphone LCD driver chips and smartphone LCD TDDI chips in the world, and ranked No. 2 in the market share of global large-size LCD panel display driver chips in the world. In the field of power management chips, according to Cinno Research 2021, the Company ranked No. 1 in the market share of display panel power management chips in mainland China In the field of LED display driver chips, according to TrendForce, the Company will continue to rank No. 1 in the global market share of LED display driver chips in 2019, 2020 and 2021. -
Zhuhai iSmartWare Technology Co., Ltd.
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Zhuhai iSmartWare Technology Co., Ltd. was established at the end of 2014. Its headquarter located at Zhuhai, Guangdong. It has branches in Shenzhen, Shanghai, Chengdu. iSmartWare Technology is a digital-analog hybrid chip design enterprise focusing on the field of power management chips, and its main business is the research and development, design and sales of power management chips. iSmartWare Technology has been deeply involved in digital-analog hybrid chips for many years, and its products are widely used in power bank, car charger, GaN charger, outdoor energy storage power supply, intelligent plug and other equipment. iSmart has exclusive patents in fast charging, wireless charging, low-power and high-efficiency power management IC domain. Our fast charge products rank among the top market shares in consumer electronics and 3C accessories. Our customers include Huawei, OPPO, Lenovo, Bull, ANKER, ASUS and other top brands. Our product concept is “Intelligence, Innovation and Integration”, we will continuously provide first-class quality and superior smart chip products and solutions to our customers. Our corporate vision is to develop into a top national IC company. -
Andes Technology
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Primary Product and Services Seventeen years in business and a Founding Premier member of RISC-V International, Andes Technolgoy is a leading supplier of high-performance/low-power 32/64-bit embedded processor IP solutions, and the driving force in taking RISC-V mainstream. Andes’ fifth-generation AndeStar™ V5 architecture adopted the RISC-V as the base. Its V5 RISC-V CPU families range from tiny 32-bit cores to advanced 64-bit cores with DSP, FPU, Vector, Linux, superscalar, and/or multicore capabilities. Overall Operations and Achievements Andes achieved record high annual revenue of NT$819 million in 2021, which represents 41 percent year-over-year growth. The fourth quarter revenue hit record high of NT$269million. Annual shipment of SoCs embedded with Andes CPU cores reached 3 billion in 2021 which represents over 50 percent year-over-year growth. Since inception, the cumulative shipments surpassed a remarkable record of 10 billion. As of 2021, the cumulative number of IP license contracts exceeded 370. Design wins included many leading companies, such as MediaTek, Renesas, SK Telecom, EdgeQ, HPMicro, Kneron and many others. The applications of Andes’ licensees are diversified. The top five customer applications are AI, Touch Panel, Wireless/IoT, MCU and 5G in 2021. More than 500 ecosystem partners. Andes issued its overseas Global Depositary Receipt (GDR) on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange, making Andes the only international public RISC-V CPU IP supplier. Andes won “Featured IoT Cybersecurity Chip Supplier” of 2021 EE Awards Asia hosted by EE Times and EDN. Its vector processor IP NX27V also won “Best EDA/IP of the Year” in the product category. Frankwell Lin, Chairman and CEO, was awarded “Outstanding Manager Award” by Professional Management Association of Hsinchu, Taiwan. Dr. Charlie Su, President and CTO, won RISC-V Technical Contributor Award in recognition of his contribution as Vice Chair of the RISC-V International Technical Steering Committee. Focus on CPU IP The strategic technology of CPU IP is indispensable in SoC design. Andes Technology has been devoted to developing CPU IP technology for over 17 years and it is one of the few companies in the world that provides commercial CPU IP and has customers producing high-volume SoC constantly. The annual shipment of SoCs embedded with Andes CPU cores surpassed 3 billion in 2021 and the cumulative shipments hit the milestone of more than 10 billion. Andes keeps driving innovation and launches comprehensive RISC-V CPU IP series, including entry-level 32-bit N22, mid-range N25F/D25F/A25/A27 and 64-bit NX25F/AX25/AX27 and multicore A(X)25MP, vector processor NX27V and the latest superscalar 45-series with 32-bit N45/D45/A45, 64-bit NX45/AX45, and multicore A45MP and AX45MP. Its world-leading RISC-V processor cores with DSP instruction set and vector extension become the best solutions for emerging applications such as 5G, AI/ML, ADAS, AR/VR, blockchain, cloud computing, data center, IoT, storage, security and wireless devices. Active Role in Promoting RISC-V Andes is the Founding Premier Member of RISC-V International Association. Frankwell Lin, CEO of Andes, is the Board Director of RISC-V International. Charlie Su, President and CTO of Andes, was Vice Chair of RISC-V International Technical Steering Committee in 2021. Every year Andes hosts events including RISC-V CON in Taiwan, China and the US as well as over 30 Chinese and English webinars which attracts audience around the world with more than 10 thousand views online. Andes also participates major industry exhibitions, such as Embedded World, DAC, TSMC Symposium and promotes them through social channels to increase awareness of RISC-V. Certification Test Andes Certified Engineer Test (ACET™) Program, hosted by Andes since 2013, issues nearly 200 certificates to engineers who pass the test every year as a reference of recommendation for recruitment in the industry. Emphasis on Corporate Responsibility and Industry–Academia Collaboration With emphasis of corporate responsibility and sustainable values, Andes has devoted itself to developing low power/high performance green power-saving CPU in order to increase power efficiency and protect the environment. For industry–academia collaboration, Andes has provided AndesCore™ processor IP to universities around the world for courses, research projects and established joint laboratories with many universities. The total number of contracts with universities (mainly EE and CS departments in Taiwan, China and the US) is over 150. By establishing long term industry–academia collaboration, Andes aims to cultivate talents, communicate with higher education institutions and fulfill corporate responsibility. -
Wayon Electronics Co., Ltd.
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Established in 1996, WAYON is the domestic top company in circuit protection by revenue, specializing in the design, manufacture and sales of circuit protection & power control components and semiconductor solutions. With rapid growth in business, the sales revenue in 2021 is RMB1.2 billion. As a global circuit protection and power semiconductor device supplier, WAYON has three product lines: circuit protection, power semiconductors, and IC products. Circuit Protection: PTC, FUSE, SCF, ESD&EOS, ESD&EMI, PTVS and TSS; Power Semiconductor: SJ MOSFET, LV/MV MOSFET, Diode, Transistor; IC Products: OCP, OVP, OTP, Type C, E-Fuse, LDO, DC/DC, Charge IC, PMIC; Signal Chain IC: CAN, RS485 transceivers. WAYON products are widely used in consumer electronics, industry, IoT, automotive, new energy and network communications etc. WAYON is the largest circuit protection company in China, with PTC ranking 1st in China, 3rd in the world; three-terminal self-control fuse ranking 1st in China, 3rd in the world; both TVS & SJ MOSFET being internationally advanced, domestic leading. Specifically, in the circuit protection market, WAYON is the largest domestic company in terms of sales revenue, and the one with the most comprehensive product lines in China. On the one hand, WAYON has assumed domestic substitution responsibility in many circuit protection areas (sometimes the only company with domestic substitution capability in some areas); on the other hand, the company's market share is growing as the concentration of the circuit protection industry itself increases. In the power control market, WAYON SJ MOSFET are widely recognized by customers. Adhering to the technological innovation policy, WAYON has a promising future in the power control field. WAYON has numerous self-developed core patented technologies. Most of them are more advanced than the industry mainstream technologies. 1. Low resistance high current PPTC technology (self-developed, international invention, Shanghai Invention Patent First Prize, China Invention Patent Excellence Award) By using the low resistivity special-structure conductive particles, WAYON has made a low resistivity PPTC composite materials to control the PPTC resistance within 1.5 milliohms when chip size at 3.0 * 4.0mm. A single-layer 1210 package can achieve 4.5A current carrying. Compared to the mainstream level, Wayon technology is domestically and internationally advanced. 2. IPD-based EMI filtering protection technology (self-developed, utility model patent) The use of integrated silicon-based common-mode coils and ESD chip technology can significantly reduce the PCB board area, and increase the differential-mode bandwidth (up to 4GHz). The common mode rejection can reach 23dB at 1GHz. The industry mainstream LC/RC mostly uses discrete devices, which occupies a large PCB area (expensive & performance affecting). The capacitors are mainly ceramic type, large in size & of poor temperature stability. Our technology is domestically leading and internationally advanced. 3. Ultra-high voltage SJ MOSFET design and process technology (self-developed, utility model patent) WAYON 1000V & 1050V ultra-high voltage SJ MOSFET features low switching losses and high power density. For conventional TO-252 package, the Rdson can reach as low as 1 ohm, which facilitates the miniaturization of power supply systems. While the industry 1000V MOSFET Rdson is usually at 3 ohms for TO-252, not suitable for high-power and small volume power supply systems. Compared to the mainstream level, Wayon technology is domestically leading and internationally advanced. 4. High-precision intelligent protection chip technology (self-developed, utility model patent) High current product’s current limit accuracy is ±10%. The overvoltage threshold accuracy can reach ±0.84% by using the measurement trimming technique which eliminates the tolerance caused by wafer-test & package test. The industry current limit accuracy of high current products is controlled within ±20%, over-voltage threshold accuracy around ±2%. Compared to the mainstream level, Wayon technology is domestically leading and internationally advanced. ….. In 2021, the total shipment is more than 10 billion units. Wayon has established stable and long-term cooperative relationships with many well-known downstream manufacturers. WAYON has also maintained very good interaction with its end customers for customer product design & development, which greatly increases our product competitiveness and customer stickiness for a better industry chain ecology building. -
M31 Technology Corporation
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M31 Technology Corporation is a professional silicon intellectual property (IP) provider. With over ten years of extensive knowledge in IP development, M31 specializes in high-speed interface IPs, including USB, MIPI, PCIe, SATA, SerDes, etc., as well as Fundamental IPs, including cell library design, memory design, and GPIO for the advanced process. Based on a strong customer portfolio and in-depth understanding of the needs of IC designers, M31 also provides IP integration services that enable customers to focus more productively on differentiation and system-level integration of chip designs rather than configuring standards-based IPs, thus helping our customers accelerate IC design implementation and improve SoC products’ competitiveness in terms of performance and cost in the shortest possible time. M31 delivers a broad portfolio of silicon-proven IP to meet the diverse IC design needs of trending application markets, including AI accelerator, Edge computing, Customized IoT, 5G, Automotive, and Data-centric computing. -
SemiDrive
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SemiDrive Technology has focused on providing high-performance and high-reliability automotive-grade chips and is also the first provider of “full-scenario and platform-based” chip product and technical solutions in the world. The products have included intelligent e-cockpits, autonomous driving, gateways and MCUs, and covered the most core chip categories of automotive electrical / electronic (E/E) architecture in the future, thus achieving “four-chip-in-one, empowering the vehicle with a soul”. SemiDrive Technology has had an international-level team with nearly 20 years of experiences in automotive-grade mass production, and is also one of the few complete-system teams with automotive-grade core chip product definition, technology research and development and mass production implementation in the country. In terms of automotive-grade certification, SemiDrive Technology has successively obtained such certifications as ISO 26262 functional safety process, AEC-Q100 reliability ISO26262 functional safety product and national secret, so that it has become the first four-certificate-in-one domestic automotive-grade chip enterprise. At present, SemiDrive Technology has completed the tape-out of four-series chips, the highest specification automotive-grade certification and the mass production implementation, served more than 260 clients and covered more than 90% of auto manufacturers in China.In 2021, in the midst of the chip crisis, Infotainment SoC X9, Intelligent Driving SoC V9, and Gateway SoC G9 developed by SemiDrive were shipped in batches, addressing the urgent needs of customers. The intelligent cockpit chip Infotainment SoC X9 can simultaneously drive up to 10 high definition displays including instruments, central control, rearview mirror and rear seat entertainment through a single chip, and support multi-screen sharing and interaction to meet the functional demands of intelligent cockpits in the future. SemiDrive is one of the few companies which can provides automotive-grade Gateway SoC. G9 Gateway can support seamless data exchange between different vehicle body networks such as CAN, LIN and Ethernet, but also support the access of 5G/C-V2X networks, thus establishing a stable and reliable data channel inside and outside the vehicle and realizing high-traffic and low-latency information exchange. On April 12, 2022, SemiDrive released the automotive-grade MCU E3 microcontroller series products with high performance and high reliability, which may be comprehensively applicable to the applications that require extremely high security and high reliability, including drive-by-wire chassis, brake control, BMS, ADAS / autopilot motion control, LCD instruments, HUD and streaming media vision system CMS. The automotive-grade reliability standard of E3 reaches AEC-Q100 Grade 1 level and the functional safety standard reaches ISO 26262 ASIL D level; with the adoption of dual-core lock-step Cortex-R5, it has achieved up to 99% of diagnostic coverage; and that above-mentioned two automotive-grade standards MCUs are met at the same time can be second to none even on a global scale. Before it is officially released, nearly 20 clients have designed their products in advance based on E3. At present, the samples have been open to the clients and the development models applied in terms of full series of E3 products, and it is expected to achieve mass production in the third quarter of this year. SemiDrive Technology has provided a complete tool chain support for design solutions from chips to development kits, and been committed to creating a complete ecosystem for the users. It is well known that “Central Computing Platform” is the general trend of automotive electronic / electrical architecture in the future. As the only chip manufacturer in China that can provide the full-platform-level solutions and be compatible with various domain control architectures of mainstream vehicle manufacturers, SemiDrive Technology also took the lead in releasing the future-oriented “SemiDrive Technology central computing architecture SCCA 1.0” . The architecture not only supports the safe and reliable task deployment but also has a flexible system expansion capability.
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Horizon Robotics
Horizon Hobot Platform
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In July 2021, Horizon Robotics announced its third-generation Journey 5, designed for all level of autonomy, delivering 128 TOPS at less than 30W. Journey 5 is ASIL-B, Cybersecurity ISO 21434 compliant and will be the heart of central computers, to realize the promise of AI in automated driving, integrated with intelligent cockpit interactions. The Horizon Journey 5 has powerful deep learning computing capabilities, high energy efficiency, low latency, and provides the strongest real AI performance. Diverse computing with efficient combinations, integrated optimized programmable computing resources, and flexible hardware acceleration. In addition, Horizon Journey 5 is equipped with rich sensor access and communication interfaces, complete I/O configuration and system support to adapt to driving scenarios, and has internationally certified safety and reliability, functional safety, expected functional safety, network security, software development, vehicle regulation reliability, etc., which can fully meet the requirements of high-level, automatic driving mass production. Horizon Journey 5 is the first to achieve front-loading mass production of the domestic top 100 TOPS level large computing power AI chip, with its official launch, Horizon has become the industry's only provider that can cover from L2 to L4 intelligent driving chip solutions. -
Newsight Imaging
NSI9000 eTOF™ (enhanced Time-of-Flight)
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Newsight Imaging is an Israeli semiconductor startup founded in 2016 with the goal of making 3D technology accessible for mass market applications across many industries. Newsight is a designer, developer, and manufacturer of advanced 3D CMOS sensor chips and spectral sensors – from chip to full sensing unit. Newsight develops advanced solutions for two business units: Machine vision and Spectral Analysis. One small sensor enables 3D vision for countless applications - Automotive, Industry 4.0, Smart City & Robotics, Metaverse, and Surveillance. Newsight’s unique combination of great performance and attractive price is granting the company growing recognition as one of the leading companies to watch in the semiconductor industry. For example, the company was awarded the Frost and Sullivan 2022 Leadership Award for the leading European automotive sensor category and was selected as one of the 100 startups to follow in 2022 by EETimes Magazine. Newsight day viewed its patented eTOF technology using the NSI1000 sensor in 2020, gaining traction and interest from big industry players across all sectors. During these 2 years, we have had opportunities to learn the markets’ needs and develop our product line and technology accordingly, and we are proud to present our new flagship sensor launching this month, the NSI9000. With a full matrix of 1024 x 480 global shutter pixels, the depth resolution will be nearly 500K pixels. The NSI9000 is an advanced eTOF sensor, using new eTOF patents to enlarge the range and accuracy for longer distances (up to 100 meters). Returned pulse sampled in 4 windows, Distance is calculated by the ratio of window A and window B, or window B and window C. Each frame accumulates charge from many sub-frames, even 100K times, according to the accumulated exposure needed, to get optimal signal per distance and reflectivity. The eTOF technology is based on short pulses that save power consumption. This resourceful method of calculation enables LiDAR level performance without affecting the price. The sensor is durable and has gated imaging technology for accurate detection in any environment and lighting condition, supporting laser Range-Gated Imaging – slicing the scenery to observe through obscurants (rain, fog, smoke, haze). A key selling point for customers is the sensor’s flexibility, with unique features like multi-set feature, allowing a configuration per frame to mix different modes like 3D and camera and achieve high dynamic range. It can also sync with other camera units and avoid interference. The full board design allows AI and IoT connectivity for the sensor and transmitted data, enabling real-time decision support. The most important feature that was pre-designed into the sensor with the client's need in mind is the event-based capabilities, meaning the sensor uses dynamic event detection and transmits the data only when a change in the pixel is detected. This feature is crucial for lowering the bandwidth, especially in major IoT applications (programmable threshold pre-programmed value).
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Beijing Smartchip Microelectronics Technology Company Limited
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SCA AI Video Integrated Chip is a pure domestically produced AI multi-core heterogeneous chip with build-in codec module based on independently designed SoC architecture with the AI multi-core heterogeneous processor. It is safe, reliable and has high energy efficiency with excellent image processing effect. A variety of AI algorithms is adapted to the chip, and an IDE development tool and a SDK tool chain are independently designed. The chip is functional and easy to use. Typical power consumption of the product is less than 2.5W( 4k@30fps +Conventional neural network reasoning). The NPU is up to 1GHz, maximum 2Tops@int8 Computing power. It supports int16, int8 fixed-point reasoning, multiple deep learning frameworks, complete APIs and tool chains. It contains reconfigurable computing units, which can support up to 0.25tops programmable computing power and can flexibly customize various operators. It can support maximum 4K@30fps and has the ability of 3D noise reduction and hardened 6-tof digital anti shake. The technology of this product improves the image processing ability through AIISP. It contains reconfigurable hardware, more complete open tool chain, and supports the efficient transplantation of algorithms. The main advantages are as follows: 1. Chip independence: Pure domestic production; Independent intellectual property rights; Third party IP authorized in China; Stable Supply. 2. Intelligent improvement of image quality: ISP unit integrated with AI, which has obvious noise reduction effect in night vision environment; Super wide dynamic, digital anti shake, photosensitive noise reduction, which realizes high-quality image output in dark light, backlight, motion and other scenes. 3. Ecological opening: having visual debugging tools that can realize visualization and reduce the difficulty of customer development; Adapting to more sensors, and having strong compatibility and wider application range; Supporting IDE development environment - Smart studio, with which the cloud training model can be quickly transplanted to the chip through visual development tools, reducing the difficulty of customer model deployment. . Reconfigurable hardware: software code and hardware structure can be dynamically optimized for input data, which has strong flexibility; Supporting hardware reuse for new problems and algorithms; Flexible response to various fragmented application requirements. 5. Operating system autonomy: a fully autonomous operating system - Hub OS; 6. Higher security: supporting terminal identity authentication based on SM algorithms and encrypted transmission of key information. The technology of this chip is superior to other chips of the same type in image processing effect, energy efficiency ratio and power consumption, as shown in the following table. Main technical indicators This project Domestic similar technology Foreign similar technology Comparison results energy efficiency (Tops/W) 0.8 0.4 0.667 0.6 Industry leading level Power Consumption (W) 2.5 2.5 3 3 Throughput (Top/s) 2 1 2 1.8 The application of this technology can improve the intelligent level of operation and maintenance management, and improve the intelligence and efficiency of video monitoring. It can effectively improve the autonomous and controllable level of artificial intelligence chips in the industrial control field, and lead a new direction for the development and application of AI chips in the industrial control field. -
Silicon Labs
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Silicon Labs announced the BG24 and MG24 families of 2.4 GHz wireless SoCs. This new co-optimized hardware and software platform will help bring AI/ML applications and wireless high performance to battery-powered edge devices. First Integrated AI/ML Acceleration Improves Performance and Energy Efficiency IoT product designers see the tremendous potential of AI and machine learning to bring even greater intelligence to edge applications like home security systems, wearable medical monitors, sensors monitoring commercial facilities and industrial equipment, and more. But today, those considering deploying AI or machine learning at the edge are faced with steep penalties in performance and energy use that may outweigh the benefits. The BG24 and MG24 alleviate those penalties as the first ultra-low powered devices with dedicated AI/ML accelerators built-in. This specialized hardware is designed to handle complex calculations quickly and efficiently, with internal testing showing up to a 4x improvement in performance along with up to a 6x improvement in energy efficiency. Because the ML calculations are happening on the local device rather than in the cloud, network latency is eliminated for faster decision-making and actions. The BG24 and MG24 families also have the largest Flash and random access memory (RAM) capacities in the Silicon Labs portfolio. This means that the device can evolve for multi-protocol support, Matter, and trained ML algorithms for large datasets. PSA Level 3-Certified Secure VaultTM, the highest level of security certification for IoT devices, provides the security needed in products like door locks, medical equipment, and other sensitive deployments where hardening the device from external threats is paramount. AI/ML Software and Matter-Support Help Designers Create for New Innovative Applications In addition to natively supporting TensorFlow, Silicon Labs has partnered with some of the leading AI and ML tools providers, like SensiML and Edge Impulse, to ensure that developers have an end-to-end toolchain that simplifies the development of machine learning models optimized for embedded deployments of wireless applications. Using this new AI/ML toolchain with Silicon Labs's Simplicity Studio and the BG24 and MG24 families of SoCs, developers can create applications that draw information from various connected devices, all communicating with each other using Matter to then make intelligent machine learning-driven decisions. For example, in a commercial office building, many lights are controlled by motion detectors that monitor occupancy to determine if the lights should be on or off. However, when typing at a desk with motion limited to hands and fingers, workers may be left in the dark when motion sensors alone cannot recognize their presence. By connecting audio sensors with motion detectors through the Matter application layer, the additional audio data, such as the sound of typing, can be run through a machine-learning algorithm to allow the lighting system to make a more informed decision about whether the lights should be on or off. ML computing at the edge enables other intelligent industrial and home applications, including sensor-data processing for anomaly detection, predictive maintenance, audio pattern recognition for improved glass-break detection, simple-command word recognition, and vision use cases like presence detection or people counting with low-resolution cameras. -
CEVA, Inc.
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NeuPro-M, its latest generation processor architecture for artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) inference workloads. Targeting the broad markets of Edge AI and Edge Compute, NeuPro-M is a self-contained heterogeneous architecture that is composed of multiple specialized co-processors and configurable hardware accelerators that seamlessly and simultaneously process diverse workloads of Deep Neural Networks, boosting performance by 5-15X compared to its predecessor. An industry first, NeuPro-M supports both system-on-chip (SoC) as well as Heterogeneous SoC (HSoC) scalability to achieve up to 1,200 TOPS and offers optional robust secure boot and end-to-end data privacy. NeuPro–M compliant processors initially include the following pre-configured cores: • NPM11 – single NeuPro-M engine, up to 20 TOPS at 1.25GHz • NPM18 – eight NeuPro-M engines, up to 160 TOPS at 1.25GHz Illustrating its leading-edge performance, a single NPM11 core, when processing a ResNet50 convolutional neural network, achieves a 5X performance increase and 6X memory bandwidth reduction versus its predecessor, which results in exceptional power efficiency of up to 24 TOPS per watt. NeuPro-M is capable of processing all known neural network architectures, as well as integrated native support for next-generation networks like transformers, 3D convolution, self-attention and all types of recurrent neural networks. NeuPro-M has been optimized to process more than 250 neural networks, more than 450 AI kernels and more than 50 algorithms. The embedded vector processing unit (VPU) ensures future proof software-based support of new neural network topologies and new advances in AI workloads. The CDNN offline compression tool can increase the FPS/Watt of the NeuPro-M by a factor of 5-10X for common benchmarks, with very minimal impact on accuracy. The NeuPro-M heterogenic architecture is composed of function-specific co-processors and load balancing mechanisms that are the main contributors to the huge leap in performance and efficiency compared to its predecessor. By distributing control functions to local controllers and implementing local memory resources in a hierarchical manner, the NeuPro-M achieves data flow flexibility that result in more than 90% utilization and protects against data starvation of the different co-processors and accelerators at any given time. The optimal load balancing is obtained by practicing various data flow schemes that are adopted to the specific network, the desired bandwidth, the available memory and the target performance, by the CDNN framework. Highlights include: • Main grid array consisting of 4K MACs (Multiply And Accumulates), with mixed precision of 2-16 bits • Winograd transform engine for weights and activations, reducing convolution time by 2X and allowing 8-bit convolution processing with <0.5% precision degradation • Sparsity engine to avoid operations with zero-value weights or activations per layer, for up to 4X performance gain, while reducing memory bandwidth and power consumption • Fully programmable Vector Processing Unit, for handling new unsupported neural network architectures with all data types, from 32-bit Floating Point down to 2-bit Binary Neural Networks (BNN) • Configurable Weight and Data compression down to 2-bits while storing to memory, and real-time decompression upon reading, for reduced memory bandwidth • Dynamically configured two level memory architecture to minimize power consumption attributed to data transfers to and from an external SDRAM -
Canaan Inc.
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Canaan’s AI reasoning chip, the Kendryte K510, is equipped with a self-developed visual neural network accelerator (KPU2.0), Canaan’s proprietary computing data flow technology, and a computing array that integrates 3D dimension and multi-level storage structure. Through dynamic chip management and utilization of high-frequency data, the benefits are twofold: improved computing efficiency of the processor and reduced power consumption of the chip. These provides viable solutions to the storage and performance challenges currently plaguing conventional terminal AI chip design. Canaan is an industry pioneer when it comes to CPU design, deploying RISC-V instruction set (ISA) to develop its terminal SoCs. Specifically, the Kendryte K510 has a dual-core 64-bit RISC-V CPU and a digital signal processor (DSP) with up to 800Mhz frequency equipped, to support the growth of AI-related applications. The Kendryte K510 integrates the latest generation of image processing ISP in its visual subsystem design, supporting TOF depth camera access, 2D/3D noise reduction, wide dynamic range WDR, RGB & IR fusion, hardware 3A and other complete functions. TOF sensor solutions are also supported by our 3D ISP. Common chip applications include: AI IPC, drone aerial photography, professional photography, robots, AI STEAM, edge computing boxes and other scenarios.
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STMicroelectronics
Gen3 SiC MOSFET: Big innovation and breakthrough in high-voltage switching
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Generation 3 SiC MOSFET technology has: A. Outstanding features 突出的特点 1. Designed also for automotive-grade (AG) 适用于汽车级(AG) 2. Very high operating temperature (max. TJ = 200 °C) 极高工作温度(最大Tj=200°C) 3. Very high switching frequency operation and very low switching losses 开关频率极高,开关损耗极低 4. Low on-state resistance 低导通电阻 5. Gate drive compatible with existing ICs 与现有集成电路均兼容的栅极驱动 6. Typical Vgs=18V 典型Vgs值为18V 7. Very fast and robust intrinsic body diode 速度非常快且坚固的本征体二极管 Reduced form factor and increased power density 减小了形状因子并提高了功率密度 8. Optimized Rdson*chip Area and Rdson*Qg for very low total energy losses 优化Rdson* chip area和Rdson*Qg,实现极低的总能量损耗 9. Wide voltage range 650V, 750V, 900V, 1200V 宽电压范围650V、750V、900V、1200V 10. Easy paralleling for even higher power 易于并联,功率更高 B. Technical specs 技术规格 1. Planar technology平面技术 2. Ron*A FoM: 750V (1.8mΩ*cm2) 1200V (2.8mΩ*cm2). 3. Broad range of breakdown voltages: 650V, 750V, 900V, 1200V 击穿电压范围广:650V、750V、900V、1200V 4. Technology qualified automotive 车规级技术 5. First products available is the 650V SCT040H65G3AG in H2PAK-7. 首批产品:采用H2PAK-7封装,650V的SCT040H65G3AG The new third-generation devices will be offered in various forms, including bare dice, discrete power packages such as STPAK, H2PAK-7L, HiP247-4L and HU3PAK and power modules of the ACEPACK family. 全新第三代器件将以各种形式提供,包括了裸片、分立功率包装,如STPAK、H2PAK-7L、HiP247-4L和HU3PAK,以及ACEPACK系列的功率模块。 C. Key application benefits vs. Silicon 与硅基产品相比的关键应用优势 1. Increase power efficiency with 50% lower losses and 5x frequency 提高功率效率,损耗降低50%,频率提高5倍 2. 20% Reduced Total Cost of ownership 降低20%总拥有成本 3. 70%~80% reduced / smaller size with an average weight reduction of 50% 尺寸缩小70%-80%,平均重量减轻50% 4. Simplified cooling system 简化的冷却系统 D. Key applications 主要应用 1. This 3rd generation of STPOWER silicon-carbide (SiC) MOSFETs, advancing the state-of-the-art in power devices for electric-vehicle (EV) powertrains and other applications in the industrial domain where power density, energy efficiency, and reliability are important target criteria. 这是第三代STPOWER碳化硅(SiC)MOSFET产品,推动了电动汽车(EV)动力系统和其他工业领域应用的最先进功率器件,其中功率密度、能效和可靠性是重要的目标标准。 2. ST’s new SiC devices are specifically optimized for these high-end automotive applications including EV traction inverters, on-board chargers, and DC-DC converters, as well as e-climate compressors. The new generation also suits industrial applications by boosting the efficiency of motor drives, renewable-energy converters and storage systems, as well as telecom and datacenter power supplies. ST的新型碳化硅产品专门针对高端汽车应用进行了优化,包括电动汽车牵引逆变器、车载充电器、直流-直流转换器以及电子空调压缩机。新一代产品还通过提高电机驱动、可再生能源转换器和存储系统以及电信和数据中心电源的效率,适合工业应用。 E. Potential impact on electronics design and the electronics industry. 对电子设计和电子行业的潜在影响 With this 3rd generation of STPOWER SiC MOSFET, the effort continues to drive the transformation of the EV and industrial markets. With the acceleration of the EV market many car makers and automotive suppliers are now embracing 800V drive systems to achieve much faster charging and help reduce EV weight. These new systems allow the car makers to produce vehicles with longer driving ranges. ST’s new SiC devices are specifically optimized for these high-end automotive applications including EV traction inverters, on-board chargers, and DC-DC converters, as well as e-climate compressors. The new generation also suits industrial applications by boosting the efficiency of motor drives, renewable-energy converters and storage systems, as well as telecom and data-center power. 凭借第三代STPOWER SiC MOSFET产品,我们将继续推动电动汽车和工业市场的转型。随着电动汽车市场的加速发展,许多汽车制造商和汽车供应商现在正在采用800V驱动系统,以实现更快的充电并帮助减轻电动汽车的重量,而这些新系统使汽车制造商能够生产行驶里程更长的汽车。ST的全新碳化硅产品专门针对这些高端汽车应用进行了优化,包括电动汽车牵引逆变器、车载充电器、直流-直流转换器以及电子空调压缩机。新一代产品还通过提高电机驱动、可再生能源转换器和存储系统以及电信和数据中心电力的效率,适合工业应用。 -
Leadtrend Technology Corporation
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The following products are the new technologies and products released in the past December. The following product technologies can be used with GaN solutions for overall application to achieve the purpose of miniaturization and performance improvement, including application to PD fast The matching of the overall plan 1. LD5555 ( QR/CCM Flyback for PD application / Compatible with GaN MOS) EFFICIENCY TRACKING METHOD OF A CONTROLLER APPLIED TO A FLYBACK POWER CONVERTER An smart efficiency tracking method is proposed, including that before the controller starts buffering, the controller outputs an initial frequency reduction curve setting detection current to an initial frequency reduction curve setting detection resistor. The initial frequency reduction curve setting voltage generated by the detection resistor can be determined The frequency reduction curve of the flyback type power converter can be used to adjust the initial frequency reduction curve to set the resistance value of the detection resistor to achieve the purpose of optimizing the efficiency; and the controller controls the flyback type power converter according to the efficiency tracking method The operating output voltage of , tracks the maximum power point of the flyback power converter for efficiency optimization purposes. Therefore, compared with the prior art, because the present invention does not adjust the current detection resistor applied to the primary side of the flyback power converter, the efficiency tracking method provided by the present invention is used in the flyback power converter. When the secondary side outputs different charging conditions, the output power of the secondary side of the flyback power converter can still be maximized. The smart efficiency tracking method is used to optimize the efficiency, so that the system can obtain the best conduction and switching loss. Take the 65W system as an example: under the condition of input voltage 230Vac & system load 5V/10W, the efficiency will be improved to +10.92% compared with the original system .LD7798 (PFC + QR Flyback Combo) 2. LD7798 (PFC + QR Flyback / Compatible with GaN MOS ) a. Optimization and Analysis of Power Factor Corrector Controller This paper proposes a PFC + Flyback architecture and multi-output voltage application in USB PD, which can detect input voltage, output load voltage and current through IC, and intelligently switch PFC ON/OFF to optimize efficiency, improve light-load efficiency, and at the same time Above 75W load and can meet harmonic specifications. b. The active sink current of OUT pin for high freq. How to detection the duty cycle!! As following Fig 2 & Fig 3. 1. We use the ton time to set down current. a. If the ton is higher than 35%, then V132 will pull to high level. à Isink b. If the ton is lower than 35%, then V132 will pull to low level. à Isink 2. The active sink current of OUT pin. a. This feature appears only in low line input; reduce the effects of EMI. (Fig 4 & Fig 5.) b. Result Comparison. 3. LD6612 (USB Power Delivery) Limited Power Source (LPS) for USB Power Delivery (PD) Application – This proposal proposes to use the PD IC to control the MOS at the output end to cut off the output power of the switch segment to achieve compliance with the safety standard IEC 60950 Limited Power Source (LPS) specification. – The PD IC LPS ADC detection scheme has the following three (1) The method of detecting the voltage of the transformer TR (2) The method of detecting the VCC voltage of the synchronous rectifier IC (3) Detecting synchronous rectification IC driving voltage method 4. LD7593 (BCM PFC / Compatible with GaN MOS) Novel Multi-control output (DSCP, OCP, ZVS, Vo OVP) CS PIN with Power Factor Correction Circuits – This proposal proposes to use 1 PIN input detection, through Gate ON & OFF timing, to DSCP, OCP, Vo OVP protection, and ZVS detection to improve system efficiency. (a)PFC Gate ON + PFC Diode Off (1): 1 VCSZCD > VOCP => Over Current Protection 2 VCSZCD > VDSCP => Output Diode Short Circuit Protection (b) PFC Gate Off + PFC Diode On (2): 1 VCSZCD > VOVP => Output Over Voltage Protection (c)PFC Gate Off + PFC Diode Off(3): 1 ICSZCD < IVZCD => ZCD Detect & Turn on PFC Gate 5. LD7781E1 (LLC IC) A fixed cycle burst mode control method used in LLC topology • In burst mode, the burst period can be fixed, and the burst frequency can be controlled outside the audio frequency to reduce the noise generated by the operation in the burst mode • The ton of the MOSFET can be freely adjusted after entering the burst mode to control the energy transferred to the secondary in the next switching cycle of the burst mode to reduce the number of switching in the burst mode and reduce the input power consumption • To maintain the burst mode cycle, the minimum number of switches is set to 1