Join hands with sifive, Galanz will enter the semiconductor field! Exposure of two self-developed chips

After last year's ZTE incident , Many downstream terminal manufacturing enterprises have announced to enter the semiconductor field . This includes Gree Electric 、 Konka Group 、 Midea and many other home appliance enterprises . But in recent days, , There's another appliance company “ transboundary ” Into the field of semiconductors , Get ready “ Core making ”.

9 month 28 On the afternoon of Sunday , Liang Huiqiang, vice chairman of Galanz Group, is in “ Galanz 9·28 The conference ” Officially announced on the company and world-famous semiconductor design company SiFive China Achieve strategic cooperation , In the future, both parties will design a complete set of dedicated appliances for the Internet of things 、 High performance 、 Low cost chips .

As the current global leader based on RISC-V Instruction set architecture provides fast development processor core IP Leading supplier of ,SiFive The core team is composed of RISC-V Created by R & D team . Through open architecture processor core and independent development based on RISC-V Build chips to help SoC Design . Liang Huiqiang said , Galanz passed with SiFive cooperation , Develop exclusive 、 Chips for various scenarios , Not only for home appliances , It can also be used for servers . Glanz joined in RISC-V Ecosystem of , Make appliances efficient 、 Security 、 convenient 、 Low cost local intelligent .

meanwhile , Galanz has also released the SiFive Two chip products developed in cooperation “BF- Xijiao ” and “NB- Lion mountain ”.

According to introducing ,BF- Xijiao adopts RISC-V framework ,40nm Process , Compared with the same process Intel 、ARM Architecture chips are faster 、 More energy efficient . Glanz will launch Shishan in the future AI processor , Custom chips for exclusive scenes , This processor also uses RISC-V framework , There will be high 、 in 、 Three lower product lines . Liang Huiqiang said the two chips will be applied to the low-end products of Galanz high school .

Besides , Galanz also announced that it was built for RISC-V Build an open source operating system GalanzOS. Electricity , Liang Huiqiang introduces , In the interconnection of everything, it will greatly increase the power load and cause a lot of energy consumption .

Next , Glanz will be working on wireless power technology , To embed wireless power equipment into household appliances , Realize the interconnection of home appliances , And the implementation of electrical appliances for the designated equipment charging 、 Remote charging and other functions .

Besides , Liang Huiqiang also revealed , Glanz will join hands with German start-ups Bragi GmbH Calculation of the generating edge . Liang Zhaoxian, chairman of Galanz Group, also said , Galanz has officially announced the transformation from a traditional manufacturing enterprise to a science and technology enterprise .

Jigrid 、 After beauty , Galanz also announced that it was on the way to making chips . future , As appliances become more and more intelligent , The demand for chips in the whole industry will also increase dramatically . Chip industry in the era of Internet of things , To some extent, it has become a new track for home appliance enterprises .

Home appliance enterprises collectively make “ core ” Why ？

In the appliance industry , Galanz is not the first company to announce that it will make chips .

2018 Beginning of the year , Gree Electric is the first high-profile announced to enter the field of air conditioning chip design . Dong Mingzhu, chairman of Gree Electric, once said publicly , Will spend 500 Billion yuan into chip manufacturing , And emphasize that money is not a problem in R & D , It's important to see if you have confidence and determination .2018 year 8 month , Gree also set up a chip company , The registered capital 10 One hundred million yuan ;12 month , Gree Electric announced its participation in the project of Wentai technology's acquisition of the Anshi group . Dong Mingzhu said before , Will strive for in 2019 In, Gree air conditioner uses its own chip .

2018 year 6 month , Konka is in it 38 On the anniversary and New Strategy Conference , It also announced the establishment of semiconductor technology division , Officially enter the semiconductor industry . Zhou Bin, President of Konka Group, said , Use 5~10 Year time , Among the best semiconductor companies in the world , Before committing to becoming China 10 Big semiconductor company , Annual revenue is expected to exceed 10 billion yuan .

2019 year 3 month , Midea Group also announced deep cooperation with Alibaba cloud , Joint launch of adaptation AliOS Things The custom chip . At the same time, Midea Group in this year 4 It was also disclosed in May , The frequency conversion drive of Midea household air conditioner IPM The module has realized mass production , And extends to the refrigerator 、 Washing machine field , At present, beautiful IPM The annual output value of the module has reached billion yuan , It is planned that the output value will be offset within five years 10 One hundred million yuan .

Many home appliance enterprises have announced “ Core making ” It's not a coincidence . On the one hand, it is due to the requirements of the national environment for autonomous and controllable chips , What's more important is the internal reasons behind it —— Home appliance enterprises want to master the core devices in their own hands , No longer under control , Enhance their core competitiveness .

Before this Gree Electric Appliance announced to do the frequency conversion air conditioning chip when said , Gree air conditioning chip mainly depends on imports ,2017 Chip imports amount to billions of yuan per year .

in addition , Home appliance enterprises have a huge demand for chips , At the same time, long-term R & D in terminal products , It also makes itself more aware of what kind of chip it needs . This is a great help for the design and commercial use of chips .

in general , There is a strong synergy between the independent research and development of chips and the whole machine development of home appliance enterprises , The former provides technical support for the latter , The latter provides market guarantee for the industrialization of the former . And once it's done , Not only can we reduce the overall cost , It can also enhance the core competitiveness . so to speak , It's not a superposition effect , It's the multiplier effect .

Of course , To develop core components like chips , It's not just a huge investment , It takes more time to accumulate .

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