Terminate 5g chip cooperation! The official response of Intel and zhanrui came

Yesterday, , According to the nikkei business daily , Because of the fear that the related technology transfer will cause problems in Washington , Intel terminated its sharing of the latest information with Tsinghua UNISPACE Group subsidiary UNISPACE zhanrui 5G Partnership in modem chip achievements .

As early as last year 2 month 22 Japan , Ziguang zhanrui and Intel have reached an agreement for 5G Long term cooperation agreement , Contains a series of Intel based XMM8000 Series modem , Facing diversified markets 、 Product cooperation of multiple product lines . Based on the cooperation of both parties , Zhan Rui announced at that time that it planned to 2019 The first commercial 5G Mobile platform .

before , Although Intel insists , Even if there is political pressure from Washington , But the partnership between the two sides has not yet ended . however , Intel 5G General manager of the office of strategy and Planning Robert Topol In this year MWC At the briefing, it said , Decided to end the partnership with Ziguang zhanrui , And said the decision was “ It was made recently ”. “ We mutually decided not to continue our cooperation .”

According to a source familiar with the situation , The current tense economic situation between the United States and China is a factor .

“ Within the company , Former CEO of Intel Brian Krzanich Is the initiator and initiator of this transaction , But now he has left .” A person familiar with the matter told 《 Japanese economic news 》.“ meanwhile , Intel has been worried , In view of the current tense relations between China and the United States , The close relationship with this Chinese government backed company may upset the U.S. authorities to some extent .”

According to the previous announcement of zhanrui Roadmap From the road map , Zhan Rui originally planned to 2019 A model based on 7nm The craft is aimed at the high-end market 5G Mobile phone chip . This should be the planned cooperation with Intel 5G Mobile phone chip , It will be designed by zhanrui based on ARM CPU Kernel architecture processor , Baseband is based on Intel 5G Baseband chip XMM 8000 series .

With the cancellation of Intel and zhanrui 5G Baseband cooperation , It also means that this model is based on 7nm The craft is aimed at the high-end market 5G Mobile phone chips may die .

Regarding this , Core meter （ Official account of smart core ） The first time last night, we made a verification with Zhan Rui , The other side replied ,“ Declined to comment ”. But the other side emphasized ,“ Last year, it just signed with Intel 5G Cooperation agreement , But zhanrui and Intel are 5G The cooperation on has not started ”. And Zhan Rui just MWC Posted on 5G Baseband chip ——“ Ivy 510 It is based on zhanrui's self-study .”

And this morning , The head of Intel China public relations also responded to smart chip ,“ The cancellation of this cooperation was made after mutual consultation between Intel and zhanrui , It is not Intel that unilaterally cancels the cooperation .”

▲ Ivy 510

About Ivy 510 Introduction to , For reference. 《 First product of zhanrui 5G Baseband chip officially released , The country's 5G First tier ！》

It is worth mentioning that , Last year, zhanrui clearly positioned its product line , Established the brand of mobile communication chip “ Tiger heart ” And pan connect chip brands “ Ivy ” Two product brands , Make the product line of zhanrui more clear and focused .

And this release “ Ivy 510” It also belongs to the pan connect chip brand “ Ivy ” under . therefore , Originally cooperated with Intel for the high-end market 5G Mobile phone chip , The plan should be in “ Tiger heart ” Under the brand . But this time with Intel 5G Cancellation of cooperation in the field , It may mean that zhanrui originally planned to enter the high-end through cooperation with Intel 5G The strategy of the mobile phone chip market is frustrated .

fortunately , Zhan Rui did not put the eggs in a basket . Although the road map above 5G chip , Only the original plan to cooperate with Intel will be marked 2019 Launched at the end of 5G Mobile phone chip , But Zhan Rui developed it by himself 5G The chip has been accelerating , And also grabbed the high-end products that were originally launched in cooperation with Intel 5G The mobile phone chip was introduced before , And it will be commercially available within the year , Successful entry 5G First tier , It's not easy .

Since with Intel 5G Cooperation is hopeless , This is bound to further promote zhanrui to put more resources into the next generation of autonomy 5G Chip research and development , Rely on independent research and development , In the follow-up, we will launch more powerful autonomous 5G chip , Rely on their own hard power to enter the high-end market ！

Zhan Rui , come on. ！

author ： Smart core - Ranger sword