First, because Shui Mu Blue Whale has the independent core IP and technical know-how of automotive chips, it has mastered the full chain research and development capability of automotive chips;
Second, because the two companies are related in the underlying technology and team resources, the acquisition of Shui Mu Blue Whale can make full use of the technical synergy and resource synergy of sunflower and blue whale, and use the income of consumer-grade electronic chips to support the research and development of automotive-grade chips with more development potential in the future, and lay out two tracks of consumption+automobile.
Shui Mu Blue Whale's first self-developed 32-bit automobile MCU chip is expected to be completed within this year. At present, strategic cooperation agreements have been reached with many automobile factories and Tier 1.
Xihua Technology is a start-up enterprise that 36Kr continues to pay attention to. Established in 20 18 and headquartered in Shenzhen, xihua technology is a chip design company focusing on intelligent sensing, calculation and control, and designs and sells intelligent sensing, calculation and control chips for smart terminal markets such as mobile phones, internet of things and automobiles. In June 5438+February, 2020, the company obtained tens of millions of RMB Pre-A round of financing jointly invested by Tsinghua Lihe and Xiamen University partners.
Established at the end of 2020, Beijing Shui Mu Blue Whale Semiconductor Technology Co., Ltd., which is wholly owned by Xihua Technology, is a fabless company focusing on automotive functional chips, providing high-performance, high-reliability, high-security 32-bit MCU and sensor driver IC for automotive power supply, chassis, body gateway, autonomous driving and other fields.