Memory chip is the carrier of storing and calculating data in electronic system, and it is one of the basic products of integrated circuits with the widest application and the highest market share. The mainstream products in the market are divided into three categories: DRAM, NOR Flash and NAND Flash.
As a 7-year chip company founded on 20 14, Eastcore has laid out the above three mainstream products simultaneously. Although there is a gap between the technical level and the international leading memory chip companies such as Samsung Electronics, Tiejia Xia and Micron. Eastcore is also a rare "three gambling" memory chip design enterprise in China.
According to the prospectus, Eastcore International owns 82 invention patents at home and abroad, and 34 professional layout designs of integrated circuits.
In contrast, Puran Semiconductor, founded on 20 15 and listed on the Science and Technology Innovation Board on August 23rd this year, also focuses on memory chip products, with 20 authorized patents (19 invention patents and 1 utility model patents) and 20 integrated circuit layout designs.
However, behind the seemingly excellent technology accumulation of Eastcore, it is inseparable from the Korean chip company Fidelix.
Founded in 2000, Fidelix is a listed company in Kostak, South Korea, and has formed a long-term and stable supply relationship with international companies such as Samsung and LG. On 20 15, Eastcore completed the acquisition of Fidelix.
Among Eastcore's 82 patents, Fidelix owns 43. Of the remaining 39 patents, only 12 was initially obtained, and the transferee obtained 27 patents.
In other words, most of Eastcore's core technologies come from the acquisition of Fidelix. According to the prospectus, as of the first half of 20021year, Eastcore * * * had employees 176, including 93 employees of Korean subsidiaries and 4 foreign employees employed in China.
Among the 93 employees of the Korean subsidiary, including the founder of Fidelix, Ann Han Cheng. At present, Ann Han Cheng participates in the daily management of Fidelix as a representative director, and also serves as the chief scientist and director of Eastcore.
Jiang Xueming, the richest man in Jiangsu in the early years, was the trader behind the leap of Eastcore Capital. Eastcore acquired core technology and R&D staff by acquiring Korean companies.
Jiang Xueming started his career in the textile industry, and now he and his daughter Jiang Yuzhou have become the actual controllers of Eastcore International. Dongfang Hengxin, a multi-field investment group with Jiang Xueming as the chairman, holds 43. 18% of the shareholders' core shares and is the controlling shareholder.
Jiang Xueming is good at industrial investment. 20 13 took over the textile stock ST Xinmin, which was subsequently listed by the "OEM king" Antarctic e-commerce. According to media reports, Jiang Xueming made a floating profit of more than 3 billion yuan through this business.
Jiang Xueming once summed up his investment approach in media interviews as three points: following the national policy orientation, following the pace of industrial upgrading, and persisting in industrial integration. For Jiang Xueming, who is good at industrial investment, investing in Eastcom shares is the implementation of the principle of "keeping up with industrial upgrading".
However, although the above operations can quickly build a product and customer system for Eastcore, the future development path is still full of uncertainty for Eastcore, which lacks independent research and development capabilities.
(Author Gu Mingming, editor Feng Ran)