Many people in the industry told Lei Jun that the chip industry needs at least RMB 654.38+0 billion to get started, and it is estimated that it needs US$ 654.38+0 billion to get corresponding results, but it will only produce results, not necessarily effective results. In this process, there are many unknown risks.
In fact, as early as 20 14, Xiaomi had technical cooperation with Lian Xin Technology, a subsidiary of Datang Telecom. Datang Telecom licensed the LC 1860 platform developed and owned by Lian Xin Technology Co., Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary, to Beijing Guo Song Electronics Co., Ltd. at a price of/KLOC-0.03 million yuan.
Then, based on the previous R&D team of Lian Xin Science and Technology, it was integrated into some members of Xiaomi Company, and together with * * * formed the R&D team of Guo Song Surging Chip. Finally, thanks to the cooperation with Lian Xin Science and Technology, Xiaomi realized the mass production of S 1 chips in such a short time.
It is widely rumored that Xiaomi Guo Songpeng S 1 is just the vest of Lian Xin Technology's chip, although this statement is not so reliable; However, compared with the new addition of Xiaomi team, the technical accumulation of basic research and development in the early stage of Lian Xin Science and Technology is undoubtedly the greatest contribution to the final mass production of S 1 chips.
-澎湃 S 1 What level is the chip?
From the CPU point of view, Xiaomi Guo Song's S 1 processor is basically similar to Huawei HiSilicon Kirin 650, Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 16/625, and MediaTek P 10. They all adopt ARM's Cortex A53, and all integrate eight Cortex A53 CPU cores, but the difference is that the main frequency is high or low.
From the analysis of manufacturing process, Xiaomi Guo Song's S 1 adopts 28nm HPC+ manufacturing process; In contrast, Huawei Hisilicon Kirin 650 adopts TSMC 16nm manufacturing process; Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 adopts Samsung 14 nanometer manufacturing process. Compared with the manufacturing process, 2855438+0 has no advantage.
? Xiaomi Guo Song's second-generation chip has not had any real news for nearly two years. On the contrary, it is widely rumored that S2 chip miscarried countless times, and the quality and performance of the chip were not up to standard, resulting in huge losses for Xiaomi Company. So many people think that Xiaomi may give up research and development because of this.
However, Xiaomi engineer doesn't seem to think so. He personally answered the question of rice noodles, indicating that the second-generation chip is still under development and has been continuously invested. (Embarrassed, Xiaomi engineer thinks it is because China's self-developed chip industry started late, with a weak foundation and needs more time. )
Perhaps, if Xiaomi's engineers put it another way, they say that they started late in the chip industry and have a weak foundation, which is nothing. At present, China's breakthrough in semiconductor research and development, especially in the field of chips, is changing with each passing day. For example, Huawei's HiSilicon Company, especially the Kirin 980 processor.
Many times, it's not that our technicians are not up to standard, but that they are hindered by the deployment of a large number of patents by foreign industry giants. We can completely make the same product, but we must bypass the existing technology tied to the patent right. The research and development of new technology is actually a new way.
-there are some voices at present:
"Millet bought the finished chip of Lian Xin Science and Technology, and packaged it and replaced it with a chip. In fact, it is to get a higher valuation for Xiaomi's listing. Now that the company is listed, the mission of the chip is completed. "
"Xiaomi has no patent barriers and no technology accumulation. Even if it breaks through technical barriers and is not protected by patent barriers, let alone being strangled by other giants, Qualcomm, the cornerstone shareholder of Xiaomi, will not let go. "
It seems that Xiaomi Company and Lian Xin Science and Technology established Guo Song Electronics not only to develop S series mobile phone processor chips. Not only the mobile platform and PC platform, but also the patent barrier of giant chip technology. It is also obvious that Lei Jun's ambition is not to make any mobile phones at all.
Lei Jun established Xiaomi Company, starting with software technology and paving the way with cost-effective hardware, in order to build a complete closed-loop ecosystem. This ecosystem includes many higher-level fields such as smart home and Internet of Things. The meaning of pinecone electronics has become the same attribute as Huawei Hisilicon.
Although Guo Song Electronics, a subsidiary of Xiaomi Company, can't help Huawei expand its territory like Hisilicon; However, if Songguo Electronics really develops, it will be very beneficial for Xiaomi to achieve deeper penetration into smart homes, Internet of Things and other fields. Instead of relying on other technical frameworks as it is now.
Imagine, like Xiaomi's driving recorder, using Huawei's chips and technical standards.
So, what will Xiaomi take to set up a project in the future? Continue to unite more subsidiaries and always rely on OEM?
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