According to a report from Electronic Enthusiasts Network (by Huang Jingjing), recently, Chipone Technology launched the world’s first SixG301 wireless SoC that has passed PSA Level 4 certification, integrating Secure Vault IoT security technology to provide a comprehensive protection mechanism against increasingly complex physical and side-channel attack threats. Chipone’s Secure Vault and PSA certified architecture not only enable secure boot and key storage but also protect sensitive data from extraction, tampering, or leakage. With the support of AI, the volume of IoT data is surging, while the demand for intelligence and security is gradually increasing. As a leading company in wireless connectivity chips for IoT, Chipone Technology’s high-performance and reliable products accurately target highly potential markets.
PSA Level 4 Certification: The Highest Security Level
Since its launch in 2019, Chipone Technology has firmly supported the adoption of the PSA certification framework. Previously, it became one of the first companies globally to obtain PSA Level 3 certification due to its technological advantages. Now, achieving PSA Level 4 certification is not just about meeting a new benchmark; this certification indicates that Chipone’s platform can withstand complex physical attacks, such as micro-probing and side-channel power analysis, prevent and detect fault injection and voltage manipulation, and protect device confidentiality even in harsh environments or high-value targets.
Wang Luming, Vice President of Chipone Technology for the Asia-Pacific and Japan regions, stated that PSA Level 4 certification is not limited to specific scenarios but is widely applicable to future-oriented systems in critical infrastructure, smart cities, medical wearables, industrial IoT, and interconnected energy systems. In these fields, preventing physical tampering is crucial. Customers can leverage our certified technology to shorten time-to-market, enjoy pre-validated security protection, and confidently meet emerging regulatory requirements while long-term resisting evolving cyber-physical threats.Baolu Ge, General Manager of Chipone Technology in Taiwan, stated that Chipone has taken the lead in achieving a breakthrough, becoming one of the first companies in the industry to obtain PSA Level 4 certification. The protective capabilities of PSA Level 4 certification not only cover all known types of physical attacks but also proactively consider future potential attack risks, effectively resisting various high-risk threats such as laser fault injection, side-channel attacks, micro-probing, and voltage manipulation, thereby constructing a long-lasting protective barrier for device security.Zhou Wei, General Manager of Chipone Technology in China, mentioned that in the past, core information, including personal confidential information and work data, was primarily processed in cloud data centers. Now, this data is gradually shifting towards edge devices. This change raises higher security requirements for edge devices. Edge devices need to possess reliable confidentiality capabilities and high security levels, which directly drives the continuous upgrade of security standards at the chip level. Chipone Technology is actively responding, with the SixG301 SoC becoming the world’s first IoT chip to obtain PSA Level 4 certification.He also stated that the Radio Equipment Directive (RED), which the EU officially implemented on August 1 of this year, has set clear requirements for product safety. If customers adopt our SixG301 product, they will find it easier to ensure that their terminal products comply with the relevant standards of the RED regulations, significantly reducing compliance difficulties.Moreover, the SiMG301 also integrates an LED pre-driver, which can significantly reduce the external components required in cable power supply solutions for lighting applications, effectively lowering BOM costs while saving circuit board layout space.Wang Luming believes that we are well aware that various threats are always dynamically evolving. Therefore, the company has specifically formed a team to continuously focus on and respond to risks and challenges in this field. Among all types of threats, unknown threats are our core focus. To more accurately grasp the direction of risk prevention and control, we maintain close collaboration with international standard organizations, timely synchronizing cutting-edge information and clarifying industry standard requirements. Based on such information feedback and practical insights, we judge that PSA Level 4 certification is a key measure for ensuring security, and thus we decisively took the lead in laying out and completing the implementation of PSA Level 4 certification to build a more solid security barrier in advance.
Product Layout and AI
From a product layout perspective, Chipone Technology has launched three generations of wireless SoC products, with each generation maintaining parallel supply in the market to accurately match the application scenarios and specific needs of different industries. The third generation of wireless SoC focuses on AIoT and edge computing scenarios, utilizing a 22nm process, achieving new breakthroughs in computing power, connectivity, integration, and security. Due to a greater emphasis on edge computing capabilities, the first SixG301 still adopts a Cortex-M3 triple-core architecture, with plans to upgrade to Cortex-M55 in the future; at the same time, the chip adopts a multi-core architecture design, enhancing operational efficiency while further strengthening security isolation. The third generation of wireless SoC also integrates a powerful AI/ML accelerator to meet the high computing power demands of IoT. The second generation of wireless SoC is more suitable for scenarios with lower edge computing demands but strict power consumption control requirements, such as products xG24, xG26, xG29, etc. Continuous technical optimization and new product expansion will also be carried out for the second generation of products to ensure they meet long-term market demands.The representative product of the third generation wireless SoC, SixG301, has officially launched. Among them, SiMG301 represents a product that supports multiple protocols, while SiBG301 is a product that supports low-power Bluetooth (BLE). In the near future, Chipone Technology will also successively release more competitive new products to continuously enrich the wireless SoC product matrix.
In the Chinese market, Chipone Technology’s products are actively innovating in response to customer demands. For example, FG23L focuses on long-distance scenarios and industrial-grade application needs, accurately addressing the cost-sensitive pain points of the Chinese market. Currently, in many domestic application scenarios, customers often use a “low-cost transceiver + independent MCU” dual-chip solution to control costs, while Chipone Technology’s previously launched FG23 series has provided a more streamlined hardware solution for fields such as electric meters by integrating the transceiver and MCU into a single SoC, promoting the upgrade from dual-chip applications to SoC.However, some customers have not yet chosen to switch due to the price threshold of FG23. To address this, Chipone Technology has specifically launched the cost-effective FG23L SoC. This product achieves a transmission distance twice that of similar products with an industry-leading link budget of approximately 146 dB, while also featuring +20 dBm high transmission power, excellent receiving sensitivity, and ultra-low power consumption characteristics, significantly alleviating price concerns while ensuring performance advantages, greatly enhancing customer acceptance.According to reports, as the first product of Chipone Technology’s third generation wireless SoC, SixG301 was launched, and the first cooperative customer landed in China, with its core positioning for smart lighting applications. SiMG301 integrates an LED pre-driver within the chip for typical lighting use cases, perfectly solving design challenges caused by small PCB sizes and high layout requirements in some fixtures, significantly reducing hardware design complexity and improving development efficiency.At the same time, with built-in PSA Level 4 security certification, it assists in product compliance for overseas markets. Currently, many Matter manufacturers in China have overseas demands but need to comply with different regional information security regulations, such as the EU RED directive and relevant safety requirements in the United States. With PSA Level 4 certification, SixG301 allows customers’ terminal products to directly meet the compliance standards of mainstream markets without additional resource investment to solve security certification issues, clearing key obstacles for overseas expansion.
Impending Explosion of Matter
Chipone Technology is a board member of the Connectivity Standards Alliance and one of the largest contributing manufacturers, contributing nearly 23% of the total code volume. Wang Luming stated that although the Matter market is not yet fully mature, it is expected to experience rapid growth starting next year.From an industry ecosystem perspective, leading ecosystem manufacturers such as Amazon, Apple, Google, and Samsung have all formed support for the Matter standard; on the client side, Google’s and Apple’s mobile products are currently compatible with the Thread protocol, enabling direct connections between phones and devices through the “Matter over Thread” mode, providing foundational conditions for the implementation of Matter products.Specifically in market applications, two leading lighting manufacturers in Europe have adopted Chipone Technology’s second and third generation wireless solutions in their latest launched Matter series products. In Chipone Technology’s core markets of mainland China and Taiwan, it is maintaining deep cooperation with leading customers and individual manufacturers. Currently, these partners’ products developed based on the Matter standard have basically completed the certification process.When discussing Chipone Technology’s advantages and differentiation in the Matter ecosystem layout, Zhou Wei stated that Chipone Technology not only fully supports protocols such as Matter over Thread at the hardware level, considering low-power core requirements, but also provides comprehensive reference designs to assist customers in rapidly advancing product development. Especially regarding the industry-wide concern of protocol bridging pain points, such as how existing Zigbee protocol devices can smoothly transition to the Matter ecosystem, we have developed and provided targeted solutions, which is also one of our core competitive advantages compared to other competitors.Currently, although Matter has not yet achieved large-scale implementation, its standard system is undergoing dynamic updates, such as the introduction of Aliro technology and exploration of new directions like Matter over Sub-GHz. Standard iteration means that the software protocol stack needs continuous upgrades and optimizations, which requires long-term and substantial R&D investment.However, challenges also contain opportunities. Chipone Technology, through close cooperation with the Connectivity Standards Alliance, has always been deeply involved in the discussion and formulation of emerging standards such as Aliro and Matter over Sub-GHz, enabling us to capture standard dynamics in real-time and synchronize technology adaptation, giving us a first-mover advantage in addressing challenges and creating conditions for seizing new market scenarios.Based on this, Chipone Technology will continue to adhere to its position as a core member of the Connectivity Standards Alliance: on one hand, actively following every update of the Matter standard to ensure that technical reserves evolve in sync with the standards; on the other hand, providing professional testing support and customized adaptation solutions for Chinese customers to help them efficiently respond to standard changes and jointly promote the maturity and implementation of the Matter ecosystem.
Discovering New Markets Through Innovation
In the face of fierce price competition in the Chinese market, Zhou Wei clearly stated that our strategy is clear and firm: we do not aim to be price leaders but to enter high-value tracks through innovation, opening up market space through differentiated demands. For example, the Bluetooth market in China is vast, but low-end products priced at 0.2-0.3 yuan are not our target. Since last year, we have invested core resources into two high-value Bluetooth fields: connected health and automotive keyless entry and start systems (PEPS), leveraging our technological advantages to take the lead in the market. Now, these two tracks have attracted many manufacturers to follow, and we have already established a first-mover advantage. It is expected that Chipone Technology’s connected health business revenue will double from last year to this year and double again next year.Starting this year, Chipone Technology is expected to enter a harvest period in the automotive electronics field. With the popularization of new energy vehicles, the market demand for PEPS systems has significantly increased, and this track has broad space and high technical barriers, aligning closely with our innovative positioning, and will become an important pillar driving growth in the Chinese market.Chipone Technology’s emphasis on the markets in mainland China and Taiwan is always reflected in its actual product layout. For example, it has specifically launched “Light version” products targeting the Chinese and Asia-Pacific markets, including FG23L, BG22L, BG24L, etc., which precisely match regional market demands with high cost-performance characteristics. These products are not simply “downgraded versions” but are designed to optimize costs and application scenarios for local customers while ensuring core performance, demonstrating a long-term commitment to the Chinese market through substantial product investment.
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