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Host: Recently, there has been significant news in the high-end electronic measurement field; domestic oscilloscopes have finally made breakthroughs in the “bottleneck” area. Let’s discuss this matter. Xiong Fei, please introduce which company has achieved this breakthrough?
Xiong Fei: It is Shenzhen Wanliyan Technology Co., Ltd. You may not be familiar with it, as it was established not long ago, in September 2023. It is a core subsidiary of Shenzhen Xinkailai Semiconductor, specializing in high-end electronic measurement instruments. Despite its youth, it has strong backing—Xinkailai holds 91.47% of its shares, and there is also investment from state-owned private equity funds. The team consists of over 600 people, with 80% being R&D personnel. CEO Liu Sang has been focused on the goal of “breaking the Western monopoly” from the very beginning.
Host: When it comes to “breaking the monopoly,” many may not understand how severe the “bottleneck” has been in the high-end oscilloscope field?
Xiong Fei: First, we need to talk about the importance of oscilloscopes. They are the “eyes” of high-end industries such as electronic information, semiconductors, and 6G communication. Without them, the development of cutting-edge technologies cannot progress. However, for decades, this market has been monopolized by Western companies like Keysight Technologies, Tektronix, and LeCroy. More critically, domestic oscilloscopes have mostly been concentrated in the mid-to-low-end range of 8-18 Hz, while international top levels have already reached 60 Hz or even 110 Hz, creating a significant gap.
What’s even more concerning is that the U.S. has directly prohibited the export of real-time oscilloscopes with bandwidth exceeding 60 Hz to China through the “Wassenaar Arrangement” and export controls—this effectively chokes off the development of advanced chips below 7 nanometers, high-speed SerDes interfaces, and 6G communication, making “domestic substitution” an urgent necessity.
Host: So, how impressive is the product that Wanliyan has launched? Where was it released?
Xiong Fei: The product released this time is a 90 Hz ultra-high-speed real-time oscilloscope, which will be globally launched on October 15, 2025, at the Shenzhen Bay Chip Exhibition opening ceremony. Previously, Guo Ziping, the director of the Shenzhen Development and Reform Commission, mentioned that this is an “unexpected breakthrough,” and industry experts have called it a “surprise.”
This product has three “global firsts”: the world’s first 90 Hz bandwidth domestic real-time oscilloscope, the world’s first ultra-high-speed intelligent oscilloscope, and the world’s first full-screen touch oscilloscope. Its performance ranks second in the world and first in China, instantly increasing the bandwidth of domestic oscilloscopes by 500%, equivalent to several generations of advancement. Moreover, it has won the first prize for technological invention from the Chinese Society of Instrumentation in 2025 and has passed CNAS certification. Currently, Wanliyan is the only company in China capable of measuring oscilloscopes with bandwidths above 80 Hz.
Host: It sounds very hardcore! What is the core technology behind it? Ordinary people might not understand the technical terms; can you explain it in simpler terms?
Xiong Fei: The core technology is Wanliyan’s unique “Smart Eye Architecture,” which includes three key platforms. Let’s explain it in layman’s terms:
The first is the “t-level real-time acquisition platform,” which simply means it can “capture” rapidly changing signals, supporting 90 Hz bandwidth and a sampling rate of 200 GSa/s—such as 6G millimeter-wave and high-speed optical communication signals, which it can accurately capture.
The second is the “super strong computing power platform,” which includes an AI acceleration unit, processing signals at “millisecond level” speeds, much faster than previous manual operations.
The third is the “intelligent data platform,” which integrates machine learning to automatically adjust parameters and reduce noise, eliminating the need for engineers to test parameters one by one, making it particularly user-friendly.
With these three platforms working together, the oscilloscope achieves “accuracy, speed, and intelligence.”
Host: How is the “intelligence” specifically reflected? What differences does it make for engineers in practical use?
Xiong Fei: Previously, engineers might take several minutes to manually adjust oscilloscope parameters, but now this model can do it in one second—it can automatically identify the signal type, whether it is PAM4 or NRZ, and then configure the best parameters with one click. Moreover, in environments with strong electromagnetic interference, it can intelligently suppress noise, improving the signal-to-noise ratio by over 30%, making useful signals stand out.
Additionally, decoding high-speed interface protocols like PCIe and USB4, as well as eye diagram analysis and jitter analysis, which previously required experienced engineers, can now be quickly mastered by novices following the operation, significantly improving efficiency. Its 18.5-inch full-touch screen is 30% larger than the industry average, and operating it is as intuitive as using a smartphone—three-finger swipes can zoom in on waveforms and make marks without needing to remember complex menus.
Host: Is this oscilloscope already in use? In which fields is it mainly applied?
Xiong Fei: It has already been applied in top enterprises and research institutions like Huawei, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences for application testing. This step is crucial, indicating that it has moved from the laboratory to actual industrial applications.
As for specific fields, in the semiconductor industry, it can measure signals of 112G and 224G high-speed SerDes in 3-nanometer and 5-nanometer chips, which was previously impossible with domestic instruments; in the 6G and optical communication fields, it can perform millimeter-wave channel modeling and terahertz device characterization; in intelligent driving, it can measure real-time signals of 77 Hz millimeter-wave radar and in-vehicle Ethernet, essentially covering the current hottest frontier industry demands.
Host: Compared to imported similar products, what advantages does our model have?
Xiong Fei: In terms of performance, it is already second in the world, and the advantages of domestic enterprises are even more apparent: first, the supply chain responds quickly, allowing for timely adjustments when issues arise; second, the service is good, and customized development is flexible, which is difficult for imported brands to achieve so promptly; and third, the price—imported similar products can easily cost over ten million per unit, while our model offers much better cost performance, making high-end oscilloscopes accessible to more domestic research and enterprise users.
Host: What are Wanliyan’s future plans? Will they continue to make breakthroughs?
Xiong Fei: They are not just “catching up”; their goal is to “lead”—next, they will aim for bandwidths above 100 Hz, striving to become number one in the world. They will also expand into new fields, such as quantum measurement and photonic computing, aiming to turn these areas into new advantages.
In the long term, they want to create an ecosystem centered around oscilloscopes, integrating cloud platforms and AI models. As their CEO said, they hope this oscilloscope can become engineers’ “thousand-mile eye and wind ear,” using “Chinese standards” to reshape the global high-end testing instrument landscape, truly allowing Chinese innovation to lead the future.
Host: Looking at it this way, the breakthrough of this oscilloscope is not just a success of a product but also a step towards self-reliance and strength for domestic high-end instruments.
Xiong Fei: Yes, previously we had to rely on imports for oscilloscopes above 60 Hz, and now we can close the loop from design, manufacturing to measurement, which adds a solid barrier to national technological security. In the future, if we can achieve breakthroughs in more high-end instrument fields, our cutting-edge industry research and development will be more confident.