This all started in 2020! In 2020 and 2021, despite the impact of the pandemic causing various industries to suffer, the transition to chip design and chip verification reached its peak! At that time, the entire semiconductor industry was thriving. Under the dual influence of substantial national subsidies and U.S. sanctions, the number of chip … Read more
Huawei recently released a remarkable smartphone that does not feature a Kirin chip, but instead unusually adopts a Qualcomm chip. The device is the Enjoy 70X Vitality Edition, priced starting at 1499 yuan, with a post-subsidy price of 1274.15 yuan. After the launch, popular influencer “Yang Changshun Repairman” immediately conducted a teardown of the 256GB … Read more
Recently, the U.S. government has implemented the strictest chip ban in history, restricting NVIDIA’s H100, A100, and other AI chips from entering the Chinese market. This ban directly impacts the global technology industry, especially NVIDIA’s performance, as the Chinese market represents a significant “cake” for NVIDIA. In response to this predicament, NVIDIA, showing both wisdom … Read more
Hello everyone, today let’s talk about the localization of analog chips: a hard battle we must fight! To put it simply, chips are like the rice we eat every day, with foreign brands dominating the market, and our own production is still insufficient. Especially for analog chips, which are the “electronic staple food”; without them, … Read more
The tech industry has recently been buzzing!First, chip giant NVIDIA suddenly imposed an “indefinite sales ban“, saying goodbye to its latest H20 chip, which will no longer be sold to China, Israel, and a few other countries!Over in the Netherlands, they seemed to have a “telepathic” connection, immediately following suit by announcing restrictions on the … Read more
(This article is translated from Semiconductor Engineering) As the complexity of chips continues to increase, chip manufacturers are shifting from single-chip designs to multi-chip components, requiring more iterations, and the increasing level of customization makes design and verification work more time-consuming. Consequently, the first tape-out success rate of chips is sharply declining. Details from a … Read more
On April 18, the School of Biomedical Engineering at Hainan University officially released its self-developed core technology and series of products for implantable brain-computer interfaces (BCI), including globally leading BCI-specific chips, neural signal acquisition systems, neural signal modulation systems, and neuron positioning systems. Regarding the significant implications of this breakthrough, domestic analysts have stated that … Read more
Click the blue text to follow usProducts in the market generally go through three stages: design, manufacturing, and packaging.Packaging and testing involve cutting qualified wafers produced, wire bonding, and encapsulating them to achieve electrical connections between the chip circuits and external devices, providing mechanical and physical protection for the chips. Additionally, testing tools provided by … Read more
1. Product Overview and Positioning The Qualcomm QCS series includes four high-end chips (QCS6490, QCS610, QCS6125, QCS5430) aimed at industrial IoT, edge computing, smart cameras, and other scenarios, with significant differentiated features: For detailed charts, please click to enlarge For detailed charts, please click to enlarge High-end Performance: QCS6490 Long-term Cost-Effectiveness: QCS610/QCS5430 Basic Imaging Solution: … Read more
On April 17, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang rushed to Beijing, marking his second visit to China in just three months. The urgency of this visit was triggered by the U.S. government’s sudden announcement on April 9, imposing “indefinite export controls” on NVIDIA’s H20 chip designed specifically for the Chinese market. This news hit the capital … Read more