Recently, the Semiconductor Industry Association issued a notice stating that for imported chips, the origin determination rule is that the wafer fabrication location is considered the place of origin. This means that regardless of which country the chip is from, only those fabricated in the United States will enjoy the appropriate tariff treatment. After the … Read more
★ Click the blue text above to follow ★Author: Beijing Huaxing Wanbang Management Consulting Co., Ltd. Xiangyu Shangrui As large models continue to evolve, they are pushing inference applications to edge and endpoint devices on a large scale. New AI application scenarios and models such as IoT intelligence, embodied intelligence, AI agents, and physical AI … Read more
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
(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 silicon tape-out success rate is sharply declining. Details from a new … Read more
1. What is Tape-Out Tape-out, in English, refers to the process of converting the layout of a designed integrated circuit (IC) into an actual chip, similar to a production line, through a series of manufacturing steps. Tape-out, which means sending for manufacturing, is the final stage of integrated circuit design, where the chip design company … Read more
Author: Han Lijie, Partner at Kaiteng Law Firm Editor: Zheng Kejun, Su Yang On March 17, Huada Jiutian announced that it plans to issue shares and pay cash to acquire 100% of the shares of Xinheng Semiconductor Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. Ten days later, another EDA supplier, Gaolun Electronics, announced that it was planning to … Read more
Recently, the 176th meeting of the 18th Issuance Review Committee of the China Securities Regulatory Commission was held, and Fuzhou Rockchip’s initial public offering (IPO) was approved. Previously, Rockchip had failed multiple times in its IPO attempts, primarily due to its insufficient strength. Even now, there are still some flaws in Rockchip’s documentation, and this … Read more
By | Zhang Jiahua Edited by | Cheng Manqi Half a month ago, Google announced that Android would fully support the RISC-V instruction set, which will encourage mobile phone and chip manufacturers to consider RISC-V chips more seriously. RISC-V has opened the door to a market worth hundreds of billions of dollars annually, adding billions … Read more
Chips, a battlefield of fierce competition! The global chip industry is undergoing unprecedented changes, with technological innovations surging like waves, making the industry’s development full of uncertainties. In this intense competition,RISC-V chips have emerged as a new focus. The key to chip design lies in the instruction set, which acts like a special key that … Read more
1. Basic Information Rockchip was established in 2001 and is headquartered in Fuzhou, with subsidiaries in Shenzhen, Shanghai, Beijing, Hangzhou, and Hong Kong, creating a broad business network. On February 7, 2020, Rockchip successfully went public on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, with stock code 603893, marking its entry into the capital market. The company focuses … Read more