Integrated circuit industry chain and analysis of major enterprises

An integrated circuit is a miniature electronic device or component. A certain process is used to interconnect components, such as transistors, resistors, capacitors, and inductors, in a circuit, on a small or small piece of semiconductor wafer or dielectric substrate, and then packaged in a single package. It becomes a micro-structure with the required circuit function; all the components are structurally integrated, making electronic components a big step toward miniaturization, low power consumption, intelligence and high reliability. It is indicated in the circuit by the letter "IC". The inventors of the integrated circuit are Jack Kirby (a germanium (Ge)-based integrated circuit) and Robert Neuss (a silicon-based (Si)-based integrated circuit). Most applications in the semiconductor industry today are silicon-based integrated circuits.

It is a new type of semiconductor device developed in the late 1950s and 1960s. It is a semiconductor manufacturing process such as oxidation, photolithography, diffusion, epitaxy, and aluminum evaporation. The semiconductor, resistor, capacitor and other components required to form a circuit with certain functions and the connecting wires between them are all integrated into a small piece of silicon. On-chip, then solder the electronics packaged in a package. The package has a variety of forms such as round, flat or dual in-line. Integrated circuit technology includes chip manufacturing technology and design technology, mainly in the processing equipment, processing technology, packaging and testing, mass production and design innovation capabilities.

The integrated circuit has the advantages of small size, light weight, less lead wires and solder joints, long life, high reliability, good performance, etc., and low cost, and is convenient for mass production. It is widely used not only in industrial and civil electronic equipment such as tape recorders, televisions, computers, etc., but also in military, communication, remote control and other aspects. The use of integrated circuits to assemble electronic devices has an assembly density that can be increased by several tens to several thousand times compared to transistors, and the stable operating time of the device can be greatly improved.

What is the industrial chain of integrated circuits? An integrated circuit is a circuit with a specific function that integrates a certain number of commonly used electronic components, such as resistors, capacitors, transistors, etc., and the wires between these components through a semiconductor process.

Integrated circuits mainly include analog circuits, logic circuits, microprocessors, memories, and the like. Widely used in various types of electronic products. As the basis of modern society's informationization and intelligence, integrated circuits are widely used in computers, mobile phones, televisions, communication satellites, cameras, and automotive electronics. The increase in the integration of integrated circuits has led to the performance and functions of computer and other products. A step. Among them, the computer and communication fields are the main application industries of integrated circuits. In 2016, about 74% of the world's integrated circuits were used in the field of computers and communications.

Founded in 1985, Qualcomm is headquartered in San Diego, Calif., with more than 33,000 employees worldwide. Qualcomm is a global provider of 3G, 4G and next-generation wireless technologies. It has provided technology licenses to a number of manufacturers around the world, covering all brands of telecommunications equipment and consumer electronics in the world. Qualcomm products are transforming the automotive, computing, Internet of Things, health care, data center and other industries, and support millions of terminals connected to each other in unimagined ways. Snapdragon is a highly integrated "all-in-one" mobile processor series from Qualcomm, covering entry-level smartphones and even high-end smartphones, tablets and next-generation smart devices.

Avago Technologies is a Singapore-based company that designs and develops analog semiconductor, custom chip, RF and microwave device products. The company is headquartered in San Jose, California and Singapore. Currently, the company is expanding its IP portfolio of mobile technologies.

In 1961, Avago Technologies was established as the HP Semiconductor Products Division. The company's first core product is based on LED technology. In 2005, the company was part of the Agilent Semiconductor Group's product division before being split into an independent legal entity. Avago Technologies offers a range of analog, mixed-signal and optoelectronic devices and subsystems. The company sells products covering wireless, wireline communications, industrial, automotive electronics and consumer electronics.

Avago’s high-tech product line includes: ASICs, fiber optics, LED lights and LED displays, motion control solutions, light sensors - ambient light sensors and proximity sensors, optocouplers - sealed plastics, RF and microwave - including film bulk acoustic resonators (FBAR) filter, GPS filter - LNA module, and power amplifier for mobile phones.

Taiwan Lianfa Technology Co., Ltd. is a world-renowned IC design manufacturer specializing in wireless communication and digital multimedia technologies. It provides chip integration system solutions, including wireless communication, high-definition digital TV, optical storage, DVD and Blu-ray and other related products.

Founded in 1997, MediaTek has been publicly listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange. Headquartered in Taiwan, China, with sales or research and development teams in China, India, the United States, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Denmark, the United Kingdom, Sweden and the United Arab Emirates and other countries and regions. MediaTek, which had been soaring in 2016, was precisely because of the “transfer of love” of OPPO and vivo of major customers, which caused the shipment to begin to decline, which had a direct impact on the overall performance in 2016. With the end of last year, OPPO, vivo and even Meizu, the "Unicom Professionals", have reached a patent licensing agreement with Qualcomm, and the trend is increasingly unfavorable to MediaTek.

NVIDIA is the Chinese name NVIDIA, a fabless IC semiconductor company based on the design of intelligent chipset. The company was founded in January 1993 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California. Nvidia is a global leader in graphics technology and digital media processors. NVIDIA is headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif., with approximately 5,700 employees in more than 20 countries. The company has advanced expertise in programmable graphics processors and has achieved many breakthroughs in parallel processing.

AMD Semiconductor specializes in the design and manufacture of innovative microprocessors (CPUs, GPUs, APUs, motherboard chipsets, TV card chips, etc.) for the computer, communications and consumer electronics industries, as well as providing flash and low power processor solutions. The company was founded in 1969. AMD is committed to providing standards-based, customer-focused solutions for technology users—from businesses and government agencies to individual consumers. AMD proposed a new logo for the 3A platform. The "AMDVISION" logo in the notebook field indicates that the computer uses a 3A build solution (CPU, GPU, and motherboard chipset are all manufactured by AMD).

Hisilicon is a semiconductor company. Hisilicon Semiconductor Co., Ltd. was established in October 2004. It was formerly the Huawei IC Design Center founded in 1991. Headquartered in Shenzhen, HiSilicon has design divisions in Beijing, Shanghai, Silicon Valley and Sweden.

Haisi's products cover chips and solutions in wireless networks, fixed networks, digital media, etc., and have been successfully applied in more than 100 countries and regions around the world. In the field of digital media, SoC network monitoring chips and solutions, videophones have been launched. Chips and solutions, DVB chips and solutions and IPTV chips and solutions. Mobile processors include: Kirin 960, Kirin 950, Kirin 935, Kirin 930, Kirin 928, Kirin 925, Kirin 920, Kirin 910T, Hi3789MK3V2.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. is a semiconductor manufacturing company in Taiwan. Founded in 1987, it is the world's first and largest professional integrated circuit manufacturing service (foundry). Its headquarters and main factories are located in Hsinchu Science. Park. In 2013, the revenue was 1.985 billion US dollars, and the foundry market share was 46%, ranking first in the world. As of March 20, 2017, TSMC's market value surpassed Intel to become the world's number one semiconductor company. It is noteworthy that TSMC has announced that it has signed an investment agreement with the Nanjing Municipal Government. It will spend US$3 billion to establish a 100%-controlled TSMC (Nanjing) Co., Ltd. in Nanjing, with a 12-inch wafer fab and a design service center.

Founded in 1995, Marvell Technology Group Ltd (NASDAQ: MRVL) is headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif., with more than 5,000 employees worldwide. The company has international design centers in the United States, Europe, Israel, Singapore and China. Marvell is the world's leading semiconductor company using fabless mode, selling billions of chips a year. Marvell has extensive expertise in microprocessor architecture and digital signal processing and has launched a variety of platforms including high-capacity storage solutions, mobile and wireless products, networking products, consumer products and environmentally friendly products. With world-class engineering and mixed-signal design expertise, Marvell delivers key building blocks to customers, increasing the competitive advantage of success in today's rapidly changing marketplace.

Xilinx is the world's leading provider of complete programmable logic solutions. Xilinx develops, manufactures and markets a wide range of advanced integrated circuits, software design tools, and IP as a predefined system-level feature. Xilinx's portfolio combines FPGA, SoC and 3DIC family AllProgrammable devices with fully programmable development models, including software-defined development environments. Our products support a wide range of intelligent, interconnected and differentiated applications driven by 5G wireless, embedded vision, industrial IoT and cloud computing.

Spreadtrum Communications Co., Ltd. ("Exhibition") is dedicated to the development of mobile phone chip platforms for smartphones, feature phones and other consumer electronics products. The products support 2G, 3G and 4G wireless communication standards. Based on highly integrated, high-performance chips, with customized software and reference solutions, Spreadtrum offers a complete turnkey platform solution to help customers achieve faster design cycles and reduce development costs. Spreadtrum's customers include global and local Chinese manufacturers, providing superior mobile phone products to consumers in emerging markets in China and around the world. Founded in April 2001, Spreadtrum is headquartered in Shanghai, with R&D centers in Shanghai, Beijing, Tianjin, Suzhou, Hangzhou, Chengdu, Xiamen and San Diego, San Jose and Finland, and a technical support center in Shenzhen. There are international support offices in Taiwan, India and Mexico. Spreadtrum's products support multi-standard broadband wireless communications, including GSM, GPRS, EDGE, TD-SCDMA, W-CDMA, HSPA+ and TD-LTE.