"China Core" Project Refraction Three Characteristics of Integrated Circuit Industry
February 14, 2023
The "China Core" project is under the guidance of the departments of industry and informationization and the relevant ministries and commissions of the country, and is organized by the China Electronics Industry Science and Technology Exchange Center (Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Software and Integrated Circuit Promotion Center) (CSIP) within the United Nations. Related companies' integrated circuit technology innovation and product innovation projects. This activity adheres to the development concept of “using industry and using industry” to build a centralized display platform for outstanding products of China's IC companies and build high-end public brands for integrated circuits in China.
The "China Core" project reflects the following three characteristics of China's integrated circuit industry:
1. The related enterprises in the mobile internet industry have developed rapidly. Sales of related businesses such as tablet PCs, mobile phones, mobile navigation, and mobile payment have increased by an average of over 50%.
2. China's enterprises gradually break international monopoly and accelerate the development of independent standards. Such as TD-LTE, Beidou, CMMB, and smart meters, the industrialization of these independent standards has accelerated the R&D process of related chip companies in China.
3, the interaction between the whole machine and the chip is increasingly strengthened. With the improvement of local chip quality and services, China's core has been adopted by more and more complete machine companies, and the overall competitiveness of domestic IC design companies has improved significantly.
In 2011, a total of 69 domestic IC design companies and 74 chip products participated in this "China Core" activity. Whether from the number of participating companies or the number of participating products greatly exceeds previous years. In addition, 23 complete machine companies also participated in this "China Core" activity. Among the IC design companies participating in the activity, there are 18 in the Bohai Region of Beijing, Tianjin, 24 in the Yangtze River Delta, and 23 in the Pearl River Delta. Participating companies in these three regions account for 95% of all participating companies, presenting three points in the world. pattern.
From the perspective of the product areas of participating companies, IC design enterprise products are mainly distributed in audio and video processing, mobile phone communications, energy meters, tablet computers, etc., and the entire machine industry is mainly distributed in four major areas, namely digital television, computers, Tablet and mobile communications.
From the perspective of the technology involved in the product, the most used process is 140nm to 180nm, accounting for 37% of all participating products. In addition, there are also a considerable number of products using 90nm to 130nm and 65nm processes, which account for 23% and 21%, respectively. The level of technology has reached 40nm.
Judging from the situation of applying for patents, this year's "China Core" participated in the product's total application of patents (accepted) about 770 items, and obtained a total of about 280 patents. On average, each product declared about 11 patents, and about 4 patents were obtained.
