On September 20th, in today's "China International Information and Communication Exhibition", Zhou Jin, Director of ZTE Microelectronics Mobile Chip Program, said: "From 2014, ZTE is micro The electronic 4G multi-mode chip officially begins to travel from ZTE to the front desk, not only to provide self-research terminal chips to ZTE, but also provide 4G multi-chip solutions to external customers. Especially after the national industrial funds are obtained, it will The planning layout of the 4G terminal chip will be more comprehensive and sustainable. "
Comprehensive layout 4G terminal chip
From 2014, ZTE Microelectronics 4G multi-mode chip officially begins to travel from ZTE to the front desk, not only to provide self-developing terminal chips within ZTE, but also provide 4G multi-mold chip solutions to external customers.
At present, the main products of the 4G terminal chip issued by ZTE micro-electronic release are ZX297510 scenarios and ZX297520 solutions.
According to ZTE micro-electronic staff, ZX297510 is ZTE Microelectronics independently developed. The first domestic first use 28 nm CMOS advanced technology and a smooth Tapeout terminal chip, 7510 support TDD-LTE / FDD LTE / TD-SCDMA / GSM four-mode ten Eight frequencies, using low-power, low cost, high-end process, high integration design. The CPE of the 7510 platform has been multishable in China Mobile's 4G collection list and accounts for more than 50% of the market share in the domestic CPE market. The 7510 platform is also good in the industry market, and the 7510 platform module has a large market share in the market in electricity and other industries. In the 10th "China Core" evaluation held in November, 7510 won the two "China Core" evaluation "best market performance products", and the 4G module jointly obtained with ZTE. Grand prize.
The ZX297520 is used along the 28-nanometer process based on the ZX297510 chip, which increases the support for WCDMA. There is also excellent improvement in the LTE rate. The downstream rate can reach 300Mbps, and the upstream rate can reach 100Mbps, which will bring the user to the user's extremely fast 4G + new experience. The 7520 platform is a very cost-effective platform for the industry. It is very competitive. It can support domestic mobile and Unicom markets. At the same time, it has also broken through the international market, and has been recognized by local operators in Brazil, Southeast Asia, Russia. Get orders.
2015 National Integrated Circuit Industry Investment Fund has increased capital of 24 billion, accounting for 24% of China. On the one hand, ZTE Microelectronics encourages the investment and sales of China, and also gives a marketization and internationalization of ZTE microchip. Terminal with ZTE micro-mobile phone chips, has been in cooperation in Europe, South America, Asia Pacific, Southeast Asia, and many operators to launch a solid foundation for the sea of ZTE micro-electronic terminal chips.
After ZTE Microelectronics obtained the national industrial funds, the planning layout of 4G terminal chips will be more comprehensive and continuous in the planning layout of the 4G terminal chip.
Secondly, the development opportunity of the Internet is coming, especially the LTE-based Internet of Things will enter the outbreak phase after 2017. LTE's high spectrum utilization, IPv6-based architecture, has made opportunities for the development of honeycomb network. ZTE Microelectronics will launch LTE-based CAT1, CAT-M, NB IOT and other series of Internet-based CAT1, CAT-M, NB IOT, which continuously reduces chip costs, chip power consumption, and provides customers with the best Internet of Things chip platform solutions. "
In addition, ZTE micro-electron also uses the already matured 4G MODEM technology to create a SOC chip platform of smartphones. Our smart chip platform emphasizes security and cost performance, while the high-end market will leverage MODEM technology leading and form differential selling points. In the future, there will be a more comprehensive layout.
2017 H1 will release NB-IoT commercial chip WiseFone7100
IOT is an important area for wireless communication. According to Communication World Network News (CWW) According to the report of the consultation company, the number of connections to the Internet of Things to 70 billion is reached by 2025, far exceeding the number of people and people's communication. ZTE Microelectronics has been cultivated for many years in the IoT field, with a solution of advertising, energy, monitoring, transportation, metrology, smart cities, etc., and has achieved scale commercial, and has an in-depth understanding of the need for the IoT industry. We also have numerous IoT customers, as well as mature channels, as well as supporting industry technical support teams.
The need for IOT is multifaceted, and cannot be focused only in NB-IOT. From now on, the demand for the rate is developed, high-speed and low speed.
In terms of high-speed, the current industry uses CAT3, CAT4 products, CAT6 products have some module products, but also the business, but the delivery is not large. But with the driving needs of security, advertising, transportation, CAT6 or even CAT12 demand will gradually improve. This high-speed direction continues to 5G era.
In terms of low speed, the Internet of Things is connected to a massive connection, in some networked scenes, such as smart meter reading, ecological agriculture, smart parking, intelligent community, intelligent building, etc., for wide coverage, low power, low-cost terminal demand More clear. Currently wide commercial 2G / 3G / 4G, WLAN and other wireless technologies can not meet these challenges, and NB-IOT, which is based on LTE-based narrowed IOT technology, the needs of these Internet of Things scenes. In this regard, we have actively layout. In June this year, I combined with China Mobile to open the base station to the signaling process of the NB-IoT terminal, GSMA Shanghai exhibited; release NB-IOT prototype chip in September this year, Beijing International Communications Exhibition; 2017 H1 we will release NB-IoT commercial chip WiseFone7100.
In addition to the above two directions, there is still a technique to attract attention: CAT-M technology. NB-IOT is a very important technology, but in some scenes cannot meet the needs, because it does not support switching, the mobility support is poor, especially if the voice is not supported, can not meet logistics monitoring, elderly or children's monitoring and other scenes Demand, and this is the problem of CAT-M technology solved. At present, operators such as ATT, Verizon, are higher than that of CAT-M higher than NB-IOT, and China operators are also piloting this technology. It is understood that ZTE Microelectronics has completed the pre-research agreement, and can cooperate with the agreement, sample test and final commercial use in accordance with the China Operator Construction Plan.
Domestic autonomous research and development chip breaks foreign technology monopoly
Domestic autonomous research and development chip breaks foreign technology monopoly, successfully obtaining commercial use for domestic chip manufacturers is also greatly encouraged, this is also the best return on the country's chip industry. "For ZTE Group, it will play a very important role, which can further improve the core competitiveness of the entire company, master the advanced core technology of mobile phone chips, and will be more calm for ZTE Corporation in response to the market. The self-research chip is more advantageous, as an important part of the terminal industry chain, the decrease in chip costs will urge the development of the entire industry and bring more benefits to customers. "
ZTE Microelectronics established a mobile phone chip research and development team in December 2005. At present, ZTE Microelectronics R & D departments are distributed in R & D centers such as 9 land in Shenzhen, Nanjing, Shanghai, Xi'an and the United States. - More than 2,000 people have more than 2,000 people, master's degree or above, design and simulation of special algorithm, SOC architecture design More than 25 senior experts in the fields such as the protocol stack software architecture, attracted the addition of many excellent professional talents in the industry, and has attracted 15 talents who have rich experience in overseas.
In addition, the customer support team of ZTE Microelectronics is composed of the Elite of the R & D team. From the baseband, radio frequency, drive, modem protocol, network routing, etc., all-round coverage, currently support more than 20 customers, more than 40 projects, regular processes and support systems, fast responding to the problem, ensuring satisfaction Customer product milestone time.
Moreover, the customer support team consists of FAE and AE 2 parts, depending on the problem of urgency, at any time to the field positioning.
ZTE Microelectronics has fully mastered a large-scale deep submicron-scale digital integrated circuit design technology, SOC design technology, simulation and digital-to-mode mixed integrated circuit design technology. The currently designed chip has more than 100 million doors, and the mass production process has reached 28 nm. The design conditions include the performance of the EDA tool used and the performance of the hardware operation platform is in the industry leader.
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