Recently, the introduction of market rumors this month, the State will support the integrated circuit (IC) industry, the new policy.
According to the latest news, new policies may be the biggest beneficiaries of chip design companies.But the industry believes that the current chip industry chain, the shortest "board" is not the chip design, but to make the best use of the chip to an embedded system integration design.
"Now we talk business, if the chip itself for the design and production of about 10 minutes, then came out for the chip how to apply the program, the software and hardware design of system integration at least 30 minutes to talk about." An IT businessthe boss says: "I feel the development of the domestic chip industry's biggest obstacle is not the chip itself, not in the manufacturing sector, it seems that a broader industry chain is missing the hardware and software synergy that ring."
The absence of chain links
China's IC industry in 2004 reached 54.53 billion yuan in sales, a substantial increase compared with 55.2% in 2003, becoming the fastest growing global integrated circuit industry in the world.However, the domestic IC industry to meet the needs of the domestic market for less than 20%.In 2004, China has accounted for 20.1% of the global semiconductor market, while China's IC industry in the global market share of only 3.7%.This means that China's domestic chip industry, there is a huge space for development, but also shows that China's market position in the chip industry and production capacity, the level does not match, how to make up the gap in between is everyone's concern.
"Domestic chip industry, the most critical problem is that only the 'heart', without 'soul'." Shenzhen Taijia Executive Director of Music Technology Development Co., Ltd. Professor Zhu Mingcheng bluntly told reporters, "so-called 'heart' is the chip design,The 'soul' refers to the chip package of the software. any of the products have a chip of light is of no use, the need for a sophisticated application programs to support. and mature program must have the software and hardware collaboration system architecture. whichsoftware, the proportion in the system larger, more complex technology required, human, material and time investment in hardware several times. "
Lack of supporting software is difficult to catch up with the domestic chip industry, the crux of one of the world's advanced level.This late start with the domestic chip industry, the starting point not unrelated to the low background, but with the industry's rapid growth and market demand, upgrade the industrial division of labor and specialization of the conflict with it will not match the increasing emergence of the.
Domestic chip industry chain is not yet mature, intellectual property rights mechanism is not perfect, resulting in some enterprises do not trust the downstream firms, taking their products from production to production, development of software systems all work.The results extend the product to market, the products produced Shaorenwenjin, blocked the road themselves."Now the independent chip design of domestic enterprises and foreign mature products in the competition, often face the following questions: Do you have to turn off the chip is not? Is there a mature software support? Price? Whether the future product line based on marketdemand continues to upgrade? "chip leading experts, ARM's Dr. Jun Tan, president of China told reporters that" one of the most important is the software. the phone, for example, cell phone case, charger, LCD screen and other hardwareTechnical updates have been no tricks, the chips and software is the key. "
"But software development is the most expensive, not to mention the industry and many people do not realize the importance of the software, just blindly one-sided emphasis on individual aspects of the design or manufacture." Anonymity, says industry experts, "Some businesses aware of the problem, but does not do high-level R & D capital is also helpless. do not realize that companies want them to change their ideas are not things can be resolved overnight. Therefore, the domestic chip industry needs To make up this lessona process. will soon introduce a new policy is a rare opportunity, if the new policy will regulate the industry and design enterprises, correction of their old ideas, giving the chip system software supporting links to the strong financial and policy support, it will be ChinaGospel of the chip industry. "
First set "target" or first "archery"
Archery and then if someone asked to draw the arrow impact point as the center target, the people around them will have been laughed at.But in the domestic chip industry, the first applications designed to promote the new chips do, then go to the market has been in practice for many years, and this is impeding the development of China's chip industry growth is another deadly factor.
"Chip scale must be cost-effective, and to the scale necessary to have enough market demand. Therefore, the chip design must be to apply for the pilot, there must be a mature software system support, design staff alone will not work behind closed doors. "Zhu Cheng repeatedly stressed:" chip design enterprises should Huawei, ZTE, TCL, etc. These systems vendors together, as they will know the market demand and application direction. Now vendors no one wants to use, and no one dared to usethe test of practice without the chip market. "
Jun Tan, not quite agree with this view, he added: "China is the world's largest and most active market, which means that the domestic market itself has many potential applications waiting to be excavated, and in the future international competition, the one who has mastered the market who have a say. "
Reporter was informed that currently there are many around the country have been technology companies in the "mining" said Jun Tan, the application of those unique opportunities in China.For example, the Dalian City buses are using a smart card ticketing machines; there Dalian to save energy in each lamp street lights are placed next to a small box that can dynamically control light switches, which are DalianLocal technology companies do."It is gratifying that these unique technologies and products in China, is not entirely focused on Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, the largest city in Dalian, Panzhihua, Zhengzhou city of such places, there are many innovative applications," said Jun Tan, "Thisis application-oriented enormous market potential, but also the direction of the domestic chip industry, so domestic companies to choose not only the advanced chips, but also to pay attention to choose a mature, including software and hardware industrial chain, including solution providers, in order as soon as possibleon the basis of the advanced chips to create a new application system solutions and products. "