Zhongxin Finance, Beijing, January 13 (Chen Jing) data show that by 2025, the global semiconductor market will exceed 400 billion yuan, while the Chinese automotive semiconductor market will reach 120 billion yuan, doubling the current level.
The high-performance automotive processor is the core driving force for the development of automotive electronics. Under this general trend, "lack of core" also provides a valuable window for Chinese manufacturers.
Chen Shujie, Chief Brand Officer of Xinchi Technology, introduced at the first "Xinchi Talk" automotive chip media exchange meeting that the automotive electronic and electrical architecture is changing from the traditional ECU to the current "domain controller" architecture, and will be transformed into "central computing" in the future. + Regional control" evolution, only the improvement of the underlying architecture can support the new intelligent requirements of automobiles.
In this context, the entire series of "smart cockpit, intelligent driving, security control, and intelligent gateway" domain control computing power platform of Xinchi completed the tape-out, the highest-level certification of vehicle regulations, and mass production and shipment in less than 3 years. , covering more than 70% of car factories in China.
According to market research agency IHS Markit, among the top ten auto technology companies in the world in 2021, except for 3D printing manufacturing, the other nine are directly related to chips.
Xu Chao, vice president of Xinchi Technology, said that the traditional automobile development process does not require the participation of chip companies. Most of the standard components provided by Tier 1 are used, and the electronic systems of mainstream models are less differentiated. Nowadays, automobile companies strengthen in-depth exchanges with chip companies, and chip companies enter the market earlier. More than 16 months, differentiated demand increases.
China is a major auto country in the world, but Chinese auto chips rarely enter the international mainstream market.
According to the data, among them, the top 7 MCU suppliers in the world occupy more than 90% of the market, while the share of Chinese manufacturers is less than 3%.
Unlike consumer electronics, automotive chips have very high barriers to entry.
Xu Chao introduced that consumer chips mainly focus on three indicators of performance, power consumption, and cost, while automotive-grade chips need to have the characteristics of reliability, safety, consistency, and longevity.
The automotive electronics certification process is complex and requires a large investment.
For example, automotive-grade chips must meet the functional safety standard ISO26262, the reliability standard AEC-Q series certification, and the quality management system certification IATF16949.
As early as 2018, Xinchi Technology has been deeply involved in the layout of automotive chips.
Xu Chao said that at present, Xinchi Technology is the only "four-in-one" automotive chip company in China, and has obtained AEC-Q100 reliability certification, ISO26262 ASIL D functional safety process certification, ISO26262 ASIL B functional safety product certification and national secret. Information security product certification.
At the event, Xinchi Technology exhibited its latest "One Core Ten Screens" Demo, which supports up to 10 independent full HD displays through one X9U chip, including front-row instruments, central control screen, HUD and Multiple entertainment screens, enabling multi-screen sharing and interaction.
According to Xu Chao, on top of core products, Xinchi also cooperates with more than 200 ecological partners, covering operating systems, virtualization, tools, protocol stacks, HMI and other aspects to jointly empower vehicle manufacturers.
The analysis believes that in the future, chip companies will increasingly participate in the design of smart cars at the beginning, which will greatly release the imagination of new car functions, reduce costs and improve user experience.
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