The market research agency Trendforce announced the top ten chip design companies in the world in 2022. Only one company from mainland China made the list, but it was not Huawei, but a chip company that was less known to consumers before.
Among the TOP10 global chip design companies, Huawei and Ziguang Zhanrui entered the list successively. However, due to well-known reasons, Huawei has withdrawn from the TOP10, and Ziguang Zhanrui failed to keep up with the 5G chip market. These two chip companies in mainland China have emerged a larger regression.
The new Chinese chip company on the list is Weir, which is mainly engaged in semiconductor discrete devices and power management ICs. However, it is mainly because of the successful acquisition of OmniVision Technology that it has successfully acquired OmniVision Technology. The huge income quickly improved the ranking.
OmniVision Technology is one of the top three CMOS chip companies in the world, second only to Sony and Samsung. Relying on its advantages in CMOS technology and the fact that domestic technology companies are deeply aware of the importance of getting rid of overseas chips, OmniVision After Technology was acquired by Weir, Huawei, Xiaomi, Hikvision, etc. have all increased their purchases of OmniVision, which has driven OmniVision’s revenue to soar, and Weir has also achieved performance growth after the acquisition of Weir.
CMOS is becoming more and more important, because the importance of the camera function is becoming more and more prominent. With the rise of video, consumers use mobile phones to take pictures and share videos has become an important function of mobile phones. Previously, CMOS was mainly dominated by Sony and Samsung. rise.
The rise of CMOS is also closely related to the rapid development of the domestic video surveillance industry. Hikvision has become the largest video surveillance company in the world, occupying most of the market, which further drives the development of CMOS.
Previously, CMOS was mainly dominated by foreign-funded companies such as Sony and Samsung. However, the substantial growth in domestic demand has provided development opportunities for domestic CMOS. In addition to OmniVision, which was acquired by domestic companies, there is also domestic Geke Micro, which has become a global leader. An important CMOS chip company, it is said that Gekewei is the largest CMOS chip company in the world in terms of shipments, but Gekewei mainly ships low-end CMOS chips, and its sales are far behind Sony and Samsung far.
Through the acquisition of OmniVision Technology, Weir has entered the TOP10 of the global chip design industry, providing a way for domestic chips to develop chips. After all, many chip technologies are still dominated by overseas companies. The Chinese chips of latecomers can break the overseas market through self-development. In addition to the technological advantages of chips, acquisition is also a suitable way out.
Domestic Wingtech Technology ranks among the forefront of the global analog chip industry through the acquisition of Nexperia Semiconductors. Wingtech has also transformed from a mobile phone foundry industry to a chip design company in one fell swoop, and Wingtech Technology has further improved its own chips because of the acquisition of NWF in the UK. The industry chain has gradually become an enterprise with chip design and chip manufacturing. Unfortunately, the acquisition of NWF may fail due to some reasons.
The rise of these chip companies proves that the chip industry has great potential. When Huawei is facing difficulties in chip manufacturing, many domestic chip companies continue to develop. Help Chinese manufacturing get rid of dependence on American chips.