OPPO gave up chip research and development, and the impact is still continuing. This has triggered all parties to think about the development direction of domestic chips. If it is not OPPO, can other domestic chip companies break through the predicament? In fact, the key lies in chip manufacturing.
The most powerful chip company in China, due to well-known reasons, has not yet solved the problem of chip manufacturing. As a result, although it can design advanced chips, it has been unable to launch its own chips because it cannot find a chip foundry. Chips, obviously the key issue lies in chip manufacturing, and other domestic chips are similar.
For products such as mobile phones and PCs, advanced technology is indispensable. Without advanced technology, advanced performance cannot be provided, and performance is exactly what this type of product needs. For delicate electronic products such as mobile phones, Power consumption also needs to be considered, which also requires advanced technology.
There are only two chip manufacturers in the world with the most advanced technology, namely Samsung and TSMC, and these two chip manufacturers are deeply influenced by the United States. Under the current circumstances, any chip company has to develop advanced chips. Considering this factor, it is estimated that OPPO is under tremendous pressure because of this, and the chip department that invested tens of billions will be disbanded overnight.
Nano for domestic chips, without advanced technology, is there really no hope? Not so. There are other ways to develop chips with advanced performance, but apart from PCs and mobile phones, other industries have little demand for advanced technology. This is an opportunity for domestic chips.
Domestic chip companies are already trying to develop chips with advanced performance. For example, Loongson’s recently launched Loongson 3C5000 is produced with a 14nm process. The integration of two chips can meet the performance requirements of most servers. In terms of server chips, domestic chips have achieved greater success.
Recently, an analysis agency pointed out that domestic server chips accounted for nearly 10% of the domestic market. These server chips did not use advanced 5nm and 4nm processes, because servers have more space and can solve heat dissipation problems. Relying on domestic advanced Chip technology meets the performance requirements of servers to a certain extent.
Even for mobile phones that have a strong demand for advanced technology, the iPhone launched by Apple in the early years did not use advanced technology. In fact, before 2014, TSMC's advanced technology lagged behind Intel's, but the iPhone still achieved good results through chip design and software optimization. experience.
In the current Internet of Things chip industry where domestic chips have taken the lead, domestic chips are vigorously promoting the RISC-V architecture. Most of these IoT chips also use a 14nm process to optimize chip performance and power consumption. As a result, China's IoT chip shipments It has already ranked first in the world, and China has also become the world's largest IoT chip market.
In the home appliance and automobile industries, a large proportion of chips use mature technology. For example, chips used in remote controls can be satisfied with micron-level technology. These industries are all opportunities for domestic chips, and domestic home appliance chips are still trending In overseas markets, American home appliance manufacturers have recognized home appliance chips produced in China with mature technology.
Therefore, it is sad that OPPO stopped research and development of chips, but it cannot be considered that Chinese chips have lost hope. Relying on existing chip technology to create development opportunities as much as possible, strengthen technology accumulation, and lay a solid foundation. I believe that with the development of the domestic chip industry chain , many chip technology problems will be easily solved.