Chinese semiconductor industry

OFILM releases a new generation of short-range millimeter-wave radar to empower autonomous driving​

Release time: 2020-11-26
Recently, after the technical breakthrough of the smart car R&D team, OFILM's new generation of short-range millimeter-wave radar was officially released, leading the industry in low-speed and short-range performance.





▲ OFILM short-range millimeter-wave radar module



Industry-leading low-speed and short-distance performance



OFILM's new generation of short-range millimeter-wave radar breaks through the functional limitations of traditional radars, and opens a new era of low-speed short-range radar with industry-leading performance.

At present, the low-speed radar sensor configuration in the smart car market is dominated by ultrasonic radar. However, ultrasonic radar has obvious shortcomings in application. Its accuracy is low, the detection distance is short, more accurate information cannot be obtained at high speed, and it is easily affected by surface contamination, raindrops, ice and snow, etc., so that the sensor cannot fully perform its functions. In contrast, OFILM's short-range millimeter-wave radar is comparable in cost to ultrasonic radar, but its low-speed and short-range performance is much higher than that of ultrasonic radar, leading the industry.





▲ Compared with ultrasonic radar, OFILM short-range millimeter-wave radar has superior performance



On the basis of traditional functions such as BSD, LCA, DOW, and RCTA, OFILM short-distance millimeter-wave radar can realize near-field and low-speed detection, and its various indicators are at the leading level in the industry: it surpasses ultrasonic sensors in terms of detection range, speed, angle, etc. Realize that the car can accurately judge the surrounding environment and reduce collisions and other situations; it has a leapfrog performance improvement for MEB (emergency braking) at low speeds, and can adapt to more scenarios; the overall price is close to that of ultrasonic radar, reaching the balance between performance and price perfect combination.

OFILM: At present, Xinfei New Materials has mass-produced 0.3mm VC vapor chamber, and is developing 0.22mm​

Every AI newsletter, some investors ask on the investor interaction platform: How thin can the vapor chamber be the thinnest?
OFILM (002456.SZ) stated on the investor interaction platform on November 29 that the company's main business products include optical imaging modules, optical lenses, microelectronics and smart car related products. Focusing on the core series of products such as smart phones, smart cars, and new fields, the company has formed a product structure with rich types, complete series, reasonable distribution, and comprehensive technical paths, leading the innovation and upgrading of a full range of products. Jiangxi Xinfei New Materials Co., Ltd., which the company holds shares in, actively develops a variety of new materials such as semiconductor lead frames, and develops the market for film materials and semiconductor metal materials. At present, Xinfei New Materials has mass-produced 0.3mm VC vapor chamber, and is developing 0.22mm.

bzhong05 said:

Latest piece from Nikkei Asia about Huawei quietly building a domestic semiconductor supply chain...

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JHICC and Quliang are just two examples of Huawei's domestic supply chain ambitions. With help of local governments across China, Huawei and its partners are working on a new chip production and assembly network in Beijing, Wuhan, Qingdao and Huawei's home base Shenzhen, with investments estimated at more than 400 billion yuan ($55.8 billion). The goal is simple: to replace foreign manufacturers and suppliers, and bring back Huawei's key chip production for telecom base stations, surveillance cameras and smartphones -- and venture into the automotive chip business.

"If the U.S. crackdown is like bombardment with the most advanced fighter jets, Huawei's counter-efforts are definitely like guerrilla-style campaigns," one executive whose company does business with Huawei told Nikkei."

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Also interesting, maybe confirms some rumors here?

SMIC, for instance, has created production lines free of American chipmaking equipment nicknamed "Non-A lines" at its factory in Beijing, and in another newly built plant in Tongzhou, southeast of Beijing, employees and suppliers with direct knowledge of the matter said.

bzhong05 said:

Latest piece from Nikkei Asia about Huawei quietly building a domestic semiconductor supply chain...

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JHICC and Quliang are just two examples of Huawei's domestic supply chain ambitions. With help of local governments across China, Huawei and its partners are working on a new chip production and assembly network in Beijing, Wuhan, Qingdao and Huawei's home base Shenzhen, with investments estimated at more than 400 billion yuan ($55.8 billion). The goal is simple: to replace foreign manufacturers and suppliers, and bring back Huawei's key chip production for telecom base stations, surveillance cameras and smartphones -- and venture into the automotive chip business.

"If the U.S. crackdown is like bombardment with the most advanced fighter jets, Huawei's counter-efforts are definitely like guerrilla-style campaigns," one executive whose company does business with Huawei told Nikkei."

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First thing welcome to SDF, I'm glad a new member share my enthusiasm about Huawei the Vanguard of China IC development. Ren Zheng Fei for me is the reincarnation of Mao, he and his core army of Huawei employees survived the long march (from 2018 to 2020) had reach Yan'an and is strategizing it's comeback in 2023. We may see a great battle reminiscence of Huaihai campaign in 2024/25 that will decided the tech war between the US and China.

"The best that SMIC's "Non-A" lines can produce at the moment is 40-nm chips, meaning the space between transistors is comparatively massive -- about half the size of a coronavirus particle. Such technology existed as far back as 2008. SMIC is trying to advance to 28-nm chips without relying on American equipment within two years, people with direct knowledge told Nikkei. SMIC did not respond to a request for comment."

This doesn't seem accurate to me?

theorlonator said:

"The best that SMIC's "Non-A" lines can produce at the moment is 40-nm chips, meaning the space between transistors is comparatively massive -- about half the size of a coronavirus particle. Such technology existed as far back as 2008. SMIC is trying to advance to 28-nm chips without relying on American equipment within two years, people with direct knowledge told Nikkei. SMIC did not respond to a request for comment."

This doesn't seem accurate to me?

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What part?

tokenanalyst said:

What part?

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40 nm only? I thought we were at 28nm or 14nm. What's missing?

theorlonator said:

"The best that SMIC's "Non-A" lines can produce at the moment is 40-nm chips, meaning the space between transistors is comparatively massive -- about half the size of a coronavirus particle. Such technology existed as far back as 2008. SMIC is trying to advance to 28-nm chips without relying on American equipment within two years, people with direct knowledge told Nikkei. SMIC did not respond to a request for comment."

This doesn't seem accurate to me?

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That's a rumor currently going on in weibo that someone posted. Their SMSC plant has been attempting to grow for several years without any American parts (maybe Amat/Lam supplied a few equipment in the beginning). And they continue to spend more money on ASML scanners after the sanctions. So I think the best de-americanized line is actually N+1, not 40 nm.

Now, it is possible that the new SMIC Beijing plant is only capable of 40 nm product. Which makes sense, since they are targeting mature node production and probably have higher local machine requirement. I'm also guessing that this line is using SMEE lithography machines.

bzhong05 said:

Latest piece from Nikkei Asia about Huawei quietly building a domestic semiconductor supply chain...

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JHICC and Quliang are just two examples of Huawei's domestic supply chain ambitions. With help of local governments across China, Huawei and its partners are working on a new chip production and assembly network in Beijing, Wuhan, Qingdao and Huawei's home base Shenzhen, with investments estimated at more than 400 billion yuan ($55.8 billion). The goal is simple: to replace foreign manufacturers and suppliers, and bring back Huawei's key chip production for telecom base stations, surveillance cameras and smartphones -- and venture into the automotive chip business.

"If the U.S. crackdown is like bombardment with the most advanced fighter jets, Huawei's counter-efforts are definitely like guerrilla-style campaigns," one executive whose company does business with Huawei told Nikkei."

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For those needing to remove paid wall.

theorlonator said:

40 nm only? I thought we were at 28nm or 14nm. What's missing?

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"Non-A" lines, I guess the A stand for American. In theory they could go down to 28nm but I guess you have to learn to walk first before you can run.

tphuang said:

So I think the best de-americanized line is actually N+1, not 40 nm.

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Interesting because N+1 is the equipment strategy of Wanye Enterprise, Is interesting too that Jiaxin was founded by an ex SMIC CEO.