These are supposed to be secrets?
Chinese semiconductor industry
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Depends on the person, i guess. I have always wanted to know more about various enterprises in the midstream and upstream of Chinese MIC. It gives me a sense of scale and robustness. Very few countries have this broad and deep networks.
It is written to attract investors, I think.
I think it is probably safe to say that IGBT is a "cracked nut" for China. But this report does not mention either CRRC's 株洲中车电气时代 or BYD.
How many military uses actually need FPGAs? I can see usefulness of FPGAs in weapon prototypes and during weapon development. But using FPGAs in large scale deployments in service seems excessive to me. Could the report mistakes FPGAs as DSPs or ASICs?
FPGA's are very important ( too important) for any military with serious MIC.
All the more evidence that China doesn't have FPGAs as a weakness. (If it was, it'd have been found and exploited to the hilt by now. No authorized sale happen to China's MIC from US anyway as its banned, sanctioned or stopped).
How are they being imported? If it was a weakness it would've already been exploited to the limit. But it hasn't.
IGBT isn't even a difficult technology. It is power semiconductor which has gigantic line widths like in micron range.
ASIC is a better choice for large scale deployment. Not just the cost, but ASIC also runs cooler and many military applications are temperature sensitive.
It's something that I read years ago and something that I recollect quite well. That article you cited is good.
...a few semiconductor startups have dipped a toe into the FPGA pool.A few of the devices offered by these PRC FPGA vendors incorporate “high-speed” transceivers, but the maximum data rates offered are much lower than the transceiver speeds available in devices from US-based FPGA companies. Bigger and better FPGAs from these companies are sure to follow, as evidenced by the early information about the Seal 5000 family from Xi’an Intelligent Silicon Tech...
Chinese power IC startup Southchip becomes a hot player amid strong demands in battery management applications
Southchip Semiconductor, a Shanghai-based power management chip company, is becoming a hot player, thanks to spiraling demand for power management chips in consumer electronics, industrial, and automobile applications.
Southchip Semiconductor, a Shanghai-based power management chip company, is becoming a hot player, thanks to spiraling demand for power management chips in consumer electronics, industrial, and automobile applications.
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