In the context of the accelerated transformation of the global automotive industry to intelligence and electrification, China's automotive electronics market has ushered in unprecedented development opportunities. At the beginning of July, Mr. Chen Lu, editor-in-chief of China Exportsemi, brought a live report at the high-level matchmaking meeting between Changan Automobile and Seres held on the shore of Mingyue Lake in Chongqing. Mr. Chen Xinzhun, deputy general manager of Guangzhou Aosong Electronics Co., Ltd., delivered a forward-looking and strategic speech. Mr. Chen Xinzhun not only shared the development history of Aosong Semiconductor in the field of automotive electronics, but also looked forward to the company's grand blueprint in technological innovation and industrial upgrading.
1. New opportunities in the southwest automotive electronics market
In his speech, Mr. Chen Xinzhun pointed out that with the vigorous development of China's new energy vehicle industry, the scale of the automotive electronics market continues to expand. In particular, the southwest region, as an important base of China's automobile industry, has huge market potential and development space. Aosong Electronics has seized this opportunity and built an 8-inch MEMS characteristic chip IDM industrial base of Aosong Semiconductor in Chongqing High-tech Zone, including 8-inch CMOS+MEMS characteristic sensor chip mass production line, Chongqing Aosong Intelligent Sensing Technology Research Institute Co., Ltd., 8-inch MEMS characteristic wafer rapid R&D line, intelligent sensor innovation and R&D center, vehicle-grade sensor reliability testing center, industry-university-research research center and other projects to ensure the growing supply chain demand of automotive electronics in the west.
Second, the strategic significance of the 8-inch MEMS chip production line
The construction of 8-inch MEMS characteristic chip production line is of great strategic significance for the automotive electronics industry in the entire southwest region. The completion of this production line will not only greatly improve the production capacity and technical level of Aosong Electronics, but also promote the cluster development of the automotive electronics industry in southwest China, attract more upstream and downstream enterprises to settle in, and form a strong chase effect of the industrial chain.
Figure: Aosong Semiconductor's MEMS sensor solution
3. the development history and strength of Aosong Electronics
Founded in 2003, after 20 years of development, Aosong Electronics has become a leading enterprise in China's MEMS smart sensors. In 2010, Aosong Electronics successfully produced capacitive temperature and humidity sensor chips by building its first 3-inch MEMS R&D line, and then successively developed a number of MEMS sensor chips. In 2019, the first 6-inch MEMS production line in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area was built. With the successful operation of these production lines, Aosong Electronics has gradually formed a development model of the whole industrial chain of intelligent sensors in the field of MEMS, integrating material research and development, chip design, chip manufacturing, packaging and testing, and system application, which has laid a solid foundation for the further development of Aosong Electronics in the field of automotive electronics. In 2022, Aosong Semiconductor (Chongqing) Co., Ltd. will settle in the Western (Chongqing) Science City and start the construction of Aosong Semiconductor's 8-inch MEMS characteristic chip IDM industrial base project, covering CMOS+MEMS characteristic process, which can realize the R&D and mass production of MEMS sensor products, and provide services such as MEMS characteristic semiconductor chip development cooperation, equipment sharing, and technical support.
4. technological innovation and industrial chain coordinated development
In his speech, Mr. Chen Xinzhun emphasized the importance of technological innovation and the coordinated development of the industrial chain. He mentioned that Aosong Electronics plans to establish a reliability testing center for automotive-grade sensors in Chongqing High-tech Zone to improve product quality and market competitiveness. At the same time, the company will also work with OEMs and entrepreneurs present to develop independent and controllable sensor chips to achieve technological independence and industrial upgrading.
5. Continuous investment in technological innovation
In terms of technological innovation, Aosong Electronics has always been at the forefront of the industry. The company's annual R&D investment accounts for 28% of sales, which is in a leading position in the industry. Through continuous R&D investment, Aosong Electronics has more than 200 patented technologies, of which invention patents account for more than 50%, and these patented technologies cover MEMS sensors, integrated circuit design, packaging and testing and other fields.
6. The future-oriented strategic layout
Facing the future, Aosong Electronics has a clear strategic layout. Mr. Chen Xinzhun revealed that the company plans to increase the production capacity of the 8-inch MEMS chip production line to 50,000 pieces per month in the next five years. In addition, the company will also increase R&D investment and develop more new products with independent intellectual property rights to meet the needs of the market.
7. Conclusion
Mr. Chen Xinzhun's speech not only demonstrated the ambition and strength of Aosong Semiconductor in the field of automotive electronics, but also conveyed the firm confidence in the development of China's automotive electronics industry. We look forward to Aosong Semiconductor bringing more technological breakthroughs and industrial innovations in the future, and contributing to the automotive electronics industry in China and even the world."
