Shanghai IC Design Industrial Park: 3 square kilometers gathering the strongest chip design power

Starting from the simple work shed, I moved four times and finally settled in Shanghai IC design industrial park. Lu Dan, assistant general manager of Geke Microelectronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., said: "the agglomeration effect of industrial chain is obvious, the team's heart is set, and the confidence is more sufficient."

Among the 26 characteristic industrial parks newly introduced to the world in Shanghai, the integrated circuit design park located in Zhangjiang, Pudong, has attracted special attention. It will strive to gather thousands of enterprises, form a scale of 100 billion, gather 100000 talents and add a million spaces. By 2025, the scale of the entire industrial chain of integrated circuit in Pudong will reach 400 billion yuan, triple the growth rate, accounting for 80% of the city.

Investment R & D does not press the pause key

Geke microelectronics is a chip design company that mainly supplies CMOS image sensors. Its products are mainly used in the fields of mobile phones, PDAs, computer cameras, toys and other consumer electronics. When I entered Zhangjiang in 2003, there were only three or four employees. "Integrated circuit is a well-established industry. Thanks to Zhangjiang's industrial layout in integrated circuit, we have developed rapidly."

Lu Tan said that after moving to the integrated circuit design park at the end of 2018, the enterprise has stepped into the fast lane. Now it has developed to more than 500 employees and has grown into a leading enterprise in China's CMOS chip industry. "The biggest advantage of being in the industrial park is the agglomeration effect. We do chip design, and many important customers in the upstream and downstream of the industrial chain are nearby, so it is very convenient to carry out exchanges and cooperation."

The epidemic has an inevitable impact on the IC industry. But Lu believes that demand may slow down and orders may decline, but the pace of enterprise research and development will continue to accelerate. "At present, several new products are in layout, and the epidemic period is also the time for us to practice our internal skills." Just last month, Geke microelectronics invested 2.2 billion US dollars, and plans to build an image sensor production line with the highest level of technology in the world near the port. After the completion of the project, it can effectively solve the neck problem of China's high-end CMOS image sensor chip.

Go against the trend and get Ai talents with high salary

Not long ago, Shanghai Zhaoguan Electronic Technology Co., Ltd., the AI chip company of Shanghai IC Design Industrial Park, completed a financing of 300 million yuan, mainly for the expansion of R & D team and product line. In Zhaoguan electronic's office, the R & D personnel work hard, which is a busy scene. In the product display area, two smart glasses with full sense of technology are very eye-catching, mainly used to assist the visually impaired people to walk and read.

"Zhaoguan was founded in 2016 and is still in its infancy. From the establishment of Zhangjiang power gathering port to the settlement of integrated circuit design Park, enterprises enjoy various supporting policies such as R & D cost subsidies, rent subsidies and Exhibition subsidies. " Feng Xinpeng, who came to Zhangjiang with his team to start his own business after graduation, introduced that good industrial chain clustering effect and supporting services have enabled enterprises to continuously overcome technical difficulties. The latest AI vision chip products can be widely used in security, access control, home video and other fields.

At a time when some enterprises are suffering from wage cuts and layoffs due to the impact of the epidemic, Zhaoguan electronics has widely published heroic posts, and has paid a lot of money to hire engineers in various algorithms, drive development, etc. "The company has more than 200 employees. This year, we have entered the stage of rapid expansion. Now we have four headhunters to help us recruit people. We are very confident in the future development, and we are very optimistic about the AI market in Shanghai. "

Gather Shanghai power for "China core"

With a planning area of about 3 square kilometers, the IC Design Park is located in Zhangjiang Science City, the most complete IC industrial chain. In addition to the chip design industry, there are 19 production lines in the wafer manufacturing field leading the development of the country; packaging testing has gathered leading enterprises including Sunmoon, anrely, Hualing, etc.; independent innovation in the field of equipment materials has gradually broken through, and a number of technologies have filled the domestic gap.

He Dajun, general manager of Shanghai Zhangjiang High Tech Park Development Co., Ltd., introduced that among the more than 180 design enterprises settled in the industrial park, it covers the leading enterprises of integrated circuit design, the leading enterprises of subdivision fields, emerging enterprises, etc. Among them, 6 of the top 10 global chip design companies have set up regional headquarters and R & D centers in Zhangjiang Science City; 3 of the top 10 Chinese chip design companies have their headquarters in Zhangjiang Science City and 3 have their branches in Zhangjiang Science City. "The most important thing in IC design industry is talents. At present, there are more than 50000 employees in Zhangjiang integrated circuit industry. During the epidemic, almost all small and medium-sized enterprises in the park received rent relief. In order to make enterprises run less, we also opened a set of IT system to help them apply for various relief policies. "

In 2019, the output value of Zhangjiang IC design industry will reach more than 40 billion, accounting for 70% of Shanghai IC design industry and 28% of Shanghai IC overall industry. A comprehensive industrial cluster with international competitiveness will be initially formed.


Source: Xinmin Evening News