news

it is reported that "major domestic communication manufacturers have begun to develop 5g soc": it is already in the r&d stage and is expected to start tape-out in 2025

2024-09-01

한어Русский языкEnglishFrançaisIndonesianSanskrit日本語DeutschPortuguêsΕλληνικάespañolItalianoSuomalainenLatina

it home reported on september 1 that blogger @数码闲聊站 published an article on august 30, revealing that another major domestic communications manufacturer has begun to develop 5g soc. the highly integrated core processor used in devices such as mobile phones and tablets is already in the research and development stage and is expected to start tape-out next year.

the blogger replied in the comment area that the manufacturer developing the 5g soc is "not a mobile phone manufacturer, but a communications manufacturer." the blogger has not yet announced the specific manufacturer, but netizens in the comment area speculated that it was "aojie technology" and "zte" (zte was excluded by the blogger as a mobile phone manufacturer).

it home checked the official website of aojie technology and learned that the company was founded in april 2015. it has the ability to design and supply all-standard cellular baseband chips and multi-protocol non-cellular internet of things chips, and has the ability to provide ultra-large-scale high-speed soc chip customization and semiconductor ip licensing services. the chip shipments have exceeded 300 million (pieces), and the cumulative mass production of new chips has exceeded 30 (pieces).

▲ screenshot from aojie technology’s official website, same below

according to the official website of aojie technology, the company has three mobile smart terminal chips, including the 4g mobile smart terminal chip asr1802s (l), the baseband rf integrated chip asr1803 and the 4g baseband rf integrated chip asr1806.