In recent years, with the advent of the AIOT era, the RISC-V architecture with the characteristics of open source, free, modular, streamlined, etc. has become more and more valued by the global chip industry, and gradually becomes the first choice for many head manufacturers, which has driven autonomy autonomyR & D wave of MCU.
Recently, the reporter of the "Entering the Industrial Chain" column of Xinzhiya interviewed the 64-bit RISC-V architecture industrial IoT chip manufacturer, the founder of Dr. Jiang Chaohui, the founder of Yueji Technology,ThenYuan Yongsheng, deputy general manager of Epart, another well-known RISC-V manufacturer Eps, discussed the current development of Epste and the prospect of the RISC-V industry in the context of the rapid development of RISC-V.
In 2021, the shipments exceeded 100 million, which is based on domesticRISC-VInsideNuclear 32 -bit MCU shipments and market share are far ahead
It is understood that Embart was founded in 2012 and is a high -tech enterprise focusing on R & D, designing the national 32 -bit MCU.Since its establishment, the company has always insisted on developing 32 -bit MCU products with high -reliability production and production of mass production. At present, 5 major series of products including the APT32F102X series, APT32F110X series, and APT32F172X series are formed.The Internet of Things and other fields.
The main application scenarios of Epart products
Source: Epite
"Epste's R & D team is mainly from the MCU team from Samsung China R & D Center." Yuan Yongsheng introduced to reporters. "Epste has been devoted to IP research and development in the first five years since its establishment in 2012 and created it, creating it, creating it, creating it and creating it.A whole set of self -developed micro -processor IP libraries with domestic and independent intellectual property rights. Therefore, all peripheral IPs of Epste MCU are developed by themselves to ensure that each peripheral is highly reliable and controllable."
It is worth noting that among Epster's many products, one product is particularly noticeable.This product is Epste's newly listed RISC-V kernel based on the RISC-V kernel in 2021. The 32-level high-performance and high-performance MCU APT32F1023.According to the company, this is a 32 -bit MCU based on 55nm and 12 -inch wafer embedded Flash processes.
Yuan Yongsheng said that APT32F1023 is based on Pingtou's CPU kernel R & D and production. Its design standards meet the requirements of industrial levels. It has a wide voltage and high signal -to -noise ratio. Its main frequency can reach up to 48MHz.And independent removal instruments.In addition, it can support internal module interconnection triggers, equipped with enhanced PWM and 12 -bit high -precision ADC.At present, APT32F1023 has been widely used in market fields such as industrial control, the Internet of Things, consumer electronics, and smart home appliances.
With its superior performance and competitive price advantage, APT32F1023 has won the recognition of many customers in the market, and has mass -produced goods among the major customers such as Bosch, Xiaomi, Panasonic, Jiuyang.
The reporter learned that Epste's 32 -bit MCU products shipped more than 100 million in 2021,Risc in China-VNuclear 32 -bit MCU shipments and market share are far aheadBehind this excellent achievement is the insistence on technological innovation and quality control of Epste for ten years, and it is also a huge breakthrough in pure domestic MCU.
Yuan Yongsheng pointed out that Epste's view of technology innovation is a life, and this one has always maintained a level that has always maintained higher than his peers.As of now, Epste has obtained more than 30 invention patent authorization, software copyright, integrated circuit cloth design, etc., and has passed the ISO9001 quality system certification.
In the next 4 years, the amount of delivery is expected to achieve a compound annual growth of 60%, and the RISC-V ecology is built in depth with Pingtou.
As we all know, due to the excellent characteristics of RISC-V, short and intensive, open source and free from instructions such as X86, ARM, etc., in recent years, it has attracted the support and layout of many countries and enterprises.
Throughout at home and abroad, as the RISC-V industry is booming, independent RISC-V processor IP companies have begun to appear, and some powerful giants such as Samsung, Western Data, and Ali Ping Tou also began to use the RISC-V architecture.Develop its own processor kernel.Many giants in the industry have entered the game, indicating that the RISC-V has been widely recognized by the industry.
In terms of shipments, Calista Redmond, the CEO of RISC-V International, revealed that the number of chip shipments based on the RISC-V architecture kernel in 2021 has reached 12 billion, and it is expected to maintain a compound annual growth rate of 60.69%in the next 4 years.By 2025, the delivery volume will reach 80 billion yuan.In fact, it is not easy to reach a milestone of 10 billion. It is necessary to know that the ARM in the middle of the day has only achieved this achievement after 17 years, and the RISC-V architecture is realized in only 12 years.
source:RISC-V International
It is worth noting that, as a rising star, although the new RISC-V has developed rapidly, compared with X86 and ARM, there are still insufficient in many places, especially in ecology, behind the other two major structures.
Yuan Yongsheng pointed out: "The so-called 'ecology' is actually a huge concept, including the open architecture standards, hardware ecology, tool chain software ecology, application software ecology and many other contents. At present, my country's RISC-V ecological development is still in its infancy. Except for the core open architecture standards, the rest requires practitioners to improve, which is extremely challenging for the research and development and promotion of RISC-V products. "
However, the good news is, withThe continuous development of RISC-V,In recent years, Alibaba Pingtou, Sifive Technology, Xinlai Technology, etc. have been responsible.RISC-V Enterprise.Among them, I am the most typical of Pingtou.It is understood that Pingtou has currently has Duanyun integrated stack product series, covering the data center artificial intelligence chip, processor IP authorization, etc., which can achieve full coverage of chip -end design links.