Keeping up with the demands of IoT scenarios, GigaDevice's GD32 MCU won another award!
Latest update time：2019-12-20
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On December 19, 2019, the "2019 Hard-core China Chip Leaders Summit and Awards Ceremony" came to an end in Shenzhen. GigaDevice beat other participants and won two major awards , "2019 Best Domestic MCU Product Award" and "2019 Most Influential IC Design Enterprise Award" ! What is unique about GigaDevice's GD32 MCU products? How is the outstanding corporate influence demonstrated? Let us take you to get closer to GigaDevice.
Fourteen years of hard work, winning numerous awards with outstanding performance
GigaDevice
won the "2019 Best Domestic MCU Product Award"
for
its GD32VF103 series MCU
.
The chip was launched in August 2019 and is the world's first 32-bit general-purpose MCU product based on the open source instruction set architecture RISC-V core.
▲ GigaDevice’s development history
In fact, as a leading domestic IC company, GigaDevice is already familiar with this kind of "first".
In addition to the 32-bit general-purpose MCU based on the RISC-V core, in the fourteen years since its establishment, GigaDevice has successively released
the first domestic
SPI Nor Flash, 32-bit ARM Cortex-M3 core MCU, NAND FIash, 32-bit ARM Cortex-M4 core MCU, 32-bit ARM Cortex-M23 core MCU and other products, repeatedly achieving good results.
In addition, GigaDevice's GD32 MCU has
been at the forefront of the market
with a cumulative shipment volume of more than 300 million units, more than 20,000 customers, and a wide range of application coverage provided by more than 340 product options in 23 series
.
This award is not only reasonable but also well-deserved.
RISC-V Redefines IoT MCU
GigaDevice continues to launch "first" products in the industry, which is essentially based on the company's strong R&D capabilities and highly sensitive perception of emerging markets. This RISC-V core MCU is no exception.
At present, the Internet of Things is developing towards AIoT. "How to deal with scene fragmentation" has become a common topic. AIoT devices face frequent interactions and more flexible and diverse instructions. In addition, the development of AI technology has put edge computing on the agenda. Under multiple incentives, IoT applications have put forward higher performance requirements for MCU products, but the requirements for cost and power consumption are still harsh, or even more stringent.
The market urgently needs a new architecture MCU to cater to the changes in IoT scenes.
The streamlined, modular, and scalable features of RISC-V perfectly match the development and fragmentation needs of the smart Internet of Things.
GigaDevice closely follows market demand and launches the GD32VF103 series of products,
using a product strategy of "change" and "unchange" to adapt to the AIoT trend.
▲ GD32VF103 series RISC-V core MCU
The "change" is mainly reflected in the optimization of RISC-V architecture on MCU performance and power consumption.
The GD32VF103 series MCU adopts the Bumblebee processor core of RISC-V architecture, equipped with a 64-bit wide real-time timer, with 16 interrupt levels and priorities, and supports interrupt nesting and fast vector interrupt processing mechanism.
▲ The performance of GD32VF103 series MCU is higher than that of GD32F103 series
▲ The power consumption of GD32VF103 series MCU is much lower than that of GD32F103 series
The working performance at the highest main frequency can reach
153 DMIPS
, and the CoreMark test also achieved
an excellent performance of
360 points
. Compared with the GD32 Cortex-M3 core product, the performance is improved by
15%
, while the dynamic power consumption is reduced by
50%
, and the standby power consumption is reduced by 25%.
In response to the diverse smart devices of different sizes, the first batch of RISC-V MCUs in the GD32VF103 series also offer 14 models and 4 packaging types.
"Unchanged" is reflected in the compatibility of products.
GigaDevice has maintained compatibility with existing ARM core-based products in software development and pin packaging in the GD32VF103 series, and can achieve seamless docking with Arm architecture MCU products in embedded market applications such as industrial control, consumer electronics, emerging IoT, edge computing, artificial intelligence, and vertical industries.
GigaDevice has also made continuous breakthroughs in the chip application ecosystem.
As the industry's first RISC-V core MCU, GigaDevice provides developers with a free and complete RISC-V development ecosystem, including software code libraries (Libraries), various evaluation boards (EVBs), various development environments and debugging tools (IDE & Debug Tools), and multiple operating system (OS) support to solve the problems faced by enterprises in development.
In the industry, GigaDevice is also a member of the China Open Instruction System (RISC-V) Alliance. It is working with industry partners to promote the development and sharing of RISC-V related open source technologies, and jointly promote the rapid development of the RISC-V open ecosystem.
Xinshiye believes that GigaDevice has spared no effort to promote the development of the RISC-V ecosystem.
On the one hand, it has responded to the trend of "domestic substitution" while adapting to emerging technology markets at home and abroad, and has gained more initiative for domestic chip IP design.
Since the "China-US friction incident", the RISC-V architecture has been placed with high hopes in China to "achieve domestic independence of processor cores". GigaDevice's move reflects the responsibility of a leading Chinese semiconductor technology company.
On the other hand, enriching the GD32 series MCU family is also an important part of GigaDevice's "department store" strategic layout for emerging markets such as the Internet of Things and artificial intelligence.
Laying out the MCU "department store" and leading the development of MCU in China
As an important control unit for the mobile terminal of the Internet of Things, the overall market size of MCU is growing steadily with the development of the Internet of Things. In the market share forecast of China's Cortex MCU manufacturers in 2018, GigaDevice
ranked third with a market share of
9.4%
, second only to ST and NXP;
in 2019, it
firmly sat on the leading position of domestic 32-bit MCU.
In order to consolidate and further develop the IoT market, GigaDevice has proposed the vision of creating an MCU department store, committed to meeting the needs of every customer and providing comprehensive, one-stop MCU chip-level solutions.
At present, while storage products and microcontroller businesses continue to maintain their top market share in China, GigaDevice has also made progress in other segments.
The MCU market is growing well and has a promising future
Under the "department store" layout, GigaDevice's MCU ecosystem has gradually improved. Its advanced technological innovation capabilities and perfect ecological environment have made GigaDevice's MCU business highly competitive.
According to a report by IC insights, the global sales of MCUs in 2018 were US$18.6 billion, with shipments reaching 30.6 billion units. It is expected that the growth rate will maintain 9% in 2019, reaching US$20.357 billion.
Another IHS data shows that the scale of China's MCU market has reached 21.8 billion yuan.
Comprehensive efforts to better meet market demand
As a fabless semiconductor solutions provider dedicated to developing advanced memory and IC solutions, GigaDevice has been adhering to the core concept of continuous innovation since its establishment, and has adopted a steady and in-depth strategic development. Through years of development, GigaDevice has developed into a company with
"Flash+MCU+Sensor"
as the three major businesses, focusing on six major application markets including computing, networking, consumer electronics, mobile phones, automotive, and the Internet of Things, and continuously enriching its product lines.
At the same time, GigaDevice is also exploring a new future, thinking about its future strategic positioning, and is committed to providing a wide range of system-level solutions.
GigaDevice is well-deserved to win the "Most Influential IC Design Enterprise Award in 2019".
With the strong competitiveness brought by the comprehensive layout and the booming development trend of the integrated circuit industry, GigaDevice will embrace a broader market with a fully open attitude in the future.
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