Innovative IC products gathered at Songshan Lake to help robots develop intelligently

Enthusiast Network reported (Text/Li Ningyuan) On May 17, 2024, the "14th Songshan Lake China Innovation Summit" hosted by the Design Branch of the China Industry Association and VeriSilicon Microelectronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. was held in Songshan Lake, Dongguan. Many companies including Shending, Yiwei Semiconductor, SmartSens, Space Microelectronics, and Xinchi Technology brought their own innovative IC new products for intelligence. Shending

Technology: 3D spatial computing for embodiment helps the arrival of the G era

The chairman and CEO of Shending Technology (Nanjing) Co., Ltd. introduced the 3D spatial computing chip VC6801 for embodied intelligence at the forum.
Shending Technology is committed to providing inclusive spatial computing chip platforms and software solutions, which can be widely used in robots, electric two-wheelers, 3D vision modules, XR and other fields, helping embodied intelligent terminals to achieve intelligent upgrades, providing terminal-side platform computing power for spatial computing and general large models, and providing better solutions for the upcoming human-machine world. Make machines warmer and make the world more intelligent.

Yuan Diwen said, "3D spatial computing is the core technology of embodied intelligent terminals and the key capability of general artificial intelligence. Perception and interaction are based on 3D spatial computing."

Shending Technology's VC6801 is a highly integrated, high-performance and low-power SoC. Using 12nm process technology, it integrates a quad-core Cortex-A55 and is equipped with an image signal processing (ISP) unit for processing wide/high dynamic range (WDR or HDR) camera input images, 4 MICIS-2 RXs and a visual subsystem. The visual subsystem includes a depth engine and an intelligent fusion engine. The unique design of VC6801 makes it particularly suitable for various robotic applications.

The chip has enhanced environmental adaptability, can support different application scenarios, and adopt different sensor combinations, while reducing the demand for high performance and significantly reducing system costs. In addition, the chip also supports heterogeneous sensor fusion, which can solve the fusion of a large amount of raw data in a low-energy way.

Yuan Diwen said that Shending Technology will be committed to providing inclusive spatial computing chip platforms and software and hardware solutions to help smart terminals achieve intelligent upgrades, provide terminal-side platform computing power for spatial computing and general large models, and provide better solutions for the human-machine world.

Yiwei Semiconductor: SLAM dedicated chips enable robot systems to achieve high-efficiency mapping and navigation complex calculations.

Yang Wu, general manager of the Robotics Division of Zhuhai Yiwei Semiconductor Co., Ltd., introduced the SLAM dedicated chip AM890 for robots at the forum.

Zhuhai Yiwei Semiconductor Co., Ltd. is a national high-tech enterprise focusing on robot technology and large-scale high-integration digital-analog hybrid chip design. It has many cutting-edge technologies and large-scale chip mass production experience such as digital-analog hybrid integrated circuit (SoC) design, robots, and robot development platforms. It is committed to becoming the mainstream technology platform for core chips, core algorithms, and system solutions in the field of global mobile robots. It is a leader in the field of mobile robot dedicated chips.

Yang Wu introduced the current market data of the robot market. The robot market is booming, and SLAM technology is a key technology in robots. SLAM technology is a real-time positioning and map building technology. Its main function is that robots or unmanned equipment start from unknown locations in unknown environments, and locate their own positions and postures through repeated observations of map features during movement, and then incrementally build maps based on their own positions, so as to achieve the purpose of simultaneous positioning and map building.

Yiwei Semiconductor is one of the few domestic suppliers that can simultaneously provide inertial navigation eSLAM, laser SLAM navigation, and visual navigation vSLAM chips, algorithms, and complete solutions. Dedicated SLAM chips are used in many domestic and foreign robots. AM890 is a robot SoC main control chip launched by Yiwei Semiconductor, which is designed for complex operations of map building and navigation.

In the same scenario, the computing speed of AM890 is 3-8 times that of general SoC, and the overall power consumption is only one-fifth of that of general SoC. Compared with foreign robot platforms, under the same computing conditions, the calculation time of AM890 is much less than that of competitors.

Yang Wu also mentioned that AM890 has hardwareized the SLAM algorithm, realized independent IP research and development, replaced the functions with hardware acceleration and algorithm chipization, and further saved costs. In the future, Yiwei Semiconductor will continue to cultivate intelligent robot algorithms and robot operation and control single chips to achieve efficient mapping and navigation complex calculations for robot systems.

SmartSens : CMOS with second-generation global shutter technology.

At the 14th Songshan Lake China IC Innovation Summit Forum, Zong Xiang, sales director of SmartSens Electronics, introduced their second-generation global shutter technology CMOS image sensor technology to the industry, and promoted two new products in this series this year.

Regarding the technical features of the sensor, Zong Xiang simply summarized it in one word: "fast"! For example, the Huawei PURA 70 demonstrated by consumers that there is no ghosting or deformation when taking photos of fast-moving targets. This is the characteristic of the global shutter CMOS image sensor. The effect of high-speed shooting. Binocular obstacle avoidance, the mainstream products of sweeping robots, all use SmartSens products.

Zong Xiang said that the product has a market share of more than 80% in the obstacle avoidance market, and SmartSens' SmartGS technology has developed to the third generation of many products. Another market for global shutter image sensors besides mobile phones is the hot robot market, creating a "perception eye" for robots and providing robots with various perception, obstacle avoidance and other functions.

SmartSens' two new products, Zong Xiang introduced, the first is SC038HGS (second generation), which can be used for 6DOF on the phone, and four together for spatial positioning. The other is the small-size, low-power SC020HGS, which can be used for wearable VR with a resolution of 400*400 and a package size of 1.75mm*1.75mm. It is suitable for low-power applications such as eye tracking.

Finally, Zong Xiang introduced the achievements of SmartSens products in the market. It ranks first in the security market with a market share of 33.3%, ranks fourth in the world and second in China in the automotive market, and ranks first in the drone market by a wide margin. It has also entered the top 5 in the world.

In terms of CIS innovation, SmartSens has night vision full color, high dynamic, fast focus, SmartGS, SmartAEC, LFS technology for flicker, and on-chip ISP two-in-one technology. The two new products specially recommended this year bring more innovative chip solutions to the innovation of VR and robot markets.

Air Microelectronics: uA-class 60G radar SoC chip makes everything easier to perceive and everything smarter to connect

Zhang Zhenwei, vice president of sales of Air Microelectronics (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., introduced the world's first uA-class ultra-low power 60GSoC series chip AT60LF at the forum.

As a world-leading expert in smart sensor chips, Space Microelectronics focuses on high-performance wireless RF technology, millimeter wave technology, radar sensor technology, low-power technology and SoC technology, defines and develops world-leading "Me Fit" chip products, and provides cost-effective chips, algorithms, software and module solutions.

According to Zhang Zhenwei, Space Micro's 5.8GHz, 10.52Hz, 2Hz, 60GHz, 77GHz series radar chips, "BLE+radar" dual-mode chips, vehicle-mounted millimeter wave radar chips, dedicated MCU chips and other products are currently widely used in the fields of intelligent Internet of Things (AloT), smart lighting, smart home appliances, smart city management, automotive AS, etc.

AT60LF is the world's first uA-level ultra-low power 60G millimeter wave radar SoC series chip launched by Space Microelectronics this time, including one transmit and one receive, one transmit and two receive, two transmit and four receive, and also provides AiP built-in and external antenna versions. Built-in high-performance 32-bit MCU, support secondary development, power consumption can be as low as 0.1mW. The sweep bandwidth can reach 5GHz. It has 8 built-in composite waveforms, supports frequency hopping and independent chirpBPM, etc. It also has a built-in hardware accelerator, supports time domain anti-interference and suppression, and supports FFT, CFAR, CFAR-zero Doppler and CFAR-distance-Doppler, which can be independently configured.

Space Microelectronics said that with AT60LF, it can simplify the difficulty of solution development and provide powerful hardware support for complex applications. It can realize accurate ranging, human presence detection, static heart rate and breathing detection, human posture detection, orientation recognition and trajectory tracking, gesture recognition and other functions, which can be widely used in smart health care, smart home appliances, smart home and other application scenarios.

Xinchi Technology : Serializer and deserializer chips based on MIPI A-PHY protocol ensure efficient data transmission

Cheng Tao, deputy director of marketing of Shanghai Xinchi Technology Group Co., Ltd., introduced the serializer and deserializer chips SC5501 / SC5502 based on MIPI A-PHY protocol at the forum.

The core business of Shanghai Xinchi Technology Group Co., Ltd. focuses on the research and development and application of high-end integrated circuits. Its products are widely used in smart cars, medical devices, precision instruments and various high-end fields. The company has profound technical accumulation, strong

R&D strength, and a complete range of products. Its product lines cover various types of high-speed circuits, including consumer, automotive and other product grades. Xinchi developed the SC5501 serializer and SC5502 deserializer chips based on the MIPI A-PHY protocol. The function of SC5501 is to receive image data from the CMOS sens of D-PHY and package it and send it through A-PHY TX. SCS5502 is a chip based on receiving data sent from the serializer from A-PHY RX, and packaging it into a format and sending it from D-PHY TX to SOC. The

SC5501 serializer plus the SC5502 deserializer chip can complete coaxial transmission with a bandwidth of up to 4G and a maximum distance of 15 meters, conveniently realizing the three functions of remote control, remote control and remote transmission of high-speed video data, and at the same time has the characteristics of low BER, high anti-interference and high anti-radiation. It is suitable for scenarios such as multi-camera in-vehicle and long-distance video transmission, ensuring efficient transmission of video data.

Xinchi Technology said it will adhere to forward design and source innovation, and is committed to providing customers with domestic high-performance and high-quality analog integrated circuit products.