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Liyang chip Beidou short message chip test solution has entered the mass production stage

Update time : 2022-09-06 11:26:15

On the evening of September 5, Liyang Chip (688135), an independent third-party integrated circuit testing technology service provider in China, announced that the company has recently completed the development of the world's first Beidou short message SoC chip test solution and entered the mass production stage. The chip is designed and developed by the strategic partner Chongqing Southwest Integrated Circuit Design Co., Ltd. The company exclusively provides wafer-level (ChipProbing, hereinafter referred to as "CP") testing services for the chip.

Liyang Chip said that the company has successfully completed the research and development of the Beidou short message SoC chip test solution. The test solution provides navigation satellite simulation signals and can simulate 3 BDSB1 satellites + 3 GPSL1C/A satellite signals (satellite signal strength- 133dBm, dynamic scene speed not higher than 2m/S), can comprehensively test the RF and baseband functions of Beidou navigation chips with different functions, and can meet the test requirements of civil global multi-mode and multi-frequency chips.
Liyang Chip said that the company tested the key parameters of the chip by simulating Beidou satellite signals, including signal reception, differential enhancement, integrated navigation function, AGNSS function, first positioning time, sensitivity, accuracy, multi-tone interference elimination, power consumption, etc.; In addition, in the RF part, the chip's multi-frequency parallel reception, IF I/Q output, and ADC sampling performance are analyzed and evaluated.
Regarding the impact of the incident on the company, Liyang Chip said that the company has a short message chip testing solution and can provide exclusive wafer-level mass production testing services. Solution”, which further enriches the types of the company’s testing technical services to meet the testing needs of a series of chips such as Beidou navigation, radio frequency, and baseband. New technologies will help consolidate and enhance the company's core competitiveness and market position, serve more high-quality customers, and are expected to have a positive impact on the company's future market expansion and performance growth.
It is worth mentioning that Liyang Chip said that the short message chip test solution developed by the company this time will not be ruled out in the future due to market demand, market expansion, market competition, etc. The test technical services provided by the company have little impact on the company's contribution to the company's operating income in 2022, and the degree of impact on the company's future operating income and profitability is uncertain.
Recently, the upcoming release of Huawei Mate50 has ignited the enthusiasm of the outside world in the fields of Beidou navigation and satellite counterparts, and A-share related concept stocks have risen sharply.

In August of this year, Liyang Chip said in an institutional survey that, as an independent third-party integrated circuit testing company, the company focuses on the research and development of the testing field, focusing on chip electronic circuits, performance, logic functions, signals, communications, system applications and other technologies. The company's position in the industry chain is an independent third party, only providing professional testing services, and the test report is more neutral and objective.

Liyang chip executives said that there are currently many large-scale professional testing listed companies in Taiwan, such as KYEC, Sigurd, Xinquan, etc. Compared with Taiwan testing companies, Liyang Chip has location and cultural advantages. At present, China is one of the largest electronic product markets in the world, and domestic chip design companies have also ushered in rapid growth. Since chip design companies need to cooperate closely with integrated circuit testing companies, they need to communicate in depth about specific technical issues during the testing process. Considering the technical confidentiality in the field of chip design, more and more large-scale chip design companies in China will gradually The demand for testing turns to domestic, and domestic testing companies are preferred.

"The company is optimistic that the market space for independent third-party professional testing will continue to be opened in the future. Our vision is to be the world's largest testing base. We will increase investment in talents, technology, production capacity, etc., and accelerate the development speed. It is expected that in the next few years The company's average compound annual growth rate will remain above 30%, and the company has set a mid- and long-term development goal in 2021 based on 2020 performance: doubling in 3 years and a revenue scale of 1 billion in 5 years. According to the current performance, The company is more optimistic about the realization of this goal." Liyang chip executives said.

In 2020, Liyang Chip's revenue and net profit were 253 million yuan and 51.95 million yuan respectively. In 2021, its revenue and net profit were 391 million yuan and 106 million yuan respectively. In the first half of this year, the company's revenue and net profit were respectively It was 226 million yuan and 13.6 million yuan, of which revenue increased by 41.83% year-on-year, and net profit fell by 65.69% year-on-year. The company said that the decline in net profit was mainly due to the sharp increase in fixed manufacturing costs such as depreciation, amortization, manpower, and electricity during the period. .

The business layout in the field of automotive electronics is the focus of investors. In this regard, Liyang Chip said that the company obtained certification related to automotive electronics as early as 2018, and the automotive electronics chips currently involved include MCU, multimedia main control chips, sensors and other fields; the company has certain testing technology reserves for this. , to meet the testing needs of the design company. At present, the contribution of automotive electronics to the company's operating income is relatively small. Automotive electronic chips are different from traditional tests. In addition to normal temperature tests, high temperature and low temperature tests are also required. If there are memory cells, aging tests are also required.

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