Foxconn, ARM Partner on New Chinese IoT Chip Design Center

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Foxconn, ARM Partner on New Chinese IoT Chip Design Center
http://global.bing.com/news/search?q=Foxconn&FORM=HDRSC6
October 20, 2016

Foxconn is aiming to expand its foothold in the semiconductor industry by partnering with SoftBank-owned ARM to create a new chip design center in Shenzhen, China.

The partnership highlights the ongoing efforts by the world’s largest contract electronics maker to build more key components and tap into new technologies for future growth faced with weakening global demand for smartphones.

Foxconn’s main focus would be on IoT-enabled chips; according to research company IC Insights, the IoT chip market will grow 19% to $18.4 billion in 2016, and will expand to $29.6 billion in 2019. Research group IDC estimates that the total IoT market will top $5 trillion in 2019.

“We want to get into semiconductor design and production,” Foxconn’s Terry Gou told China’s Shenzhen Satellite TV last week.

Foxconn’s attempt to build its own chips and its earlier acquisition of embattled Japanese electronics conglomerate Sharp in the hope of developing advanced organic light-emitting diode panel technology appear to be part of its strategy to better serve customers by supplying key components as well as providing assembly services.

Further, both chips and OLED panels offer better revenue and margins than Foxconn’s core assembly business. OLED panels are expected to be adopted by Apple’s premium iPhone handset next year.

Other than Apple, Foxconn also assembles handsets for major Chinese brands including Oppo, Huawei and Xiaomi, with Japan’s Sharp also planning to increase its smartphone offerings.

An industry executive said that Foxconn has been trying to develop an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a customized chip, even though the company’s presence in the semiconductor field has been very limited so far. ASIC is designed for specific functions, such as a thermal sensor. It is not as powerful as a core processor or a graphic processor, but demand for ASIC is expected to surge with the rise of the IoT.

Shenzhen is already home to Foxconn’s China headquarters and now it seems that the coastal city may play an even more vital role in the Taiwanese manufacturing titan’s future, with Apple also expanding operations in the area.

 

[AndrewJin]

I thought Foxconn had fled away from China.
Supply chain in East Asia has collapsed.

 

[艹艹艹]

I thought Foxconn had fled away from China.
Supply chain in East Asia has collapsed.

It is to fled away from Taiwan Province, not to fled away from the mainland of China
Remember， the second largest economy in the world is a big country with a large population!

 

[AndrewJin]

It is to fled away from Taiwan Province, not to fled away from the mainland of China
Remember， the second largest economy in the world is a big country with a large population!

I've heard all those high-tech companies plan to move to mainland with massive inflow of talents!

 

[艹艹艹]

I've heard all those high-tech companies plan to move to mainland with massive inflow of talents!

yes，Because in the mainland, they can find more development opportunities and a high salary.
TSMC is building a new factory in Nanjing

 

[AndrewJin]

yes，Because in the mainland, they can find more development opportunities and a high salary.
TSMC is building a new factory in Nanjing

Bringing in high-salary and high-productivity jobs is always welcome!
High-skill younger generation is looking for different working experiences.

 

[艹艹艹]

Bringing in high-salary and high-productivity jobs is always welcome!
High-skill younger generation is looking for different working experiences.

Foxconn will be in Zhengzhou to build a production base for sixth generation LTPS display

 

[AndrewJin]

Foxconn will be in Zhengzhou to build a production base for OLED display

Sorry, fake news, China's supply chain has fled to other countries......

 

[艹艹艹]

Sorry, fake news, China's supply chain has fled to other countries......

You amuse me
sixth generation LTPS display

 

[AndrewJin]

View attachment 345163You amuse me
sixth generation LTPS display

China is not the right place to make any investment!

 

[GCTom]

I thought Foxconn had fled away from China.
Supply chain in East Asia has collapsed.

There is nothing to gloat about when China can feel threaten(no how small it is) that Foxconn(no matter how big it is) is moving some operations to other countries.

If it is not today then it might be tomorrow.

Foxconn(even though it is a Taiwan entity) is still a foreign manufacturer. Foxconn might not have successfully diverse away from China today but it will try again soon enough(and will continue to do so to extract great deals from China, like lower tax and other incentives). What China need to do to mitigate this problem is to build its own global high tech manufacturers. It is then , and only then, that China will be secured of its future development without feeling the threat of Foxconn moving away.

 

[AndrewJin]

There is nothing to gloat about when China can feel threaten(no how small it is) that Foxconn(no matter how big it is) is moving some operations to other countries.

If it is not today then it might be tomorrow.

Foxconn(even though it is a Taiwan entity) is still a foreign manufacturer. Foxconn might not have successfully diverse away from China today but it will try again soon enough(and will continue to do so to extract great deals from China, like lower tax and other incentives). What China need to do to mitigate this problem is to build its own global high tech manufacturers. It is then , and only then, that China will be secured of its future development without feeling the threat of Foxconn moving away.

Foxconn is not really high-tech, thanks.

 

[GCTom]

Foxconn is not really high-tech, thanks.

You might be right that Foxconn doesn't have its own high tech products. But I am sure it have its own R&D that maintains its cutting edge in manufacturing for mass productions.

In any case, it would be good for China to have its own organic manufacturers that can compete with Foxcoon , so that China won't feel threaten if and when Foxconn moves its operation away.

 

[AndrewJin]

You might be right that Foxconn doesn't have its own high tech products. But I am sure it have its own R&D that maintains its cutting edge in manufacturing for mass productions.

In any case, it would be good for China to have its own organic manufacturers that can compete with Foxcoon , so that China won't feel threaten if and when Foxconn moves its operation away.

There is no sign Foxconn is leaving.
Starting up new factories does not mean leaving China.
At one hand, the shipments from Foxconn in China are increasing, at the other hand, less labor is needed because of automation.
Such technological trend will just further favour China in the future.
As long as we maintain our own smart phone brands, manufacturing chain will always be here.

You are right China needs own assembling lines, that's why more and more brands in China are manufacturing their own products instead of outsourcing, such as Huawei and OPPO. But there is also an issue with price. Outsourcing to Foxconn is cheaper for smaller smart phone companies. But I don't think we need such a giant company like Foxconn copied on mainland, it is too risky and non-sustainable.

 

[艹艹艹]

Foxconn(even though it is a Taiwan entity) is still a foreign manufacturer.

You are wrong, Taiwan enterprises in the mainland to enjoy the treatment and foreign enterprises are not the same