2001: Business started
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At that time, China's semiconductor industry had just started, and industrial development was in the exploratory stage. Dozens of Tsinghua students who have made considerable achievements in the IC design community in the United States returned to China and founded Spreadtrum Communications (hereinafter referred to as Zhanrui), determined to develop a mobile phone baseband chip with China's independent intellectual property rights.
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2003: China's first GSM\/GPRS baseband chip SC6600 series
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China's first GSM\/GPRS mobile phone baseband chip and protocol stack software with independent intellectual property rights officially opened the prelude to Chinese local enterprises manufacturing mobile phone chips. In the process, many industry pioneers were also left behind:
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First based on GSM\/GPRS multi-mode structure of 4-in-1 chip function integration architecture SoC, as well as software and hardware co-design, parallel development technology; Invented 8 GSM\/GPRS wireless communication system algorithms; Invented three unique low power and low noise circuit design technologies; Invented five new function-embedding technologies based on single-chip system architectures. GSM\/GPRS chip series won the \"2006 National Science and Technology Progress First Prize\".
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The success of GSM\/GPRS chip research and development, for Zhanrui brought more than 1 million revenue, harvest more than 30 domestic customers, the growth rate for a new startup, can be described as rapid development, this is the first major node in the history of Unigroup Zhanrui.
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2004: SC8800 Series, the world's first TD-SCDMA\/GSM dual-mode baseband chip
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TD-SCDMA is the first step for China to compete for the right to speak of communication standards, and Zhanrui has become the first chip design company in the world to successfully support TD-SCDMA standards, solving the bottleneck problem of the lack of core chips in TD-SCDMA industry terminals. This was the industry's most integrated TD-SCDMA\/GSM\/GPRS baseband chip at that time, using advanced digital\/analog mixed-signal MOS semiconductor technology, while integrating rich multimedia applications, the overall technology reached the international leading level. The breakthrough of TD-SCDMA core chip won the \"First Prize of National Science and Technology Progress in 2012\" for Zhanrui.
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However, the domestic 3G large-scale commercial several years later than expected, TD-SCDMA research and development success, but in 5 years has been useless, Zhanrui had to rely on 2G\/2.5G business to 3G research and development blood transfusion, struggling to support.
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2009: TD-SCDMA chips hit the big time
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In 2009, the domestic 3G license was officially issued, and the accumulation of TD-SCDMA in the TD-SCDMA has also yielded fruits: TD-SCDMA products have achieved great success in the Chinese smartphone market, and have been successfully adopted by Samsung and other international customers, which has brought a qualitative leap in business development.
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2010: Invention of dual-card dual-waiting, three-card three-waiting and four-card four-waiting schemes
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Dual-card dual-standby, three-card three-standby, four-card four-standby, a scheme supports up to four SIM cards on a mobile phone at the same time, and the network can switch freely between different SIM cards, providing more choice space for mobile phone designers to meet the needs of consumers in different regions for products, which is another invention of technological innovation of Zhanrui.
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2011: The world's first 40nm TD multimode chip
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In early 2011, the company launched the world's first 40nm low-power commercial TD-HSPA\/TD-SCDMA multi-mode communication chip SC8800G, which is the first time in China and even Asia to surpass European and American companies in semiconductor commercial chip design.
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2012: The first TD-LTE baseband chip is released
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Baseband chip research and development was extended to 4G standards, and the first single-chip multi-mode TD-LTE\/TD-SCDMA\/EDGE\/GPRS\/GSM baseband modem SC9610 was adopted by HTC OneXT, Samsung GALAXY S III, \"New Desire\" and other smart phones for large-scale commercial use.
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2013: WCDMA\/GSM dual-mode baseband chip mass production
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Independent research and development of ISP also successfully applied in WCDMA baseband chip, the same year to achieve large-scale mass production, the following year, WCDMA baseband shipments increased by 170%, ushered in a period of rapid development. WCDMA baseband research and development success, together with Samsung Tizen operating system, big strides into overseas markets.
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2014: Launched five-mode single chip, supporting GSM\/TD-SCDMA\/WCDMA\/ TDD-LTE\/FDD-LTE
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The five-mode single chip SC9830\/9832 was first unveiled at the 2014 China Mobile Partner Conference, and has since been adopted by domestic and foreign terminal brands such as Samsung, Huawei, ZTE, Lenovo, Coolpad, Micromax, Lava, ADVAN, as well as many international operators such as China Mobile and Reliance of India. Our products cover more than 20 countries and regions such as China, India, Southeast Asia, Europe, North Africa and South America.
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2016: TD-LTE won the 2016 National Science and Technology Progress Award
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It has overcome many technical difficulties in 16\/28nm nanometer advanced technology, digital\/analog hybrid design, LTE communication link design, LTE key algorithm design and hardware implementation, high-speed hardware accelerator design, low power design, multi-mode protocol stack design and implementation, etc. The key problems such as high integration, low cost and low power consumption are effectively solved for TD-LTE commercial multi-mode communication chips.
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It is worth emphasizing that Jianrui was the first to release 28nm and 16nm chip platforms, promoting the accelerated development of TD-LTE commercialization, LTE chip sales in 2016 more than 100 million sets, an increase of 574%, products covering more than 20 countries and regions in Asia, Europe and the United States.
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2019:5G multi-mode baseband chip, six-mode full Netcom
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At the beginning of the year, Unigroup launched the 5G multi-mode baseband chip Chunteng 510, which supports 2G\/3G\/4G\/5G standards, and has finally stood in the first echelon of global 5G with international mainstream chip manufacturers. The first generation of 5G multi-mode baseband chip does not support millimeter wave, but Unigroup Zhanrui is doing the corresponding product development, will match the needs of customers and the market, and launch products supporting millimeter wave at the right time.
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In April, Zhanrui launched the six-mode all-Netcom chip platform Huben T310, supplementing CDMA. At this point, Zhanrui fully supports GSM\/TD-SCDMA\/WCDMA\/CDMA\/TDD-LTE\/FDD-LTE.
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Each generation of technology, each chip, from research and development to mass production, this page is a very brief history with a few strokes, but the process of ups and downs, Zhanrui has paid unimaginable perseverance and perseverance; From GSM to 5G, from scratch to 3700 patents, Unigroup has walked out of a continuous upward path.
In September 2020, a number of 5G projects of Unigroup Ruizhanrui won the first prize of the special competition, the Grand Final Excellence Award and the third prize in the third \"Blooming Cup\" 5G Application Competition sponsored by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. In October 2020, won the Shanghai Intellectual Property Innovation Award (Application);
In 2021, Ten industry standards, such as the \"Overall technical requirements for Cellular Narrowband Access (NB-IoT) wireless network for the Internet of Things\" declared by Unigroup together with the China Academy of Information and Communications, the three major operators and major network equipment manufacturers, won the 2021 \"China Communications Standardization Association Science and Technology Award - Science and Technology Award 2\" issued by the China Communications Standards Association (CCSA) The prize \"; In 2021, on the international authoritative multi-target tracking challenge MOT20 list, the mota index of Zhanrui Multimedia algorithm exceeded 70 points and won the global champion.
In 2001, the merger of Spreadtrum Communications and Ruidi was formally established, developed 17 years, in its focus on mobile communications is still in a backward state, and even has the risk of being \"razed to the ground\". On December 14, 2018, Chu Qing, who has worked in the fields of communications, semiconductors and investment for 20 years, became the new CEO of Unigroup Zhanrui.
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On his second day in office, Chu Qing made two important decisions, one is that 5G technology must be independently developed, and the other is to set up a new industrial electronics division.
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As a result, the 17-year-old Ziguang Zhanrui started his business again and carried out drastic reforms. After two years of hard \"entrepreneurship\
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This week, Unigungrui has released a new 5G brand Tanggula, want to set up a 5G team to seize the 5G opportunity, no longer do product providers, but positioning ecological carriers, hoping to become a benchmark in China's chip industry
Unisoc is a Chinese integrated circuit design company focused on the design and development of chips in the field of wireless communication and mobile Internet. The following is the development history of purple light:
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In 2001, Unigroup founded Spreadtrum Communications, a company dedicated to the design and development of wireless communication chips.
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2004: Unigroup launched the first baseband chip SC6600, becoming the first GSM\/GPRS chip independently developed in China.
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2008: Unigroup listed on NASDAQ, becoming the first Chinese wireless communication chip design company listed in the United States.
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2011: Unisplendour releases its first WCDMA\/HSPA chip, SC8810, further expanding the mobile communications market.
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2013: Unigolor launches its first TD-LTE multi-mode chip, SC9830A, providing strong support for the Chinese mobile communication market.
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2014: Unigroup partnered with ZTE to launch the SC9830, the first 4G smartphone chip in China.
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2017: Unigroup Technology changed its name to Unigroup Zhanrui to further highlight the company's focus and innovation.
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So far, Unigroup has been committed to the development of high-performance, low-power mobile communication chips, and has cooperated with many partners around the world to provide solutions and technical support for smart phones, Internet of Things devices, etc.