Just after it was reported that Google and British telecommunications companies were taking a step back from Huawei , a piece of heavy news was announced that strongly supported the domestic integrated circuit company . According to authoritative media sources, integrated circuit design and software companies in 2018 will continue to enjoy the previous income tax preferential treatment of “two exemptions and three half reductions”!
This is a timely help, especially in terms of the psychology of corporate personnel and the macro atmosphere. It is very helpful for domestic companies to stimulate their stamina, enhance their competitiveness, and regain their status!
Huawei’s leading effect
Chinese companies lead 5G communications
Many people think Huawei is just a mobile phone manufacturer, but they don’t know that it is already the world’s largest telecommunications equipment manufacturer, serving 150 countries in the world and a population of more than 2 billion. Even though In Europe, where 4G technology leads, Huawei also has more than half of the market share.
From 2000 to 2015, Huawei's cumulative revenue was 2.3 trillion, more than 70% of which came from overseas, and the money it made from foreigners reached 1.38 trillion!
In March 2016, Huawei won the country's highest honor, the "China Quality Award." In the 2G and 3G era, China's communications have always lagged behind the world. But it is precisely because of companies like Huawei that my country can lead the world in the 5G era. This award is well deserved!
This is mainly due to the huge investment in research and development, allowing Huawei to stay ahead. Huawei's R&D expenditures in the past ten years have reached 190 billion yuan, making it one of the top 10 non-military companies in the world in terms of R&D expenditures (what's even more impressive is that Apple has begun paying hundreds of millions of dollars in patent fees to Huawei every year).
In contrast, there were more than 700 domestic mobile phone manufacturers registered in 2013, and now there are less than 20 brands still on the market. The entire industry has suffered a cold winter, and Apple has lost its glory.
communication applications are acceptable, but China's integrated circuits must serve the entire industry
As the largest consumer of semiconductors, China accounts for nearly 50% of the world's total chip consumption, and its import quota exceeds 80%. At the same time, the total import quota is close to 20,000 billion yuan. On the one hand, the country has strong demand, and on the other hand, China's semiconductors are heavily dependent on imports.
FPGA chips are China’s shortcomings
In the field of mobile phones, China’s semiconductor R&D and application level is acceptable, but semiconductor applications are becoming more and more widespread, such as automobiles, aviation, military industry and national defense, etc.
In addition to the familiar CPU (central processing unit) and GPU (graphics processing unit), the chip family also has another "member" - FPGA. Compared with the previous two brothers, FPGA is almost unknown, but this does not prevent it from becoming the "darling" in the civilian and military fields. Not only does it have great potential for the upcoming 5G communications, big data, and Internet of Things fields, but even most large-scale military electronic equipment also relies heavily on FPGA. There is an urgent need for FPGA chips in the country, and all global manufacturers that can supply FPGA chips are concentrated in the United States. There are many application scenarios for
FPGA, including communications, industrial control, aerospace, military and national defense, and the other direction is consumer. Domestic FPGAs will be laid out around the industrial chain of consumer products such as mobile phones. I hope that in the near future, domestic FPGAs can carve out a niche in the entire manufacturing industry!
National and local support highlights
The integrated circuit (semiconductor) and software industries are strategic, basic and leading industries that support economic and social development. Since 2015, the output value of China's integrated circuit industry has shown explosive growth. Not only do we support leading companies, but the country and localities support the entire industry!
In addition to tax exemption, there are also purchases by public entities. And various places are also taking measures to cultivate this industry that is expected to reach trillions.
For example, in Beijing, integrated circuit design companies that use Beijing's integrated circuit production lines to carry out first-round tape-out of engineering products that meet certain conditions will be given a R&D allowance of 60% of the mask production cost of the product or 30% of the first-round tape-out cost. support.
Shanghai leverages its advantages as a financial city and establishes the Shanghai Integrated Circuit Industry Fund. Actively support qualified integrated circuit companies to raise funds through various methods such as listing on the Shanghai Equity Custody and Trading Center Science and Technology Innovation Board, initial public offerings of stocks, issuance of bonds, etc., and broaden direct financing channels.
Suzhou Industrial Park is a semiconductor industry gathering area
Shenzhen has strong local financial resources and arranges no less than 500 million yuan in funds to support the development of the integrated circuit industry every year. Guangdong Province supports the Zhuhai integrated circuit full industry chain project!
Hangzhou supports innovation. For new or technological transformation projects of integrated circuit companies with an investment scale of 50 million yuan or more, 15% of the actual investment (including equipment and software investment) will be granted, and the maximum amount of funding for a single enterprise shall not exceed 35 million yuan. Yuan subsidy.
Suzhou has been vigorously promoting the development of the third-generation semiconductor industry. After nearly ten years of cultivation, it has now gathered 80% of the country's national key talent plans in the fields of gallium nitride material growth and gallium nitride device industry, establishing a The “national team status” of the third-generation semiconductor industry.
