Great Wall Motor establishes Nanjing Cercis Semiconductor Co., Ltd. to focus on independently developed RISC-V automotive chips.
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🟦 Great Wall Motor establishes Nanjing Cercis Semiconductor Co., Ltd.: A New Era of RISC-V Chip Development
China’s Great Wall Motor established Nanjing Cercis Semiconductor Co., Ltd. The new design company unveiled its first product, the Cercis M100, which is based on China’s first open-source RISC-V core. The chip has technical advantages such as high processing speed, flexible upgrade ability, and compliance with ISO21434 cybersecurity standards.
In addition to RISC-V MCU, Nanjing Cercis Semiconductor will offer a wide range of products such as analog chips and SOCs.
🟦 Why RISC-V is attracting attention and Great Wall Motor’s strategy
As an open-source instruction set architecture, RISC-V combines technical flexibility and extensibility. By adopting this architecture, Chinese companies will be able to circumvent Western technological constraints and build their own technological foundation.
Great Wall Motor is taking advantage of this flexibility to accelerate its own development of domestically produced chips. Through the establishment of Nanjing Cercis Semiconductor Co., Ltd., the company seeks to stabilize its supply chain and improve its competitiveness in the field of automotive chips.
🟦 Summary
The establishment of Nanjing Cercis Semiconductor by Great Wall Motor is a landmark step for China’s automotive industry. The company’s focus on RISC-V technology not only aims to establish an independent technology development and supply system, but also has the potential to promote innovation across the industry.
It is very interesting that a Chinese automaker developed its own in-vehicle microcontroller in order to overcome the problem of microcontroller procurement. Since legacy process technology is utilized, the fact that such original development is possible depending on the technical capabilities and ideas makes it possible to feel the strength of the manufacturer-led company.
