TCL Chengdu Changhong Thomson chip base not to regard it as right.

Recently, great achievements in the Chengdu IT industry executives may have been an international search -. It will not be long before some of the top talent may be dug into the chip base of Thomson and TCL.

According to insiders revealed that Thompson will invest 200 million ~5 billion U.S. dollars, in Chengdu or Mianyang to build China's largest home appliance chip development base, is currently a secret investigation stage.

"Core" moving Chengdu

"Thomson has set up an office in Chengdu, is now the main research points in Sichuan, may eventually settled in Chengdu high tech Zone or Changhong stronghold in Mianyang." A headhunter company that has been in contact with thomson.

According to reports, Thomson is to do in Chengdu or Mianyang to build a China's largest home appliance chip development base. At present, the specific operation of the investment plan is Thomson Broadcasting Systems Co., Ltd., with a total investment of 200 million ~5 billion U.S. dollars, probably in 2007 to start construction, the author is TCL group.

If you can really landed in Chengdu, which will be the largest investment since 2003, Intel settled in Chengdu." Yang Jun, director of the Chengdu high tech Zone Investment Services Bureau project promotion center, said that although she has not been specific news, but it has made her very excited.

Although Thomson concrete settled where has not been finalized, but now through secret channels to recruit. It is reported that it is through the local search company for the future of the chip base search executives, but the final project is also needed to finalize the negotiations and Sichuan province.

In this connection, the reporter consulted the TCL group spokesman and the company's TV spokesman, they have said it is not clear about the matter. Reporters through intermediaries to interview Thomson in Chengdu temporary office, was also rejected.

Core plan

"In 2004, I heard that TCL was going to be a chip, but failed because of technical reasons. Then we talked about TCL and weisida, but because of the dispute in the joint venture equity issues, give up." Chengdu aircoil company marketing manager Mei Jun said.

There is no doubt that, TCL also want to install their own color TV in the "core"". TCL's color TV chips currently used mainly from the United States, PIXWORKS and GENESIS two chip companies, which is the TCL to become a leader in flat-panel TVs and digital high-definition devices, the biggest heart oath.

In January 19th last year, 150 million yuan investment in the Chengdu TCL Digital Industrial Park Construction in Chengdu high tech Zone West Park, TCL became the TV industry in China East (Wuxi) and West (Chengdu), South (Huizhou), North (Hohhot) (Henan, Xinxiang) five foot separation strategic layout. In the TCL five bases in the country, the Chengdu base is the first TCL to invest in the construction of the industrial park, the merger is also the first investment project TCL and French Thomson joint venture.

At that time, TCL suggested, Chengdu base will help facilities RPTV relatively perfect in Chengdu, a huge advantage on the other hand is the use of Thomson in flat screen TV and digital technology aspect. It may imply that the future will be established in the chip base thomson.

Core competition

Chip breakthrough is almost all domestic color TV enterprises dream. After Xoceco launched the "Yanhuang 1" and high-definition television display control chip, Haier launched the digital TV "China core". Hisense is from 2000 decided to set up ASIC (ASIC) design center, invested about 30000000 yuan, continued for a period of 4 years finally developed the final name of the core of the video processing chip. According to sources, HUAWEI is now involved in this industry.

But whether it is "hiview" or "Chinese core", as soon as he was born are faced with PIXWORKS, GENESIS, PHILPS, ST, SONY, and Toshiba, and other powerful competitors.

If Thompson chip base can be built, then the layout of the TCL in the flat TV is really complete, which will have an impact on the layout of the flat panel TV industry, but also a great threat to the neighboring Sichuan Changhong." Haitong Securities analyst Gu Qing said.

The so-called "Chinese largest chip base", Changhong spokesman Liu Haizhong and not to regard it as right: "it is to see whether they really have money, I can say that we build a research base in Shenzhen."

In this connection, Mei Jun believes that no matter how big the chip base, the key is to realize the industrialization: "but now including Haier, Changhong and so on their own R & D chip, because of purely national feelings and to buy other chips, which makes the chip industry on the road is not flat." But the idea of the color TV companies are struggling in the chip industry on the road.

According to industry insiders, Changhong is developing a "Rainbow core three" network digital audio and video processing SOC chip, "Rainbow core four" HD digital automatic image processing chip and Hisense's "hiview" relatively close, are mainly used for flat-panel TVs, but now the major color TV giant and no mutual exchange of needed products instead. Are accelerated into the independent research and development. No wonder the Xiamen Overseas Chinese chief engineer Su Zhongren had worried that, in the era of digital TV, an average of three or four months the same chip will be the replacement time, any enterprise can not only by a chip technology breakthrough to eat a few years old. At the same time, domestic enterprises alone