On February 29, the "2024 World Mobile Communications Conference (hereinafter referred to as MWC24)" with the theme of "Future First" came to an end. As the annual mobile communications industry event, MWC24 attracted more than 2,400 exhibitors and more than 100,000 visitors, including more than 300 Chinese exhibitors. From the perspective of topics, 5G and AI are still the biggest hits of the exhibition, and 5G + AI has become the vane of industry development this year.
As the world's leading provider of wireless communication processing solutions, SIMSom Wireless Technology (Shanghai)**hereinafter referred to as "SIMCom") also participated in the exhibition. The comprehensive system showcased the company's complete, rich and highly competitive portfolio of products and treatment plans in the two tracks of 5G and AI, attracting users from all over the world to visit and exchange.
At the exhibition site, Luo Xiaoyan, deputy general manager and chief technology officer of SIMCom, said in an interview with C114 that since its establishment, SIMCom has been adhering to the product concept of providing customers with the most advanced, stable and reliable wireless communication processing plan, keeping up with the forefront of technology, and launching corresponding products in a timely manner. Facing the future world of 5G + AI, SIMSomp will continue to launch high-speed LTE-A, 5G, 5G Advanced modules and high-computing intelligent modules, and will continue to create more high-quality module products in the future to provide more accurate and amateur services to customers around the world.
Luo Xiaoyan, Deputy General Manager and Chief Technology Officer of SIMCom
Deeply cultivate the 5G module market: create a complete and rich product portfolio
According to the GSMA think tank, the number of 5G connections around the world has exceeded 1.5 billion. To unlock the full potential of 5G, we must expand it to new devices, new use cases, and new industries. This also provides an excellent stage for 5G module manufacturers, including SIMComConnect.
Luo Xiaoyan pointed out that the coherent use scenarios represented by 5G are very ubiquitous, and different regions and industry markets have differentiated needs for module functions, old costs, speeds, etc., which requires module manufacturers to have a complete and rich product sequence, and a diversified 5G communication module product portfolio is SIMCom's advantage.
In 5G ultra-high-speed scenarios, SIMCom launched the 5G modules SIM8270 series and SIM8390 series, which provide the highest speed of more than 10Gbps and are used in scenarios with strict requirements for speed and latency, such as broadband access, high-quality surveillance, and industrial control.
Considering the differences in the layout of global 5G networks, the SICom SIM8270 supports two forms: 5G non-self-powered networking (NSA) and self-powered networking (SA), and SIM8390 supports 5G non-self-supporting (NSA), self-powered networking (SA) and MMW forms. Both modules adopt LGA package, integrate GNSS positioning function, and link AT command compatibility with the SIM8260 series, which helps customers quickly iterate terminal products and open up old costs at a low cost.
Faced with 5G low- and medium-speed use cases, Luo Xiaoyan pointed out, "RedCap has achieved a good balance between old cost and function, which is very attractive to customers who are looking for a balanced cost performance, and can effectively handle their needs to measure between old cost and speed, and help customers quickly deploy IoT use cases that meet 5G requirements." ”
As an industry pioneer, SIMCom has launched the SIM8230 and SIM8230-M2 series of RedCap modules based on the Qualcomm platform. The SIM8230 module supports 5G R17 SA multi-band and multi-function interfaces, which is convenient for the expansion of external facilities, and has the advantages of simplicity, energy saving, exquisiteness and high cost performance. It can be widely used in 5G CPE, wearing facilities, industrial routers, HD live streaming facilities, AR VR, drones, and long-distance control robots.
As far as industrial development is concerned, module price is the bottleneck, and SIMCom has also launched localized and more cost-effective A8230 and A8230-M2 products in combination with ASR, providing a more economical processing plan for the use of 5G+AIoT.
In addition, the coherent scene is very chaotic, LTE-A, Wi-Fi and 5G complement each other, and the commonality provides mature and stable communication technology support for the high-speed market.
The A7908 is a highly integrated LTE Cat. for high-end marketplaces6 modules, built-in multi-mode, wide-area broadband, built-in DDR, with dual PCIe, 100 Gigabit Ethernet ports can realize the function of single-chip soft routing, which can be widely used in CPE, MIFI, mobile hot, security monitoring, detection alarm and other terminal facilities.
In terms of Wi-Fi, SIMCom has also launched modules that support the Wi-Fi 6 and Wi-Fi 7 series, which integrate WLAN processors, basebands, and 2The 4G 5G 6G RF transceiver supports the process PCLE interface between the SICOM5G module SIM8270X for data communication. From the perspective of usage scenarios, it can be widely used in wireless terminals such as 5G CPE, MIFI, and Internet of Vehicles routers.
Innovative AI intelligent modules empower the intelligent connection of all things
To achieve intelligent connectivity of all things, it is not only necessary to have strong coherent capabilities, but also to have AI technology and efficient computing power. In response to the needs of AI and computing power in edge and terminal scenarios, SIMCom has innovatively launched a series of intelligent module products.
Luo Xiaoyan pointed out that with the rapid development of AI, the marketplace has become more and more stringent in terms of edge counting functions and needs to be expanded. To this end, SIMCOM has launched a product based on edge counting planning to comply with this trend.
These products mainly focus on scenarios such as industrial detection and monitoring, and are committed to providing optimal processing plans for a wide range of AI use scenarios. Its core competitive advantage is now in two aspects: first, it is possible to achieve the best balance between power consumption and function while satisfying the needs of edge reasoning and calculation; The second is the old capital advantage with a high degree of market competitiveness.
Among them, the smart module SIM9650L is a high-computing intelligent module equipped with Android14 control system, which adopts Qualcomm 8-core 64-bit ARM V8 processor and Kyro 6xx CPU. Compared with previous generations of 4G smart modules, the SIM9650L series has built-in AI processors Dual HVX and Hexagon Tensor Accelerator, with computing power exceeding 14TOPS, built-in ADRENO VPU 633, and supports up to 4K 30** encoding or 4K 60** decoding.
At the same time, it supports multi-channel high-definition cameras, high-definition touch screens, and has a strong high-speed data transmission and multi-processing capabilities, which helps customers to coax the advantages of intelligent module control system and high function, and quickly develop products and uses related functions such as multi-channel and wireless communication.
SIM9650L series integrates GPS high-precision positioning, BT52 Short-interval communication and 2x2 MIMO and Wi-Fi6E, which can be widely used in smart POS cash registers, logistics terminals, VR AR facilities, smart robots, in-vehicle facilities, smart cockpits, ** surveillance, security monitoring, smart information collection facilities, industrial-grade PDA and smart handheld terminals.
Strengthen R&D platform capabilities: Cooperate with customers to win the 5G+AI period
The integration of coherent technologies represented by 5G and vertical industries is becoming more and more stringent, but the demands of thousands of industries for coherence are not the same. Modules, as a coherent cost anchor, are always facing a big opposition. On the one hand, the chaotic nature of the use scenario requires module manufacturers to have a complete product matrix. On the other hand, the usage scenarios are fragmented, and it is difficult to cause the scope effect and the old capital effect.
Luo Xiaoyan pointed out that for more than 20 years, SIMCom has been committed to providing modules and processing solutions covering multiple technology platforms such as 5G, 4G, LPWA, LTE-A, etc., and has accumulated rich practical experience. With the spread of IoT usage and the expansion of the market, SIMCom has a particularly in-depth understanding of the IoT and has a deep insight into the diverse usage scenarios of customers.
Based on years of experience in the use of the Internet of Things, we will refine and summarize the commonalities and differences of various uses and categories, and use this as a guide to develop module products that meet various standards and usage scenarios, and support the global operator network. In response to the problem of fragmentation, the chipset realizes the useful combination of flexibility and standardization through procedures such as providing software optional plug-ins.
Talking about SIMCom's technology R&D and product concept, Luo Xiaoyan said that SIMCom has always been committed to providing customers with the most advanced, stable and reliable wireless communication processing plan, and has taken this concept as the cornerstone to keep up with the forefront of global technology. Facing the future world of 5G+AI, SIMCom has been launching high-speed 5G, LTE-A modules and high-performance smart modules, focusing on the wide use of 5G+AIoT in multiple fields such as homes, enterprises, industries, agriculture, and urban development, providing high-quality products.
In the future, SIMCom will continue to work with global partners to create more high-quality module products and provide more accurate and amateur services to customers around the world.