"Nuclear Fundamental" 50 Million Funds to Support Domestic Tablet PCs

Lenovo music OS operating system, CPU project who will fall?

Tablet PC global market is hot, its future prospects go without saying. In order to increase support for the domestic tablet PC industry, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has issued a document a few days ago to include tablet PCs as a national science and technology major project for "nuclear high-technology" (core electronic devices, high-end general-purpose chips and basic software products), and the central government has provided no more than The 50 million yuan of funds to support domestically-produced tablets, hopes to increase domestic manufacturers' competitiveness in the field of tablet computers (especially in the CPU and operating systems) and their right to speak.

The reporter was informed that many domestic manufacturers, including Lenovo, the New Coast Line, etc., are actively applying for the "nuclear high base" project for tablet PCs. Lenovo has confirmed that Lenovo's OS operating system has been officially approved as early as last year, and obtained the corresponding financial support, the specific amount is unknown. Industry insiders pointed out that the "nuclear high base" will have a huge guiding significance for the tablet computer as an object of support and will play a considerable role in promoting the development of the domestic tablet PC industry.

50 million special funds to help the tablet is the new blue ocean, which has become a global consensus. At present, domestic manufacturers, including Lenovo, Patriot, Huawei, ZTE, etc., have all introduced tablet computer products. However, when PC industry CPUs and operating systems were monopolized by multinational giants, they once again appeared on tablet PCs. Domestically produced tablet PCs almost all use CPUs produced by foreign manufacturers and Google's Android open source operating system.

In order to enhance the competitiveness of domestic companies in the tablet area and the right to speak. A few days ago, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued a notice on the application of the "High-Nuclear-based" national science and technology major project in 2012. The tablet computer project based on domestic CPU and OS (operating system) has become the subject of the application, and can receive the maximum 50 million yuan of financial support from the central government.

The nuclear high-level major special project implementation management office has set seven assessment indicators including the use of domestically-made CPUs, domestic OS, and sales of more than one million units for this issue. As the CPU and operating system are the two key links of the tablet PC, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) particularly emphasized in the application guide that the goal of supporting the project is to achieve high-volume applications of domestic C PU and OS in tablet PC products.

It is worth noting that, unlike other "major high-fundamental major projects," the central funding method for the bulk application of tablet PCs is post-entry and post-subsidy. In other words, the reporting company must obtain special funds after completing the “task”. “The move will keep those speculators out of the door. Only companies with real strength can get funding,” said one senior member of Lenovo Group, who declined to be named.

Lenovo music OS operating system will be China's tablet computer market is also detonated by Apple, data from Analysys International, Apple's iPad market share of more than 87%. It is optimistic about the huge potential of the tablet market, domestic manufacturers including Lenovo, Hanwang, Patriot, Huawei, ZTE, etc. have entered the field of tablet, which Lenovo's market outlook is most optimistic about. As of now, Lenovo is the only domestic tablet manufacturer that uses its own operating system. In Lenovo's music products, Lenovo's OS OS and ARM-based chips are pre-installed.

In a recent interview with reporters, Liu Jun, senior vice president of Lenovo Group, said that Le OS is an operating system based on Window s and A ndroid. It will also be able to be used on mobile phones, pads, and PCs across devices, similar to Apple’s current iOS operating system.

On April 25, some media reported that Lenovo's OS operating system has officially won the national "nuclear high base" project. The reporter asked the association about this news, and Liu Jun responded that the exact time for the official establishment of the Music OS was last year. The reporter learned that LeOS is indeed the first to be approved by the “Nuclear High Foundation” project. Since the country has included tablet PCs in the “Nuclear High Foundation” funded projects, LeOS has also been incorporated into this issue. However, Lenovo declined to disclose the amount of funding.

A number of domestic tablet computer manufacturers have pointed out that the OS operating system is a major bottleneck restricting the development of the domestic tablet PC industry, and must be a breakthrough, which is why the "nuclear high base" will be included in the funding target. Earlier, Liu Chuanzhi has repeatedly stated on different occasions that Lenovo’s most worthy space for imagination is the operating system.

After the tablet came out, Lenovo gave Lenovo a chance. It is reported that Lenovo has been continuously investing in music OS for about 4 years. There are about hundreds of engineers supporting this R&D project.

Domestic chips dark horses --- Zhou Jie, general manager of New Shoreline Network Technology Co., Ltd., said that domestic manufacturers must make breakthroughs in the field of flat panel, and simple copying and copying will certainly not work. "For Lenovo, it developed its own OS operating system. It is aspirations."

The CPU is optimistic about the new shoreline and Rockchip. For the tablet PC, in addition to the OS operating system, the CPU is another key link, and is also listed as a “nuclear high base” special item. Since the CPUs that are truly suitable for use in tablet PCs must have high performance and low power consumption, it seems to the industry insiders that currently the only domestic CPU manufacturers that meet these two major characteristics are Rockchip and New Shoreline.

Earlier this year, Rockchip Microelectronics released the RK 29X X platform at CES2011 in the US and brought a variety of terminal products based on the platform. The RK 29X X platform uses A RM cores, with clock frequencies up to 1.2 GHz and 1.8 GHz respectively. Many domestic two-and-three-wire tablet makers and cottages have adopted Rockchip's micro-solutions. However, it is not known whether Rockchip has applied for a "nuclear high base" project. The reporters respectively called Ruixin Micro Fuzhou headquarters and Beijing and Shenzhen branch companies on this issue, and the other party refused to accept the interview on the ground that the responsible person was not present.

The new shoreline is another promising company. Zhou Jie, general manager of the new shoreline told reporters that the new shoreline is preparing to apply for "nuclear high base" special. "The chip and the operating system are both applying. The deadline is May 20. The new shoreline not only has global leading technology in the chip field, but also reserves a lot of technology in the operating system field." Zhou Jie disclosed that the use of the new shoreline chip The prototype of the tablet computer has been unveiled at the CES show earlier this year. In August this year, the products of the partner manufacturers will be officially introduced to the market. "The new shoreline is the world's first manufacturer to launch dual-core 2.0 chips based on the ARM architecture, and has a pricing advantage. We are not only confident in applying for a nuclear funded infrastructure project, but also have high hopes for future market performance."

One of the relatively best-selling brands in the domestic tablet PC market is Fang Renjian, and Fang Liyong, the company's vice president, said that the copy of the tablet will not refuse to cooperate with domestic chips and domestic operating systems.

Tablet PC subsidy seven off 1 main processor for domestic CPU;

2 using domestic OS;

3 support network applications, office software, e-mail, multimedia entertainment, games and other functions;

4 support multi-touch and handwriting input function, the terminal screen more than 7 inches;

5 Third-party applications that support "app store" mode;

6 The final product has its own brand and market awareness;

7 to achieve product sales more than 1 million units.