The photo is a smartphone manufactured and sold by OPPO.
China OPPO: Abandon independent chip development!
ーAffiliate company ZEKU suspends business, lays off 3,000 employeesー
OPPO affiliated company ZEKU:
An affiliate of OPPO suddenly announced the termination of its IC chip development business. More than 3,000 workers are expected to be laid off.
China’s core knowledge site: “OPPO gave up independent development of IC chips”, posted a commentary article.
Affiliated company ZEKU:
On May 12, OPPO will completely terminate the business of ZEKU, which was established in 2019. Faced with uncertainty in the mobile phone market.
ZEKU’s product lineup includes application processors, short-range communication devices, and 5G modems.
Employee Compensation Proposal:
OPPO presented a method called “N + 3”.
When dismissing an employee, notice must be given in advance of the prescribed number of days. It is a method of paying money for “N + 3” months, where N is the number of years that the dismissed employee has been with the company.
The number of employees of Tetsuko Technology:
The number of employees has reached more than 3000 people. More than 3,000 people rushing into the tipping job market at once would have a big impact on the employment situation.
Research from analytics firm IDC:
Currently, the global smartphone market continues to shrink.
Global smartphone shipments in 2010 decreased by 11.3% year-on-year. OPPO shipped 103.3 million units, down 22.7% year-on-year.
Impact of US regulatory measures:
Sanctions against Chinese semiconductor companies. As a result, handset makers selling in overseas markets were hit hard.
Manufacturers other than OPPO:
Xiaomi and vivo also develop their own chips for mobile phones.
Xiaomi: Pulled out of smartphone control main SoC after Plunge S1 failed. We turned to IS processors and power management chips.
vivo: Similar to Xiaomi, it focuses on the ISP processor chip.
Achievements of Xiaomi and vivo:
At present, Xiaomi and vivo have a relatively small burden of self-development of chips.