Vietnamese Engineers Unveil Indigenous IoT Chip Design
Mr. Nguyen Van Duoc – Member of the Party Central Committee, Vice Secretary of the City Party Committee, Chairman of HCMC People’s Committee (right) and Mr. Tran Kim Chung – Chairman of CT Group at the Launch of the Vietnamese IoT Chip Design.
A ceremony was recently held in Ho Chi Minh City to introduce an indigenous IoT chip design by engineers of the CT Group. The company revealed that the design employs CMOS and III/V Semi semiconductor technologies.
CT Group is also developing chip design houses that focus on researching and designing AI, IoT, and application-specific chips in various fields such as UAV, Defense, 5G/6G, AI, sensors, and IoT. They are developing IP cores and functional modules for use in SoC design, striving for self-sufficiency in chip design. The company’s IP core design capabilities include creating IP cores suitable for ADC/DAC chips modulated with FSK/LoRa/OFDM, NPU, DSP, and more. These IP cores can be adjusted and expanded according to specific technologies and applications.
CT Group is on a journey to master semiconductor technology. Illustration.
Are the Ambitions Too Grand?
Analyzing the market advantages, the company has ready outlets in the fields of UAV, IoT, near-space economics, the Ministry of National Defense, and the Ministry of Public Security. Simultaneously, CT is also deploying a smart city ecosystem, including sensors, AI cameras, energy control modules, and intelligent monitoring systems – products with a high demand for AI and IoT chips.
CT UAV, a leader in the UAV field, also offers a direct market for testing and applying specialized chips for unmanned aerial vehicles and AI chips. As a diversified conglomerate with a diverse ecosystem and a global network of partners, CT has a strong foothold.
In terms of human resources, the company boasts a team of engineers with extensive experience in semiconductor chip design. CT collaborates with prominent universities like Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Can Tho University for training and development while also engaging top domestic, overseas Vietnamese, and international experts in chip design as senior technical advisors.
Infrastructure-wise, CT Group is supported by its ecosystem, encompassing research centers, production facilities, and educational institutions. Additionally, the group’s ATP factory is equipped for chip packaging and testing. The company’s roadmap for developing chips in strategic areas like telecommunications, AI, IoT, UAV, and 5G/6G aligns with the government’s strategic orientation for semiconductor technology development.
Delegates press the button to inaugurate phase 2 of the CT Semiconductor chip factory installation on April 30th.
Currently, CT Group possesses the capability to design complex chips using advanced 2nm CMOS technology. On April 30, CT Semiconductor, a member of the CT Group, inaugurated the installation of a production line at its ATP factory. This factory, with a nearly $100 million investment in phase 2, is the first ATP facility in Vietnam to be locally owned.
