According to Ijiwei.com, from September 21st to 22nd, 2023, the Global Memory Industry Innovation Forum 2023 (GMIF 2023), hosted by the China Semiconductor Investment Alliance and organized by Shenzhen Automotive Electronics Industry Association, with the cooperation of Guangdong Integrated Circuit Industry Association and the Shenzhen Semiconductor Industry Association, and managed by JW Insights Consulting (Xiamen) Co., Ltd., was held in Nanshan District of Shenzhen.
To recognize and encourage advanced enterprises that have made outstanding contributions to driving innovation and development in the global storage industry chain, the forum officially announced the list of winners for the GMIF2023 Annual Awards during the event. After fierce competition, many enterprises, including Huawei, Phytium, Tsinghua Tongfang, Silicon Motion, BIWIN Storage, LKAUTO, Intel, EmdoorINFO, EmdoorDIGI, WEIBU, IP3 Technology, HEYAN Technology, AttachPoint, HEMEI JINGYI, OKN, KingSpec, Maxio, POWEV, QUANXING, KingFast, Tytantest, INNOGRIT, Maxwell, Techwinsemi, YEESTOR, Raymx, and many more, have been honored with the 2023 Annual Awards.
GMIF2023 has established three major categories of awards, including the Outstanding Industry Leadership Award, Outstanding Product Award, and Outstanding Brand Award, with more than 29 specific awards in these categories. The list of winners is as follows:
Outstanding Company in Industrial Leadership Award: Intel
As a leader in storage platforms and technology, Intel provides fundamental processors and related technological innovations for storage products. In 2023, the introduction of the fourth-generation Xeon server platform, which supports the CXL 2.0 protocol, has elevated the scalability of server memory and high-performance storage to new heights.
Outstanding Industrial Influence Award: HUAWEI
Huawei’s all-flash storage technology has received certification from international authoritative organizations, achieving industry-leading performance, reliability, and scalability. This provides new impetus and possibilities for the development of the global information industry and contributes to the enhancement of China’s status and influence in the global technology arena.
Outstanding Brand Contribution Award: TSINGHUA TONGFANG
Tongfang is a high-tech enterprise under the umbrella of Tongfang Co., Ltd., specializing in the research and development, production of information technology products, and the design, implementation, and servicing of information technology solutions. With over two decades of development, the “Tsinghua Tongfang” brand has become one of the strongest domestic brands among computer manufacturers, standing as the only manufacturer in China with a complete technological roadmap and a full range of product offerings. Tongfang terminal computer products comprehensively meet the commercial computing needs of government agencies, military, educational institutions, and various enterprises and have achieved excellent results, securing the top market share from 2019 to 2022 in the expanding field of information technology and innovation.
Outstanding Services in Smart Terminals Award: EmdoorDIGI
Emdoor DIGI, founded in 2010, is one of the subsidiaries of Emdoor Information and has established itself as a leading provider of tablet and laptop solutions in China and globally. The company offers its customers comprehensive pre-sales, in-sales, and after-sales services. Emdoor DIGI consistently delivers competitive product solutions and services, catering to a wide range of industries including daily life, office work, education, finance, business, and smart home applications.
Outstanding Innovation in Smart Terminals Award: EmdoorINFO
Emdoor INFO specializes in reinforced handheld terminals, reinforced tablet computers, reinforced laptops, industrial terminal equipment, and in-vehicle tablet computers, providing products and solutions aimed at driving the digital and intelligent transformation of the manufacturing industry in China. Their commitment lies in empowering various industries and injecting vitality into enterprises to achieve cost reduction and efficiency improvement.
Outstanding Influence in Smart Terminals Award: IP3 Technology
IP3 Technology, founded in 2013, is a global one-stop solution provider for consumer electronics and smart IoT products. Their product range includes laptops, tablets, Mini PCs, all-in-one PCs, PC peripherals, servers, IoT, industrial control, and other intelligent terminal products. They are also a core service provider for global X86 platform solutions. IP3 Technology is dedicated to driving innovation and technological transformation in global tech products, using information technology to create a wonderful digital life.
Outstanding Support in Smart Terminals Award: WEIBU
WEIBU Information has been deeply involved in China’s informatization for over 20 years and has established partnerships with over 500 top IT companies worldwide. Their product line covers various major fields, including consumer electronics, smart transportation, smart education, home PCs, new retail, servers, smart industrial control, and intelligent surveillance. They also have a global customer marketing network.
Outstanding Industrial Service Award: BIWIN Storage
BIWIN Storage focuses on its core storage business, continuously deepening its research and packaging testing integration layout and building competitive strength. It has steadily grown into a leading brand in China’s semiconductor storage and advanced testing sectors. As the President Unit of the Shenzhen Memory Industry Association and the President Unit of the Storage Branch of the Shenzhen Semiconductor Industry Association, BIWIN upholds the “Win-Win” principle and wholeheartedly supports the important activities of the association, actively promoting communication and cooperation among member enterprises. In the future, BIWIN Storage will continue to unite industry chain partners, seek Win-Win cooperation, and look forward to contributing to China’s storage solution ecosystem together with its enterprise partners.
Outstanding Industrial Leader: Phytium
Phytium is a leading domestic provider of independent core chip technology. The company is dedicated to the design, development, and industrialization of high-performance, low-power, domestically-produced, general-purpose microprocessors under the Phytium series. Currently, Phytium has over 5,400 ecosystem partners, supporting the launch of more than 3,600 Phytium platform devices. They provide over 1,000 comprehensive national information system solutions, support national information security and critical industrial safety, and have established the most comprehensive and extensive end-to-end stack ecosystem for information construction in China, from the edge to the cloud.
Outstanding Innovation in Packaging Equipment Award: MAXWELL
Maxwell, as a rising star in the semiconductor equipment field, specializes in semiconductor wafer dicing, and 2.5D/3D advanced packaging, and provides comprehensive packaging process solutions. The company has pioneered the localization of equipment such as full-size semiconductor wafer laser modification cutting equipment, laser grooving equipment, wheel cutting equipment, and grinding equipment. These machines have been delivered to customers, achieving stable mass production. With its leading product advantages, Maxwell has gained the recognition and trust of numerous customers.
Outstanding Packaging Equipment Award: HEYAN Technology
HEYAN Technology is a national-level specialized and innovative “Little Giant” enterprise specializing in the research and development, production, sales, and service of semiconductor-specific equipment and consumables. It is also recognized as a high-tech enterprise and a “Liaoning Gazelle Enterprise.” The company’s main products include the HG series wafer thinning machine, DS series precision dicing saw, JS series fully automatic cutting and sorting machine, and other semiconductor-specific equipment. These products find primary applications in industries such as integrated circuits, optoelectronic devices, discrete devices, sensors, LEDs, optics, refrigeration, optical communication, and medical devices.
Outstanding Breakthrough in Packaging Equipment Award: Tytantest
Tytantest, established in 2023, is a company that focuses on the core field of semiconductor (storage/SoC) testing. Its core team has more than 10 years of experience in the research and development of testing equipment for leading semiconductor giants. The company is dedicated to the development and breakthroughs in high-end domestic semiconductor testing equipment. Its products have achieved mass production and delivery to leading IDM manufacturers and design companies in China.
Outstanding Support in Packaging Equipment Award: AttachPoint
AttachPoint Intelligence is the first and only domestic manufacturer of mass-produced ultra-thin storage chip bonding machines, breaking the long-standing market monopoly held by Europe, America, and Japan. Their research and development of ultra-thin memory chip bonding machines have already provided mass production support to major domestic storage and testing factories. Through the operation of high-precision, high-speed, highly stable, and intelligent equipment, and customized customer services, AttachPoint Intelligence provides storage and testing customers with more flexible and intelligent services.
Outstanding Leadership in Packaging Equipment Award: LKAUTO
LKAUTO has dedicated six years to accumulating and refining precision solder ball technology. They have successfully achieved a breakthrough in domestic fully automatic BGA precision solder ball equipment, breaking the technical and market monopolies held by foreign equipment manufacturers. This achievement has filled a gap in the development, mass production, and bulk sales of domestic BGA precision solder equipment, providing domestic options for solder ball equipment to a wide range of testing and packaging facilities.
Outstanding IC Substrate Supplier Award: HEMEI JINGYI
HEMEI JINGYI, as one of the earliest domestic storage substrate manufacturers, has in-depth expertise in the technical characteristics of lightweight, thin, short, and small storage substrates. They have comprehensively expanded into the NAND and DRAM substrate fields, with their products widely applied in various industries such as automotive, industrial control, and consumer electronics. Throughout its journey, HEMEI JINGYI has adhered to its mission of “focusing on the challenges and pressures that concern customers, providing competitive IC carrier solutions and services, and continuously creating the greatest value for customers,” wholeheartedly serving their clients.
Outstanding Memory Testing System Award: OKN
OKN has accumulated thirteen years of experience in the development of storage testing systems. From HDD to SSD, and further to NAND chips, their completely self-developed testing systems have provided robust assurance for the quality improvement of storage devices. In the current critical phase of China's semiconductor industry development, OKN has made outstanding contributions to the domestication of testing equipment in the storage industry in China, contributing to the “Chinese Wisdom” of the semiconductor storage industry.
Outstanding Controller Contribution Award: Silicon Motion
Silicon Motion is the global leader in NAND flash controller chips, offering support for various types of flash memory produced by major NAND manufacturers. Their clientele spans the globe and includes all major NAND manufacturers, module manufacturers for storage devices, large data centers, and other OEM giants. Silicon Motion utilizes innovative flash controller chip technologies to enhance storage applications across various industries, enriching the storage ecosystem in consumer-grade personal devices, enterprise-level data centers, embedded storage for smart vehicles, and industrial control storage. They collaborate closely with the entire supply chain to build a comprehensive storage system.
Outstanding Innovation in Industrial Control Market Award: KingSpec
Established in 2007, KingSpec is a national high-tech enterprise that integrates design, research and development, manufacturing, and sales. Starting in 2008, the company embarked on comprehensive research and development as well as manufacturing of SSD products. KingSpec has successfully collaborated with various enterprises and institutions, including PetroChina, Tsinghua Tongfang, Great Wall, Hikvision, Lenovo, Mindray, Shenzhen University, NEC, Aaoen, ZTE, and others, garnering excellent market reputation and recognition.
Outstanding Controller Innovation Award: Maxio Technology
Maxio Technologies is a platform-based chip design company that provides data storage controllers, AIoT sensing signal processing, and transmission chip solutions. The company has successfully developed a complete range of solid-state storage controllers, from SATA to PCIe Gen 5.0. Through continuous in-depth research into NAND Flash characteristics, Maxio Technologies has pioneered Flash self-adaptive patented technology. This innovation enables compatibility with NAND Flash chips from all seven major global NAND manufacturers, providing customers with a wider range of options.
Outstanding Controller Benchmark Award: INNOGRIT
Since its establishment in 2017, INNOGRIT has been dedicated to the field of storage, providing high-quality and reliable storage controller chips and SSD solutions for consumer, enterprise, and industrial users. Specifically designed for data center-level applications, the company has introduced a PCIe 5.0-based SSD controller named Tacoma. This marks a significant contribution to the growing trend of domestic SSD production and is the first PCIe 5.0 controller released by a mainland Chinese controller manufacturer.
Outstanding Controller Breakthrough Award: Techwinsemi
Techwinsemi, a long-time player in storage controller chip development, has consistently made breakthroughs in adapting to the latest semiconductor processes and technological advancements. The company's achievements include the successful production of multi-layer storage wafers suitable for various application scenarios and high-speed read-write functionalities. Techwinsemi has been a pioneer in introducing ultra-high-performance mobile storage controller chips based on 55 nm and 40 nm process technologies in China. Furthermore, the company has achieved an annual production target of over 50 million units.
Outstanding Controller Service Award: YEESTOR
YEESTOR is one of the few companies in China that possesses core storage control technology, achieves independent research and development of storage control chips on a large scale, and has a comprehensive storage solution capability covering SSD, embedded storage, and expansion storage. In 2022, their SATA storage control chip shipments exceeded 22 million units, with an estimated global market share of 23.87%. Their SD storage control chip shipments in 2022 exceeded 50 million units, with an estimated global market share of 12.38%. In the semiconductor storage industry, YEESTOR has gained recognition from numerous high-quality customers, establishing a strong brand image and market reputation.
Outstanding Controller Performance Award: RAYMX
RayMX, established in 2018, primarily engages in the design and sale of integrated circuit chips for storage products, computer peripherals, and consumer electronics products, as well as the development of related software and technical services. Leveraging proprietary intellectual property, the company has introduced multiple SSD controller chip products with SATA/PCIE interfaces, catering to various market demands in different segments. Even amid an overall downturn in the industry from early 2023 to the present, the total shipment volume for Q1 to Q3 is expected to exceed 10 million units.
Outstanding Service in ICT Innovation Award: POWEV
POWEV, as a company dedicated to providing high-quality, efficient, and professional Information Technology Application Innovation services, has always been committed to offering the best possible service to its customers. In the future, the company will continue to uphold its values of “self-discipline, self-drive, efficiency, innovation, and Win-Win,” while continually enhancing technological innovation and service upgrades. It will strive to improve its core competitiveness and market influence, all to deliver even higher-quality, efficient, and professional Information Technology Application Innovation services to its customers.
Outstanding Brand Influence Award: QUANXING
QUANXING Technology is an integrated semiconductor storage product solutions provider that combines research and development, production, and sales. The company offers a one-stop service that includes chip packaging, testing, product development, production, and global shipment. It is also a high-tech enterprise in China with rare expertise covering both the DRAM and NAND Flash.
Outstanding Brand Performance Award: KingFast
KingFast, a high-tech enterprise dedicated to SSD storage technology research and development, established its “KingFast” brand in 2008. The company is committed to the research, production, and sales of a wide range of global solid-state storage products. It has become one of the early domestic manufacturers of SSD and has risen to become a leader and innovator in the domestic solid-state storage field, providing the best solutions in solid-state storage products for customers worldwide. In the rapidly evolving storage electronics industry, the KingFast brand is deeply rooted in people's minds due to its outstanding product innovations, remarkable market performance, and excellent brand image.