Smart home refers to the main use of residential buildings (including hotels, communities, offices, ordinary houses, villas, high-end apartments, etc.) as a platform, using integrated wiring technology, network communication technology, security technology, automatic control technology, audio and video technology to home Integrate life-related facilities, build efficient management systems for building facilities and family schedules, improve home safety, convenience, comfort, and artistry, and achieve an environmentally friendly and energy-efficient living environment. At present, the main market for smart homes in China is still some high-end markets: villas (retail, engineering), and intelligent communities (engineering). The fastest growing markets are: smart hotels (engineering) and smart office (engineering), but ordinary residential smart homes ( The retail) market has been slow to develop. In the era of Internet of Everything, smart home as the simplest entry point for the Internet of Things, attracted Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Intel, BAT, Xiaomi and other technology giants to layout, and constantly launch their own smart home products to promote the popularity of smart home products. Promote and promote the growth of the smart home market. From the perspective of the global market, the statistics of the US staTIsta show that the global smart home market in 2016 was US$16.8 billion, of which US$9.713 billion was the largest market in the global smart home market. From the domestic market, According to the statistics of the Prospective Industry Research Institute, the size of China's smart home market in 2016 was 60.57 billion yuan, and the compound annual growth rate in 2012-2016 was 42%, showing an extremely rapid development trend. In terms of enterprise market share, the current smart home market is still undecided, and major manufacturers are actively deploying to seize the opportunities and lay the foundation for the future market highs. At present, China's smart home market is led by Internet giant BAT. Lenovo, Jingdong, Xiaomi and Meizu are closely followed. Haier, Midea, Gree, Hisense, TCL and other home appliances are entering the market. Telecom, mobile, broadcasting and other operators also want to divide. A cup of soup. In the future, Apple, Google, Amazon, and China's BAT are expected to become the dominant players in the smart home field in the future due to their financial advantages, technological advantages, talent advantages, and traffic advantages. The future of smart homes is booming and has also gained popularity in the capital market. A few days ago, Hangzhou Gubei Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. (BroadLink) announced the completion of the D round of 343 million financing, the current round of financing led by CITIC Industry Fund, Baidu, Libai Group and investment. BroadLink CEO Liu Zongxi said that the strategic investment after the new round of financing will focus on three aspects: Increase investment in the existing “AI+IoT†layout to enhance the inherent competitive advantage; Investing in mergers and acquisitions of system integrators and smart home upstream and downstream quality companies to expand the scale of the company's business; According to the introduction, CITIC Industrial Fund, the leading investment institution of this financing, has been paying attention to investment opportunities in the Internet of Things (IoT) since two years ago. In recent years, CITIC Industry Fund is also accelerating the expansion of investment landscape in this field. Baidu has been laying out the AI ​​field. Officials say that in the future, BroadLink will cooperate with Baidu DuerOS and other businesses in the smart home industry to jointly promote the industry in the field of “AI+IoTâ€. Recently, EEWORLD interviewed Liu Tao, senior manager of the Industrial Solutions Center of the Industrial and Home Appliances Department of Renesas Electronics Management (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. on the hot issues of smart home. As a smart home enabler, what preparations have been made by the chip companies, the future How will it develop in the smart home field? Liu Tao gave answers. Liu Tao, Senior Manager, Industrial Solutions Center, Industrial and Home Appliances Department, Renesas Electronics Management (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. 1. Can you talk about your application of smart home in China from the perspective of chip vendors? What applications are hot? Liu Tao: Smart home is developing at a high speed in China, and has developed a variety of applications, such as smart home appliances, smart lighting, smart security and so on. Especially in the field of smart home appliances, thanks to the increasing popularity of HMI man-machine interfaces, WIFI, BLE and other technologies, various types of white goods and small home appliances can realize intelligent interconnection and control. Zigbee and PLC power carrier technology are widely used in intelligent lighting. In terms of intelligent security, fingerprint recognition, BLE, and various sensor technologies are also mature applications. Some emerging technologies such as speech recognition, face recognition, artificial intelligence, etc., will also be more and more widely used in the smart home market. 2. What do you think is the main driving force for smart home growth? Liu Tao: With the improvement of the quality of life, consumers are no longer just satisfied with the use of traditional homes, eager for a more intelligent and comfortable application experience. The rapid development of semiconductor intelligent technology and the increasingly perfect peripheral support have effectively supported the application of smart home. 3. How is Renesas currently helping the development of the smart home industry? Liu Tao: Renesas Electronics has a wealth of MCUs and power & analog components to fully meet the needs of a variety of smart homes. Renesas Electronics' MCUs have an industry-leading share of the consumer electronics market, from low-end 16-bit RL78 MCUs, high-end 32-bit Rx MCUs, to Synergy products for the Internet of Things to fully meet customer needs. In order to help customers launch products faster and better, Renesas Electronics has also developed a series of complete solutions, such as gesture recognition, face recognition, object recognition, human-machine interface, artificial intelligence and so on. The interoperability of smart homes brings a better experience to users, but it also brings a problem of user data security. Renesas Electronics' unique TSIP hardware security function provides high-level security encryption of in-chip data to prevent illegal theft. And tampering. 4. In addition to Synergy, we are now officially announcing the formal operation with Intersil. What benefits can the cooperation between the two bring to smart home? Liu Tao: Renesas Electronics officially acquired Intersil in February 2017. The Intersil product line includes powerful power management ICs, communication interface chips and high-precision analog devices. Combine Renesas Electronics' MCU product line to provide integrated product support for smart home customers. 5. How will Renesas plan in China in the future to promote the development of the smart home industry more quickly? Liu Tao: Renesas Electronics has set the smart home market as a key target market for the future, and has established the Renesas Electronics China Division and the Smart Home Project Group. Renesas Electronics will accelerate the development of the smart home industry from two aspects: on the one hand, combining its own semiconductor products with advanced intelligent technology to launch a complete solution close to customer needs; On the other hand, it will increase its in-depth cooperation with China's smart home industry, such as industry associations, cloud platform suppliers, and solution providers, to contribute to the healthy development of the industry. 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