In recent years, although the Chinese people's attention to the chip industry has increased significantly, most people only focus on the field of chip design and manufacturing, and do not have a clear understanding of the entire chip industry.

In fact, in addition to design and manufacturing, packaging, testing, and sales are also very important links in the chip industry chain. Fundamentally speaking, even if a manufacturer has the above-mentioned capabilities, it will be of no use if there are no EDA tools for designing chips.

EDA software accounts for a very small output value in the integrated circuit industry chain, but it is an indispensable link. Currently, more than 80% of the global EDA market is occupied by Synopsys and Cadence in the United States and Mentor in Germany. In China, the market share of three manufacturers has reached more than 95%.

In fact, most of the chips that domestic users can name are currently designed using the software design of the three giants, including Huawei's Kirin processor. Of course, it is not that there are no EDA software manufacturers in China. In fact, our country began to develop EDA tools as early as the 1980s, and the first domestic EDA Panda system was successfully launched in 1993.

However, it is influenced by the trend of thought that "it is better to build than to buy, and it is better to rent than to buy." The domestic EDA industry did not achieve substantial technological breakthroughs in the first two decades of its development, and the domestic EDA market share was successively occupied by overseas companies.

Fortunately, in the past ten years, many domestic EDA manufacturers have shown their vitality in the industry. Among them, BGI Jiutian has released a variety of EDA tools, filling my country's market gaps in the field of EDA tools and successfully breaking the market monopoly of overseas companies.

It is worth mentioning that BGI Jiutian was established not long ago. Public information shows that the company was established in 2009, formerly the EDA department of BGI Group, and has rich market experience. This is the key reason why BGI Jiutian can quickly gain a foothold in the EDA market.

In addition, the reason why BGI Jiutian has developed so rapidly is because BGI Jiutian has received strong support from the country. Behind BGI Jiutian is a team of national-level luxury investors composed of the National Integrated Circuit Industry Investment Fund, Shenzhen Venture Capital, and Guozhong Venture Capital. This is the fundamental factor for BGI Jiutian to rise in the market.

Of course, the luxurious investment lineup headed by the National Integrated Circuit Investment Fund chose to invest in BGI Jiutian after careful consideration. Behind the rise of BGI Jiutian, there is actually a touching story.

Liu Weiping, the founder of BGI Jiutian, is regarded as the first person in the field of EDA tool research and development in my country. He participated in the Panda EDA system research and development project when he was a student. During the most difficult time, there were only a dozen people in the entire Panda EDA system team, and Liu Weiping was one of them.

It can be said that Liu Weiping’s life has been tightly bound to EDA tools since he came into contact with the Panda EDA system. After the successful development of the Panda EDA system, Liu Weiping has been working at BGI Group and is in charge of the EDA department.

The reason why this department chose to be independent is because Liu Weiping believes that after the department is independent, it can engage in related product research and development more independently and professionally.

In other words, in order to develop better domestic EDA tools, Liu Weiping gave up his position as vice president and became an entrepreneur. And all this is because Liu Weiping believes: "We will definitely be able to make something of our own."

In fact, BGI Jiutian is a leader in the domestic EDA field and is in a state of rapid development. But in fact, there is still a considerable technical gap between BGI Jiutian and Synopsys, Cadence and Mentor. And in the short term, it is simply difficult to make up for it.

In this context, in addition to the National Integrated Circuit Investment Fund's willingness to support BGI Jiutian, many private investment institutions are also willing to lend a helping hand. This behavior is not for capital interests, but has certain implications. Emotional factors. It is also because of the belief in Chinese companies that all BGI has achieved the results of breaking the monopoly in nine days, and has the hope of competing for a larger market.