On May 18, 2018, the laser benchmarking company Radium Smart officially announced that Radium ’s first 16-channel integrated amplifier chip for the lidar receiver was successfully developed. After professional testing, it satisfies the technical requirements of the design indicators and can be used for single lines. , 4-wire, 8-wire, 16-wire, 32-wire, 48-wire, 64-wire and MEMS solid state, OPA phased array solid state Laser pointer radar
This will be the first 16-channel integrated amplifier chip at home and abroad. After mass production, this chip with independent intellectual property rights will reduce the cost of TOF lidar by 30%. At the same time, the successful development of this chip has greatly reduced the technological gap between China and foreign countries in the laser pointer radar core chip!
On the same day, Rashen Intelligent officially opened its factory in Jiashan. The 15,000 square meter production plant located in Jiashan Guigu has invested nearly 100 automated and semi-automated production lines, and will fully produce Rashen 4, 8 and 16 lines. Line, 32 line and 48 line Lidar.
This will greatly increase the production capacity of multi-line lidar products, and solve the imbalances in supply and demand of the global lidar market demand, high prices, and long supply cycles.
With the development of the autonomous driving industry, the market for automotive laser pointer radar has gradually opened at home and abroad, and Leishin Intelligence, which has a place in the traditional robotic lidar market, began the development of automotive lidar in 2017. The C1 series of automotive lidars and the CX series of multi-line lidars were successfully developed.
Currently, Rashen Intelligence is stepping up research and development of solid-state lidar. It is expected that 3D FLASH and MEMS solid-state lidar will be launched in the middle of the year.
Choosing the right time to cut into the Laser pointer radar for cars has always been valued by Hu Xiaobo, the founder / chairman of Radium Smart. Hu Xiaobo previously told “High-tech Intelligent Cars” that the company has accumulated the basic core technology of laser radar Driving is a long-term development process. It is a suitable time to choose to enter the automotive lidar market in 2017.
Rashen Smart completed financing at the end of 2017 and quickly launched multi-wire beam lidar to develop solid-state lidar. In his opinion, it was the right time.