As the intelligent voice technology becomes more and more mature, the smart speaker products focusing on voice interaction have gradually entered every household. According to data released by research firm Canalys, by the end of 2018, the number of smart speakers in the world will reach 100 million units, up from 40 million last year. Four years later, that number could grow further to 225 million units.
From the perspective of market share, Amazon's smart speakers are undoubtedly represented by the Echo series. By the end of this year, Amazon is expected to occupy about 50% of the market. Under the temptation of Amazon's huge market share, many Chip manufacturers want to win this order.
On December 11th, according to relevant news reports, the IC design factory Duntai has a good harvest in expanding the market. In addition to being used by Amazon (Amazon) smart speakers, the touch chip has also entered the home intelligent companion robot Xiaoyu at home supply chain . In the past,
Duntai focused on the smartphone market, including Nokia (Nokia), Lenovo , etc. are Duntai's customers; in order to pursue operational growth, Duntai has actively expanded non- mobile phone applications such as wearable devices in recent years Market , and have preliminary results.
As early as last September, Duntai won the order for the first smart watch Tambour Horizon launched by Louis Vuitton (Louis Vuitton, LV). Outside the supply chain of major mobile phone manufacturers, they also aim at the international boutique market, and continue to expand their operating territory. In addition to being used in Louis Vuitton (LV) smart watches,
is also used in GoPro action cameras, and has also entered the supply chain of Montblanc smart watches, Adidas and Guess smart watches.
Now Duntai touch chip has also entered the supply chain of Amazon's smart speakers, Sony's cameras, LG's smart washing machines, and the home intelligent companion robot Xiaoyujia.