Economic observation Network reporter Zou Yongqin000810.SZ, a veteran maker of TV set-top boxes, has been doing a lot of things lately.

Since November 23, the company has first dabbled in the venture capital sector with the intention of investing in Shanghai Jita Semiconductor, and then there has been news of a meta-universe-related layout in terms of smart hardware portals and content ecology.

In this regard, the relevant staff of the company said in an interview with reporters that the company will keep up with the general trend of iterative development of the times and technological changes, and maintain a high degree of vigilance for future changes.

Indirect investment in Shanghai Jita Semiconductor?

On November 23, Skyworth Digital issued an announcement about its subsidiary Shenzhen Skyworth Digital Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Shenzhen Skyworth Digital") to be transferred to Zhuhai Skyworth Qiangke Equity Fund.

Data show that Zhuhai Skyworth Qiangke was established on August 18, 2021, with a registered capital of 360 million yuan, mainly engaged in private equity fund management, venture capital fund management services, and the controlling shareholder is Skyworth Group Co., Ltd.

"the share of Zhuhai Skyworth strong science standard assigned this time is that the company makes full use of the rich project resources and investment experience of professional investment institutions, based on selecting high-quality real economic enterprises to invest in the semiconductor wafer manufacturing industry. To obtain reasonable investment returns for listed companies will not lead to inter-industry competition." Skyworth Digital said that this investment will help improve the efficiency of the company's use of funds, meet the needs of the company's overall strategy and business development, and be conducive to the company's sustainable development.

Skyworth Digital, founded in 2002, is a leading enterprise in the digital intelligent set-top box industry, has a certain competitiveness and influence in the global field, and successfully listed backdoor in 2014. Skyworth Digital started from set-top box, relying on more than ten years of close cooperation in the radio grid, telecommunications network and Internet, in recent years, it began to actively transform to the mode of "terminal, platform, content and service" and developed in the direction of intelligent ecological chain. it is no longer a simple and traditional TV set-top box manufacturer.

Reflected in the financial statements, it is the rapid growth of income driven by diversified businesses such as broadband network connection equipment and professional display, in which the field of VR/AR has attracted more attention.

For the reasons for the stake in Zhuhai Skyworth Qiangke, the relevant staff of Skyworth Digital told reporters that the Shenzhen Skyworth Digital transfer Zhuhai Skyworth Qiangke Equity Fund is an investment in semiconductor wafer manufacturing business, which belongs to financial investment. it is not like market rumors to enter the field of venture capital. The investment in Zhuhai Hengqin Skyworth Qiangke Equity Fund accounts for 15.97% of the total contribution of the Fund. Zhuhai Hengqin Skyworth Qiangke Equity Fund is reinvested in Shanghai Jita Semiconductor Co., Ltd. at present, the project is still in progress. for details, please refer to the company's future progress announcement.

According to the staff further introduction, Shanghai Jita Semiconductor Co., Ltd. is a large-scale integrated circuit wafer manufacturing enterprise, specializing in analog circuits, power devices and MEMS chip wafer manufacturing, currently mainly 6-inch, 8-inch wafer production, and plans to build a 12-inch featured chip process production line. The products are widely used in automotive electronics, power management, smart ID card, communications and consumer electronics and other fields. Related chip projects are also major municipal construction projects in Shanghai in 2019 and 2020.

He stressed that "based on the company's future strategic planning, we have been looking for investment projects that are highly compatible with the company's industrial layout and with a certain degree of technology content, and are still paying continuous attention to the investment opportunities of other projects."

Have a strong interest in layout meta-universe?

If the amount of investment in semiconductor wafer manufacturing is small enough to attract the attention of investors, then Skyworth's recent layout in the meta-universe track seems to be attracting more and more market attention.

On November 25, Skyworth Digital responded to investors' questions about the company's "what other layouts in the meta-universe" on the investor interaction platform, "the layout associated with the meta-universe is mainly that, on the one hand, in terms of the smart hardware entrance, the company will continue to invest resources to further develop the VR intelligent terminal series. The six-degree-of-freedom VR hardware terminal with folding optical scheme and AR pre-research based on applications such as medical industry will be available in 2022. On the other hand, in terms of content ecology, the company will increase investment in games, education and medical care in the future, and introduce relevant cooperation content; at the same time, the company will continue to shoot the 8K panoramic content of domestic 5A-level scenic spots ".

In fact, Skyworth has revealed a series of moves about meta-universe on the investor interaction platform since October, demonstrating the company's strong interest in meta-universe, a burgeoning track.

In this regard, Skyworth Digital staff replied to the reporter that the scope of meta-universe is very extensive, and its future applications will include social networking, games, e-commerce, education, entertainment, payment and other brand-new changes and upgrades, which will be realized by new displays, new interactions and new platforms. it is a new type of all-true space Internet and should also be applied to extended reality technology, including providing immersive experience with VR/AR. Mirroring the real world into the virtual world and so on are new challenges and opportunities.

The staff believes that the current VR/AR and future MR and XR should be the core portals of the next generation space Internet in the future, which can achieve new displays and interactions. At present, metacosmos is still in the initial stage of the industry life cycle, and enterprises are also facing many new challenges such as technologies, applications and business models to be solved. "at this stage, the company's layout of VR/AR hardware equipment and VR content sub-platform The industry application solution based on VR hardware and software system, and the shooting of domestic 5A scenic spot VR video, etc., are the deep ploughing and continuous management of the company based on the next generation space calculation, layout new display, new interaction and so on.

At the same time, he said, "in the future, the company will continue to increase investment in innovation, R & D and technology according to the existing company's business advantages, technological advantages, and talent advantages, so as to keep up with the general trend of iterative development of the times and technological changes. At the same time, the company will strictly abide by national laws and regulations and maintain a high degree of vigilance for future changes.