China PCB enters the 5G era

China PCB enters the 5G era

The role of 5G

1G calls, 2G chats on QQ, 3G microblogs, 4G watching videos, 5G downloads a movie in one second... I believe this is the understanding of most people's mobile communication technology iteration. As everyone knows, the fifth-generation mobile communication technology (5G), as a new generation of revolutionary technology, not only means a doubled increase in data transmission speed, but also a true converged network. Related application areas will be promoted, such as the Internet of Things, Applications such as Industry 4.0, artificial intelligence, the Internet of Vehicles, and interactive multimedia will be popularized in large numbers, thus forming an era of "Internet of Everything".

PCB as the "mother of electronic products", profound changes in the downstream consumer market will directly affect the development trajectory of the PCB industry. The industry generally believes that in the next three to five years, 5G communications will surpass today's two major application markets, smart terminals and automotive electronics, and become the number one engine driving the growth of the PCB industry.

China PCB enters the 5G era

Since 2010, the growth rate of global PCB production value has generally declined. On the one hand, fast-iterative new terminal technologies continue to impact low-end production capacity, and the single and double panels that used to be the first in output value are gradually being replaced by high-end production capacities such as multilayer boards, HDI, FPC, and rigid-flex boards. On the other hand, the weak terminal market demand and the abnormal price increase of raw materials have also made the entire industry chain turbulent. PCB companies are committed to reshaping their core competitiveness, transforming from "winning by quantity" to "winning by quality" and "winning by technology." ".

What proud of is that under the background of both the global electronics market and the global PCB output value growth rate, the annual growth rate of China's PCB output value is higher than that of the world, and the proportion of total output value in the world has also increased significantly, from 31.18% in 2008. To 52.6% in 2018 (Prismark data). Obviously, China has become the largest producer of the global PCB industry, and the Chinese PCB industry is in a better state to welcome the arrival of 5G communications!