MWC Shanghai 25' Dialogue with Yangtze-Mason Semiconductor: 5G + AI Stimulate New Demands in the Storage Field, Building Full-Stack Innovative Products

　　Focusing on the disruptive innovation capabilities stimulated by the convergence of 5G and AI+, the 2025 MWC Shanghai, a global bellwether for the development of the technology industry, was held as scheduled, attracting a huge number of visitors from around the world and widespread attention. As an emerging force in China's storage sector, Hubei Yangtze River Wanrun Semiconductor Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Yangtze River Wanrun Semiconductor") made a splendid appearance with a variety of core product solutions.

　　In line with the development strategies of the country and Hubei Province to build a distinctive integrated circuit industry, Yangtze River Wanrun Semiconductor was formally established in December 2022. The company is controlled by Wanrun Technology, a subsidiary of Yangtze River Industry Investment Group under the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of Hubei Province, and focuses on achieving an upward breakthrough in the storage industry chain.

　　“As 5G and AI continue to deeply integrate and evolve, the storage industry is experiencing an explosive growth in demand for performance and capacity, which brings broad development opportunities for Yangtze River Wanrun Semiconductor. We have taken the lead in achieving some breakthrough results in the field of memory testing. In the future, we will further focus on the consumer-grade, industrial-grade and automotive-grade storage product markets, and strive to build "Yangtze River Wanrun" into a well-known Chinese storage brand in the industry.”Li Silin, General Manager of Yangtze River Wanrun Semiconductor, said in an exclusive interview with C114 at the 2025 MWC Shanghai.

▲ Li Silin, General Manager of Yangtze River Wanrun Semiconductor, was interviewed at the 2025 MWC Shanghai.

　　Driven by technology to innovate product applications

　　As is known to all, the semiconductor sector is a niche market with rather high entry barriers. Since its establishment, Yangtze River Wanrun Semiconductor has attached great importance to the reserve of relevant talents and technologies. Its founding team has been deeply engaged in the storage industry for more than 20 years, boasting rich industry experience and technical accumulation in storage products. Meanwhile, the company has focused on deploying three core storage technologies: testing technology, firmware technology, and packaging technology.

　　Li Silin stated that, on the one hand, Yangtze River Wanrun Semiconductor has gathered many domestic technical experts in the storage field; on the other hand, it adheres to the concept of industry-university-research cooperation, carrying out in-depth collaborations with universities and research institutions such as the School of Integrated Circuits of Huazhong University of Science and Technology to tackle cutting-edge storage technologies.

　　Up to now, Yangtze River Wanrun Semiconductor has possessed the capabilities of independent hardware design for storage modules and design of packaging substrates for embedded products. In terms of testing technology, it has jointly carried out research on flash memory chip testing technology with the School of Integrated Circuits of Huazhong University of Science and Technology. By adopting artificial neural network algorithms and based on dynamic prediction models and flash memory intelligent prediction technology, it has realized accurate detection, analysis and prediction of the quality and life cycle of flash memory chips, as well as screening, grading and application guidance for flash memory chips.

　　With such technological innovation and capability accumulation, Yangtze River Wanrun Semiconductor can provide solutions covering a series of R&D and innovative storage products such as solid-state drives (SSD), UFS, eMMC, DDR, and LPDDR, which can be widely applied in fields including computers, mobile phones, smart cars, data centers, servers, security equipment, industrial control equipment, mobile storage, set-top boxes, and network communications.

　　“At this MWC Shanghai exhibition, our core exhibits include two major product systems: flash memory and memory, covering consumer-grade SSD modules, enterprise-grade high-performance server hard drives, industrial-grade high-reliability storage devices, embedded eMMC/UFS solutions, as well as DDR particles and memory sticks, etc.” Li Silin highlighted the R&D innovations of Yangtze River Wanrun Semiconductor in testing technology. ——In the field of flash memory, we conduct in-depth research on chip lifespan, stability and reliability to precisely match the needs of different application scenarios. In the field of memory, we focus on breaking through DDR5 high-performance testing technology to ensure product reliability.

　　Targeting the huge market opportunities brought by the integration of 5G and AI

　　continuing to deeply integrate and evolve, which has driven an explosive growth in the demand for performance and capacity in the storage industry. Against this backdrop, Yangtze River Wanrun Semiconductor, an emerging force in the storage market, is also facing greater opportunities and possibilities.

　　Li Silin further analyzed, “We have observed that driven by 5G+AI as well as digital and intelligent transformation, the market demand in the storage field has undergone significant changes. On the one hand, 5G/AI has spurred a surge in data volume, creating an urgent need for high-capacity SSDs to replace mechanical hard drives (HDDs) so as to reduce costs; on the other hand, AI servers and high-speed communications require continuous improvement in storage performance.”

　　To respond to such a development trend, Yangtze River Wanrun Semiconductor is currently advancing the research and development of high-capacity SSDs to narrow the cost gap with HDDs. Meanwhile, it is accelerating the iteration of high-performance storage products to meet the needs of high-speed data processing.

　　It is worth noting that Yangtze River Wanrun Semiconductor has been shouldering the mission of building a domestic storage industry chain since its establishment. It is reported that in terms of the layout of the localization strategy, the company currently has strong localization capabilities.——In terms of core components, it adopts domestic flash memory/memory wafers and domestic controllers. In terms of product coverage, ranging from consumer-grade/enterprise-grade SSDs and memory modules to industrial-grade/automotive-grade embedded storage, it can develop and implement localized solutions according to the needs of different customers.

　　At MWC Shanghai, a global platform for technological showcases, Yangtze River Wanrun Semiconductor also expressed its firm determination to continuously break into the international market.“ In addition to MWC Shanghai, we are also planning to actively participate in more high-profile international exhibitions including MWC Barcelona. We hope to bring domestically mature, leading and cost-effective storage products to the global market and enhance the global reputation of Chinese brands.”Li Silin spoke with full confidence.