January
Unicore exhibited a full range of products at Las Vegas CES 2020, and for the first time made a joint appearance with Rx Networks—another subsidiary of BDStar Group, to provide location solution + data service + multi-sensor fusion algorithm. The IC + Cloud mode is empowering unlimited intelligent applications.
February
User terminal products equipped with Unicore chips are applied in high-precision surveying and mapping, pesticide spraying, logistics transportation, vehicle management system and meteorological stations.
Unicore participated in the Embedded World 2020 in Nuremberg, Germany, exhibiting the application of GNSS chips in mass market, industrial IoT, automobile navigation, V2X and intelligent driving.
April
Unicore ranked No.1 in BDS-3 Dual-frequency Multi-system High-precision SoC Competition.
May
BDStar made an increase in profits against the economy downtrend in the first quarter, and Unicore sales hit a new high, reported by the Beijing News.
June
Unicore ranked No.1 in the Multi-mode Multi-frequency High-precision Module (Global Signal) Competition.
September
On the 9th annual conference of GNSS & LBS, Unicore’s Nebulas IV SoC won first prize of Science and Technology Progress Award of Satellite Navigation and Positioning.
Four products of Unicore were selected in the Recommended List of BDS-3 Civil Basic Products, among which the baseband-RF integrated chip, board and module were all at the top of the list.
On the 20th anniversary of the establishment of BDStar, Unicore set up a new subsidiary—TruePoint, to carry out assisted GNSS and augmentation services, increasing investment in the Cloud + IC strategy, and providing customers with end-to-end solution.
October
Unicore was one of the first to be awarded the Beijing Little Giant Enterprise.
On the 15th Conference on Promotion of China IC Industry, Unicore Nebulas IV SoC won the “China Chip” Excellent Product of Technological Innovation Award.
November
Unicore released a new-generation GNSS chip—Nebulas IV, which supports all constellations, all frequencies, with millimeter-level accuracy, and has integrated RF, baseband and high-precision algorithm. The product release received attention from many experts and was reported by several mainstream media such as China Central Television and Xinhua News Agency.
Nebulas IV chip won the Innovation Award at the China Satellite Navigation Conference.
Passed the QC 080000 certification, Unicore’s process management system is developing toward a high level.
December
The market share of Unicore GNSS chips used in vehicle navigation ranked No.1 in China, and the chips used in joint venture brand automobiles achieved mass production.
Domestic sales No. 1: The shipment of high precision boards and modules hit a record high.