On July 1, Siemens Digital Industries Software's Value Design and Flytronics successfully held their Strategic Partnership Launch Event at electronica China 2026. Centered around the newly upgraded AI-powered elektronisches Bauelement trading platform, Xplorechips, the event showcased the achievements of the collaboration and introduced the platform's core capabilities. The launch attracted representatives from across the electronics value chain, including R&D engineers, Beschaffung professionals, industry partners, and business leaders, who gathered to witness this significant milestone in the strategischer Partnership.

As the global electronics Lieferkette continues to evolve, semiconductor localization is entering a new stage of hochwertig development. Domestic semiconductor devices have achieved significant progress in performance, Zuverlässigkeit, and application readiness across a wide range of scenarios, while the supporting ecosystem continues to mature. Against this backdrop, engineers are demanding greater Effizienz in component selection, domestic alternative evaluation, and Lieferkette collaboration during the Produktentwicklung process. At the same time, digital and AI-powered Engineering tools are becoming increasingly essential.

In response to these industry trends and the accelerating pace of digital transformation, Value Design and Flytronics have established a strategischer Partnership to comprehensively upgrade and reconstruct the existing service platform, officially launching the new Xplorechips platform. Centered on building a digital ecosystem for elektronisches Bauelement services, Xplorechips integrates intelligent component selection, domestic alternative recommendations, sample Beschaffung, and Lieferkette support into a unified platform. It is designed to provide R&D engineers, Produktentwicklung teams, and component validation professionals with a smarter, more efficient, and highly professional component Beschaffung and selection experience.

During the launch event, Allen Hong, General Manager of Value Design Asia Pacific, and Fred, Chairman of Flytronics, shared their perspectives on each company's strategic role and competitive strengths in the development of the Xplorechips platform.

Allen Hong highlighted that Value Design has been deeply engaged in digital services for the electronics industry for many years. Leveraging its mature component selection platform, extensive industry data resources, and long-term accumulation of Engineering behavior data, Value Design provides Xplorechips with a solid data foundation and technical capabilities, enabling engineers to significantly improve Effizienz in component search, selection analysis, and BOM processing.

Fred introduced Der core strengths in global Lieferkette integration and service assurance. As an international elektronisches Bauelement Lieferkettenlösungen provider, Flytronics is authorized by more than 60 domestic Halbleiterhersteller, offering an extensive portfolio covering both discrete Bauelemente and system-level products. These resources enable the continuous integration of reliable domestic semiconductor solutions into the platform. Supported by a comprehensive Lieferkettenmanagement system and extensive expertise in quality inspection, Lager management, Logistik fulfillment, and after-sales service, Flytronics is committed to providing users with a stable, secure, and fully traceable Beschaffung experience.

Both parties emphasized that they will leverage their respective strengths in data, technology, and Lieferkette resources to continuously enhance the Xplorechips platform, delivering a more intelligent and efficient one-stop solution for Engineering design and Beschaffung collaboration.

As a next-generation digital platform, the newly upgraded Xplorechips is designed to serve global Engineering and Lieferkette collaboration scenarios by providing unified access to multi-source elektronisches Bauelement resources. The platform supports the integration of domestic semiconductor solutions with global Lieferkette resources, enabling end-to-end support for component selection and Beschaffung decision-making.

Xplorechips incorporates a range of intelligent capabilities, including AI-powered component search, BOM analysis, alternative component matching, and Lieferkette risk Überwachung. By consolidating data from globally authorized semiconductor Distributeurs alongside hochwertig domestic semiconductor Lieferanten, the platform enables unified management and intelligent utilization of component information and Lieferkette resources across multiple channels.

Powered by advanced data capabilities, intelligent algorithms, and a robust global Lieferkette network, Xplorechips provides comprehensive support throughout the entire Produktentwicklung process—from component screening and solution comparison to risk assessment and validation—helping customers improve collaboration between Engineering and Beschaffung teams while accelerating Produktentwicklung and commercialization.

The strategischer Partnership between Value Design and Flytronics represents not only an important step toward advancing digital transformation and Lieferkette collaboration within the electronics industry, but also a meaningful contribution to the continued development of semiconductor localization and the broader industry ecosystem. Through Xplorechips, both companies will continue to deepen their collaboration, further enhance the platform's capabilities, expand its elektronisches Bauelement service ecosystem, and provide sustained support for global electronics innovation, Engineering development, and Lieferkette collaboration.