Drone maker says industry should not let one chip company control the market

The fast-growing consumer drone industry should not copy the model of personal computer and smartphone businesses where one chip company controls nearly the whole market, said a senior official from DJI Technology Co Ltd.

"If only one company controls nearly the whole market with excessively high royalty payments, it will harm technology innovation of the whole industry," Shao Jianhuo, vice-president of DJI, told China Daily.

Shao's comments came as chipmakers Intel Corp and Qualcomm Inc are both expanding into drones to diversify away from their respective core markets of PC and smartphone chips.