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Chapter 163 We want to make progress so much!
  When the words "SOC God Chip is completed" fell, it was no less than a heavy hammer hitting the hearts of everyone present.

"It's done!"

A lithography engineer recounted it.

all of a sudden.

In the clean room of the lithography machine, warm applause and cheers erupted.

"Clap clap-"

"It's done! Domestic SOC chip!"

"Using a 48nm DUV lithography machine to create a 14nm SOC system-on-chip, it's done! We succeeded!"

"Hahaha, far ahead!"

"I feel like I have witnessed history, and the historians of the Dragon Kingdom will definitely record that today, January 2015, 1, the God chip that officially competes with Snapdragon chips, Orion chips, and Apple A-series chips came out. This is the first Domestic SOC system-level chip!"

"Oh my God! I finally felt that sentence in the textbook, one small step for me, one giant step for the world. This chip is a small step for us, but it is a giant step for the development of Longguo's chips!"

Engineers in the clean room lamented that there are not many opportunities to witness history, and it may be the only one in this life.

No one here expected that Longguo Semiconductor Chip could develop so rapidly in just one year.

At the beginning of 2014, Longguo mobile phone technology companies were strangled by Gaotong, threatening to share patented technology with them and increase the sales price of Snapdragon chips by 70%.

Why does it dare to open its mouth like a lion?

Two words, monopoly!

Orion and Apple chips are internally supplied chips, and Longguo manufacturers can only choose chips from Snapdragon and MediaTek.

On the one hand, there are high-end performance chips, and on the other hand, there are inferior chips that have not been completely transformed and cannot be released in the copycat market. Gaotong Company is actually a monopoly.

Because of the monopoly, it is unscrupulous.

No matter which country you are in, as long as a certain industry or field is monopolized, the most upstream company will have absolute pricing power. You must accept whatever price others say.

not accepted?
  Then the only option is slow death!

And with the official advent of the SOC God chip that can fully compete with Snapdragon chips, the Sword of Damocles that has been hanging over the heads of Dragon Kingdom manufacturers for several years has finally been destroyed. Now they can look up to the sky and roar:
  "Dragon Kingdom Chip, stand up!"

The cheers lasted for several minutes, and Chen Xing could not hide his excitement.

For Longguo Semiconductor chips, this is a leap forward, but for Longxing Technology Company, this is crucial and a powerful tool to challenge the West.

When the cheers subsided slightly, Chen Xing's breathing became rapid and he looked at Feng Chengming and said, "Mr. Feng, I would like to ask, what is the yield rate of a single 12-inch semiconductor silicon wafer?"

The yield rate of semiconductor silicon wafer production is related to the cost of a single chip.

The diameter of a 12-inch semiconductor silicon wafer is 30CM. If the die is cut according to the size of 1.6×1.6CM, approximately 232 die chips can be cut. If the yield rate is 95%, then about 221 finished chips can be produced.

At present, Shin-Etsu Chemical Group and Shenggao Group occupy a total of 62% of the global semiconductor silicon wafer market. Their quotations for 12-inch semiconductor silicon wafers range from 3000 to 5000 RMB.

Calculating based on the top price of 5000 yuan, even if the yield rate is 100%, and not counting processing costs, the cost price of 232 pure bare dies will be 21 yuan. If the yield rate is 90%, then the cost price will increase by 3 yuan. At 24 yuan, if you sell one million mobile phones, you will have to spend an extra 300 million yuan!

Therefore, after confirming that the production was successful, Chen Xing couldn't wait to ask about the yield rate of semiconductor bare chips. This is related to the cost price and is also a part of profit improvement.

"We haven't tested everything yet. Now that Mr. Chen has spoken, we will conduct urgent testing to see what the yield rate is."

Feng Chengming responded with a smile.

He left the equipment control area and came to the machine that cut the bare wafers, and brought in all the untested wafers for testing.

"Good product."

"Good product."

"Good product."

Because there are already examples of chip parameters, the equipment detection speed is also very fast, and the chip will pass directly if it is not defective.

Duan Yongping thought of something and said with some confusion: "No, the maximum operating power consumption is 15W. I remember Mr. Chen said in your press conference that the operating power consumption of the SOC God chip is 16W. How can there be a deviation?"

He had only heard that the actual chip deviated from the design parameters, causing power consumption to increase, but he had never heard of a decrease in power consumption.

strange!
  too weird!

Chen Xing and Ren Guofei were tacitly aware that they had not chosen to show off the new semiconductor silicon wafer technology.

Even if they say it, they won't say it now. Although the engineers present are bound by contracts, who can guarantee that they will not sell out the "domestic alliance" in exchange for benefits?

There is a saying in "Das Kapital" that when the profit reaches 100%, some people dare to take desperate risks; when the profit reaches 200%, they dare to risk the guillotine; and when the profit reaches 300%, they will trample All laws of the world.

The more these "outsider" engineers know, the higher the risk of betraying the domestic alliance. Never underestimate the darkness of human nature.

Chen Yong was also very nervous. He laughed and said: "It is a good thing that the chip reduces power consumption. It uses less power to do more things and can also effectively reduce heat generation. No matter how it is reduced."

"Having said that, even if the power consumption is reduced, the number of calculations is increased. Isn't this a bit strange?"

Duan Yongping looked at the 4500 billion operations per second and continued to be confused.

He vaguely remembered Chen Xing saying that the SOC God chip has 4000 billion operations per second. Only by connecting a second independent chip can the number of operations be pushed to 7000 billion. But what is the extra 500 billion now?

The 4500 billion operations per second is almost catching up with the 9 billion operations per second of the Apple A5000s Bionic chip.

Power consumption decreases and computing power increases. How do you explain this?

It's impossible to name "God". God is really secretly working to add a BUFF to this batch of chips, right?
  Chen Yong still waved his hand and said nervously: "It may be that there is an error in the EDA software simulation verification. In any case, this is a good thing. If you make a mistake, you will be wrong, hahaha!"

"Maybe God really shows up."

Ren Guofei joked with a smile.

As he is approaching seventy years old, he has never been as relaxed as he is today, and he can't help but joke with other bosses.

"The result is out."

While several bosses were chatting, Feng Chengming had already calculated the die data.

After a half-second pause, he announced the specific yield rate and said: "A 12-inch semiconductor silicon wafer can cut out 232 SOC chips, of which 3 are scrap, 8 have poor circuit performance, and the remaining chips are all qualified."

Of the 232 chips, 11 failed, which is equivalent to a yield rate of 95%, which is already an extremely high level in the industry.

The most critical thing is that this semiconductor silicon wafer has been exposed and etched four times, and the difficulty has skyrocketed several times.

“Very high yield rate.”

Ren Guofei's eyes flashed with surprise. He thought 80% would be good, but he didn't expect it to be 95%!

Duan Yongping and Chen Yong were also surprised. The latter stuttered a little: "How much...how much?"

"95%!"

Feng Chengming confirmed again. With a yield rate of 95%, Chen Yong was so excited that he was trembling with excitement. The 48nm DUV lithography machine produced 14nm chips with a yield rate of 95%. This is simply turning waste into...

Do not!
  This is turning a treasure into a treasure!
  Nowadays, Kunpeng Company is engaged in infrastructure construction and Rice Company operates overseas markets. In addition to harvesting the star economy, blue and green factories may also increase investment in chip production.

The future is bright for us to expand our business scope and cooperate with Longxing Technology Company to share the cake in the semiconductor field!

Chen Xing silently calculated the cost price of the chip in his mind. Since it is a self-produced semiconductor silicon wafer, it is equivalent to producing it at the manufacturer's price.

The cost price of a 12-inch semiconductor silicon wafer is about 800 yuan. Based on 95 dies with a 221% yield rate, the price of a single die is 3.6 yuan.

If a series of production costs such as photoresist, packaging, and photolithography machine production are added, the cost price of a single SOC God chip should be around 7 yuan, and the maximum will not exceed 10 yuan.

A 10nm chip costs 14 yuan. What is the concept?
  Take the original Kaitian baseband chip as an example. TSMC charges 32 yuan for each OEM chip produced. This is still a 28-nanometer chip. If it is a 14-nanometer process chip, it is no exaggeration to say that they dare to charge 50 yuan!
  Between 10 yuan and 50 yuan, the cost price has dropped by a full 40 yuan, which is equivalent to a 40 yuan increase in profits. This shows how huge the profits of localization are. This piece of cake is definitely enough for everyone.

Just as everyone was immersed in the joy of high yield, Lin Tian interrupted: "Don't be too happy too early. If I do it, I can achieve a 95% yield rate, but you guys..."

He glanced at Feng Chengming and the lithography engineers of the blue and green factory, and continued: "If you damage hundreds of semiconductor silicon wafers in less than ten days and a half, you may not be able to get in."

Feng Chengming: "..."

Blue and Green Factory Engineer: "..."

Although it is the truth, it is too hurtful to one's self-esteem.

"This yellow hair has started again." Chen Xing sighed secretly in his heart. Although Lin Tian had excellent skills, as marked on his attribute panel, he was too arrogant.

The IQ is sufficient, but the EQ is worrying.

However, because of Chen Xing's platform and seeing Lin Tian's photolithography skills, Chen Yong was not angry because his photolithography engineer was belittled. Instead, he humbly asked for advice:
  "Chief Lin, do you have any way to help everyone get started with photolithography quickly?"

The voice just fell.

Engineers from Blue and Green Plants all agreed.

"Chief Lin, please teach us. We will accept you as our teacher. From now on, we will serve you tea and water, and introduce you to partners."

"Is there a shortcut? Brother Lin."

"I really want to ask for advice. I really want to make progress."

Feng Chengming's old face was also brave, and he echoed: "Yes, Chief Lin, we all want to make progress too much. You must teach us. If you have anything to do in the future, we will definitely handle it for you."

Who among scientific researchers doesn’t want to make progress?
  Once you master the core technology, it will be a meteoric rise, and you may even be included in the history books.

"I'm telling you clearly." Lin Tian looked at the humble look of everyone, paused for a moment and continued: "There is no shortcut to quadruple exposure. You can only practice slowly and by feeling. But, you can rest assured that I am here. Within two months, all of you will be photolithography masters."

His words were equivalent to a promise, a promise to teach them all.

Although Feng Chengming is old, his reaction speed is not slow at all, and he quickly said: "I will feel relieved if Chief Lin teaches in person. I have some basics in lithography. You can teach me first, and then I will teach other children." .”

The word "little friend" really means relying on one's old age and showing off one's old age.

Do other lithography engineers dare to say no?
  Not to mention that Feng Chengming is older, but the key is that he is still an academician of the Dragon Academy of Sciences. Who dares to compete with him for the position of "disciple of lithography"?

I don’t dare to compete for the position of the top lithography disciple, but the lithography engineers of the blue and green factory will not give up too much for the position of the second disciple or the third disciple.

"Since Mr. Feng is first, then I will be second. I also hope that Chief Lin will not dislike my stupid talent."

"I have a good memory and strong learning ability since I was a child. What about my third one?"

"Then I'm fourth!"

"No, no, I'm fourth. My photolithography skills are better than yours!"

"Zhang Laosan, you are probably itching? When did your photolithography skills become better than mine? When you were in school, my grades were always on your side!"

"Going to school is to go to school. Now I have gone out into the society. Angkor, times have changed. I have to go to school for the fourth time!"

The lithography engineers in the blue and green factory talked a lot and kept arguing about the ranking.

In the field of lithography technology, there is now an unfathomable teacher teaching them, and each of them wants to make progress too much.

however.

Just then.

Chen Xing raised his volume several times and said, "Everyone, stop for a moment. I will definitely teach you the quadruple exposure technology, but the top priority now is to produce the Kaitian baseband chip first."

"Because I will ship 25 million units of Longxing X100 mobile phones on the 2th, and I will also sell 5 units of Bright X1 and 5 units of Geek X1. As for the current chip production, SOC God Chip is not in a hurry and will continue to mass-produce Kaitian first. Baseband chip.”

After being reminded, everyone realized that the most urgent issue at present was the Kaitian baseband chip, not the SOC God chip.

The output of [-] pieces per day can fully meet the delivery demand.

Hearing this, Lin Tian also pressed his hands and said lightly: "Did you hear it? My president has spoken. We will produce Kaitian baseband chips first. When the shipping period has passed, I will teach you the quadruple exposure step by step. technology."

"Then I'll stay and help too."

Feng Chengming didn't plan to leave either, thinking he had to learn how to leave again.

He didn't want to miss this once-in-a-lifetime teaching opportunity.

After other lithography engineers heard this, some of them were already quick to move production materials to prepare for chip production.

To leave a good impression on Chen Xing, wouldn't it indirectly establish a good relationship with Lin Tian? Humanity and sophistication are so crucial!

Soon.

They all started working independently.

Feng Chengming glanced at the bare chips, then looked at Chen Xing and said, "Mr. Chen, are these bare chips packaged and packaged now, or will they be packaged and shipped to your factory later?"

"Now seal it."

Chen Xing responded with a smile, then looked at CEOs Ren Guofei and Duan Yongping and said, "Brothers, why don't you go to my production factory and witness the launch of the first Geek X1?"

"Haha, I can't refuse Brother Chen's invitation. Let's go to Longxing Technology's production factory together and have a look?" Ren Guofei looked at the bosses beside him and asked.

"That's fine."

Duan Yongping also smiled and responded quickly: "Not only can we witness the launch of Geek X1, but we can also visit the scale of the factory."

"Not to mention, I haven't gone in to see it either, so let's get started, right?"

Chen Yong echoed.

"what about me?"

Feng Chengming asked quickly, his eyes showing hope.

Seeing that they were all interested in Geek X1, Chen Xing invited him again and said, "Then let's go there together. If we encounter any problems, we can work out a solution together."

(End of this chapter)