Reborn in 2011, 985 missing from two copies

Chapter 227 xphnoe 1, invest in SMIC! (monthly ticket adds more updates))

"It's better to choose a day than to hit it. Let's sign the contract today!"

Afraid that Wang Yi would regret it, Director Qin immediately asked someone to prepare an agreement and pulled Wang Yi to sign the contract.

Wang Yi was also happy to hear about this.

Director Qin was a kind man and gave away the factory and land for free, so Wang Yi naturally wouldn't refuse.

The accompanying legal officer read the agreement and found that there was no problem, so Wang Yi signed the contract directly.

For such important occasions, bodyguards and legal affairs are always brought.

After the signing was completed, the smile on Director Qin's face became even stronger, as if to say: "It's good now, the big factory of Xingyi Mobile Phones can't run away anymore!"

In order to attract giants to build factories, local governments will offer various preferential policies through gambling, thereby retaining giants to build factories.

Even existences like the Demon City and the Imperial City have to be like this.

"Okay." Director Qin took the phone and couldn't put it down.

"Xingyi Phone 1 uses the most advanced Qualcomm 8660 processor + Qualcomm baseband, with first-class performance, and supports 2G+3G from China Unicom, China Mobile, and China Telecom. One phone can cover the entire network!"

Wang Yi nodded: "Yes, Xingyi mobile phone uses Sharp's 720P high-resolution flagship screen. Compared with the 480 low-resolution screens of other competitors, it can cause a dimension reduction blow!"

The trademark has been registered by Song Sining, and it is registered globally.

"So fast!" Director Qin was startled, feeling that he had completely underestimated Wang Yi's efficiency and the development speed of Xingyi Technology.

Wang Yixiao said that he had already thought of an English name, and it was called Xphone!

"Not really, it's just a prototype. Let's test it first." Wang Yi smiled lightly.

Director Qin thought of this, and the smile on his face became even stronger: "This game is guaranteed to win!"

Even the imperial capital hopes that Wang Yi will win and Xingyi Technology will become bigger!

"Yes, one sentence leads to the future. The starting point is higher than the iPhone. I hope you can really do it!"

"I understand, another dimensionality reduction attack!"

Seeing Director Qin's piercing eyes, Wang Yi turned a blind eye and said calmly: "Director, there is one more thing I need to trouble you with!"

"No problem!" Wang Yi handed Xingyi's phone to Director Qin: "There is a test phone card inside. You can play with it and use it as you like."

"This phone is bound to be a big seller, so what's its English name? You have to promote it abroad, even if it's not officially launched for sale."

"There is no harm if there is no contrast. The large screen experience of Xingyi mobile phone is good. It looks clearer. Is it because of the high resolution?"

"What's the matter?" Director Qin asked subconsciously, then pointed to the mobile phone in Wang Yi's hand and opened his mouth: "Is this the Xingyi mobile phone? It has been made!"

Director Qin swiped the screen, and the screen lit up instantly: "With such a big screen, it will be fun to watch videos and play games!"

"Awesome!" Director Qin was full of praise. Xingyi Mobile 1 gave him too many surprises: "How is the performance and communication?"

Wang Yi continued: "Since the prototype has just been made, the system is still Android 2.3. It will be adapted to Android 4.0 just released a few days ago, and will be deeply customized based on Android 4.0 to make the Xingyi phone more in line with the needs of Chinese people." Usage habits! Of course, the camera image algorithm is also being adjusted, and subsequent photos will be even better!"

'I thought Wang Yi was just messing around when making mobile phones, and the first one would definitely fail. But the result is that the screen and lens are better than those of iPhone and Samsung! Not simple! '

Wang Yi smiled: "Friends have 200 million pixels on the front, and Xingyi phones have 500 million pixels on the front."

"Can you give me a try?" Director Qin was full of curiosity.

"It's so smooth!" Director Qin swiped the app, praised it, and turned on the camera to take pictures.

Wang Yi smiled slightly: "From now on, every generation of Xphone will lead the future and be far ahead!"

Unexpectedly, Wang Yi took out a brand new mobile phone without leaving any trace. It looked so classy at first glance that Director Qin was stunned!

With that said, Director Qin opened the video software and played a random video.

Even if Wang Yi wins and the imperial capital gives away factories and land for free, this is not considered a loss of state-owned assets, but a glorious local achievement!

After all, once the Xingyi mobile phone becomes really popular and becomes bigger, with a revenue of 150 billion, the tax revenue contributed to the imperial capital alone may exceed 15 billion.

"It's called Xingyi Phone 1 in China and 'Xphone 1' abroad!"

Director Qin patted Wang Yi on the shoulder sincerely, and then put the phone discreetly into his pocket.

Wang Yi smiled: "..."

It is estimated that mass production will not be launched until next year, and revenue of 150 billion will not be achieved at all.

"Excellent!" Director Qin was filled with emotion. He looked at the logo on the back of the fuselage again, a big X, and said quietly:

First he looked at the fuselage and nodded: "This appearance is good-looking and grand. It looks better than the iPhone or Samsung! The middle frame and back shell are made of metal, which is very textured and resistant to falling. It gives people a feeling at first glance. It feels so classy!”

"Xphone 1? That's a good name. What's the in-depth significance of it?"

Even though Wang Yi has a business discount for college students and can reduce some taxes, as long as Xingyi mobile phone becomes bigger, Didu can still easily earn 15 billion in tax revenue!

What's more, Xingyi Technology will also create a large amount of GDP and drive local employment...

"The rear camera is very clear." Director Qin was not surprised and changed to the front camera: "Hey, why is the front camera so clear? It's almost catching up with the rear camera!"

Director Qin looked at Wang Yi and was shocked:

By then, the imperial capital will not only have a major taxpayer, but also a mobile phone giant!

It can be said that no matter whether he wins or loses the bet, the Imperial Capital wins!

What's more, according to Director Qin's estimation, the Xingyi mobile phone has not been designed yet.

"iPhone represents my mobile phone, and Xphone represents the mobile phone of the future!"

In the previous life, the Magic City gave Tesla 98 billion in land and 9.8 million in order to build a factory. As long as Tesla completes the bet, 88.2 billion will be paid for nothing!

The bet between Didu and Wang Yi, the total value of land + factory worth 10 billion does not exceed 15 billion, which is even more trivial.

Then I took out my iPhone 4, opened the video software, and played it for comparison.

What a familiar scene, meeting your opponent!

Fortunately, he got two of them from Zhu Changlin, otherwise he would have no use for them.

"By the way, what else did you say you wanted to do?"

Director Qin changed the subject and then remembered the important thing Wang Yi said.

"That's it, Director Qin, my employees need part of the Imperial City household registration. Do you think you can make arrangements to introduce quotas for some talents?"

"Imperial household registration? More?" Director Qin's mouth twitched. In line with the principle of short-handedness, he was prepared to help Wang Yi.

But as soon as this guy opened his mouth, he had a registered residence in the imperial capital, and some more!

What a huge appetite!

Even the introduction of talents is very demanding.

But Xingyi Technology is developing so fast and Xphone is doing so well, so it should be rewarded.

If Xingyi Technology could not settle down in the imperial capital and moved its headquarters to the capital city, Shenzhen City, he would not be able to cry.

"Let's see, Director Wang, the imperial capital's household registration is very precious, and the talent introduction policy also has very high requirements. This year I can give you ten household registration quotas to place senior executives of Xingyi Technology. We will talk about the rest later."

"Ten? That's not enough! At least a hundred!" Wang Yi frowned slightly.

"One hundred!" Director Qin was extremely speechless:

"Director Wang, you should know that imperial household registration means nothing, not just cabbage. The standards for talent introduction are very high, and there are various restrictions. It is best for high-tech talents, not just anyone can satisfy them."

"Then director, can you arrange a household registration in the imperial capital as long as you meet the standards for talent introduction?" Wang Yi said with a smile.

"Yes, as long as you are satisfied, everything will be arranged!" Director Qin said boldly.

"Then you arrange it, a hundred are not enough!" Wang Yi smiled slightly, took out some documents and handed them to Director Qin: "Look at these people, are they all satisfied?"

Director Qin took the document and read it carefully:

"George, former senior chip designer at Texas Instruments!"

"That's no problem. Chip design is the most lacking talent in our country, and it's also the most valuable talent. He's also an expert at a giant like Texas Instruments. There's no problem at all. Give me a hukou!"

Then, he turned to the second page: "Dika, a former senior chip designer at Texas Instruments... That's no problem!"

"Annie, the former senior architect of Texas Instruments... give me an account!"

"Andy Dai, a former senior architect at Texas Instruments... give me a registered permanent residence!"

"Mance, a former senior chip designer at Texas Instruments, here you go!"

"Dart, Texas Instruments...here!"

"Yobani, Texas Instruments...here!"

"White...give it!"

"These Texas Instruments semiconductor elites are all here! I will arrange as much as you dig up! No problem at all."

Director Qin smiled brightly: "I told you earlier, let alone 100, even 200 registered permanent residences for this kind of talent. If I can't solve it, I'll ask the big leaders to solve it!"

Wang Yi smiled: "Two hundred, you want me to hollow out the R&D department of Texas Instruments? They haven't gone bankrupt yet!"

"Hahaha." Director Qin laughed heartily: "Then when they give up the R&D business, you will pay for it all. Don't worry, the talents introduced by Xingyi Technology will not be used, and the official will accept them. The benefits will inevitably be yours!"

It was so obvious that Wang Yi understood that the government was going to vigorously develop semiconductors.

What he mentioned last time had some effect.

Don't underestimate Xia Guo's think tank and academicians, they all have a high vision.

Wang Yi proposed the development of semiconductors, which was considered to be an invitation to others. Naturally, more important people followed the proposal and jointly promoted the development of domestic semiconductors.

Director Qin continued to turn: "Williams, former chip R&D director of Texas Instruments..."

"Director Wang, you...you...you hired all the R&D directors?"

"Hahaha, well done! So beautiful! You did what many people want to do but dare not do!"

Wang Yi waved his hand: "It's just good luck. Texas Instruments has given up on the research and development of mobile chips and may give up the mobile chip business next year. Williams and others are facing collective layoffs. I just seized this opportunity and... "

"Got it! Well done! Great!"

Director Qin's eyes changed when he looked at Wang Yi, with much more appreciation and respect:

"It will cost money to dig out Williams and these Texas Instruments R&D elites, right?"

"Yes, Williams' annual salary is 550 million! Others also have an annual salary of 100-150 million." Wang Yi sighed.

In 2011, this was a huge sum of money.

After all, Song Sining, the CEO, only has an annual salary of 500,000 yuan.

The minimum salary hired by Texas Instruments starts at 100 million.

No way, when they were doing research and development at Texas Instruments, their annual salary started at $12.

Wang Yi poached, it is impossible to lower the price, only to increase the price!

"It seems that you are really planning to develop chips, instead of just talking about it." Director Qin was filled with emotion.

"Not only chips, but also basebands. I acquired VIA's baseband department, and also hired some semiconductor elites from Taiwan. You can also arrange the household registration of these people." Wang Yixiao said.

"We also make basebands!" Director Qin quickly scrolled back and saw the information of VMware's R&D elites: "Pang Liguo, Director of VMware Baseband R&D!"

"Chen Chong, former senior GPU architect at MediaTek."

"Meng Xuda, former senior GPU designer at MediaTek."

"Zhao Xueming, VMware baseband senior development engineer."

……

"Okay, very good. I will arrange the household registration for these people. There are also those foreign semiconductor elites who are willing to join the Xia Kingdom. They are warmly welcomed and all will be arranged to have imperial capital household registration!"

Director Qin was all smiles: "That's not all. In addition to them, we will also give you thirty additional household registration quotas for the senior executives of Xingyi Technology. You will make arrangements at that time."

Wang Yi understood. The previous ones were all about recruiting talents and doing official business.

The next thirty household registration quotas are rewards, and they are all arranged by Wang Yi himself.

I just don’t know if I can give it to my parents...

As if he had read Wang Yi's thoughts, Director Qin smiled slightly:

"It's not good for you to be in the imperial capital for many years and not be able to see your parents. Your parents, family, and even your partner can use these quotas."

When recruiting talents, some even provide their spouse with a job, because they are afraid that the two places will be separated and the talent will eventually run away.

The imperial capital cannot let top talents like Wang Yi go. He must have his whole family registered in the imperial capital and receive them in the imperial capital.

In this way, Wang Yi can take root in the imperial capital and won't be able to escape!

"Thank you, Director Qin."

"It's all trivial things. Compared to what you've done, just a little household registration reward, it's all trivial." Director Qin said with a smile.

The more than 100 semiconductor elites introduced by Wang Yi are more valuable than the talents introduced by the Imperial Capital in one year!

This time, the imperial capital took advantage.

"Director Wang, if you need anything, just ask! I, Qin Zheng, and the management committee are your strong backing!"

From today on, Wang Yi, the Haicheng District Management Committee, and even the Imperial Capital are strategically bound.

Xingyi Technology has also become the core enterprise of the Imperial City, so it naturally needs more training.

The value Wang Yi showed is enough!

"Director Qin, to be honest, I do need your help with something."

"Haha, just say it!"

"It's like this. I heard that the central bank issued some payment licenses. I thought, can our Xingyi Technology apply for one? After all, Xingyi Technology owns Meiyou Mall and Meiyou International Mall. Although it is not a comprehensive e-commerce , but the revenue is still terrible. There will be more e-commerce layout and development in the future, which will require a payment license."

"Pay for license..."

Director Qin fell into deep thought, but he didn't expect Wang Yi to want this thing.

Then he smiled and said: "Haha, you, the news is quite good. It has only been a few months since the license payment happened, and you can already smell the meaning behind it."

"It stands to reason that Xingyi Technology is not qualified to apply at the moment. After all, even Meituan is not qualified. However, you are a practical person, and you have invested 35 billion in BYD, and you have introduced semiconductor elites to develop chips, Baseband. Make smart phones again to drive the rise of domestic products..."

Director Qin slowly said, "That's all, I'll go ahead and ask for you to see if I can ask the leader to come forward and apply for one for you!"

"Thank you, thank you, Director Qin!" Wang Yi beamed with joy.

If the leaders behind Director Qin come forward, it won't be a big problem.

Although the Haicheng District Committee is only a district in the imperial capital, it is also a very important district!

Their weight is not ordinary.

There's a reason for this.

After all, if Wang Yi develops well, it can also create GDP and tax revenue for Haicheng District!

Win-win!

Director Qin changed the topic: "I can handle this matter for you, but whether you can apply for it or not depends on your performance in the end."

The meaning is very obvious. If Wang Yi works hard and develops semiconductors, he can apply.

But whether he can apply for it depends on whether Wang Yi can actually achieve results!

If you achieve good results, your payment license will be stable.

If you can't achieve results, your payment license will be lost...

Wang Yi smiled slightly: "Director Qin, Xingyi Technology, Xingyi Mobile, and Xingyi Semiconductor will not let you down!"

"Okay, if Xingyi Semiconductor really achieves results, there will be no problem paying for the license!"

Wang Yi understood that what Director Qin valued most was semiconductors.

When it comes to mobile phones, Huawei can do it, Meizu can do it, Xiaomi can do it, and many domestic companies can do it. There is nothing irreplaceable.

But for semiconductors, Huawei can do it, Spreadtrum can do it, and who else can do it?

Meizu, Xiaomi, Lenovo, Coolpad, etc. can’t do it!

Semiconductors are the real high-tech enterprises!

If Xingyi Semiconductor becomes successful, then nothing will be a big problem.

Officials still value semiconductors!

This is better.

"Director, don't worry, Xingyi Semiconductor will have production soon." Wang Yi smiled slightly. "Then I look forward to good news from you. As for the household registration issue, leave the information and I will report it to you. Just go through the process."

"Thank you, director."

"These are for you!" As he said that, Director Qin took out a file bag:

"Here are the property rights certificate and all the keys to the factory. There are employees inside who are producing mobile customized smartphones and running the production line. If you need to produce Xingyi mobile phones, you can ask them to stop production at any time. If they are not producing for the time being, then continue to make mobile phones. Mobile phone, there is no need to waste resources idlely. Of course, starting from tomorrow, we will settle the foundry fee for you based on the output!"

"Okay! No problem, I'll test it first."

At present, Xingyi mobile phones still need to be tested before they can be mass-produced as engineering machines. Only when the engineering machine has no problems can it be officially mass-produced, so there is no rush.

"This kid is finally gone!"

After seeing off Wang Yi, Director Qin quickly returned to the house, took out Xingyi's mobile phone, opened Defend Youzi, and started playing with it:

"This phone is really good, smooth, silky and atmospheric!"

Wang Yi didn't know this, but kept thinking about semiconductors:

Since the Management Committee values ​​semiconductors, whether you can get a mobile payment license all depends on semiconductors!

Xingyi Semiconductor cannot wait for a year to produce its products. On the contrary, it will design and mass-produce the first chip within half a year.

But the 28nm quad-core flagship chip is not that easy, and it can’t be done in half a year.

Even 45nm dual-core chips are not that easy.

After all, the flagship chip in 2011, the Qualcomm 8x60 series, was only 45nm.

That’s right, the chips used by the 1st generation Xingyi mobile phone and Xiaomi 1 are 45nm.

Next year's Nvidia tager 3 and Qualcomm's new quad-core flagship APQ8064 will be produced using the 28nm process.

It can be said that the 45nm chip is the most advanced mobile phone chip currently.

However, if we make 65nm low-end chips, it will be very simple.

This kind of low-level chip is easy for the semiconductor elite poached by Texas Instruments.

And very useful.

This garbage chip cannot be used on mobile phones, but it can be used in smart homes!

MCU chips, low-end SoC smart chips, communication chips and sensors are the core components of smart home products.

MCU chip, also known as microcontroller unit, is mainly used for execution control of small household appliances, such as motor drives.

Simple smart home activities such as controlling the advancement of the sweeping robot, raising the clothes drying rack, and controlling the temperature of the water heater can all use MCU chips.

The cost of this kind of chip is very low, and it only costs a few yuan to buy it in bulk.

There is no need for research and development at the moment, just purchase directly.

If it is a more complex smart home, such as speech recognition, it will require a SOC chip with stronger computing power and capable of supporting multi-task computing.

For example, smart speakers, smart TVs, smart door locks, etc. require this kind of SOC chip.

This kind of SOC chip does not need powerful performance, it only needs to be stable, durable and low-cost.

There is no need to go to 28nm. The current low-end chips of 65nm are completely sufficient.

Even ten years later, most of them will be 65nm or 55nm.

Stability, durability and low cost are the first priority.

The price is more expensive than MCU chips, ranging from 10 to 100 yuan.

The communication chips are WIFI chips, Bluetooth chips, etc.

As smart homes are about to be launched next year, we can first make a 65nm low-end smart SOC chip and let SMIC manufacture it.

SMIC mass-produced 2009nm chips in 65, so there is no pressure at all.

At that time, it will be directly mass-produced. In addition to personal use, it can also be sold to the outside world and sold to traditional home appliance brands.

The current smart home ecosystem has just started, and most of it is in the MCU chip stage.

As for high-end SOC chips, there are very few domestically produced ones, and those sold by foreign giants are expensive.

This is Wang Yi's opportunity!

As long as Xingyi Semiconductor makes it, if it sells for 100 yuan abroad and 50 yuan for Xingyi Semiconductor, it will capture a market worth tens of millions!

In the previous life, giants such as Gree and Midea only established semiconductors and launched smart home chips in 2017-2018.

Launched in 2012, Wang Yi can completely win the smart home market and almost monopolize the future.

The size of smart home chips is larger than that of mobile phone chips.

From now on, the annual sales volume of a category of smart home appliances will be in the tens of millions or tens of millions, and it is not surprising that the total sales of so many categories will be in the hundreds of millions.

Relying on these smart home chips alone, Xingyi Semiconductor can survive, achieve profitability, and make a lot of money, thus having more funds to develop mobile phone chips.

Use the money you make from smart home chips to get rid of mobile phone chips!

In the future, it will be easy to develop car chips, PC chips, and even server chips.

As a result, Xingyi Semiconductor is no longer a cash-burning department, but has become a cash cow.

A chip department that lost billions or even billions a year has suddenly become a huge profit department. The key is whether it can win the smart home chip market!

Wang Yi had some calculations in his mind and finally found a broad road.

At present, smart home has just started, and the smart home chip market is almost blank. It is unjustifiable for Wang Yi not to seize the spotlight and seize the opportunity to capture 80% of the market!

Upon returning to Xingyi Technology, Wang Yi went directly to Williams:

"William, if I need a 65nm low-end smart home chip, is it easy to develop it?"

"65nm smart home chip?" Williams instantly understood what Wang Yi meant:

"It's very easy to develop. We have made this kind of low-end chip at Texas Instruments. There is no difficulty and I don't have to do it myself."

"In this way, I will let George take the lead, plus three R&D elites from Texas Instruments, and a group of domestically recruited engineers. It can be done in two or three months at most! It will not affect the development progress of my 28nm flagship chip. !”

"Very good, let's arrange it this way. The 28nm flagship chip is the core task!"

Wang Yi's brows were filled with joy, it was just right to do both!

It will take two or three months to develop a low-end smart home chip and then mass-produce it. It will be released in March or April next year together with the quad-core Xingyi Phone 1 pro, officially announcing the smart home!

If it goes well, the money earned from subsequent smart home chips will be enough for Xingyi Semiconductor to develop high-end mobile phone chips, and the semiconductor can be considered responsible for its own profits and losses.

By then, Wang Yi will not have to spend billions or billions on the semiconductor sector every year.

Williams called George over: "Boss, George has made smart home chips before and is very experienced!"

"That couldn't be better." Wang Yi was overjoyed and communicated with George.

"Boss, no problem. I'm familiar with all these. Low cost, high stability, durability, no problem at all." George was confident.

"Very good, today you will select people to set up a smart home chip business group and start developing smart home chips!"

"Yes!"

Williams doesn't like this kind of low-end chip, but George is good at it, which is very good.

As for mass production, it is naturally handed over to SMIC, which can be regarded as supporting domestic wafer factories.

Even Wang Yi plans to invest in SMIC.

After all, this is the industry of "Semiconductor God of War" Zhang Lao. No matter what, Wang Yi has to support it.

Mr. Zhang, the semiconductor war god, is also the founder of my country’s semiconductors!

In the 1970s, after graduating from National Taiwan University, Zhang Lao entered the Empire to study for a doctorate.

After graduation, he joined Imperial Semiconductor Giant Texas Instruments and quickly stood out in the company with his super abilities.

Later, he led the team to build factories and manage them, and his business spread to Taiwan, Italy, Xingzhou, and Neon Country.

It can be said to be the brightest new star in the semiconductor industry!

In 1997, Mr. Zhang became the third boss of Texas Instruments and the world's top semiconductor expert!

Later, in the empire, he received an inspection delegation from China and heard his compatriots sigh, "Our country's semiconductor industry is not optimistic." '

That night, Mr. Zhang suffered from insomnia and tossed and turned.

Soon, Mr. Zhang gave up his position as the third-in-command of Texas Instruments, gave up everything in the empire, and returned to his hometown. With his prestige and connections, he quickly founded Shida Semiconductor Company, filling the semiconductor gap in Taiwan.

However, a big tree attracts trouble, and Shida was soon targeted by TSMC, which was supported by the empire, and was suppressed and strangled in various ways...

Finally, in 2000, TSMC acquired World Semiconductor.

Subsequently, TSMC Lao Zhang used some means to take away Lao Zhang’s shares and drive him out of Shida Semiconductor Company.

Then TSMC boss Zhang said, "As long as we can stay and develop our business, we will agree to build a factory in mainland China!" ’ lies to deceive Mr. Zhang.

In order to build a factory in the mainland, Mr. Zhang readily agreed and continued to develop business for TSMC.

Seeing that TSMC is prospering, building factories in the mainland is still far away.

In the end, Mr. Zhang finally saw his face clearly and was completely desperate.

He resolutely brought all the funds to the mainland to build a factory.

In 2000, Mr. Zhang mobilized all resources, led a team of more than 300 people from Taiwan and more than 100 people from the United States, Europe, Japan, South Korea and other countries to go north, and founded SMIC in Shanghai!

We also took advantage of our own resources to purchase a large amount of low-priced second-hand equipment and installed three 3-inch production lines!

Huangtian paid off, and SMIC grew rapidly from scratch.

However, seeing SMIC growing stronger, TSMC felt a crisis, and Lao Zhang took action again.

In 2003, at the critical moment when SMIC was going public in the United States, TSMC used experts from Taiwan to sue SMIC for suspected data leakage and patent disputes...

In order to go public smoothly, SMIC can only seek reconciliation.

After a year of negotiations and a payment of US$2005 million in 1.75, the case was settled out of court.

However, Lao Zhang does not follow martial ethics. In 2006, he once again sued SMIC for using TSMC technology in its 0.13 micron process.

It was not until 2009 that this three-year lawsuit ended, and Mr. Zhang lost the case.

Not only must it compensate TSMC US$3.75 million, but it must also hand over 10% of TSMC's shares.

Mr. Zhang understands that as long as he is still at SMIC, he will be constantly sued by Mr. Zhang.

In desperation, in 2009, Mr. Zhang, who founded SMIC, had to leave SMIC.

Sadly.

In 2009, when Mr. Zhang was here, SMIC was mass-producing 65nm and TSMC was producing 45nm. There was only one generation difference between the two parties.

But since Mr. Zhang left for the development of SMIC, SMIC has fallen into chaos and power struggles, and has also lost a lot of talent.

It was not until 2013 that SMIC mass-produced 40nm, and in 2014 TSMC had already reached 20nm!

When SMIC broke through 2015nm in 28, TSMC had already mass-produced 16nm!

The gap between the two sides is getting wider and wider.

It was not until 2017, when Mr. Liang was introduced, that SMIC ended ten years of turmoil and ushered in new development.

Two years later, in 2019, SMIC, under the leadership of Mr. Liang, directly crossed 20nm and mass-produced 14nm!

SMIC has recreated its long-lost highlight moment.

However, at this time, TSMC has broken through 5nm and mass-produced 2020nm in 5.

Although the gap has narrowed a lot, it is still not small. It can only be said that SMIC seriously hindered its performance from 2009 to 2018, a decade of turmoil.

If Wang Yi wants to change the status quo, he must strongly invest in SMIC and introduce Mr. Liang as soon as possible!

After Mr. Zhang leaves, only Mr. Liang can lead SMIC to become bigger and stronger!

As a reborn person, Wang Yi knows best how powerful Mr. Liang is. He is definitely the Godfather of Semiconductors!

In 92, Mr. Liang joined TSMC and led TSMC from the 180nm process to the 130nm process.

In one fell swoop, it overthrew IBM, the chip leader at the time, and made TSMC one of the first-class manufacturers, which was a great achievement.

Subsequently, 40nm and 45nm were developed, but due to their high achievements, they were ignored by TSMC, and they were promoted openly and secretly.

Mr. Liang resigned angrily and left TSMC, intending to teach and educate people.

He was personally invited by Samsung’s old director to join Samsung Semiconductor.

After joining Samsung, Mr. Liang led Samsung Semiconductor to cross 20nm, breaking through from 28nm to 14nm in one fell swoop, making Samsung Semiconductor surpass TSMC Semiconductor!

Seeing Samsung Semiconductor growing rapidly under the leadership of Mr. Liang and surpassing itself, TSMC became jealous and decisively sued Mr. Liang for leaking company secrets.

In the end, Mr. Liang lost the lawsuit and left Samsung. He was not allowed to hold office or otherwise continue to provide any services to Samsung before December 2015, 12.

In 2017, Mr. Liang was invited by Chairman Jay to join SMIC, which enabled the stagnant SMIC to develop rapidly.

In the first year, Mr. Liang increased the yield rate of SMIC's 28nm process from 60% to 85%+, stabilizing the basic market.

Two years after joining the company, Mr. Liang led SMIC to mass-produce the 14nm process. The yield rate increased significantly from 3% to more than 95%. SMIC ushered in a long-lost highlight!

Subsequently, 12nm, 7nm and N+1 technologies have all entered mass production.

The research and development of 5nm and 3nm technologies are also being carried out in an orderly manner.

SMIC has completely counterattacked from a third-rate factory, completing the journey of TSMC in 3 years in 10 years!

If he hadn't been unable to get EUV lithography machines, Mr. Liang would have broken the skulls of TSMC, Samsung, and Intel, and would have already reached the 3nm process!

Even without EUV lithography machines, Mr. Liang relied on N+1 to achieve 7nm.

I can only say that the merits are immeasurable!

Wang Yi made up his mind that as long as he bought a stake in SMIC and had enough say, he would immediately set off to invite Mr. Liang!

No matter how high the cost, Mr. Liang must be invited.

As long as Mr. Liang joins SMIC in advance, there will be no problem for SMIC to overtake TSMC, Samsung, and Intel.

As for the time, Wang Yi plans to go to SMIC next month to negotiate for a shareholding, then sign a contract, and the funds will be in place in December.

Why not now?

First of all, SMIC's annual report will be released in December. The annual report's revenue has declined, the market has been sluggish, and many senior executives and core talents have left. When SMIC is in the most difficult situation, it is a good time for Wang Yi to buy dips.

Secondly, Wang Yigang invested HK$35 billion in BYD, which also cost money to acquire LTE patents. Subsequent mobile phone components will also cost money. Wang Yi does not have much leftover.

It is better to wait until Xingyi mobile phone goes on sale in December, and the funds will be withdrawn, just in time to make a strong investment.

In this way, negotiation and signing in November, mobile phone payment and payment in December, no problem at all!

Moreover, at the end of December, Mr. Liang lost the lawsuit and left Samsung. He will not be able to join Samsung for three years.

Wang Yi asked Mr. Liang to join SMIC, which was naturally the best fit.

As for whether TSMC will object?

This is not a big problem.

First, SMIC is far behind TSMC, and TSMC may not care.

Secondly, TSMC also has to consider the official attitude of Xia Guo. It’s really a big deal. If sanctions are imposed, Samsung and Intel will take advantage of the opportunity to rise, and TSMC will be left in the cold.

After losing orders from Huawei in the previous life, TSMC's market share and stock price plummeted horribly.

Third, TSMC also owns 10% of the shares and is one of the major shareholders of SMIC.

As long as Mr. Liang is there, SMIC will break through the 45nm process next year without any pressure.

There is also great hope for breaking through 28nm in the next year.

In this way, we can catch up with TSMC, Samsung, and Intel.

Subsequent chips from Xingyi Semiconductor will be directly manufactured by SMIC.

Compared with Lao Zhang's company, Wang Yi still likes Lao Zhang's company.

But the most important thing is how to win enough shares of SMIC, join the board of directors, and have enough say!

(End of this chapter)