Zhang Zhongmou smiled and said: "Director Wang, I hope that Xingyi Technology's mobile phone chip will be successfully developed as soon as possible. By then, the tape-out and mass production will be all covered by TSMC, and we will give you the best discount!"

Wang Yi smiled slightly: "The research and development of mobile phone chips is not that simple. The industry generally believes that it will take at least two to three years for our mobile phone chips to be successful."

Zhang Zhongmou didn't believe it at all: "Director Wang, you are too humble. In my opinion, if everything goes well, your 28nm mobile phone chip will be tape-out by the end of this year or early next year!"

Wang Yi couldn't help but laugh. He could only say that the old man was the old man.

Really good at judging people!

"If that's the case, I'll lend you your blessing. But if it goes so well, I'll have to trouble Director Zhang with the 28nm production capacity..." Wang Yi said meaningfully.

Frankly speaking, he doesn't want to cooperate with TSMC, but he has no choice.

28nm mobile phone chips are one of the most advanced manufacturing processes at the moment, and only three companies, TSMC, Samsung and Intel, can do it.

Intel mainly produces PC chips and only a few mobile chips. It is also an imperial company and cannot be relied upon.

Samsung Semiconductor is even more unreliable. If the sales of Xingyi mobile phones are high, it will be stuck.

Samsung can supply HTC’s screens, and it can also directly supply chips from Xingyi Technology.

Wang Yicai will not cooperate with such an unethical company.

As for SMIC, it is currently mass-producing its 55-nanometer process and cannot even produce the 40-nanometer smart home chip H1.

Originally, Wang Yi wanted to invest in SMIC, but now in SMIC, with Mr. Zhang being forced to leave by TSMC, the remaining senior executives only know how to fight for power and gain, and do not do anything serious.

So much so that Intel has already mass-produced 22nm, while SMIC is still stuck at the 2009 level of 55nm.

As for 40 nanometers, trial production will take place in the second half of this year at the earliest, and large-scale mass production will not begin until 2013.

Wang Yi's 40nm chips must be mass-produced now, and it is impossible to wait until next year for SMIC.

Wang Yicai is too lazy to invest in such an unreliable enterprise and does not even plan to cooperate with SMIC next year.

There is no other way. Instead of waiting for SMIC's 40nm mass production next year, it is better to force Mr. Hu to come up with Xingyi Semiconductor's own 40nm process next year!

By then, we will be able to realize self-research, production, and sales of 40-nanometer chips, as well as self-research of 28-nanometer chips.

Intel, Samsung, and SMIC are all unreliable, and the only remaining option is TSMC.

It will take several years for Xingyi Semiconductor to mass-produce 28 nanometers. Before that, high-end chips can only rely on TSMC.

This is also a no-brainer.

Zhang Zhongmou smiled heartily: "Don't worry, Director Wang, you just focus on research and development. I will arrange as much 28nm production capacity as you need when the time comes!"

"Then thank you, Director Zhang."

"Haha, it's all as it should be."

After ending the call, Zhang Zhongmou was in a good mood.

The vice president was a little puzzled: "Chairman, Xingyi Technology has just started to develop chips, why do we need to be so good to them? Even the 28-nanometer production capacity has been promised as much as possible? After all, their 28-nanometer chips,

There’s no shadow left!”

Zhang Zhongmou looked unhappy: "What do you know?"

Businessmen all have keen insights.

Originally, Zhang Zhongmou didn't pay much attention to Xingyi Technology.

But with the rapid rise of Xingyi mobile phones, Lao Zhang began to pay careful attention to all the trends of Xingyi Technology.

Now Xingyi Technology has begun to develop its own chips again. Although it is only a low-end chip, Lao Zhang still saw the terrifying potential!

Naturally, you have to pay attention in advance.

Lao Zhang said meaningfully: "Although Xingyi Semiconductor is just starting now, its future prospects are limitless. Maybe it will be the next super big customer comparable to Apple!"

"What? A super-large customer comparable to Apple?" The corner of the vice president's mouth twitched, and he wanted to say in his heart: "Chairman, are you stupid? How can Xingyi Technology compare with Apple?"

Zhang Zhongmou saw through his subordinates' thoughts and was not angry: "It is better to provide help in times of trouble than to add icing on the cake. When Xingyi Semiconductor becomes bigger, it will be too late for TSMC to take care of it again."

"This..." The subordinate was silent.

Zhang Zhongmou continued: "All the large OEM orders for Apple's A5 chips have been taken away by Samsung Semiconductor. Our TSMC has won the large OEM orders for Qualcomm 8064. But it is still not as good as Apple. If we want to overtake Samsung, Xingyi Technology's chips

A big order might be an opportunity."

"That's it." The subordinate was dubious, thinking that the chairman was just prepared.

If there are dates but no dates, hit two poles first.

Zhang Zhongmou smiled slightly: "Wang Yi likes to create miracles the most. He can do things that even the giants can't do. I guess Xingyi Semiconductor can also do it. If you go ahead, take Xingyi Technology and treat it as an S-class major customer from now on."

Whether it is tape-out or additional orders, everything will be arranged with priority. The treatment will be the highest."

"yes!"

Zhang Zhongmou looked out the window and said quietly: "Director Wang, don't let me down. Whether you can defeat Samsung Semiconductor depends on your big order!"

On the other side, Wang Yi was also deep in thought, thinking about Xingyi Semiconductor's next development strategy.

Chip research and development is a big money burner.

The research and development of low-end chips does not cost much. Even if five or six models are manufactured at the same time, it will only cost a few hundred million.

But the research and development of high-end chips costs a lot of money, and with the expenses of tape-out and other expenses, it is difficult for a chip to cost billions.

It can be said that throughout 2012, billions of dollars were invested in optical chip research and development.

Years later, the currency has devalued, salaries have skyrocketed, and chip research and development can cost tens of billions a year.

The investment and construction of wafer fabs and the introduction of equipment are also big money burners.

At present, a 12-inch wafer fab costs at least 20 billion!

Is this the end?

No, it's just the beginning.

With a wafer fab, you have to invest in research and development of chip production processes, which costs tens of billions a year.

It can be said that in the future, chip research and development and fab process research and development will be fixed at 20 billion yuan a year!

In addition to the 20 billion invested in the construction of wafer fabs and the introduction of equipment.

Throughout 2012, Wang Yida invested 35-40 billion!

Subsequent R&D costs will start at RMB 20 billion per year!

What a waste of money.

If he has been unable to make ends meet and burned money like this, even Wang Yi will be under great pressure.

To this end, Wang Yi has formulated a sustainable development path of "investing while producing, burning money while making money".

Use the production and sales of 40nm low-end chips to support Xingyi Semiconductor and Xingyi Wafer Factory.

Use the profits earned from selling the smart home chip H1, fast charging chip C1, and power management chip P1 to conduct research and development of the fab process and subsequent chip development!

To achieve this effect, the sales volume of several chips must reach an extremely terrifying scale.

For this reason, Wang Yi decided to bundle the fast charging chip C1 and power management chip P1 with friends.

A separate fast-charging chip C1 is priced at 60 yuan for small quantities and 40 yuan for large quantities.

But when bundled with two P1 chips, a set of three chips costs 90 yuan for a small quantity and only 60 yuan for a large quantity!

As a result, if the quantity is large, the average price of a chip is only 20 yuan, which is lower than the price Qualcomm offers to other companies.

After all, only Xingyi Technology can get a unit price of 20 yuan from Qualcomm.

Other companies do not have such large order volumes, nor can they keep prices so low.

A set of three chips, if 30 million sets can be sold, is 90 million chips.

If the unit price of a chip is 20 yuan and the profit is 19 yuan, 90 million chips is 1.7 billion!

The future smartphone market will be far more than 30 million.

Xingyi Semiconductor's C1 fast charging chip is in a monopoly position. So many brands need it. It is possible to sell 60 million units a year.

These three chips can earn more than 3 billion, but compared with the 20 billion annual R&D investment, it is still not enough.

Then the smart home chip H1 must also operate on a large scale.

When it comes to smart home appliances, Xingyi Technology cannot be the only one, let alone monopolize the market.

This kind of industry, which is related to people's livelihood, can only allow a hundred flowers to bloom and a hundred schools of thought to contend.

Rather than insisting on seizing the market and creating a monopoly, it is better to launch Xingyi smart home ecological standards, sell smart home H1 chips, and provide a complete set of Xingyi smart home solutions.

This allows traditional white goods giants such as Haier, Midea, Gree, and Hisense to all use Xingyi Technology's solutions and Xingyi Technology's H1 chips to join the Xingyi Technology smart home system!

If this is the case, Xingyi Technology can earn more without monopolizing the market.

Traditional home appliance giants, with the ready-made solutions provided by Xingyi Technology, can also save the research and development process and costs. They can directly enter the new era of smart homes and smart home appliances with the help of Xingyi Technology's technical solutions, systems and equipment.

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This can be considered a win-win situation!
To be continued...