Xingyi Semiconductor spent more than 2 billion to develop 40 nanometer process technology.
By the way, 40-nanometer packaging and testing technology was developed, but two or three billion yuan was not used.
Now ASE only licenses packaging and testing technology from one factory, which costs 700 million!
They also need to strictly control their employees. People from Xingyi Technology cannot have access to core technologies to prevent technology leaks...
It's simply funny.
Emotionally, 700 million bought a group of ancestors?
You know, 700 million is enough to develop 28nm packaging and testing technology!
Wang Yi didn't even know where the other party's confidence came from.
Could it be that you ate too much mustard?
Or have you sat in a well and watched the sky for so long that your legs are numb from squatting?
Funny.
Wang Yi waved his hand: "Director Zhang, what if we develop the packaging and testing technology ourselves?"
"You guys can do it yourself?"
"Hahaha!"
Zhang Sheng seemed to have heard a big joke: "Dr. Wang, the current highest logic chip packaging and testing capability in the Mainland is 55 nanometers. Your chip is 40 nanometers. Even Changdian Technology does not have such powerful packaging and testing technology. I don't think,
You can handle it."
"What if?" Wang Yi was not angry and even wanted to dig a hole.
"What if? There is no such thing as a chance."
"What if there is!" Wang Yixiao said.
"Let's do this, Mr. Wang, let's make a bet." Zhang Sheng changed the subject:
"Modu Packaging and Testing Factory sold it to you for 1.8 billion, no, sold it to you for 1.5 billion. Within half a year, you have mastered the 40-nanometer packaging and testing technology. I admit failure. If you cannot handle it, you have to pay an additional 1 billion to introduce our sealing and testing technology."
Testing technology. And cannot introduce packaging and testing technology from other companies.”
"In addition, the packaging and testing capabilities of the Magic City packaging and testing factory are limited. Subsequent chip packaging and testing orders from Xingyi Semiconductor will be handed over to our ASE Group!"
Hearing this, Wang Yi instantly understood Zhang Sheng's plan.
He just made up his mind that Xingyi Semiconductor would not be able to develop the packaging and testing technology for 40nm logic chips within half a year!
After all, logic chips are not memory chips. At present, giants such as Changdian Technology have not solved it, let alone a layman like Xingyi Semiconductor!
Without a background in sealing and testing, and no accumulation of sealing and testing technology, it is even less likely to succeed.
If it fails, it will need to pay an additional billion to introduce ASE's 40nm packaging and testing technology.
All additional packaging and testing orders must be handed over to ASE.
In this way, ASE can not only sell the 1.5 billion packaging and testing plant for a high price of 2.5 billion, but also directly win all subsequent packaging and testing orders from Xingyi Semiconductor.
Simply a huge profit!
I have to say that the other party's calculation was very good and accurate.
Wang Yi couldn't help but applaud.
But unfortunately, they ignored the strength of Xingyi Semiconductor and overestimated their technical barriers.
It’s just 40nm packaging and testing technology, not 28nm packaging and testing technology.
Xingyi Semiconductor has already done it!
Wang Yi spent so much money to raise those technical experts that Mr. Hu brought back, but they were not in vain!
But on the surface, Wang Yi is still confused: "Half a year is too short, you are bullying me for not knowing technology! If it is one year, I will bet!"
'Sure enough, Xingyi Semiconductor is not confident in completing the packaging and testing of 40nm logic chips.'
Zhang Sheng secretly laughed in his heart: "One year is too long, let's find a compromise, eight months!"
"This..." Wang Yi hesitated for a while and then replied: "Okay!"
"Director Wang is so happy!" Zhang Sheng was overjoyed. He was afraid that Wang Yi would regret it, so he quickly asked someone to prepare the contract.
Both parties confirmed that everything was correct and signed the contract directly.
"Okay, congratulations to Director Wang, the ASE Packaging and Testing Factory in the Magic City will be yours from now on!"
"Thank you, Mr. Zhang, for cutting me off." Wang Yi was also in a good mood.
It was great to win the ASEAN packaging and testing plant for only 1.5 billion.
Zhang Dong is a good man.
You know, in a few years, the land of the optical packaging and testing factory will be worth several 1.5 billion!
Not to mention a high-end packaging and testing factory.
As for the so-called gambling agreement?
It doesn't make any sense.
Wang Yi has already mastered the 40nm packaging and testing technology.
However, it cannot be announced yet, so Zhang Sheng can be happy for a while and look forward to the future.
After all, at such an old age, it would be fun if you get excited and cannot bear the blow and end up in the ICU...
After the signing is completed, the formal handover will follow.
Wang Yi paid the money readily, and Zhang Sheng handed over the money readily.
In just two days, both parties completed the entire handover.
At this point, ASE's packaging and testing factory was officially fully acquired by Wang Yi.
"Mr. Hu, I will leave the subsequent packaging and testing matters to you."
This trip to the magical capital is almost coming to an end, and Wang Yi has to return to the imperial capital.
"Don't worry, Chairman, Secretary Jian has already arranged a team to take over the packaging and testing factory. And our technical team arrived in Shanghai a few days ago and has now settled in the packaging and testing factory to adjust the equipment. 40nm packaging and testing will not take long.
The closed beta test will start.”
This technical team is the elite brought by Mr. Hu, and it is also the team that developed the 40nm packaging and testing technology.
"That's good! Good job."
"It's not hard work, it's all my job!" Hu Laoxiao said: "Now that we have the M1 wafer fab and the Magic City packaging and testing factory, it's time to go big!"
Mr. Hu looked high-spirited and energetic, not like an old man at all.
Wang Yidu suspected that Mr. Hu's previous departure from TSMC and his return to teach at the university was not of his own free will.
It is very likely that TSMC is killing the donkey by unloading its power!
Talented people all have ambitions, courage, and want to do something great.
Who would be willing to take a back seat and teach in a school unless absolutely necessary?
Generally speaking, men have two kinds of interests, one is physical satisfaction.
The other is a sense of career accomplishment.
The former is relatively strong when you are young, but when you reach a certain age, it is greatly reduced. Especially when you are old and weak, fishing is more satisfying...
The latter may last a lifetime, especially for capable people.
Wang Yi didn’t even believe that Mr. Hu, who had been a dominant figure in the semiconductor field his whole life, would eventually be willing to be a teacher in a university and spend the rest of his life peacefully.
Mr. Hu is not willing to do this, and neither is Mr. Liang.
But it depends on whether there is an opportunity to display one's ambitions.
The original Mr. Hu lost this opportunity after leaving TSMC, and could only waste his time in this life.
But now, Wang Yi has been invited to invest hundreds of billions to build four wafer fabs.
Acquired ASE and won the packaging and testing factory.
Coupled with the chip R&D department of Xingyi Semiconductor, it has risen strongly!
Directly realizes the all-round closed loop of chip design, chip production, and chip packaging and testing!
But is this the end?
No!
Xingyi Technology also has mobile phone business, tablet business, and TV business, and all of them are industry-leading and hot-selling around the world!
It also realizes a closed loop of commercial use, sales, and income generation!
This is the complete business model.
Following Wang Yi, Mr. Hu can fully display all his talents.
Because Xingyi Semiconductor started too late, 40nm is catching up, 28nm is catching up, and maybe 20nm is also catching up.
But in the next 14 nanometers and 10 nanometers, there is every hope of overtaking in corners.
Without him, it was Mr. Hu who broke the 20nm curse and made FinFET (Fin Field Effect Transistor) with 14nm process!
Without FinFET, global semiconductors would have been stuck on the 20nm process for who knows how many years.
It was Mr. Hu’s FinFET that made 16 nanometers, 14 nanometers, and 10 nanometers possible.
Therefore, no one knows FinFET better than Mr. Hu, and knows how to break through 20 nanometers, how to make 14 nanometers, and how to make 10 nanometers!
It can be said that following Wang Yi, Mr. Hu hopes to become the founder of 14 nanometers or even 10 nanometers!
And with Mr. Hu, Xingyi Semiconductor has the possibility of overtaking in corners, catching up with or even surpassing TSMC, Samsung, and Intel in the 14nm and 10nm fields!
Both sides achieve mutual success!
But further down, it becomes difficult.
First, processes below 7 nanometers require EUV lithography machines.
Even with multiple exposure technology, being able to mass-produce 7-nanometer chips or even 5-nanometer chips with DUV lithography machines requires high-end DUV lithography machines!
For example, 1970i, 1980Di, 2000i, and higher-end models.
Among them, 1970i is the bottom line.
However, most of the lithography machines previously purchased by Xingyi Semiconductor were 1950i.
Because Wang Yi buys a lot, placing orders for dozens of units each time, and these are large orders worth tens of billions, and because of Mr. Hu's face, ASML has only recently started delivering 1960i.
And next year, deliveries of the 1970i will begin!
EUV lithography machines use a lot of M technology.
ASML will block.
However, DUV lithography machines do not use much M technology, nor are they the most advanced, and they are not currently blocked.
Even after many years, it will only block EUV lithography machines and DUV lithography machines above 2000i.
Until 2024, M Gou jumped over the wall and even 1970i and 1980di were banned.
The reason is that these two lithography machines can achieve 7nm or even 5nm after multiple exposures, which is a great threat!
The current situation is like this. This year's development will be wretched, and we will wait until we get the 1970i next year.
With the 1970i DUV lithography machine, through multiple exposure technology, we can achieve 7nm or even 5nm processes and mass produce 7nm or even 5nm chips!
Then you will be completely worry-free.
As for the background program locking up the lithography machine.
That would be equivalent to completely falling out with Xia Guo.
Asmai doesn't have the guts, and they can't afford the consequences.
In fact, every time the U.S. imperialists were not in a hurry, ASML did not want to blockade the country.
Xia Guo has the largest market. Once it is locked up, ASML's revenue will be cut in half. Who will have trouble with money?
More importantly, the system can be cracked.
Asmai can seal it, and Wang Yi can also crack it and flash it.
Not to mention photolithography machines, even F16 can be flashed.
In the previous life, Xingzhou's F-16s were all old versions and were too backward, so they planned to upgrade them.
It's a pity that the price charged by the US emperor is too high, and the upgrade cost is enough to buy new fighters.
So Xingzhou was planning to purchase J-10C, but it didn’t know the specific performance.
He invited Xia Guo and proposed to conduct exercises with Xingzhou's F-16s and J-10Cs to see the strength of the J-10Cs.
The American emperor took a look at it and thought, "Is this really possible?"
Once such an exercise is performed, won't all the performance parameters of the F-16 be exposed?
He decisively passed through the reserved back door and locked all the F-16s.
It’s impossible to even get Sin Chew’s F-16s to take off!
In response to this, Xingzhou was instantly confused.
The F-16 I bought with real money turned out not to obey my orders and was locked up by the other party casually!
Is this possible?
Moreover, it has become a brick and cannot even take off.
Xia Guo laughed at this and directly sent a technical team to help Xingzhou refresh the system on the F-16.
After finishing the brushing, the back door was gone and the F-16 took off...
This made the American emperor extremely angry, but there was nothing they could do.
It is conceivable that even the background lock of a fighter jet can be broken and the fighter system can be refreshed. The background lock of a lithography machine is not truly invincible.
ASML can lock it, Xingyi Technology can crack it, flash the system, and disconnect ASML’s backdoor!
What's more, EDA software is still under development.
Once the development is successful, ASML's lithography machines will have a comprehensive system update to adapt to Xingyi Technology's EDA. By then, ASML's backdoor will become a joke.
After all, the entire system has been updated, so where are the backdoors?
There is no system in this world that cannot be broken, it is just the cost, price, and time.
As for strategic equipment such as lithography machines, Wang Yi is worthy of investing huge human, material and capital time to crack and flash the machines!
When the self-developed EDA is launched, without ASML locking the backend, Wang Yi will arrange for someone to flash ASML's lithography machine into his own system!
There are also the current 1950i and 1960i, which are considered advanced at the moment, but many years later, they will be relatively backward.
There is no problem in producing 28nm and 20nm.
Multiple exposure 14nm and 10nm are also promising.
But for 7 nanometers, neither 1950i nor 1960i is enough, which is inherently insufficient.
But it doesn't matter.
Can be upgraded!
TSMC spent hundreds of billions to buy 1950i and 1960i. Is it possible that they will all be phased out in a few years?
Will they all be replaced by 2000i and EUV lithography machines?
This is unrealistic!
They were all bought with real money, hundreds of billions of investments, even though TSMC has a huge business, it can't afford to burn it down.
I simply can't bear to eliminate it.
But the process accuracy is indeed not enough, so what should we do?
Upgrade the lithography machine!
You should know that ASML's DUV lithography machines have been updated from the previous 1900 to the current 1950i, 960i, 1970i, and to the future 2000i. They are not completely developed from scratch.
But it is constantly upgraded and transformed!
Until the EUV lithography machine, it was developed from scratch, a new system, and a new technology.
Therefore, TSMC, Intel, and Samsung's 1950i and 1960i will all have some components upgraded by ASML many years later, thus becoming '1980Di'!
Similarly, Xingyi Semiconductor's 1950i and 1960i can also be upgraded to 1980Di.
As for the solution, one is to ask ASML to take action.
Before Emperor M jumps over the wall, this is possible, just give him money.
But after jumping over the wall in a hurry, this possibility is very small.
There is only one solution, make your own way.
Establish a technical team, even if it cannot develop a lithography machine, it must be able to upgrade the lithography machine.
It doesn’t take much more, it’s enough to upgrade 1950i to 1970i level and 1960i to 1980di level.
But the degree of difficulty is still very high, and it is difficult to rely solely on Xingyi Technology.
But with the addition of Modu Microelectronics, it won’t be a big problem.
Modu Microelectronics can independently develop DUV lithography machines. It is not difficult to simply upgrade ASML lithography machines.
Wang Yi has a plan, so he must prepare for this in advance.
Once this period of relief is over, invest in Modu Microelectronics!
Whether it is to achieve localization of DUV lithography machines or to upgrade 1950i/1960i in a few years, you must invest in Modu Microelectronics.
There are also high-quality companies such as Changchun Optoelectronics Institute and Zhongwei Semiconductor, which are all worthy of investment.
By then, Modu Microelectronics will realize the localization of DUV lithography machines.
China Microelectronics and Northern Huachuang realize the localization of etching machines.
Xingyi Technology realizes chip design, chip manufacturing, chip packaging and testing, as well as localization of EDA software and photoresist.
By then, the domestic semiconductor field will have fully emerged, completely breaking the blockade and completely establishing itself!
Although this process is difficult, it is not impossible.
It all depends on hard work.
Fortunately, this time, it was a full six years earlier than in the previous life.
The gap is not too big, and the opponent is not invincible.
Everything has a promising future.
Wang Yi looked at Mr. Hu: "ASML, the 1970i lithography machine must be shipped as soon as possible. We can pay more, but it must be 1970i!"
Mr. Hu's expression became serious, and he suddenly saw through Wang Yi's thoughts:
"Director Wang, do you plan to use 1970i multiple exposure technology to achieve processes below 10 nanometers in the future?"
"Yes, the U.S. imperialists will definitely jump over the wall, sooner or later. We can only take precautions before they happen. 1970i is a hurdle. With enough 1970i lithography machines, we will not have a strategic crisis in 7nm in the future."
Wang Yi said earnestly: "But if not, then once we are restricted, our future will be worrying."
Although 1950i and 1960i can be upgraded to 1970i or even 1980Di.
But it also takes time.
At the very least, Modu Microelectronics cannot do it now. Only in a few years will Modu Microelectronics' strength soar.
In the past few years, 1970i will be needed as a strategic guarantee!
"Okay, Director Wang, I will use all my relationships and connections to win as many 1970i lithography machines as possible as quickly as possible!"
"It's time to work." With Mr. Hu's assurance, Wang Yi felt confident.
This society is a relationship society, even in the West.
Wang Yi has nothing to do with Asmai, but Mr. Hu is different.
As a former technical director of TSMC and a typical father of Party A, he has inspected countless photolithography machines.
ASML's marketing directors often gave Mr. Hu gifts and owed him a favor.
Yes, TSMC is Party A, and ASML, Nikon, and Canon are Party B.
Just because of some special elements, the relationship between Party A and Party B is completely reversed in mainland China!
Wang Yi was very speechless.
Logically speaking, the customer is God, but when he arrived at Asmai, his son actually wanted to be Jesus!
It’s the opposite of Tiangang!
There are also Qualcomm chips in the previous life. It stands to reason that the major manufacturers are Party A, the father of the funder, and Qualcomm is Party B.
During every holiday, Qualcomm Chairman Jacobs should ask Rebus to wash his feet!
But unfortunately, he turned against Tiangang again.
Qualcomm, the second party, became God, and a group of major customers became grandsons.
Every time we compete to get Qualcomm’s flagship chip to launch, we do all kinds of things, queue up for Qualcomm’s new flagship platform, and promote...
I can only say I am speechless.
It was not until more than ten years later that MediaTek opened up the second line of Ren and Du and caught up strongly.
As a result, many domestic brands began to abandon Qualcomm, reduce Qualcomm orders, and turn to MediaTek!
The West has always been arrogant and prejudiced.
Only by realizing localization and breaking the technological blockade can we bring order to the chaos and end the situation of rebellion against Tiangang.
Wang Yi is very relieved that Mr. Hu is here when it comes to the Modu wafer fab and packaging and testing plant.
Then we went back to the hotel directly.
The only difference is that there is an additional woman in Wang Yi's room at this time.
It was Song Sining.
At this time, Song Sining was sitting on the sofa, with a notebook and Xpad 1 Ultra beside her, and many files beside her.
Wang Yi organized so many projects at once, and he was the boss, leaving them all to Song Sining, which made Song Sining very worried.
Looking at this scene, Wang Yi couldn't help but laugh: "Are you a little overwhelmed?"
Song Sining scratched his head: "Fortunately, I was a little uncomfortable for a while. After all, these projects are all big projects, worth tens of billions, so I have to be cautious."
If it is a small project, just leave it to the subordinates, and Song Sining will grasp the overall situation.
However, Song Sining was worried about leaving such large projects as Xingyi Automobile and the Magic City Headquarters to his subordinates, and had to do it herself.
"It's okay, let's do some exercise first, relax a bit, and balance work with rest." Wang Yi said and walked towards Song Sining.
"Oh, bad guy, what are you going to do!"
Song Sining's expression changed drastically. She was busy, but this guy actually wanted to declare in the daytime...
Isn't this a joke?
Wang Yikeng didn't care about this and directly picked up Song Sining by the waist and walked towards the big bed in the suite.
"I'm really convinced by you, I'm going to take care of you this time!"
Song Sining said angrily, then dropped the documents in her hands and turned back to the guests.
Wang Yi's mouth twitched: "..."
Wang Yi didn't even know what to say.
All we can say is that President Song is President Song and Sa!
An hour later, the wind subsided and the rain stopped.
Wang Yi was dumbfounded: "You also said you didn't want to."
"Humph, I didn't say that." Song Sining's limbs were soft, but she would never admit it.
Then the conversation changed: "Don't mention it, exercise is really effective. I have ideas for the development of the Magic City headquarters."
Wang Yi was speechless: "..."
What to say?
Is it true that exercise can combine work and rest and stimulate a collision of ideas?
Or is it that President Song is the chosen worker?
In the following days, the Modu wafer fab and packaging and testing plant quickly got back on track.
Three days later, Wang Yi came to the Magic City M1 fab.
Mr. Hu greeted him with a smile: "Director Wang, after this period of debugging, the M1 wafer fab successfully trial-produced Kunpeng 700, and now it has begun official mass production of Kunpeng 700!"
"So fast!" Wang Yi was a little surprised. It has only been completed in ten days. I can only say that Mr. Hu is amazing: "What is the yield rate?"
"The yield rate of trial production reached 93%, which is very successful. Now that it is officially mass-produced, the yield rate is expected to exceed 96% or even 97%!"
"Very good!" Wang Yi was in a good mood.
The M1 wafer fab has also begun mass production of Kunpeng 700, which is one step closer to fully replacing NVIDIA and Qualcomm dual-core!
"Where is the packaging and testing factory?" Wang Yi asked the key.
Now the B1 wafer fab in Didu and the M1 wafer fab in Magic City have begun to mass-produce chips, but they are only mass-produced and there is no point in not packaging them.
Especially Kunpeng 702!
The fourth generation iPad will be launched in Europe and the United States on the 24th. Wang Yi is also waiting to launch the Xingyi tablet X1 ultra equipped with Kunpeng 702, which will definitely beat the fourth generation iPad.
At present, the B1 wafer fab in Imperial Capital has been mass-producing Kunpeng 702 for nearly a month, and has produced more than 11 million Kunpeng 702 units.
But there are only one million pieces of Kunpeng 702 for packaging and testing.
Without him, the packaging and testing workshop of B1 wafer factory was originally used for testing. Now it is packaging and testing 24 hours a day, and only more than one million chips are produced in a month.
But this chip is simply not enough.
Xingyi tablet X1 ultra has extremely powerful performance. Once it is launched and sold globally, it will definitely sell out.
A mere million pills is simply not enough.
"Chairman, the packaging and testing factory also conducted a packaging and testing test, and it was successful. It is now under full packaging and testing."
Hu Laoxiao said: "The equipment of the ASE packaging and testing factory is very powerful and advanced. In addition, our self-developed packaging and testing technology is mature enough to seal and test 40-nanometer chips, which is more than enough!"
Chapter completed!