"Mr. Mike, Wei Zhenhui said that they are incompetent and it is impossible to upgrade the chip manufacturing process to 1 nanometer in the short term. This is extremely unrealistic."
Washington State.
In the top office of the Hutt Building, Brady stood upright in front of his desk, reporting the latest situation to Mike.
Compared to his furious state last time, Mike acted unusually calm this time, sitting in his chair for a long time without speaking.
But judging from the expression on his face, I'm afraid a volcano has already erupted in his heart.
Anger is always on the verge of bursting out.
It was only out of consideration for my own physical condition that I forcibly suppressed it.
The emergence of Loongson Group.
Not only has it brought the chip production process to a new level, it has also become a very strong competitor for them.
What's more, their chip technology, which they are proud of in the world, fell behind instantly.
Originally, Mike wanted to provide help by putting pressure on Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. to conquer 3-nanometer chip production technology as soon as possible. By then, relying on OEM orders from companies such as Qualcomm, he could still maintain his absolute position in the industry.
It can be said that this is the most suitable response method.
And under his leadership, this plan was completed very well.
At least the leaders of Qualcomm and other companies have stated that they will not terminate their cooperation with Semiconductor Manufacturing Company for the time being, let alone let Loongson Group OEM.
However, what seems to be a safe solution is actually just self-deception on the surface.
No one expected that Loongson Group would make rapid progress. In less than a month, the chip production process had been upgraded from 3 nanometers to 1 nanometer.
Is this possible?
At least he didn't think it was possible.
After all, it is much more difficult to upgrade from 3 nanometers to 1 nanometer than from 14 nanometers to 5 nanometers.
So in this case there is only one guess left.
That is, when Loongson Group announced the development of a top-level photolithography machine, it had already mastered the 1-nanometer chip production technology, but deliberately concealed it and did not announce it to the outside world.
After thinking about the key to this, Mike only felt that he had been insulted and provoked by the Loongson Group, and his entire face suddenly became extremely gloomy.
It wasn't until nearly half a minute passed in the office in deathly silence that Mike finally said: "What a waste. After operating in this industry for so many years, it can't compare to the technical level of a new company."
After scolding him mercilessly, he immediately raised his gaze and looked at Brady and asked: "Is there any new trend from Pingguo and Qualcomm?"
"According to the latest news I got, they have been in contact with Loongson Group."
Faced with Mike's inquiry, Brady naturally did not dare to waste any time and quickly answered truthfully.
"Not expected."
Mike nodded for the first time and did not show any surprise.
Obviously he had already guessed this result.
For companies such as Pingguo Qualcomm, if they want to ensure their market competitiveness, it is definitely impossible to use chips with backward performance.
Doing so will only drag each other down and make the situation more difficult.
But when I think about something like this happening during my tenure, it would be really embarrassing if I didn't respond in some way.
So the moment this idea appeared, Mike moved his eyes to look at the computer screen on the desktop. The content displayed on it was the collected future technology information.
"What a great future technology. I really underestimated them. They have pushed us to this level in less than three years since its establishment."
Brady, who was standing in front of the desk at this time, heard Mike mention future technology and quickly interrupted: "Mr. Mike, there is nothing special about this company, and Xu Lei is the key figure."
"Xu Lei made a great contribution to the fact that Loongson Group was able to conquer high-end chip production technology so quickly this time."
"It was our carelessness that allowed him to grow, and now it is difficult to find opportunities to get rid of him."
Nowadays, Loongson Group has an absolute say in the semiconductor market relying on the leading technology in its hands. It is simply not feasible to restrict future technology products as before. If it fails, it will only bring harm to itself.
to greater losses.
In addition, Future Technology has no branches overseas, so there is no weakness that can be exploited.
But it was obviously impossible for Mike to give up like this. After thinking for a while, he immediately suggested: "If we attack Xu Lei personally or conduct a cyber attack, what is the probability that it will be effective?"
Brady knew very well that if the anger in Mike's heart was not released, he would never let it go, and might even bring bad luck to himself.
So even though I knew very well that these methods would have no effect, I still responded patiently.
"It's very difficult."
"We have received the latest news. Xu Lei has now become an academician and will definitely receive all-round protection. He has also returned to Binjiang City, where the company is based."
"As for cyberattacks."
"Last year we organized forces to attack their data servers, but in the end it had no effect."
There is another point that Brady did not mention, that is, the real address of the person who participated in the attack on the Future Technology server was revealed and publicly executed on the Internet. For the circle he was in, it was no different than being killed on the spot.
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But what's surprising is that after listening to these contents, Mike's eyes became firmer.
It was as if he had already made a decision in his heart.
Before Brady could ask, a voice reached his ears.
"Contact me to the Security Building and tell me I want to borrow their people to make something small."
"Mr. Mike."
"Future Technology has a relatively powerful network security defense system. Even if the power of the security building is used, it may be difficult to achieve significant results."
"If the real address is posted by the other party, it may cause greater public opinion internationally."
Brady was personally responsible for the last cyber attack, with the participation of Pingguo Gugewisoft and other company network experts. Therefore, he is very aware of the powerful level of technological protection in the future. If the people in the security building also overturn, the impact will be
But it’s more than just a little bit.
It was out of this consideration that he would specifically speak out to stop it.
But Mike obviously didn't care about this, and repeated with a gloomy look: "Do as I say. Since there is no way to deal with this future technology for the time being, let's start from the easy place."
"Someone has to pay for this."
After hearing what Mike said, Brady was just about to say a few words of persuasion, but soon realized something. He swallowed what he wanted to say again, nodded and said, "I understand, Mr. Mike."
, I will take care of this matter immediately."
The words just fell.
He immediately turned around and exited the office without stopping at all.
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Because Loongson Group has strong support from all aspects, it is progressing very quickly in the manufacturing of top-level photolithography machines and the construction of wafer fabs.
It is planned to be officially launched in June.
The first batch is OEM-produced by Warwick's Tamron 980, which also marks the imminent arrival of the first high-end chip that is fully domestically produced.
After learning this news, it naturally aroused heated discussion and support from a large number of netizens. After all, Huawei will launch new mobile phones equipped with 3nm chips only after the chips are produced.
Let’s talk about future technology.
Since Academician Xu Lei's identity was announced, company life and other aspects have not changed much from before, and all overseas forces have also behaved very calmly, which allowed him to live the life of a real boss for a while.
In addition to the company hosting regular meetings every week and going to Longhu High-tech Park for construction site inspections, most of the time is basically spent communicating with Xingtong, allowing him to continuously optimize his learning through various methods, so that he can play his role in more industry scenarios.
Powerful effect.
But I have to say that Xu Lei was quite surprised that overseas forces were so calm this time.
After all, he had already made various preparations.
certainly.
Regardless of whether the opponent has new tricks in the future, Xu Lei won't worry too much. It's just that the soldiers will come to cover up the water and the earth.
He believes that the current strength of future technology is enough to withstand pressure from all directions.
that's all.
Time will soon enter June.
When Loongson Group began to mass-produce Tamron 980 chips for Warwick, chip design companies such as Pingguo Qualcomm also released their own new 3-nanometer chips, and also stated that they would also be OEMed by Loongson Group.
The reason why they were able to design a 3-nanometer chip so quickly, in addition to having a large number of chip design talents, was largely due to the use of Yinglong chip design software.
After all, when the Yinglong chip design software was released, its main focus was artificial intelligence plus cloud technology, which can greatly improve the efficiency of chip design.
However, this also makes the three major chip design software companies such as Xinsi Technology completely exist in name only. Their original share of more than 90% of the global market has dropped sharply to about 10%. If they do not find another way out, I believe they will not be welcomed in the end.
There is only one ending.
As for promoting Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., they have almost the same experience.
We lost several big customers in a short period of time, which basically reduced the number of orders in hand by more than half.
But they can't say anything about it yet.
I can only break my teeth and swallow it in my stomach.
Although it was finally decided by high-level officials to find another way to develop carbon-based chips to compete with the Loongson Group, the industry was not optimistic about this due to various issues such as the cost and price of carbon-based chip manufacturing technology.
It is also worth mentioning that overseas chip companies such as Qualcomm have released their own new 3-nanometer chips. Domestic mobile phone brands such as Xiaomi are also happy about this.
Mainly, they have always purchased chips from overseas. If the other party cannot catch up as soon as possible in terms of chip performance, then they will have only Warwick's Tamron chips to choose from.
The key point is not to mention whether Tamron chips will be sold. Two different mobile phone brands are equipped with the same chip. Xiaomi will definitely be affected in the end.