Reborn in 2011, 985 missing from two copies

Currently, SMIC already has three 12-inch wafer fabs and many 8-inch wafer fabs.

But unfortunately, the technology is backward, most of them are 90 nanometers and 65 nanometers, and the most advanced is only 45 nanometers, and it still uses IBM's technology.

This results in fewer orders and low profits for SMIC.

Even for 12-inch wafer fabs, production capacity is largely idle, and the company is unable to make ends meet, resulting in losses every year.

But what about Xingyi Semiconductor?

We have advanced technology and terrifying production capacity demands, but we lack production lines!

Mr. Zhao's eyes lit up: "This is a good idea. SMIC has many factories, but lacks money and technology. Xingyi Semiconductor has money and technology, but lacks factories!"

"It's a good thing that the two have mutual resources."

"I will take the lead and promote the acquisition of a SMIC wafer fab. We will pay for the hardware facilities. If SMIC is willing to move the equipment, it can move it. If it is not willing to move, Mr. Wang, you can spend some money to buy it."

"No problem, we need a 12-inch wafer factory!" Wang Yi was in a good mood.

He has long been eyeing SMIC's 12-inch wafer factory.

But unfortunately, if Wang Yi proposed it, SMIC would definitely not agree. But if Mr. Zhao proposed it, it would be completely different.

More importantly, SMIC is currently in a quagmire, with poor technology, few orders, and a large number of idle production lines.

If there was no other way, SMIC would not want to borrow money to build factories everywhere.

After all, wafer fabs are very expensive, and most of SMIC's money is borrowed or raised by selling shares.

But sometimes there is no way.

With official support for integrated circuits, all major first-tier cities are rushing to introduce SMIC.

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Does SMIC no longer want to continue its business?

The simplest thing is that SMIC started in Shanghai, but at that time they were all 8-inch wafer factories.

In July 2004, SMIC's first 7-inch wafer factory went into production in the capital!

When the Magic City saw this, they said, "You ungrateful wolf, I will support you. Why are you building a 12-inch wafer factory in the capital? Is this something a human would do?"

In desperation, in 2005, SMIC built a new 12-inch wafer factory in Shanghai.

Now the Shenzhen Stock Exchange could no longer sit still and brought in SMIC, established a Shenzhen branch, and directly invested in the construction of two wafer fabs.

One is eight inches and the other is 12 inches!

There is a 12-inch wafer factory in Seoul, but they cannot operate it themselves, so they handed it over to SMIC for management.

Three 12-inch wafer fabs were put into production at once, many 8-inch wafer fabs had already been put into production, and several new fabs were under construction... SMIC was overwhelmed.

If SMIC's technology is as advanced as TSMC's, then it would be fine and there would be no shortage of orders.

But unfortunately, SMIC's technology is backward. The 12-inch lines are all 90 nanometers, with 65 nanometer technology and 55 nanometers considered advanced.

As for 45 nanometers, it also uses IBM's technology and is subject to the control of others.

In addition, at present, the domestic smartphone industry is just starting out and there is not much demand for mobile phone chips. Some of the production capacity of SMIC's several major wafer fabs is idle, resulting in losses every year.

As a result, SMIC almost went bankrupt and had to introduce new shareholders.

The result is predictable. With the arrival of the new shareholder, the internal power struggle becomes more fierce, and the bully...

It was not until many years later when Mr. Liang joined that SMIC's technology made great breakthroughs, breaking through 28 nanometers, 20 nanometers, 14 nanometers...

Now, SMIC has received a lot of orders, and now its wafer fabs are not enough, so it has started to invest heavily in building new wafer fabs...

For example, many years later, the monthly production capacity of Tianjin’s 12-inch wafer factory was 10 pieces!

However, at present, SMIC has poor technology and few orders, and simply cannot use so many wafer fabs.

Instead of burning money, it is better to sell one to cash in and use the money for research and development.

As for the target, there are only three, or two.

The B12 1-inch wafer factory in the capital and the 12-inch wafer factory in the magic city.

As for the 12-inch wafer factory in Seoul, it does not belong to SMIC but to Seoul Xinxin. It was invested by Seoul itself and was just managed by SMIC.

In this case, whether it is the 12-inch wafer factory in Shanghai or the capital depends on the mediation of Mr. Zhao and others.

"Okay, I'll arrange a 12-inch wafer factory for you!" Mr. Zhao said with a smile:

"We will prepare for both scenarios. We will push forward the acquisition first. At the same time, the second wafer factory in the capital will continue to be built. The monthly production will still be 10 wafers, but the construction period will be divided into two phases, wafers each, so that one phase can be delivered within a year."

"Okay." Wang Yi replied. This was the best arrangement.

The current Didu wafer factory has a monthly output of 2.5 wafers, which is very small and definitely not enough.

At least another 2.5-inch wafer fab with a monthly output of 12 wafers will be needed to meet chip demand for the next year.

A year later, the first phase of the Imperial Capital Second Factory will be delivered, with 5 wafers directly produced. By then, the production capacity will have doubled. Not only will there be no capacity crisis, but on the contrary, chips can be sold to the outside world!

Wang Yi said with a smile: "Since the capital is so supportive, we are going to invest 300 billion in the second wafer factory in the capital and make it 28 nanometers!"

"What? 28 nanometers?"

Mr. Zhao was full of disbelief: "Director Wang, are you serious?"

Wang Yi nodded: "Of course, to be honest, the 40-nanometer process is already in mass production, and the 28-nanometer process must also be developed. When the first phase of the second wafer plant in the capital is delivered, which is a year later, we can only make 28 nanometers, otherwise we will continue to lag behind TSMC and Samsung by a large margin."

What Wang Yi didn’t say was that the first phase of the second wafer factory in the capital was put into production in 2014, with a capacity of 28 nanometers!

The second phase will be put into production in 2015, directly down to 20 nanometers!

This is Wang Yi’s goal.

Even so, it is still one year behind TSMC.

After all, TSMC will start mass production of 2014-nanometer chips in 20.

As for the current Imperial Capital 40 plant and the new wafer factory to be acquired, they will continue to be used to produce chips using -nanometer process.

After all, 40nm chips will still have the largest market share for many years to come.

Just like ten years later, even if high-end chips reach 3 nanometers, the largest shipment volume will still be 28 nanometers.

"Okay, don't worry, the Imperial Capital Fab 12 will work overtime to get it done. I will also do my best to mediate with SMIC and give you a -inch wafer fab."

"Thank you, Mr. Zhao."

Afterwards, Mr. Zhao and Director Qin chatted with Wang Yi for a while before leaving.

On the way, Director Qin couldn't help but say:

"Leader, among SMIC's three major 12-inch wafer fabs, which one are you going to give to Xingyi Technology?"

"Xiao Qin, what do you think about this?"

Director Qin frowned and said, "They are all difficult. SMIC's Imperial Capital Factory is 12 inches and mainly produces 90-65 nanometer memory chips."

"The Seoul Xinxin wafer factory that we manage on behalf of others also mainly produces 90-65 nanometer memory chips."

"Neither of these two factories is suitable. What Xingyi Semiconductor needs is logic chips."

Director Qin sees it clearly.

Digital integrated circuits are divided into several major categories, with memory, logic chips, and microprocessors being the main categories.

Logic chips mainly include CPU, GPU, ASIC (special chips for smart security, Internet of Things, etc.), and FPGA (field programmable gate array) and other categories.

In the past, memory chips dominated the market, but with the development of smart phones and smart tablets, logic ICs have come from behind and become the highest-end and most promising field.

For example, the current SMIC's main business is memory chips.

The Xingyi wafer factory started out with logic chips!

Its starting point is much higher than that of SMIC, so it is much more valued by the authorities.

Director Qin continued, "The 12-inch wafer fab in Shanghai was put into production the latest, but its technology is the most advanced. It has reached 55 nanometers, or even 45 nanometers, and it mainly produces logic chips."

"Logically speaking, the Magic City wafer factory is the most suitable."

"But I guess SMIC treasures its Shanghai wafer factory and is reluctant to sell it!"

"Besides, that was introduced by the Demonic City, so the Imperial City has no say in it."

Elder Zhao smiled and nodded: "Xiao Qin, you are right. But some things cannot be confined to one city. If the Imperial Capital is difficult to solve, then let the Magic City take action."

Director Qin was stunned: "Let the Demon City take action? Will they be willing to do so?"

Mr. Zhao laughed and said, "Xiao Qin, what do you think the Magic City would do if they knew that Xingyi Semiconductor wanted to acquire a 12-inch wafer fab and crushed SMIC by independently developing a 40-nanometer process and producing its own logic chips?"

"Hiss!" Director Qin took a breath of cold air: "The Magic City will treat Xingyi Semiconductor as a treasure, and may even take the initiative to force SMIC to sell the factory!"

"That's right. Moreover, the capital doesn't have to pay for the infrastructure. In order to introduce Xingyi Semiconductor, the Magic City is probably rushing to pay for it."

Director Qin suddenly realized, and then became a little worried: "In this way, wouldn't it be pushing Xingyi Semiconductor to the Magic City? This won't work!"

Mr. Zhao waved his hand and said, "Don't forget, the monthly production capacity of Magic City is only 3 pieces, which is about the same as the first plant in the Imperial Capital. However, the second wafer plant that our Imperial Capital gave to Xingyi Technology can produce 10 pieces! It is larger than all three wafer plants in Magic City!"

"Yes, I forgot about this." Director Qin said with a smile, "Seeing that Xingyi Semiconductor has surpassed SMIC, Shanghai will definitely be restless. This matter is settled, hahahaha."

Elder Zhao nodded: "But this matter must be kept secret. Since Director Wang wants to keep it secret, let's also make a secret strategy."

"Don't worry, leader. All the expert teams have been given instructions. No one will say anything wrong." Mr. Zhao assured.

Unexpectedly, just as he finished speaking, Qualcomm received the news:

【星逸科技自研的四十纳米手机芯片鲲鹏700、鲲鹏702，3G基带芯片翼龙3000，今日全部成功流片。其中鲲鹏702性能或将赶上英伟达tegra 3。】

Jacob looked at the news and his expression darkened:

"Xingyi Semiconductor has developed a 40-nanometer chip? And its performance is comparable to NVIDIA's tegra 3? Are you sure this is not fake information?"

The vice president waved his hand and said, "It should be OK. With our support, the old guy became a professor at a prestigious university and even sent his son to get a full scholarship to MIT. His son is under our control, so he wouldn't dare spread false information."

Jacob nodded: "That's right, but Xingyi Semiconductor is fast enough to directly develop a 40-nanometer chip!"

The vice president was not surprised: "It's normal. After all, they poached many core talents from Texas Instruments, even Williams. Kunpeng 700 and Kunpeng 702 were made by Williams' team."

"I see. With R&D managers and core talents from TI leading the team, it's normal to be able to handle 40-nanometer chips. 32% of them are TI's technology. But the subsequent 28-nanometer and -nanometer ones will be difficult."

Jacob smiled coldly: "After all, even TI may not be able to produce 32-nanometer or 28-nanometer mobile phone chips."

"Then should we still take action against Xingyi Technology? Do we need to stifle their development?"

Jacob thought for a moment and waved his hand: "Don't worry about it. It's not Qualcomm that should have a headache."

"What do you mean?" The vice president looked confused.

Jacob smiled and said, "Think about it, they are both 40 nanometers. Since the performance of Kunpeng 702 can catch up with NVIDIA's tegra 3, what will Xingyi Technology do?"