Reinventing the Millennium

"Mr. Fang, Mr. Fang, silicon on insulator is a thin layer of single crystal silicon formed on an insulating substrate of silicon."

"Compared with the current conductive silicon substrate, it has a three-layer structure. The first layer of silicon substrate can provide mechanical support, the second layer is a silicon dioxide layer, forming an insulating structure, and the third layer is The top layer of single crystal silicon can be etched for circuits to form the working layer of the driver IC."

"Mr. Fang, silicon on insulator can make our 65nm process wafers more compact, and the cutting rate can be increased by 25%!"

"Moreover, chips using this process can reduce power consumption by 3%, increase operating frequency by at least 20%, and reduce overall costs by 10%!"

Fang Zhuo sat at the desk in the hotel suite, listening to Liang Mengsong's chatter on the overseas phone call, while carefully recording key data, cutting +25%, power consumption -30%, efficiency +20%, and cost -10%.

As for Dr. Liang's explanation of the craftsmanship, it's not difficult at all. It's just this, that, and that.

Fang Zhuo's eyes gradually blurred, but he was too embarrassed to interrupt Liang Mengsong who was trying to teach him.

The inspection of ice core 65nm mass production was very successful. Except for the over-sized manufacturer representatives and university teachers and students who were not well received, the leaders from afar and local provinces and cities were very happy.

This happiness was conveyed to Liang Mengsong, who was also a hero in the process but should not be named. He was also very happy and excitedly talked about the improvements that could be made in the ice core.

Using the same process, different manufacturers produce different wafers.

This is why Taiji is the top choice for large customers, because its R\u0026D investment and technology accumulation are quite strong.

"Mr. Fang, there is still a lot to be done in ice core technology. Silicon-on-insulator is SOI, which was proposed in 1964, but FD-SOI, which is fully depleted silicon-on-insulator..." Liang Mengsong laughed, "This is Professor Hu proposed it in 2000. We have advantages in research and development, and the traditional bulk silicon Bulk CMOS process will come to an end at 20nm."

He took a breath and said the purpose of the call that excited him: "Mr. Fang, invest with confidence and boldness! This technical route is absolutely correct! The person who knows FD-SOI best in the world is Professor Hu, and the person who knows FinFET best is Professor Hu. Professor Hu, when these two processes reach the 7nm process node, SOI will develop from 2D to 3D and can be used as an SOI FinFET process! It can be said that they are different paths to the same goal!"

"Mr. Fang, vote, you can vote now!"

Liang Mengsong spoke very fast, and his excitement overflowed during the call.

so……

God is fair.

I always say this to myself and others, but I didn’t expect to be urged like this today.

When Fang Zhuo heard the words from Dr. Liang, a strong emotion emerged in his heart, vote, vote, vote or something!

He is not too confused, he understands!

This is equivalent to adding a layer of gain buff to the process, reducing costs, reducing power consumption, increasing output, and increasing efficiency.

The most critical thing is that such gains are not temporary and can continue to higher process stages.

"Investment in R\u0026D must be taken seriously. I know this, and I think Mr. Qiu and Professor Hu will agree." Fang Zhuo breathed a sigh of relief, and then said, "Last night, the leader came to see me. After dinner, Because of Jiu Jin, I talked about the issue of academician quotas, which may be... a bit difficult."

Liang Mengsong on the other end of the phone was silent for two seconds and said, "That's not important."

Fang Zhuo sighed: "My leader and I calculated the time together. You can join the ice core next year, but our 65nm cannot be proposed. Then we can only host major projects in the process technology the year after that and the year after that, and this is an odd year. The selection can only be done in 2011."

It took three years from the non-compete agreement in 2008 to 2011, with ten months in between for the selection.

This speed is quite fast.

Liang Mengsong was slightly startled, and immediately knew that Mr. Fang must have made a lot of efforts for this. This quota was not a carrot pit in the ice core, and he could just take it.

He said slowly: "Although a quota is not that important to Ice Core, and it will continue to develop without it, but it is still quite important to me personally. What can I do? I can only put my right All my passion for semiconductors has been invested in the development of ice cores, and I can only pay it forward until I break the record."

Fang Zhuo was very happy. Who said Dr. Liang was difficult to get along with? Isn’t this the same thing?

He said: "On the day when the doctor comes back, the doctor and I will wear battle robes."

"Okay, Mr. Fang, I'm looking forward to the day when I officially join Ice Core." Liang Mengsong ended the call.

He didn't need to look at the calendar to know that 396 days had passed since he signed the non-competition agreement with Taiji, and there were 334 days left before he joined Bingxin.

Well, there are still 51 months left before becoming an academician.

…

Fly to Luzhou on the 19th and return to Shanghai on the 23rd.

Fang Zhuo drank a lot in four days.

The leadership team inspected the ice core on the 20th and left after talking with the local administration about city planning on the 21st.

Fang Zhuo accompanied the whole process and also talked about the importance of industrial development and technology-driven development as the head of the first domestic wafer manufacturing company to mass-produce 65nm process.

And when the senior leaders and retired leaders finish this inspection trip, there will be another round of communication between the local provincial and municipal leaders.

All along, firstly, Fang Zhuo himself is very busy, and secondly, he also tries his best to use ice core as a medium for everyone to communicate.

It doesn't take much action, just having an ice core like this is enough.

However, this time many leaders were alarmed by the mass production of 65nm. When others go to Luzhou, they will inevitably have a round of exchanges, and they cannot just pat their butts and leave.

When Fang Zhuo dealt with all this and flew back to Shanghai, he was generally satisfied with the past few days. Only one investment proposal for the domestic semiconductor industry was still on hold.

Fang Zhuo mentioned it to his leader in the capital once before, and this time he got almost the same response.

However, he can also understand that a wave of industrial investment that requires concentrated efforts requires coordination from all parties. Such "shelving" and "non-committal" may not be what he sees. Perhaps, there has been research and evaluation behind the scenes.

When Fang Zhuo returned to China, he told Su Wei to reserve two days of vacation, intending to relax his nervousness a little.

But before he could relax, he had one little thing to weigh.

On September 24, Fang Zhuo called Liu Suyi from Yongke Real Estate to the CEO office of Hang Lung 23.

"Mr. Liu, sit down quickly and try the Maofeng I brought from Luzhou yesterday."

"I used to give it to the boss. It's rare that the boss gives it to me. I tasted it and it tasted good. The company happened to have customized a batch of mooncakes, so I wanted you to try it too."

When Fang Zhuo saw Liu Suyi, he made tea with a smile and pointed out the mooncake gift box he had prepared to him.

The employees of Yike Company have always been treated very well, and both the mooncakes and gift boxes are exquisite.

Liu Suyi didn't lack this, but Mr. Fang personally made tea and gave him mooncakes, which made him feel flattered.

From beginning to end, Yongke Real Estate ranked very low in the Yike Department.

No one would believe it if I told him. Liu Suyi had only met Mr. Fang once during the Spring Festival this year. He usually couldn't find a way to give gifts. Should he just put the gifts in the company to let others know Mr. Fang's attitude towards him?

Fortunately, Liu Suyi first met Mr. Fang from Leader Qiu, and he took the lead in bringing a real estate company to join him. He believed that as long as he worked conscientiously...

etc!

Why is Mr. Fang so kind today? Making tea and giving mooncakes as gifts?

Liu Suyi was suddenly shocked.

Who is Mr. Fang?

He doesn't use pretentious rhetoric when he says it, and it doesn't matter whether you are a local from Shencheng or just passing through Xiangjiang, he will do whatever he wants!

Liu Suyi lowered his head to drink tea. Listening to Mr. Fang's increasingly kind tone, he felt a sense of sadness in his heart.

He had always known that Mr. Fang had little interest in real estate, and he had long said that he would use the real estate to give blood transfusions to his own son in Luzhou.

Now... Mr. Fang is so polite, I'm afraid it's a bad thing.

"Mr. Fang, this tea is really good." Liu Suyi put down the teacup, praised the tea leaves, and considered how to describe his hard work to Mr. Fang.

There is no credit, but hard work. Without Yongke Real Estate, Mr. Fang may not be able to retain the title of the richest man in the mainland this year.

If it weren't for Yongke Real Estate snatching up several Country Garden projects, Yang Huiyan, who holds Country Garden's listed shares, would have suddenly become the richest man in her pocket.

"That's right. I thought I would keep the tea that my boss gave me even if it doesn't taste good. I didn't expect it to taste really top-notch." Fang Zhuo said with a smile, "There aren't many tea leaves. I'm lucky enough to give you a box today."

Liu Suyi looked stiffly at Mr. Fang taking out a box of tea from the drawer, and felt that something was wrong.

He even hoped that Mr. Fang could scold him, that would be great...

Yongke Real Estate cannot live without Mr. Fang!

At least, not yet!

Although Mr. Fang is indifferent, as long as he is around, it is three times easier for Yongke Real Estate to obtain land than other companies, let alone get a loan from the bank.

In particular, Yongke and ICBC cooperate very well.

Mr. Fang never said hello to Yongke or the bank, but the invisible influence was there.

Liu Suyi never felt that he was awesome. He even thought that putting a pig with a stamp on its head could make Yongke Real Estate make money.

"Well, Mr. Liu, I have been quite busy recently. Thank you for your hard work on the development of our company." Fang Zhuo said with a smile.

Liu Suyi took a sip of tea. He was a smart man and gave up talking about so-called hard work in an instant.

Learn from legendary investor Wang Fengyi, what’s wrong with being a dog? In addition to being able to bark, you also need to know how to look after homes and homes, right?

"In fact, it's not that hard. Yongke Real Estate is developing along with the trend. Fortunately, it is developing well. Now it is not only the East China Tiger, but also famous in the country." Liu Suyi did not show weakness and begged for mercy, but highlighted the development of Yongke Real Estate.

Fang Zhuo nodded with satisfaction, so that he could sell it at a good price.

Liu Suyi continued calmly: "Mr. Fang, I also want to report in the near future. Country Garden will be listed this year, and its development speed will suddenly be faster. Yongke Real Estate can also prepare to be listed."

"Whether it is A shares or Hong Kong shares, as long as Yongke is listed, not only the company's development, but also shareholders' profits and capital utilization will be much more convenient."

"I have confidence in Yongke's listing."

Liu Suyi made a sonorous statement. Looking at Mr. Fang who was thinking, his throat slipped nervously.

After a while, Fang Zhuo said nonchalantly: "Well, then you can study this matter more and see what the regulations are. Give me a formal report next month."

Mr. Fang obviously stopped laughing, but Liu Suyi suddenly became worried!

He feels that he is so awesome!

"The company is so busy, Mr. Liu, I won't keep you here. I will have a meeting later." Fang Zhuo said.

Liu Suyi, as if he had been granted amnesty, stood up and said goodbye to Mr. Fang.

"etc."

As soon as he arrived at the door of the office, he suddenly heard Mr. Fang's voice from behind, and his legs became a little weak.

"Mr. Liu, tea and mooncakes." Fang Zhuo said concisely and to the point.

Liu Suyi breathed a sigh of relief. After arranging his expression, he turned around and took away the gift that Mr. Fang gave him every few years. He calmly thanked him again before walking out of Yike's president's office.

Sitting in the office, Fang Zhuo felt that Liu Yiyi's behavior was a bit strange, but he didn't take it to heart and continued to consider the research and development of ice cores and investment in the project.

Ice Core has just begun to receive orders for its 65nm process and is trying to introduce it to customers. Such advanced technology will bring very good continuous revenue and profits. However, in the past two years, it has built production lines in Lin'an and Shanghai respectively, even if it cooperates with Sony and Qimonda , which is also a huge investment.

Bingxin cannot escape the rapid depreciation period of equipment that is one of the reasons for SMIC's losses.

However, Bingxin is not a listed company and does not need to bear too much pressure in this regard.

Fang Zhuo is considering investing in a real estate company, not only because of the current R\u0026D investment required, but also because the cost of building production lines will be higher and higher in the future. He hopes that Bingxin will have relatively sufficient funds to develop rapidly in the past few years.

"It's better to find a bank."

Fang Zhuo thought about it over and over, and the idea fell on the bank. As long as this period of time is passed, Bing Xin's funds will be much looser in all senses.

That night, Fang Zhuo was on vacation.

He originally wanted to have a candlelight dinner, but as soon as the meal cooked by Su Wei was put on the table, calls came in frequently.

Su Wei listened to it several times, and Fang Zhuo always said things like "you're welcome" and "let's develop together".

"Where's the call coming from?" She was a little surprised.

"It's still the ice core side. Some are cooperative manufacturers, and some are not yet cooperated in China." Fang Zhuo glanced at the text message and replied casually, "65nm is the only one in China. The production capacity in the fourth quarter can only be 1W5. This In fact, demand exceeds supply, but we have reserved 2,000 pieces of production capacity for domestic manufacturers."

That is, 13.3% of production capacity is reserved for domestic manufacturers.

"Big customers are given priority, small customers have no rights, that's right." Su Wei said with a smile.

"It's true, especially when making wafers." Fang Zhuo shrugged, "Already the supply exceeds demand, so the first choice is of course to maintain relationships with large customers. If someone orders 3,000 or 5,000 at a time, they are still long-term partners. Small domestic companies order 80 , 100…maybe one day it will go bankrupt.”

IC design is relatively asset-light in the semiconductor industry, but that is only relative. One tapeout requires more than 1,000 processes, lasts for two to three months, and can easily cost two to three million US dollars. If it fails twice, you may consider bankruptcy.

However, advanced processes bring stronger performance. Any design company that wants to develop must consider how to rely on higher processes to manufacture more competitive chips.

In the past, it was not easy for mainland IC design companies to find advanced manufacturing processes, even if they had the money. The wafer fabs in the industry also depended on connections.

Now, Ice Core is willing to squeeze out some of its tight production capacity, which has made many people grateful.

"The top priority is to expand production capacity." Su Wei listened to Fang Zhuo's simple explanation and said with a smile, "It is a pity that such a forward cycle does not increase the volume."

"That is next year's goal. The main goal in the fourth quarter is to increase the yield rate." Fang Zhuo and Su Wei had nothing to say, "We started mass production with a yield rate of 65%, and the fourth quarter goal is to increase to 80% - 85%, I think Mr. Qiu, Professor Hu, and Dr. Liang are very confident.”

"Yike Mars can now use its own chips." Su Wei knew that Bingxin's current number one customer was Qualcomm.

Fang Zhuo smiled: "Yeah, I'm just worried about one thing. If something goes wrong with this chip, then just wait until Qualcomm and I blame each other."

The two chatted and talked about the pre-sale at the end of the month.

"Promotion in the United States and Europe is being pushed forward. I have pretty good confidence in pre-sales. Pre-sales will determine some things, but the more important thing is its performance in December." Fang Zhuo said, "The relationship between Apple and AT\u0026T The collaboration is quite amazing.”

The iPhone experienced price cuts, which once caused a backlash from word of mouth and the stock price fell by 6%, but it is still a good product after all.

On the 14th of this month, Apple announced that it had sold over one million units.

Calculating the time, 78 days after its release, the sales of a mobile phone that is considered to be avant-garde and even radical in design exceeded 1 million units.

This is almost certain that Apple's iPhone will gain a firm foothold in the market.

Fang Zhuo has received reports from Yike America in the past few days, and the attitude of operator V has become more friendly.

Now I feel that with the performance of iPhone and the movement of Mars, V Chamber of Commerce will change its thinking faster.

"Oh, yes, I'll show you something fun." Fang Zhuo took out another mobile phone from his pocket, handed it to Weiwei, and said with a smile, "Click on the sign of the knife cutting the fruit."

Su Wei clicked on it and found that it was a small game on her mobile phone.

She tried exploring for a while, and the game mode was not complicated.

However……

"Using your hand as a knife to cut fruit, this kind of game interaction..." Su Wei commented in surprise, "A mobile game that fully demonstrates the touch screen, but there are still some lags."

"Hey, this is made by Yike's domestic team. It was developed based on the Android system very early, but it still has some glitches. I hope to push it to users when it is officially released. This is a brand-new gameplay, just like the front-end Same as the camera." Fang Zhuo said with a smile, "Except for the iPhone, most of them now have resistive screens. I believe that the human-computer interaction in this game will bring a fresh experience to everyone."

"This is a touch screen that users can feel," he said.

Su Wei nodded and continued playing for a while.

It's quite difficult to get started for the first time.

But, it’s really novel and fresh!

"Can it be optimized in December?" Su Wei handed over her phone after a failure.

"As much as possible, the domestic team is a little behind in optimization. Let the foreign team take over and try in the next three months." Fang Zhuo said with some regret, "The Android system really needs greater evolution. Fortunately, for users, Everything is new."

"Charge it first, and I will help you evaluate it tomorrow." Su Wei made a request, and then asked, "What's the name of the game?"

"It hasn't been officially named yet, but it will probably be called Fruit Killer," Fang Zhuo replied.

Su Wei nodded, which was appropriate.

She was looking forward to how the game would look after it was optimized, and felt that it would most likely become popular.

The next day, during the Mid-Autumn Festival, Su Wei took Fang Zhuo to the hospital for a physical examination. The results of the items that came out that day were basically all right. It would take a few days for a more detailed report to be fully released.

Because the time went faster than expected, Zhou Xin’s family was called over for the Mid-Autumn Festival moon viewing in the evening.

Not to mention having fun with family and friends.

When the excitement subsided, Fang Zhuo arrived home and suddenly realized that he seemed to have forgotten to buy a gift for Weiwei.

Do you give gifts during the Mid-Autumn Festival? Not sending it? Send it?

"I heard that there is a new famous brand store in Shanghai. Let's go shopping tomorrow?" Fang Zhuo suggested.

"Come on, come with me." Su Wei brought Fang Zhuo to the cloakroom with a smile, then opened a cabinet door, revealing a dazzling array of bags in front of him.

Fang Zhuo: "..."

He hadn't noticed that Weiwei liked buying these before.

"I didn't buy it." Su Wei seemed to know what Fang Zhuo was thinking, "The richest man in the Mainland, what a big show. You fly around, and others can't find you. I'm on e-commerce, and people can find me. .”

"Are they all given by others?" Fang Zhuo frowned slightly.

"Look, this is a gift from Zhou Xin's wife Yu Lanyu. We have such a good relationship, why don't you accept it? Hey, that bag was also a gift from her." Su Wei picked up one casually, "It looks like Yu Lanyu , I just took it casually, and everyone else basically gave gifts of equal value in return."

She closed the cabinet door: "It's all because of your CEO Fang Da, not only the bag, but also other gifts."

"You never mentioned it to me." Fang Zhuo said.

"It's not hard to keep busy. I'm mainly busy. If I have some free time, I might not be able to fit it in the house." Su Wei said with a smile, "Tesco will try to open a cosmetics section at the end of the year, so I won't have to buy these."

Fang Zhuo thought for a while: "The front camera of Yike's mobile phone, the cosmetics section of Yigou e-commerce, what else do female friends need? I'll see if I can buy them all together."

"Then I'm afraid I have to dig up Taobao sellers who have made a big impact." Su Wei said without hesitation, "You want to give me a gift, right? See if you can make Taobao aware of it."

Fang Zhuo glanced at the female CEO of Tesco and felt vaguely that she was about to make a move.

But it's okay, he is very ready to make a move now.

During the two-day holiday, the shopping planned on the second day did not happen.

Fang Zhuo just stayed at home, having a rare day of relaxation, watching TV, rolling on the sheets, practicing calligraphy, rolling on the sheets, eating something, rolling on the sofa...

Vacation time disappears in a blink of an eye.

Fang Zhuo felt as if he was on vacation, but at the same time, he didn't seem to be on vacation.

The European and American markets of Yike Mobile Phones are in full swing preparing for the upcoming pre-sales.

Fang Zhuoren was in Shanghai and saw the CCTV Spring Festival Gala bid that Yike was going to participate in and gave him the instruction "at all costs". This sentence increased Yike's bidding budget by 20 million.

Judging from the current domestic 3G progress, Yike mobile phones may not be able to be launched on the market in 2008.

"What if we can't sell it domestically in 2008?" Yike executives reported the risks to Mr. Fang, which meant a year-long waste of publicity including the Spring Festival Gala.

Fang Zhuo thinks this is not a problem at all: "It's very simple, then vote for another year."