There's a black hole inside me

First of all, the big news: Longyao Company has successfully conquered the 5-nanometer chip manufacturing process.

It only took eight months.

This breakthrough was achieved.

It stands to reason that it will take at least two years to advance from 7 nanometer process technology to 5 nanometer, but Longyao Company has shortened this time to one-third.

Why so quickly?

On the one hand, this is due to the hard work of Longyao Company.

It is said that in order to conquer the 5-nanometer chip process in a short period of time, Longyao Company organized a "sleeping bag iron army" of more than 10,000 people - that is, they sleep in the factory, sleep when they are tired, and work when they wake up, divided into two shifts and work 24 hours a day. Hours of overtime work shortened the research and development progress by more than half.

In news pictures, when you see the densely packed sleeping bags on the factory floor, everyone will feel your scalp numb. Those office workers who complain about 996 every day will find that their work is too gentle.

As for Longyao Company's competitors, they can only feel fear from their souls.

Secondly, the talents poached with high salaries play a role.

The average annual salary of more than 3,000 technical talents poached from various chip foundries at home and abroad has reached 890,000, which is generally two, three, even five or ten times the original salary. As long as they help obtain certain technology nodes There are major breakthroughs and generous rewards, so anyone with a little bit of real talent can get an annual salary of more than one million.

There must be a brave man under the heavy reward!

Regardless of national identity and personal feelings, as long as the money is in place, even if you hate the company you work for from the bottom of your heart, you will still contribute your wisdom and wisdom honestly, and the moment you receive the salary, you will say it is great. .

This news also greatly excited the majority of technology enthusiasts.

"With 5 nanometers conquered, we are only one generation's technology gap away from the top overseas levels."

"No, in the first half of this year, Titanium Current Collection Company achieved small batch production of 2-nanometer chips. There is still a two-generation technology gap between us and them, and their 2-nanometer chips apply part of carbon nanotube technology to solve the problem of transistors. The leakage problem has broken the barrier that cannot be broken through in processes below 3 nanometers, and we have actually widened the gap. "

"I don't agree with the subjective view. The advantage of titanium current collectors is that they can use the convenience of the Western technology system without restriction. But now our photolithography machines, etching machines and other chip-related equipment have all caught up. Carbon nanotubes The chip has also been commercialized to produce a 45-nanometer pure carbon nanochip, which has the same performance as a 14-nanometer silicon chip. Moreover, the technology route we adopted has greater potential and is not based on the complementarity of silicon chips. In the future, we will produce 5-nanometer and 3-nanometer chips. The performance of pure carbon nanochips will be far superior to their 2nm chips.”

"Yes, chip manufacturing equipment has broken the monopoly. It is equivalent to competing on the same track. They are temporarily ahead by a big margin, but we will definitely catch up faster. Even if they have curves, we also have curves. , and our cornering potential is even greater!”

"As a consumer, I will just buy a Longyao phone equipped with a 5nm Kirin chip. Even if they don't use their 2nm chip, they won't make a penny from me. So what if it's more advanced?"

"Hahaha, that's right. First buy a 5nm chip Longyao mobile phone for emergency use. Wait about two years, and the 2nm Kirin chip will be released. Longyao company can complete the 5nm chip within eight months, then two It will be easy to conquer two nanometers within this year, and we can still wait for this time.”

The second big news!

It’s still related to chips and chip foundry.

That is, after more than half a year of accelerated construction, the first three chip foundry factories of Longyao Company have been built one after another. Most of the equipment has been installed in place, and personnel recruitment has been basically completed. It is expected to be put into use within three months. Undertake chip foundry business.

Although it will take some time for the factory to be up and running, OEM orders have begun to be placed, and Longyao's business personnel have begun traveling across the country.

Longyao Company's strategy for attracting orders is very simple. It is just one sentence: "We only want half the price."

That is to say, all customers who have chip foundry needs, no matter what price they negotiate with other foundries, Longyao Company only charges half the price.

For example, customer A has negotiated with a foundry to produce 500,000 chips for 10 million yuan. Longyao Company only needs 5 million yuan, half of which, and the customer immediately saves 5 million yuan.

The most jaw-dropping thing is that in order to grab orders, Longyao Company simply sent more than 30 business teams to block the entrances of more than 30 domestic chip foundry companies. Every time a potential customer came over, they came up to talk to each other. When changing contact information, the most frequently mentioned sentence is: "No matter what price you negotiate with this foundry, we at Longyao only want half. Remember, only half!"

Come down with this move.

More than 30 domestic foundry companies, including Huaxin International, Tianhong Semiconductor, and Futukang Semiconductor, were soon stunned to discover that their foundry orders were plummeting at a cliff-like rate.

The Longyao Company's business team's frenzied rush for orders was called "crazy" by them, and they immediately took violent measures to drive them away, and issued the strongest protest through various channels:

"Longyao Company, stop this kind of unlimited business competition immediately!"

"Remove those business personnel immediately! Otherwise we will go through legal procedures and use legal weapons to protect ourselves."

"This kind of frenzied internal competition is not good for everyone. We are both Chinese companies. There is no need to worry about each other. We will end up losing!"

"Cooperation can be negotiated, but competition must follow rules! Don't use cruel and despicable means to kill each other. In the end, there will be no winner and overseas OEM companies will be advantaged in vain."

"One final warning! If we find any related business personnel activities around the factory, we will send them all to the police station and follow legal procedures!"

"Longyao Company, stop immediately!"

"..."

However, these protests and warnings were completely ineffective.

At the entrance of each foundry, Longyao's sales staff are still active, even engaging in guerrilla warfare and propaganda wars, which can always attract the attention of potential customers and lead to conversations.

If you just grab orders, that's it. This method can't take away partners who have cooperated with you all year round.

The problem is that those Longyao business people, and even the employees in their factory, have begun to poach, and the most common phrase on their lips is "at least double the salary."

Low-level technicians can be poached with double their salary.

Mid-level operators, three times the salary.

Production line team leader, five times the salary.

Senior technical backbones are poached with ten times their salary.

Employees are poached every day, and talent is lost every day.

The managers of these foundry companies almost collapsed.

"Madman, Longyao Company is a madman!"