As for whether there will be an accident?
Will the 4G international standard no longer be LTE?
That won't happen!
Without him, the current LTE is dominated by the empire. They have invested a lot of money and occupy the largest share of patents.
If LTE becomes obsolete, the empire will not agree!
The number of these LTE patents acquired by Wang Yi is small compared to a country, but it is quite a lot compared to a mobile phone company.
What's more, last year, Wang Yi recruited a large number of communication experts and experts to continue to develop new LTE patents. In the future, there will be a steady stream of 4G patents, creating a patent moat for Xingyi Technology.
Coupled with other related patents developed and acquired by Wang Yi, Xingyi Technology's moat will only grow stronger.
It is only a matter of time until it goes on sale globally like Huawei.
But before that, Wang Yi's goal is to overturn Apple and win the domestic market!
As for x buds and Xingyi Tablet, you can go to sea directly to fight!
Goertek's production capacity continues to increase, and its daily production capacity will reach 150,000 units, which is 4.5 million units a month, which is enough to sell.
After all, the domestic market will not be able to sell three million dollars every month, and it will only drop to about two million in the future.
The excess production capacity needs to be absorbed by the European and American markets.
The internationalization of x buds can only be promoted as quickly as possible. Once it is copied, it will be in big trouble.
Although big European and American brands are afraid of patent prosecution and will not copycat, some small countries are not afraid at all.
It’s better to push forward as soon as possible and capture the global market as soon as possible.
At worst, let Goer continue to add orders!
That night, Wang Yi and Lao Huang agreed on an additional order of tens of millions, and they had a great time drinking.
I didn’t return to the hotel until after ten o’clock.
Early the next morning, we set off on the journey again, heading straight to California.
Mr. Hu is now working as a teacher in California.
In fact, Mr. Hu has always been a teacher and a true master of technology. Mr. Liang is Mr. Hu’s student and his most proud disciple.
The technical route taken by Mr. Liang is also the FinFET architecture innovative by Mr. Hu.
As for how powerful the FinFET architecture is?
Break the limitations of the 20nm process and work all the way to 16nm, 14nm, 12nm, 10nm, 7nm, 5nm, and 4nm!
It can be said that without Mr. Hu’s FinFET architecture, the time for global semiconductors to break through the 20-nanometer process would have been delayed for many years.
If Xingyi Semiconductor has Mr. Hu, it will have a bright future!
This is why Wang Yi flew all the way to the empire to meet Mr. Hu in person.
Fortunately at the moment, it has not attracted the attention of the empire, and there is no hysteria about the siege of the East.
After a few years, Wang Yi from the empire may not even dare to come.
It is better to take advantage of the current stable market situation and buy what should be bought in advance, win what can be obtained in advance, and dig out what should be dug in advance.
Wang Yi will never leave Xia Kingdom no matter who he loves in the future.
The enemy has no moral integrity and no lower limit. Safety comes first.
In the afternoon, Wang Yi came to California, met Mr. Hu, smiled and extended his hand:
"Mr. Hu, I have heard about his name for a long time, but today I finally met him!"
Wang Yi was in awe of this technology giant who created a semiconductor era.
Mr. Hu is not only a technical master, but also an honorary professor and part-time professor in Qingbei.
In 1990, a graduate scholarship was established and domestic students were called upon to return to China to develop the semiconductor industry.
Together with his father and younger brother, he also established the Hu Scholarship Fund in Jiangsu Province to reward graduates with excellent academic performance but poor family backgrounds to go to college.
Wang Yi admired this kind of existence very much.
"You're welcome, Mr. Wang. Your name is also well known to me!"
Mr. Hu smiled and said: "Even in the Empire and California, there are a group of people discussing you. When discussing the xphone 1, they bluntly said that it is a mobile phone that is comparable to the iPhone 4s, or even better than the iPhone 4s. It is a pity that the Empire has not been launched. Otherwise I would have to buy one!”
Wang Yi sighed: “Xphone 1 also considered launching it overseas, but the lack of patents deterred us.”
Hu Laozheng nodded, feeling helpless: "Patents are a big issue. HTC has been sued continuously and banned from sales many times, resulting in heavy losses. It is a wise move not to launch the Xingyi mobile phone overseas. It is a pity!"
But Wang Yi didn't care: "It's okay, the difficulty is only temporary. One day, everything will be solved."
"Oh? Director Wang is already doing patent layout?" Mr. Hu became interested.
With a few simple words, he realized that Wang Yi was not simple.
If it had been anyone else, let alone making mobile phones, they would not have been so successful, let alone the patent layout!
But what about Wang Yi?
The first mobile phone was an epoch-making flagship of the year, crushing the iPhone 4S. It even laid out patents in advance!
It can be said that Wang Yi has done what HTC has not been able to do for many years!
Even a great guy like Mr. Hu admires him immensely.
Wang Yi nodded: "It is indeed already being done. We have established a 4G research institute, recruited a large number of communication experts, experts, and even academicians to develop 4G patents in advance. We have also acquired some LTE core patents."
"Acquiring LTE core patents?" Mr. Hu became interested: "The 4G international patent has not yet been determined, and various parties are still competing. How can Director Wang be sure that LTE is the international patent of 4G?"
Wang Yi smiled slightly: "It's a gamble, but I feel that I have a good chance of winning."
Mr. Hu was noncommittal: "If the bet is right, Xingyi Mobile's patent moat will be established. If it is wrong, all the money will be lost."
Wang Yi, however, was full of confidence: "We will definitely win."
"I hope so." Mr. Hu changed the topic: "Dr. Wang, you have come all the way here, but what's the matter?"
Wang Yi said frankly: "To be honest, our Xingyi Technology is preparing to focus on chip manufacturing. The first 12-inch wafer fab is under construction and will be delivered before the end of the year."
Mr. Hu was shocked: "..."
I never thought that Wang Yi not only makes mobile phones, but also makes chips!
That’s awesome!
"I admire Mr. Hu very much, so I came to California specifically to invite Mr. Hu to join Xingyi Semiconductor as the president and chief technical director of Xingyi Semiconductor!"
"As long as you join, you have the final say on how Xingyi Semiconductor develops! I will give you absolute freedom! Of course, all the benefits will be in accordance with the high standards of the industry, and there will also be certain stock options!"
For such a big boss, Wang Yi has to give away shares!
Mr. Hu was silent: "..."
For a moment, I didn’t know what to say.
He never imagined that Wang Yi came to him and invited him to join Xingyi Semiconductor!
Mr. Hu took a deep breath and said solemnly: "Dr. Wang, are you serious? Do you really want to make semiconductors? Do you know that the water in the wafer fab is too deep? The investment in any 12-inch wafer fab will be 20 billion!"
Wang Yi nodded: "I know that more than 10 billion in special funds have been prepared to purchase lithography machines and other equipment. I will reduce my holdings in BYD's shares and cash out several billion more as follow-up funds.
We ensure that the 12-inch wafer fab will be delivered this year, the equipment will be available early next year, and production will begin in the middle of the year or in the second half of the year!"
If Mr. Hu hadn't joined, Wang Yi could not be in a hurry and slowly invest in the equipment of the wafer factory, which cost 20 billion.
But with the addition of a master like Mr. Hu, not to mention the 55nm process, even the 45nm process can be easily handled.
Mr. Hu is studying the direction within 20 nanometers, 40 nanometers, and 28 nanometers, which are all dimensionality reduction attacks.
For example, when Mr. Liang joined Samsung, in just three or four years, Samsung achieved a breakthrough from 45nm process to 14nm process, leading TSMC and taking away all major orders from Apple.
The strength of this kind of technical master is so terrifying.
As Mr. Liang's master, Mr. Hu is stronger and has hope of completing 16 nanometers in three years, let alone 28 nanometers.
As a result, all equipment such as photolithography machines and etching machines must be installed as soon as possible, otherwise the start of production will be delayed.
20 billion has to be invested within one year. The financial pressure is too great, and BYD can't do anything without reducing its holdings.
"Director Wang, have you really prepared 20 billion? This...this..." Mr. Hu was very surprised and didn't know what to say for a moment.
Wang Yi can't do it without exposing these things. Without these capital, Mr. Hu will not decisively join Xingyi Semiconductor.
Only when he sees enough strength will Mr. Hu be tempted.
Sure enough, the expression on Mr. Hu's face changed again and again: "Dr. Wang, are you serious?"
"Of course! Whether it is Meiyou's clothing and cosmetics business, or the later pillar industry of Xingyi mobile phones, and future semiconductors, they are the core industries of Xingyi Technology."
"But this road is not easy to walk, and it will cost a lot of money!" Mr. Hu said solemnly.
Wang Yi nodded: "I know that this road is difficult to walk, very difficult, but someone has to walk. If I don't do high-end semiconductors, who will do it? If you can't break through, you can only rely on external forces everywhere and be constantly beaten. Stuck in the neck, sanctioned.”
"Yes, what you said makes sense." Mr. Hu was shocked and saw Wang Yi's determination.
"As for SMIC, I originally planned to invest directly in SMIC, but the situation there is more or less clear. The power struggle is serious and it is difficult to achieve anything. In desperation, I can only do it myself and do it myself!"
Word by word, Wang Yi spoke sincerely.
Hu Lao sighed: "After Lao Zhang left, SMIC... Oh, let's not mention it. You are right to make such a decision. The mainland needs high-end semiconductors! It needs Xingyi Semiconductor!"
"I also need you, Mr. Hu!" Wang Yixiao said: "Mr. Hu, without you, Xingyi Semiconductor's future will be bleak. Please don't refuse, someone has to do some things. I will solve the financial problem, but there are technical problems. It’s up to you! Please also ask Mr. Hu to join Xingyi Semiconductor!”
"This... alas!" After some thought, Mr. Hu sighed:
"To be honest, since I left TSMC, I had no intention of getting involved again. You know, I only like to study technology and don't like infighting for power, but no matter where I go, infighting is inevitable. I can After leaving, the others will..."
Wang Yi understood what Mr. Hu said.
When I was at TSMC, Mr. Liang went first, and later Mr. Jiang also went.
In the end, TSMC invited Mr. Hu to take charge as chief technology officer. As Mr. Hu’s beloved disciple, Mr. Liang naturally defected to his mentor immediately.
So TSMC became the Hu Lao faction and the Chiang Lao faction.
Mr. Hu is also in charge, and Mr. Liang has made outstanding contributions, making TSMC's process breakthroughs crazy.
But Mr. Hu, like Mr. Liang, likes to develop technology in a down-to-earth manner, and really doesn't like this kind of struggle for power.
Even if Mr. Hu is tempted by Xingyi Semiconductor, he is worried about this issue.
Wherever there are people, there are rivers and lakes.
Wang Yi smiled slightly: "Mr. Hu, don't worry, I can leave the management of Xingyi Semiconductor to you. I will name it as the chairman, and you have the final say on the rest. You decide on the senior management and core team of Xingyi Semiconductor, and who will be hired by you." You have the final say on who to use! As long as the process is up to standard, I won’t interfere too much in anything else.”
The meaning is very simple, as long as you join Xingyi Semiconductor, you have the final say in everything.
There is no need for a high-level person to be parachuted in to suppress you, or to share power with you to check and balance.
"This..." Mr. Hu was greatly excited. Such treatment was incredible.
Wang Yi continued: "I don't have many ideas about other semiconductor tycoons. The only one I like is Mr. Liang, who is also your favorite disciple. If the time comes, I can recruit him to be your right-hand man. As for Mr. Jiang, I don't like this person. !”
Those are the only people in the semiconductor circle, and their relationships are very clear.
Whether now or in the future, there are clear distinctions between the various factions.
One faction is Mr. Hu, headed by Mr. Liang.
One faction is led by Mr. Jiang.
SMIC in the previous life was too greedy. Mr. Liang had made so many outstanding contributions to SMIC, yet he still wanted to bring in his arch-enemy Mr. Jiang. He wanted both and wanted more. It was too greedy.
Wang Yicai would not be like this. He firmly chose Mr. Hu and Mr. Liang from the beginning.
In this way, Mr. Hu will be in charge of the Xingyi Peninsula in the early stage. After a few years, when Mr. Hu is old and wants to retire, he can also let his disciple Mr. Liang take over. Such a smooth transition will not cause too many twists and turns. .
There is no way. Mr. Hu was born in 1947 and is now 65 years old. When he turns 70 in five years, he will probably be relegated to the second line.
When the time comes, my beloved disciple Mr. Liang will take over, and everyone will be happy.
Mr. Hu understood Wang Yi's meaning and was in a good mood: "The so-called old man is always ambitious. Since Mr. Wang thinks so highly of me, then I, an old man like me, will fight again!"
"Welcome Mr. Hu to join our Xingyi Semiconductor!" Wang Yi smiled.
The negotiation went smoothly!
The main reason is that he has a sincere attitude and is willing to spend 20 billion at the first time. He is not like Hongxin who wants to take advantage of the pie.
He also respected Mr. Hu enough, and he couldn’t refuse both the shares and the high salary.
"Thank you, Director Wang, for trusting me. I will definitely build Xingyi Semiconductor as soon as possible!" Mr. Hu said confidently.
"As the founder of FinFET structure, I absolutely believe in Mr. Hu's strength!" Wang Yi said, taking out two contracts:
"As for the treatment, I give you two options."
"A high salary alone, comparable to Samsung, with an annual salary of 30 million yuan."
In the semiconductor industry, annual salary is very transparent.
For example, before Mr. Liang, his annual salary at TSMC was only about 10 million yuan. In order to poach Mr. Liang, Samsung directly gave him three times that, 30 million!
When Wang Yi's Xingyi Semiconductor just started, it matched Samsung and offered three times the benefits of TSMC. Mr. Hu was very excited.
Wang Yi continued: "The other kind has an annual salary of only tens of millions, but there are also equity incentives. At the price of five yuan per share, I will give you 8 million restricted shares of Xingyi Semiconductor!"
Mr. Hu was overjoyed. No matter the first or the second type, the treatment was very good.
At present, TSMC only has an annual salary of tens of millions. Wang Yi’s annual salary of thirty million can only be said to be very generous.
As for Option 2, the annual salary is only 10 million, but there are still 8 million shares of stock!
According to the current valuation, it is 40 million, which is equivalent to Wang Yi giving him 40 million for free.
Both options look good, but the second one is obviously better.
Without him, now that Xingyi Semiconductor has just started, 8 million shares are only 40 million.
But when Xingyi Semiconductor is put into production and the valuation soars, it will be more than 40 million, and 400 million is possible!
If it is successfully listed and the stock price skyrockets, it is possible that it will reach 4 billion!
This is the benefit of equity incentives!
"Director Wang, I choose option two!"
"Okay!" Wang Yi pushed the contract over.
Both sides looked at it and saw that there was no problem and signed the contract.
At this point, Mr. Hu officially joined Xingyi Semiconductor and became the president of Xingyi Semiconductor and concurrently served as the R&D Director!
After the signing was completed, Mr. Hu asked decisively: "Director Wang, I heard you just said that Xingyi Semiconductor's 12-inch wafer fab is under construction and will be delivered before the end of the year."
"Yes, it will be delivered by the end of the year."
"The equipment must also be ordered in advance. Once it is delivered to the wafer fab, the equipment will be brought in directly and debugged, so that trial production of some low-end processes can begin in the middle of next year."
Wang Yi nodded: "The equipment must be decided now. Especially the core lithography machine. If you can buy it, 1960 is the best. If you can't, you can only buy 1950i. To avoid being blocked by the empire, let's buy 20 units at one time!
Photoresist and other core materials should also be stocked up in advance."
Mr. Hu agreed very much: "Director Wang's concern is very necessary. With the development of Xingyi technology, it is easy to be targeted by the empire."
Wang Yi sighed: "Yes! There are still many preparations. However, ASML is more arrogant and ordered so many photolithography machines at one time. I guess..."
Mr. Hu smiled slightly: "Dr. Wang, leave this matter to me. I am somewhat of a thin man at Asmai."
"That's great." Wang Yi smiled, waiting for your words:
"The same goes for other equipment. Mr. Hu has to decide what equipment to buy and how much equipment is needed. As for the funds, the parent company Xingyi Technology will directly allocate them!"
The corner of Mr. Hu's mouth twitched: "..."
How do you feel about being on a pirate ship?
Does he have to decide it himself?
Could it be that they haven’t recruited anyone yet?
Sure enough, what are you afraid of?
Just listen to Wang Yida: "Mr. Hu, Xingyi Semiconductor has just started, and the wafer fab is full of waste. What kind of talents are needed? Make a list of those talents, and I will ask the human resources department to find them! Your assistant team
, it’s easy to use and can be signed as a whole!”
Old Man Hu is getting older: "..."
Sure enough, Xingyi Fab is an empty shell.
There is only one fab under construction and more than 10 billion funds!
But with all the thieves on board, there is really nothing we can do. Who can let Wang Yi give him more money, more shares, and more power?
Mr. Hu found it very challenging!
"Director Wang, OK, I'll recruit the people and order the equipment. But we have to discuss the process issues and chip order issues."
Mr. Hu hit the nail on the head: "The main product of Xingyi Technology is the Xingyi mobile phone. The current mobile phone chip is still 45 nanometers, but the NVIDIA quad-core that will be launched soon is 40 nanometers, and the Qualcomm quad-core that will be launched in the middle of the year is 28 nanometers!"
"Our wafer fab will start production in the middle of next year at the earliest. It is simply unrealistic to directly reach 28 nanometers in a short time!"
Wang Yi nodded: "Mr. Hu, you are right to worry. In the first year of production, it is indeed unrealistic to do 28nm. But we can try 55nm and do it step by step."
"Xingyi Semiconductor has recruited many chip designers from Texas Instruments and is developing mobile phone chips and basebands, and is also developing smart home chips."
"Mobile phone chips start with 28 nanometers, and they won't be mass-produced next year. But the smart home chip process requirements are not high, either 55 nanometers or 45 nanometers. We can try to produce them next year."
Hu Lao suddenly realized: "So that's it, there are smart home chips. It seems that smart home chips are also one of Wang Dong's important strategies."
"Yes, semiconductors are expensive, and fabs are even more expensive. We can't wait for the process to break through to 28 nanometers to start making profits. We can only make breakthroughs in technology while producing low-end chips to achieve profitability. The fabs must not be left empty. production capacity.”
"Yes, this idea is the safest." Mr. Hu agreed very much:
"However, I suggest that we modify the R&D route. If we start late and proceed step by step, we will be at a disadvantage. It is better to skip the 55nm node and start R&D directly from 45nm. In one year, we can complete 45nm and strive to complete it by the end of 2013. 45nm will be put into production in half a year!”
"Can this be done?" Wang Yi became interested.
Mr. Hu thought: "I have been a teacher for many years and have trained a lot of semiconductor talents. There is no pressure in research and development. Especially for backward processes such as 45 nanometers, it is not difficult. I will recruit people as soon as possible and start research and development in the second half of next year. It won’t be a problem to put 45nm into production.”
"Okay! Mr. Hu, I will do as you say!" Wang Yi frowned with joy.
A powerful boss speaks with confidence.
45nm smart home chips are enough to last for many years and will never be outdated!
Mr. Hu continued: "After the breakthrough of 45 nanometers, we will skip the 40 nanometer node and directly develop 32 nanometers! We will strive to put 32 nanometers into production by the end of 2014 and 28 nanometers by the end of 2015!"
Wang Yi thought for a while: "Develop 45 nanometers first. After the breakthrough of 45 nanometers, we can see if we can skip all 40 nanometers and 32 nanometers and directly develop 28 nanometers!"
Mr. Hu smiled: "Dr. Wang, you are more radical than me! This is very challenging, but it may not be impossible!"
Wang Yi nodded: "Yes, TSMC mass-produced 28nm chips in 2011, and our Xingyi Semiconductor only mass-produced 28nm chips in 2015. It was too slow, and Xingyi mobile phones could not be used at all. By 2015, TSMC and I’m afraid Samsung has mass-produced 14-nanometer chips! We have only mass-produced 28-nanometer chips, which is too slow.”
Most importantly, Wang Yi is worried that Xingyi Technology will be suppressed in 2015.
If we can't catch up with Samsung TSMC, we still have wafer factories but no high-end manufacturing processes.
It is best to use three or four years to catch up with Samsung and TSMC, that will be safe.
As for the 55nm, 40nm, and 32nm processes that are not used, just skip them all.
Like Samsung in the previous life, 20 nanometers did not go well and they skipped directly. They even skipped 16 nanometers and went straight to 14 nanometers!
In the end, it really worked, and it even overtook TSMC in a corner!
Hu Ming nodded: "Director Wang, I understand what you mean, then follow this rhythm. Remove the nodes in the middle, directly 45 nanometers - 28 nanometers - 14 nanometers!"
"Yes, we started late. Only by concentrating on developing core nodes and abandoning excessive nodes can we catch up and even overtake in corners!"
As a reborn person, Wang Yi knows that the so-called 55 nanometer, 40 nanometer, 32 nanometer, 20 nanometer, 16 nanometer, 12 nanometer, and 10 nanometer are all excessive process nodes!
Only 65 nanometer, 45 nanometer, 28 nanometer, 14 nanometer, 7 nanometer and 5 nanometer are core nodes.
The simplest thing is that now that TSMC has broken through 28 nanometers, it will soon completely abandon its 32 nanometer and 40 nanometer production lines, leaving only 45 nanometers.
In the future, low-end products will use the 45nm process, and high-end products will directly use the 28nm process.
The other 32 nanometers and 40 nanometers are neither higher nor lower, which is very useless and there is no need to occupy the production line.
This is especially true for Xingyi Semiconductor, which has directly developed in leaps and bounds from 45 nanometers to 28 nanometers to 14 nanometers.
The two parties then communicated on some other matters and details.
Finally, Mr. Hu said: "Director Wang, I need to spend some time in California to go through the resignation procedures. At the same time, I will recruit some powerful R&D engineers, and then go to the Imperial Capital."
"Okay, Mr. Hu, I'll wait for you in the Imperial Capital!"
"By the way, I'll contact ASML and order 20 photolithography machines first. This thing is the most troublesome."
"OK!"
With Mr. Hu here, Wang Yi was completely relaxed. Otherwise, he would have been troubled by the wafer factory's routine.
Very professional.
Even recruiting people is very troublesome.
But with Mr. Hu, with a wave of his arms, a number of core semiconductor talents joined.
When Mr. Hu goes to the Imperial Capital in a few days, he will never be alone. Instead, he will bring a dozen engineers with him.
The same was true for Mr. Liang before. When he joined Samsung, he directly brought some TSMC engineers with him!
These big guys all have their own teams.
Williams is like this, Hu Lao is like this too.
There are also photolithography machines. With Mr. Hu’s words, Asmai’s so-called inspection has become a formality.
In this case, funding is an issue.
Shorting Baidu's tens of billions can temporarily support it for a while, but it will cost tens of billions in the future.
BYD has to reduce its holdings, but wait until the reduction plan is correct in the middle of the month, and then reduce its holdings next month.
Wang Yi remembers that the good thing about BYD was that in February, its stock price reached its peak, and then it encountered a black swan event.
In the evening, Wang Yi returned to the hotel and received a call from Song Sining:
"Chairman, the sales of our xphone 1 have exploded again, with single-day sales exceeding 500,000 again!"
"???" Wang Yi was stunned: "Why are there so many?"
After the New Year's Day press conference, Wang Yi arrogantly said that the production capacity of Xphone 1 has been ramped up, and it is now in stock and can be purchased at any time.
As a result, the sales volume of xphone 1 hit 500,000+ that day, and the sales volume reached 30,000 to 400,000 in the following days. The inventory was completely exhausted, and the stock was shipped within two days.
With BYD's production capacity soaring, coupled with the Xingyi factory, the current daily production capacity exceeds 180,000 units.
Now it has finally recovered, and daily sales have reached 500,000+!
"What's going on?" Wang Yi was confused.
"Chairman, the first episode of "Happy Camp" was broadcast in 2012. Our xphone 1 was the exclusive sponsor and it sold out!"
Wang Yi laughed dumbly.
The xphone 1 has a super high-end appearance, a high-scoring large screen that is great for watching dramas, a front-facing 5 million camera for clearer selfies, Xiaoai AI voice assistant that beats Siri, and a two-year membership to Xingyi Video and Xingyi Music. …
Audiences who like to watch "Kuaiben" simply cannot bear these selling points. It is unrealistic if it does not become a hit.
It's just this effect that makes Wang Yi very convinced.
No wonder major companies spend so much money to compete in sponsoring popular variety shows.
The effect is really great!
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Chapter completed!