Just when Director Qin was confused, Wang Yi took out another pen and filled in the blank space of the agreement:
"We will mass-produce 40 nanometers before the end of December 2013, and deliver it to a fab with a monthly production capacity of 50,000 wafers."
"40nm will be mass-produced before the end of June 2013, and will be delivered to a fab with a monthly output of 75,000."
"We will mass-produce 40 nanometers before the end of December 2012, and send it to a fab with a monthly production capacity of 100,000 wafers!"
After Wang Yi finished filling it out, he said with a smile: "Director Qin, is there any problem with the content of the agreement?"
"!!!" Director Qin's mouth twitched, but he could only nod: "No problem."
"Then please sign Director Qin's autograph." Wang Yi smiled and handed over the pen.
A 12-inch wafer fab with a monthly output of 100,000 wafers and an annual output of 1.2 million wafers!
Thinking about it makes me excited!
Although the photolithography machines and other equipment must be purchased by oneself, the land and the hardware facilities of the wafer factory given by the Imperial Capital alone are worth tens of billions!
Director Qin took the pen and looked at the contents of the agreement with an extremely complicated expression.
Damn it, this guy Wang Yi really came prepared!
The agreement is ready, all we need to do is fill in the specific numbers!
It's fine now. It's really hard to get off the tiger.
It is difficult to go back on something you just promised.
But after Director Qin thought about it, it didn't matter.
Chip research and development and chip manufacturing are projects strongly supported by the government.
If there is really any output, it will be worth the official investment of tens of billions, but if there is no output, it will be the same as Hanxin, a money-making thing.
Therefore, officials are more cautious and do not dare to invest easily.
But Xingyi Semiconductor is different. It produces output first and then invests.
The 40nm process will be mass-produced first before it is sent to the second large-scale wafer fab. If it cannot be mass-produced, it will not be sent at all!
There is no need to worry.
More importantly, once Xingyi Fab is serious about producing 40 nanometers this year, it will directly surpass SMIC and become the number one semiconductor giant in mainland China!
Compared with TSMC, Samsung, and Intel, the gap has also been greatly narrowed.
As the mainland's leading semiconductor company, we have done a lot of good deeds!
Even if a large-scale wafer fab with a monthly production capacity of 100,000 wafers is provided, so what?
Just by paying subsequent taxes, you can get your money back in a few years!
Moreover, such high-end craftsmanship is needed by the Imperial Capital and the Xia Kingdom, and the higher-ups will not object.
"You!" Director Qin shook his head and signed anyway.
"Thank you, Director Qin." Wang Yi smiled.
Director Qin's face looked a little dark, and then he shook his head:
"Dr. Wang, don't be too happy too early. If you can't mass-produce 40 nanometers and the yield rate can't reach 85%, let alone a fab with a monthly output of 100,000 wafers, it will be difficult to get support in the future.
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Wang Yi didn't care at all: "Don't worry, Director Qin, just prepare the fab."
"So confident?" Director Qin was noncommittal. He didn't think that Xingyi Semiconductor could easily handle the 40-nanometer process that SMIC had not completed for several years.
This is unrealistic.
Wang Yi is full of confidence.
He had communicated with Mr. Hu a long time ago that there was no pressure to mass produce 40 nanometers a year ago, and it would not even be used until a year ago.
As for the reason, it is naturally that although SMIC has many people, its quality is limited and it lacks top talents.
Mr. Liang has not joined this node yet.
The train runs fast because of the headband.
In the previous life, SMIC ushered in rapid development by leaps and bounds after Mr. Liang joined.
But now, if SMIC has no leader, it is still fighting among itself and only focusing on power and profit. How can it carry out the research and development of 40nm process in a practical way?
Xingyi Semiconductor is completely different. Not only are top experts like Mr. Liang’s mentor Mr. Hu, but also Mr. Hu’s other students and Mr. Liang’s classmates joining the company.
Even if these students are not as good as Mr. Liang, they are still semiconductor talents.
The entire Xingyi Semiconductor is united in its efforts to develop the 40nm process!
No matter what needs Mr. Hu has, Wang Yi and the entire Xingyi Technology Group will provide maximum support.
Compared with fighting in a nest and fighting for power, SMIC is completely different!
Under this situation, with industry experts + strong teams + full support + unity, it is only a matter of time before 28nm is achieved, let alone the 40nm process?
To put it bluntly, the 40nm process is easy for Mr. Hu’s team to handle.
The research and development in the past few months has only been to study a brand new solution to completely avoid patent barriers.
Why were SMIC afraid in the previous life?
It means using other people's technology and thus being controlled by others.
Wang Yi's goal from the beginning was to bypass patented technology and create a completely new solution.
Then there is no need to worry about getting stuck.
In addition, with this huge wafer fab, we can seduce Mr. Hu again.
Give Mr. Hu a shot of chicken blood and make Mr. Hu’s 40-nanometer process go one step faster.
Typical deceit from both ends!
But Wang Yi thought about the photoresist again.
I have ordered lithography machines several times and kept adding more orders. Even if I get stuck in the future, the lithography machines are barely enough.
The current 40 nanometers, the future 20 nanometers, and the 14 nanometers will all be no problem.
Under multiple exposure technology, 12nm, 10nm, and even 7nm are no problem.
But if the photoresist gets stuck, it's all over.
This thing has a shelf life and cannot be stored for a long time!
In response, Wang Yi couldn't help but said: "Director Qin, is there any progress in the research and development of domestic photoresist?"
"Are you worried...worried that if your neck gets stuck and the photoresist is gone, the fab will shut down?" Director Qin could see Wang Yi's concerns.
Wang Yi nodded: "Yes, this is a big problem. To be honest, I want Xingyi Semiconductor to develop quickly, but I am afraid that if it develops too fast, it will cause blockade and suppression, which will lead to tragedy. After all, photoresist is a big problem
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Director Qin frowned, fell into deep thought, and sighed for a long time:
"I understand. This matter is indeed difficult to resolve. Currently, photoresist has been included in the official key R&D support projects, but your concerns are correct. I will write another letter and try my best to promote investment in photoresist R&D. But
There is no guarantee as to when it will be completed.”
"Okay, thank you, Director Qin." Wang Yi had some concerns in his mind.
It seems that the official research and development of photoresist is not enough. Xingyi Technology also has to invest funds in research and development.
With this two-hand preparation, whether it is an official breakthrough or a breakthrough from Xingyi Technology, the stuck neck problem can be solved.
If a person has no long-term worries, he must have immediate worries.
If we don’t make arrangements in advance now and wait until we are banned in four or five years, it will be too late.
The lithography machine is too complex and Xingyi Technology cannot develop it, so it can only invest in related companies.
But there should be hope for photoresist, right?
It is better to rely on yourself than to rely on anyone. This has always been Wang Yi's life principle.
The most advanced photoresist technology at the moment is in Neon Country.
The largest exporter of photoresist is also a neon country.
Wang Yi plans to poach people from Neon Kingdom!
If we recruit core technical personnel to break through high-end photoresist, there is hope.
Although this is difficult, it is not impossible.
Even the photoresist giants in Neon Country are not monolithic!
To put it bluntly, the whole world is a grassroots team. Is Neon really pervasive?
For example, right now, everyone says that Neon Country is world-famous for its craftsmanship spirit.
But Wang Yi knows very well that the so-called craftsmanship, which is faked everywhere and makes people laugh, is nothing but the spirit of craftsmanship.
Even Toyota and Honda are like this.
Similarly, the photoresist giant of Neon Country is not a saint, nor is he without selfishness or weakness.
As long as the treatment is adequate and the right person is found, you can definitely poach him.
Given time, the core technology of photoresist is expected to make rapid breakthroughs.
Wang Yi had a plan, so when he returned to Xingyi Science and Technology Park, he called Jian Ziyan over:
"Ziyan, let me tell you some important things."
"First, recruit a large number of game developers. Next, we need to expand the game development team."
"Chairman, in order to develop new games, our game department has been recruiting people. Coupled with the reputation and treatment of Xingyi Game's hit games, talents are constantly joining. Currently, there are more than 700 people in Xingyi Game Development Department. Meiyou from Jeju
The game development team has more than 500 people." Jian Ziyan couldn't help but say.
With a total of 1,200 people in total, such a team is quite terrifying.
Wang Yi waved his hand: "Not enough, not enough, keep recruiting! Next we have many large-scale games to be promoted at the same time, and we don't have enough manpower."
A team of dozens of people is enough for small games.
A team of hundreds of people is enough for medium-sized games.
But a large game with a team of hundreds of people will take several years to develop.
Games such as "Happy Xiaoxiaole" and "Defend Pomelo" are small games that can be developed in a few months by a team of dozens of people.
But the shortcomings are obvious. Without technical barriers, it is easy for friends to copy it.
But some games are different and cannot be copied, or cannot be copied.
For example, "Genshin Impact" in the previous life was not just a game, but also had a huge world view, game background, and plot.
It would be difficult to copy it.
We have to redesign an excellent world view and design a complete set of NPC plots that are effective!
These two points alone are a huge workload, equivalent to making a brand new "Genshin Impact"!
It would be difficult to make it in less than three years.
The investment capital starts from 600 million!
More importantly, it took three years and cost 600 million. Even if it is completed, it will only be "Genshin Impact 1.0". By then, Genshin Impact will have released 2.0 and 3.0, and the copied version will lag far behind.
The final result is a high probability of failure.
Therefore, no one copies this type of game at all, it cannot be copied, and even if it is copied, it will be sold out.
Similarly, the same is true for Switch’s masterpiece “The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild”.
It is also difficult to copy. After all, if it took three years to copy it, it would be equivalent to making a brand new game.
And you have to be stronger than the original to defeat the original!
The degree of difficulty, capital investment, and time investment are all astronomical.
The vast majority of game companies do not have that kind of strength and courage.
Even BAT will not invest 700 million to 800 million yuan in order to plagiarize this kind of game and spend three years to win a future with a slim chance of winning.
The risk is too great!
More importantly, even if it is completed, 600 million is just the beginning, and each subsequent version will be almost 600 million!
But Wang Yi is different. He can make plans in advance. Before the Zelda Breath of the Wild project is approved, he can start the layout in advance and make it in advance.
Of course, the background has been completely changed.
Zelda: Breath of the Wild invested 750 million yuan and more than 200 people developed it for four years before it was made.
And Wang Yi decided to invest 500 million yuan and use 800 people to complete it in about a year!
As a dual player of "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild" and "Genshin Impact", Wang Yi is very familiar with the plots, settings, similarities, differences, and even the advantages and disadvantages of both.
"Genshin Impact" and "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild" take about a year to prepare the plot alone.
Wang Yida can directly set up the plot and leave it to several top writers from Meiyou Novel to write it.
Then, the plot and game are divided and divided into multiple teams for joint advancement.
To put it bluntly, Nintendo and MiHoYo in their previous lives were developed from scratch, but Wang Yi stood on their shoulders and directly copied and sublimated them!
That would be much easier.
As for the name, Wang Yi also thought about it, so it was called "Legend of the Star God".
"Ziyan, next we will develop a large-scale game called "Legend of Star God", which will require a team of 800 people." Wang Yi said.
"What? One game requires 800 people!" Jian Ziyan was shocked: "Okay, Chairman, I understand, then I will recruit more people."
Wang Yi nodded and began to calculate:
"Legend of the Star God" requires 800 people.
"Ring Fit Adventure" requires 300 people.
"Breakup Kitchen" requires 300 people.
The development of subsequent versions of "Defend Yuzu 2" and "Happy Xiaoxiaole" together requires 100 people.
After all, these two games are very popular right now, very profitable, and there are many copycat games.
If Xingyi Games wants to continue to make money, it can only release new versions like crazy, making copycat games unable to keep up.
Therefore, Wang Yi left a 40-person development team for "Defend Pomelo" to develop new maps.
"Happy Xiaoxiaole" has retained a development team of 60 people.
Additionally, there are several new games in development.
"Subway Surfers" was originally a game to be released in October next year. Wang Yi used a team of 100 people to develop it this year. It is now nearing completion and will be released in September this year.
"Tiantian Cool Run" is also a mini-game to be released in September next year. Wang Yi has arranged for another 100 people to develop it. In the fourth quarter, they will log in to chat about the mini-game.
"Time Hunter" is also a game to be released next year. Wang Yi arranged for 200 people to make it in advance. It is expected to be released in September!
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At present, friends and businesses are copying "Defend Youzi" and "Happy Xiaoxiaole", and Wang Yi has no way to stop it. He can only hand over the popular games in 2013 to the teams of Xingyi Games and Meiyou Games to develop and release them in advance.
This is also the reason why the current number of players in Xingyi Games and Meiyou Games exceeds 1,200.
Medium-sized games such as "Time Hunter" and "Subway Surfers" are launched on all platforms of IOS and Android.
As for "Legend of Star God", "Breakup Master", "Ring Fit Adventure" and other large-scale games with more than 10 gigabytes, they are exclusive to Xingyi series, so you have to buy Xingyi TV or Xingyi Switch!
"Let's recruit 2,500 people first! Recruit from both Jeju and the imperial capital!" Wang Yi said.
"Okay, Chairman."
"The second thing is to recruit photoresist research and development experts and go to Neon Country to see if you can recruit some core technical personnel. If you recruit big names, that would be even better. If necessary, you can ignore the cost!" Wang Yi
It means a lot.
"Photoresist!" Jian Ziyan understood instantly: "Okay, I will arrange it."
With Neon Country's photoresist talents, even if there are no top experts, the development time of photoresist can be shortened.
This is all inevitable.
After arranging these, Wang Yi returned to the office and began to conceive the game settings of "Legend of Star God".
The plot of "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild" is that after Link wakes up, he learns that the continent of Hela has been ruled by dark forces for 9,900 years. The people are in dire straits and are in dire straits. In order to save the continent of Hela, he embarks on a journey to find the mysterious power.
By meeting various characters such as mysterious old men, brave warriors, and erudite scholars, Link learned about the source of mysterious power and how to obtain it. He continued to improve, become stronger, challenge the dark forces, uncover the truth, fight against King Canon, and give Hela a decisive victory.
The mainland has brought new hope...
A plot like this would be commonplace ten years later, but it is definitely a top-notch plot now.
As Wang Yi, who has read 300 online articles, once he levels up, practice makes perfect.
The continent of Hela was replaced by the continent of Star God, and the Japanese style was replaced by Eastern mythology.
The pursuit of mysterious power was replaced by the pursuit of the power of the Star God.
As for the plot, it's easy too. Wang Yi simply set it up and left it to Meiyou's writer to write it out.
Since the establishment of Meiyou Novel, a large number of excellent writers have been trained, and there are no problems in creation.
The fighting styles have also been replaced with oriental elements.
By the time Wang Yi finished setting it up, it had become a brand new game.
The plot is completely different.
The settings are also very different.
But it seems more fun.
And considering the performance configuration, Wang Yi adopted the "Original God" mode for "Legend of the Star God", and iteratively updated version by version according to the map.
In this way, the first version is smaller in size, has lower performance requirements, is smoother, and can be played on Xingyi TV.
Once users become addicted, they will buy Xingyi switch.
After all, you can't carry the TV with you every day, but the switch is different. You can carry it with you and play a game on the bus or subway.
This is an unparalleled advantage.
Similarly, the Switch's large storage space also makes games more promising.
As for why Xingyi TV does not support installing applications to USB flash drives or mobile hard drives?
In fact, not only Xingyi TV does not support it, but almost all TVs of other brands do not support it.
After all, if it is supported, users will buy low-storage TVs. Who will buy high-end TVs in the future? Who will buy Xingyi switch?
Xingyi Technology will definitely launch large-capacity TVs in the future, including 16G, 32G, 64G, and 128G, but the price will be higher.
Wang Yi is a businessman. It is enough for a 4999 TV to give users a 6999 physical examination, but it is impossible to provide a 9999 experience.
To put it bluntly, you get what you pay for.
This is also the reason why future iPhone, Huawei, Xiaomi and other mobile phones will not support memory cards or removable batteries.
If it supports capacity expansion and everyone buys the 16G version, who will spend hundreds or thousands of dollars to buy the 64G version? The 128G version? The 256G version?
There is nothing we can do about this.
If we can achieve high quality, sufficient materials, and a smooth system, we have already defeated 99% of our competitors.
Wang Yi retreated for a day to finalize the structure of "Legend of the Star God" and handed it over to contracted writers from Meiyou Studio to perfect the plot, and to the development team to do preliminary preparations.
In one day, he shortened the entire development process by at least a year and reduced the investment in the entire game by 200 million.
For 200 million in one day + one year, Wang Yi thinks it is worth it.
After all, without Wang Yi's structure, it would take at least a year to create the entire plot from scratch, plus the cost of trial and error.
The extra manpower and material costs will definitely exceed 200 million.
In the future, all walks of life will be involved. Even the chairman of the board cannot stand aloof. On the contrary, he must exert his efforts when it is time to do so, and he must go deep into the grassroots when it is time to do so.
After all, in his previous life, Chairman Lei personally went to the track to perform drifting in order to promote SU7!
Wang Yi spends one day doing game settings, and in exchange for 200 million + a year, it is definitely worth it.
After arranging the game development matters, Wang Yi went straight to the wafer factory and approached Mr. Hu.
In other areas, you can also slow down the pace and figure it out slowly.
But chip production and chip research and development are top priorities, and they have fallen far behind and cannot continue to be delayed.
Especially when Apple’s new tablet is about to be released, it uses the A6X processor, which is simply invincible. By then, even the Xingyi tablet will be hit hard.
This will be a major crisis that Xingyi Technology is about to face!
"Mr. Hu, how is the trial production of the 40nm process going?" Wang Yi got straight to the point.
Mr. Hu took out a chip and said, "Dr. Wang, take a look, are you familiar with it?"
"This is... the router chip R1?" Wang Yi's eyes lit up and he became excited: "We have achieved a 40-nanometer process? So fast? No, the yield rate is not enough, right?"
Wang Yi calmed down so quickly, otherwise Mr. Hu would have announced the good news long ago.
Mr. Hu nodded: "Yes, the 40-nanometer process has been completed, but the yield rate is very low, only 34%, and the rest are waste cores!"
Achieving mass production of the 40nm process is just the beginning. How to increase the yield rate is the key.
There is a law in the wafer factory that every 1% increase in yield means a net profit of US$150 million!
If the yield rate is lower than 85%, the cost of forced mass production will be very high and there is a high probability of losses.
If the yield rate reaches 85% and mass production is carried out, the profit will be slim.
If the yield rate reaches 90% and mass production is carried out, the profit will be limited.
If the yield rate exceeds 95%, it has reached the first-class level, and the profits will be very scary!
Major wafer manufacturers such as TSMC, Samsung, and Intel all have a yield rate of over 95%.
Even if the yield rate is 90%, we can't receive many OEM orders.
If it is only 85%, not only will the OEM order not be received, but the order will also be returned and the order will be refunded.
The current yield rate of Xingyi Wafer Fab is only 34%, which is completely insufficient.
If it is forced to produce a chip that originally cost 30 yuan, with a yield rate of 34%, two-thirds of which are waste cores, the cost will go straight to 90 yuan.
If that's the case, that's it, the yield rate will be low, and the performance of the chip will also be poor.
To put it bluntly, 34% of successful chips are only low-level qualified chips, and their performance is much worse than high-quality chips manufactured by major manufacturers.
"Chairman, there are still some problems in the process. I am doing my best to investigate and I will definitely improve the yield rate!" Mr. Hu said in a deep voice, feeling that he had betrayed Wang Yi's trust.
Wang Yi waved his hand: "Mr. Hu, if you can achieve trial production of 40 nanometers in such a short period of time, it is very impressive. If it had been someone else, I'm afraid you wouldn't even have a 1% yield rate. I believe you!"
Wang Yi is telling the truth. How many months has it been?
Although the yield rate of 34% is completely insufficient, it was made after all.
If it were SMIC, it might not even be able to produce a qualified chip!
"Thank you, Chairman, for your trust. I will definitely not let you down!" Mr. Hu rolled his eyes and said solemnly, making up his mind to work overtime to improve the yield rate as soon as possible.
Chapter completed!