Reborn Tech Maniac

Chapter 600 Controversy between Yuliang and Baodao Semiconductor Industry
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Chapter 0633 The battle between Yuliang and Baodao semiconductor industry

Tang Huan followed Cao Xingcheng's prompt and looked over, and immediately smiled playfully.Not to mention the pleasantries and introductions before the banquet started, he also knew the details of the other party based on his name in the original time and space.

"If I remember correctly, this person is called Zhang Zhongmou. He is a senior professional talent invited by Baodao from the United States. He seems to be the dean of the Industrial Technology Research Institute." Tang Huan replied easily.

The Industrial Technology Research Institute originated from the "Natural Gas Research Institute" established in 1936. It is a legacy unit from the era when Japan colonized Baodao.

This largest industrial technology research and development institution in Taiwan has played a decisive role in the development of Taiwan's industries in terms of innovative research and development, personnel training, etc.

For example, the creation of Baodao's semiconductor industry benefited from the RCA technology transfer plan carried out by this pioneer in the mid-1970s. Cao Xingcheng was one of the engineers who went to the United States to learn semiconductor production technology at that time.

It can be said that UMC was established only by relying on the blood transfusion of the Industrial Technology Research Institute.

It is precisely because of this origin that it is inevitable that there will be collisions and differences in concepts between the two.Especially with the support of Tang Huan, UMC has developed rapidly and its strength has greatly increased. Cao Xingcheng has become more confident and has a louder voice. He dares to slam the table and insist on safeguarding his own interests. The attitude of not being close to my mother.

After UMC successfully developed Intel8086 and Intel80286 compatible CPUs, it can be said to have benefited a lot, which led Cao Xingcheng to form a business idea, that is, to further improve the manufacturing process and make a big fuss in the field of microprocessors.

With UMC's impressive success, Cao Xingcheng's opinion is naturally very authoritative.After all, according to his thinking, the most obvious benefit is to avoid the cruel price war launched by the wealthy and powerful Japanese semiconductor companies in the memory field.

However, when Zhang Zhongmou was favored by the top management of Baodao, the direction of the wind began to change.

He suggested that the technological development of Formosa’s semiconductor industry should give priority to the research and development of how to produce larger wafers, rather than the process technology that Cao Xingcheng believes, and then actively develop the fledgling wafer foundry manufacturing business by virtue of this capacity and cost advantages.

Obviously, this brand-new business model can also avoid the dumping and killing of products by the Japanese counterparts who are close at hand, and it seems that the prospect is better than Cao Xingcheng's traditional thinking.

As a result, it is conceivable how embarrassing Cao Xingcheng, who was originally highly sought after, was in an embarrassing situation. He was not hesitating to be slapped severely on the face, his face was swept away, and his reputation plummeted.

More importantly, all the resources that Cao Xingcheng had won, including funds and talents, have been temporarily suspended, and it seems that they will be transferred to the project of the model described by Zhang Zhongmou.

This is not difficult to understand. After all, Baodao's family has limited resources and it is not easy to get. Naturally, priorities must be considered.

Cao Xingcheng, who fell out of favor, couldn't hide his resentment and said: "It seems that Zhang Zhongmou is really famous in Baodao, and even Mr. Tang is so impressed. Sure enough, foreign monks like to chant scriptures! If he is still in the United States, it is estimated that It's hard to get into Mr. Tang's eyes."

After learning about the rift between Cao Xingcheng and Zhang Zhongmou, Tang Huan couldn't help but smile, thinking to himself, these two are really a pair of enemies, no matter what time and space they are in, the drama of Yu Liang's dispute is inevitable.

It is undeniable that Zhang Zhongmou, who has seen the industry trend of wafer foundry, is indeed better than Cao Xingcheng in terms of vision.

It's no wonder that Zhang Zhongmou, who is older, has his qualifications there.

As early as 1955, he entered Sylvania, the semiconductor department of Sylvania Corporation, and officially started his career in the semiconductor field; until 1958, the company he worked for became Texas Instruments, and he buried his head. In 25 years, he was finally promoted to the vice president in charge of global semiconductor business in Texas Instruments.

In this way, Zhang Zhongmou has worked in the semiconductor industry for nearly 30 years, and naturally has a more keen insight into the development trend of this field.

Tang Huan asked in a low voice with confidence: "Is it because you and I are getting too close, and the higher authorities are deliberately using Zhang Zhongmou to suppress you and Lianhua Electronics."

"Even for this reason, I don't regret it. Mr. Tang is righteous and worthy of deep friendship. He is countless times stronger than those politicians who are full of honey and swords."

Cao Xingcheng shook his head indifferently, and then sighed angrily, "The main reason is that my skills in life are not proper. I will inevitably get carried away when I am proud of the spring breeze, which makes some people unhappy. For example, I also speak directly and directly. For Zhang Zhongmou, who has lived in the United States for more than 30 years, he understands it as the most common way of communication in the West, which is arrogant to me."

After listening to Cao Xingcheng's introspection, Tang Huan thought about it.This is really the case, so he suggested: "Your foundation is Lianhua Electronics. If you develop it well, you don't need to care about anyone's eyes."

"The problem is that the Industrial Technology Research Institute has begun to reserve resources when it deploys resources." Cao Xingcheng spread his hands helplessly and complained sourly: "Seeing that my eldest son can run and dance, they began to turn all their thoughts to The youngest son who is about to be born is preparing for better growth conditions."

Tang Huan could understand Cao Xingcheng's mood, like an only child who was loved by thousands of people, but when he heard that his parents were going to bring him a younger brother or sister, he was inevitably disappointed.

"Isn't Zhang Zhongmou going to take over the post of director of the Industrial Technology Research Institute? If his business theory is to be put into practice, I'm afraid it won't be possible in a short time, right?" Tang Huan asked tentatively.

"It stands to reason that this is the case, but after digesting RCA's technical achievements, the Industrial Technology Research Institute is currently discussing cooperation with Philips. If this trend develops, there will definitely be another semiconductor company that is like UMC before. With blood transfusion support, a large number of resources, including talents and funds, will inevitably be diverted, and it will be difficult for me to get even the rain and dew." Cao Xingcheng looked a little worried.

"I have also cooperated with Philips, and I know its details quite clearly. It seems that the Industrial Technology Research Institute hopes to achieve a breakthrough in 6-inch wafer production technology as soon as possible to replace UMC's current 4-inch wafer production technology ." Tang Huan analyzed to himself.

"I also speculate in the same way." Cao Xingcheng couldn't control his annoyance, "Now that Lianhua Electronics has managed to gain a firm foothold, I didn't expect to have to be on guard against Xiao Qiang. My original plan was disrupted all of a sudden."

"No matter what, this is already a fait accompli. If you want to deal with it properly, you must first adjust your mentality."

Tang Huan coughed lightly, and said leisurely: "From the point of view of the top, I definitely don't want the bottom one to dominate, and then form a situation where the tail is too big to lose and it is difficult to command. The way of balance is the DNA of politicians, and you should understand their thoughts. UMC needs an opponent to check and balance in the Formosa semiconductor industry, and this layout can be packaged as a catfish effect, which will be understood and supported by everyone, and even UMC will recognize this survival rule."

Cao Xingcheng waved his hand dejectedly, "Mr. Tang's eyes are like a torch. Although I feel unwilling, I have now accepted this fact."

"Then the next trend will be simple." Tang Huan asked rhetorically, "Who is the catfish? Who is the tuna?"

Without waiting for the other party to answer, Tang Huan smiled faintly, "Of course the most valuable party is the tuna, and the value of the catfish is only to urge it to maintain vitality and keep moving forward. As long as UMC allows itself to have the value of the tuna, why should it care about those catfish? Competing for resources? If there are too many catfish, someone will naturally take away a few to maintain a balanced trend. The ecological environment chaos in the Baodao semiconductor industry that you are worried about will not happen."

"Mr. Tang can really wake up the dreamer with one word." Cao Xingcheng held up the cup convincingly, and after it drank, he pondered: "As long as UMC develops the 6-inch wafer production technology first, then the industry's status will be greatly improved." Naturally, it is as stable as Mount Tai; at the same time, through the attractive treatment, the most important talents will rush to join. But the premise of all this is that Mr. Tang will increase the intensity of care in terms of technology research and development and production orders."

"No problem, we can continue to emulate the project cooperation model of Intel8086 and Intel80286 compatible CPUs, and create the first 6-inch wafer manufacturing plant in Taiwan." Tang Huan agreed generously, "However, you have to be prepared to pay for it. I'm ready, and I can't make too many concessions in some links."

"Understood, it is very difficult to have the opportunity to exchange money for time and space. Others want this opportunity and still can't get it." Cao Xingcheng nodded and said.

After chatting for a while, Tang Huan stood up, "I will stay in Treasure Island for a few more days this time, and we will talk about the details later. Now I will help you weigh your competitors first."

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After Texas Instruments developed the microprocessor almost at the same time as Intel, it focused its energy on terminal products such as calculators and cheap personal computers.

At this point, the strategies adopted by Texas Instruments and Intel are completely different. The latter promises not to compete with its own customers, while the former rolls up its sleeves and shares the cake in person.

The calculator wars in the early 1970s were bloodied for this reason.

Manufacturers who used Texas Instruments CPUs and components to manufacture calculators could not compare to Texas Instruments' own cost advantage, and they were all out of the game, so that in the end the market was collectively ruined.

Fortunately, there is a personal computer market to take over, so that Texas Instruments can continue to copy this model to play, but it also encountered an evenly matched opponent.

As one of the disastrous losers in the calculator war, Jack Trammell of Commodore also noticed the prospects of the personal computer market, and summed up the experience and lessons. In 1976, he acquired MOS Technology, which was in financial crisis, and picked up the MOS6502 This big bargain, according to the model of Texas Instruments, has the say in CPU and memory.

Jack Trammell was even more unique in cost control. He fought fiercely with Texas Instruments in the field of cheap personal computers worth a few hundred dollars. In the end, the two sides even bargained for $100. As a result, it triggered the North American The market for home video game consoles collapsed, and Texas Instruments cut its losses and cut its losses.

Although Texas Instruments has withdrawn its mind from the terminal market and intends to be a semiconductor company in its own right, the memory price war launched by its Japanese counterparts has also heated up.

It is not difficult to imagine that the internal conflicts between Texas Instruments, which was facing a bankruptcy crisis, and what to choose were not generally sharp. It was at this point in time that Zhang Zhongmou left Texas Instruments, which he had worked for for 25 years.

However, this also happened to allow him to start his career turning point by taking advantage of the opportunity of being favored by Baodao.

Tang Huan and Zhang Zhongmou chatted for a while, and found that the other party's idea of ​​the foundry model was relatively mature.

After all, the model is well-documented, and the concept is becoming popular in Silicon Valley.The pioneers Bernie von der Schmidt of Xilinx and Gordon Campbell of Chipsand Technologies are actively trying.

Especially the latter, in terms of IBM-PC compatible motherboard chips and independent graphics chips, it has an eye-catching performance.

With the increase of these fabless semiconductor companies specializing in IC design, the market conditions for providing wafer foundry have also begun to mature.Treasure Island, which can give full play to its overall advantages and condense a certain amount of capital strength, but cannot be compared with Japan, is indeed suitable for this transaction.

And Zhang Zhongmou, who has profound experience in the industry and a keen sense of smell, has become a star figure in the semiconductor industry of Baodao, and it is unstoppable.

"In any case, the Yuliang dispute between Cao Xingcheng and Zhang Zhongmou is also good for himself." Tang Huan raised his glass to drink with Zhang Zhongmou and thought to himself.

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With a splash, Li Saifeng leaped gracefully into the swimming pool, dexterously like a mermaid, and swam towards the opposite side with all her might.

"One, two, three." Tang Huan, who had just finished his day's work, counted slowly, then jumped into the water and quickly caught up.

Li Saifeng just reached out to touch the wall on the other side, and when he was about to turn back, Tang Huan had already swam over.

After Xiao Nizi screamed, she laughed and splashed water on Tang Huan a few times.

Tang Huan hardly received any substantial interference, and smoothly kept pace with each other, leading by half a head...

Seeing that he was about to lose without any suspense, Li Saifeng simply cheated and hugged Tang Huan, like a fish print attached to a big ship through a suction cup.

Tang Huan laughed loudly, slowly brought Xiao Nizi ashore, and then walked towards the lounge chair while holding her limp body.

Li Saifeng struggled shyly, and said repeatedly: "Don't go outside."

"Then let's go into the room?" Tang Huan asked teasingly.

Li Saifeng didn't answer, just arched her little head in Tang Huan's arms.

　I don't know what's going on, when I updated, I posted a copy, wait for me to find an editor to deal with it.I will change the content of the repeated chapter tomorrow.Sorry.

　　I remember that the background update used to be divided into two steps: upload and release, but now the background update is one step: release, and the website has a blast without even a buffer.

　　
　
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