I’m Almost Losing to a Muggle

Chapter 757 As long as there is enough shamelessness (monthly ticket plus update 3341)

Miaoxin is researching mainly 28nm and 14nm technologies.

The 28nm lithography machine has been manufactured, but there is still a big gap between ASML and ASML's products of the same generation in terms of performance and yield.

Belongs to make do with the type.

At present, the focus of Miaoxin is to narrow this gap and manufacture a 28nm second-generation lithography machine with better performance as soon as possible.

In order to increase the competitiveness of domestic 28nm process chips.

As for the 14nm chip technology, although there have been a lot of breakthroughs, it is obviously not the focus of Miaoxin's current research.

It can only be said that the best research and the digestion of 28nm process technology promote each other.

At the end of 2014, Samsung announced that the world's first 14nm FinFET 3D transistor entered mass production, marking the entry of semiconductor transistors into the 3D era.

Bay Semiconductor will mass-produce the 16nm FinFET process in the second half of 2015.

Compared with Samsung and Intel, although their node names are different, Samsung and Intel are 14nm, and TSMC is 16nm, but they are in the same generation at the actual process technology level.

Miaoxin's 14nm process is not something that can't wait.

28nm is enough for it to stand firmly in the mid-range market, and it is a very huge market.

In the mid-to-high-end field, the mainstream process nodes in the market are 22nm, 16/14nm, 10nm, 7nm, and the future 5nm and 3nm, which are called master nodes.

From the current point of view, 3nm is the limit.

As for why the highest level given by the system is 2nm, Boss Lin doesn't understand at all, and it's useless to ask.

And 28nm, 20nm, 12nm, 8nm, etc., are called half-nodes, and these nodes have strong transition properties.

Therefore, in general, their market share is lower compared to those of masternodes.

But 28nm is relatively special.

28nm has a wide range of applications and is very mature because of its excellent cost performance.

After Gulf Semiconductor’s 28nm process was put into mass production in 2011, it took only one year for its revenue share to climb from 2% to 22%. The rapid expansion of advanced production capacity has helped Gulf Semiconductor to achieve Seize customer resources, expand the first-mover advantage, and make its production capacity structure significantly better than competitors, and bring higher gross profit margins with higher product added value.

How profitable is 28nm?

Take UMC, which focuses on the development of special processes, as an example. 28nm is its key business segment. For this reason, the company also gave up the research and development of advanced processes below 14nm.

That is to say, if I don't go down to research and development, it doesn't make sense.

When the size of the transistor is reduced to a certain extent (the industry believes that it is less than 10nm), quantum effects will occur. At this time, the characteristics of the transistor will be difficult to control, and the difficulty of chip production will increase exponentially.

If you put too much energy on higher-end technology, it is very likely that your company has gone bankrupt before you have researched it.

Therefore, under Sun Moyu's plan, the investment in 14nm technology is not the focus.

Let's make the second-generation 28nm lithography machine first.

At least it will take the second half of the year for a real 14nm lithography machine to appear.

However, the boss came up with 10nm technology (Note 1, forget about Note 1, it’s because the last chapter was wrong, this is 10nm).

So sad!

What do you want people to do?

Zhuang Xiang, the general manager of Miaosou, has already shut his mouth. This matter has nothing to do with him.

It doesn't matter whether it's holding the big Ivan's arrow and waving the 10nm chip to make Putian shut up, or the pain and happiness of starting 10nm without digesting 14nm, it has nothing to do with him.

This is Sun Moyu's business.

Wang Kuo, who was sitting next to Sun Moyu, bent down to pick up the chopsticks that Mr. Sun had dropped on the ground unknowingly, with a sympathetic expression on his face.

Isn't it a surprise, isn't it a surprise?

The next thing... Lin Dong originally wanted to name Li Changwei, but seeing Sun Moyu's state, he should be dealt with quickly.

Miao Xin, Mr. Sun, please report the situation on your side.

Sun Moyu regained his sanity from the confusion when he heard the boss calling his name.

We...we are just studying, studying all day long... Sun Moyu felt aggrieved when he said this.

We've obviously worked hard.

Why do I still have the feeling that I am useless.

If the research task is very heavy, then continue to increase the size. How much money did Bay Semiconductor invest in research and development last year, and how many engineers did it have? Lin Dong asked.

His understanding of chip foundry is limited to Bay Semiconductor.

GSM spent 15 billion on R\u0026D last year, and the number of R\u0026D engineers has increased from 5,123 in 2015 to 5,690, an annual increase of 11%. Sun Moyu opened his mouth and came.

These are the basic skills you should have in this industry.

What about us? Lin Dong asked again.

Leaving aside the investment in production capacity, the total investment in R\u0026D is 1.8 billion. In terms of R\u0026D personnel, mainly the personnel from the Chip Alliance are the main force. The total number is 1,643, and Miaoxin has a total of 512 R\u0026D personnel on the job. Sun Moyu replied.

The gap is a bit big. Lin Dong was almost drooling with envy.

People's research and development expenses are 15 billion.

We are only 1.8 billion.

Almost ten times the difference.

The market value of Bay Semiconductor has surpassed Intel to become the world's largest semiconductor company. It has been established for 30 years. Sun Moyu was very innocent.

Can this be compared?

Can it be compared like this?

Our Miaoxin has only been established for one year, how does it compare with the accumulation of others over the past 30 years?

Moreover, the development of chips in our mainland has been stymied, not only in terms of technology, but talent is a fatal shortcoming.

The existing more than 500 R\u0026D engineers were all recruited through hard work.

Some are the technical core of other companies in the chip alliance, and they dare not speak up when they are dug out. In addition, there is compensation so that there is no big trouble.

Some were R\u0026D personnel from universities or research institutes, and Sun Moyu went around trying to persuade them to give up their jobs and work in a private company.

Some are Chinese who are engaged in the chip industry from all over the world, and it is more difficult to convince such people.

Not to mention that high-end talents have been swept away, but they have really tried their best.

There are more than 6,000 of them, can't we dig some? Lin Dong was not convinced.

Uh, this one is probably more difficult. Sun Moyu had to patiently explain the grievances between TSMC and Huaxin International to his boss.

The founder of Huaxin International used to work for Gulf Semiconductor.

Later, due to some reasons, he resigned in anger, and took some old departments to establish Huaxin International.

With the support of Guo Jia, Huaxin International has developed rapidly. In 2003, its production capacity reached 60,000 pieces per month, and its cumulative sales revenue reached 3 billion yuan. It soon became the top three chip foundries in the world. Bay Semiconductor.

Gulf Semiconductor could not sit still, and in 2003, a cross-sea technology war broke out.

They successively filed lawsuits with the District Court of the Northern District of California, the Superior Court of Alameda County in Oakland, California, and the International Trade Commission of Migo, requesting that Huaxin International and the three companies in the Mainland infringe on patent rights, steal trade secrets, and not Fair competition and interference with business relations require it to pay $1 billion in liquidated damages.

In 2009, the Migo Alameda County Superior Court ruled that Huaxin International stole Bay Semiconductor's trade secrets.

Subsequently, the two reconciled, and the price was that Huaxin International paid US$200 million in cash and 10% of the shares to Gulf Semiconductor.

In addition, the founder of Huaxin International has also resigned, and his resignation is considered to be a prerequisite for the two parties to reach a final settlement agreement.

According to media reports, after the founder lost the lawsuit, he called Huaxin International's lawyer and cried bitterly.

After all, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. won the victory.

It is not so easy to dig out the people in their house.

It sounds very powerful, Mr. Sun, we can't get used to them, it's a problem if we get used to it too much. Boss Lin looked at Pei Qianlong: Mr. Pei, are you right?

I think Mr. Lin is right in everything you say. Anyway, we don't have any branches in Migo, nor in Wanwan. Pei Qianlong chuckled.

As long as we are shameless enough, we are invincible.

As for impact, who cares.

Congratulations to still Xinyu for becoming the tenth leader of Muggles, thank you very much~(づ￣ 3￣)づ