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Once Xingyi Semiconductor becomes bigger, major first-tier cities will inevitably do everything they can to rush to introduce Xingyi Semiconductor.

Not only will they provide factories and land like the imperial capital, but they will also offer various preferential policies.

There is no way. Building a wafer factory costs too much money, currently 200 billion.

Forty billion or even fifty billion in a few years!

If all major cities were rushing to offer land, factories and preferential policies, Wang Yi would only be responsible for providing equipment and technology, and the pressure would be much less.

However, the prerequisite is that Xingyi Semiconductor can grow bigger and stronger and mass-produce advanced processes.

At least surpass SMIC!

The resources in first-tier cities are also limited, and they will give priority to investing in leading mainland companies, allowing them to become stronger and compete with TSMC, Intel, and Samsung Semiconductor.

Instead, they would invest in the mainland's perennial second-place winner and let that perennial second-place winner catch up with the mainland's leading company.

After all, it doesn’t make much sense for the second-largest company to catch up with the leading company in the mainland, as it is still far behind the international giants.

Therefore, only if Xingyi Semiconductor surpasses SMIC and becomes the leader of mainland semiconductors can it obtain the most resource support, have better development, and catch up with the Big Three!

As for SMIC, which has been surpassed, it is likely to become a low-end 40-nanometer foundry.

It took many years before 28 nanometers could be mass-produced, and that was it.

A group of people who only know how to fight for power and have no ability to change their fate!

Especially with the more outstanding Xingyi Semiconductor, the strategic significance and status of SMIC in the previous life will be replaced by Xingyi Semiconductor, thus declining significantly!

Director Qin didn't say these things, but Wang Yi saw through them all.

Since SMIC is in a hopeless situation, Wang Yi will take over and devote all his efforts to building Xingyi Semiconductor into a high-end company.

However, the low-end 40-nanometer orders can be given to SMIC in the future, which can be regarded as supporting SMIC.

After all, Xingyi Semiconductor’s own wafer fab has limited production capacity. Once the 28nm process is successfully mass-produced, it will be used first to produce advanced 28nm and higher processes in the future!

There is no need for the low-end 40-nanometer process to occupy the 12-inch advanced production line. It would be better to outsource it to SMIC.

As for the current mass production of 40 nanometers, it is only because it will take another one or two years to break through 28 nanometers.

Wang Yi had planned all of this.

When we returned to Xingyi Technology Park, it was already seven o'clock in the afternoon.

"Chairman, you're back?" Old Hu was waiting eagerly.

Wang Yi was a little surprised: "You haven't finished get off work yet?"

"Haha, it's okay. It's normal for the semiconductor department to work overtime." Mr. Hu said with a smile.

He had no intention of going back because he didn't know the outcome of the negotiations.

Wang Yi smiled slightly: "Fortunately, we have fulfilled our mission and worked overtime to rush the completion. The first wafer fab building will be delivered next month. Although it is not large, with a monthly production capacity of only 5000 wafers, it is enough!"

"5000 wafers? That's already great, and it's perfect for a research and development plant!"

Mr. Hu was overjoyed.

Wang Yi showed Mr. Hu the wafer fab information he brought back from Director Qin:

"The entire wafer fab is divided into several parts, mainly three major plants. The first small plant has a monthly production capacity of 5,000 wafers. We are working hard to speed up the production and it will be delivered in April."

"The second large plant has a monthly production capacity of 10,000 pieces and will be delivered in August."

"The third large plant also has a monthly production capacity of 10,000 pieces, and it's almost November!"

"Okay, no problem!" Mr. Hu's eyes lit up. "The first small factory will be delivered in April. We will need three or four months to introduce the equipment and debug it. In this way, we can start trial production in July or August. If everything goes well, once the trial production is successful, we can start mass production of 40 nanometers by the end of the year. If the trial production fails, we can make adjustments and start mass production of 40 nanometers in the first half of next year!"

"Very good!" Wang Yi was in a good mood. Forty nanometers have been achieved through self-research, and there is also a promising future for self-production.

"Mr. Hu, I'll leave these materials to you. Also, here are the contact information of the chief engineer and relevant persons in charge of the wafer factory construction. Please arrange for someone to contact them and discuss the handover and equipment move-in next month."

Mr. Hu was delighted and took the information solemnly: "Don't worry, Mr. Wang, I will personally bring people there tomorrow!"

Although it is only the first wafer fab of Xingyi Semiconductor, it starts with the most advanced 12-inch wafer, which Mr. Hu thinks is very rare.

"Okay!" Wang Yi nodded.

If nothing unexpected happens, this wafer fab will be able to fully mass-produce 40-nanometer wafers next year, with a monthly production capacity of 2.5 wafers.

Low-end chips such as the fast charging chip C1 are relatively simple, and more than a thousand C1 chips can be cut from a wafer.

The monthly production capacity is 2.5 wafers, or 2500 million C1 chips.

That’s 3 million pieces a year.

By then, there will be 1 million P1 power management chips, C1 fast charging chips, and H smart home chips each.

If the production capacity is insufficient, TSMC can continue to do the foundry work.

As for the second wafer factory, it will be delivered around the end of 2013 or the beginning of 2014.

Once the 28-nanometer process is successfully developed, it can be used to mass-produce 28-nanometer mobile phone chips.

The 28-nanometer mobile phone chips are more advanced and complex, with many times more transistors, so the number of chips cut out is even smaller, estimated to be only 600-800 pieces.

Wang Yi remembered the Kirin 990 in its previous life, which was 7 nanometers, and could only cut about 640 slices from a wafer.

Taking into account the yield rate and removing the inferior chips, there are only more than 500 pieces!

However, once the 40-nanometer process is successfully mass-produced, Xingyi Semiconductor will have caught up with SMIC and will have completely established itself.

By then, Wang Yi will have more say, and the second wafer factory given by the Imperial Capital will be larger in scale and have greater production capacity.

For example, the monthly production capacity can be as high as 30,000 wafers or even 40,000 wafers!

In this way, more than 28 million -nanometer high-end chips can be produced annually.

Xingyi mobile phones, Xingyi tablets, and Xingyi TVs, all added together, are enough, and even if they are not used, some production capacity can be allocated to other products.

By then, a 12-inch 40-nanometer wafer fab for making low-end chips and a 12-inch 28-nanometer wafer fab for making high-end chips will be sufficient for the time being.

Once the 22nm process is successfully mass-produced next year, the 40nm wafer fab can fully upgrade to the 22nm process. As for the outdated 40nm chip orders, they can be given to SMIC.

Wang Yi had planned all of this.

Next up is waiting!

Wait until April for the first factory to be delivered!

Wait until August for 40nm trial production!

By the end of the year, the entire 12-inch wafer factory will be fully delivered!

By next year, with the 40nm process, the yield rate will soar and it will be put into full mass production!

The future is promising!

Wang Yi was in a good mood, but then he thought of an important question: "Mr. Hu, the 40-nanometer process is not difficult for us, right?"

Mr. Hu waved his hand and said, "It's not difficult. By the end of this year, we will ensure that 40 nanometers are successfully mass-produced! At the same time, we will start the research and development of 28 nanometers and catch up with the three semiconductor giants!"

"Is 28-nanometer research and development very difficult?" Wang Yi said meaningfully.

Mr. Hu nodded. "For 40 nanometers, there is no pressure to develop and mass produce them within a year. But 28 nanometers is one of the most advanced processes at present. It will take a year to develop and mass produce it. At least one and a half years for mass production."