Rebirth of the Tech Madman

The semiconductor production industry can be roughly divided into two models: a company takes care of the entire process from design, manufacturing to sales, which is called ied; and ——idm is the vertical integration model; the factory-free semiconductor that separates the complex manufacturing links Company - foundry model. Apex-point-fiction x.

With the rapid improvement of the integration level of large-scale integrated circuits, whether it is design or manufacturing, the pressure on investment is also increasing.

The former is better, after all, it mainly focuses on intellectual investment, just like Tang Huan's first pot of gold, directly writing a spreadsheet software that meets the requirements of the times, except for staying up all night, the cost is almost negligible.

But the latter needs to rely on real money to build a physical factory, and in addition to being responsible for production, it often has to undertake the post-production work of assembling, testing, packaging, etc. the manufactured chips, and even including its own entire factory. Scientific research improvement of process.

In the 21st century in the original time and space, wafer processing is no longer an absolutely blocked technology, but if you want to build a large-scale wafer fab with the highest manufacturing process, you often need to invest tens of billions of dollars. Only in the entire production process, lithography The price of a single lithography machine used in the steps is as high as more than 15 million US dollars.

This kind of burden is not something ordinary companies can afford. If they want to recover the cost after the completion, they can only start working hard to fully utilize the production capacity. However, uncontrollable factors such as market changes and supply-demand imbalances are always unavoidable. The production capacity of the factory is often unable to be filled, and the huge depreciation costs are continuously increasing the operational risk.

If something bad happens again, it will be even more tragic. For example, Samsung's factories have suffered power supply accidents. Just a few million dollars wasted in vain.

Motorola paid 200 million US dollars to spin off its semiconductor division to become Freescale. It is because of the cost caused by the inability to fully utilize the production capacity.

The company that couldn't bear it was amd, which relied on 64-bit CPUs to make a comeback. In 2009, it also spun off its manufacturing department and accepted investment from Abu Dhabi Venture Capital in the Middle East to establish GlobalFoundries.

In 2014, due to the long-term losses of its own fab and the relatively backward manufacturing technology, IBM paid GlobalFoundries US$1.5 billion and the right to use patents to receive its own wafer manufacturing equipment.

As for the six major semiconductors in Japan, they have long been spun off by the parent company. And they are connected vertically and horizontally with each other.

Almost only Intel, which occupies a market monopoly position, can play the IDM model. Even Samsung has to provide OEM services for Apple's processors designed for iPads and iPads.

It can be said,

The fabless semiconductor company-wafer foundry model is the general trend of the industry. Naturally, Tang Huan has to take a shortcut and only do chip design by himself, and find a partner to be responsible for the production.

Supporting UMC, which has an official background in front of it, is one of the strategies. Obviously, the tuition fees during the growth process will be paid in advance by the sponsor. He only needs to form an alliance of interests through stable orders.

Last year, Tang Huan used his skills and profit-making to attract Baodao. This year, only one license of Intel's second supplier can make all parties move, obviously. The promotion of status is no longer the same.

Lianhua Electronics is still in the stage of starting a business, and naturally needs courageous people to stand up as the standard bearer. Tang Huan made no secret of his appreciation for Cao Xingcheng, and promised face to face: As long as Lianhua Electronics' product quality passes the standard, Then at least five years of memory or CPU, I have the ability to eat all of them, it depends on whether you are willing to enter the processor business, if you are not interested, I will go to Singapore or Japanese companies.

I can't guarantee anything else. At the very least, the people we're here are all determined to do something big. But first, the higher-ups must make up their minds and provide resources to support us. Cao Xingcheng said with a smile. A gesture that everyone understands.

Everyone's opinions must be of the most reference value, and it is enough to respond positively after returning. Tang Huan smiled and waved, I have prepared a small feast, everyone must appreciate it.

While chatting with each other, Tang Huan found that these elites had some performance in the process of introducing semiconductor technology in cooperation between Baodao and Radio Corporation of America in 1976. No wonder all of them are eager to make contributions through UMC.

After entertaining and seeing off the group of people, Tang Huan brewed a cup of strong tea and sorted out their information in his mind while dispelling the alcohol.

Although these people are still unknown at present, it is impossible to say which one will become the backbone of the industry in a few years. For example, Xuan Mingzhi, who was discovered only recently, will be the main deputy of Cao Xingcheng in the future. He used to be the general manager and vice chairman of Lianhua Electronics. , but like Cao Xingcheng, he was forced by Chen Shuibian with the so-called Hejian case, and finally resigned from his post and became honorary vice chairman.

In addition, these two industry elites will also be entangled in gossip in the future. For example, Xiao Qiang, a well-known Taiwanese model and known as the Beauty Xiao, is said to be closely related.

Thinking of this, Tang Huan couldn't help but smile, retracted his erratic thoughts, picked up the cup and took a sip of the slightly bitter tea.

At this time, Shi Chongtang, who had just returned from Japan by plane, rushed to the office, reported to him the progress of the cooperation with Sharp, and excitedly brought an unexpected news.

Due to Japan's long-term trade deficit with the United States, there are constant frictions between the two. Under the oppression of Uncle Sam, the Japanese are naturally unwilling to submit, but they have to make a gesture, so they have taken a fancy to Fangyuan Computer and plan to purchase 5000 Taiwan is distributed to educational institutions. Roughly calculated, the value of this order should be around 20 million US dollars.

Tang Huan frowned, and couldn't help laughing: Did I get rewarded for my good deeds recently, and I was hit by this pie that fell from the sky?

Shi Chongtang also laughed, Actually, the Japanese are very shrewd. Many of the so-called American products we produce come from their own companies, not to mention the printers, and the Fangyuan computer is functional. Buy it back. It is definitely not a display, they are actually meeting their own needs, but making a compromise statement.

Tang Huan nodded, convinced that the Japanese were really skilled, and it was hard enough for them. As a dog raised in the United States, even if it was kicked twice by its owner, it only dared to bark a few times. A few years from the Plaza Accord, the exchange rate of the yen against the U.S. dollar will directly double in value to illustrate this point. After China's rise, trade frictions have also continued, but the back is obviously much tougher.

In any case, Tang Huan was too lazy to understand their inner feelings after picking up this big deal first.

However, in this way, our products have also become the target of public criticism. Many companies have been researching our technology. Now that there is such a commotion, they seem to be fighting against each other. Some people have already clamored in the newspapers. Just wait until next year. It is impossible for Fangyuan Computer to continue to dominate the Japanese market. Shi Chongtang showed a worried look on his face.

Tang Huan waved his hand and said with a chuckle: Next year, our 16-bit second-generation Fangyuan computer will be released, and the imitators will follow behind and eat ashes.

Shi Chongtang's eyes lit up when he heard the words, Doesn't that mean that there will be jokes to watch at that time.

Tang Huan nodded slightly, This order is not difficult, you can arrange it according to the normal process. In addition, since the summer vacation is here, let's organize a series of marketing activities. After all, we Chinese generally attach importance to children's education. Start from this aspect, It is easier to increase brand value.”

The entire Asia-Pacific region, or just the Greater China region? Shi Chongtang agreed with this idea.

Greater China. Tang Huan pondered for a moment, Bringing college students into the event is a chance for them to earn some tuition fees. Continue to use the star route. Deng Lijun should return to Baodao around September. By the way Build momentum.

Shi Chongtang showed a clear look on his face, he naturally knew some secrets of his boss, Okay, I will let the marketing department make plans according to this general policy.

The two chatted for a while, but they couldn't help talking about the pies that fell from the Japanese world again.

It was impossible for Tang Huan to follow UMC's progress all the time. After asking Shi Chongtang to pay attention to it, he took a plane to Singapore to take care of both public and private matters.

Representatives from Italy's SGS and France's Thomson have finished their investigation and left. Although Tang Huan didn't catch up, he got a good result. The other party intends to build a joint venture, which is enough.

Tang Huan talked to Huang Gencheng about finding a place to live, and the other party agreed, We belong to family friends, so we must treat it as our own business. You can just rest assured, and the government will definitely be willing to provide convenience.

Since I entrusted it to you, of course I can rest assured. Tang Huan looked at the report with a smile, and couldn't help but said in surprise: Your performance in Australia is good.

Is it good to lean against a big tree to enjoy the shade? You chose the joint venture method so happily at the beginning, so naturally everyone worked hard. Huang Gencheng picked up a graph, If you look at this statistical data, you can find that the Fangyuan computer came out. It has been more than half a year, and all the advantages have been fully revealed, so it has naturally entered a period of rapid growth.

Yeah. Tang Huan was a little stunned. It seemed that the sudden drop of pies from Japan was also a logical thing.

So, he took it as a joke and told the other party, Huang Gencheng said in a low voice: Brother, it goes without saying that your Fangyuan computer is excellent. The key is that it can support Chinese, which is too powerful. After the official investigation during this period, , I am very satisfied, and I am already considering further large-scale purchases.”

After Tang Huan heard the news, he was a little dazed. He couldn't help but secretly sighed, it's still fun to do business with officials. (To be continued..)\u003c/dd\u003e

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