"It's difficult, I'm in the middle. ”

"Mr. Zhang, who are you?"

"Hehe, it's difficult, why, I can't call you if I'm not in TSMC?"

"Mr. Zhang, that's not what I meant. ”

"How is it at Huanyu Technology?"

"It's good. ”

"Alas, I didn't think about it at the beginning, it's difficult, you won't blame me. ”

"Mr. Zhang, you have always been someone I respect very much. ”

"Thank you. ”

"Mr. Zhang, don't say that. ”

Of course, I'm not just talking about funds, I believe you know better than me about the technology involved. ”

"I don't know. ”

"If we TSMC support your wet process, do you think it's more probable. ”

"Mr. Zhang, have you decided?"

"Yes. But, you know, I've always believed in you, and I want you to go back to TSMC. ”

"I ......"

"It's hard, TSMC has always been your home. I hesitated before I didn't decide, not because I didn't believe you. It's ......"

"Mr. Zhang, I know. ”

"In that case, Ben Difficult, you can come back. ”

"Mr. Zhang......"

Lin Benjian on the other end of the phone was stunned.

For Zhang Zhongmou, he actually has deep feelings.

At the same time, he also had a good time at TSMC.

His experience, his brilliance, and so much of his everything, are in TSMC.

There was a moment.

Zhang Zhongmou's invitation, Lin Benjian almost wanted to agree.

He could hear that this was Zhang Zhongmou's sincere invitation.

Moreover, all along, Zhang Zhongmou has not done anything to be sorry for him.

Although Zhang Zhongmou hesitated and did not decide to enter the field of wet lithography, any entrepreneur would hesitate to make such a large investment.

Can......

Nothing was done again.

If you don't come to Huanyu Technology, everything is fine.

But now that Huanyu Technology is coming......

I think of the young man who is full of spirit, looks at the world, and amazes the talent.

Lin Benjian shook his head: "I'm sorry." I have joined Huanyu Technology, and if I return to TSMC now, I will be so sorry for Mr. Chen. Moreover, I am not such a person. ”

"Alas......"

Zhang Zhongmou's right hand holding the phone shook.

"It's hard, don't say you're sorry, it's me who says you're sorry. It's difficult, whether you're at TSMC or not, we're still the same as before. ”

"Thank you, Mr. Zhang. ”

"That's it, it's difficult, hang up first. ”

With a sigh, Zhang Zhongmou hung up the phone.

In fact, before making this call, Zhang Zhongmou knew that it was impossible for Lin Benjian to return to TSMC.

Lin Benjian is not such a person, even if Zhang Zhongmou promises any conditions.

In fact, Zhang Zhongmou didn't take any conditions, he still used his old feelings to impress Lin Benjian.

He felt that only in this way could Lin Benjian be impressed.

But it can only be said that it is a pity.

Although the old love is beautiful and worth recalling, this is not Lin Benjian's principle of life.

Zhang Zhongmou didn't think it through at that time, but now that he thinks clearly, it's too late.

"Lei Zhang, contact ASML, I want to talk to their CEO. ”

"Mr. Zhang, have you really decided?"

"The difficult departure is a big loss for us TSMC, and if I don't decide, we won't have a chance. ”

"Yes, Mr. Zhang, I will contact ASML immediately. ”

A few days later.

TSMC founder and chairman Zhang Zhongmou personally went to the Dutch ASML lithography machine company.

"Mr. Zhang, do you want to study the wet lithography process?"

"Yes. ”

"Mr. Zhang, you should know that if you follow Lin Benjian's wet theory, the investment in this area will be at least more than 10 billion US dollars. This $10 billion is still underestimated by me. ”

"I know that too. ”

"Mr. Zhang, I appreciate your courage, but we at ASML really can't come up with so much money. ”

"What if I say that we TSMC can inject capital into ASML?"

"TSMC alone is not enough, unless, you will do your best to cooperate with us regardless of the cost. ”

"So what if I pull up Intel, Samsung, them?"

"Mr. Zhang, can you convince Intel and Samsung?"

ASML President "Peter Win" was a little excited.

In fact, he is naturally clear about TSMC's intentions.

As the world's largest chip foundry, TSMC has now accepted the challenge from Huanyu Technology.

Although this challenge has not had much impact for the time being, the business of Center International is also a low-end chip for the time being.

But everyone knows that Huanyu Technology has a huge capital flow and a terrifying Chinese market.

In the future, TSMC will inevitably have a big war with Center International.

It's just that ASML is also clear.

The development of the wet lithography process may be the only way to solve the current dry technology.

But even if this is the only one, the huge amount of money does not make ASML able to make this determination.

On the one hand, they don't have the funds.

On the other hand, even if they can get so much money, they may not be able to occupy the market.

After all, ASML only produces lithography machines.

What if TSMC, Intel, Samsung, these chip manufacturing companies don't determine their lithography machines?

The market can often determine the life and death of upstream enterprises.

For example, now, although ASML has a certain market share in the field of lithography machines, Japan's Nikon and Canon, their lithography machine technology is not bad. At the same time, Intel, Samsung they are also their customers.

But if Intel, TSMC, Samsung, and the three of them can be bound together, let them become shareholders of ASML.

Undoubtedly, this gives ASML a layer of insurance.

In the future, as long as it is a lithography machine produced by ASML, they will buy it as soon as possible.

Of course.

For TSMC, Intel, and Samsung, investing in ASML is also equivalent to signing a strategic agreement.

As long as ASML gets the wet lithography machine out, then they will inevitably sell it to their shareholders in the first place.

They can even decide to cut off their competitors.

Such cooperation is beneficial to all parties.

It's just that after ASML President "Peter Wen" calmed down, he seemed a little hesitant.

"Mr. Peter Win, what other questions do you have?"

"Mr. Zhang, you may not be able to convince Samsung and Intel. ”

After that, Peter Wen continued: "Samsung and Intel not only have a chip manufacturing business, but also an end-consumer business, and they may not be willing to spend huge sums of money on the development of wet lithography processes. ”

Let's put it simply.

That is, Samsung and Intel can sell products in addition to making their own chips.

Even if it is subject to competition from the center's international competition, the impact is not great.

But TSMC is different.

TSMC is just a chip foundry, they only charge foundry fees, they don't have products.

They can't sell the chips they make to other manufacturers.

Nor did the chips be packaged into some kind of electronics directly to the consumer.

That's why it's TSMC that comes to the Netherlands, not Samsung or Intel.

Because TSMC is the most challenged.

"Mr. Peter Wen, you are very right, maybe Intel and Samsung do not have so much pressure now. However, this is not necessarily the case. You must know that Huanyu Technology is not just about making a chip. ”

"Mr. Zhang, you said. ”

"Let's analyze it, Huanyu Technology has a center international, which gives them a stable chip foundry technology. But for Huanyu Technology, they feel that this is not enough insurance, because they feel that they don't have a lithography machine, so they will still be limited, so they want to make lithography machines. ”

"This logic is normal, it's me, and I will have such a sense of crisis. ”

"But we know that chips are not just chip manufacturing, before chip manufacturing, he also had chip design. ”

"You're talking about Tianwen chips?"

"It's not just Tianwen chips. ”

Zhang Zhongmou shook his head: "The Tianwen chip is just a microprocessor based on the ARM architecture. Well, it's still the same as before. When Huanyu Technology makes its own chips, it thinks that they don't have a lithography machine, so they want to make a lithography machine. And then when they're doing chip design, don't they think, why do they want to build on Arm's chip architecture? Why don't they make their own independent architecture that's different from Arm and different from others, and it's completely their own company?"

"This ......"

At this point, Peter Wen became extremely serious.

In fact, he had heard that Huanyu Technology was secretly working on their chip architecture before.

But all along, the new architecture of Huanyu Technology has not come out.

What came out was the Tianwen chip based on the ARM chip architecture.

Moreover, with the support of Tianwen chips, a series of electronic products of Huanyu Technology have developed very well.

Just when Peter Wen gradually forgot such a thing, Zhang Zhongmou mentioned it again.

For a company like Huanyu Technology, it is absolutely impossible for them to just have one idea.

"Mr. Zhang, do you think Huanyu Technology can make a new chip architecture?"

"I don't know. ”

Zhang Zhongmou shook his head: "Technology is naturally fine, but ecology is difficult to say." However, don't you think that Huanyu Technology has built its own ecology more and more?"

Pear MP3 series.

Huanyu mobile phone series.

Universal computer series.

Universal TV ......

Could it be that Huanyu Technology is just doing this to make money?

Although these electronic products do not account for much of the global electronic products, they are connected together to form an ecosystem that belongs to Huanyu Technology. As soon as this ecosystem grows bigger, it is not TSMC or ASML that he wants to challenge. He will challenge Samsung, Intel, Microsoft, and IBM......

Once that time comes.

The boy who was born in the reckless, he will start slaying dragons.

"Mr. Zhang, after what you said, I now feel that Huanyu Technology is a little scary. ”

"Yes, maybe you don't know, when I first heard about Huanyu Technology, I didn't pay much attention to it. However, I don't dare to be careless about any news of Huanyu Technology now. ”

"If so, will Intel and Samsung agree?"

"If they still want to control the market, then they will absolutely agree. ”

At this point, Zhang Zhongmou is extremely confident.

"Mr. Zhang, I am waiting for your good news. ”

Peter Wen said with a smile without further hesitation.