"It's really rare, and Motorola doesn't seem to have any good news for me lately.dt.com"

Hu Wenhai's words made Addison touch his nose a little embarrassed, and then smiled heartily: "Mr. Hu, don't worry, what I brought must be the good news you want to hear the most." ”

"Oh, world peace, or is the United States deciding to issue a green card to every Chinese?"

"Haha, Mr. Hu is really joking!"

Addison was covered in a cold sweat and smiled stiffly.

"I am here on behalf of Mr. Williams, CEO of Motorola, who apologizes for the unpleasantness of the last meeting and hopes that we can re-establish the friendship between Motorola and ST. ”

"Mr. Addison, we have an old saying in China that you can decide when the war starts, but you can't decide when the war ends. ”

"ofcourse/of course. ”

Addison's posture can be said to be surprisingly low: "Motorola pays sincerity, as for whether it is satisfied, it is up to Mr. Hu to decide." ”

Hu Wenhai couldn't hold back, raised his eyebrows in some surprise, nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll listen to Motorola's sincerity." ”

Motorola was able to come up with such a low posture, which was somewhat unexpected by Hu Wenhai.

But of course, it doesn't affect anything.

If Motorola is stubborn to the end, with Hu Wenhai's current face in the American semiconductor industry, whether it is TI or IBM, it can be used as a follow-up partner for the fab.

In addition, there is also a fab in Europe that can cooperate, and there is no unique resource for Motorola.

So the current situation is that on the surface, Hu Wenhai has no desire to be rigid, as long as it does not affect the intern's training plan, Motorola has become dispensable.

"Motorola can help ST build a fab in Chinese mainland. ”

"Any semiconductor company can help us build a wafer factory. ”

Hu Wenhai was unmoved, and the plan to build a wafer factory was originally on the agenda.

If it weren't for Motorola's frequent hacking, the original plan was to March 1986, and Motorola would have responded to the company's request.

Set out to build a fab in the same Austin as their city of Austin.

"No, I guess that's the sincerity that only Motorola can show. I mean, we can help ST build a 1.5 micron six-inch fab in Chinese mainland. From die pulling to etching and packaging, and even upstream IC design technology, we can provide it. ”

"In this way, I don't know ...... U.S. government exports these technologies to China"

Hu Wenhai was a little tempted.

However, there are still some concerns.

"Rest assured, we at Motorola will solve these problems!"

Addison almost patted his chest and assured: "The U.S. government has not made an explicit ban on the export of these technologies." We still have some connections in Congress, and it is not too difficult to promote the export of these technologies to China. ”

Hu Wenhai nodded, as if believing what he said.

It's the beginning of 1986, and the honeymoon relationship between China and the United States is arguably the best time.

Motorola has been very good at government business in history, whether it is the walkie-talkie of the US military in World War II, or the widespread application of 68000 series chips in national defense projects, it shows that this is a company with a sense of existence in the American political system.

It's up to Motorola to do some of the work and export a 1.5-micron, six-inch wafer fab.

It's not too difficult.

As early as the beginning of 1985, Intel was already using the 1.5-micron process to make the 80386 CPU.

This year, many semiconductor companies are already planning to launch the 1.5-micron process.

In another three years, the development of the chip process will reach the 1 micron level, even if it is really exported to a 1.5 micron process fab in China, it will not take five years.

It will still lag behind and become a second-rate process.

In the field of electronic semiconductors, the Americans have the ability to always maintain a leading state, which is why they are not afraid to export the same generation of technology to other allies.

However, Hu Wenhai is not worried, and has five years for him to develop.

By the early 90s, if he couldn't develop Xinke's wafer fab no less than any American semiconductor company, then he would be a semiconductor process engineer in the next 30 years.

It's really in vain.

It's not that Hu Wenhai remembers the upgrade technology of the entire fab, or that there are any golden fingers to make high-level chips with backward equipment.

Rather, it is said that in the past five years, based on IGBT and other power components, it has been mixed into the field of G** mobile communications, as well as PN junction memory technology, NAND flash memory technology, liquid crystal display technology, and LED lighting technology that he remembers...... In these areas that can be developed, only two or three markets need to be seized in five years.

The profits obtained are enough for him to support China's semiconductor equipment manufacturing industry and maintain the gap between the generations and the world's leading technology.

As for the industrial base, in the final analysis, it is a matter of input.

Was there any industrial base in China at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China?

Later, rockets, satellites, and atomic bombs were built.

What's more, although China was blocked from importing lithography machines in later generations, the nature of capitalism to sell ropes is there, and the most important lenses of lithography machines can also be imported from Japan.

In the past five years, Hu Wenhai believes that as long as he gives himself and Europe and the United States the conditions for fair competition, he will definitely be able to do better than them and make more money.

It is not impossible to have money to invest in basic research and professional fields, and to artificially create an industry that is higher than the basics.

In the future, China will be this model, with several outstanding industries and most of the low-end manufacturing industries.

"If Motorola can really provide 1.5 micron six-inch technology, it is indeed a very sincere expression. ”

Hu Wenhai nodded: "Okay, then our previous unhappiness, I can treat it as if it never happened." ”

"Great!"

Addison couldn't help but laugh with a smile on his face.

A big stone in my heart fell to the ground, but I didn't expect Hu Wenhai to be a rare good talker.

"To be honest, we at Motorola attach great importance to working with ST. The little unpleasantness of the past is like a test of God, but it has witnessed the unbreakable friendship of our friendship! Now, as a friend, Motorola has a request, and I hope Mr. Hu can agree. ”

"Oh, please. ”

Hu Wenhai had a smile on his face, and he was very happy.

Lian Musi's analysis is still reasonable, although the wafer factory is not as profitable as the water lithium battery market.

But for Chinese mainland, the strategic significance of having a modern fab clearly goes beyond mere economic benefits.

It's not surprising, where is Torola's 68000 CPU used?

In every field that requires industrial control, you can find the shadow of this CPU.

In addition to this, it is also widely stored in the U.S. military system.

In the civilian sector, arcade game console printers.

It can also be 8000 figures.

Macintosh Capcom SNK, a more or less familiar name.

All rely on the rise of the 68000 CPU.

Obviously, the profits of the lithium battery industry cannot be compared with the profits brought by the information automation of the whole society.

From the national level, it is not difficult to understand that Hu Wenhai attaches so much importance to the construction of wafer fabs.

With an idea in mind, Addison didn't panic.

He said confidently: "Motorola hopes to buy Mr. Hu's shares in the Gaddari Group, all the best, otherwise I hope to get at least 50 shares." ”

"Oh-"

Hu Wenhai shook his head with some regret: "I'm sorry, the shares of the Gaddari Group, I have agreed with the DuPont Group to sell them to them." ”

Addison said urgently: "But the deal is not done yet." You also have 70 copies, and Motorola only has 50. ”

"I'm sorry, I've always been credible. After all, I don't have the capital of Motorola. ”

Hu Wenhai seemed to be smiling, and Di Xun showed a wry smile on his face.

Before and after the cooperation between Motorola and Xinke, many things were really not authentic.

Fortunately, I've been in the mall for a long time.

Even Addison, who was a technician, developed a cheeky face.

He shook his head and said, "Mr. Hu, I must explain to you the way our capitalist society behaves. The United States, unlike your China, is a contract society. In other words, as long as it is not on paper, it is not a valid promise! Only the law can determine whether a person is guilty or not, as long as he does not violate the law. Any behavior is permitted. ”

"I'm sorry, but that's not going to work. ”

Hu Wenhai waved his hand and flatly refused: "This deal with DuPont is as high as eight billion dollars, and I can't give it up so lightly." ”

Addison gritted his teeth and threw out today's killer idea: "We can jointly build an integrated circuit design center, and China can send less than 500 people to the design center to work and study every year." Motorola's technology patents in China can be fully licensed to ST Corporation!"

Williams: This is a real ruin.

It is better to give up the Chinese market than to take a stake in the Gaddari Group.

To put it simply, there are three parts to the manufacturing of integrated circuits and semiconductors.

They are front-end design, wafer foundry and back-end packaging and testing.

The technical requirements for back-end packaging and testing are relatively low, and ******** accounts for a large proportion of this industry.

In the 80s, the wafer foundry industry and front-end design have not been separated, and most of them are basically designed and manufactured by themselves.

However, in another year, TSMC will be established, and the industry will know how big this market is.

Front-end design, needless to say, is the part of chip design in the front-end process of the industry.

Don't have sophisticated equipment and various realistic thresholds, but this one is the most difficult to catch up.

Because what determines the level of design is the essence of the people.

Needless to say, it's not difficult to catch up.

There was no pressure on the introduction of wafer factories in the United States in the 80s, and the biggest advantage of the Americans lies in the front-end design, which lies in the talent advantage of the design industry that has been precipitated for decades.

Motorola is now simply going to engage in one-stop "assistance"

, the wafer factory helps to build the most advanced and the design talents help to cultivate, which is really a proper "beauty traitor"

Finish.

What is Motorola?

It's not surprising to say that the number one co-spy"

Grumman's bar.

Selling fighter jets is laborious, but the profit is really not high.

The U.S. Navy purchased the F-14 with an early offer of $15 million, but later almost lost Grumman to death due to dollar inflation.

In total, the US Navy received 429 F-14 fighter jets, with a transaction value of around $10 billion.

Profit?

Billion?

Billion?

Or three billion?

That's it, Grumman won't get more than 30% of the profit.

However, Viagra's sales, which went public in the first year of 1985 alone, have not completely opened the market, and they have created a revenue of $1.5 billion for Grummen.

In later generations, ****** dared to move the insurance industry to carry out medical reform, but did he dare to move the pharmaceutical industry?

Pharmaceutical group in the future.

It has long become the most influential political group in the United States.

Even the well-known military-industrial complex can only be coaxed externally, and its domestic influence is far behind that of pharmaceutical groups.

Why?

Because pharmaceutical groups are so profitable in the United States.

Even if there are patents in other industries, they must create a competitor according to the anti-monopoly law.

However, in the pharmaceutical industry, U.S. law encourages monopoly, a seven-year franchise, and a high threshold for the FDA.

The greasy ...... between generic drugs of original drugs Hu Wenhai made a $10 billion acquisition in the manufacturing industry, and he could get into the Wharton textbook.

But in the pharmaceutical industry.

Tens of billions of dollars in acquisitions are just a common thing.

This shows how wealthy the pharmaceutical giants are.

The emergence of Viagra is a miracle product that has brought Pfizer to the pinnacle of the world's pharmaceutical giants.

Now it falls on the head of Grumman, and the future "money scene"

It's just so good.

Up and down the Grummen, they are all ready to move.

Building an airplane or something, it's really risky and troublesome, how can there be a good pharmaceutical?

Otherwise, simply transform to engage in pharmaceutical voices.

Since the beginning of this year, it has become very marketable among Grumman's shareholders, which is really embarrassing.

Like Grumman's problem, Motorola has a tendency to be out of business.

Motorola has also tasted the sweetness of the water lithium battery business, with a total profit of two billion US dollars a year.

One-fifth of Motorola's revenue in 1985 relied on dividends from Yizhuhu Company.

How big will the market of the third generation of water lithium battery be in the future, and Motorola is also at the end.

If the theoretical number can be reached, it is not impossible to replace the internal combustion engine.

Motorola's in-vehicle electronics and microcontrollers.

It is also necessary to face difficult competition, and if you fall behind in technology, you will suffer.

How can there be a water lithium battery to come light and comfortable, and the import from the new technology company will make twice the profit, which can almost be enough to "trample on the law of the world"

level.

In addition, Motorola's mobile communications, which are the focus of Motorola's future development strategy, also rely heavily on water lithium battery technology, and there have long been voices within Motorola to shift its business direction.

"The fab is such a difficult industry to make money, or throw it to the Chinese."

If it can be like lithium water, the cost will be reduced by 50%.

It should be a good idea to let the Chinese do the OEM.

”

Of course, this is not the mainstream at Motorola.

After all, if you rely on OEM, Motorola's own advantages are too small, and it is in a position that is easy to be replaced.

However, on the basis of ensuring that Motorola's own industrial core position is unshakable, it has allocated a part of its OEM business to China, which has made many people interested.

It is impossible that the profits of lithium batteries and Motorola's business strategy will not be affected.

And this condition.

It did speak of Hu Wenhai's heart.

In this way, the level of China's semiconductor design and manufacturing can save at least ten years.

But on the other hand, DuPont's large-scale chemical equipment manufacturing is also a vital industry in China.

Even if Motorola broke the sky, Hu Wenhai would never let them interfere with his deal with DuPont.

"All I can say is sorry.

”

After waiting for a long time, Hu Wenhai shook his head regretfully and said, "It is impossible for our transaction with DuPont to be interrupted for any reason.

DuPont's capital and technology are very important to us.

Of course, the conditions of Motorola also made me very satisfied, which was a difficult decision to choose.

”

"Motorola is very sincere......"

Addison wanted to try harder, but as soon as he spoke, he was stopped by Hu Wenhai raising his hand.

"Mr. Addison, if Motorola is really very sincere, then I have a choice for you.

”

"Speak.

”

"We can form a new company and start from scratch.

”

"From scratch?

Sorry, I don't quite understand what this means.

”

Addison was confused, how was this going to start from scratch?

The third generation of water lithium battery has an absolute advantage over the first generation of water lithium battery, and the technical barriers owned by Yizhuhu Company seal all possible technical routes.

"What I mean is that don't use water and lithium-ion solutions, put aside the technical route of water lithium battery, and consider using polymers as lithium-ion carriers.

”

"The industry has a direction for the research of polymer lithium batteries, but there has been no progress for so many years.

Even the most optimistic scruples, lithium-ion polymer batteries, will be on the market for another decade.

Ten years later, the position of lithium water battery will be very consolidated......"

Addison is worthy of being the technical director of Motorola, and he has a very sensitive sense of technology and market.

Lithium-ion polymer batteries are not even theoretically perfect.

If it weren't for the fact that lithium batteries of water seemed to pop out of a stone, lithium-ion rechargeable batteries would enter the civilian market, and almost no one would be interested in this.

It is too difficult to develop a lithium-ion polymer battery from scratch!

And even if it is finally developed, it will take too long, and in the face of the preconceived three generations of lithium water batteries, it will not be able to shake the market position of the other party.

I'm afraid it still doesn't outweigh the losses.

"No, no, not ten years.

”

Hu Wenhai dangled a finger: "One year."

Just wait another year.

”

"ST Battery Research has been advancing the research of lithium-ion polymer batteries, and we have solved the most important polymer morphology problem, which is not far from the final product.

”

Addison subconsciously shook his head: "I'm sorry, this is unbelievable."

The theory of lithium-ion polymer batteries is not complete, how can it be so fast?

”

"Mr. Addison is not right in saying that your theory is not complete, not that ST is not complete.

If we don't have a workable theory, where does lithium water come from?

”

Addison opened his mouth, but didn't say anything.

Many people tend to develop water lithium batteries from Chinese.

An isolated incident is an accident, and perhaps there is some real anecdote behind it.

Otherwise, it is necessary to admit that the Chinese are more advanced than Europe and the United States in lithium battery technology, which is too subversive of their three views.

But what if not?

Abandon the colored glasses and face up to the achievements of Xinke in lithium battery technology, if they really have a set of theories that are ahead of Europe and the United States?

With theoretical guidance, between lithium water batteries and lithium-ion polymer batteries.

It's just a layer of window paper.

"Well, I'd like to know what progress you've made.

”

Addison swallowed nervously.

"Oh, I happen to have a copy here.

”

Hu Wenhai nodded, and found a piece of paper with a cover that was just a blank piece of paper.

Addison rolled his eyes and couldn't help shaking his head: "Mr. Hu, the content here is too vague."

There are no key numbers and no information.

There are only a few performance test numbers, which doesn't mean much.

Actually, give me ten minutes and I'll be able to write a copy of it.

”

Hu Wenhai's face was slightly red, that's right, this book is "information"

It just took him ten minutes to type.

However, these numbers are genuine, and they are all the real numbers of lithium-ion polymer batteries that he remembers.

"Mr. Addison should know.

In the R&D phase, I can only give you these things.

Believe it or not, the choice is up to Motorola.

If Motorola is willing to cooperate with me and share this technology that is safer than lithium water, we must make our sincerity.

”

"Oh no!

”

Addison frowned: "What does Mr. Hu mean is that the design center and wafer fab must be established before we can talk about lithium-ion polymer batteries?"

That's not going to work, isn't Motorola getting nothing......"

Hu Wenhai chuckled, then retracted his smile and said coldly: "Mr. Addison, I don't have anything to ask for Motorola.

There are a lot of businesses in the U.S. that are willing to work with me, so why should I choose a business that doesn't have a good history?

Motorola can choose to come back as a bystander in a year's time, or it can be my partner and return to this gold mine together.

It's just that I remind you out of the virtue of a Chinese that some mistakes should not be made a third time.

”

What's wrong?

Addison's heart moved slightly, I am afraid that he is referring to this mistake of belittling the Chinese.

"I see.

”

Addison exhaled deeply and said, "I will return to the company and convey Mr. Hu's meaning to President Williams in full."

As for the outcome, that's not something I can decide.

”

"Alright then, I wish Motorola the right decision.

”

Hu Wenhai nodded, no matter what the result is, from now on, Motorola will probably no longer be able to maintain that inexplicable sense of superiority in front of Xinke Company, right?

On the contrary, if Motorola agrees to Hu Wenhai's request, then the only way in front of them in the future is to become compradors.

Well, American compradors.

(To be continued.)

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