In Ye Kai's memory, the people in the IBMPC department, who lacked manpower, once took a fancy to the 4800 series computers that Atari sold on the market, and were ready to buy them and let Atari OEM them to be introduced to the market as IBM computers. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Unfortunately, the Atari people rejected the deal at that time, and the face-loving 'blue giant' had to announce that they had abandoned Atari's plan because Atari computers used the same CPUs as Apple.

Just imagine, if Atari had agreed to this condition, perhaps history would have changed, and it would not be Intel but Motorola that would have launched the desktop CPU market. Just as Kiel's mistakes led to Microsoft's success, history is always full of opportunities and possibilities that can be changed.

And Ye Kai may be an opportunity or possibility.

"Boss, why did you suddenly change your plans?" Little did Kyro know that in just a few seconds, his boss had already had a lot of things going through his mind. "It's just that the chip design department is relocated, which doesn't take up much space, and most of the chips are still being designed and modified, so it can't delay things, why does the gain outweigh the loss?"

"Because, I want to build my own fab." Ye Kai, who understood the pros and cons, said in a resolute tone. "I don't want to ask Intel or IBM to help us with the foundry, both of which have CPU business, and I'm not very reassured."

"Boss, even if you want to build a wafer factory now, it's too late in time!" Kylo said. "You know, the wafer factory is a systematic factory, there are many workshops, these workshops have very strict requirements for design and construction, and the construction period varies with the size of the wafer factory, and the fastest will be completed in the middle of next year."

"Moreover, when we were designing chips, we didn't think about finding Intel or IBM foundries, not to mention whether our volume could not arouse their interest, even because it was impossible for businesses to overlap. So, our tendency is to find a foundry that doesn't have a CPU business. Of course, if you have enough money, it is better to be able to acquire a ready-made fab. ”

"Acquisition of a fab?" Ye Kai became interested. "That's a good idea, but is there such an independent fab?"

"Of course, there are no independent fabs, and all fabs belong to semiconductor companies." Kairo Road. "So, if we want to buy a fab, we have to buy it as a whole."

"Naturally, there is no problem with acquisitions." Ye Kai nodded indifferently. "The question is, is there such a semiconductor company?"

In his previous life, Ye Kai understood how the chip changed from wafer to silicon-based chip step by step through the lithography machine because of chip decryption, and also understood the important role of the lithography machine in the chip production process.

However, there is no impression of the semiconductor companies that collapsed before the mid-80s, after all, those companies that collapsed do not need to leave traces in history except for the famous ones that can be used as negative teaching materials.

"Of course." Cairo said with some excitement. "You must know that the earliest CPU used in our company's game consoles was this company, so I know someone from this company, and I learned from him that their company is now in trouble, and their boss is now looking for a buyer and preparing to sell the company."

"Really?" Ye Kai was excited when he heard this, he really wanted to doze off and sent a pillow, is this the so-called 'protagonist aura'? "How's this company's fab?"

"Of course it's true." Kairo Road. "The company's headquarters are right next door to us, and they invented the silicon-based chip, which has diffusion, masking, photography, lithography, and planar transistor fabrication and processing technology. Moreover, the founders of Intel and AMD came out of this company, so the technical background is very strong. ”

And they have fabs in South Portland, Maine, Utah, Pennsylvania, Tokju and Singapore. At the same time, it also has packaging and testing plants in Cebu, Philippines and Penang, Malaysia. ”

"And what's the name of this company?" Hearing Kailuo's introduction, a company sealed in Ye Kai's memory began to appear in Ye Kai's mind.

"It's called Fairchild Semiconductor." Kailuo's answer confirmed Ye Kai's answer in his heart.

Fairchild? This was once the world's largest, most innovative and most exciting semiconductor manufacturer, laying a solid foundation for the growth of Silicon Valley, and also nurturing thousands of technical and management talents for Silicon Valley, which is a veritable "cradle of talent".

Batch after batch of elite talents have walked out and started businesses here, writing a glorious history of Silicon Valley, and being called the "West Point Military Academy" in the electronics and computer industry by later generations; However, due to the loss of a large number of talents, the company has experienced ups and downs in the business world.

Without Ye Kai's appearance, according to the trajectory of history, this summer, Fairchild Photography and Equipment would have sold Fairchild Semiconductor to Schlumberger (a French oil company) for $425 million. Subsequently, Schlumberger sold Fairchild's semiconductor assets to National Semiconductor for $200 million.

Then, the National Semiconductor Company sold it again for 550 million yuan, and the reason is self-evident - the National Semiconductor Company bought Cyrix, the world's third-largest microprocessor manufacturer, for the same price, trying to compete with Intel and AMD for the PC semiconductor market.

Eventually, Fairchild, which was sold again, finally gained its independence, and Krk, who had held key positions in many departments since joining Fairchild Semiconductor in 1968, became CEO and president. Krk's Fairchild Semiconductor has made a series of astonishing moves, and it has also begun corporate acquisitions and made great strides into consumer electronics manufacturing.

Recalling the tragic life that Fairchild was about to begin, Ye Kai couldn't help but smile.

This laugh is not a gloating, but a laugh that is about to be crowned with a treasure. In the previous life, if a company wanted to enter the wafer fabrication industry, it was very difficult. Not only does it require a huge amount of money, but there are also many constraints. After all, the company that came in halfway, in addition to the equipment needs to be purchased, even the raw materials need to be purchased separately, and these equipment are purchased, and they also need to be used under monitoring.

However, in the current integrated factory model, the equipment and raw materials are developed and produced in-house by semiconductor companies.

Dust-free workshops, lithography machines, and raw materials are all readily available in this company, which provides a ticket for Ye Kai to get involved in lithography machine sales in the future.

You say, how can Ye Kai not laugh?