"When will it be ready for mass production?"

Yang Hongyi is more concerned about this issue, and at present, generally speaking, the military has handed over the UAV swarm combat military research project to Luo Sheng, and its progress is very satisfactory.

Luo Sheng thought for a moment and replied: "As far as the UAV itself is concerned, mass production is not a big problem, the supporting facilities of the relevant domestic manufacturing industries are very perfect, the key is the combat system platform, artificial intelligence and chips, these three nodes, it is expected that around the end of next year, the military can come over to place a purchase order." ”

Yang Hongyi said in surprise: "Is it really so fast? Will it be able to supply the military in 2016? ”

Luo Sheng smiled and nodded: "It's still a little slower for the chip, I'm waiting for the most advanced Purple Star lithography machine, and I want to operate the most advanced 9nm AI chip of the Cote d'Azur on the drone. ”

Yang Hongyi: "That's great, the situation is very good." ”

It is worth mentioning that the fact that the Cote d'Azur can deliver UAVs to the military does not mean that it will be able to quickly form combat effectiveness next year, and if you want to really form combat effectiveness, you will have to go at least in 2018 or even 2019.

First of all, one is internal adjustment, after all, this is a new mode of air combat, and secondly, UAVs also need to carry a platform to exert their combat effectiveness, whether it is a transport aircraft airborne platform, or a rocket, missile and other platforms, all relevant military enterprises are required to support its research and development.

It will take time to carry out magic changes on the basis of existing technology.

After getting these done, it will take time to apply equipment on a large scale, and the next major problem is repeated testing, the purpose of which is to obtain the best data to optimize, and finally form combat effectiveness on a large scale.

The best means of testing is, of course, actual combat, there is no doubt about it.

There's also a good way to do that.

That is to take the road of export foreign trade, the Middle East world is at war all day long, the big dogs will definitely like this kind of game without going to the battlefield, and playing games at home can almost get the war play, for the big dogs who are afraid of fighting to the death is definitely the rhythm of buying out.

Why not help test out new gear and make money, so why not have the best of both worlds?

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Not long after Luo Sheng left the Côte d'Azur laboratory and came to the CEO's office at the Galaxy headquarters, Yao Jianhong came.

"Mr. Luo, the lithography system supplier ASML of the Netherlands recently announced that TSMC has ordered two mass-produced NXE: 3350B-EUV extreme ultraviolet lithography machines, which will be delivered by the end of the year."

Hearing this, Luo Sheng asked, "What is the offer?" ”

Yao Jianhong: "The specific offer has not been announced, but it is said that it should be close to the $100 million level." It is understood that the EUV extreme ultraviolet lithography machine purchased by Lift Semiconductor will be used for 300 mm wafers and 10nm processes in the initial stage, and will be considered to be introduced into 450 mm wafers in the future. ”

Luo Sheng lowered his head and pondered for a moment, muttering to himself: "Although the 10nm process of Lift Semiconductor is still in the theoretical research stage, more than a dozen customers have carried out product designs based on it, involving mobile phone baseband, GPU, server chip, game console processor, FPGA and so on. ”

Yao Jianhong nodded and said: "Yes, it is expected that their customers will complete tape-out and trial production by the end of this year, and large-scale mass production will be possible next year or the year after next." The 10nm FinFET process delivers a 25% performance improvement, a 45% reduction in power consumption, and a 120% increase in gate density compared to the 16nm FinFET process. ”

Of course, Luo Sheng can hear the implication of his words, which means that Lens Semiconductor's FinFET process is not leading, and the breakthrough of extreme ultraviolet lithography machine technology further renews Moore's Law, which also means that the supply of the most advanced commercial chips may be cut off by European and American semiconductor manufacturers at any time.

Huaguo Semiconductor's overseas mergers and acquisitions have been vetoed again and again, and the core chips have been banned from being purchased by China, and the Chinese people have gradually understood that Western countries are strongly protecting and restricting the universalization of core cutting-edge technologies, and technology export restrictions have long existed in the collective agreements of Western powers.

Yao Jianhong looked at Luo Sheng and worried: "The processor process of Azure-5 is 10 nanometers, and once the chips of the Cote d'Azur lose their negotiating ability, the other party will not be as easy to talk as before, and our business progress may usher in uncertain variables." ”

Luo Sheng stopped and said: "No, we use the 9nm process of the purple star lithography machine, the 'Blue Core 8' processor is shelved, skip this generation of integrated AI chips into the 'Blue Core 9' processor, Xiongxin Electronics will definitely not be able to keep up in terms of production capacity, it doesn't matter, let's show our sword first, let the opponent see clearly that we have been preparing for nearly 10 years' Spare tire's plan, once again to obtain the right to negotiate, the opponent will obediently come over to ask for cooperation, production capacity will naturally keep up, if the other party is the head of the iron then we rely on Xiongxin Electronics to slowly increase production capacity, the company has high profits to maintain, a while and a half will not die. ”

Seeing that Luo Sheng was so confident, Yao Jianhong didn't have much doubts.

Luo Sheng asked: "By the way, how is the preparation research of graphene flexible screen?" Azure-5's flagship phone, don't launch the front camera without hiding under the screen, this flagship device must achieve a 100% true full screen. ”

Yao Jianhong: "The research and development of graphene screen materials, after Professor Liu's team joined, there has been significant progress a year ago, and the screen will not affect the release of Azure-5, and we are still looking for ways to reduce costs, but no matter how to compress the cost in the short term, I am afraid it will be difficult to reduce the cost." ”

Luo Sheng disagreed: "It's not the key that the cost can't be suppressed, as long as mass production can be realized, we can sell it a little more expensive." ”

Yao Jianhong: "Mr. Luo, should we go to TSMC to talk about the 10nm process chip foundry problem, and find them to place an order to test the reaction of the West. ”

Luo Sheng smiled indifferently and said with great certainty: "Of course I want to go, and I want to go as soon as possible." I bet that the spare tire plan is not unveiled, and this little boat of friendship is overturned. But we definitely have to talk about it, we hope this is a false alarm, and we also hope to continue to cooperate with DSMC and other overseas supply chain partners, but it does not prevent us from warning and creating opportunities, so you place an order with TSMC in the name of the board of directors of the Cote d'Azur. ”

After a pause, he thought for a moment Luo Sheng added: "At the same time, the news is publicly released to the media, placing an order is the need for early warning and creating opportunities, and it is also the premise of throwing the pot to the other party. ”

Listening to Luo Sheng's layout arrangement, Yao Jianhong couldn't help nodding again and again, and said with a smile: "It is indeed a profitable and not loss-making deal, I will fly to the other side tomorrow and talk about this matter with TSMC in person." ”

If you have your hole cards in hand, you just don't panic.

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