On the morning of the 12th.

High-tech Zone, Zhongxin International 7nm foundry.

An ordinary domestic sedan was parked at the door of the foundry.

With the support of the secretary, an old man stepped out of the car.

The old man was dressed in a suit and leather shoes, dressed in business clothes, his eyes were sharp, and he radiated a sharp light. But his temples are gray, and the corners of his eyes are full of divergent furrows, and he is nearly eighty years old.

The middle-aged man with short hair and glasses who accompanied the old man and also reached out to support the old man, looked at it closely, and many people would feel very familiar.

Isn't this person Zhao Ming, the executive president of Huayao Company?

Look at the respectful and admiring expression on his face in the process of supporting the old man.

The identity of the old man suddenly became clear.

The founder of Huayao, the old man.

After learning that Zhongxin International had made a breakthrough in the 7nm chip manufacturing process, the old man specially rushed to the business sea and wanted to visit Zhongxin International's foundry on the spot.

Zhang Weijing agreed to the old man's request.

Wait at the door in person, put on dust suits, and take them inside the factory for a tour.

During the visit, Mr. Ren asked a lot of questions he was concerned about.

"How about your production capacity, how many wafers can be processed in a day, and how many chips can be produced?"

"Under the condition of uninterrupted production, it can process 800 pieces of 12-inch wafers per day, and each wafer can theoretically cut about 330 chips, that is, 264,000 chips can be produced a day."

The old man's eyes lit up, and he sighed: "It's still to make chips to make money, now the cost of each 12-inch wafer is not more than 1,000 yuan, but more than 300 chips worth hundreds of yuan are cut, a difference of dozens or hundreds of times." ”

"I knew that it was so promising, and Huayao should have entered the wafer foundry and occupied a place in this industry."

"But it's too late...... It's too late. ”

Zhang Weijing smiled and said: "It's not too late, it's not too late, with Huayao's strength, at most ten years, Huayao will be able to achieve results in the field of wafer foundry, become a large-scale foundry brand, and occupy a large number of markets." ”

The old man waved his hand: "Forget it, I'm almost eighty years old, and in ten years, no one will be there, not only will I lose my first-mover advantage, but to achieve this level of loyalty, it is not enough to burn 50 billion knives...... We still don't mix, and it is enough to have a loyal core. ”

Zhang Weijing said modestly: "Chip manufacturing is just a small skill, chip design is the core technology, and the purpose of Zhongxin is to provide foundry services for various design companies and earn some hard money." ”

"Okay, Mr. Zhang, there are hundreds of chip design companies, but there are only a few chip foundries, which is more important, I won't say more."

The old man shook his head.

Suddenly thinking of something, he asked with concern: "Mr. Zhang, what is the yield rate of your company's 7nm chip process?" If the production capacity is acceptable, Huayao's Kirin chip will be handed over to you for foundry, as for the foundry cost, I hope it is not too high, and it can be accepted to be about 30% more expensive than TSMC...... The breakthrough you have made is remarkable, but Huayao can only support you to a limited extent. ”

Hear this.

Zhang Weijing's eyes were a little hot and moist.

"Mr. Ren doesn't have to! How to charge TSMC, how we charge, no need to pay more. ”

"The only thing Zhongxin needs is orders, the more orders, the better!"

"Our second 7nm production line is under construction, and the chip yield of this production line has reached 86.4%, which can produce 228,000 high-end chips per day, which is enough to meet the foundry needs of all high-end CPUs of Huayao."

After all, Huayao's high-end mobile phones sell 30 or 40 million units a year, and after eating the orders of these 30 or 40 million high-end chips, Zhongxin International has no pressure.

The old man nodded.

Suddenly, his eyes widened.

"What did you just say?" The yield rate is 80%, doesn't your statement say that it is less than 20%? Why is the data different here? ”

"Mr. Zhang, did I hear it wrong behind my ear, or did you say it wrong?"

The old man looked at his face and asked.

"You heard it right, and I didn't say it wrong, the yield rate announced to the outside world is just a trick, the actual yield rate is 86.4%, and we have reached the same level as our peers in terms of yield."

"How is this possible?"

The old man shouted at the same time as Zhao Ming beside him.

Zhang Weijing gave a detailed introduction to the causes and consequences.

……

More than two hours later.

Old Man Ren and Zhao Ming finally came out of the shock.

Virtual Factory!

R&D time is shortened by more than 90%.

R&D costs are reduced by more than 90%.

There is such an artifact, and it is not a myth at all to conquer the 7nm chip manufacturing process in eight months!

With such an artifact in hand, it is not a pipe dream to fill the technological gap of more than 20 years at home and abroad within two years.

The technical strength of Xinghai Technology is even more jaw-dropping.

"Xinghai Technology's software technology has become so amazingly powerful?"

"In the industrial field, the acceleration effect of the virtual factory will produce the power of a nuclear weapon, right?"

"Fortunately, this technology was born in country Z, not abroad."

"A company that has only been established for three years, but Huayao is a 30-year-old company, why can Xinghai Technology come up with so many shocking technologies?"

"Could it be that the young man has been favored by aliens?"

Old Man Ren and Zhao Ming, you and I discussed sentence by sentence, with a wry smile on their faces.

Comparisons are odious.

The company is more striking than the company.

"Old man, Mr. Zhang's proposal and invitation, do you think Hua Yao can agree? A company as big as ours joins the 'Star Soft Alliance' established by Xinghai Technology to form a strategic alliance in the field of hardware design and manufacturing, avoid internal friction, and jointly respond to external challenges in the future and occupy a larger market? ”

"We really want to be an ally with Xinghai Technology, and in the future, Xinghai Technology will be the leader?"

Zhao Ming asked, a small company that has been established for three years, wants Huayao Company to join, and will obey the arrangement of this small company in the future?

"Join, of course join!"

The old man said: "Mr. Zhang has revealed so many secrets, and the purpose is to hope that Hua Yao will join ...... showed us their sincerity. ”

"And if you don't join, you can't do it, although Xinghai Technology has not been established for a long time, the strength of this company cannot be underestimated."

"Intelligent robots, intelligent learning machines, work assistants, virtual factories...... Huayao Company has made one of these products, but Xinghai Technology has taken them out one after another...... Using intelligent learning technology, they seem to grasp the truth of the world and understand all the technologies. ”

"The potential of this company is ten or a hundred times that of Huayao."

"If you don't cooperate with this company and resist forming an alliance with it, their Nebula system, their Starsoft Alliance, Unisplendour and Zhongxin International will form a domestic software and hardware army, which will soon sweep the whole world."

"Even Huayao can't resist it, although we have hundreds of thousands of patents and our own operating system...... But in the presence of those who have grasped the truth, the little we have at hand is simply not enough. ”

"We can only follow the trend, join them, cooperate with each other, complement each other's advantages, and achieve a win-win situation, rather than being defeated together."

"Huayao is great, but this world, the future belongs to the 'Star Sea Alliance', only by joining it, Huayao can continue to occupy a place, otherwise it will only be on the edge."

Hearing the old man's words.

Zhao Ming nodded helplessly.

A company that has only been established for three years is about to become a hegemon, and even Huayao has to take it as the main one and bow his head to obey orders.

This fact was hard for him to accept, but, it was.

……

15th.

Xinghai Technology Headquarters.

In the case of non-disclosure, Huayao Company signed a number of strategic cooperation agreements with Xinghai Technology.

Including joining the "Starsoft Alliance".

Including joining the "support for the domestic chip industry".

This includes "sharing advanced technology and building close alliances" and so on.

In short, the two sides will work closely together and assist each other to create a better future.

Of course, these cooperation agreements are signed in secret and will not be made public in the short term...... Avoid causing concern and countermeasures from external forces.

Sign it.

Looking at the heroic and young Chen Jin, who is a little excessive.

Old Man Ren said with envy in a jealous tone: "Young man, my company can give you half, and your age can give me half, so that we will have the opportunity to compete for this world." ”

Chen Jin shook his head: "Mr. Ren, I don't want your company, I can give you half of my age, even if this is the chance to win, I am still older, you should recognize this." ”

"Arrogance!" Zhao Ming snorted, quite unhappy.

"Hahaha!"

The old man smiled heartily: "In this life, I won't win many battles with no chance of winning?" Young people, don't talk too much. ”

Even if he is nearly eighty years old, he still has the strength to not admit defeat.

"That's just as well."

Chen Jin nodded with admiration, it can be said that it is precisely because there are countless people like the old man who do not admit defeat, as well as people who do not have much chance of winning but still work hard, that the science and technology of country Z have still reached the first-class advanced level without the existence of his "plug-in".

There is still hope of catching up with and surpassing foreign countries.

These people deserve respect.