Chapter 228: Guoxin's Choice
Shanghai City, Guoxin headquarters.
An interim board meeting is underway.
Traditionally, the third board meeting of the year will not be held until July, but the incident happened suddenly...... I don't care about any conventions.
Three years ago, there was a big shake in the board of directors, and all the technical leaders quit the board of directors to focus on executive posts.
Coupled with the "big old tear", it has attracted various speculations from countless outsiders. What palace fights, interests, backbone...... There are all of them, which is comparable to the Qing court drama.
Why......
Time has passed, and there is no need to mention it again.
In short, the radical technocracy calmed down.
But this year, there have been some subtle changes in the board.
Four technical veterans led by co-CEO Liang Mengsong re-entered the board of directors, and Liang Mengsong was once again appointed as executive director......
In the past, these adjustments would have aroused the infinite attention and imagination of public opinion.
But now...... Anyway, except for the shareholders who bought Guoxin shares, basically no one pays attention.
EUV is not sold to you, you use DUV to break the sky is 5nm, and people next door are 2nm, whether it is power consumption or performance, it is more than 30% improvement, how can you compare?
Not to mention that you haven't even officially mass-produced 7nm yet.
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"The meeting begins." Chairman Gao Gang's financial background, he took office as chairman, and he also showed the will of all shareholders to Guoxin - that is, to take advantage of the opportunity of "core shortage tide", rely on mature technology to increase revenue, expand scale, and seize the market.
Now, three years later, the results are remarkable.
Especially with the launch of hybrid chips last year, Guoxin has now become a leader in the field of hybrid chips, whether it is electrode technology or hybrid architecture, it is at the forefront of its peers.
Now if peers want to surpass, they can only find advantages in the silicon-based process of hybrid chips - but for the largest material catalysis and neural chips in the current market, the process is high!
The technology has not advanced to the point where the chip is connected to the central nervous system - and even if it does, 7nm will be sufficient.
Therefore, from last year to this year, Guoxin's financial statements are exceptionally beautiful.
And with money, the technical boss naturally has more thoughts and pursuits.
As a result, there is a change in the board of directors this year.
It's just that today's extraordinary board of directors is not discussing technical issues, but discussing another issue.
"I'll cut it short." Gao Gang took a sip of tea and looked at everyone, especially several technical elders: "Everyone must know about the science and technology circle in the past few days, I won't repeat it, I will focus on the attitude of the national semiconductor industry." β
"Everyone has a proposal document on the fab industry - as far as I know, there are no more than ten companies in the semiconductor industry that can get this document."
With the chairman's voice, everyone looked down at the documents placed in front of them.
ββSuggestions on the intelligent integration of the semiconductor industry chain.
The issuing agency of the document is several relevant ministerial-level units in charge of semiconductors.
"Of course, this document is suggestive, but we have to take into account its significance. Without further ado, let's look at the documents first. β
At the conference table, Qin Weimin lowered his head and looked at the documents seriously.
At the beginning, he pushed hybrid chips against public opinion, and now it naturally pays off, but even if he enters the board of directors, he adheres to the previous low-key and does not express his opinions too much outside his own field.
The document maintains the same tone as ever from the relevant departments - nonsense, but well understood.
In and out of the words, let Guoxin actively embrace the "new technological revolution".
Reminiscent of yesterday's announcement on the change of equity issued by Jizhi Technology......
The above thoughts can be said to be obvious.
To put it bluntly, it is to let them cooperate with Jizhi Technology in an all-round way.
From AI intervention in the process and design process, to production management, industrial chain management, to the scheduling, control, and system of intelligent workshops...... All of them are bundled with Jizhi Technology.
As we all know, the core competitiveness of Jizhi Technology is the centralized Aita.
This means that they have to hand over all the information, permissions, and know-how to Aita.
Let's be honest...... This bundle is too deep.
A few minutes later, everyone looked up.
"After reading it, what do you think?" Gao Gang looked at everyone.
Everyone also looked up and looked at each other, and their feelings were very complicated.
Compared with the three major factories, no matter how much Guoxin pulls his hips, he is also the only one in China at present, bearing the hope of the whole village, and has been moving and dodging under various "restrictions" and developing silently.
This is said to be a proposal document, but it is tantamount to throwing a hot potato to the company itself.
Because once it is deeply tied to Jizhi Technology, it will be completely announced that it will confront the west head-on.
Jizhi Technology dares to ...... They don't dare!
Even from the recent statements of the country, it can be seen that in fact, the above is not prepared.
- Otherwise, why announce an anti-monopoly investigation instead of directly announcing tariffs and restrictions?
Therefore, everyone looks at the nose and the nose and the heart, and does not open their mouths.
Including the extremely technical elders, too, all were silent.
"I'll just name me without saying anything." Although Gao Gang said, he looked at Qin Weimin.
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"I'll do it." Qin Weimin exhaled softly.
He was the first to deal with Jizhi Technology, and he should have been the first to express his opinion.
But just as he opened the notebook and was about to call up the advantages of his work after cooperating with Jizhi Technology and contacting Aita, the Aita dialog box that had been silent in the lower right corner suddenly popped up on the notebook.
"Hello Mr. Qin Weimin, please have time, Mr. Ye Ming wants to contact you."
Qin Weimin looked at the text in the dialog box, and after being stunned for a moment, he immediately raised his head, said "sorry" to everyone, and then typed in the dialog box: "I'm in a meeting, is there anything important?" β
"Regarding the tape-out support of the 7nm process Loongson, it will not be delayed for long."
Qin Weimin only hesitated for a second and then immediately returned: "Okay." β
Immediately, he raised his head: "Mr. Ye of Jizhi Technology came to me and said that Loongson 7nm. β
He pulled out his phone and canceled airplane mode.
Everyone was stunned.
As a "difficult brother", Loongson has been looking for TSMC foundry, and they naturally know about it and have no opinion.
After all, Loongson's body bones are already weak, and if you don't hold a mature advanced process, you won't be able to play.
And they also know that Loongson's 7nm is also looking for TSMC, and it is said that it is already about to be taped out - how could it suddenly come to the door?
A moment later, a call came into Qin Weimin's mobile phone.
Listening to Ye Ming's voice on the phone, a smile appeared on the corner of Qin Weimin's mouth: "Mr. Ye is good." β
"Hello Dr. Qin, excuse me. I'm on Loongson's side now, can you authorize Aita for me? Because of the urgency, I plan to get the map done today. β
Qin Weimin was stunned for a moment when he heard this, he took a deep breath, and at the same time pressed down the speakerphone.
"You say, how can I cooperate with you?"
"Well, authorize Aita, I'll let Aita automatically download and receive the territory, and at the same time complete the back-end processing on your side...... In just a few minutes, you'll be ready to make the mask. β
Qin Weimin almost bit off his tongue: "Wait, when did Loongson 7nm use our process?" β
On the phone, Ye Ming's laughter came: "Half an hour ago." β
"With the scheduling and cooperation of Aita, a chip can be completed within one hour from the front-end simulation to the production of a mask."
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Qin Weimin hung up the phone and looked at everyone.
Everyone remained stunned.
"Authorized?"
"Teach it."