Chapter 160: Photosensitive Sensors
In the current era, the number of photodiodes in the most advanced cameras has swelled to 16.7 million pixels.
It's a small thing like a mobile phone, and the current number of photodiodes has reached a terrifying 2 million pixels!
And the first to win the title of 2 million pixels was Sharp's phone!
At present, the strongest photosensitive sensor companies in the market, or more precisely, which are the strongest lens companies, in fact, this can be divided into two major series.
One is the Aura-American system, and the other is the island country system.
The Amora department is mainly German cuisine and Leica or Hasselblad.
The island country system is mainly Suo Ni, Jia Neng, Nikang and other brands, such as Vodafone, which launched the first mobile phone at the 2 million pixel level, and so on.
As for what lens companies in China are more outstanding, can they be in the limelight?
No!
In the past few decades, in the face of the impact of major overseas brand cameras, the domestic camera industry has naturally been unable to support it and has been in a shaky state.
At present, the only ones that can barely survive without collapse are some old brands that have sold cameras for decades.
For example, the Phoenix company that launched the Seagull Camera and the Phoenix Camera!
For other companies, it is very bad, and now Phoenix is the only leader in the domestic optical field.
But this is obviously a bit of a weakness, and it was only in 2002 that they raised the pixels of digital cameras to 4.13 million pixels, that is, the SX-410Z camera.
As for the aftermath, they seem to be in trouble, and they haven't launched a new digital camera product for almost two years.
Obviously, in the face of the onslaught of foreign cameras, they are not long from going bankrupt.
Judging from the disappearance of the Phoenix camera from people's sight in later generations, it is estimated that it will only be a few years before they went bankrupt and collapsed.
"Let's buy this company next, after all, the old brand that has been sold for decades has also created Seagull and Phoenix, two countless Chinese people, who once dreamed of owning a camera brand, and they can't just let him disappear."
Now Lin Xuan has no choice, and now with the exact reply sent by the island country Suo Ni to stop the delivery.
Lin Xuan has predicted that other lens companies will definitely not sell him the results of 1 million-pixel photosensitive sensors and lenses dedicated to mobile phones.
For the mobile phone lens of the camera, Lin Xuan actually purchased the special 1 million pixel photosensitive sensor for the mobile phone from Suo Ni, and actually purchased the corresponding custom lens.
Phoenix Company once produced a 4 million pixel light sensor two years ago, which should have a certain patent and strength.
In addition, as a decades-old factory, they can naturally produce corresponding mobile phone lenses, so Lin Xuan, who doesn't want cheap outsiders, has no choice, Lin Xuan can only buy Phoenix Company!
Although the situation of Phoenix Company may not be optimistic now, Lin Xuan can only buy him.
After this loss, he knew that he had to control an optical lens company in his hands, otherwise he would not be able to stand firm at all just in procurement!
As for Chen He's side, Lin Xuan is ready to handle an optical lens company whether there is good news or bad news from Chen He's side, and he doesn't want to suffer the powerlessness of being blocked by people now!
"So the core of all the problems still has to fall on the semiconductor process technology!"
Lin Xuan slowly said the conclusion he had come to after thinking about it.
There is a word "diode" in the photodiode, which is naturally inseparable from the chip!
It is inseparable from the chip, and naturally it is inseparable from the manufacturing process!
So if people look at the evolution history of pixels, they will be surprised to find that the evolution of lens pixels is somehow related to the evolution of the chip manufacturing process.
The connection is that every time the process takes a step forward, the pixels of the camera will also take a step forward!
Why Phoenix can't push a camera with more than 17 million pixels, in fact, this can't be blamed on them, but Daxia's chip process technology limits their development!
Because the process technology of the chip cannot reach the manufacturing level of 17 million pixels at all!
Therefore, the current domestic process is generally in the state of 350nm, 230nm and 150nm process technology.
As for Zhongxin International's 90nm, it is actually under the 130nm process, using an innovative technology, that is, immersion technology, to forcibly upgrade to 90nm.
But when it goes up to 90 nanometers, other things can't keep up, so the yield rate has always been a pitiful state......
And the Phoenix company is already in a state of despair and no money, so naturally they can't use the most advanced 90 nanometers in China, and 90 nanometers have not been mass-produced, so they can only build a maximum of 4 million pixel digital cameras!
So the reason for everything is that the process process is dragging its feet!
This is also why Lin Xuan said that the core of the problem still falls on the semiconductor manufacturing process!
If Lin Xuan solves the problem of manufacturing technology, then Lin Xuan will be able to develop powerful mobile phone chips and photosensitive sensors through advanced process technology!
However, to solve the problem of process technology, Lin Xuan has to obtain a chip manufacturing company.
After this big loss, Lin Xuan was thinking of directly taking one step at this time, holding a chip manufacturing company in his hands, and he was not afraid of the risk of any company's out-of-stock.
Thinking like this, Lin Xuan began to calculate how much money he should have next, and only by knowing how much money he had could he know what to do next.
"11.4 billion!"
Lin Xuan slowly opened his mouth and said the disposable funds he could obtain at the end of January.
Of the 11.4 billion, Hantang's 500,000 S1 mobile phones contributed 11.2 billion.
The remaining 200 million yuan in cash comes from the accumulated funds of the Hantang Glory generation mobile phone, the Tang chip platform and the electronic foundry.
The reason why more than 200 million yuan was accumulated at the end of January is because the special funds for the new plant were paid last month.
So from this January onwards, there will be no pressure on Hantang Technology to have anything to pay.
Therefore, starting from January, Lin Xuan will be able to freely dispose of nearly 200 million funds after the superposition of these three major profits!
More than 200 million funds plus 500,000 Hantang S1 mobile phones, so Lin Xuan has 11.4 billion disposable funds at the end of this month.
Thinking of this, Lin Xuan felt very pity, if it was not for a round of orders of 500,000, it would have been good to directly use a round of orders of 1 million.
"I Have a Catalogue of Ghosts and Gods"
In this way, Lin Xuan may be able to have more than 20 billion disposable funds, and it will be much easier for Lin Xuan to solve the problem of chips.
But it's too late to say anything, Lin Xuan needs to face the current problem, how to use this 11.2 billion to acquire a chip manufacturer.
And then use this negligible money to improve the chip manufacturing process, so that the chip manufacturing process can reach 65 nanometers or 45 nanometers.
Finally, the Hanfeng generation chip and a 1 million pixel photosensitive sensor were produced!
In addition, Lin Xuan also wants to acquire Phoenix Company among the 11.4 billion, buy their entire company, and then carry out modern enterprise transformation.
Finally build an advanced lens, and then solve the lens parts of the two core components that have been blocked!
Thinking of this, Lin Xuan started to work, so the Hantang Technology Company was activated in an instant, like a huge machine starting to act.
At this time, the senior management and core backbones of Hantang Technology Company were divided into several parts under the command of Lin Xuan, and they were carrying out their goals at the same time.
Some of the senior executives and backbones went to Phoenix Company for negotiations, and some of the senior executives and backbones went to Zhongxin International for share acquisition negotiations.
In addition, the senior employees are also responsible for liaising with other companies.
For example, lens companies or chip companies, see if they can OEM Hanfeng generation chips or provide 1 million non-mobile phone lenses.
It can be said that since the New Year's Day, the entire Hantang Technology has fallen into a high-speed rotating camel state......
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3 January 2005.
When Hantang Technology fell into a state of high-speed spinning top, there was good news from the German Cuisine Company.
The good news is that they agreed to sell a 1 million-pixel mobile phone sensor to Hantang Technology, and they are also willing to accept Hantang Technology's custom light sensor.
After getting the news, Hantang Technology instantly jumped up with joy and sensation, and countless employees cheered with excited smiles on their faces.
Before, Suo Ni Company suddenly ran out of 1 million pixel photosensitive sensors, but they were full of anger and worry!
And after that, the employees who were in charge of contacting other lenses came to the news that they were unwilling to sell 1 million pixel photosensitive sensors by contacting other companies, but many people felt infinitely aggrieved.
This time, Deutsche Cuisine is willing to sell a 1 million pixel photosensitive sensor, which means that the lens problem in the two core components that plague the production of Hantang S1 mobile phone has been solved!
After receiving this surprising news, how could the employees not cheer, how could they not jump up with joy, and their faces were filled with excitement?
However, Lin Xuan's face at this time was not too happy, because only one of the two major components that plagued the production of Hantang S1 mobile phones was solved.
The core and most important Hanfeng second-generation chip is still a big problem, but no matter what, it is a good thing to have a mobile phone lens after all.
Although Lin Xuan is ready to acquire Phoenix Company, Deutsche Cuisine is willing to provide photosensitive sensors and is also willing to let Hantang Technology customize the style of photosensitive sensors.
That means that Lin Xuan can first use the photosensitive sensor on the side of Deutsche Cuisine to respond to emergencies, anyway, it is a customized photosensitive sensor, and it is just a matter of one sentence for Lin Xuan to replace it with his own company's lens in the future.
So Lin Xuan personally made a phone call across the ocean to contact the top president of the German cuisine company.
After nearly a day of meetings in German and repeated recesses, the two sides finally reached an agreement.
That is, Lin Xuan will customize a total of 1 million pixel photosensitive sensors and corresponding custom lenses of Deutsche Cuisine, which can make 1 million Hantang S1 mobile phones.
In addition, it is worth mentioning that because the 1 million pixel photosensitive sensor and mobile phone lens are customized, the price is naturally relatively high.
Therefore, the 1 million pixel photosensitive sensor and the corresponding customized lenses of Deutsche Cuisine finally reached a comprehensive procurement cost of more than 80 yuan!
The purchase price of a 1 million pixel photosensitive sensor and customized lenses has reached more than 80 pieces, and the purchase cost is naturally very high.
Compared with the purchase cost of the 1 million pixel photosensitive sensor plus lenses that Lin Xuan purchased from Suo Ni Company before, it is nearly 20 yuan more expensive!