After buying the copyright of "Tetris", Zhao Ye immediately asked Boundless Microelectronics to expand the scale of the wafer factory.

The price of handheld game consoles is relatively cheap, and it is very likely that millions or even tens of millions of consoles can be sold a year.

In the previous life, Nintendo's Gameboy sold a total of 190 million units.

Zhao Ye is not very demanding, just a small goal.

When "Pokemon" becomes popular, I will take the opportunity to promote the Tuoma Gezi electronic pet machine that is participating in the world.

This game is even more popular, with hundreds of millions of sales.

How many Kirin 1 chips do you have to use?

Zhao Ye secretly rejoiced in his heart, taking other people's paths, leaving others with no way out!

Not only make money, but also develop the domestic semiconductor industry by the way.

In disguise, it weakens the semiconductor strength of Japan, South Korea and Western countries.

Foundries and chip design companies in Western countries do not create these benefits that belong to them, so it is natural that there is a lack of funds to invest in R&D.

Not only that, Wujiang Microelectronics is now even preparing to sell BG-101 step-by-step lithography machine.

This lithography machine is only a generation behind, and it is still the mainstream lithography machine at the moment.

It's just that it's still a bit difficult to promote it.

Western companies don't trust Chinese products very much.

At present, RB Canon and Nikon's lithography machines are relatively strong, high-quality and inexpensive, and have become the hegemon in the market. As for the Dutch ASML, he is still just a little brother, and he is half a pound and eight taels with Wujiang Microelectronics Company.

Zhao Ye flew to Shanghai at this time to discuss with Huang Kun, Ni Annan and other academicians about the promotion and sales of BG-101 step-by-step lithography machine, and at the same time solve some problems after the expansion of the wafer factory, such as raw material photoresist.

The quality of domestic lithography machines is poor and cannot meet the requirements of wafer factories.

But......

Ni Annan said angrily: "The price of RB photoresist has risen again, once in half a year, if the price of American and European companies also increases when buying photoresist, then I won't say it, but it is just for us to raise the price!" ”

Huang Kun sighed: "The RB people don't want us to develop lithography machines, and the companies that produce lithography machines and photoresists belong to the same RB consortium!" Although our lithography machine lags behind RB, the gap is not big, and the price is quite cheap, RB lithography machine companies are worried that we will seize their market, so we are embarrassed on the photoresist! ”

Academician Qin Guogang added with a sneer: "Some time ago, RB Canon came to our Wujiang Microelectronics Company to recommend lithography machines, the price is very cheap, and it seems that it is much more cost-effective than spending a lot of money to develop lithography machines ourselves, the purpose of which is to let us know that 'it is better to buy than to build' and give up independent research and development." ”

Zhao Ye smiled calmly: "RB people are really delusional, not only will we not give up research and development, but will also increase research and development efforts!! ”

It's December now, the yen has increased by more than 15% against the dollar, and by the end of the month, Zhao Ye will earn $1 billion! (Loan of $500 million, use 10x leverage on the foreign exchange market, 20% profit)

"By the way, Mr. Ni, how much does our BG-101 step-by-step lithography machine cost?"

"$200,000!"

Ni Annan paused and added, "Seven years ago, the 4800DSW produced by GCA in the United States had the same performance as our BG-101 step-by-step lithography machine, but the price was $450,000, and now the price of this 4800DSW has dropped to $300,000, and we still have a price advantage when we sell $200,000." RB Canon and Nikon's lithography machines are a little more advanced, but they are also more expensive, basically more than $500,000! ”

Zhao Ye asked, "What is the production cost of the BG-101 step-by-step lithography machine?" ”

Ni Annan replied: "400,000 yuan!" ”

When Zhao Ye heard this, he couldn't help but smack his tongue, this production cost is too cheap.

However, the lithography machine in the 80s is very different from the ASML DUV lithography machine in the previous life, the latter has more than 100,000 spare parts alone, while the current lithography machine does not need so many spare parts, otherwise the cost cannot be so low.

Selling for 200,000 US dollars, converted into RMB is 600,000, and the profit is not low.

"Are there many customers who buy BG-101 step-by-step lithography machine?"

"Many!" Ni Annan smiled, "So far, we have sold 9 ......."

"Nine is a lot!"

Ni Annan explained with a smile: "In the past, we have never sold a single lithography machine in our country, but now we can sell 9 units, why is it not too much?" When the reputation of our BG-101 stepper lithography machine is opened, orders will definitely come in a steady stream! ”

At this time, there was no company in the world that specialized in wafer foundry.

Chip companies generally design and produce chips by themselves.

Therefore, there are more companies that buy lithography machines.

Once the fab is set up, the productivity is not fully exploited.

The companies that produce lithography machines make money, while many companies that produce chips go out of business, which is like a gold pander who doesn't make money, and a person who sells gold panning tools makes money.

In the next two years, [TSMC] came into being, opening the wafer foundry model, and the global semiconductor pattern and the division of labor in the industrial chain will become clearer.

Wujiang Microelectronics can also do wafer foundry, but it is still accumulating technology, and currently can only produce 8-bit chips, and cannot foundry the most advanced 32-bit chips.

In view of this, Zhao Ye does not want to do wafer foundry so early.

In addition, he didn't want this good idea to be discovered by others in advance. The fact that Wujiang Microelectronics can't produce 32-bit chips now doesn't mean that other companies can't produce them either.

TSMC has access to state-of-the-art lithography machines and other production equipment, so it can produce 32-bit chips.

If the idea of wafer foundry is exposed, it will only cheapen others.

TSMC was founded in 1987, so it can still leave a year or two for the development of Wujiang Microelectronics.

At that time, with the technology and scale of Wujiang Microelectronics, it will have far more advantages than TSMC as a wafer foundry.

In addition, EDA chip design software is closely related to the fab. The data provided by the fab is the key to the design and development of EDA. The more detailed the data, the more efficient the EDA simulation will be.

"Academician Huang, I came this time mainly to solve the problem of photoresist!"

Zhao Ye turned his gaze to Academician Huang Kun at this time, "Since the RB people have frequently raised prices for us, then we will simply develop photoresist by ourselves." Although the quality of domestic photoresist is not good, but at least there is a foundation, I believe that as long as we increase investment in research and development, we will be able to make a breakthrough! Therefore, I plan, just like we established Wujiang Microelectronics Co., Ltd., invested by Wujiang Group, mobilize scientific research institutions across the country to study photoresist, and establish Wujiang Photoresist Co., Ltd. together! ”

With so much money on the books of Wujiang Company, it is better to use it immediately than to put it in the bank to earn a little interest.

As soon as the words fell, everyone present was both surprised and happy.

The success of Wujiang Microelectronics Company proves that the combination of national scientific research institutions and private capital is feasible.

"Boss Zhao, this move is very good!"

"There is finally hope for Chinese photoresists!!"

Huang Kun, Qin Guogang, Wang Shouwu, Wang Wei, Ni Annan and others couldn't help but praise and said that they would vigorously promote this matter!