The "chipgate" incident is gradually fermenting on the Internet, and LG G5's energy consumption, heat dissipation and battery life problems have become the biggest pain points that plague consumers.

You must know that the sale price of this flagship smartphone in 2016 was as high as 828,000 Korean dollars, which is equivalent to about 4,388 Chinese dollars.

Previously, the Snapdragon series chips purchased by LG Electronics have not had problems.

Recently, Hotong has just updated the list of foundry service providers to supply LG's batch of Snapdragon 820 chips, which are from Bay Semiconductor Manufacturing Company and Shanhai Microelectronics.

Suddenly, these unlucky eggs who had nowhere to vent subconsciously thought that the production process of Shanhai Microelectronics was flawed.

"Siphal! There must be something wrong with the quality of Huaguo's chips! ”

"A semiconductor company that does not enter the stream, in just one year, announced three breakthroughs in the process, which is completely unreasonable, their 14nm chips, the performance may not be as good as Sanxing's 28nm level!"

“……”

A Chinese student who was studying abroad on the BBS forum in Korea couldn't help but feel a strong sense of anger when he saw this kind of remark.

"Its grandmother drops, without investigating clearly, dares to splash dirty water on Shanhai Microelectronics, it's too much!"

Peng Cheng said indignantly.

As a communication engineering student at Korea Science and Technology Institute, I wrote an application called "Snapdragon 820 Indentifier" overnight and put it on a free resource website for people to download.

Users only need to authorize the installation, and then return to the desktop to launch the software, and the CPU model and manufacturer will be displayed at the top of the screen, Snapdragon 820 WSMC is the chip of Wanji Microelectronics, and Snapdragon 820 ShanHai is the chip of Shanhai Microelectronics.

As the number of software downloads increased, the original mocking remarks somehow disappeared overnight.

Peng Cheng glanced at the query data in the background statistics and pouted disdainfully.

There are 36,754 Snapdragon 820 WSMC verified users and 3,769 Snapdragon 820 ShanHai verified users, accounting for only 9.3%.

Although he does not know whether the LG G5 phone purchased by the person who uses the identification tool has problems with high energy consumption and poor performance.

But from a human point of view, if it's okay, you won't waste time downloading the program to verify.

With the help of the "Snapdragon 820 Indentifier", a rigorous digital blogger quickly got two LG G5s equipped with different Snapdragon 820 chips, and began to evaluate them after they were fully charged.

So he was surprised to find that the battery life of the Shanhai Microelectric version is better than that of the Bay Semiconductor version for 2 hours, and the performance of heat dissipation is also better than the Snapdragon 820 of the Shanhai Microelectric version.

Love Rabbit Running Score, the Bay Semiconductor version is 158,000, and the Shanhai Microelectronics version is 169,000.

In terms of overall performance, the Snapdragon 820 chip of Shanhai Microelectric Edition is at least 5%-7% higher.

This digital blogger uploaded the evaluation video to overseas websites intact, turning it into the most direct and effective evidence of slapping Korean netizens.

"I don't believe it, the video must have been edited!"

"What do two mobile phones, such a small sample size, represent? Looking forward to the official release of data, so that these Chinese people with sensitive self-esteem should shut up quickly. ”

"Shanhai Microelectronics rolled out of the semiconductor industry, you have no ability to produce high-end chips at all!"

This group of people is still dead ducks with hard mouths and keeps shouting.

Until the morning of the next day, LG Electronics announced that it would recall the Goryeo area, and all G5 mobile phones equipped with the Snapdragon 820 chip of the Bay Semiconductor Manufacturing Company caused a shock in the circle for a while.

This new product, which has been on the market for less than half a month, actually wants to calm the anger of consumers through recall?

This move is tantamount to a disguised admission that the Snapdragon 820 chip produced by Bay Semiconductor has major defects.

"Yesterday you barked a dog on the Internet, and now what about people? Quack? @山海微电是垃圾"

"Little rookie, come out and face your grandfather, see how labor and management hit you in the face!"

"There is no one who can fight, it all depends on the hard mouth?"

Netizens in Huaguo logged on to the popular forums of Goryeo, threw out all kinds of emojis and ridiculous words, and frantically whipped the Korean people whose hearts were damaged by critical blows.

In the end, the rational debate turned into a war of words, a war of memes......

Meng Haodong of Hotong got an authoritative test report, and among the 1,000 samples, the chips of Wanji and Shanhai Microelectronics each accounted for 50%, and the extreme test was carried out in a variety of performance fields.

Judging from the results, the Snapdragon 820 produced by Shanhai Microelectronics beats the Bay Semiconductor Company in almost all directions!

Processor performance: 6.3% faster and more responsive;

Memory and storage performance: 3.9% faster data transfer speed;

Battery efficiency and energy-saving performance: battery life exceeds 7.2%;

Network connection performance: 2.7% faster and more stable

"How did they do it?"

Meng Haodong was stunned, and he couldn't figure it out.

Bay Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. and Shanhai Microelectronics are both Snapdragon 820 chips manufactured according to standard chip electronic documents and production specifications, even if the production process and employee operation level are inconsistent, there will be a performance error of up to 2~3%.

But the reality told him that the overall performance difference of the same chip exceeded 5%!

"Help me contact Mr. Chen of Shanhai Microelectronics, and I asked to meet him."

Meng Haodong pondered for a moment, sent the test report to the headquarters, and explained the whole story of this "chip gate" by the way.

It didn't take long for the secretary to push the door and walk in, and said with a smile: "Mr. Meng, I have already made an appointment for you, tomorrow at the headquarters of Shanhai Microelectronics, at 14 o'clock in the afternoon." ”

"yes, okay."

Meng Haodong nodded, and then called Sanxing, HOC and Xuni one by one, synchronized the investigation results, and promised to list the last batch of Wanji chips as order gifts, and make up for them when they buy them next time.

The big oolong incident is completely reversed!

Goryeo netizens were silent, and Huaguo netizens were elated, this is the first time that the domestic chip process has been recognized by the international market.

Botong, Fututong and Ruisa Electronics sent a business delegation to Shanghai to evaluate the equipment foundation, production process control, quality management system, etc., and prepare to adjust the structure of their own chip foundry service providers.

Bay Semiconductor is no longer their first choice!

……

Chen Heyu sat on the soft boss's chair, but he didn't expect that this time the OEM production of chips for Hotong would cause such a big twist and turn.

A few days ago, Shanhai Microelectronics was scolded miserably on the Internet, and some netizens who didn't know the truth sarcastically ridiculed and ridiculed viciously, saying that the face of domestic chips was completely lost.

looked angry, as if Shanhai Microelectronics had done something unseemly.

Now there is a big reversal, these people have disappeared without a trace, and all that remains is touted.

"Boss, Mr. Meng, they have arrived, and Mr. Wang is receiving them."

Assistant Xiaoyao reminded.

"Take me there."

Chen Heyu said in a relaxed tone, he knew very well about Meng Haodong's intention, it was nothing more than to increase the amount of orders and deepen cooperation.

Walking out of the office, he headed straight for the reception room.

"Mr. Chen, I'm sorry for the bother."

When Meng Haodong saw the visitor, he got up happily and held Chen Heyu's hand, with a spring breeze on his face.

"Mr. Meng is polite, you came to send an order to Shanhai Microelectronics, I am too late to be happy, why bother.

If this is called harassment, Mr. Meng will have to move around a lot in the future. ”

Chen Heyu said with a smile.

He then motioned for everyone to sit down and talk.

"Mr. Chen, then I'll make a long story short, the headquarters decided to hand over the annual order demand for Snapdragon 820 and 650 chips to Shanhai Microelectronics to OEM.

In addition, for the upcoming Snapdragon 825, we can sign a contract first, and wait for the R&D center to improve the design documents before production. ”

Meng Haodong said frankly.

"No problem, what about the Snapdragon 625?"

Chen Heyu asked.

"Mr. Chen won the mid-to-high-end market, do you still care about low-end chips?"

Meng Haodong said leisurely.

"Mosquito legs are also meat, not to mention that Shanhai Microelectronics has this technical strength, I believe that Mr. Meng should compare the process differences between us and Wanji."

Chen Heyu said meaningfully.

A year ago, Shanhai Microelectronics' production process, technology, and technology were not mature enough, and the main means to attract customers was price.

Of course, we must take advantage of the victory to pursue and kill them all!

He won't forget that if it weren't for Shi Yang taking the risk and helping him get a batch of ion implanters and etching machines, Shanhai Microelectronics would definitely not have been able to win the orders from Pinghua, NVIDIA and Pickaxe.

Technology alone, no equipment is blind!

"I tried to convince the board, but I can't guarantee the outcome."

Meng Haodong thought for a while and said.

"Thank you, last time Mr. Meng came and went in a hurry, this time I want to entertain you well, and do your best to be a landlord."

Chen Hayu smiled and invited the other party to his private dinner.

During the banquet, accompanied by He Tingbo, Wang Maosong, Wu Maozhe, Ye Youcheng and others, nominally to familiarize Meng Haodong with the chip technology level of Shanhai Microelectronics, but actually show off his muscles and talk about development prospects and industry potential.

Meng Haodong's heart sank, he knew the subtext in Chen Heyu's words, and wanted to pull him into the gang and join Shanhai Microelectronics.

With his current status, can he get higher treatment?

As a director of Hotong Dahua, his annual basic salary is 600,000 US dollars, and the bonus is linked to performance, almost 1 million to 1.5 million US dollars, and other types of subsidies are 200,000 US dollars, and most of the remaining income is related to stock awards.

On the whole, he has more than 3 million US dollars a year, and he can be regarded as a top worker in any region of the world.

But when he caught a glimpse of Wu Maozhe opposite, he immediately smiled with relief, just a chip engineer, Chen Heyu dared to give a bonus of 220 million US dollars, and the other party was obviously not a stingy boss.

Meng Haodong didn't agree in person, but he couldn't help but secretly have other thoughts.

After the banquet, Chen Heyu personally sent him to the car and left.

"Boss, did you think he would say yes?"

He Tingbo asked.

She understands that Shanhai Microelectronics needs a manager who understands the overseas chip market to open up a broader revenue source for the company and enrich the KA customer base.

Instead of relying on Wang Maosong for domestic business, Chen Heyu is still needed for international business.

"Who doesn't love money?"

Chen Heyu smiled lightly, patted Wu Maozhe's shoulder and said, "Then the old fox left your contact information?" ”

"Ahh How do you know? ”

Wu Maozhe was stunned for a moment, awkwardly took out a brand-new business card from his pocket, and was about to throw it into the trash.

"Accept it, if Pickaxe Tong offers competitive conditions, I can also readjust the salary system."

Chen Hayu quipped.

During the meal, Meng Haodong inadvertently always set his eyes on Wu Maozhe, and although he tried his best to cover it up, he still found out.

A former engineer of NVIDIA, who has not touched his job for three years, can still independently handle the process of 16nm chips on a humble basis.

If we had a more favorable R&D environment, would it be possible to scale down the process to 10nm?

Many overseas semiconductor design companies had the idea of poaching, but after they contacted them, they were rejected before they could report the conditions.

Some of them talked about signing fees, salaries, bonuses, and stock policies, but they were ruthlessly rebuffed.

Are you kidding?

People with a normal brain would not choose to cross the ocean to work for a lower salary.

The basic salary of Shanhai Microelectronics, except for the lowest engineer and the same as the Kameya semiconductor industry, is 20% higher on average for other ranks.

Coupled with generous quarterly bonuses, year-end bonuses, and a comprehensive welfare system, no one agrees to change jobs at all.

At that time, strict non-competition regulations and high liquidated damages were also one of the reasons.

"Hehe, don't try to fool me, are you trying to save my bonus?"

Wu Maozhe did not hold back and stuffed his business card into the trash.

After working at NVIDIA for many years, he knows very well the salary of the chip industry in Gugu, no matter how high the salary is, can it exceed the dividends of hundreds of millions of dollars per year?

This dividend, as long as he resigns from Shanhai Microelectronics, will be lost forever.

"Your idea is good, did Mr. He hear it, if you have time to set up a headhunting company, poach Wu Gong first, and we can save more than a billion Chinese dollars a year."

Chen Hayu half-jokingly.

"Humph! Don't even think about it, I'm going to work for you all my life! ”

Wu Maozhe gritted his teeth and said.

“……”

Chen Heyu laughed, who said that technicians don't love money? Immediately said goodbye to a few people, got in the car, and went home from work.

The following days.

Hotong re-signed the OEM contract, and the order amount was as high as 4.15 billion US dollars!

It is the second chip design company to sign a cooperation, with an order amount of 830 million US dollars!

Botong is the third, with an order amount of 1.79 billion US dollars!

Fututong is the fourth, with an order amount of 300 million US dollars!

Combined with the previous OEM orders from Apple Confectionery and NVIDIA, the cumulative amount of 13.07 billion US dollars is only the business volume of the six partners in the overseas market.

Thousands of miles away on Bay Island.

Zhang Zhimou of Wanji is already mad, and Hotong is his core customer, and after the loss, this year's performance will be miserable.

The 20 lithography machines of Ames can be returned, because the production capacity does not match the order, and it is also gray to buy it.

"Besemai, you must help me this time, if this continues, the company will lay off employees and reduce production capacity."

Zhang Zhimou contacted a major shareholder behind Bay Semiconductor Company.

“Shit！ It's not because of the Bay Semiconductor Company itself, I have communicated with the board of directors of Pickaxe to help you keep 40% of the order, but you are not angry. ”

One of Bedley's executives scolded sharply.

"Is there a way to sanction the other party?"

Zhang Zhimou's old voice carried a hint of sinister aura.

Business war theme!

In 2004, Gao Huaijun took over an electric fan factory that was about to go bankrupt.

Hold the technology of the future in your hands.

He will start in the field of electrical appliances and set foot in electronics, chips, automobiles, finance, energy, artificial intelligence and other related fields.

One by one, he brought future technology to this era, and single-handedly led the world's scientific and technological process.

In this era of great change where East and West collide head-on.

Where will his business go?

This game has been played silently for 180 years.

Now, it's time to overturn their tables!

With these future technologies in hand, see how Gao Huaijun builds his own industrial empire step by step!

(End of chapter)