Three months have passed since the release of Qinguang No. 1.

In these three months, Daqin Optics and Datang Heavy Industries have manufactured a total of four EUV lithography machines.

One of them was left to Dahan Chip, and three were secretly delivered to the Equipment Department.

Originally, there were two units left in the order from the military.

However, considering that the people have not seen the news of the mass production and delivery of domestic EUV lithography machines for a long time, there have been different voices, and many people have begun to suspect that Daqin Optics has not been able to achieve the mass production of Qinguang No. 1.

Therefore, the military finally decided that the delivery of the remaining two units could be postponed until June.

So on April 2, the fifth lithography machine of Daqin Optics was finally delivered to Lion Micro, which won the first place at the procurement meeting, under the witness of major media.

This news made the doubts on the Internet disappear immediately.

Everyone is discussing fiercely what kind of impact the mass production and delivery of domestic lithography machines will have on the chip industry, and whether the price of electronic products can be reduced.

At the same time, more and more attention has refocused on the research and development of photoresist.

However, Wu Lihong listened to Kangchi's words last time, and chose to ignore the external pressure and steadily promote the research and development of photoresist according to his normal rhythm.

Just last month, they have achieved phased results, greatly narrowing the direction and scope of R&D, and are getting closer and closer to the final success.

The news of the mass production and delivery of Qinguang No. 1 also completely shattered the last trace of illusion of the international semiconductor giants.

In the face of the menacing semiconductor industry in China, the semiconductor industry association of country M urgently convened a meeting of key members the next day to discuss specific countermeasures in the future.

Participating in this emergency meeting were a number of semiconductor giants such as Pingguo, Qualcomm, LianTek, Sanxing, Soni, Taiwan Electromechanical, and Guge.

At this meeting, the giants first agreed on the big picture,

That is, the fact that China has broken through the blockade of chip technology is basically a foregone conclusion, and the semiconductor war will gradually turn from the offensive blockade stage to an evenly matched, frontal fighting link.

To do this, they must give up all illusions and be ready to fight a tough battle.

Once anyone loses in this technology race, companies with a market value of hundreds of billions or even trillions of dollars may be reduced to ashes in an instant!

At the same time, they unanimously decided that at the last moment of this offensive blockade stage, they will continue to use the chip advantage to harvest and crack down on the downstream industry of Huaguo's chips.

The next day, Xiaomi, Green Factory, Blue Factory, Meizhu, Hongji, Huashuo, Qicaihong, etc., all domestic assembly plants in the field of mobile phones, notebooks, computer hardware and other electronic fields, have received notices from foreign semiconductor giants.

There are various reasons for the announcement, and the final conclusion is that the price of their chips will increase by 80-120%!

For example, Qualcomm's third-generation Snapdragon 8, the purchase price has risen from the original $160 (about RMB 1168) to $304 (about RMB 2128), a price increase of up to 90%!

Originally, a mobile phone of 3999 yuan, if the third-generation Snapdragon 8 is loaded, then the cost of the optical chip accounts for about 25% of the total material cost!

Now it has suddenly risen to 2128 yuan, and more than half of the money of a mobile phone is CPU, so I ask you to buy it or not?

And the price increase of chips is only one of them.

Second, the Android system will also be charged!

In order to successfully acquire Motorola, Guge signed an agreement with the Ministry of Commerce of Huaguo, promising that the Android system would be free for domestic brands within 5 years.

But then the free period passed, and they didn't actually charge for it.

Not only Huaguo, in order to popularize the Android system, they have been free all over the world, and it was not until 19 years that Guge finally began to harvest.

However, their first target was Gull Island, and then they were fined nearly $5 billion by the Gull League Committee, directly breaking the fine record.

But the fine is a fine, and in response, Guge adjusted the rules for manufacturers to use Android, and each device still has to pay 20~40 US dollars, which is tough anyway.

In fact, this also made the profits of domestic mobile phones exported to Ouzhou decline for a while.

And now, they have finally put the next gun on the Chinese market.

Of course, this is actually easy to solve, just follow the example of the members of the Gull League and find an opportunity to fine.

The system is reproducible, the actual limit space is limited, and if you play hooligan then I will also play scoundrel.

If you are reasonable, the fee is reasonable, this patent fee is not impossible, after all, everyone is a civilized person, to protect intellectual property rights together, everyone has to collect some patent fees, right?

But the chip is physical hardware, if you punish him, then he will not sell it directly, what can you do?

In short, these announcements immediately triggered an eighteen-magnitude earthquake in the field of Huaguo semiconductor!

When Mr. Lei saw these notices, he suddenly felt like a bolt from the blue, and his eyes were black and he almost rushed to the hospital.

Qualcomm's Xiaolong 8gen3, wcn7851 WIFI chip, 77042 power amplifier, SDR753 RF chip, Suoni's CMOS chip,

All price increases!

only

It feels like the sky is going to fall!

He hurriedly called Qualcomm and Suo Ni to ask Qualcomm and Suo Ni to see if he had offended a few bigwigs, but they didn't answer his call at all.

To make it clear, do you like to buy it or not?

At the same time, friends also called him one after another to ask what was going on here.

Only then did Mr. Lei know that it was not their Xiaomi's family who received such an exaggerated notice.

So

The reason for the incident is not that they Xiaomi offended the bigwigs at all.

but someone else,

So he quickly thought of the fact that two days ago, there was a stir on the Internet, and Daqin Optics delivered Qinguang No. 1.

"Nima, you immortals fight, and you hurt the pond fish......"

Mr. Lei couldn't help but secretly complain in his heart.

"But fortunately, everyone has raised the price, and this wave is actually about the same as no increase!"

"Mr. Lei," product manager Mai Yongxiang hurriedly reminded, "Have you forgotten the ...... Warwick?"

“……”

Such a key 'friend businessman', how could Mr. Lei forget.

It's just that I don't dare to think about it......

"The lithography machine has just been delivered, and their chips should not be mass-produced so quickly......"

"And, now they can't buy EUV photoresists, aren't they? Maybe the lithography machine they delivered won't move at all because there is no photoresist for it......"

"Also, there are so many units and companies waiting to use EUV lithography machines, and Warwick may have to queue up......"

"Take 10,000 steps back and say, even if they can make chips, the performance will definitely be much worse than Xiaolong 8gen3, and our price will be a little higher than theirs, which is also very reasonable......"

It can only be said that

Mr. Lei deserves to be Mr. Lei.

In just a few seconds, he came up with a full four points to comfort himself and his men!

Mai Yongxiang hesitated for a moment, and finally couldn't help asking: "We can't change the processor, but the CMOS chip has actually been replaced by China, should we contact Daqin Optics to see if their CMOS will be sold separately?" Last time I tried their camera, and the imaging was actually pretty good. ”

"There's no need for that." Mr. Lei shook his head directly without thinking:

"After this wave of price increases, they will definitely have to increase the price of the blue-green factory, and it is impossible to sell ...... at a loss."

"So the starting price of Xiaomi 14 originally planned to be 3999, but it had to be increased to at least 5999."

"But you sell a mobile phone for six or seven thousand, but you have a 1200W pixel camera, do you think anyone buys it? And this wave of price increases is already very hurtful, if you don't cooperate with Laika, then even the basic gimmick is gone, this new product might as well not be released......"

"The most important thing is that no matter how much the price of coms rises, that is, the hundred or so yuan, I don't think there is any need to turn against Laikasuoni in order to save this money."

Mr. Lei was angry, and his tone was very heavy, so he almost didn't directly scold 'Are you a product manager brainless' or something like that.

Mai Yongxiang was naturally a little unhappy when he heard this, but for the sake of salary, he finally held back and did not refute or explain.

(End of chapter)