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Chapter 342: TSMC and Han Xing

Strange strong winds blew from night to dawn.

The wind sounded like waves, blowing and howling in waves and waves.

It reminds me of the pomegranate tree in my hometown, the flag on the school playground, and the sweetness of five kilometers during training.

Developed and safe public transportation has turned the once-traveling journey into inter-provincial work. It obviously only takes half a day or a full day to return to my hometown, but the news is sweeping away the longing.

In the morning, the wind finally died down.

Luo Songtang rubbed his sore waist and walked to the bathroom to wash up.

After all, he is getting older, and Taoyao's assistance can only be said to improve his physical fitness rather than becoming a superman.

There are still a lot of company matters to deal with today, but we can't let Wenrouxiang get in the way.

When he returned to the company, the four managers who had notified him in advance were already waiting for him to hold a meeting.

"Have you read the production plans of those two factories?"

Seeing their boss asking the question, the four of them nodded.

Luo Songtang casually asked about a few plans and arrangements. Seeing that the four people were coping well, he said solemnly: "This is a rare opportunity. The company will expand its production scale and is expected to be established as a group company in the future.

If you can seize this opportunity and make outstanding achievements in the production and construction of the new factory, you will definitely get bonus points for job transfers next year.

I can't guarantee that everyone will be promoted, but I understand Mr. Gu's behavior, distribution according to work, rewards for merit and punishment for mistakes.

So everyone must maintain a good attitude at work, don’t panic when something happens, and you can ask me if you can’t solve it.”

After some reminders, Luo Songtang's loyal and elder side made the four of them feel heart-warming.

Although working as a manager at Jiuzhou Technology Company is not as prestigious and free as in other companies, the promotion channels are clear and the working atmosphere does not pay attention to officialdom and favors. It really compares to companies like Ali.

After the meeting was over, everyone went about their business.

Expanding production is not something you can do with the stroke of a pen or writing a project.

Plants, personnel, relevant qualification approvals, equipment technology, cooperation with relevant local departments, and water and electricity facilities all need to be handled by people.

Only by actively cultivating internal strength can you have enough strength to resist external enemies.

Xia Xin Technology's financial report has an impact not only on stock market funds, but also on the foundry route that was once unclear, but now it has also been exposed.

Although the 7nm domestic lithography machine has been announced as a small batch trial production, it also threatens the two major OEMs, TSMC and Korean Star.

According to foreign media reports, TSMC will increase its capital expenditure this year to US$25 billion to increase the production capacity of advanced processes to consolidate its leading position in the global semiconductor chip foundry field.

TSMC plans to increase its 5nm process manufacturing capacity to 150,000 pieces per month in 21, and while expanding 5nm production, it will also accelerate the development of 3nm production process facilities and the development of 2nm process nodes.

Data shows that the current 5nm production capacity of TSMC's wafer fab is 60,000 wafers per month, which will be increased to 150,000 wafers per month. You can imagine who it is targeting.

With the changes in the international trade situation, Xia Wei's orders from TSMC have been reduced by 70%. Of course, in contrast, Pingguo's self-developed chip product line has expanded, vacating Xia Wei's TSMC foundry share

Feed them cleanly.

Except for Kirin's high-end chips that can use TSMC's high-end foundry share in Daxia, other domestic manufacturers have no technology to stand out.

And when it was learned that Xia Xin Technology's technology was licensed by Jiuzhou Technology and Pudong Microelectronics, and that Xia Xin could not be restricted in the field of technology licensing, TSMC and Han Xing seemed to have reached some kind of consensus.

Expand production at the same time.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 and Samsung 2100 choose Korean Star 5nm process OEM, while HiSilicon Kirin 9000 and Pingguo A14 choose TSMC 5nm process OEM.

And now there are rumors that HiSilicon Kirin 9000 can be manufactured by Xiaxin Technology's 7nm process after local modification.

This has confused consumers in Daxia. Does it mean that the performance of the Kirin 9000 in the future will not be as good as the Kirin 9000 manufactured by TSMC's 5nm process?

But in fact, TSMC and Han Xing have not disclosed the key dimensions of their own 5nm process transistors so far. 5nm can only be used to express that this is a process node of this company.

However, the chips produced by the two companies' 5nm process have one prominent shortcoming - a huge increase in power consumption.

The Korean star has overtaken Rice's Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 as the world's first launch. Before the fire incident, some users reported that their phones consumed a lot of power and became hot.

Of course, this is not a problem of the foundry. After all, the chip design cycle is generally 12-18 months. When defining the configuration in the early stage, the selected manufacturing process has already been decided. Nowadays, the degree of closeness between design and manufacturing is quite high.

——Furthermore, due to the differences in contemporary processes, it is unlikely to suddenly switch to another process midway through the chip design stage.

On a chip, the transistors are not just logic circuits, nor are the transistors evenly distributed. It still depends on the design of the chip itself.

Perhaps it was Han Xing Display's complete failure that made Han Xing Semiconductor to prove itself. In addition to expanding production, Han Xing Semiconductor also made three consecutive moves to reduce chip area by 35%, increase power consumption efficiency by 20%, and improve performance by 10%.

This time, friend TSMC was confused.

Originally, it was easy to expand production and squeeze out the share of Xiaxin Technology. Why do you still improve the performance of this stick of yours?

TSMC immediately held a press conference and announced that TSMC had achieved a breakthrough in its 5nm process. Its foundry chips were 15% faster at the same power consumption and 30% lower in power consumption at the same performance.

The competitiveness of TSMC and Korean Star has suddenly increased again.

This is a very simple algorithm.

5nm is smaller than 7nm, and the smaller the number, the more advanced it is.

Although Xia Wei now has Xia Xin OEM chips, more than half of Xia Xin Technology's high-end manufacturing processes have been taken over by Jiuzhou Technology, so currently there are not many chips that can be obtained every month, so there are no concerns about these news on the Internet.

Didn't respond.

The experiences of the past few years have taught Xiawei executives a lesson: to be low-key when doing things, and then be high-profile when things are done.

Of course, at the same time, Xia Wei is also urging Xia Xin Technology to expand production, and is also negotiating with Jiuzhou Technology about Suiren Company's product cooperation this year.

The general meaning is: if you take up so much of Xiaxin Technology’s foundry share, our HiSilicon Kirin won’t be able to get that many products, and the new Jiaolong mobile phone won’t be able to get that many chips.

Jiuzhou Technology's response left Xia Wei speechless and even expressed understanding.

It was a video conference attended by Gu Qing.

His words were brief, but Xia Weizhong's executives were unable to refute.

"The Xiaxin Technology OEM chips that Jiuzhou Technology received are basically used in the new server project of Jiulong in the cloud. The money for the order is all paid by the military. Jiuzhou Technology is only responsible for taking the lead and some minor technical issues.
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