For example, Pingguo was the first to launch 5nm chips, and in terms of chip performance, even last year's A14 chip is still unsurpassed by chip companies such as Qualcomm and MediaTek.

But now TSMC will give 4nm to MediaTek first. Will Cook be happy?

Perhaps it was because the house was leaking and it rained all night, and the wave of "loyalty and love for domestic products" made by Chinese mobile phone manufacturers made Qualcomm feel unhappy.

Why are you using labor-management chips to go high-end, and now you are turning your back on them?

A Qualcomm spokesperson immediately stated that the next generation of Snapdragon 8 series chips will use TSMC and Samsung’s 4nm processes respectively.

At this point, the entire northwest of Shanxi has really turned into a mess.

As we all know, Pingguo is TSMC's largest customer, contributing more than 70 billion yuan in revenue to TSMC in 2020, and is expected to contribute more than 80 billion yuan in revenue in 2021.

It can be said that no matter what good things TSMC has obtained from AS-ML and what new processes it has developed, new technologies are often provided to Pingguo first. However, in the 4nm process, TSMC actually supplies it to MediaTek first.

Even Qualcomm got in on the act.

Many people picked up the watermelon at this time and were ready to eat it and watch the show.

But when it comes to Pingguo, the drama actually has no ups and downs.

Others found it strange. Even when the head of his own semiconductor department learned of the news, he specifically asked Gu Qing how to deal with it.

Gu Qing smiled at this and said: "You are still too naive. The relationship between Pingguo and TSMC is closer than you think, but it is also more embarrassing.

First of all, TSMC's 5nm and 4nm processes are actually the same generation of technology, and there is no problem even calling this 4nm process 5nm.

It should be just a transitional process for TSMC, and the order volume for Pingguo chips is huge. It is certainly impossible for TSMC to expand the production capacity of the transitional process to the extreme for Pingguo.

But Qualcomm and MediaTek are different. Qualcomm was called a fire dragon because of Korean stars. MediaTek has been unable to reach the high-end, so both want to seize the opportunity of TSMC's 4nm process, be the first to launch 4nm chips, and 4nm

Craftsmanship is the main selling point, even though they can't make many orders at all.

Cook probably wants the Pingguo 14 to be equipped with a 3nm process chip to once again establish a win."

Li You had been engaged in research and development all day long in the past few years and had become less sensitive to business, so he asked this question. After Gu Qing explained clearly, he suddenly realized.

However, he had new doubts: "But 3nm has already started to solve the problems of quantum tunneling, and the stability of the chip will also be greatly tested in this process. TSMC has the ability to provide Pingguo with the foundry capabilities of 3nm chips next year."

?”

Gu Qing smiled.

"Their current 4nm is not 4nm. Naturally, they won't be able to produce 3nm next year, but can't they just change the name?"

Speaking of this, Boss Gu asked back: "How is the progress of your cooperation with Xiaxin Technology and Pudong Microelectronics? Next year will be when our high-end process production capacity explodes. If it is delayed until the second half of next year, this will affect

to the planning of the entire company.”

Hearing Gu Qing ask this question, and not knowing why the R&D team had unified fitness in the past two years, Li You patted his well-developed pectoralis major boldly and said: "No problem! Although the new standards and manufacturing processes

It is a bit difficult, but we have adopted a plan of online and offline dual-channel support, and have worked closely with industry experts from relevant departments and institutions. It is expected that we will be able to start the official production of real 5nm process chips in January next year, and conservatively estimate the first quarter.

It can reach a monthly production capacity of 200,000 wafers."

"That's not bad. As the project leader, you must pay close attention to every link. The 4nm process technology can be handed over to Xiaxin Technology at the end of this month for them to pre-research. Once they understand it thoroughly and upgrade smoothly, it should be in 2023.

."

Li You nodded. He now wants to quickly put his own 5nm process technology into production. By then, the Chenxing s12 can completely defeat Qualcomm Snapdragon, Pingguo, and Intel chips.

But before he could think deeply, Gu Qing patted him on the shoulder and said, "We've caught up. You, the person in charge, usually travel from east to west. Although some things can be solved by video conference, it is easier to discuss them in person.

For details, the software engineering department is in the next building. You can call some managers from the semiconductor R&D department over and notify Zhang Yantai that they will start a video conference. Regarding the industrial software, we will discuss it today. If there are any disputes later,

It’s also easier to deal with.”

Li You was stunned. Looking at Gu Qing's young face, he felt his cheeks were a little hot with embarrassment.

"I didn't expect that you would know about this matter. We didn't handle it well."

Gu Qing explained in a rather mature manner: "Although they are all from the same company, there will always be some mistakes in project planning, department task objectives, and human resource coordination. Your semiconductor R&D department is in a hurry, and their software engineering department is also in a hurry. This is getting urgent.

, it’s fine if there’s no fighting.

In fact, it’s also to blame for the lack of coordination between our human resources and technical reserves. If each department has hundreds of thousands of elite employees, how can we talk about rushing the work?”

What he said made Li You feel even more ashamed.

Gu Qing always acted vigorously and resolutely. Although it was a spur-of-the-moment idea, the people who were notified were still invited. The out-of-town executives, with the help of the accompanying security team, found a room with good sound insulation and high safety factor, and started

videoconference.

There was no big blackboard or ppt. Gu Qing stood at the front, facing the executives of the software engineering department and semiconductor department, as well as the conference camera, and first saluted with his hands clasped in fists.

"Today I made an impromptu invitation to participate in this meeting. I'm afraid it will delay some of your important work. Here, I want to say sorry to everyone."

Although the big boss behaved like this, although others were somewhat understanding and moved, how could they sit back and accept it with peace of mind?

Everyone stood up in unison and returned the salute.

Bowing in return and saluting with hands folded in fists are all the rituals of Daxia, but they were used by the white-eyed wolves for their own use. It is really ridiculous, and it can't help but look like a monkey. But today, the conference room of Jiuzhou Technology

It seems that this opening is polite and reasonable.

Of course, regarding the convening of this temporary meeting and looking at the identities of the people in the meeting, some sensitive people are already a little restless.

Aren't you going to be criticized?

Although time was tight, Gu Qing didn't seem to be in a hurry.
Chapter completed!