Rebirth 99 to become a car giant

2013 is slowly coming to an end.

However, Cao Yang obviously didn't intend for everyone to live this year peacefully.

Last year, Nanshan Equipment and Nanshan Semiconductor jointly announced that they had conquered the chip technology of the 14nm process, and then built the world's most advanced semiconductor factory in the imperial capital.

After more than a year of construction, the factory is now finally officially put into operation.

The commissioning of such an important factory naturally requires a relatively large-scale commissioning ceremony.

This will not only improve Nanshan Semiconductor's morale and influence, but also let all parties know that Nanshan Semiconductor's technology has reached the world's most advanced level.

Even the world's first 14nm process chip factory is Nanshan Semiconductor's factory.

So this time, Cao Yang specifically asked Nanshan Semiconductor to make the commissioning ceremony larger.

The Imperial Capital was originally the capital of China, and all relevant departments were based here.

"Xie Min, you come with me to the commissioning ceremony of the Nanshan Semiconductor Imperial Capital Factory this time."

Zhongguancun Online, as the most influential media in the domestic IT industry, naturally received an invitation from Nanshan Semiconductor.

Editor-in-chief Wu Xuebin also attaches great importance to it and plans to take his capable subordinate Xie Min to participate in the event.

He had heard some rumors and knew that many leaders from relevant departments would attend Nanshan Semiconductor's event.

This is the most technologically advanced semiconductor factory in the world, and all production equipment used is domestically produced.

Even the raw materials used in the chip processing process have been 100% localized.

This means the overall rise of China's semiconductor industry, and it means that China will no longer be afraid that anyone will dare to use chips to make a fuss.

"Previously, Nanshan Semiconductor claimed that it had mastered the chip technology of the 14nm process, but many people were dubious about it."

"There are even many people on the Internet who ridicule Nanshan Semiconductor for publicizing things in laboratory conditions."

"If that's the case, then Intel and Samsung have already mastered 7-nanometer technology."

"Now that Nanshan Semiconductor's Imperial City factory is about to be officially put into production, those who are not optimistic about Nanshan Semiconductor will be surprised."

Xie Min is now personally responsible for tracking the dynamics of Nanshan-based companies such as Nanshan Semiconductor and Honor Technology.

I have a relatively good understanding of the chip-related content.

And to understand it is to know the meaning behind the official commissioning of the Nanshan Semiconductor Imperial City Factory.

There has always been a large gap between China's semiconductor industry and the international advanced level.

Even though Nanshan Semiconductor has worked hard in recent years, it is only on the way to catch up and has not yet achieved transcendence.

This time, the situation was completely different.

The commissioning of this factory can be said to be a turning point in the development of China's semiconductor industry.

From now on, China's semiconductor industry will have completed its journey of catching up and begun to compete with international chip giants for the world's leading position.

This will definitely make the United States very uncomfortable.

Because the semiconductor industry is one of the industries they attach most importance to, the military industry can be compared with it.

Such an important industry has been surpassed by China, and the potential impact is also very huge.

"Enterprises from the Nanshan Group can always bring surprises to everyone."

"Nanshan Semiconductor is naturally no exception."

"In the past year, the relevant departments in China have obviously increased their attention to and support for Nanshan enterprises."

"They really have this value that you should pay attention to."

"Look, the commissioning ceremony will definitely be broadcast on China Channel's news network, and the length of time it will occupy is quite exaggerated."

Wu Xuebin imagined the scene on the day of the commissioning ceremony in his mind. It was definitely very exaggerated.

That is definitely a great event for China's semiconductor industry.

It’s no wonder that almost all the domestic mainstream media and professional media in the IT circle were present.

Looking at the nameplate placed on the table in front, there were quite a few people from relevant departments present.

Needless to say, the person in charge and relevant personnel of the Imperial City, there were also many persons in charge from the relevant departments present.

After all, there are still many departments related to the semiconductor industry chain.

Even the elders in charge of finances will be present.

Whether there will be "uninvited guests" in the middle is hard to say.

"That's true. Nanshan Semiconductor is so impressive."

"Because of it, our chip section has now become as popular as mobile phones and computers, which is very rare."

"Five or six years ago, there was basically nothing in the chip column that ordinary netizens would be interested in learning about."

"Even if we set up such a new column, it will still be at the bottom. In the end, the company will definitely ask for it to be removed from the shelves."

The chip category was established and developed under the witness of Xie Min, who is also quite emotional.

So far, various reports related to chips have completely become a reality.

She can predict that when the time comes, Zhongguancun Online's report on the Nanshan Semiconductor Imperial Capital Factory's start of production today will definitely become a relatively high-viewed presence.

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In addition to inviting various media to participate in the commissioning ceremony, various friends and businessmen of Nanshan Semiconductor were naturally also invited.

BYD's Wang Fu, Warwick's Xu Jun and others also appeared at the scene.

The semiconductor industry of both of them actually started slightly earlier than Nanshan Semiconductor. Warwick, in particular, started to enter the semiconductor industry very early.

But by now, the gap between everyone has widened.

Although Warwick and BYD are still the first echelons in the domestic semiconductor industry, the situation of one superpower with many strong players may never be broken again.

"Mr. Xu, have you considered investing in building a semiconductor production factory yourself in the future?"

Wang Fu's position is next to that of Xu Jun. They all work in Shencheng companies, so naturally they have known each other for a long time.

Both of them also have joint ventures with Nanshan Semiconductor, but their current development focus is definitely not on joint venture projects.

Everyone has their own development priorities, and the existence of joint venture projects at this time gradually becomes a bit embarrassing.

"We have also discussed this topic internally. There are actually quite a lot of types of chips we need."

"In addition to those used in mobile phones and computers, many chips are also needed in various switches and other telecommunications products."

"Most companies in the industry now hand over chip production to professional foundries, so TSMC and SMIC can develop and grow."

"Anyway, Nanshan Semiconductor also has chip foundry business, and our previous cooperation was quite pleasant, so we should simply focus the company on chip design and hand over production to Nanshan Semiconductor."

Although this was considered to be related to Warwick's development strategy, it was not particularly sensitive content, so Xu Jun did not hide it and shared it directly with Wang Fu.

The investment in chip factories is very huge, and management also requires a relatively professional talent team.

Warwick does not have a big advantage in this regard, especially with a domestic partner like Nanshan Semiconductor, it does not make much sense to continue investing in semiconductor factories.

After all, even if you invest yourself, the production equipment is actually purchased from Nanshan Equipment.

In the end, it is still impossible to get rid of dependence on the Nanshan System.

In this case, why should we bear the risk of investment in chip factories?

"It's good to be a professional in chip design."

"I have also been thinking about this issue during this period. In addition to a small number of semiconductor components such as IGBTs, we are also preparing to purchase various other chips directly from Nanshan Semiconductor, or design them ourselves and then hand them over to Nanshan Semiconductor for foundry."

Wang Fu naturally knows very well that BYD Semiconductor's strength cannot be compared with Nanshan Semiconductor.

They are now moving towards the number one position in the world, but BYD Semiconductor's strength cannot even reach the tenth place in the world.

In this case, it would be inappropriate to focus too much on the semiconductor industry.

In other words, developing the semiconductor industry in an all-round way like Nanshan Semiconductor is not suitable for BYD's current situation.

"The demand for IGBTs should be very large in the future. If BYD Semiconductor can make this thing bigger and stronger, it can also leave a place in the domestic semiconductor industry."

Xu Jun is naturally a knowledgeable person.

IGBT has a very wide range of application scenarios in new energy vehicles, and the domestic new energy vehicle industry is developing rapidly.

If BYD Semiconductor can capture more than half of this market, it will be enough to gain a foothold in the industry.

In addition, it is basically enough to develop a few car-grade chips related to new energy vehicles.

"Many semiconductor companies are optimistic about the prospects of IGBT, but Infineon is currently doing the best."

"Rohm in Japan also regards IGBT as the focus of its development. The challenges we face are still quite big."

Wang Fu has a clear view of BYD Semiconductor's technical strength.

Now the question of whether IGBT is available has been solved, but the technical level of IGBT is not yet the world's top.

Of course, with the support of various equipment from Nanshan Equipment, the environment for the development of the entire domestic semiconductor industry is very good.

In addition, Nanshan Auto Parts will purchase BYD Semiconductor's IGBTs, which makes BYD Semiconductor's IGBT technology upgrade very fast.

The biggest fear of semiconductor products is that there is no place to use them after they are produced.

In that case, it becomes very difficult to continue technological upgrading.

No matter how good some things look on paper, if they have not entered large-scale production and have not entered mass production and deployment, there will be no way to find some problems.

It is also more difficult to carry out targeted technical improvements.

Now that these troublesome areas can be solved, the subsequent development is naturally worth looking forward to.

"In the past, 99% of our chips were imported from abroad. In recent years, the proportion of localized chips has been getting higher and higher."

"I think based on the current strength of the domestic semiconductor industry, more than half of the chips can actually be purchased domestically."

"It's just that some models have not yet been produced due to time constraints, and some manufacturers are already accustomed to purchasing from manufacturers such as Infineon or NXP."

"Given time, I think the market share of domestic chips can rise to more than 80%."

Xu Jun is still very optimistic about the prospects of China's semiconductor industry.

This is a huge market with a market size of several trillion.

The amount of China's chip imports once exceeded the amount of crude oil imports. This may not be known to many people.

That is to say, since last year, the amount of crude oil imports has exceeded again.

It is estimated that the amount of chip imports will never exceed that of crude oil in the future.

However, due to various inertial reasons, the amount of chip imports is actually quite large.

"As the market share of domestic chips continues to expand, I think related conflicts will actually continue to increase."

"After all, this involves the core interests of many international chip giants."

"The situation that Nanshan Semiconductor encountered before may also be encountered by BYD Semiconductor and Warwick HiSilicon."

Now when I talk to Wang Fu about this topic, I naturally speak eloquently.

With the rapid rise of all walks of life in China, conflicts with international giants will inevitably become more and more intense.

Everyone must be prepared for various worse situations.

While Xu Jun and Wang Fu were talking, guests attending the commissioning ceremony continued to enter the venue, and the host Zhang Jing had already begun preparations on the stage.

In recent years, Zhang Jing's influence in the domestic semiconductor industry has continued to expand.

On the one hand, Nanshan Semiconductor is a leading company in the industry, and on the other hand, Zhang Jing's status as an academician has also helped a lot.

Although there are a lot of academicians in China as a whole, if you look at them by category, you can see that academicians are definitely very scarce.

There are even fewer people like Zhang Jing who are still in their prime.

"Mr. Cao, after your Imperial City factory is put into production, the relevant construction personnel can focus on the Chang'an factory."

"At that time, around Nanshan Semiconductor, our Chinese semiconductor industry will have formed four regions: Magic City, Imperial City, Yangcheng and Chang'an, and will develop in an all-round way."

"Even if there are any emergencies in the future, the semiconductor industry is distributed in four regions, which can also play a role in diversifying risks."

Liu Tianwu also came to the imperial capital specifically to attend the commissioning ceremony today.

Normally, it would be inappropriate for him to come to the imperial capital to participate in the commissioning ceremony of Nanshan Semiconductor's new factory.

However, considering that Nanshan Semiconductor’s next 14nm process chip factory will be built in Chang’an, it makes sense.

After all, the completion of the Imperial Factory also means the comprehensive construction of the Chang'an Factory.

This scene of connecting the past and the future also allows everyone to feel the rapid development of Nanshan Semiconductor more intuitively.

"The industrial park built by the Chip Equipment Industry Alliance in Chang'an has now been put into production, and some other semiconductor companies have also made some investments in Chang'an."

"The semiconductor industry will inevitably become one of the pillar industries in Chang'an City in the future."

"Our group definitely attaches great importance to the construction of the Chang'an factory."

"And it can be expected that after the Chang'an factory is put into production, the time for improving the yield rate will definitely be greatly compressed, so that it can quickly enter large-scale mass production."

Cao Yang and Liu Tianwu are old acquaintances.

Nanshan Semiconductor has now entered a stage of comprehensive development. With support from all aspects, it will naturally be the icing on the cake.

Of course, considering that both Yangcheng and Shanghai are on the coast, it is indeed beneficial to the layout of the semiconductor industry in China to make some considerations for extreme situations and locate some factories in Chang'an City.

Pan Jun had lobbied Cao Yang on this topic before. In the end, Nanshan Semiconductor would make such a layout, which is somewhat related to this reason.

"That would be the best. After so many years, our semiconductor industry can finally lead the world."

"I heard that Intel and Samsung will not be able to put into production 14nm process chip factories until next year at the earliest."

"It will be at least the year after tomorrow when they use this chip on a large scale in mobile phones and computers."

Liu Tianwu has obviously devoted himself to learning about the semiconductor industry in recent years, and has always been paying close attention to developments in this area.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to be so clear about the situation of Intel and Samsung.

"That's true, but the development of the semiconductor industry follows Moore's Law. Although we are currently ahead, several other chip giants will soon catch up."

"Their foundation is not weaker than ours at all. It is still difficult to stay ahead."

There is no need to talk too much at this time.

If Cao Yang said that Nanshan Semiconductor can always be ahead of international chip giants such as Intel, Samsung and TSMC in the future, actually no one may believe it.

It would be better to speak with facts, that would be more convincing.

However, Cao Yang didn't have much time to communicate too much with Liu Tianwu, because there were several guests at the same level as Liu Tianwu today, or even higher levels.

He must be no one suitable to be left behind.

Fortunately, companies in the Nanshan system now have several academicians, and Pan Jinxing, Lai Yuanhong and others also came to the scene.

It is not rude to ask academicians to greet and entertain some guests.

It just so happens that the research results of these academicians are closely related to today's factories.

However, the Nanshan Semiconductor Imperial City Factory is in a state of joy, but in some companies, the situation is completely different.

"Chai Hang, today is the day when the Nanshan Semiconductor Imperial Capital Factory is put into operation, right?"

Over at Samsung China, Li Zailin was pacing back and forth in the office a little restlessly.

Samsung headquarters gave him special instructions, asking him to collect as much information as possible about the Nanshan Semiconductor Imperial Capital Factory.

Has this factory truly mastered the chip processing technology of the 14nm process? Did it encounter any problems in the initial stage of production? What is the yield rate? When can it be mass-produced?

These are things that Samsung headquarters is very concerned about.

Samsung, which has always regarded the semiconductor industry as the core industry of the group, absolutely cannot accept the rise of Nanshan Semiconductor.

On the one hand, Samsung also has a chip OEM business. After the rise of Nanshan Semiconductor, it is almost impossible for Chinese manufacturers to turn to Samsung to OEM chips.

On the other hand, Nanshan Semiconductor now wants to produce all products, which will make many mobile phone, computer and other manufacturers in China consider purchasing chips from Nanshan Semiconductor.

Originally, Samsung felt that China's chip market was the most worthy of its focus, but now it has discovered that this market has little to do with itself.

How could they accept this kind of thing?

"Yes, the other party made a big move this time. They invited all media to attend the commissioning ceremony. I heard that many personnel from relevant departments will also attend."

"The traffic in that area seems to be controlled."

"I have communicated with some familiar media in the past few days. When they learn the relevant information, they will share it with us as soon as possible."

Chai Hang naturally knew that the commissioning of the Nanshan Semiconductor Imperial City Factory was what Li Zailin cared about most during this period.

As for the hotly debated industrial software issue some time ago, Samsung doesn’t really care about it.

After all, Samsung has no core interests in this area.

But semiconductor factories are different.

Nanshan Semiconductor’s Imperial City factory is claimed to be the world’s first factory capable of producing 14nm process chips.

This gimmick alone can attract great attention from everyone in the semiconductor industry.

Not to mention that Nanshan Semiconductor’s factory all uses domestic equipment, and the photolithography equipment is also well-known from the program "Great Power Heavy Industry".

It can be said that Chinese netizens’ understanding of the semiconductor industry is now at a higher level than in previous years.

This will inevitably bring the influence of Nanshan Semiconductor's production ceremony to a higher level.

These changes are not what people at Samsung want to see.

"In addition to understanding this information through the media, it is best to further clarify the situation through some technical personnel within Nanshan Semiconductor."

"Don't be afraid to spend money at this time. As long as you can get accurate and useful information, everything will be worth it."

The first thing Li Zailin needs to consider now is how to communicate with the headquarters.

If he doesn't get any information by then, he will definitely be scolded badly.

Within Korean companies, the workplace hierarchy is very strict.

Even if you are one level lower than others, you are still a completely different existence.

For example, in a Chinese company, if a newcomer actively toasts to leaders at all levels during a dinner party, or even toasts guests, this person is often considered to be too eager to make progress.

Basically, his direct leaders will not be dissatisfied with him because of this matter.

But if this kind of thing happened in Korea or Japan, it would be miserable for the newcomer.

It is estimated that he does not have to wait until the next day. After the toast that day, his immediate superior will grab him!

"Well, I'm working hard on this as well."

"I will report to you as soon as there is any progress."

Although this matter is very difficult, Chai Hang doesn't think the person he is looking for can produce any results.

But the attitude must be positive. As for the result, it is a matter of ability.

This can be regarded as a way to survive in the workplace.

You can say that my ability needs to be improved, but you can't say that my attitude is not good.

Otherwise, you will definitely not be able to survive!