Rebirth of the Richest Man In Black Technology

Magic City, SMIC!

As the president, Zhang Rujing has a complicated expression at the moment, his head hurts!

Encountered a problem, to be precise, SMIC has encountered a problem!

TSMC filed a lawsuit against SMIC again. It had sued once as early as 2003 and reached a preliminary settlement. And SMIC paid a painful price. SMIC needs to pay TSMC US$175 million in patent royalties to TSMC in six years.

This is another prosecution. TSMC has sued SMIC for intellectual property issues, and claimed that SMIC embezzled its trade secrets, which has aroused great concern in the industry.

Zhang Rujing knew that TSMC was suing against SMIC's 45nm process!

Due to the policies of Taiwan Province, TSMC can only use 0.25 micron chip manufacturing process in the mainland, which cannot meet the requirements of TSMC customers, while SMIC has advanced the process to 0.13 micron or even 45nm, and started to build the second 12-inch chip production line . TSMC had to take action to prevent SMIC's rapid development.

In the face of TSMC's prosecution, Zhang Rujing not only needs to pay a lot of money, but even more other costs.

For example, abandon the 0.13-micron process with more patents from TSMC, and switch to a lower or higher process.

If the process is 0.25 micron, the performance is obviously not enough! If it is to develop a 45nm process, but because the technology is not mature, it cannot be mass-produced! Such a dilemma will make SMIC inevitably go bankrupt.

In the previous life, Zhang Rujing chose to give in repeatedly. In the end, when he retreated for the fourth time, he was defeated in Shanghai and was forced to resign from SMIC. After that, SMIC fell behind again and again, and was constrained by TSMC everywhere.

At this time, Zhang Rujing is also making a choice!

Facing the choice of the third prosecution!

One option is to directly abandon 0.13 microns and go to the life-and-death 45nm chip. The future is uncertain and requires a lot of money.

Another option is to compromise and get some development time again.

"Mr. Zhang, TSMC is going to sue us again!"

"I know this situation. SMIC has not been developing smoothly and has encountered too many setbacks."

Faced with the words of Vice President Gong Zhiwei, Zhang Rujing immediately responded with difficulty.

"Our shareholders don't seem to have any solutions. We have to figure out our own countermeasures."

Gong Zhiwei naturally does not want SMIC to be down, and wants to solve the current difficult situation.

"Zhiwei, what do you think?"

"Mr. Zhang, there were a lot of news about Haotian Research Institute some time ago. Do you have the impression that the person in charge of Haotian Chip R\u0026D Center has come to cooperate with you!"

"Haotian Research Institute has also cooperated with us in front, especially in the chip of drones. As for the person in charge you said is Jin Yue from Haotian Research Institute, your old classmate, right?"

Zhang Rujing pondered for a moment, then thought of Jin Yue, a middle-aged man with high spirits.

I am very impressed, especially in terms of chip design and production, which is particularly suitable for his ideas.

However, he didn't consider the cooperation plan proposed by Jin Yue at all!

Haotian Research Institute, SMIC, and UMC jointly build a new enterprise.

This would require him to give up SMIC's China market, which is obviously impossible!

"That's right, it's my old classmate. He has lowered his profile. If the cooperation fails, Haotian Research Institute can even invest in SMIC."

"Forget it, don't think about it for the time being, let's deal with the current lawsuit first."

Zhang Rujing didn't have much interest in cooperating to open a new business, so he shook his head and rejected Gong Zhiwei's suggestion.

...

Taiwan Province, UMC Headquarters!

"Jin Yue, we are all old classmates. To be honest, our problem is not big here. It is about convincing SMIC!"

"Old Gong is already working hard, and the rest can only depend on God's will."

Two middle-aged men are communicating.

One of them is Jin Yue from Haotian Research Institute, and the other is Xu Jianhua, vice president of UMC.

Gong Zhiwei from SMIC, Xu Jianhua from UMC, and Jin Yue from Haotian Research Institute, all three of them used to be classmates of master students, and the relationship between them is not bad.

The elite among the elites are all at the pinnacle of their careers, and relatively speaking, Jin Yue's achievements are a little lower.

At this moment, the two of them are negotiating with the establishment of a new enterprise.

Haotian Research Institute seeks development and wants to gain a chance of survival in the field of chip foundry and avoid being restricted in the future.

Since 2000, UMC has been restrained by TSMC in terms of chip foundry, and it is also seeking new development.

When he saw Jin Yue coming, he immediately agreed to give it a try. He has been working hard.

Haotian Research was only a small achievement in the field of drones before. It was considered a small company, so it was naturally not valued by UMC.

But the situation changed in November last year. The special Haotian htone mobile phone was pre-ordered, and then it became a hot sale.

This situation was directly informed by Xu Jianhua, vice president of UMC, and then notified.

Therefore, the opportunity to cooperate was finally obtained.

It's a pity that SMIC has no intention of cooperating with the chess team.

It's on hold here for now,

Without SMIC's team, UMC may not be willing to cooperate with Haotian Research Institute.

This is where Jin Yue has a headache!

"Jin Yue, if there is no SMIC team to join, maybe we will have no chance to cooperate."

After thinking for a while, Xu Jianhua smiled helplessly.

"I understand, Jianhua, Haotian's foundation is still too weak, especially in chip foundry and production."

Jin Yue also nodded helplessly, the chip is really not that easy to get, the threshold is too high.

Jin Yue is a computing expert hired by Feng Hao from Qualcomm with a huge sum of money. He has been in Haotian Research Institute for more than half a year now.

Originally, Jin Yue was the middle management of Qualcomm Technology Center, but Feng Hao spent a lot of money to poach him.

As a master student, Jin Yue also has certain connections in Taiwan. There are too few companies in the chip field, so his classmates are basically in chip companies such as UMC, TSMC, and SMIC.

So when you come to Taiwan, you are looking for opportunities!

Despite speculation, but unexpectedly, the result is still very tragic.

"Jin Yue, try to convince our old classmate Lao Gong, it may be much easier with his help."

"Okay, Jianhua, I will try my best."

"Speaking of which, I've always been very curious, why did you run back to China, or did you work in a small company?"

After the two finished talking about business, Xu Jianhua talked about Jin Yue's employment.

"There are two reasons. First, I want to go back to China. After all, it is my home country. If I have the opportunity, I naturally want to go back to China. Second, the boss of Haotian Research Institute has given me a very high salary, and option."

"Oh, how do you feel about Haotian Research Institute? Such a young company has already achieved such success!"

With the arrival of Jin Yue, he wanted to cooperate with UMC, so Xu Jianhua, as the vice president, naturally learned about the relevant information of Haotian Research Institute.

He also has a certain understanding of the information related to Haotian's research.

"Jianhua, this is not the first time I have told you, so let me say it again. Haotian Research Institute is an enterprise with strong innovation and creativity capabilities, and it has extremely strong technology. Especially our Genesis staff and boss, The technology is very powerful, and he can even be called a genius."

This is Jin Yue's evaluation of Haotian Research Institute and Feng Hao very highly.

From drones, to Haotian mobile phones, to the 32nm bionic chip he has been researching!

Without exception, they are all extremely black technology!

"Jin Yue, it's not like you giving such a high evaluation to others."

"Jianhua, I never tell lies. Our boss deserves this evaluation! He is now the richest man in Greentown and the fifth richest man in China!"

"It is indeed amazing, such an achievement at a very young age!"

Jin Yue's praise to Feng Hao made Xu Jianhua speechless to refute.

But speaking of it, at that age, they are still studying for a doctorate!

It is indeed inferior!

A grade around 20, the fifth richest man in China!

...

Regarding the plan for the next six months, Feng Hao simply thought about it and made the arrangements.

call!

But thinking of the longer-term plans in the future, Feng Hao suddenly took a long breath!

Plans for the next three to five years, even longer plans!

The main direction of the hacker group is software plus the Internet, and it is biased towards service-oriented software. Concentrate on the development of anti-virus software, instant messaging software, social software and so on.

However, the main method of Haotian Research Institute is software plus hardware, which is more inclined to research and develop products. Concentrate on the development of products, including artificial intelligence products, drones, Haotian mobile phones, computers and so on.

In the hacker group's future plans, Weibo, WeChat, slow hands, and 361 anti-virus software are all extremely critical things.

WeChat is an instant messaging software that can have a large number of users.

Weibo is a place for sharing and communication, as well as a guide for public opinion, which is also extremely important.

Slow hands are the foreshadowing of the future, and it will not play an important role until the 4G network becomes popular in the future.

As for the 361 anti-virus software, it is the key to current drainage, which can be diverted to WeChat and Weibo.

This is just a general direction. If we want Weibo, WeChat, and slow hands to really take off, we still need to do a lot of arrangements and promotions.

In the future planning of Haotian Research Institute, artificial intelligence, computers, smart phones, chips, and communications are all important directions.

First, the direction of artificial intelligence, mainly the artificial intelligence research and development center of Haotian Research Institute.

Second, for consumer-grade computers, that is, desktops and notebooks, Haotian Research Institute is responsible for research and development, and Genesis is responsible for sales. For computers, Feng Hao has a plan to reorganize and needs to be integrated.

Third, the research direction of smart phones is mainly the smart phone research and development center of Haotian Research Institute, represented by Haotian htone mobile phone.

Fourth, chip design and production direction, Haotian Research has been working on chip design, especially Jinyue got 32mn chip, this kind of bionic design chip.

In the future, Haotian Research needs to have its own chips, especially to find a suitable foundry, and it must not be restricted by others.

Fifth, for research on 4G and 5G communication networks, Haotian also needs to have its own communication technology and related patents.

For now, chip foundry and production are the most critical, technology

The biggest threshold.

Nowadays, the chip technology in the world is not particularly advanced, and Haotian Research Institute still has a chance to catch up.

Even if you can't catch up, you still need to have a stake in a related chip foundry company and have a certain right to speak!

In 2006, the most powerful chip foundries were concentrated in the Asia-Pacific region.

Taiwan Province, Japan and South Korea all have very powerful production and foundry companies, almost to the point of rivalry.

In the previous life, TSMC, a chip foundry company in Taiwan Province, only really rose after 10 years.

The whole chip process includes chip design, chip production, packaging and testing.

Chip foundry enterprises!

These foundry companies are mainly responsible for chip production, packaging and testing!

For chip design, Feng Hao does not need to worry for the time being, because he has a chip design plan for the 32nm process in his hand, and he can also develop 16nm and 14nm process chips in the future.

Besides, if you have a black technology system, if you can't research it, you can exchange it.

Chip production and packaging testing, this is the key.

It is impossible for Haotian Research Institute to produce chips and package testing by itself. After all, the technology industry has specialties, and TSMC specializes in this area.

Earlier, Feng Hao thought of a feasible solution.

On the one hand, Haotian Research Institute must continue to cooperate with Qualcomm to produce Haotian smartphones.

On the other hand, chip design and research and development are carried out at the same time, and chip manufacturers at home and abroad are sought, and certain cooperation is reached.

This matter is already in operation, and Jin Yueyuan went to Taiwan to solve this problem.

He believed that if Jin Yue made this move well, something would definitely change.

"Jin Yue, how are things going?"

Thinking of Jin Yue, Feng Hao called his phone and asked.

"Mr. Feng, things are not going well. I have succeeded in solving UMC, but their president Zhang Rujing refused to let go of SMIC. After all, we are dividing their market, and they are definitely not happy about it."

"You said, what if we cooperate with UMC?"

"Mr. Feng, if it's just us, UMC's vice president Xu Jianhua has already let it go and won't cooperate. His attitude is relatively clear."

Jin Yue's helpless voice came out, he had tried his best and traveled for three or four months.

"Is it Zhang Rujing from SMIC?"

For this legendary figure, Feng Hao still knew the name, but he didn't expect to be rejected.

But thinking about it, Haotian's research foundation is still too thin, and his achievements in the chip field are almost zero.

With Zhang Rujing's ability, Haotian Research Institute may not be favored, let alone the cooperation on chips.

"Yes, Mr. Feng."

"Recently, I have worked hard on you, I will think of a way."

"Feng Hao, this is what I should do."

Jin Yue felt a little ashamed when he heard the words. He didn't do well this time.

"That's it for now. You should go back to the company during this time."

"Okay, Mr. Feng. I'll go back in the middle of the month to deal with some things about UMC."

"That's fine, you look at the arrangement."

After hanging up the phone, Feng Hao's expression was not very good. The road to chips is really uneasy!