Technology: breaking the hegemony that monopolizes the world

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

But now that TSMC is giving 4nm to MediaTek first, will Cook be happy?

Perhaps it was due to the fact that the house leaks coincided with the continuous night rain, and such a wave of "loyalty and love for domestic production" from Daxia mobile phone manufacturers made Qualcomm feel uncomfortable.

Why do you use labor-management chips to go high-end, and now you turn your face and deny people?

A Qualcomm spokesperson immediately stated that the new generation of Snapdragon 8-series chips will use TSMC and Samsung's 4nm process respectively.

So far, the entire northwest of Shanxi has really become a mess.

We all know that Pingguo is TSMC's largest customer. The Xiayin Star Calendar contributed over 70 billion yuan in revenue to TSMC in 1020, and is expected to contribute over 80 billion yuan in revenue in 1021.

It can be said that what good things TSMC has obtained from AS-ML, and what new processes and technologies it has created are often given priority to Pingguo. However, in the 4nm process track, TSMC actually supplies MediaTek first. It was even stepped in by Qualcomm.

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

But when this play is placed here in Pingguo, there is no ups and downs.

Others felt it was very strange, even when the person in charge of his own semiconductor department heard the news, he 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 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 transition process of TSMC, and Pingguo chip orders are huge, and it is certainly impossible for TSMC to expand the production capacity of the transition process to the extreme for Pingguo.

But Qualcomm and MediaTek are different. Qualcomm’s chips made by Han Xing are called fire dragons, and MediaTek has been unable to rush to the high end, so both want to seize the opportunity of 4nm process given by TSMC, take the lead in launching 4nm chips, and integrate 4nm Craftsmanship is the main selling point, even if their orders cannot be made at all.

Cook should want Pingguo 14 to be equipped with a 3nm process chip, which will once again establish a victory. "

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

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

Gu Qing smiled.

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

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

Hearing Gu Qing asking this question, and not knowing why the R\u0026D team has unified fitness in the past two years, Li You patted his well-developed pectoralis major very boldly, and said: "No problem! Although new standards and manufacturing processes It’s a bit difficult, but we have adopted an online and offline dual-channel support plan, and we have worked closely with industry experts from relevant departments and institutions. It is expected that we will be able to officially produce chips with a real 5nm process in January next year. It is conservatively estimated that in 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, and the 4nm process technology can be handed over to Xiaxin Technology for their pre-research at the end of this month. When they have a thorough understanding and upgrade smoothly, it should be Xiayin Star Calendar 1023 went."

Li You nods his head. He is now thinking about quickly implementing his own 5nm process technology into production. At that time, the Chenxing S12 can completely beat all Qualcomm Snapdragon, Pingguo, and Intel chips.

But before he could think about it, Gu Qing patted him on the shoulder and said, "It's time to catch up. You, the person in charge, usually run from east to west. Although some things can be resolved through video conferences, it's easier to talk about them in person. For detailed things, the software engineering department is in the next building. You can call the management of a few semiconductor R\u0026D departments over and inform Zhang Yantai that they will start a video conference. Regarding industrial software, let’s talk about it today. If there are any disputes later, It's also easier to handle."

Li You was stunned, looking at Gu Qing's young face, he felt a little hot and shy.

"I didn't expect you to know about this matter. We didn't handle it properly."

Gu Qing explained quite maturely: "Although they all belong to the same company, there will always be some mistakes in project planning, departmental mission objectives, and human resource coordination. Your semiconductor R\u0026D department is in a hurry, and their software engineering department is also in a hurry. This is urgent. , no fight is considered good.

In fact, it is also our fault that our human resources and technical reserves are not coordinated. If each department has more than 100,000 elite employees, how can we talk about rushing to work? "

What he said made Li You feel even more ashamed.

Gu Qing has always acted swiftly and resolutely. Although it was a sudden idea, the people who were notified were still invited. With the help of the accompanying security team, the executives from other places found a room with good sound insulation and high safety factor, and started video conference.

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

"Today, I made an impromptu invitation to invite everyone to participate in this meeting. I am afraid that some important work of everyone will be delayed. Here, I want to express my apologies to everyone."

The big boss acted like this, although the others were somewhat understanding and moved, but how could they just sit and accept it with peace of mind?

Everyone stood up unanimously and bowed back.

Bowing in return and saluting with fists in both hands are the rituals of the Great Xia, but they are used by the white-eyed wolves for their own use. It seems that this opening is polite and reasonable.

Of course, regarding the convening of this temporary meeting, after looking at the identities of the participants, some sensitive people were already a little breathless.

Wouldn't it be to be criticized?

Although time was tight, Gu Qing seemed not in a hurry.

He didn't directly criticize anyone, but sighed: "Big Xia's development of information technology system has always had a debate on the technical route. Should it be integrated into the ecosystem dominated by international companies? Or should it start from scratch to create an independent ecosystem?"