Chapter 381: Chip plan blocked (Happy New Year!)
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Magic Capital, SMIC!
As the president, Zhang Rujing has a complicated expression at the moment, and his head hurts!
Encountered a problem, to be precise, SMIC encountered a problem!
TSMC has also sued SMIC, which has been sued once as early as 2003 and reached a preliminary settlement. And SMIC has paid a heavy price. SMIC needs to pay TSMC US$175 million in patent royalties over 6 years.
This is another lawsuit. TSMC sued SMIC for intellectual property issues, and claimed that SMIC misappropriated its trade secrets, which caused great concern in the industry.
Zhang Rujing knows that TSMC is suing against SMIC's 45nm process!
Due to the policy of Taiwan Province, TSMC can only use a 0.25-micron chip 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 began to build a second 12-inch chip production line . TSMC had to take action to stop 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, abandoning TSMC's patented 0.13-micron process and switching to a lower or higher process.
If the process is 0.25 micron, the performance is obviously insufficient! If it is to develop the 45nm process, but due to the immature technology, it cannot be mass-produced! Such a dilemma will make SMIC inevitably go bankrupt.
In the previous life, Zhang Rujing chose to back down again and again. In the end, when he gave in for the fourth time, he was defeated and 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 45nm chip of life and death. The future is uncertain and requires a lot of money.
Another option is to compromise and back down and gain some development time again.
"Mr. Zhang, TSMC is going to sue us again!"
"I know this situation. SMIC has not been developing smoothly and encountered too many setbacks."
Faced with the words of Vice President Gong Zhiwei, Zhang Rujing responded with difficulty immediately.
"Our shareholders don't seem to have a solution either, we have to figure out how to do it ourselves."
Gong Zhiwei naturally does not want SMIC to be down, and wants to solve the current difficult situation.
"Zhiwei, what are your thoughts?"
"Mr. Zhang, there was a lot of news about Haotian Research Institute some time ago. Do you have any impression that the person in charge of Haotian Chip R&D Center has come to cooperate with us!"
"Haotian Research Institute has also cooperated with us, especially in the aspect of drone chips. As for the person in charge, Jin Yue from Haotian Research Institute, your old classmate, right?"
Zhang Rujing pondered for a while, and then thought of Jin Yue, a middle-aged man with high spirits.
Very impressed, especially with regard to chip design and production, and his philosophy is particularly suitable.
However, for the cooperation plan proposed by Jin Yue, he did not take it into consideration at all!
Haotian Research Institute, SMIC, and UMC jointly build a new enterprise.
This requires him to give up the China market of SMIC, which is obviously impossible!
"Yes, that is my old classmate. He has already lowered his profile. If the cooperation fails, Haotian Research Institute can even take a stake in SMIC."
"Forget it, let's not consider this for the time being, we should deal with the current lawsuit first."
Zhang Rujing didn't have much interest in cooperating to open new enterprises, so he shook his head and rejected Gong Zhiwei's suggestion.
...
Taiwan Province, Taiwan UMC headquarters!
"Jin Yue, we are all old classmates. To be honest, we don't have a big problem here. It's about persuading SMIC!"
"Old Gong is already working hard, and the rest is up to God's will."
The two middle-aged men are communicating.
One of them is Jin Yue of Haotian Research Institute, and the other is Xu Jianhua, vice president of Taiwan UMC.
Gong Zhiwei from SMIC, Xu Jianhua from Taiwan UMC, and Jin Yue from Haotian Research Institute were all former master students, and they had a good relationship with each other.
The elites among the elites are all at the peak of their careers, and Jinyue's achievements are relatively low.
At the moment, the two of them are negotiating the issue of building a new business.
Haotian Research Institute seeks development, and wants to gain a chance of survival in the field of chip foundry to avoid future restrictions.
Since 2000, UMC has been controlled by TSMC in terms of chip foundry, and has also sought new development.
When he saw Jin Yue coming, he immediately agreed to give it a try. He has been working hard.
Before Haotian's research, it was only a small achievement in drones. It is a small business, and naturally it is not valued by UMC.
However, the situation changed in November last year, and the special Haotian HTOne mobile phone was booked and sold.
This situation was directly informed by Xu Jianhua, vice president of Taiwan UMC, and then reported.
Therefore, the opportunity to cooperate was finally obtained.
It is a pity that SMIC has no intention of cooperating.
It is currently on hold here. Without the SMIC team, UMC may not be willing to cooperate with Haotian Research Institute.
This is where Jin Yue has a headache!
"Jinyue, if there is no SMIC team to join, maybe we have no chance to cooperate."
After thinking for a while, Xu Jianhua smiled helplessly.
"I understand that Jianhua and Haotian's foundation is too thin, especially in terms of chip foundry and production."
Jin Yue also nodded helplessly, the chip is not so easy to do, the threshold is too high.
Jin Yue is a computing expert that Feng Haohua has dug from Qualcomm with huge sums of money. It has been more than half a year since he arrived at Haotian Research Institute.
Originally, Jin Yue was the middle management of Qualcomm Technology Center, but Feng Hao still spent a lot of money to dig his hands.
As a master student, Jin Yue also has a certain relationship in Taiwan. There are too few companies in the chip field, so his classmates are basically in Taiwan UMC, TSMC, SMIC, these chip companies.
So when you come to Taiwan, you are looking for opportunities!
Despite the speculation, the result was still tragic.
"Jin Yue, try to convince our old classmate Lao Gong that it may be easier to have his help."
"Okay, Jianhua, I will do my best."
"Speaking of which, I've always been very curious, how did you come back to China, or work in a small company?"
After the two had finished talking about business, Xu Jianhua talked about Jin Yue's inauguration.
"There are two reasons. First, I want to return to China. After all, it is my motherland. If I have the opportunity, I naturally want to return to China. Second, the boss of Haotian Research Institute gave a very high salary, and options."
"Oh, how do you feel about Haotian Research Institute? Such a young company has already achieved such success!"
With the arrival of Jinyue, he wanted to cooperate with UMC. Xu Jianhua, the vice president, naturally learned about the relevant information of Haotian Research Institute.
I also have a certain understanding of the information related to Haotian research.
"Jianhua, this is not the first time I have told you, then I will say it again. Haotian Research Institute is an enterprise with strong innovation and creativity, and it has extremely strong technology. Especially our Genesis and the boss, The technique is so powerful that he can even be called a genius."
This is Jin Yue's very high evaluation of Haotian Research Institute and Feng Hao.
From drones, to Haotian mobile phones, to the 32nm bionic chip he has been researching!
Without exception, they are all very high-tech!
"Jin Yue, it's not like you give 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's really amazing, so much 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 really can't compare!
A grade of around 20, the fifth richest person in China!
...
Regarding the plan for the next six months, Feng Hao simply thought about it and finished the arrangement.
call!
But thinking of the longer-term plans in the future, Feng Hao suddenly took a deep breath!
Plans for the next three to five years, or even longer-term 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.
The main method of Haotian Research Institute is software plus hardware, which is biased towards product development. Focus on developing products, including artificial intelligence products, drones, Haotian mobile phones, computers, etc.
In the future planning of the hacker group, Weibo, WeChat, slow hands, and 361 antivirus 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, a guide for public opinion, and it is also extremely important.
Slow hands are the foreshadowing of the future, and it will play an important role in the future when 4G networks are truly popularized.
As for the 361 antivirus software, it is the key to the current drainage, which can be channeled to WeChat and Weibo.
This is only the general direction. To make Weibo, WeChat, and Slow Hand really take off, a lot of arrangements and promotions are still needed.
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, in the direction of 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 R&D 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 the 32mn chip, which is a bionic design chip.
In the future, Haotian Research needs to have its own chips, especially to find a suitable foundry, and must not be restricted by the throat of production.
Fifth, for the research of 4G and 5G communication network, Haotian also needs to have its own communication technology and related patents.
At present, the foundry and production of chips are the most critical, and the technical threshold is the largest.
Nowadays, the chip technology in the world is not particularly advanced, and the Haotian Research Institute still has the opportunity 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, foundries with relatively powerful chips were concentrated in the Asia-Pacific region.
Taiwan Province, Japan and South Korea all have very powerful production and OEM companies, almost to the point of rivalry.
In the previous life, Taiwan's chip foundry company TSMC did not really rise until 10 years later.
The entire chip process includes chip design, chip production, packaging and testing.
Chip foundry company!
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, and can also develop a 16nm and 14nm process 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 place.
It is impossible for Haotian Research Institute to produce chips and package testing by itself. After all, the technology industry has a specialization, and TSMC specializes in this area.
Before, Feng Hao had 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, the design and development of chips are carried out at the same time, as well as the search for domestic and foreign chip manufacturers, and certain cooperation is reached.
This matter is already in operation. Jin Yue went to Taiwan Island to solve this problem.
He believed that if Jinyue made this move well, it would definitely change something.
"Jin Yue, how are things going?"
Thinking of Jin Yue, Feng Hao called his phone and asked.
"Mr. Feng, things didn't go well. I succeeded in this aspect of UMC, but about SMIC, their president Zhang Rujing refused to let go. After all, we are equivalent to dividing their market, and they are definitely not happy."
"You said, what if we cooperate with UMC?"
"Mr. Feng, if it's just us, Xu Jianhua, the vice president of UMC, has already said that he will not cooperate, and his attitude is relatively clear."
Jin Yue's helpless voice came out. He had done his best and had been running around for three or four months.
"Is Zhang Rujing from SMIC?"
For this legendary figure, Feng Hao still knew the name, and did not expect to be rejected.
But think about it, Haotian's research foundation is still too thin, and its achievements in the field of chips are almost zero.
With Zhang Rujing's ability, he may not be able to see Haotian Research Institute, let alone cooperation in chips.
"Yes, Mr. Feng."
"I've worked hard for you recently, I'll think of a way."
"Feng Hao, this is what I should do."
Jin Yue heard the words, but felt a little ashamed, this time he did not do well.
"Then first, you can go back to the company during this time."
"Okay, Mr. Feng. I'll go back in the middle of the day to deal with some UMC affairs."
"Well, look at the arrangement."
After hanging up the phone, Feng Hao's expression was not very good. The road to the chip is really uneasy!
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Magic Capital, SMIC!
As the president, Zhang Rujing has a complicated expression at the moment, and his head hurts!
Encountered a problem, to be precise, SMIC encountered a problem!
TSMC has also sued SMIC, which has been sued once as early as 2003 and reached a preliminary settlement. And SMIC has paid a heavy price. SMIC needs to pay TSMC US$175 million in patent royalties over 6 years.
This is another lawsuit. TSMC sued SMIC for intellectual property issues, and claimed that SMIC misappropriated its trade secrets, which caused great concern in the industry.
Zhang Rujing knows that TSMC is suing against SMIC's 45nm process!
Due to the policy of Taiwan Province, TSMC can only use a 0.25-micron chip 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 began to build a second 12-inch chip production line . TSMC had to take action to stop 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, abandoning TSMC's patented 0.13-micron process and switching to a lower or higher process.
If the process is 0.25 micron, the performance is obviously insufficient! If it is to develop the 45nm process, but due to the immature technology, it cannot be mass-produced! Such a dilemma will make SMIC inevitably go bankrupt.
In the previous life, Zhang Rujing chose to back down again and again. In the end, when he gave in for the fourth time, he was defeated and 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 45nm chip of life and death. The future is uncertain and requires a lot of money.
Another option is to compromise and back down and gain some development time again.
"Mr. Zhang, TSMC is going to sue us again!"
"I know this situation. SMIC has not been developing smoothly and encountered too many setbacks."
Faced with the words of Vice President Gong Zhiwei, Zhang Rujing responded with difficulty immediately.
"Our shareholders don't seem to have a solution either, we have to figure out how to do it ourselves."
Gong Zhiwei naturally does not want SMIC to be down, and wants to solve the current difficult situation.
"Zhiwei, what are your thoughts?"
"Mr. Zhang, there was a lot of news about Haotian Research Institute some time ago. Do you have any impression that the person in charge of Haotian Chip R&D Center has come to cooperate with us!"
"Haotian Research Institute has also cooperated with us, especially in the aspect of drone chips. As for the person in charge, Jin Yue from Haotian Research Institute, your old classmate, right?"
Zhang Rujing pondered for a while, and then thought of Jin Yue, a middle-aged man with high spirits.
Very impressed, especially with regard to chip design and production, and his philosophy is particularly suitable.
However, for the cooperation plan proposed by Jin Yue, he did not take it into consideration at all!
Haotian Research Institute, SMIC, and UMC jointly build a new enterprise.
This requires him to give up the China market of SMIC, which is obviously impossible!
"Yes, that is my old classmate. He has already lowered his profile. If the cooperation fails, Haotian Research Institute can even take a stake in SMIC."
"Forget it, let's not consider this for the time being, we should deal with the current lawsuit first."
Zhang Rujing didn't have much interest in cooperating to open new enterprises, so he shook his head and rejected Gong Zhiwei's suggestion.
...
Taiwan Province, Taiwan UMC headquarters!
"Jin Yue, we are all old classmates. To be honest, we don't have a big problem here. It's about persuading SMIC!"
"Old Gong is already working hard, and the rest is up to God's will."
The two middle-aged men are communicating.
One of them is Jin Yue of Haotian Research Institute, and the other is Xu Jianhua, vice president of Taiwan UMC.
Gong Zhiwei from SMIC, Xu Jianhua from Taiwan UMC, and Jin Yue from Haotian Research Institute were all former master students, and they had a good relationship with each other.
The elites among the elites are all at the peak of their careers, and Jinyue's achievements are relatively low.
At the moment, the two of them are negotiating the issue of building a new business.
Haotian Research Institute seeks development, and wants to gain a chance of survival in the field of chip foundry to avoid future restrictions.
Since 2000, UMC has been controlled by TSMC in terms of chip foundry, and has also sought new development.
When he saw Jin Yue coming, he immediately agreed to give it a try. He has been working hard.
Before Haotian's research, it was only a small achievement in drones. It is a small business, and naturally it is not valued by UMC.
However, the situation changed in November last year, and the special Haotian HTOne mobile phone was booked and sold.
This situation was directly informed by Xu Jianhua, vice president of Taiwan UMC, and then reported.
Therefore, the opportunity to cooperate was finally obtained.
It is a pity that SMIC has no intention of cooperating.
It is currently on hold here. Without the SMIC team, UMC may not be willing to cooperate with Haotian Research Institute.
This is where Jin Yue has a headache!
"Jinyue, if there is no SMIC team to join, maybe we have no chance to cooperate."
After thinking for a while, Xu Jianhua smiled helplessly.
"I understand that Jianhua and Haotian's foundation is too thin, especially in terms of chip foundry and production."
Jin Yue also nodded helplessly, the chip is not so easy to do, the threshold is too high.
Jin Yue is a computing expert that Feng Haohua has dug from Qualcomm with huge sums of money. It has been more than half a year since he arrived at Haotian Research Institute.
Originally, Jin Yue was the middle management of Qualcomm Technology Center, but Feng Hao still spent a lot of money to dig his hands.
As a master student, Jin Yue also has a certain relationship in Taiwan. There are too few companies in the chip field, so his classmates are basically in Taiwan UMC, TSMC, SMIC, these chip companies.
So when you come to Taiwan, you are looking for opportunities!
Despite the speculation, the result was still tragic.
"Jin Yue, try to convince our old classmate Lao Gong that it may be easier to have his help."
"Okay, Jianhua, I will do my best."
"Speaking of which, I've always been very curious, how did you come back to China, or work in a small company?"
After the two had finished talking about business, Xu Jianhua talked about Jin Yue's inauguration.
"There are two reasons. First, I want to return to China. After all, it is my motherland. If I have the opportunity, I naturally want to return to China. Second, the boss of Haotian Research Institute gave a very high salary, and options."
"Oh, how do you feel about Haotian Research Institute? Such a young company has already achieved such success!"
With the arrival of Jinyue, he wanted to cooperate with UMC. Xu Jianhua, the vice president, naturally learned about the relevant information of Haotian Research Institute.
I also have a certain understanding of the information related to Haotian research.
"Jianhua, this is not the first time I have told you, then I will say it again. Haotian Research Institute is an enterprise with strong innovation and creativity, and it has extremely strong technology. Especially our Genesis and the boss, The technique is so powerful that he can even be called a genius."
This is Jin Yue's very high evaluation of Haotian Research Institute and Feng Hao.
From drones, to Haotian mobile phones, to the 32nm bionic chip he has been researching!
Without exception, they are all very high-tech!
"Jin Yue, it's not like you give 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's really amazing, so much 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 really can't compare!
A grade of around 20, the fifth richest person in China!
...
Regarding the plan for the next six months, Feng Hao simply thought about it and finished the arrangement.
call!
But thinking of the longer-term plans in the future, Feng Hao suddenly took a deep breath!
Plans for the next three to five years, or even longer-term 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.
The main method of Haotian Research Institute is software plus hardware, which is biased towards product development. Focus on developing products, including artificial intelligence products, drones, Haotian mobile phones, computers, etc.
In the future planning of the hacker group, Weibo, WeChat, slow hands, and 361 antivirus 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, a guide for public opinion, and it is also extremely important.
Slow hands are the foreshadowing of the future, and it will play an important role in the future when 4G networks are truly popularized.
As for the 361 antivirus software, it is the key to the current drainage, which can be channeled to WeChat and Weibo.
This is only the general direction. To make Weibo, WeChat, and Slow Hand really take off, a lot of arrangements and promotions are still needed.
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, in the direction of 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 R&D 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 the 32mn chip, which is a bionic design chip.
In the future, Haotian Research needs to have its own chips, especially to find a suitable foundry, and must not be restricted by the throat of production.
Fifth, for the research of 4G and 5G communication network, Haotian also needs to have its own communication technology and related patents.
At present, the foundry and production of chips are the most critical, and the technical threshold is the largest.
Nowadays, the chip technology in the world is not particularly advanced, and the Haotian Research Institute still has the opportunity 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, foundries with relatively powerful chips were concentrated in the Asia-Pacific region.
Taiwan Province, Japan and South Korea all have very powerful production and OEM companies, almost to the point of rivalry.
In the previous life, Taiwan's chip foundry company TSMC did not really rise until 10 years later.
The entire chip process includes chip design, chip production, packaging and testing.
Chip foundry company!
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, and can also develop a 16nm and 14nm process 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 place.
It is impossible for Haotian Research Institute to produce chips and package testing by itself. After all, the technology industry has a specialization, and TSMC specializes in this area.
Before, Feng Hao had 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, the design and development of chips are carried out at the same time, as well as the search for domestic and foreign chip manufacturers, and certain cooperation is reached.
This matter is already in operation. Jin Yue went to Taiwan Island to solve this problem.
He believed that if Jinyue made this move well, it would definitely change something.
"Jin Yue, how are things going?"
Thinking of Jin Yue, Feng Hao called his phone and asked.
"Mr. Feng, things didn't go well. I succeeded in this aspect of UMC, but about SMIC, their president Zhang Rujing refused to let go. After all, we are equivalent to dividing their market, and they are definitely not happy."
"You said, what if we cooperate with UMC?"
"Mr. Feng, if it's just us, Xu Jianhua, the vice president of UMC, has already said that he will not cooperate, and his attitude is relatively clear."
Jin Yue's helpless voice came out. He had done his best and had been running around for three or four months.
"Is Zhang Rujing from SMIC?"
For this legendary figure, Feng Hao still knew the name, and did not expect to be rejected.
But think about it, Haotian's research foundation is still too thin, and its achievements in the field of chips are almost zero.
With Zhang Rujing's ability, he may not be able to see Haotian Research Institute, let alone cooperation in chips.
"Yes, Mr. Feng."
"I've worked hard for you recently, I'll think of a way."
"Feng Hao, this is what I should do."
Jin Yue heard the words, but felt a little ashamed, this time he did not do well.
"Then first, you can go back to the company during this time."
"Okay, Mr. Feng. I'll go back in the middle of the day to deal with some UMC affairs."
"Well, look at the arrangement."
After hanging up the phone, Feng Hao's expression was not very good. The road to the chip is really uneasy!
Magic Capital, SMIC!As the president, Zhang Rujing has a complicated expression at the moment, and his head hurts!Encountered a problem, to be precise, SMIC encountered a problem!TSMC has also sued SMIC, which has been sued once as early as 2003 and reached a preliminary settlement. And SMIC has paid a heavy price. SMIC needs to pay TSMC US$175 million in patent royalties over 6 years.This is another lawsuit. TSMC sued SMIC for intellectual property issues, and claimed that SMIC misappropriated its trade secrets, which caused great concern in the industry.Zhang Rujing knows that TSMC is suing against SMIC's 45nm process!Due to the policy of Taiwan Province, TSMC can only use a 0.25-micron chip 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 began to build a second 12-inch chip production line . TSMC had to take action to stop 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, abandoning TSMC's patented 0.13-micron process and switching to a lower or higher process.If the process is 0.25 micron, the performance is obviously insufficient! If it is to develop the 45nm process, but due to the immature technology, it cannot be mass-produced! Such a dilemma will make SMIC inevitably go bankrupt.In the previous life, Zhang Rujing chose to back down again and again. In the end, when he gave in for the fourth time, he was defeated and 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 45nm chip of life and death. The future is uncertain and requires a lot of money.Another option is to compromise and back down and gain some development time again."Mr. Zhang, TSMC is going to sue us again!""I know this situation. SMIC has not been developing smoothly and encountered too many setbacks."Faced with the words of Vice President Gong Zhiwei, Zhang Rujing responded with difficulty immediately."Our shareholders don't seem to have a solution either, we have to figure out how to do it ourselves."Gong Zhiwei naturally does not want SMIC to be down, and wants to solve the current difficult situation."Zhiwei, what are your thoughts?""Mr. Zhang, there was a lot of news about Haotian Research Institute some time ago. Do you have any impression that the person in charge of Haotian Chip R&D Center has come to cooperate with us!""Haotian Research Institute has also cooperated with us, especially in the aspect of drone chips. As for the person in charge, Jin Yue from Haotian Research Institute, your old classmate, right?"Zhang Rujing pondered for a while, and then thought of Jin Yue, a middle-aged man with high spirits.Very impressed, especially with regard to chip design and production, and his philosophy is particularly suitable.However, for the cooperation plan proposed by Jin Yue, he did not take it into consideration at all!Haotian Research Institute, SMIC, and UMC jointly build a new enterprise.This requires him to give up the China market of SMIC, which is obviously impossible!"Yes, that is my old classmate. He has already lowered his profile. If the cooperation fails, Haotian Research Institute can even take a stake in SMIC.""Forget it, let's not consider this for the time being, we should deal with the current lawsuit first."Zhang Rujing didn't have much interest in cooperating to open new enterprises, so he shook his head and rejected Gong Zhiwei's suggestion....Taiwan Province, Taiwan UMC headquarters!"Jin Yue, we are all old classmates. To be honest, we don't have a big problem here. It's about persuading SMIC!""Old Gong is already working hard, and the rest is up to God's will."The two middle-aged men are communicating.One of them is Jin Yue of Haotian Research Institute, and the other is Xu Jianhua, vice president of Taiwan UMC.Gong Zhiwei from SMIC, Xu Jianhua from Taiwan UMC, and Jin Yue from Haotian Research Institute were all former master students, and they had a good relationship with each other.The elites among the elites are all at the peak of their careers, and Jinyue's achievements are relatively low.At the moment, the two of them are negotiating the issue of building a new business.Haotian Research Institute seeks development, and wants to gain a chance of survival in the field of chip foundry to avoid future restrictions.Since 2000, UMC has been controlled by TSMC in terms of chip foundry, and has also sought new development.When he saw Jin Yue coming, he immediately agreed to give it a try. He has been working hard.Before Haotian's research, it was only a small achievement in drones. It is a small business, and naturally it is not valued by UMC.However, the situation changed in November last year, and the special Haotian HTOne mobile phone was booked and sold.This situation was directly informed by Xu Jianhua, vice president of Taiwan UMC, and then reported.Therefore, the opportunity to cooperate was finally obtained.It is a pity that SMIC has no intention of cooperating.It is currently on hold here. Without the SMIC team, UMC may not be willing to cooperate with Haotian Research Institute.This is where Jin Yue has a headache!"Jinyue, if there is no SMIC team to join, maybe we have no chance to cooperate."After thinking for a while, Xu Jianhua smiled helplessly."I understand that Jianhua and Haotian's foundation is too thin, especially in terms of chip foundry and production."Jin Yue also nodded helplessly, the chip is not so easy to do, the threshold is too high.Jin Yue is a computing expert that Feng Haohua has dug from Qualcomm with huge sums of money. It has been more than half a year since he arrived at Haotian Research Institute.Originally, Jin Yue was the middle management of Qualcomm Technology Center, but Feng Hao still spent a lot of money to dig his hands.As a master student, Jin Yue also has a certain relationship in Taiwan. There are too few companies in the chip field, so his classmates are basically in Taiwan UMC, TSMC, SMIC, these chip companies.So when you come to Taiwan, you are looking for opportunities!Despite the speculation, the result was still tragic."Jin Yue, try to convince our old classmate Lao Gong that it may be easier to have his help.""Okay, Jianhua, I will do my best.""Speaking of which, I've always been very curious, how did you come back to China, or work in a small company?"After the two had finished talking about business, Xu Jianhua talked about Jin Yue's inauguration."There are two reasons. First, I want to return to China. After all, it is my motherland. If I have the opportunity, I naturally want to return to China. Second, the boss of Haotian Research Institute gave a very high salary, and options.""Oh, how do you feel about Haotian Research Institute? Such a young company has already achieved such success!"With the arrival of Jinyue, he wanted to cooperate with UMC. Xu Jianhua, the vice president, naturally learned about the relevant information of Haotian Research Institute.I also have a certain understanding of the information related to Haotian research."Jianhua, this is not the first time I have told you, then I will say it again. Haotian Research Institute is an enterprise with strong innovation and creativity, and it has extremely strong technology. Especially our Genesis and the boss, The technique is so powerful that he can even be called a genius."This is Jin Yue's very high evaluation of Haotian Research Institute and Feng Hao.From drones, to Haotian mobile phones, to the 32nm bionic chip he has been researching!Without exception, they are all very high-tech!"Jin Yue, it's not like you give 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's really amazing, so much 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 really can't compare!A grade of around 20, the fifth richest person in China!...Regarding the plan for the next six months, Feng Hao simply thought about it and finished the arrangement.call!But thinking of the longer-term plans in the future, Feng Hao suddenly took a deep breath!Plans for the next three to five years, or even longer-term 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.The main method of Haotian Research Institute is software plus hardware, which is biased towards product development. Focus on developing products, including artificial intelligence products, drones, Haotian mobile phones, computers, etc.In the future planning of the hacker group, Weibo, WeChat, slow hands, and 361 antivirus 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, a guide for public opinion, and it is also extremely important.Slow hands are the foreshadowing of the future, and it will play an important role in the future when 4G networks are truly popularized.As for the 361 antivirus software, it is the key to the current drainage, which can be channeled to WeChat and Weibo.This is only the general direction. To make Weibo, WeChat, and Slow Hand really take off, a lot of arrangements and promotions are still needed.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, in the direction of 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 R&D 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 the 32mn chip, which is a bionic design chip.In the future, Haotian Research needs to have its own chips, especially to find a suitable foundry, and must not be restricted by the throat of production.Fifth, for the research of 4G and 5G communication network, Haotian also needs to have its own communication technology and related patents.At present, the foundry and production of chips are the most critical, and the technical threshold is the largest.Nowadays, the chip technology in the world is not particularly advanced, and the Haotian Research Institute still has the opportunity 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, foundries with relatively powerful chips were concentrated in the Asia-Pacific region.Taiwan Province, Japan and South Korea all have very powerful production and OEM companies, almost to the point of rivalry.In the previous life, Taiwan's chip foundry company TSMC did not really rise until 10 years later.The entire chip process includes chip design, chip production, packaging and testing.Chip foundry company!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, and can also develop a 16nm and 14nm process 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 place.It is impossible for Haotian Research Institute to produce chips and package testing by itself. After all, the technology industry has a specialization, and TSMC specializes in this area.Before, Feng Hao had 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, the design and development of chips are carried out at the same time, as well as the search for domestic and foreign chip manufacturers, and certain cooperation is reached.This matter is already in operation. Jin Yue went to Taiwan Island to solve this problem.He believed that if Jinyue made this move well, it would definitely change something."Jin Yue, how are things going?"Thinking of Jin Yue, Feng Hao called his phone and asked."Mr. Feng, things didn't go well. I succeeded in this aspect of UMC, but about SMIC, their president Zhang Rujing refused to let go. After all, we are equivalent to dividing their market, and they are definitely not happy.""You said, what if we cooperate with UMC?""Mr. Feng, if it's just us, Xu Jianhua, the vice president of UMC, has already said that he will not cooperate, and his attitude is relatively clear."Jin Yue's helpless voice came out. He had done his best and had been running around for three or four months."Is Zhang Rujing from SMIC?"For this legendary figure, Feng Hao still knew the name, and did not expect to be rejected.But think about it, Haotian's research foundation is still too thin, and its achievements in the field of chips are almost zero.With Zhang Rujing's ability, he may not be able to see Haotian Research Institute, let alone cooperation in chips."Yes, Mr. Feng.""I've worked hard for you recently, I'll think of a way.""Feng Hao, this is what I should do."Jin Yue heard the words, but felt a little ashamed, this time he did not do well."Then first, you can go back to the company during this time.""Okay, Mr. Feng. I'll go back in the middle of the day to deal with some UMC affairs.""Well, look at the arrangement."After hanging up the phone, Feng Hao's expression was not very good. The road to the chip is really uneasy!
