Rebirth of Hong Kong Island, leading the technology war

Chapter 200 Ying Weida came to discuss cooperation
Having said that, Wang Chengdong felt that Hu Jiangshan was not just a little bit weird, but extremely evil.

It was originally an extremely difficult task, but Hu Jiangshan managed to do it in a muddled way.

For example, the semiconductor production line on General Island is quite mysterious.

Although Wang Chengdong and Xu Zhijun had never visited Jiangjun Island directly, Li Long had been there.

Li Long can be said to be the second-in-command of Huayao's consumer business. He also has a technical background and is very knowledgeable about semiconductor manufacturing equipment.

Li Long was very shocked when he came back from visiting General Island. He said that the equipment used in that semiconductor production line was not produced by ASML at all.

What’s even more amazing is that the production line is impeccable in terms of process capability, production efficiency, and precision, and is even on par with the best in the industry.

To put it more bluntly, there is no such semiconductor production line in China.

Even in most places on the entire Blue Planet, there is none.

The photoresist that Hu Jiangshan sells is also very strange. Its quality is not inferior to similar products produced by chemical companies in other countries.

Where did Hu Jiangshan and his team get the production equipment?

This is a big mystery.

Several core executives of Huayao who were familiar with the situation also discussed it privately, but to no avail.

The semiconductor production line on General Island is quite advanced, and its process technology is even comparable to that of TSMC, but it is inferior in production scale.

So the question is, what role did Hu Jiangshan play in this?
Hu Jiangshan once said that the semiconductor factory was built by his friend.

Just listen to this, everyone knows it's an excuse.

Wang Chengdong shook his head, these questions were not important.

Huayao has been cooperating with Hu Jiangshan for such a long time. The other party has been dedicated and made every effort to supply Kirin chips to Huayao, and has not even thought of raising the price.

It is obvious that Hu Jiangshan is sincere.

That's enough.

I hope Hu Jiangshan will continue to work hard and solve the production capacity problem as soon as possible.

Just then, the phone on Wang Chengdong's desk rang.

This is the internal line of Huayao Company. Only calls related to work will be made.

Wang Chengdong picked up the receiver and it turned out to be Sun Yafang calling.

As mentioned earlier, Sun Yafang’s position in Huayao is very transcendent. It can be said that she is second only to one person and above everyone else.

Even Huayao's spiritual leader Ren Yunfei had to give Sun Yafang some respect.

Sun Yafang deserves such treatment.

Everyone in the industry knows that Huayao has been in crisis several times before. The most recent one was ten years ago. Sun Yafang turned the tide and pulled Huayao out of the quagmire.

Therefore, no one in Huayao Company disobeys Sun Yafang.

Wang Chengdong is quite a troublemaker. Outsiders think that no one can control him except Ren Yunfei. In fact, there is another person who can control him, and that is Sun Yafang.

"Hey, Mr. Sun, what can I do for you?"

"Lao Wang, if you have nothing to do, come to my office."

"Ah? What's going on?"

"You'll know when you get here, hurry up."

Wang Chengdong was suspicious, thinking that nothing should have happened to alarm Sun Yafang recently.

However, Wang Chengdong did not hesitate and got up and went to Sun Yafang's office.

Wang Chengdong knocked on the door.

"Please come in."

Wang Chengdong pushed the door open and saw Sun Yafang sitting at the tea table with another person sitting opposite her.

Wang Chengdong was stunned.

Wang Chengdong knew that person, who was Yin Shiyuan, the chairman of Huawei Technology.

As mentioned earlier, Yin Shiyuan is a big shot among big shots and is very famous in the technology circle.

Yin Shiyuan is a returned overseas Chinese, and was once a well-known technology entrepreneur in the beacon country across the ocean.

Later, after being advised by his friends, Yin Shiyuan decided to return to China to start a business and founded HUAWEI Technology.

HUAWEI Technology specializes in semiconductor production equipment, such as photolithography machines, etc., and the Chinese government has also made huge investments in it.

Now HuaWei Semiconductor is also making lithography machines, but the 28-nanometer lithography machine has not yet been completed.

What HuaWei Semiconductor does best is etching machines, which have reached advanced levels in the industry, which is considered a considerable achievement.

When Wang Chengdong saw Yin Shiyuan here, he hurried forward to greet him.

"Hello, Mr. Yin, Mr. Yin, it's been a long time since we last met. I didn't expect you to come. I'm really overjoyed!"

Yin Shiyuan smiled and said, "Okay, okay, Mr. Wang, don't be polite. I just came to visit you temporarily. I hope I didn't disturb your work."

"No, that's not true."

Even if he disturbed the work, I can't say it.

Wang Chengdong also sat down.

Sun Yafang started making Kung Fu tea.

Sun Yafang’s skill in making tea is really good. After all, she is a tea art enthusiast and is quite professional.

Soon, three cups of Kung Fu tea were ready.

The office is also filled with the intoxicating aroma of tea.

After tasting it, Yin Shiyuan immediately gave Sun Yafang a thumbs up, praising the good tea, good water and good craftsmanship.

Wang Chengdong felt very strange. Why did Yin Shiyuan suddenly come over?
Like Yin Shiyuan said just now, came here specially to visit and drop by?

Wang Chengdong doesn't think so, he doesn't believe this statement.

People like Yin Shiyuan are extremely busy every day, and there must be a reason for him to go to each place.

As the saying goes, there is no such thing as a visit to a temple.
At this time, Sun Yafang said to Wang Chengdong: "Old Wang, President Yan specifically asked to talk to you."

Wang Chengdong nodded: "Mr. Yin, I'm all ears."

Yan Shiyuan said: "It is like this, I heard that your Ascend 910 has been produced?"

Wang Chengdong was stunned for a moment, then replied: "Yes, the IC design of Ascend 910 is already mature."

"So... has it been taped out?"

Wang Chengdong and Sun Yafang looked at each other.

Sun Yafang nodded.

Wang Chengdong said: "It has been transferred and the effect is quite good."

Yin Shiyuan asked quickly: "Ah? Where did you get the video from?"

As soon as he asked this question, Yin Shiyuan quickly realized something and quickly changed his words, saying, "Forget it, this question is not easy to answer. This should be a secret of your Huayao, right?"

Wang Chengdong laughed and said, "Yes, yes, it is confidential. Thank you, Mr. Yin, for your understanding."

Yin Shiyuan is also an extremely sensible person in the industry.

Yin Shiyuan knew that there were some things he couldn't ask. Even if he asked, people wouldn't tell him, and he would only end up getting into trouble. Not to mention Huayao, even Huawei Technology had a lot of secrets that couldn't be disclosed to the outside world.

Of course, Yin Shiyuan really wanted to know who produced Huayao’s Kirin chip.

Especially for Kirin 990+, the manufacturing process is quite difficult. According to engineers within Huawei, there will be no more than three manufacturers that can produce this chip.

Also, who provided Huayao with the Ascend 910? It must be the company that produced the Kirin 990+.

Of course, compared with commercial mass production of chips, tape-out is simpler.

At least there is no need to consider yield and cost, so some domestic semiconductor manufacturers can theoretically do it.

But Yin Shiyuan doesn't think Huayao is looking for those domestic companies.

Even if Huayao came to their door, they probably wouldn't dare to accept it.

Yin Shiyuan asked again: "When will the Ascend 910 be ready for mass production?"

Wang Chengdong smiled bitterly: "I don't know about this yet. There are some problems that are difficult to solve for the time being."

Yin Shiyuan said: "If my guess is correct, the Ascend 910 should be a -nanometer chip, right?"

Wang Chengdong nodded: "Yes, the 990-nanometer process has about the same number of transistors as the Kirin ."

Yin Shiyuan smiled and said, "Boss Sun, Boss Wang, you have even developed the Kirin 990+. Is there any problem that the Kirin 910 cannot solve?"

Wang Chengdong sighed: "To be honest, the problem now is production capacity. The Kirin 990+ alone is already very difficult, and the Ascend 910 is really..."

Wang Chengdong could only say this much and could not continue.

In fact, this sentence contains a lot of information.

As an expert in semiconductors, Yin Shiyuan can definitely infer a lot of things from this.

For example, Kirin 990+ can indeed be produced. Although we don’t know which company it is, the channel is at least open and the supply has not been interrupted for the time being.

But the problem is that the chip production capacity is not enough.

Kirin 990+ can be produced and mass-produced, but it cannot be mass-produced on a large scale.

You know, Yin Shiyuan can check the delivery data of Huayao P30. So far, more than 30 million units of Huayao P300 have been delivered.

The delivery volume is not small, but compared with the order volume, it is far behind.

After Wang Chengdong’s explanation, it was confirmed.

The production capacity of Kirin 990+ is indeed limited and cannot meet large-scale demand.

If we can’t even meet domestic demand, the international market will be even more difficult.

It seems that Huayao still has a long way to go if it wants to restore its former glory.

This did not come as a surprise to Yin Shiyuan.

Yin Shiyuan returned from abroad and has always felt that industries like chip manufacturing have a very long chain, to the point of being frighteningly long.

Yin Shiyuan also believes that it is difficult for a country to manufacture chips independently. Medium and low-end chips are okay, and if they are developed with all their strength, there is hope of making them, but advanced chips are not possible, and they require cooperation from multiple countries across the blue planet to accomplish.

But at this moment, the problems China faces must be solved by itself.

The Semiconductor Association also sent people to the Shanghai Stock Exchange to communicate with Yin Shiyuan many times.

On the one hand, ask Yin Shiyuan for his opinions and suggestions.

On the other hand, the Semiconductor Association wants bigwigs like Yoon Se-won to work harder to get semiconductor manufacturing equipment done as soon as possible.

Especially the lithography machine.

To be honest, Yin Shiyuan was also in a difficult situation.

HUAWEI Technology is indeed developing a 28-nanometer lithography machine, but the progress is not smooth at the moment.

Yin Shiyuan told people from the Semiconductor Association that it is difficult for a single company to develop a lithography machine, and it requires cooperation from many types of technology companies.

The Semiconductor Association is of course aware of this, so it has been traveling around the country to concentrate its efforts on developing a 28-nanometer lithography machine.

As long as the lithography machine can be developed, it will basically be able to meet most of the domestic chip needs.

Of course, the advanced chips used in mobile phones will still be difficult.

Yin Shiyuan took a sip of tea and said, "So what do you want to do next? It's not a good idea to keep dragging it out like this. Let's not talk about Kirin 990+ for now. As far as I know, there should be a lot of customers waiting for Ascend 910, right?"

Sun Yafang smiled and said: "There are indeed a few customers, but the demand for Shengteng 910 should not be that great for the time being."

Yin Shiyuan said: "The Ascend 910 you made is very creative. It should be the first computing chip dedicated to artificial intelligence in the entire Blue Planet. If you can mass-produce it earlier, you will have the upper hand and the iteration speed will be faster. If you can't mass-produce it now, you will definitely be caught up, caught up, or even surpassed by others in the future, which would be a pity."

Wang Chengdong sighed: "You are right, but there is nothing we can do. The conditions do not allow it now. We can only take it one step at a time."

Sun Yafang said: "Mr. Yan, do you have any good suggestions? We can listen to them."

Anyone with a discerning eye could see that since Yin Shiyuan came over and brought up this topic, he must have been here because of this matter.

Sure enough, Yin Shiyao took another sip of tea and said with a smile: "It's like this, actually I don't have any good suggestions, but a few days ago a friend came to me and said that he wanted to cooperate with Huayao. Because they don't know anyone in your Huayao senior management, they want to find me to match them up."

Sun Yafang and Wang Chengdong were stunned at first, then looked at each other, both finding it unbelievable.

Yin Shiyuan’s friends are definitely not ordinary friends. They must be capable, at least top talents in a certain industry.

Sun Yafang asked: "Boss Yan, there are still people who are eager to cooperate with us Huaxia? That's really rare. We are very welcome. What kind of cooperation do they want?"

Yin Shiyuan said: "They have a way to help you mass-produce chips."

"Ah, help us mass-produce chips? This..."

Yin Shiyuan waved his hands quickly: "To be honest, I have reservations about this matter, but they may have the ability, so I agreed to come and propose it to you. But I have to say in advance that I can't endorse them. Everything still depends on you to discuss and judge, and then decide whether to cooperate with them."

Yin Shiyuan is truly worthy of being a big boss. He is always flawless in what he says and nothing can be faulted in his work.

Yin Shiyuan said it very clearly that he was entrusted by someone to act as a middleman.

The other party is indeed capable, but Yin Shiyuan is not sure whether he can really help or what conditions he can propose, and he cannot make any guarantees.

Sun Yafang said, "That's fine, Mr. Yin, we can meet with them and have a chat."

Yin Shiyuan nodded: "Okay, then let's do it tomorrow afternoon. I'll ask them to come over."

After a while, Yin Shiyuan left.

Sun Yafang and Wang Chengdong continued to drink tea.

Wang Chengdong asked: "Mr. Sun, do you think the person Mr. Yin mentioned is reliable?"

Sun Yafang said: "I don't know about this either. I can only talk about it and then make a judgment."

"By the way, Mr. Sun, did Mr. Yin say who he wants to cooperate with us?"

Sun Yafang said calmly: "It's Ying Weida."

“…Ah? It’s them…”

"Haha, you didn't expect that."

"Boss Sun, I really didn't expect that."

As we all know, Eagle NVIDIA's main business is to make gaming graphics cards, but later people found that Eagle NVIDIA's graphics cards have very strong and fast computing power, so they are also used to make mining machines.

Now, there is finally an artificial intelligence company using NVIDIA graphics cards to develop artificial intelligence.

Logically speaking, it is impossible for Ying Weida to seek cooperation with Huayao.

(End of this chapter)