Reborn in 2011, 985 missing from two copies
Chapter 718 Semiconductor War, 14-nanometer breakthrough!
In addition, Xingyi Technology emphasizes seeking truth from facts and ability first, and does not have those bad practices of seniority and flattery.
As long as you are capable and willing to work hard, coming to Xingyi Technology will provide you with a stage to display your ambitions, a fair promotion system, and a bright future, which naturally attracts more talents to join.
With the addition of these core talents of practical work, Xingyi Technology is developing faster and faster.
Coupled with Wang Yi's forward-looking overall perspective, each business unit can make rapid progress and dominate its area.
But BAT is in a terrible situation. All the key hard-working people have left, leaving only some mediocre people who flatter, promote based on seniority, and work for profit.
When it comes to intrigue, these people are strong and capable, but when it comes to doing practical work, conducting research and development, and expanding the market, they are not worth mentioning.
As a result, BAT's efficiency is getting lower and lower, and the development of each business unit is getting worse and worse.
It's the exact opposite situation.
At the end of February, Wang Yi once again attended Xingyi Technology’s month-end summary meeting.
Wang Yi seldom attends ordinary meetings. Each business unit holds its own meetings, makes its own arrangements, and holds discussions on its own.
However, Wang Yi still has to pay personal attention to core meetings such as the month-end summary meeting and quarterly meetings to control the overall situation.
The faster a train travels, the more serious the chance of a rollover in the event of an accident.
The faster Xingyi Technology develops now, the more attention Wang Yi pays to it.
Yu Longxing, president of the graphics card department, took the lead in reporting: "Chairman, one month after the New Year Goods Festival press conference, all our new products are hot-selling."
"The best-selling product is the RTX 960, with monthly retail sales exceeding 170 million, OEM channel sales of 50, and GPU chip sales of 40. The total monthly sales volume is 260 million."
"Next is RTX 950, with monthly retail sales exceeding 150 million, OEM channel sales of 40, and GPU chip sales of 30. The total monthly sales volume is 220 million."
"RTX 970 ranked third, with monthly retail sales exceeding 132 million, OEM channel sales of 45, and GPU chip sales of 25. The total monthly sales volume reached 202 million."
"RTX 980 ranked fourth, with monthly retail sales exceeding 43 units, OEM channel sales of 10 units, and GPU chip sales of 15 units. The total monthly sales volume reached 68 units."
"Throughout February, the sales of our four graphics cards ranked first in the world, surpassing Nvidia!"
"Very good, congratulations to the Xingyi Graphics Card Division!" Wang Yi applauded, and everyone followed suit.
The Xingyi graphics card department has achieved such an achievement, which is extraordinary and brilliant!
It is more brilliant than Xingyi's CPU department.
Although the Xingyi CPU is highly competitive and popular around the world due to its powerful core graphics.
However, Intel, thanks to its status as a long-established CPU giant, did not fail and its sales were also very good.
Both sides have their own strengths and are evenly matched.
This time in the graphics card field, under Wang Yi's layout, the Xingyi graphics cards have precise cutting skills and a full range of positioning. Coupled with Nvidia's own self-destructive failure, the Xingyi graphics cards have achieved an overwhelming advantage!
"But we can't be careless. Nvidia is not stupid. After such a disastrous defeat, they will definitely take action! They will definitely fight back!" Wang Yi changed the subject:
"This overwhelming advantage will not last long. It is expected that in late March or early April, Nvidia will launch a series of measures to save the situation. Are you prepared?"
Yu Longxing nodded: "Yes, Chairman. First of all, we have increased production capacity in the past few months and shipped products like crazy. Whether it is graphics card manufacturers, computer manufacturers, or retail channels, as long as there is an order, we will deliver it as quickly as possible to increase sales as much as possible!"
"At the same time, we are also advancing the research and development of new graphics cards."
"According to the information we have received, Nvidia is preparing to release the GTX 950 ahead of schedule, and it is expected to be launched in April. The RTX 4 can cope with it. Our strategy is to ship it in large quantities before the GTX 950 is launched, and then cut the price after it is released!"
Wang Yi nodded: "Okay."
Yu Longxing continued, "We also got news that Nvidia is going to use two million overturned GTX 970 GPUs in stock to downclock them into GTX 960 ti graphics cards, aiming to kill our RTX 960! They are expected to be available in late March."
"For this reason, we also castrated the RTX 970 GPU chip with algorithms and made it into RTX 960 ti, which mainly features full 4G video memory, but it will not be launched until April."
"In March, we can only ship as many RTX 960s as quickly as possible."
Wang Yi nodded again: "Okay, we have to fight Nvidia head-on even if we have to make less money! But we can make a fuss about the GTX 960 ti, like this... like this..."
Yu Longxing laughed: "This is a good idea, haha. Nvidia made the failed GTX 970 into GTX 960 ti just to clear its own inventory and make itself happy, without caring about major customers and old users. It deserves this disaster!"
"Good, it works well, the GTX 960 ti can't make much of a difference!"
“Yes, this is an opportunity.”
Yu Longxing changed the subject: "In addition, NVIDIA's perfectly restored version of the GTX 970 will also start retailing in March. Without the failed GTX 970, it will also have some impact on our Xingyi RTX 970..."
“Well, that’s also a problem.”
Wang Yi nodded: "But for the restored GTX 970, does Nvidia plan to sell the public version itself? Or will it continue to cooperate with graphics card manufacturers?"
"According to the information we have, NVIDIA originally planned to continue to cooperate with graphics card manufacturers such as ASUS to promote the retail non-official version of GTX 970. However, ASUS and other manufacturers asked NVIDIA to be responsible for the previous failure of GTX 970, and NVIDIA currently refuses to take responsibility."
"Under this situation, the two sides are unhappy, and graphics card manufacturers are too lazy to place orders for GTX 970 GPU chips that will not fail."
"Nvidia is helpless and will probably sell the public version itself, but it won't be a single-fan version. Instead, it will learn from us and release dual-fan and triple-fan versions."
Wang Yi nodded: "That's possible. If so, there is still a chance for manipulation! You know."
Yu Longxing smiled knowingly: "I know, Chairman, this is another chance for us. Next, Xingyi Semiconductor will not only suppress Nvidia's new products in graphics card products, but also suppress them strategically!"
Wang Yi said with a smile: "NVIDIA is so arrogant that it treats its major customers as enemies and refuses to take responsibility. We will treat our customers in a friendly way, treat major customers as friends, and take responsibility to the end!"
"This time, we want to win not only NVIDIA, but also NVIDIA's big customers!"
"Yes!"
"By the way, how is the 14nm process going?"
Other graphics cards are easy to deal with, the key is in June, Nvidia’s flagship graphics card GTX 980 ti!
That is the most important thing.
Flagship graphics card, representing the top level.
No matter how powerful the mid- and low-end products are, if the flagships are not good enough, they still cannot hold their heads up.
The key to competing with NVIDIA GTX 980 ti is whether the 14nm process can be successfully broken through!
Wang Yi looked around but didn't see Mr. Hu.
Wang Yi is used to this.
Mr. Hu focuses on the research and development of semiconductor processes and basically spends all his time in the R&D plant. Except for special meetings, he rarely leaves.
Samsung has achieved a breakthrough in its 14nm process and is currently in risk mass production. It is hard to say what the yield rate will be, but it is probably not high.
The progress of Xingyi Semiconductor has become very subtle.
Williams said with a smile: "Chairman, I went to the R&D plant last week, and Mr. Hu achieved very good results."
“Although Mr. Hu said that the 14nm process is not ready yet, the last test showed that the yield rate has reached 75%!”
"It's already 75%! Isn't that enough?"
Wang Yi smiled: "Mr. Hu is still as modest as ever!"
In fact, this cross-generation process is considered successful if the yield rate reaches 50%.
If we can go one step further and reach 50%, in less than two months, the 14nm yield rate will reach 85%, and mass production will be possible.
But Mr. Hu is different. A 70% yield rate is still not enough.
In Mr. Hu’s opinion, if it is less than 85%, it will not work.
Although Samsung's 14nm yield rate may be only 70%, or even less than 70%.
"Has the development of Kunpeng 920 been completed?"
George nodded: "The research and development is complete, Chairman, and we are just waiting for the 14nm process to go into mass production and tape out. In addition, we have also developed the Kunpeng 920X!"
"Kunpeng 920X has the same architecture as Kunpeng 920, but it removes the communication modules that are not used by tablets, game consoles, etc., freeing up space to increase the main frequency and heat dissipation, thereby achieving more powerful performance. It can be regarded as a high-frequency upgraded version of Kunpeng 920!"
"At present, Kunpeng 920X has also been successfully developed and is waiting for the 14nm process breakthrough to start tape-out."
The switch project has been underway for more than a year and was actually completed a long time ago, but has never been released because of insufficient processor performance.
Even the 28nm Kunpeng 910C has insufficient performance.
Kunpeng 910 is fine as a mobile phone processor, but it is a shame as a processor for a game console.
If the switch is just a host, then it is simple. You can directly use the Xingyi RTX 950M graphics card, which has sufficient performance.
But switch is not just a console, it's also a handheld!
Power consumption and battery life are important issues. The power consumption of RTX 950M is too high, and the battery life will be poor and unsustainable.
For this reason, the switch project remains on hold, waiting for Kunpeng 920 X!
Kunpeng 920 X, 14nm, quad-core A53 + quad-core A57, and is a high-frequency version with strong heat dissipation. It has strong enough performance and much lower power consumption than graphics cards, making it perfectly compatible with switch.
By then, some 3A games can be ported over.
Especially the switch is also an XOS system!
As long as the switch is popular, a series of 3A game companies will actively adapt to the switch in order to make money, which is equivalent to joining the XOS system.
Even if Xiaomi fails and Xingyi computers cannot use Windows system in a few years, they can be completely replaced by XOS system.
By then, the XOS system will not only have mainstream software, office software, design software, but even 3A games!
Then the XOS system is completely established!
Even without the Windows system, the XOS system is powerful enough to cover all situations, leaving users worry-free.
This is also a big chess game planned by Wang Yi.
In the past, the Hongmeng system promoted by Huawei computers was not compatible with many games, especially 3A games. There were few compatible ones, which made it awkward to use.
Wang Yi promoted Switch and attracted 3A game developers to actively adapt to XOS before it was banned by Windows, which was an early preparation for this day.
"Now that Kunpeng 920 and 920X have been successfully developed, the 14nm yield rate has reached 70%. In March, the yield rate reached more than 85%. There are no problems and we can enter the mass production stage."
Wang Yi was in a good mood: "How is the progress of our 14nm wafer factory?"
There are too many things to do at Xingyi Technology. When it was first planned, Wang Yi was fully involved. The subsequent progress was controlled by other presidents and vice presidents, and Wang Yi was not aware of the latest progress.
"Chairman, Shenzhen's S1 large-scale wafer fab was completed at the end of last year, and now the production lines are almost installed. When the yield rate of the 14-nanometer process is high, we can debug the production line and conduct trial production and mass production."
"This wafer fab has a monthly output of 10 wafers, which means it can produce about 6000 million 14nm chips per month!"
"In the middle of the year, the Shenzhen S2 large wafer fab will also be put into production, with a monthly output of 10 wafers and 6000 million 14-nanometer mobile phone chips. Of course, if it produces graphics cards, the output will not be so much."
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