giants of the era

Chapter 268 Dominating the chip manufacturing industry! ! !
The IPO of Galaxy Networks raised US$16 billion, which is a huge sum of money, which is enough for Galaxy Networks to launch a series of acquisitions and merge competitors in the industry. On the one hand, it eliminates potential threats, and on the other hand, it acquires talents from the other side. , patented technology and products, etc., so as to rapidly expand its own strength!
On the road to success, you are stepping on the countless "corpses" of other companies, and you will be dead if you succeed.

Shopping malls are so cruel, the big fish eat the small fish, and the strong survive!
Not to mention how shocking Galaxy Networks was when it showed its fangs.At this moment, Applied Materials has finally developed a "Precision 5000 (Precision5000)" device using a single chip assembly process technology.

In traditional technology, one mistake may scrap all 48 wafers, but Precision5000 allows wafers to complete different processes on the same equipment. The advantage of using this product is: if an error occurs during the production process, the loss is only A wafer.

This technology is the most important milestone in the semiconductor industry!
It is precisely because of this technology that the semiconductor industry will flourish, and the semiconductor industry will promote the development of technology in the entire world!
It is no exaggeration that the core of future technology is the chip!
Every electronic product that can be seen has chips, and even biochips!

After Li Zetian heard that the Precision5000 equipment was manufactured, he was ecstatic and couldn't help coming to Applied Materials in person.At the same time, Intel CEO Andy Grove was called together.

"Mr. Li and Mr. Groff, this is Precision5000..."

In the laboratory of Applied Materials, Wang Ningguo, the main person in charge of the project, pointed to a machine and introduced it in detail.

Li Zetian nodded frequently, extremely satisfied.

Andy Grove's face was full of shock. With Precision5000, the number, speed and profit of chip production have increased many times! ! !
After visiting Precision5000, Li Zetian, Andy Grove, Wang Ningguo and his team came to the office of James Morgan, CEO of Applied Materials, and began to discuss cooperation matters.

Li Zetian said, "Precision 5000 is a great invention, and it will be etched in the annals of history! Applied Materials will also skyrocket from now on! Grove, what do you think?"

"Mr. Li is absolutely right! Precision5000 is indeed one of the greatest inventions in the semiconductor industry. No matter it is any semiconductor company, it will be flocking to it, which naturally includes Intel, and Intel's chip manufacturing plant is also Time for a full upgrade!" said Andy Grove.

Upon hearing this, James Morgan and Wang Ningguo couldn't help but look at each other with joy in their eyes.

Li Zetian suddenly said at this time: "I have a better plan! The original machinery and equipment of the Intel factory are also a fortune. Selling at a low price or stopping work is a loss. Therefore, I think Intel should develop a new The unique business model - wafer foundry!"

Foundry? ?
Everyone present was puzzled.

Li Zetian explained with a smile: "Right now, almost all semiconductor companies not only design their own chips, but also have their own fabs. In fact, for many semiconductor companies, the cost of establishing a fab is too high and the pressure is too great. Nervous. If there is an Intel company that can produce chips for them, and the price is more cost-effective than their own production, then they will definitely choose 'wafer foundry'!"

"Applied Materials launched Precision5000, and Intel's factory will definitely be fully upgraded, but the old machine does not mean that it cannot make money, it just makes less money, and the excess capacity can be used to produce chips for other factories! So, this time it is The best time for Intel to monopolize the chip manufacturing industry!!!”

Andy Grove was dumbfounded. Chronos Li's genius brain is really unusual. He created a brand-new business model "casually". If it succeeds, the global semiconductor chip manufacturing is Intel's calculation. This... is simply too terrifying! ! !

At this moment, Andy Grove was a little speechless.

James Morgan and Wang Ningguo were also extremely shocked.As a person who has worked, studied and lived in the United States for many years, Wang Ningguo can truly feel a change in the attitude of Americans towards their Chinese over the years.Undoubtedly, all these changes come from one person, and he is Li Zetian.For Wang Ningguo, an incomparable Chinese genius leader like Li Zetian made him feel proud, especially at this moment!
Seeing their shocked and admiring eyes, Li Zetian smiled lightly. Didn't he say that TSMC's foundry model was added in advance?However, Intel was originally a giant in the semiconductor industry. At this time, Applied Materials' Precision5000 is helping out. The right time, place and people provide Intel with the best opportunity to monopolize the global chip manufacturing industry!

There is no doubt that good products are kept for their own use first.

Li Zetian would not let Applied Materials announce Precision 5000, but let Intel contract all of its production capacity, and let Applied Materials announce Precision 5000 until it was too full.At that time, the semiconductor company suddenly realized that there are such heaven-defying products.In order to catch up with Intel, they will definitely buy Precision5000 in large quantities and update them.

At this time, Andy Grove had reacted, and praised Li Zetian's suggestion: "Chronos Li, the wafer foundry model you created is really shocking, and it is bound to rewrite the entire semiconductor manufacturing industry." The pattern!!!”

Li Zetian said modestly: "Computers, game consoles, TVs and other electronic products can be foundry, why not chip manufacturing? Therefore, the foundry model is not such an extraordinary idea. I believe that sooner or later someone will think about it. It came out! I just thought about it earlier than others!"

One step ahead, one step ahead!
Li Zetian relies on the memory of his previous life, which is equivalent to cheating while playing games. Naturally, he is invincible!
Next, the four discussed for a long time in the office.

Intel has ordered $40 billion of equipment from Applied Materials, including not only Precision5000, but also other products, including deposition, etching, ion implantation, heat treatment, chemical mechanical polishing, and wafer packaging, which are essential for chip manufacturing. equipment!

After discussing the cooperation with Applied Materials, Andy Grove asked Li Zetian, "Mr. Li, where do you plan to build the wafer foundry?"

As for this question, Li Zetian certainly thought about it.

Hong Kong is adjacent to mainland China, and a science and technology park has been established. Many of Li Zetian's technology companies have established branches there.

"Built in Hong Kong! Hong Kong is one of the global trade centers with well-developed shipping and shipping. Establishing it there will help us export chips to all over the world! In addition, workers can be recruited from mainland China, which greatly reduces labor costs!!! "

Andy Grove nodded, no objection to this.

Three days later, Applied Materials and Intel reached a cooperation and signed an agreement.However, the news was not announced publicly.

Since then, Applied Materials has received a huge order from Intel and has abundant funds. It will spend huge sums of money to continue to invest in research and development, which will be far ahead of other semiconductor equipment manufacturing companies.At the same time, Wang Ningguo served as the vice president of Applied Materials and served as the chief technology officer, becoming the third person in the company, second only to Chairman Li Zetian and CEO James Morgan.

When Intel wanted to build a foundry, the first person Li Zetian thought of was Zhang Zhongmou, the founder of TSMC.

Zhang Zhongmou became famous earlier than Wang Ningguo. At the age of 27, as a master's student who graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he entered the semiconductor industry at the same time as Moore, the founder of semiconductors and the founder of Intel Corporation, and Jack Kirby, the inventor of the integrated circuit. At the same time, it entered the Texas Instruments Corporation of the United States.Later, in 1972, he successively served as the vice president and senior vice president of Texas Instruments. He was the third person in Texas Instruments, second only to the chairman and president.At that time, Texas Instruments had already become the number one in the world, with 6 employees worldwide, half of which were managed by Zhang Zhongmou.He is the first Chinese to enter the top management of a large American company.

However, by the end of the 1970s, Intel was invincible in the memory market. The then president Xia Bai paid attention to consumer electronics products and was unwilling to increase investment in semiconductors. Zhang Zhongmou was too stubborn and unwilling to compromise. He clamored for more investment in semiconductors, but he could not get support. Finally, in 1985, he was invited by the Taiwan authorities to serve as the director of the Taiwan Industrial Technology Research Institute. After that, he established TSMC, which made outstanding contributions to the rise and industrial upgrading of Taiwan's semiconductor industry!

Many people call him the "Chip King" and Taiwan's "Godfather of Semiconductors", but he is not actually a Taiwanese. He was born in Ningbo, Zhejiang, and spent most of his childhood in Hong Kong. After that, he went to Nanjing to study high school, and then went to Taiwan, after a short stay, went to the United States and obtained American citizenship.He studied at Harvard University for his undergraduate degree, MIT for his master's degree, and Stanford University for his doctoral degree. He has read all three of the best schools in the United States.

In fact, Li Zetian was just thinking that since Zhang Zhongmou had little connection with Taiwan, at this moment when his career was at a low point, the success rate of attracting him should be very high.

Thinking of this, Li Zetian immediately asked Dongfang Yuqin to contact Zhang Zhongmou and ask him to meet, wanting to fight before the Taiwan authorities!

If Zhang Zhongmou stood on his side, he would undoubtedly lose one competitor, and at the same time he would gain a "general" who could act alone!
Therefore, no matter which aspect is considered, digging Zhang Zhongmou is a must!

Soon, Zhang Zhongmou received a call from Dongfang Yuqin. At this moment, he was very surprised. Li Zetian had nothing to do with him. Why did he suddenly ask him to meet?

Although Li Zetian is young, he has a great reputation and is already a leader among the Chinese, and he can even be said to be a representative of the Chinese in the world!Although Zhang Zhongmou is in Texas Instruments and is a competitor of Intel, he also admires Li Zetian.So, he readily agreed to this meeting.

The next day, Zhang Zhongmou rushed to Los Angeles from Texas, and then came to a hotel in Beverly Hills to meet with Li Zetian.

The reason why he didn't meet at home was because Li Zetian was worried that the paparazzi would take pictures at his door, which would cause him some trouble in the poaching process.

(End of this chapter)