Technology: Breaking the monopoly global hegemony

Chapter 342 TSMC and Han Xing
The weird strong wind blew from night to dawn.

The sound of the wind was like waves, waves, waves, whining, whistling and whistling.

It reminds me of the pomegranate tree in my hometown, the flag on the school playground, and the sweetness of the five kilometers during training.

The well-developed and safe public transportation has turned the former wandering into inter-provincial work. Obviously, it only takes half a day or a full day to return to my hometown, but the wind is sweeping with longing and surging.

In the morning, the wind finally died down.

Luo Songtang rubbed his sore waist, went to the bathroom to wash up.

After all, she is getting older, and Taoyao's support can only be said to improve her physique rather than become a superman.

There are still a lot of company affairs to deal with today, but you can't be caught by Ruanxiang.

Back at the company, the four managers who had been notified in advance were already waiting for him to have a meeting.

"Have you read the production plans of those two factories?"

Seeing the boss asking a question, all four nodded.

Luo Songtang casually asked about a few plans, and seeing that the four of them responded well, he said solemnly: "This is a rare opportunity. The company will expand its production scale, and it is expected to form a group company in the future. If you can seize this opportunity and have outstanding performance in the production and construction of the new factory, then there will definitely be a bonus for job transfers in the next year or the next.

I can't guarantee that everyone will be promoted, but I understand Mr. Gu's character, distribution according to work, rewards for meritorious deeds, and punishment for demerits.

So everyone must maintain a good attitude at work, don't panic when you encounter problems, and you can ask me if you can't solve them. "

After a few points, Luo Songtang's loyal elder side made the four of them feel heartwarming.

Although working as a manager in Kyushu Science and Technology Company is not as prestigious and free as in other companies, but the promotion channel is clear and clear, and the working atmosphere does not pay attention to officialdom and favor, which really compares with companies like Ari.

When the meeting was over, everyone was busy going.

Expansion of production is not a matter of flicking a pen and expanding production as soon as the project is written.

Plants, personnel, relevant qualification approval, equipment technology, as well as cooperation with relevant local departments, hydropower facilities and other tedious things need to be done by people.

Only by actively cultivating internal strength can we have enough strength to resist foreign enemies.

Xiaxin Technology's financial report affects not only stock market funds, but also the once unclear foundry route, which has now been exposed.

Although the 7nm domestic lithography machine announced to the public is a small batch of trial production, it also threatens the two major foundries of TSMC and Hanxing.

According to foreign media reports, TSMC will increase its capital expenditure this year to 250 billion US dollars to increase the production capacity of advanced manufacturing processes, so as to consolidate its leading position in the global semiconductor chip foundry field.

台积电计划21年将5nm工艺制造的产能提高至15万片/月，并且在扩大5nm生产的同时，还加快进度开发3nm的生产工艺设施以及研发2nm工艺节点。

The data shows that the current 5nm production capacity of TSMC's fab is 6 pieces per month, and it has been increased to 15 pieces per month. It is conceivable who it is targeting.

With the changes in the international trade situation, Xia Wei’s order volume at TSMC has decreased by 70.00%. Of course, the opposite is the expansion of the product line of Pingguo’s self-developed chips, and Xia Wei’s vacated TSMC OEM share is eaten clean.

Except for Kirin's high-end chips that can use TSMC's high-end foundry share in Daxia, other manufacturers have no technology to stand out.

And when it was learned that Xiaxin Technology's technology was authorized by Kyushu Technology and Pudong Microelectronics, and Xiaxin could not be restricted from the field of technology authorization, TSMC and Hanxing seemed to have reached a certain consensus.

Expand production at the same time.

高通骁龙888、三星2100选择的是韩星5nm工艺代工，而海思麒麟9000、平果A14选择了台积电5nm工艺代工。

And now there are rumors that Hisilicon Kirin 9000 can be manufactured by Xiaxin Technology's 7+nm process after localization and modification.

This makes consumers in Daxia a little confused. Does it mean that the performance of the Kirin 9000 will not be as good as the Kirin 5 manufactured by TSMC's 9000nm process?

But in fact, TSMC and Hanxing have not disclosed the key dimensions of their own 5nm process transistors so far. 5nm can only be used to express that this is a process node of the company.

However, the chips manufactured by the two 5nm processes have a prominent shortcoming-the huge increase in power consumption.

Han Xing stole the world premiere title of Dami’s Qualcomm Snapdragon 888. Before the fire happened, some users reported that the mobile phone consumes a lot of power and the mobile phone is hot.

Of course, this is not a problem of the foundry. After all, the chip design cycle is generally 12-18 months. When the configuration is defined in the early stage, the selected manufacturing process has already been determined. Nowadays, the design and manufacturing are quite close. ——And due to differences in contemporary technology, it is unlikely to suddenly switch to another technology in the middle of the chip design stage.

On a chip, transistors are not only logic circuits, and transistors are not evenly distributed.Still depends on the design of the chip itself.

Perhaps it was Han Xing’s crushing defeat that made Han Xing prove himself. In addition to expanding production, Han Xing Semiconductor also made three consecutive big moves of reducing chip area by 35%, increasing power consumption efficiency by 20%, and improving performance by 10%.

This made friend TSMC confused.

Originally, it was good to expand production and run on the share of Xiaxin Technology. How can you improve the performance of this stick?
TSMC immediately held a press conference, announcing that TSMC has made a breakthrough in its 5nm process. The speed of its foundry chips is increased by 15% under the same power consumption, and the power consumption is reduced by 30% under the same performance.

The aggressiveness of TSMC and Han Xing has suddenly improved again.

This is a very simple algorithm.

5nm is smaller than 7nm, and the lower the number, the more advanced it is.

Although Xiawei now has Xiaxin foundry chips, Xiaxin Technology’s high-end manufacturing process has been eaten by Kyushu Technology, so there are actually not many chips that can be obtained every month, so these news on the Internet There was no response.

The experience of the past few years has taught Xia Wei's executives a lesson, to be low-key when doing things, and to be high-key when things are done.

Of course, at the same time, Xia Wei is also urging Xiaxin Technology to expand its production, and at the same time, it is negotiating with Kyushu Technology about the product cooperation of Suiren this year.

It probably means: you eat so much of Xiaxin Technology's foundry share, we can't get so many chips from HiSilicon Kirin, and the new Jiaolong mobile phone can't get so many chips.

And Kyushu Technology's response left Xia Wei speechless, and even expressed understanding.

It was the video conference attended by Gu Qing.

His words were brief, but Xia Wei's executives could not refute them.

"The foundry chips of Xiaxin Technology obtained by Jiuzhou Technology are basically used in the new server project of Jiulong in the cloud. The money for the order is paid by the military. Jiuzhou Technology is only responsible for leading and some small technical issues. .”

(End of this chapter)