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Chapter 467 Chips Burn Too Much Money
Chip development is the work of decades. If you want to integrate design and manufacturing, you have to work hard for decades.Of course, it is not that there is no chance of overtaking in curves. The key lies in the development of EUV extreme ultraviolet lithography machines.This is the only way to catch up that Fang Jiming is familiar with, but many key components are abroad, so it is too difficult to integrate.

The second way is to buy.

Because the development of EUV extreme ultraviolet lithography machine is too expensive, ASML of Helan almost went bankrupt in the previous life.If it weren't for Intel, Hynix, TSMC, and Samsung's capital injection, ASML would have been unable to survive.Of course, parent company Philips also burned a lot of money.Therefore, Fang Jiming can acquire a foreign lithography machine manufacturer, use various cross-shareholdings, cheat financial supervision, obtain parts, and finally realize the curve road to save the country.

Of course, Ying Jiang, who is extremely sensitive to semiconductors, is not a fool, and is even very shrewd. It is not unheard of for Fang Jiming to play this trick in China.I also wanted to play in my previous life, but Ying Jiang said that once there is Chinese capital, the parts of Ying Jiang will stop shipping, including the parts in the member countries of the eight barrels.

It can be seen that the West's suppression of China has never stopped, even if China has a certain right to speak.

Therefore, it is better to rely on yourself than to rely on anyone. Self-reliance is the most important thing.It's a pity that lithography machine technology needs the accumulation of basic science and basic materials the most. To put it bluntly, it needs the most time.But China is short of time, which is very difficult.Fortunately, the wisdom of the Chinese people is infinite. In the previous life, they used the previous generation of lithography machines to create an N+1 process, and forcibly raised the wavelength of the lithography machine to 7nm.

However, as Moore's Law is approaching the limit, this method is nothing more than a trick, after all, it is not the right way.If you want to catch up with the most advanced manufacturing process, you still need to get an EUV extreme ultraviolet lithography machine.As for packaging or something, China has already occupied the world's first class.

Why must China make a breakthrough in the semiconductor industry, so as not to give others a chance to get stuck?Look at the chips that China needs to import more than 3000 billion U.S. dollars a year in the previous life, which is more than 2 trillion U.S. dollars, but China’s annual GDP is only 99 trillion U.S. dollars, which is 14 trillion U.S. dollars, which has already accounted for national production. 2% of the total value!
Don't underestimate this 2%, you must know that China's education funding does not exceed 4%!How many students are there in primary and secondary schools across the country?From such a comparison, we know that China must develop the chip industry.

Therefore, we must follow the path of others, so that others have nowhere to go!
Xu Zhuhua took a deep breath and said, "Mr. Fang, is it a bit unreasonable for us to be so concerned about chips? I think the curved TSMC foundry is also quite cost-effective? Even if it is directly purchasing MK chips, it seems to be cheaper. Independent research and development is cheap?"

"Your thoughts are bad."

Fang Jiming said seriously, "If the core technology is not in your own hands, others will increase the price if they want to. You see, the mobile phone market is so hot now, as long as TSMC raises the cost of foundry, MK raises the price of chips, Domestic mobile phone manufacturers are dying immediately, believe it or not?"

Xu Zhuhua is already well-known in the industry. After careful consideration, he thinks it makes sense: "It is indeed possible, but why does Bend increase the price?"

Fang Jiming seemed to have seen through the future, and said seriously: "In a place like Wanwan, Yingjiang forces it to raise prices, but can it still keep silent? Besides, if Yingjiang doesn't force it, so many mobile phone manufacturers in the West will force it. It's nothing more than, for profit."

Xu Zhuhua immediately understood that smart people are different: "Understood Director Fang, I will spend my time on research and development."

"The chip must not be rushed. In fact, there is a lot of room for the chip market. For example, have you learned about storage ICs?" Fang Jiming asked.

"Of course, Fang Dong, what do you mean...?"

Xu Zhuhua realized something.

"Yes, from the beginning, we took the route of encircling the cities from the countryside, and made low-end products first. What storage ICs, what cash register chips, as long as we can do it now, try to do it first. Especially the cash register, I have let 360 We have developed a safe cash register system, which is actually a kind of computer, but it only needs a chip to support long-term operation, and the cooling function must be good." Fang Jiming said.

"Fang Dong, you also said before that our cash register chip is ready to tape out." The reason why Xu Zhuhua complained is the same. So much money was spent on chip research and development, but he didn't earn a penny. There will be a good face.

You know, the chip laboratory has burned more than 3 million yuan so far, but nothing has been produced!If it weren't for the good sales of China's MP[-], it wouldn't be able to hold on at all!
"So soon?"

Although Fang Jiming knew that the cash register chip was not difficult, it was still a chip!You can't use bean buns as dry food!
"The storage IC will also be taped out."

Xu Zhuhua was speechless for a while, Fang Jiming is too radical, this chip burns too much money!

"Lack of money?"

Hearing Xu Zhuhua's tone, Fang Jiming immediately guessed a possibility.

"Is there no shortage? It's a horse-mounted repeater and a horse-mounted point-and-reader." Xu Zhuhua complained a little.

Fang Jiming smiled and said, "When will the point-reading machine and the handheld learning machine be released?"

"The point reader has been in research and development, and it is close to being finalized. The handheld learning machine still has no way to solve the touch screen problem, and plans to use the button mode." Xu Zhuhua sometimes doubts Fang Zhiming, touch screen?It's also a loss that Fang Ming wants to get it. "The most important thing is the price. The price of a resistive touch screen is too high. If the ex-factory price is more than 4000 yuan, I don't think any parent is willing to buy it. This is equivalent to a year's salary for many families."

Fang Jiming thought about it, and it was indeed the case, and the current family might not be able to afford it.

"Don't worry, as soon as the touch-screen mobile phone comes out, the price of the touch-screen will drop immediately." But Fang Jiming still said, "We can launch a keyboard-type, compact learning machine first. I remember that a few years ago, there was Has the manufacturer launched a learning machine of the computer keyboard type?"

Xu Zhuhua nodded and said, "Yes, a company in Xiangshan City is also engaged in MP3."

"This company originally had some research and development capabilities, but now it is getting worse and worse. This is another template. If China does not want to be like it, we need to increase investment in research and development. You didn't see that even my salary in China , I don’t want them anymore, should I continue to invest in research and development?” Fang Jiming laughed.

Of course Xu Zhuhua understood the importance of research and development, and said: "Then the learning machine is the button mode?"

"The key is the system. Is there any progress in the system laboratory?" Fang Jiming knows that the system is more important than the product!Without a unique system, any product is short-lived.

(End of this chapter)