Reborn Millennial Gamer

Chapter 605 Lu Fei is very angry and the consequences are serious (5k)

It was sunny on March 3.

"Mr. Lu, Micron said that if they want to negotiate before the court, they must restore the purchase order first. As for the settlement, that is another price."

Guo Xing took a bowl of Dandan noodles from the cafeteria window.

"It's pretty outrageous, it's really embarrassing for them."

Lu Fei picked up the full plate and walked to the special box, "How is the result of our inspection?"

"I really don't know if I don't check. After analyzing the three-body laboratory layer by layer, I found that there are four or five self-owned brands that are suspected of infringing on our joint patent with Toshiba. In addition, Toshiba has been confused with Lexar. I am among you." , I have you, it’s hard not to infringe on patents, there are a total of 5 patent infringements for flash memory and memory products, which is enough to accuse Micron.”

Guo Xing pulled out the chair and sat beside him.

"Sol, what did they say?"

Lu Fei cut the Big Mac burger with a knife and fork.

"It is suggested that in addition to the patent complaint, we can also apply for an 'injunction in litigation'. Once successful, the domestic sales of the suspected product will be suspended, and its market will be completely cut off. Now that the market is so bad, it must be stabbed in its main artery! "

"That's it, the court is still in Nanshan."

"It must be Nanshan! We have never lost in Nanshan!" Guo Xing smiled, "It only has one chance to file a defense within 10 days to prove that it has no infringement. If the defense fails, it must either apologize and compensate or go to court reconciliation."

"Hehe, it's not that easy, you have to give it a little bit of suffering!"

Lu Fei disassembled the burger into eight pieces, forked a piece and put it in his mouth.

With the good news of Bear Stearns being bailed out and the Federal Reserve cutting interest rates twice, the stock market rose and bond yields also rose, and the shaky financial system temporarily stabilized.

But Lu Fei and John Paulson didn't suffer at all. The unit price of CDS soared sharply. Just by selling the contracts related to Bear Stearns, they made a lot of money, and they made a full three to four billion dollars.

But no matter what, the hole in the broken ship was filled.

Bernanke and Paulson, the hard-boiled brothers, have been struggling to find a buyer for Bear Stearns these days.

Now, finally, I can breathe a sigh of relief.

However, Appleton is still battered by Micron.

In order to cancel the postponement order, he went back and forth between the court, the Ministry of Justice, and the Ministry of Commerce, but the answers were surprisingly consistent, and they all urged him to find Lu Fei for peaceful negotiations.

Someone even secretly reminded——

The water here is so deep, you can't hold it!
"Fuck, how much money did you take this bastard Lu!" Appleton cursed and returned with hatred.

"There is no such reason, no such reason..."

I locked myself in the office, pacing back and forth.

Mark Dekentu pushed the door open, holding a document in his hand, "I found out, Henry Paulson is behind Lu, he is helping Lu to make connections, and he even opened a salon for the judicial circle. A certain party justice was also present."

"Sure enough! Sure enough, I have eaten the benefits!"

Appleton was furious, with these insects, how could he do a good job in America!No, it's not that I didn't give the money!
"Maybe he gave too much..."

Mark Deken said helplessly: "And this."

"Just what?" Appleton was surprised.

"This is a court summons forwarded by the Ministry of Justice, and Lu also sued us for patent infringement."

Mark Deken couldn't laugh or cry.

"What did you say! How dare they!"

Appleton looked in disbelief, and read the indictment from beginning to end.

"I roughly estimated."

Mark Durken exhaled.

At present, 55% of Micron's production capacity comes from China, and nearly 37% of its revenue comes from China. Once these products are banned from sale in China, there will be direct and indirect losses. Micron will lay off at least two to 3000 people worldwide, not to mention the current market... …

Without the Chinese market, how can Micron survive!

"How did things become like this? It's different from what we thought." Appleton was speechless for a while, unbelievable.

Sue Yangtze River Storage, just want to increase the purchase order of some logic, but the logic will kill them half?
Mark Deken sighed: "I asked Guo, and he said that Huaxia Lu was very, very angry this time. He felt that we deliberately involved YMTC and destroyed the friendship between the two parties. There is no need to continue to cooperate. If he hadn't persuaded him I also advise, not just cut off half of our orders, but all orders."

"It means that it's useless to talk to Guo, you have to talk to that bastard Lu?" Appleton's eyes widened.

Mark Deken said: "That's right, Guo said that he must ask for forgiveness from Lu, and if the delay continues until the court hearing, Elpida will completely replace our position in the logic supply chain."

I have never been so aggrieved since I took charge of Micron!
Appleton pondered for a while. The economic recession caused by subprime mortgages had already made the global storage industry worse, and the appeal of the injunction was like hailstorming against Micron.

No matter how rich the family background is, it will definitely hurt their vitality.

After thinking about it, he curled his lips: "Give Guo a gift and ask him to help us arrange a meeting with Lu, what do you think?"

Mark Deken nodded in agreement, and then called Guo Xing, but the reply he got was unexpected——

Master Lu is very busy!
People have already returned to China, and if they want peace talks, they can go to Huaxia by themselves.

"Are we going to Huaxia?"

Appleton laughed angrily: "Fake! Lu is so arrogant, do we have to apologize to him first?!"

Mark Deken recommended himself, "Forget it, forget it, I'll go there, anyway, we also plan to transfer production capacity to the factory in Huaxia, and we also need to organize a team of lawyers to file a lawsuit."

"If it hadn't caught up with the cold winter of memory, I would have slaughtered..."

Appleton felt useless, unusually useless.

Back then, with the backing of America, robbing Neon Semiconductor and bullying Rod Semiconductor, Micron was always invincible and invincible wherever it went.

In just a few years, how can it fail when it hits Yangtze River Storage?

Depressed for a long time, I said helplessly: "Okay, let the people from Samsung accompany you, it is also an important partner of Logic, and it will be the middleman for us."

………………

The next day was also the day Lu Fei arrived in Pengcheng.

Logic deliberately gathered the media at the exit of the airport. In front of many cameras, he announced the clarification of YMTC’s announcement:
"We always attach importance to the protection of intellectual property rights. There is no act of stealing other companies' technology. The component design in the memory and flash memory technology base is completely different from Micron's design. We will take necessary measures to counter it!"

"Kakaka~"

The flashing lights kept flashing, and Lu Fei immediately announced:

The "Lithography Machine Alliance" led by AMEC has developed a 90nm-class ArF DUV dry lithography machine!
The two news quickly spread on Weibo because of Master Lu's celebrity and the influence of the official media.

But it is different from the 90nm etching machine, which is the first case in the country.

The first 90nm dry lithography machine was successfully developed by Shanghai Microelectronics as early as last year. Usually, no one would pay much attention to No.2, unless it is Lu Fei's company.

Post bars, portals, BBS, Tianya, etc., the public opinion really boiled over, and netizens fell into a carnival:
[Having a father and a mother is not as good as having one yourself! 】

[Boss Lu is awesome!There is nothing Mr. Lu can't do! 】

[90nm is successful, will 65nm be far behind? 】

[Students from Northwestern Polytechnical University sent a congratulatory message! 】

[Students from Harbin Institute of Technology sent a congratulatory message!congratulate! 】

[Students from Mizuki University sent a congratulatory message!The senior is awesome! 】

[Can Mizuki University not come to rub Mr. Lu, he is obviously an alumnus of our Kyoto University! 】

【…】

But in the climax, there are also different voices.

[This is the back-end lithography machine, that is, the packaging and testing lithography machine, not the lithography machine in the narrow sense, that is, the front-end lithography machine. I don’t know what you are so excited about!Go crazy! 】

[That is, China Microelectronics is only an equipment integrator, and the integration level is also very low. The 90nm-level dry lithography machine has no commercial capabilities. It is basically assembled with imported parts according to the ASML prototype. This is also self-developed? 】

[This is not something I should consider with a monthly salary of 800]

[What kind of lithography machine is the second-rate manufacturer of Zhongwei, and the third-rate is not suitable, only one shell is made by itself, and the main components are all foreign, which is at least 30 years behind ASML]

[It's just a successful development, I don't know what can be climaxed, the key difficulty lies in mass production and commercialization]

Just like the first flight of the C919, but what is even more unexpected is the intriguing attitude of the foundry colleagues. The phone said congratulations, but for the time being, no one is willing to provide a test site for the adaptation of domestic lithography machines. Even SMIC, regardless of the front or back, basically uses ASML low-end machines.

"Understanding, understanding, survival is the first priority."

Lu Fei was not annoyed by Zhang Rujing's choice.

"This year's situation is too bad. When the market rebounds next year, SMIC must have a proper production capacity and support our own lithography machine. After all, no matter how bad the domestic lithography machine is, it is our own. No matter how good AMSL's equipment is, we will not give it to us." use."

Zhang Rujing verbally promised on the phone.

"Mr. Zhang, don't force yourself, just do what you can."

Although Lu Fei is not an expert, he is not an outsider either.

The lithography machine market is not big, and it is definitely the "most snobbish" industry in semiconductors. As long as the technology is a little behind, the market share will be taken up by the leading competitors.

For example, AMSL seized the opportunity of wet lithography machines, gradually overtook Neon’s Canon and Nikon, gave up the high-end lithography machine market, and stayed in the middle and low-end.

And the more backward Zhongwei Semiconductor is even more humble.

There is no way to talk about the return of funds, and we can only rely on some low-end machines for subsequent packaging, such as Shanghai Microelectronics.

"It's not at all reluctant, I believe in you!"

Zhang Rujing firmly believes that Master Lu can create miracles from the bottom of his heart.

After all, who would have thought that in just a few years, 90nm etching machines, 90nm back-end lithography machines, 3D flash memory technology, and lphones all have his shadow behind the scenes.

Especially for the process technology, they invited Hu Zhengming and Liang Mengsong, the master and apprentice, and formed the fourth advanced process research and development alliance with AMD in the world. Only half a year ago, Fuxin, which was frowning at the 130nm, The yield rate of 65nm mass production has exceeded 85%.

If it weren't for sharing the technology, SMIC would be left behind, and it would take at least three to five months to catch up with the gap.

No matter how you think about it, it's incredible and terrifying!
"That's not my credit. It's all thanks to Professor Hu and Dr. Liang. They are both great talents. Relying on the mature 65nm process, Fuxin has won a lot of orders from Samsung and Intel." Lu Fei couldn't close his smile. Mouth, "Maybe we can break through 45nm next year, 32nm the year after, and then..."

"Ahem, Mr. Liang is indeed capable, but isn't he too aggressive in the research and development of the manufacturing process?" Zhang Rujing bluntly said that there was a huge difference in the direction of the next-generation process.

After Lu Fei asked, he found out that Liang Mengsong chose to skip the generation.

Due to the high risk of improving the semiconductor manufacturing process, many manufacturers will launch a transitional process between 90nm and 65nm, such as 80nm between [-]nm and [-]nm.

Another example is 65nm between 45nm and 55nm.

Usually referred to as "half-generation process node."

The difference is that SMIC seeks stability, first 55nm and then 45nm, while Liang Mengsong is radical and directly skips 55nm.

"I know that Dr. Liang wants to catch up with TSMC and Intel's 45nm process as soon as possible, but I'm afraid it's too hasty. Fuxin and SMIC are different from TSMC and Intel, and their technical accumulation is far behind them. The difficulties are even greater. And the market in the industry is so bad, the board of directors is very worried about failure..."

Zhang Rujing tactfully suggested the 55nm process route.

"Mr. Zhang, you should know the advantages of 45nm, right?"

Lu Fei tapped on the table.

"Of course, the density of the chip is 65 times that of the 2.35nm process technology. In terms of active power, the 45nm process has reduced a full 15%. It is said that the SRAM cell size and macro size are the smallest in the industry, but the unknown risk is also great, that is, even if it succeeds Now, the good product rate may not exceed 5%.”

"That's just experimental. Fuxin's 65nm was less than 10% at the beginning, and it didn't meet the conditions for production. Now the yield rate will soon exceed 90%. You must trust Dr. Liang."

"So, you also support skipping?"

"I believe that Professor Hu and Dr. Liang are professional, let professional people do professional things, they can do what they say, and what I can do is to continue to spend money on them."

"It would be great if SMIC could introduce Mr. Lu back then."

"Listen to you, did you encounter any difficulties?"

"Oh, it's hard to say."

Zhang Rujing sighed again and again, feeling exhausted.

Capital is not a good man, the only goal is to make money!

Investing in SMIC is to make a lot of money. At the beginning, Goldman Sachs and Temasek invested one after another, all focusing on capital appreciation. We only saw that from 2000 to 2008 when SMIC was founded, because of Zhang Rujing’s blind expansion, there was no year of profit.

But I don’t understand that other peers started 20 years earlier than SMIC. SMIC is using its own losses for years to drive the rapid upgrading of the entire Chinese semiconductor industry.

The rise of Fuxin is also based on the foundation of SMIC.

But these capital forces don't care whether Huaxia has its own semiconductor industry chain, the shareholders just want to make money.

Therefore, it is under tremendous pressure from the board of directors internally.

Externally, it has to bear the lawsuits and siege of TSMC.

Just in time for this year, the price of memory chips plummeted. Due to the rapid expansion, SMIC suffered heavy losses in the DRAM business and fell into financial difficulties. It had to suspend production at the Yanjing fab.

Even considering to withdraw from the DRAM business completely, so as not to be bleeding from this wound, of course, you can also find new capital injection.

After all, SMIC has never lacked financing channels.

Many well-known international private equity firms, including Blackstone Capital, have approached Rujing Zhang, hoping to acquire equity and settle in SMIC.

"Hehe, I was just wary of foreign investment and infiltration constraints, so I didn't let Logic and Fuxin go public. At best, I will only let Yangtze River Storage go on the A-share and Hong Kong stocks in the future."

Lu Fei smiled coldly, "It's not easy to get money from private placement."

"Yeah, these private placements are full of evil intentions."

Zhang Rujing couldn't help feeling that he was facing a major decision.

In addition to private equity, many state-owned enterprises are also willing to contribute.

Such as Datang Telecom, China Resources, Huaxia Electronics Group...

"If you want me to say that Datang Telecom has participated in the construction of the domestic 3G standard TD-SCDMA, although it is a state-owned enterprise, it can at least push SMIC to move forward."

Lu Fei thought for a while, analyzed and judged.

"Haha, it's true that heroes see the same thing."

There was a hint of helplessness in Zhang Rujing's laughter, "After this round of financial crisis, as long as the international lawsuit with TSMC is over again, I think SMIC will be able to make a comeback."

"It's a coincidence, we also suffered an international lawsuit."

Lu Fei smiled and said, "But the home game is with us."

"With whom?"

Zhang Rujing was very curious, so he heard Sun Hongjun's voice on the phone, interrupting the conversation between the two. From the few words, he could vaguely hear that it was Lyb's Meguiar, and he couldn't help worrying about him.

Unexpectedly, Lu Fei said in a disdainful tone:
"No! No! Hehe, if an apology is useful, what do you need the law for? Go and tell the people at Micron for me. If you want to see me, I'll see you again when the court opens. Anyway, this 'injunction in litigation' is decided by Micron, and Jesus will It can't be saved, I said!"

"Hi~"

Zhang Rujing gasped, he really deserves to be Mr. Lu!
The majestic Meguiar has to travel across the ocean to plead guilty!

Alas, when will SMIC stand up against TSMC and shout at him loudly: "No, qnmd!"

(End of this chapter)