Reborn in 2011, 985 missing from two copies

Chapter 435: Self-developed and self-produced chips! Acquisition of SMIC's wafer fab?
"Could it be that the tape-out of these three chips was carried out at the Xingyi Wafer Factory?"

Director Qin was full of disbelief as he spoke.

Mr. Zhao on the opposite side was even more confused.

It is incredible that we can independently develop a 40-nanometer system-level chip with integrated baseband, which has surpassed giants such as Qualcomm.

You achieved self-production?
Just kidding!
Do you really think that chip process research and development is like building a house, which can be done at any time?
Wang Yi smiled faintly: "Yes, it was taped out at our Xingyi wafer factory, so the yield rate is not very high. Look, it happened to be a chip with insufficient yield rate. Kunpeng 702 was lit up three times in a row before it succeeded."

Mr. Zhao: “…”

Director Qin: "..."

The two looked at each other, staring at each other.

"Xiao Qin, you don't know about this?" Old Zhao frowned slightly, he had overlooked it!

They thought Xingyi Technology could only succeed in baseband tape-out, but it turned out that the SOC chip with integrated baseband was also successful!

They thought that Xingyi Technology could only achieve the research and development and design of SOC system-level chips, but it turned out to have achieved mass production!
Completely self-developed and produced!

The problem is that the official authorities were completely unaware of such an astonishing achievement. Even Director Qin, who had direct contact with Wang Yi, did not know about it!

Total oversight!
Director Qin was also speechless: "How could I know such an incredible thing? Damn, I couldn't even dream of it! Leader, don't blame me!"

"Hahaha!" Old Zhao also laughed, and he laughed very happily.

I also feel that this is not Director Qin's fault. If it were him, he would not have thought that Xingyi Semiconductor would develop so fast and so rapidly.

But the problem is that it was really done!
It's just incredible.

"Great, really great, well done!"

Mr. Zhao was very excited and couldn't help asking, "Mr. Wang, what is the yield rate of your 40-nanometer process?"

This is also crucial.

Mr. Zhao felt that if he lit it up three times and succeeded once, the chances would probably be only about 40 to 50 percent.

But it’s also pretty good, after all, everything is difficult at the beginning.

Wang Yi smiled faintly: "The previous 81-nanometer yield was %. We are still waiting for the results this time. The two leaders should have some tea and rest first. We are currently lighting up all the other chips for testing. The results will be out soon."

"No, no, we're not thirsty."

"Yes, Mr. Wang, let's go watch the lighting test together!"

"Okay!" Wang Yi smiled.

Then I returned to the laboratory with the two leaders.

At the site, workers from Xingyi Semiconductor are conducting tests.

A total of 1536 chips of the three types were produced in this tape-out. Once the lighting test is completed, we will know the yield rate of each chip and the overall yield rate!
The surface area of ​​a 12-inch wafer is approximately 70659 square millimeters, while the size of a mobile phone chip is generally around 80-120 square millimeters.

Generally speaking, the area of ​​chips without integrated baseband is about 80 square millimeters.

The integrated baseband chip is around 100 square millimeters.

Dividing by the surface area, a 12-inch wafer can theoretically produce 700 mobile phone chips.

But obviously, this is totally unrealistic. The scraps from the wafers cannot be used to make chips and will be wasted.

This is why wafers are round rather than square, as square wafers would result in more waste.

Excluding scraps, a 12-inch wafer can actually only cut out about 640 mobile phone chips.

If the yield rate is 85%, then that would be 640*0.85=544 pieces.

If the yield rate is 90%, that would be 640*0.90=576 pieces!
Of course, this is a system-level chip that integrates CPU, GPU, baseband and other modules.

If it was just a separate baseband chip, it would be smaller.

Inside the SOC chip, the baseband only occupies about 10 square millimeters, but a separate baseband chip is generally around 30-70 square millimeters.

After all, the separate baseband chip and many modules cannot be shared with the processor, so they all need to be configured again.

The Kirin 5 with integrated 990G baseband is approximately 113 square millimeters.

The Kirin 980 without integrated baseband is approximately 75 square millimeters.

The external 5G baseband Balong 5000 is about 85.83 square millimeters. It is a very special baseband and one of the few basebands that is larger than the chip.

麒麟980+巴龙5000，加起来要160多平方毫米，远高于集成基带的麒麟990的113平方毫米。

This is the advantage of integrated baseband, which can save more space for other components.

Of course, Balong 5000 is an exception. Normal baseband chips are mostly 30-70 square millimeters.

Therefore, the same 12-inch wafer can cut out 1000-1500 baseband chips.

The cost of baseband chips is nearly half cheaper than that of SOC chips.

The reason why Qualcomm sells at a high price is just to earn Qualcomm tax.

Or force users to give up purchasing chips from Nvidia and other friendly companies and choose Qualcomm's processor chips + baseband chips.

Kunpeng 700 and Kunpeng 702 are both chips with integrated baseband, so their area is naturally larger, at 100 square millimeters.

The Wing Loong 3000 baseband only takes up 50 square millimeters.

A total of two wafers were used in this tape-out, producing 512 Kunpeng 700s, 512 Kunpeng 702s, and 512 Wing Loong 3000s.

After multiple people tested it, all the chips were soon lit up and tested.

Williams came over with the statistical results and said, "Chairman, the results are out."

"read."

"Kunpeng 700, 461 satellites were successfully lit up, with a yield rate of 90%."

"Kunpeng 702, 435 satellites were successfully lit up, with a yield rate of 85%."

"Wing Loong 3000, 471 cells were successfully lit, with a yield rate of 92%."

"The overall yield rate of Xingyi Foundry's 40nm process is 89%!"

"So high!" Wang Yi was delighted.

Everyone else was excited too.

The yield rate of last month’s test was only 81%!

This time, it has reached 89%!

All I can say is that progress has been rapid.

"The 40-nanometer process has been completed!" Wang Yi looked at Mr. Hu with a smile and gave him a thumbs-up: "Mr. Hu is awesome!"

"Fortunately, I have accomplished my mission!" Mr. Hu smiled and breathed a sigh of relief.

Wang Yi thinks so highly of him, it would be unacceptable if he failed.

"Well done! We must celebrate for Mr. Hu, Williams, Pang Liguo, and the three teams!" Wang Yi said with a smile, "Tonight, in a five-star hotel, I'll host you!"

"Thank you, Chairman." Everyone was delighted.

They know that the five-star hotel is just the beginning, and they will receive generous performance bonuses this month and year-end bonuses.

George and Zhang Chao's teams also became more motivated.

This time, the Williams team successfully developed Kunpeng 700 and Kunpeng 702, and will receive a high bonus.

But George's Kunpeng 901 team and Zhang Chao's Kunpeng 902 team did not have this honor.

Pang Liguo's 3G baseband team, who successfully developed the Wing Loong 3000, will also receive a high bonus.

However, the 4G baseband team does not receive these benefits and has to wait until the 4G baseband is successfully lit up!

Wang Yi promotes quantitative management, and bonuses are not distributed across one department, but are specifically allocated to specific project teams and individuals.

Within a department, different project teams, and different breakthroughs will receive vastly different treatments.

"Mr. Hu, the mass production is now in your hands. Start with Kunpeng 702!" Wang Yi instructed.

"Okay, Chairman, I'll arrange it right away!" Mr. Hu responded, and then said meaningfully: "Mr. Wang, don't forget the new wafer fab."

"Don't worry." Wang Yi said, looking at Director Qin and Mr. Zhao: "Two leaders, let's talk inside."

"it is good!"

The three of them returned to the office, and Mr. Zhao could no longer suppress his excitement:

"Mr. Wang, this is amazing! Not only have we put the 40-nanometer chip into mass production, but we have also achieved a yield rate of 89%. This is amazing!"

Wang Yi smiled faintly: "In fact, it is more than 89%. The 11% of waste chips will also be further processed to make a low-frequency, low-health version of Kunpeng 700!"

"So that's how it is. In that case, the scrap rate is actually lower." The two men suddenly realized.

“是的，两位领导，接下来我们会优先量产鲲鹏702，将xphone 1pro、星逸平板X1pro、星逸电视X40、X50的英伟达Tegra 3，全部换成自研自产鲲鹏702。还有xphone 2的APQ 8064，也都换成自研自产鲲鹏的鲲鹏702！”

"Great!" Mr. Zhao was very excited: "You are the first company in the mainland to achieve self-development and self-production of 40-nanometer chips, and also the first company in the country to achieve self-development and self-production of 40-nanometer chips."

"The pride of the country, the pride of the nation!"

"Mr. Wang, well done."

"Tomorrow I will ask CCTV to do an exclusive interview with Xingyi Technology and Xingyi Semiconductor, and broadcast it on CCTV News. It will be used as a technological benchmark and a role model for all companies!"

Wang Yi waved his hand quickly: "Mr. Zhao, that's not necessary. At this stage, we should keep a low profile and travel at night."

"This..." Mr. Zhao frowned slightly: "Are you worried..."

Wang Yi sighed: "Mr. Zhao, although Xingyi Technology has achieved self-development and production of 40-nanometer chips, core equipment such as lithography machines and core raw materials such as photoresist cannot be made domestically and rely on imports."

"At this stage, we should break the blockade, realize self-research and self-production, and make a fortune quietly. If we are too high-profile, we will attract unnecessary troubles. Once we are blocked, it will be..."

"Yes, what you said makes sense." Mr. Zhao nodded with a complicated expression.

I feel a little aggrieved and helpless.

But the situation is stronger than people, so I have to bow my head.

Wang Yi continued, "Moreover, I plan to wait for the next two months, secretly mass-produce Kunpeng 702, and conduct adaptation and tuning. After two months, I will directly replace it and launch it directly! Competitors such as Apple, Qualcomm, and Samsung will be caught off guard!"

"If we expose it now, if they secretly plot something to stop the mass production of Kunpeng chips, we will be the ones who suffer."

For the sake of long-term interests, Wang Yi does not seek temporary gains or losses.

"Yes, your consideration makes sense. Don't worry, you have made a breakthrough in the 40-nanometer process, and the government will pay more attention to your previous proposal. Relevant institutions have been established, and a breakthrough team has been set up to further increase R&D investment in areas such as lithography machines and photoresists, and treat them as the most core projects to be broken through."

Mr. Zhao sighed: "In the past, due to various factors, our investment in semiconductors and lithography machines was not large enough. But now, everything has changed completely."

Initially, the report that Wang Yi asked Director Qin to submit attracted some attention, but it was very limited and was soon shelved.

Later, Xingyi mobile phones became popular, and Director Qin took the report to his old leader, Mr. Zhao, and gave him earnest advice.

Mr. Zhao also felt that Xingyi Technology had a future, and he again presented the report at the top-level meeting.

This time, with the personal endorsement of the ministerial leaders, and the continuous expansion of Xingyi Technology, it has become a top giant. It can only be said that the reputation of a person is like the shadow of a tree.

Previously, Xingyi Technology was a new company and did not receive enough attention from the top management. No matter how good the report was, it was not taken seriously.

But now Xingyi Technology has become a top domestic giant and is invincible internationally, competing with Apple, suppressing Samsung, and leaving HTC at a loss.

It can be said that things are completely different now!

Not surprisingly, this time, Wang Yi's report attracted great attention from the top leadership and received full support from many important officials and academicians.

Projects such as photolithography machines and photoresists have also been successfully included in the national strategic core projects, requiring relevant institutions to work together and invest huge amounts of money to make breakthroughs.

Now that Xingyi Semiconductor has achieved self-developed and self-produced 40-nanometer chips, Wang Yi's role has become even more important.

The report will be more valuable, and the research and development and investment in related projects will be even more terrifying!
To put it bluntly, everything depends on strength.

In your previous life, why did you support Huawei so much?
It is because Huawei has the foundation, capabilities, and technology that it can achieve breakthroughs that other companies cannot.

Similarly, Xingyi Technology also demonstrated its terrifying strength.

Xingyi Semiconductor has achieved baseband integration, which Apple, Samsung and Qualcomm cannot do.

The 40-nanometer process that SMIC had been unable to master for so many years has now been successfully mastered by Xingyi Wafer Factory. The trial production yield rate is as high as 89%, and it will only be higher in the future.

Xingyi Technology has developed and produced its own chips, which even Huawei cannot do, and the performance is excellent.

Such an achievement will shock the whole world.

The top management will naturally pay close attention and strongly support it.

"Mr. Wang, don't worry. In a few years, there will be breakthroughs in lithography and photoresist!" Mr. Zhao said solemnly.

The lithography machines these days are still DUV lithography machines, which are not as difficult to make as EUV lithography machines, so it is naturally easier to make breakthroughs.

Similarly, the lithography machine is only capable of producing mid-range photoresists of 28 nanometers and 20 nanometers, not as difficult as the high-end photoresists of 5 nanometers and 3 nanometers in the past.

To put it bluntly, the gap between China and Europe and the United States is still very small.

Because of Wang Yi’s previous ignorant proposal, the government made early plans and tackled the difficulties in advance. It is entirely possible to catch up with Europe and the United States, or even overtake them, when the gap is small.

In my previous life, I lagged far behind.

At that time, Europe and the United States had updated EUV for several generations and had been in use for many years. It was naturally difficult for us to catch up with DUV lithography machines.

But this time, everyone is still DUV, so it’s easy.

As for ASML's EUV, it is not yet mature and it will take several years for it to be officially put into use.

Thanks to Wang Yi’s suggestion, we can catch up early and have a promising future.

"That's great. I believe in the power of the state apparatus," Wang Yi said with a smile.

For example, it would take Xingyi Technology ten years to make a DUV lithography machine.

If the government wants to do it and has the full support of the state apparatus, 14nm DUV can be completed in five years.

Subsequent iterations and upgrades will gradually improve the accuracy to 10 nanometers and 7 nanometers.

After all, ASML launched its first-generation immersion DUV 2003i in 1250, and initially produced 45-nanometer chips.

Subsequently, the DUV lithography machine will continue to undergo all-round upgrades in terms of light source, optical system, overlay accuracy, temperature control, etc.

这才逐渐实现了32-28纳米工艺，以及后续的20-16纳米工艺，再到10纳米节点、7纳米节点，以及十年后的5纳米节点。

The main reason why domestic DUV lithography machines have not been mass-produced in the past is that they have high requirements and a high starting point.

If it can only mass produce 45 nanometers, then it won’t be very meaningful and not many companies will use it even if it is launched.

Ten years later, what will be lacking is high-end lithography machines, not 45-nanometer lithography machines.

However, if we want to mass produce 7 nanometers or even 5 nanometers, it will be very difficult, and domestic DUV will have to be continuously upgraded.

Therefore, the delay in launching the domestic DUV is just a way of holding back on the big move.

But it doesn't matter this time.

Starting early and being able to mass-produce 28 nanometers would be considered a great success.

Even when it comes to mass production of 45 nanometers, Wang Yi will go on a buying spree.

After all, 45 nanometers will be the mainstream chip in the next five years.

The 28nm and 20nm chips are only used in a small number of flagship chips.

Instead, more chips are made at the inexpensive 45-nanometer process.

If domestic lithography machines can be mass-produced at 45 nanometers, they will have a large market.

But if the domestic 45-nanometer lithography machine is not launched until ten years later, that will be difficult.

After all, 45 nanometers ten years later will really be unusable.

Mr. Zhao changed the subject: "Although you are low-key, you still deserve the same reward."

"From now on, all Xingyi Semiconductor chips will be tax-free."

"Xingyi Semiconductor will be fully tax-free for the first five years of profitability!"

"In addition, Xiao Qin made a bet with you before. If Xingyi Semiconductor can successfully mass-produce 2014nm and the yield rate exceeds 40% before the end of 85, you will get another 12-inch wafer fab as a gift."

"If you achieve it ahead of schedule, we will also pay you ahead of schedule and build a super-large wafer factory with a monthly output of 10 wafers!"

"Thank you, leader." Wang Yi was in a good mood. This was what he needed most.

It is also what Mr. Hu is most looking forward to.

The current wafer factory has been fully delivered, but the monthly production capacity is only 2.5 pieces.

A wafer can produce 640 Kunpeng 702 chips, which, based on a 90% yield rate, means 576 high-quality chips.

That’s only 1440 million Kunpeng 702s per month.

If it is used on a single mobile phone, it is completely sufficient.

可问题是，xphone 2、xphone 1pro、星逸平板X1pro、星逸电视X40、x50，都要用。

That's not enough at all!
Currently, the monthly sales volume of Xphone 2 is in tens of millions, and including parallel imports, 1500 million is not enough.

This is a difficult problem.

It can be said that Xingyi Semiconductor now has chefs, but there are not enough stoves, and not much cooking can be done!
Director Qin said with a smile: "The site of the new wafer factory has been planned long ago. Now that you are mass-producing 40 nanometers, you should go through the procedures as soon as possible and start construction next month! The government strongly supports it and we will do our best to build it, and strive to deliver it all within two years. Of course, you will have to handle the subsequent production line equipment by yourselves."

The government is only responsible for infrastructure investment and free land distribution.

"Within two years? If we add the introduction of the production line and the start of production, it will take two and a half to three years. It's too slow!"

Wang Yi frowned.

"What's the matter? Mr. Wang, is there any difficulty?" Mr. Zhao keenly noticed Wang Yi's expression.

Wang Yi sighed: "Leader, I'll just say what I mean."

"But it doesn't matter!"

"That's right, Boss. Although the Xingyi wafer factory has achieved mass production of 40-nanometer technology and the yield rate has reached 89%, its production capacity is too small. It has a capacity of 2.5 pieces per month and can produce a maximum of 1440 million Kunpeng 702s."

“That sounds like a lot, right?”

"But in reality, the Xphone 2 alone is not enough!"

"At present, the sales volume of Xphone 2 is over 1500 million units, and the sales volume of Xphone 1 Pro is around 1000 million units. Even if we want to achieve full replacement of self-developed and self-produced chips, it is not enough!"

"Not to mention, the Xingyi tablet X1pro, Xingyi TV X40 and X50 also need Kunpeng 702."

"Next year, the mass production of 700 yuan smartphones will be equipped with Kunpeng 700. Kunpeng will also be put into mass production, and the annual output must be million."

"With the addition of the Wing Loong 3000 baseband, we can also mass-produce some for external sale."

"Totaling them all, Xingyi Technology's chip demand will exceed 3 million pieces in the next year."

"At present, Xingyi wafer factory can produce a maximum of 1.7 million wafers a year, and there is still a vacancy of more than 1.5 million wafers."

"This……"

Both Mr. Zhao and Director Qin were stunned.

I never expected Wang Yi’s ambition to be so big, and I never expected Xingyi Technology’s demand for chips to be so high.

But it’s normal if you think about it.

Next year's quad-core Wubian smartphone, priced from 999 yuan, will surely sell out. It is hoped that sales will exceed 700 million, which will require million Kunpeng chips.

The new flagship phone of Xingyi, plus this year's xphone 1pro and xphone 2, the combined sales of the three models will easily exceed million.

Xingyi tablets are now on sale worldwide, with both old and new models. There is no pressure for sales to exceed 6000 million next year.

With a total of new and old models of Xingyi TV, it is no problem for them to achieve annual sales of 50 million.

In addition, the 3G baseband Wing Loong 3000 can also be sold to the public. Customers such as Huawei can purchase it at a cost of tens of millions a year without any pressure.

The total could be as much as 3.5 million.

The production capacity of Xingyi Wafer Factory is only 1.728 million chips, which is not enough!
It’s only half way!

As for the second largest wafer fab, it produces 120 wafers per month and 702 million wafers per year. If it is used to produce Kunpeng 6.912, the annual output will be million wafers.

Together with the Star Yi wafer factory, the total production capacity will reach 8.64 million pieces.

By then, the production capacity will be sufficient, or even unavailable at all, and we can still outsource production.

But that will be two or three years later, but right now, even the next year will not be enough.

It’s simply not enough!
Far water cannot quench near thirst.

Mr. Zhao fell into deep thought: "Mr. Wang, you are right. What Xingyi Technology needs right now is not a super-large wafer factory in two or three years, but a small wafer factory that can be put into production quickly."

"Therefore, I decided to split the second wafer fab with a monthly output of 10 wafers into several small wafer fabs to improve the delivery time."

It takes two years to build a super-large wafer factory with a monthly output of 10 wafers, and two and a half to three years to put it into production.

But if it is divided into small wafer factories with a monthly output of 20,000 to 30,000 wafers, it will be easy. It can be delivered in about half a year and put into production within a year.

"But this is still too slow." Director Qin, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke:
"Mr. Zhao, isn't it true that SMIC has too many wafer fabs and is losing money every year? We can just pay to acquire one and transfer it to Xingyi Technology."

In the past few years, SMIC has expanded rapidly and built factories in order to please local governments.

A 12-inch wafer factory was built in the capital, which made Shanghai, the headquarters of SMIC, unhappy. So Zhang invested in building a new 12-inch factory in Shanghai!

We already have Shanghai and Beijing, so we should also invest in building the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, right?

As a result, SMIC has built more and more wafer fabs. The 8-inch line has not yet reached full capacity, and the 12-inch line has been put into production...

The 12-inch wafer factory in the capital, the 12-inch wafer factory in Seoul, the 12-inch wafer factory in Shanghai, the Shenzhen Stock Exchange...

There are many typical poor student factories.

It can’t be used. It can’t be used at all!
(End of this chapter)