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Chapter 539 Sending semiconductor giants to heaven collectively (Subscription required)

The simplest thing is that if the 14nm chips are not mass-produced, the other party will not become desperate and can temporarily hold off on using the big stick.

If the 2015nm process is mass-produced in 14, surpassing TSMC's 16nm and entering the first echelon in the world...

Needless to say, he will definitely be punished!

If it had been fast, it would have been hammered in 2015.

If we are slow, we will be hammered in 2016, or at the latest in 2017!
There is no solution to this matter.

It can be said that no matter what choice Wang Yi makes, the big stick will come, it is only a matter of time.

All Wang Yi can do is to passively take the beating, bide his time, and postpone it for a year or two.

It is better to prepare in advance, vigorously expand production capacity, take the initiative to launch a price war, fight to the death, and send the European and American semiconductor giants to collective success!

By then, Xingyi Technology will be hit hard and may have a difficult time, but it will eventually get through it.

But the European and American semiconductor giants will die collectively.

The kind that cannot be saved.

The simplest thing is that once Wang Yi launches a price war and grabs most of the 28nm chip orders and 40nm chip orders, European and American semiconductor giants will have insufficient orders, declining profits, and no funds to develop more advanced 14nm process, let alone 10nm process.

But in the chip industry, once the technology stagnates, the high-end will become useless and fall behind.

By then, they will not be able to produce high-end technology, and their mature technology will not be able to compete with Xingyi Semiconductor, so they can only wait for death and bankruptcy...

Once the European and American semiconductor giants are collectively eliminated, the rest will be easy.

This matter can be fixed completely.

Wang Yi is not the type to sit and wait for death; on the contrary, he prefers to take the initiative.

Ou Mi put a "Sword of Damocles" on Wang Yi's head, making Wang Yi miserable.

Then Wang Yi arranged a set of "Zhu Xian Sword Formation" on the heads of the European and American semiconductor giants to bankrupt them!
And sufficient chip production capacity and very low prices are the "Zhu Xian Sword Formation" that can crush the opponent!
To this end, wafer fabs must be built in Shenzhen, and wafer fabs in other cities must also be built, and they must be built on a large scale!

Before the end of 2014, a monthly output of 30 12-inch wafer equivalents was totally insufficient.

Before the end of 2015, a monthly output of 50 12-inch wafer equivalents is not enough!
On the contrary, it will reach 80 or even 100 million 12-inch wafers!

Since the technology war will begin in 2015, Wang Yi must make adequate preparations in advance.

Chip production capacity is Wang Yi’s only nuclear weapon!

It’s meaningless if the production capacity is reduced.

Only when you have enough production capacity can you be sure of victory!
To this end, in addition to building two super-large wafer factories with a capacity of 10 wafers each in Shenzhen, wafer factories can also be built in Tianjin, Jeju, and Daocheng in the north, and Suzhou, Nandu, and Hangzhou in the south!

First-tier cities have strong financial strength and can directly invest in building large-scale wafer fabs with a monthly production capacity of 10 wafers.

Second-tier cities can invest in and build medium-sized wafer fabs with a monthly production capacity of 5 wafers.

Even if they are all large-scale wafer fabs with a monthly output of 100,000 wafers, it will not be a problem.

There is no other reason. The semiconductor industry is definitely the most golden industry and will remain so for the next ten or twenty years.

With the development of mobile Internet, smart homes and new energy vehicles, more and more chips will be needed in the future.

Wang Yi knows clearly that in ten years, the global semiconductor production capacity will exceed 3000 million wafers per month!

Yes, it's that scary.

The mainland is far ahead, with a monthly production capacity of more than 8 million pieces.

After the outbreak of the technology war, the mainland was able to build more than ten wafer fabs a year.

At most, 18 new wafer fabs were put into production in the mainland each year!
Yes, it is that terrifying and that efficient.

It is for this reason that chips of 14 nanometers and below are priced very low.

The foundry price has reached 60% of TSMC's, or even lower!
In just a few years, the European and American semiconductor giants will be wiped out.

Now that Xingyi Semiconductor has achieved a breakthrough in the 28-nanometer process, it can completely advance this operation.

Wang Yi discussed with Mr. Hu and Zhu Changlin for a long time but could not find any other solutions.

This is the only powerful weapon to deal with the big stick.

Invest heavily in building new wafer fabs and madly expand production capacity!

In the future, as long as the opponent's Sword of Damocles falls, or even before it falls, as long as there is any sign of attacking Xingyi Technology, Wang Yi will directly reduce Xingyi Semiconductor's wafer foundry price by 50%!

Let the chip foundry become dirt cheap, and people are rushing to get orders!

This will directly kill all the European and American semiconductor giants!

By then, Xingyi Semiconductor will suffer a loss of 500, and the European and American semiconductor giants will collectively rise to glory.

This deal is a total bargain.

As for the other party's policy restrictions, prohibiting Xingyi Semiconductor from exporting chips and prohibiting Xingyi Semiconductor from manufacturing...

This can't be stopped at all.

As long as Xingyi Semiconductor's price is super low, half the price of TSMC, local companies will definitely choose Xingyi Semiconductor. In order to save costs, foreign companies will also think of various ways to find Xingyi Semiconductor for OEM.

For example, if the company uses several layers of shell companies to cover up its activities, Lao Mi cannot check them one by one.

Lao Mi is also unable to know everything. For example, the other party has no idea where Kirin 9010 and 9020 are produced, and he can't find out much.

What's more, Europe, the United States, Japan and South Korea are not a monolithic entity. On the contrary, they will compete with each other for their own interests.

In addition, Xia Country is the largest consumer market. As long as Wang Yi offers a low price, there are plenty of ways to manipulate it.

After all, parallel-imported iPhones can run rampant around the world, let alone chips, which are impossible to strictly inspect.

And if the other party becomes desperate and imposes a complete blockade, we will also block basic raw materials such as germanium, gallium, and antimony.

When that happens, we will feel bad, and they will feel even worse.

Without these basic materials, their chips will be difficult to produce once their stocks are used up.

Even fighter jets have difficulty in production.

As for the other party’s strategy to break the impasse?

In theory, yes, but in practice no.

In order to break the deadlock, the other party must achieve self-production of germanium, gallium and antimony.

Gallium is produced through electrolysis of aluminum. We are the world's largest electrolytic aluminum country with world-leading technology, and our gallium production accounts for more than 90% of the world's total.

The electrolytic aluminum production in Europe, America, Japan and South Korea is almost zero.

If they want to do it, they have to start from scratch.

Not only do we need to develop advanced electrolytic aluminum technology, but we also need to spend tens of billions of dollars to build a complete electrolytic aluminum industry chain!

In addition, electrolytic aluminum consumes a lot of electricity resources.

Whether in Europe, America, Japan or South Korea, electricity resources are very scarce. There is not enough electricity for normal life, and large-scale power outages occur frequently.

Where can we get so much electricity to electrolyze aluminum on a large scale?

Once large-scale electrolysis of aluminum is carried out, there may be power outages for twenty days out of thirty days in a month.

By then their people will revolt!

This is completely unrealistic.

Unless the other party spends tens of billions of dollars to build sufficient power systems and nuclear power plants to solve the energy problem of electrolytic aluminum consumption!

Is it worth spending hundreds of billions of dollars just for tens of millions of dollars of gallium?
Europe, America, Japan and South Korea don't want to be such a big victim, and none of them have the ability to do so.

Even if several parties pool their money and really do this, by the time they have spent their money and there is still no output, we will immediately lift the blockade and dump products at rock-bottom prices, and Europe, America, Japan and South Korea will all collapse!
So, this is simply not realistic.

If they lock up the raw materials, they lock up their future.

In less than two or three years, the other party will use up their inventory and then the results will be seen.

Ten years later, many European and American semiconductor giants were severely short of raw materials after being closed for a year. In order to avoid bankruptcy, they all prepared to build factories in the mainland.

In the face of life and death, the so-called bans and restrictions become child's play.

By then, it might be the other party who bows his head!

Wang Yi gradually came up with a plan: Xingyi Wafer Factory must expand and its production capacity must be greatly increased.

This is the core killer weapon prepared for the opponent in the technological war!
In the future, if the other party uses EUV lithography machines and advanced processes to take over Xingyi Semiconductor, Wang Yi will use ultra-low costs and bargain prices to take over the European and American semiconductor giants!

Mr. Hu was in a good mood: "This trick is completely feasible. They will be in a worse situation then. Maybe they will even beg for mercy!"

Wang Yi smiled faintly: "That depends on whether the ammunition we prepared is enough!"

"Next, if any city contacts us about building a wafer factory, we will go there as long as the treatment is right. We will build many factories. At worst, we can sell them at a very low price and bankrupt them all! Hahahaha." Zhu Changlin said with a smile.

Wang Yi nodded: "But we must also be fully prepared. Large silicon wafers must be developed as soon as possible within two years!"

"If the war breaks out the year after next, and we have enough chip factories and processes, but no large silicon wafers, we will be stuck with the substrate! That would be hilarious!"

Mr. Hu said solemnly, "This is very important. Don't worry, Mr. Wang, I'm always paying attention to it. They have been researching and developing for half a year, and with another year, it should be almost done."

"That means the middle of next year? This pace is fine!" Wang Yi breathed a sigh of relief.

The silicon wafer factories in Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen will all be completed and put into use the year after next.

However, the first phase of the project will be completed in the second half of next year.

If we can break through the 12-inch silicon wafer production process by the middle of next year, the first phase of mass production will be in the second half of the year.

"What about photoresist?" Wang Yi continued to ask.

Mr. Hu sighed: "The progress of photoresist is not so smooth. KRF photoresist is easy, but it is generally used for 250nm-130nm process, which we can't use."

Last year, after discussions between Wang Yi and Mr. Hu, they began to plan for large silicon wafers and photoresists.

Mr. Hu uses his connections and influence to recruit people from all over the world.

Wang Yi is responsible for investing money!
It’s just that KRF photoresist is easy to develop and can be completed in one or two years, but Xingyi Semiconductor cannot use it.

Xingyi Semiconductor does not have a 130-nanometer production line at all. The worst are 40 nanometers, and the advanced 28 nanometers both require ARF photoresist!
"To this end, we directly developed more advanced ARF photoresists that can be used in all nodes from 130nm to 7nm processes!"

"But such advanced photoresist is very difficult to develop. It is estimated that it will be difficult to make a breakthrough next year. It is very difficult. The earliest time is the year after next!"

"The earliest will be the year after next, which is 2015..." Wang Yi nodded:

"Mr. Hu, we must speed up the development of 28nm photoresist, at any cost, recruit more people, invest more, and stock up more!"

ARF photoresist has a shelf life of one year. You need to stock up more before the 2015 war. At least one year's worth of stock will last until 2016!
In this way, we can achieve a breakthrough in 2015 and realize self-production of ARF photoresist.

If a breakthrough cannot be made, the company can still use the stockpiled materials to hold on for a while, until 2016, when the ARF photoresist can be broken through.

If we can’t make a breakthrough in 2016, we’ll be in big trouble!

"Okay, then I will increase my efforts to recruit more people from Japan!" Mr. Hu said solemnly, knowing the seriousness of the situation.

When it comes to photoresist, Japan is at the forefront of the world.

Not only does ARF's photoresist production capacity rank first in the world, they have also developed EUV photoresist that can be used below 7 nanometers!
In fact, EUV lithography was invented by Japan, but they thought this path had no future and gave up. On the contrary, the United States still believed in EUV lithography, continued to research and develop it, and finally made it...

Of course, if Japan continues to develop EUV lithography technology, then America might take other routes.

In a word, we cannot follow the path taken by Japan!
For example, in terms of new energy, Japan has almost monopolized most of the patented technologies of hydrogen energy. Xia and the United States have directly given up on hydrogen energy and focused on developing electric vehicles, leaving Japan to play with hydrogen energy on its own.

Twenty years later, when most of Japan’s hydrogen energy patents have expired, Xia and the United States will vigorously develop hydrogen energy!
The same is true for EUV. Japan gave up on it, but America and the European Union supported ASML and made it happen.

Japan decisively turned back and continued to develop EUV, but there was no output after ten years.

However, in the field of photoresist, Japan is the world leader.

Mr. Hu’s idea of ​​recruiting people from Japan can only be said to be correct, very correct.

Wang Yi nodded: "Just go for it, no matter the cost. As long as the core experts from Japan are willing to come, we will give them three times, no, five times, or even ten times the salary!"

As long as he can develop ARF photoresist and achieve strategic security of photoresist, Wang Yi really doesn’t care.

Even if you give him 100 million, it’s fine!

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The premise is that you can make it!
"Okay, Mr. Wang, I'll arrange it quickly."

Wang Yi nodded and changed the subject: "It's not enough to just research and develop photoresist, we also need to build a factory. Mr. Hu, please notify the photoresist department and start the factory construction at the same time. They will be responsible for the planning, and I will take care of the site and funds. Our photoresist factory will start construction at the end of the year and will be delivered before the end of next year."

“As long as they develop ARF photoresist next year, they can start production immediately!”

"We can build the factory and wait for their technological breakthroughs."

"Yes, all these have to be prepared in advance. It would be embarrassing if there is a technological breakthrough but there is no factory." Mr. Hu agreed with Wang Yi's idea.

Wang Yi has always done things in this way, planning and laying out in advance.

Even though there has been no breakthrough in silicon wafer technology, we have already started building silicon wafer factories on a large scale.

Once a breakthrough is made in large silicon wafers, we can go directly into production.

Since there has been no breakthrough in photoresist yet, photoresist factories have to start preparations in advance.

"You guys make a good plan, and when there are some technological breakthroughs, I will ask for support!" Wang Yi said with a smile.

Once there are some breakthroughs in ARF photoresist, as long as some news is released, other places will start to sprint.

These high-end projects not only contribute to GDP and high-end employment, but also represent brilliant political achievements.

No one can help but feel jealous.

The simplest way is to build a car factory and the top management won’t care.

But if you build a 28nm wafer factory or an ARF photoresist factory, leaders at all levels will come to inspect and CCTV news will report it!

Different gold content!
"Mr. Hu, we also need to make every effort to purchase lithography machines. We have so many wafer fabs that we need to stock up in advance."

"Okay!" Mr. Hu replied.

After arranging these, Mr. Hu and Zhu Changlin left, but Wang Yi fell into deep thought.

Now that we have made a breakthrough on 28 nanometers, 14 nanometers will not be a problem with Mr. Hu here.

After all, the key to breaking the 20-nanometer curse in the semiconductor industry is Mr. Hu’s innovative fin field-effect transistor!

It was for this reason that Mr. Liang, a student of Mr. Hu, led Samsung, a poor student, to overtake TSMC, an excellent student, and took the lead in breaking through the 2015nm process in 14.

However, Wang Yi feels that as the founder, Mr. Hu is more efficient.

Maybe even faster than Samsung.

This is a battle between master and apprentice!
If we can achieve mass production of silicon wafers before the end of next year and mass production of ARF photoresist the year after, then things will be much more stable.

As for the lithography machine...

Wang Yi sighed. This thing was too complicated and difficult. It needed official planning.

All Wang Yi can do is invest and promote.

ARF photoresist and large silicon wafers are the kind that can be made by just spending money and hiring people.

However, there are tens of thousands of components in the lithography machine, and it is not enough to just develop them. Instead, tens of thousands of upstream and downstream industrial chains must be built up, and most of them are high-tech industries.

This is too difficult, as difficult as climbing to the sky!
Wang Yi was powerless.

Even Lao Mi can’t play it.

Really!

Let the US not rely on other countries and develop lithography machines independently. Let alone EUV lithography machines, they even have difficulty in developing DUV.

Even ASML was built up by the joint efforts of many countries and dozens of semiconductor giants.

However, it is really difficult to develop it independently. Only an industrial powerhouse like Xia, a country with a strong entire industrial chain, has hope.

But it is also very difficult.

"It is unrealistic for Xingyi Technology to develop lithography machines. It is better for us to make an official arrangement. Then we will also invest a group of talents and funds to speed up the whole process!" Wang Yi muttered to himself.

All he can do is invest money and people and do it together!

Doing it alone is simply a dream!

However, EDA industrial software is already under development.

To be precise, it started in October last year, but it is also very difficult and we have to continue spending money and persevering.

Wang Yi estimated that it would take at least three years, or even longer!
But it doesn’t matter, just take your time.

No matter how bad it is, it will be much better and much faster than the previous life!
Even if it takes three years, that is, 2015, it will be enough!

However, as for the purchase of lithography machines, it is not enough for Xingyi Technology and Mr. Hu alone to step in.

This is too concentrated.

Although they are all slightly backward DUV lithography machines, they are too concentrated.

Thinking of this, Wang Yi called Mr. Zhao: "Mr. Zhao, I need to trouble you with something."

"Mr. Wang, it's no trouble at all. Just decide!" Mr. Zhao said readily.

"It's like this. We are developing too fast. It is expected that a technology war will break out in 2015. Then the lithography machines will become a problem."

"2015!" Mr. Zhao's expression changed drastically, but he did not doubt Wang Yi's words at all.

He knew that although Wang Yi was young, his judgment on these things was more accurate than anyone else.

"We have already laid out the lithography machine and are working hard to make it, but it is difficult. Mr. Wang, in 2015, we cannot make it domestically. There is no hope."

Wang Yi nodded: "I know that, so we have to buy as many lithography machines as possible before the technology war! But all of them fall on Xingyi Semiconductor. So many lithography machines are a bit eye-catching."

Mr. Zhao immediately understood what Wang Yi meant. "That's easy to say. I'll arrange for SMIC, Huahong, and some other companies to place orders for you! Spread out the orders!"

"Thank you, Mr. Zhao. This is safe. As for the funds, we will transfer them in advance!"

"That's all easy to say."

Mr. Zhao was very efficient. He immediately arranged for a special team to connect with several major semiconductor giants to coordinate this matter.

Of course, ASML cannot hide this.

But ASML will just pretend not to know.

They wish Xingyi Technology would place more orders so they can sell more goods and make more money!
EUV lithography machines have insufficient production capacity and are currently mainly used for testing and have not yet been put into large-scale commercial use.

However, the DUV lithography machine, which is one generation behind, has good production capacity.

However, when TSMC and Samsung purchase DUV lithography machines, they all choose the 1970i DUV lithography machines that were just released this year, or even the next-generation 1980i, and they simply don't like the old 1960 DUV.

But unfortunately, as the latest model, the 1970i has limited production capacity.

However, the production capacity of old models such as 1960 DUV is sufficient, and the production lines cannot be stopped, so they have to continue production. Unfortunately, neither TSMC nor Samsung want them!

Now, Wang Yi treats the 1960 DUV as a treasure, and Xingyi Technology wants all of them.

Take as much as you want, all is available.

Asmai couldn't stop laughing.

ASML is even more clear about the future situation. Once restricted, Xingyi Technology will not be able to buy lithography machines, and they will also lose a huge amount of money.

Therefore, when the products can be sold, ASML ships them like crazy, giving priority to Xingyi Semiconductor.

Even so, problems can easily arise if the quantity is large.

It will be more reasonable to disperse the orders in this way in the future. ASML has seen through it and will not say anything.

On the contrary, they will cooperate well!
After all, the more goods you sell, the more money you make.

ASML doesn't want to lose a big sponsor!

By dispersing orders in this way and stockpiling more lithography machines, Wang Yi was able to handle it with ease even when the technology war broke out in 2015.

After arranging these things, Wang Yi looked at the time. It was already very late, so he decisively left work to look for the rich woman.

But just as he left the house, he received a call from Jian Ziyan: "Chairman, something big has happened again."

"What's wrong?" Wang Yi frowned.

"It is like this. Four very prestigious experts publicly accused us of monopoly, saying that we are a de facto monopoly and that it is causing endless harm."

"Oh? Are you here to commit suicide again?" Wang Yi was so angry that he laughed: "Send it to me."

"I sent it to your cell phone."

Wang Yi opened his phone and looked carefully:
[No matter how Xingyi Technology tries to whitewash the situation, it still has a de facto monopoly, and it has monopolized multiple fields.]

【Facts speak louder than words. Xingyi Technology’s monopoly behavior will lead to extremely serious consequences. While the company is developing, it must also maintain a good degree! 】

[If monopoly is not punished, it will only make Xingyi Technology more aggressive and unscrupulous. ]

【Achievements are achievements, and faults are faults. Achievements are achievements, and monopoly is monopoly. One cannot offset merits and faults, nor can one monopolize without being punished.】

……

As soon as these remarks were made, they caused an uproar.

Many netizens were led astray:
"That makes sense. A monopoly is a monopoly. It is a monopoly no matter what. Monopolies must be punished!"

"As history has shown, monopoly brings endless harm. Although I like Xingyi Technology very much, I still need to pay attention to the issue of monopoly."

"The four professors are amazing. They can always keep a clear head. I used to think that Xingyi Technology was a hero and it didn't matter... Now it seems that we still have to be cautious."

"That's right, let's put one thing at a time and look at the problem critically!"

……

Looking at the sudden change in the situation, Jian Ziyan couldn't help but say, "Chairman, this wave is quite powerful. The four experts are quite powerful. How should we deal with it?"

Wang Yi smiled faintly: "Don't worry, someone will take care of it!"

(End of this chapter)