Perfection of Rebirth

Chapter 854

Samsung's semiconductor business has entered the stage of "keeping up with the technology leader strategy", and this "leader" mainly refers to TSMC. It is no wonder that Zhang Dong has so much resentment towards Samsung Electronics.

In fact, in Jiang Hui's view, the final result of the battle between Samsung and TSMC is obvious.

If TSMC is compared to a super battleship, then Samsung is an aircraft carrier fleet.

No matter how strong the battleship is, you are only fighting with one of your own battleships, but Samsung has an entire industry chain to support it, and there are various industries to support it.

Like chips, no matter how good TSMC is, that is, to receive more orders from OEMs, it is nothing more than a question of whether the technical content of the orders of OEMs is higher or lower.

But Samsung is different. Its chips can be used in Samsung mobile phones, Samsung computers, Samsung TVs, Samsung washing machines, and...

In a sense, Samsung has realized the closed-loop control of the industrial chain, and its competitiveness is not something that a single company outside can beat him.

In this regard, the Samsung Group and the Guanghui Group still have certain similarities. They are both aircraft carrier combat methods. When they move, they are interlocking and use multiple methods together.

"Zhang Dong, believe it or not, but I will never go to Samsung in my life, you can rest assured." Hearing Zhang Dong's words that seemed to be advice and threats, Liang Mengsong immediately expressed his point of view.

"Can you tell me more about your next plan?"

"It's nothing, even if I don't say it now, it won't take long for you to know. I am going to work in mainland China, design and produce chips from scratch, and follow the path of Intel and Samsung," Liang Mengsong said.

"Isn't it a chip foundry?" Dong Zhang asked suspiciously.

As a person who goes out of TSMC, although it is useful to go to companies such as Samsung and Intel, in fact, it may be more comfortable to go to companies that are positioned as chip foundries like TSMC.

"No, it is a chip company. From design, production, packaging, testing and sales, everything is done within the company itself."

Hearing what Liang Mengsong said, Zhang Dong was a little confused and said: "The capital required to invest in such a company needs at least NT$1000 billion. I haven't heard of any company that is still making such a large-scale investment recently."

The manufacturing process of a chip is very complicated, and a production line involves more than 50 industries and 2000-5000 processes.Take a foundry such as TSMC as an example. It is necessary to first purify the "sand" into silicon, then cut it into wafers, and then process the wafers.

The wafer processing plant includes two processes: the front process is divided into several major modules-lithography, thin film, etching, cleaning, and injection; the latter process is mainly packaging-interconnection, wiring, and sealing.Among them, lithography is the link between manufacturing and design.

Many of these processes are carried out in independent factories, and the equipment used also needs to be manufactured by a specialized equipment factory; the materials used include hundreds of special gases, liquids, and targets, all of which require specialized chemical industries.

In addition, the production of integrated circuits is carried out in ultra-clean rooms, so systems such as exhaust and air purification are also required.

With so much sharing, the investment of the whole project is definitely a very scary figure. The NT$1000 billion mentioned by Mr. Zhang is already a very conservative figure.

"No, Mr. Zhang, you must have heard of this company. Think about it. In the past, if our company had any information to announce, we usually held a press conference or disclosed it through a reporter you wanted to be familiar with, but now?"

"Now? There is still a press conference now, wait~ you mean Twitter? We have a lot of not-so-significant information released directly on the official account on Twitter. I haven't heard of Twitter. To enter the chip industry, this is not something they can play at all." Zhang Dong quickly reflected what Liang Mengsong wanted to say, but there were some things that he guessed right at the beginning but not the ending.

"Dong Zhang, you are right. Although Twitter is an Internet company with a high valuation, it has never said that it will enter the chip field."

"Then what are you trying to say?"

"Twitter's parent company, Guanghui Group, is also the parent company of Guanghui Mobile, the Gphone manufacturer you are using now. They are preparing to enter the chip industry."

"Brilliant Mobile? Brilliant Group? You mean the fastest-rising internet group in the mainland?"

"The speed of the rise of Guanghui Group is the fastest not only in the mainland, but also globally."

"The Guanghui Group has never done chip-related business before, why suddenly invest so much money into an unfamiliar field?" Zhang Dong's eyes also became confused.

"Born in adversity and dying in peace, the Brilliant Mobile phone under the Brilliant Group is so popular now that it has attracted more and more people's attention, and the Brilliant Mobile phone is different from ordinary Chinese companies. It is a high-tech industry. Even Apple, which also produces smartphones, can’t compete with Glorious Mobile in the United States. But it’s such a global best-selling smartphone, and all its core components are imported.”

"You mean that Guanghui Group is worried that someone will use some means to block the supply of parts for Guanghui mobile phones in the future?"

"Yes", Liang Mengsong answered in the affirmative.

"This is so weird. Just because you are worried that you will be stuck in the future, you invest in chips yourself, and it is such a chip that requires a huge investment. Does Guanghui Group really think that chips are so easy to produce?", Zhang Dong said very speechlessly.

"I don't really understand why Jiang Hui, the founder of Guanghui Group, has such worries, but it's hard to say that his worries are unreasonable."

"Xiao Liang, are you sure you want to go to such a wonderful company? Do you not consider staying in TSMC?".

"Mr. Zhang, I have made up my mind. There is no room for me to play if I stay at TSMC. On the contrary, Guanghui Group is a rookie in the chip field. A rookie with sufficient funds, I think that is what I want. Work, a job that can fully reflect my value", Liang Mengsong did not hide his whereabouts from Zhang Dong.

This kind of thing, you can't hide it even if you want to, it's nothing more than a matter of how many people know.

"In this case, I agree with you to leave. However, the door of our TSMC is open for you at any time. As long as you want to come back one day, you can re-enter the job the next day," said Zhang Dong.

If Liang Mengsong goes to Samsung or UMC, Zhang Dong will still be very nervous and will use various means to deal with it.

But now knowing that Liang Mengsong is going to such a company, Zhang Dong has no idea to mess with others.

In the field of chips, Guanghui Group is completely a rookie among rookies, and there is no way to do it!

(End of this chapter)