Rewrite the Technological Landscape

After leaving TSMC, Meng Qian did not leave Taiwan, because he still has another very important thing to do, which is also the reason why Meng Qian asked himself not to spend money, that is, acquisition.

The foundation of the semiconductor industry itself is too weak, and the advantages that rebirth can bring are relatively small, so Meng Qian often needs to rely on external forces, including acquisitions.

After all, this way of acquisition can get talents and the resources of the original enterprise in this field.

What's more, let alone a company with no foundation such as Dafeng Group, even if it is a semiconductor company with a foundation, acquisition is an essential business model for them. For this reason, one thing that is very pity on Taiwan Province is that Taiwan’s semiconductor companies have basically been bought by Western companies. Even if they are not bought, a large amount of Western capital has penetrated. TSMC’s foreign investment ratio in 2019 is as high as 70%.

There is one thing that many people don't know. During the semiconductor explosion in Taiwan in the 1980s, there were more than 1,000 companies in the semiconductor field in Taiwan, but in later generations, there were only a few hundred small companies left, and some of the remaining companies went bankrupt. But more are actually acquired.

The biggest wave of acquisitions occurred in 2008. There are conspiracy theories that the US’s 2008 financial crisis was also self-directed and self-acted. It is impossible to know whether it is true or not, but some things look really strange. After the 2008 financial crisis, Neon A large number of semiconductor companies in China, Taiwan Province and other places have been acquired by the United States. Micron alone has acquired or invested in more than 30 semiconductor companies in Neon Country and Taiwan Province. The entire US semiconductor industry swept more than 300 semiconductor companies through acquisitions in Asia, and these acquisitions were very low-key. At that time, everyone’s attention was basically on the financial crisis. No media paid attention to this, or the media deliberately did not pay attention to this. But this wave of acquisitions is a very scary thing. It was just after 2008 that the US’s technological status seems to have become more monopolistic and firmer.

As for the economic losses caused by the financial crisis to the United States, people are originally a money printing machine for the world currency...

So taking advantage of this round of semiconductor acquisitions in the West has not yet started, there are now many companies for Meng Qian to choose, but after the economic crisis in 2008, many companies are facing bankruptcy, so the West used a very low price to buy, and Meng Qian is now buying. If so, the price will be higher.

But for the current development there is no way. It is impossible to wait until 2008. Meng Qian is ready to take advantage of the acquisition of some in the past few years, and establish the company's position in the semiconductor field before 2008. Then, in 2008, it will compete with the West to grab the company. Regardless of whether he directs and performs himself, anyway, the cheap Meng Qian must be taken up by that time.

It’s just that for the acquisition, I wanted to wait for my own funds to be more abundant and prepare to be more fully prepared, but now that the cooperation between TSMC and Asmar has reached this point, Meng Qian can only speed up the efficiency of the first round of acquisitions. That night, Xiao Boshi flew to Taiwan to meet with Meng Qian, and Meng Qian specially asked him to bring Qin Mo on board.

"How's the money business?" Meng Qian directly talked about business as soon as we met.

"With Zhang Shuxin's help, the bank can borrow 1.5 billion yuan in 5 years." Xiao Boshi took out a document from his briefcase, "The company has 1.2 billion in available turnover."

"What about corporate analysis?"

"It's all here."

As I said before, there are too many semiconductor companies in Taiwan now. Meng Qian needs to go through a round of screening. Acquisitions are not like sales. You can’t run one by one because this matter will spread. In limited circumstances, one by one went to ask people if they could sell the company, and it was easy to give everyone the impression of playing tickets.

The first screening criterion set by Meng Qian is that the company's strength is currently focused on chip design. There are many semiconductor companies, in addition to fabs, there are also equipment companies, component companies, design companies, test companies, and so on.

Dafeng Group’s entry point is design, because Meng Qian’s rebirth advantages and his own technical advantages can be maximized in this matter.

After that, through some memories of Meng Qian's previous life and this corporate analysis table made by the company, several goals were finally finalized.

From the next day, Meng Qian and He Yating were in a team, and Xiao Bozhi and Qin Mo were in a team.

In the next week, Meng Qian and Xiao Bozhi successfully discussed the sales intentions of five companies, including Jinghao Technology, which was established in 1998. It has strong talent resources for universities and is one of the top ten chip design companies in Taiwan. But now because of a serious lack of money, I can't continue to operate.

The veteran chip design company Sunplus Technology has a solid foundation, but because of the large number of continuous losses in the past two years, it is in urgent need of blood supply.

Lingwei Technology, established in 1996, is a fast-growing star in Taiwan’s chip design industry. Unfortunately, the original boss was kicked out due to capital problems, causing the company to lose money for three consecutive years, but the technology and talents are still there.

Yuke, established in 1993, has 120 design talents. Before doing computer chip design, it has been severely beaten in the past few years and it has begun to transform, and it just hits it with the plan of Dafeng Group.

The last one is Xinfei, a new company that has just been established for two years. What Meng Qian likes is the company's network in the neon country.

Although Meng Qian failed to acquire leading Taiwanese chip design companies such as Novatek and Realtek, the five cards in his hand are now enough.

On June 7, Meng Qian went back to Hangzhou first, leaving Xiao Bo to learn about the continued acceptance of purchases in Taiwan.

Not long after he arrived at the company, Ji Kai, who knew that Meng Qian was back today, came to Meng Qian’s office with a complicated expression. "I told them about the cooperation between Asmer and TSMC after I came back that day. In the last few days, the company is here. There have been some subtle changes in the overall atmosphere."

"Everyone is scared?"

"I can't say that I am afraid, worry, worry, there will be more or less ideas. Immersion lithography is not only our trump card, but also an opportunity for everyone. Now suddenly I know that two companies like Asim and TSMC are coming to talk to us. Competition, it's hard for everyone to have no idea.

After paying so much and looking forward to it for so long, I finally see the hope now. If it is cut off in the end, no one will feel uncomfortable. "

Meng Qian thought for a while, "I see."

At 5 o'clock in the afternoon that day, near the end of get off work hours, an employee of Shanghai Microelectronics Division suddenly received an internal corporate e-mail. The sender of the e-mail was Meng Qian.

"Everyone from Shanghai Microelectronics Division, good afternoon.

Regarding the cooperation between TSMC and Asmar, I have personally confirmed that it is true, and through communication, their research and development direction is the immersion lithography machine, which is almost the same as ours.

In a sense, we have encountered the biggest opponent since the establishment of the company.

However, it is not the biggest obstacle.

Because if we say that we should be worried about encountering such a normal thing with our peers, then the problem must lie with ourselves.

Insufficient experience, backward technology, lack of funds, and shortage of talents are all obstacles we have encountered.

Looking back on the past year, the obstacle is like a tumbler, no matter how hard we try, he can always stand up again to stand in front of us.

However, under such circumstances, from fully automatic systems to nano-level operations ~ www.ltnovel.com ~ from laser transmitters to optical lenses, we have defeated countless obstacles, just because we have a spirit.

That is, fearless.

The translation is that it is not ashamed to lose, but to be ashamed.

I am often inspired by this spirit, never hesitate to move forward.

The cooperation between TSMC and ASM is just another identity after the tumbler who has just been overthrown got up again, but this time it may require everyone to work harder, so let's work harder together.

It's nothing more than that.

On June 7, 2002, Meng Qian. "

At 6 p.m., 45, Liang Zhiguo led a team, "Director, we apply to be stationed in Shanghai Microelectronics for a period of time."

"How long do you want to stay abroad?"

"Wait for us to get the lithography machine out."

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At 7 pm, Changguang Institute, Wang Dayan personally ordered soldiers, "Everyone’s idea is that getting together can improve efficiency a little bit. It is still inconvenient to always rely on telephone and wind communication to communicate, so we went to Shanghai Microelectronics Branch together. Last time."

"We? Old director, do you want to go too?"

"My old bone, see if I can do something."

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At 8 o'clock in the evening, in the office of the President of Jiang University, Pan Yun gave Ji Kai a list, "You can contact these people."

Pan Yun glanced at him and showed uncertainty, "Are they willing to come back?"

"I'm saving my old face, and they will still give it this little face."

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In the next few days, more and more teams will gather in Shanghai Microelectronics Division.

On June 15, 2001, the strongest combination on the surface of China's lithography machine field was established. On June 15, 2002, the strongest combination on the surface of the continuously expanding China lithography machine field was assembled.

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