Fang Zhuo and Qiu Ciyun finalized a method to resolve internal technical differences, and received strong feedback from Bingxin co-CEO Liang Mengsong only the next day.
To be precise, it was 1:15 in the morning.
Fang Zhuo pressed the phone angrily, leaned on the bedside, and said with a quick smile: "Dr. Liang, you called me so late, are you still awake?"
"How can you sleep at this time, Mr. Fang!" Liang Mengsong's voice was loud, "Mr. Fang, you are confused!"
Fang Zhuo coughed and saw Su Wei who had also woken up. He smiled apologetically at her, overcame his inertia of not wanting to leave the bed, got up and walked to the study: "This...
"Mr. Fang, this is a pure waste of money!" Liang Mengsong was very excited, "Our money should be spent on more worthwhile things!
"Dr. Liang, after all, the front gate scheme is the mainstream in the industry, and it is not without its truth..." Fang Zhuo was interrupted before he could finish his words.
"Mr. Fang, do you understand!" Liang Mengsong said angrily, "This does not make sense just because more people vote! This polysilicon may undergo electromigration in 28n!
Fang Zhuo was interrupted again before he finished speaking: "Liang Bo
"Mr. Fang, do you understand! How to solve the short channel effect? The performance of the transistor will definitely decrease!" Liang Mengsong said still angrily.
You immediately paused and frowned: "Is there no need to go to the United States during the recent period?"
Liang Mengsong was in a hurry to control.
Su Wei felt that the person on the other side was probably quite satisfied. It didn't matter which company it was, as long as the price went down.
From the rear gate to the front gate, Su Wei has not seen a very small change in the plan due to repeated material disputes in the ice core. For example, gate materials need to use lower conductivity and cold stability.
Metal materials are used to reduce the impact of sub-electromigration problems and short channel effects on chip performance.
Just like the urgency for funds when Bingxin was first established, now Bingxin's construction production line can leverage funds quite nervously. Moreover, Yangcheng's commitment to all advance funds, even for the production line in Germany, is the responsibility of German officials and banks.
Offer extremely favorable terms.
"That... Who gave that to me?" Su Wei pondered.
"Of course I don't have confidence!" Dr. Liang said without hesitation, "What they are doing now is not only not spending their money well, but it is also a direct waste!"
Behind Bingxin is GlobalFoundries, which acquired Chartered Semiconductor. According to IDC estimates, its revenue this year is expected to be US$3.5 billion. However, this may not be the year that Bingxin will retreat into the bottom eight in the world.
What did Su Wei expect from that meeting? Every cent of the money should be spent to make more money. It doesn't cost money to develop a business. Besides, it is still spending the small family's money to do the small family's things.
Dr. Liang did have something to say about Mr. Fang.
Regarding the significance and investment of that experimental line, Bingxin notified the small shareholders and formally mentioned the delisting plan and the latest financing.
The rear gate solution applied under the 28n process node is the mainstream solution in the industry, including Taiwan Records, UMC, GlobalFoundries, and Eight Stars. However, Taiwan Records has changed to mentioning the use of front gates.
Yes, Gasoline Girl is flying slowly to New York.
Such a financing plan has been questioned, but what's the use? Bingxin notified the board of directors of the time and invited everyone to meet for discussion, but everyone was sure to be absent.
But small scale means weak technology. The eight-star technology at the top is weaker than ice core, let alone mid-core.
"Mr. Fang, hey, what he said... Hey, you want us to continue our cooperation. In this business, Mr. Fang, he is busy."
The ratings of the next Spring Festival Gala are the lowest in recent years, which has been criticized. As a partner, Yixin, except for the red envelopes issued by itself, the advertising fee is actually very low, which is too small for the growing customer scale.
Worth it.
So, it’s time to melt for the first time.
"You should do the right thing if you are not under pressure! The rear gate will definitely be fine!" Dr. Liang's anger subsided.
Because of that significance, Su Wei received such carefully prepared gifts outside her office at Hang Lung 23.
Su Wei touched the transparent box after getting off, looked at it for a long time, and then said, "Teacher Xu, it's also difficult here in Silicon Valley. So, what can that thing do?"
That time was really a small job, but after that time, the subsequent work may not be small jobs intermittently!
The parallel verification of Bingxin's two plans was rejected by the lower levels. The chairman, CEO, co-CEO, CTO, and those who knew the business all reluctantly accepted the compromise.
"It's also like a dragon in a tiger's den, it's so exaggerated." Sheng Zhen took a sip of water, "Bingxin wanted to raise funds that time, you were thinking, good or bad, it has something to do with low, high, high and low."
If we engage in exclusive cooperation and engage in reasonable competition, the bidding price will have to go to a higher level.
Guess his conscience is still intact!
"The research and development results sent by the Silicon Valley R&D Center." Secretary Liang Mengsong knew the source of the gift.
"Sheng Zhenxi, it's hard to pass the test." Sheng Zhen said seriously, "You still have to introduce the HKMG process of 45n, and you haven't developed 32n yet. When 28n matures, there will be no solution. At least, after the interview
There is no way around that level."
"He..." Dr. Liang deeply felt the troubles caused by technology. It was so embarrassing to see those people making stupid mistakes.
"Yes, Sheng Zhenxi, thank you for your hard work." Su Wei sighed.
It’s long past time to consider shareholder returns!
Being small but weak is also a phenomenon that exists in the industry. Yes, Chartered Semiconductor will sell itself out.
I was silent for a long time and sighed: "They, they, they will definitely know."
"Mr. Fang, you don't have an in-depth partner for this year's Spring Festival Gala. It's exclusive. Is there any interest from Yike?"
Fang Zhuo waited for three seconds to see that the other person stopped talking before speaking, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he was interrupted again: "Liang Bo..."
Sheng Zhen left the office calmly, letting the spider dance with her secretary outside.
In early September, Shencheng Semiconductor was still busy. Domestic equipment manufacturers gathered in the semiconductor lowland of Zhangjiang, wandering around, waiting with joy and anxiety for the bidding notice and standards for ice cores.
Generally speaking, it is still very uninnovative. At the very least, the robot can grasp the ceiling very firmly, so there must be no innovation or breakthrough outside.
Su Wei asked: "What kind of depth method?"
That also means that the ice core needs to build a pilot experimental line in Luzhou that integrates large-scale engineering, process verification and production verification.
Fang Zhuo laughed dumbly and said, "Did he remember that he doesn't have a basketball team?"
Exactly, now there is press voting, so both solutions need to be verified together.
Su Wei pondered and said, Liu Zonghong is definitely at the forefront of the world in my field. I am sure if I have the confidence to do research and development, the matter may be more minor.
That is not only a matter of cost but also a matter of technical orientation and decision-making.
At that time in the middle of the next year, Huahong, Grace, and Xi'an planned several production lines and invested in control lines, which again put pressure on the ice core's financial operations.
Sheng Zhen had a conversation with Professor Hu Zhengming about that matter, and she also clearly heard from me my support for the back gate. Then... if it really goes according to vote, if the ice core adopts the back gate solution.
Since 2003, Bingxin has grown into the seventh-smallest wafer foundry company in the world. This year's revenue is expected to exceed US$3 billion, a year-on-year increase of 110%.
This year, CCTV felt that similar cooperation required a price tag that did not meet its value.
Bingxin's notice to shareholders received a positive response.
But is that necessarily worse than the rear gate solution?
But that would be a bad idea to tell Dr. Liang directly. Does that count as trusting me or trusting me? Will you trust me or will it count as trust...
Bingxin's board of directors is set for October 10, which has not been announced for a while, and there has been no communication among some shareholders.
At that early hour, I wasn't angry at the accusations over the phone. I just thought carefully and said, "Liu Zonghong, we didn't have a lot of pressure to make that decision that time."
I thought about it and gave an answer: "Director Yang, let's do that. Is Guan Neng able to finally cooperate with Yike? I can definitely help reflect the price that the exclusive should have."
"It's hard to pass the test, it's hard to stay up night after night." Su Wei shook her head, looked at the top, and suddenly said, "You need to install a basketball hoop outside the yard.
Su Wei is also considered a local snake. She has many companies, good or bad, low or prosperous.
Su Wei rubbed her face, stood by the study window and looked in.
In my opinion, that time was not a peaceful one, but the investment at each node in the previous period doubled and went down. Is it possible to support it?
"Liu Zonghong, he doubts technical decisions. He always wants your judgment on business operations." Su Wei said seriously, "It's a loss for you and Bing Xin. On the contrary, the time cost of making mistakes is even greater."
Low."
Liang Mengsong took two steps back and saw that there was no manual or remote control.
In front of Bingxin is its sister unit SMIC, which is estimated to be around US$1.5 billion this year, which is also a year-on-year increase.
I continued: "You have absolutely no confidence in that plan!"
It cannot even be said that fewer people still support the back-gate solution.
"He's right..." Sheng Zhen wanted to say, "It must be right, right?" But in the middle of the sentence, she was more tactful and asked, "Are you so unconfident?"
CCTV is conducting an advertising tender, and after the tender, it will recommend to powerful brands. Yi Ke, who will be happy to cooperate with next year's Spring Festival Gala, will naturally be on the list, but for giants with mediocre strength, CCTV has revealed the same news.
Su Wei thought about it for a while, and she guessed that she was talking to both parties. Even, considering the crazy growth of Yixin, it might be a recommendation to seven or seven powerful companies.
As the chip manufacturing process is pushed back, multi-wafer foundry companies are increasingly concerned about capital investment. Before the financial crisis, AMD and IBM were divesting their foundry businesses, and industry concentration was on the rise.
Su Wei recognized that description too much, but she didn't say anything and just nodded.
"You still want to see reasonable competition, but it should break through 3 no matter what." He replied over the phone.
There are no process improvements such as chemical mechanical polishing, optimized ion implantation and cold treatment.
"Mr. Fang, do you understand? The complex structure of the front gate will almost inevitably face fluctuations in threshold voltage, which will inevitably affect the final yield!" Dr. Liang said angrily.
Su Wei spoke more slowly, and finally said it that time: "Liu Zonghong, you do understand."
And if you look at the comparison, in the next seven years, the revenue will be around 7%, which is very unlikely to be achieved.
Fang Zhuoyu spoke, and after a while he said: "This is also... this is also a waste of time. At least it means cheating others and it will cost a lot of money."
Taking into account Dr. Liang's character, and considering that the Taiwan Journal is currently considering both options, the decision was not made to verify them together.
Su Wei is the one who receives gifts, and when she receives them outside the office, they are always brought back intact, but when I left the office today, I saw the slightly scary spider robot shining brightly under the table... I was heartbroken.
Deeply moved.
Everyone knows that I have no money, so the gift has a different meaning. It has neither monetary attributes nor humanistic value.
"Let him try." Su Wei ordered.
Judging from the extensive discussions in the industry, this may not necessarily be the case.
I put my phone on, and suddenly I saw a spider robot slowly climbing to the ceiling. With its bionic arm, the picture was quite amazing.
Sheng Zhenxi smiled warmly and said: "Mr. Fang has no money, bad, if you do that for 28n, what about 20n? What about 14n? What about 10n?"
Those words were very straightforward.
Before everything was confirmed, Bingxin conveyed information about the current status of the company, including the specific customer distribution of 52% North America, 11% Europe, 15% Asia Pacific (including China and Japan), 17% China, and 5% Japan.
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"Mr. Fang, he understands...well, he understands, but he just wants to make nonsense decisions!" Dr. Liang angrily shouted at the boss.
Liang Mengsong opened the box and studied it, which I found very novel.
Look at other people's cores. They were taken off the market in just three years, but their ice cores have taken twice as long!
After I returned to China, the Yike Department and Low Sachs' business in China did not have any overt and covert conflicts, and they still achieved some results.
"Liu Zonghong, it's like that. In addition to being safe, you also need a financing now." Su Wei said frankly, "You have no pressure in that aspect. You also have to weigh and judge. The use of funds that time was extremely appropriate.
Sheng Zhen asked directly: "What is the price range of that cooperation?"
It should have been delisted long ago!
Internal conflicts should be reconciled rather than intensified, especially when it comes to technical aspects.
Just looking at the revenue, the first is the only two levels, the difference between the seventh and the seventh is still one level, and the seventh and seventh levels are followed by another level, and then there are cliff-like data.
"As deep as Yixin is next time, Yixin was really worth it last year." The voice outside the phone laughed.
He added over the phone: "Penguin is not interested in that, but Mr. Fang, our cooperation is still wrong."
Shareholders were surprised at first. What kind of financing does Bingxin need to raise now? Is it to spend money to buy the market? Is it to use some of its future own money now?
"Liu Zonghong, do you think that since you have so little confidence in the front gate scheme, the most urgent task now is not to verify its feasibility under 28n. As for the waste he said." Su Wei said seriously, "Yes.
Don’t worry too much. You’ll waste 100 million, 200 million, or 800 million. You can’t afford to waste it. You just waste it, but I can’t afford it.”
While Su Wei watched the secretary's movements, she noticed that there was no call coming in, but it was from CCTV.
As for the No. 1 Taiwanese company, IDC estimates that its revenue this year will exceed US$13 billion.
A moment ago, Fang Zhuo pushed the door hard and walked back, handing him a cup of tea: "What are you thinking about?"
Dr. Liang hung up the phone.
Su Wei made a "blind decision", but according to Dr. Liang's technical standards, it probably wasn't that way.
It’s just that the so-called initial financing...but...
Regardless of whether it is in terms of customer distribution or application distribution, the future prospects of Bingxin are still relatively good.
I answered the phone, exchanged a few words and then heard the content of the call.
This chapter has been completed!