Chapter 130 The Ambition of Wafer Foundry

Author: Baisha

Chapter 130 The Ambition of Wafer Foundry

A week later, there were as many as 95 domestic companies that wanted to get involved in the game industry.

Zhao Ye was almost speechless, and his wealth was touching.

Some companies actually have some technical strength, so it is not good to develop domestic game software, so they have to build game consoles themselves.

In this era, it is not difficult to develop game software. Nintendo's "Super Mario" has only been developed by more than a dozen people. Can't these domestic companies still collect more than a dozen developers?

Forget it, don’t look back if you don’t hit the wall. When they can’t continue working, they will give it some more. Before that, let Wujiang Group sell some electronic components and make some money...

With the help of the "Qiongqi Game Control" platform, domestic games actually have great achievements.

Wujiang Group does not intend to continue to develop new 8-bit games at present.

Because the game hardware department is already developing 16-bit home game consoles, the game software development department is also developing 16-bit games, but basically they are sequels. On the one hand, because these games are popular, the sequels will naturally be a big hit; on the other hand, it is also to create a super IP. Only by constantly launching sequels can this IP continue to be popular.

For example, the sequel to "Pokemon" is full name "Pokemon 2: Mountains and Seas". Xiaozhi and his party entered a mysterious island by chance. Unexpectedly, everyone actually came to ancient China. There were a lot of strange beasts here, such as Kunpeng, unicorn, Chaos, Feilian, Kuikuí cow, ghost car, Chongming bird, Dangkang, transforming snake, disaster fighting, ede, jealous, jealous, waste, Pixiu, bob, chiwen, douxia, twig, pubic, twig, twig, twig, twig...

The game plot will be more exciting, and it will fully show the world the long-standing culture of ancient China.

If "Pokemon 1" still has a hint of Japanese culture, then "Pokemon 2: Mountains and Seas" will be difficult to see Japanese culture again.

In addition, "Pokemon 1" also has an official name "Pokemon 1: Kyushu League Championship", which is used to distinguish it from the sequel.

Zhao Ye believes that with the fan base of the first part, even if the second part "Pokemon 2: Mountains and Seas" has a strong Chinese cultural color, players will still accept and like it.

In addition, the second home game console developed by Wujiang Group is very different from the first home game console, that is, the use of CDs as storage medium, which will last for a long time.

Therefore, Zhao Ye plans to use a brand new brand name - "Tommahawk"!!!

"Qiongqi" feels not as domineering as "Tahawk", and many foreigners do not understand what "Qiongqi" is, which is not conducive to brand promotion.

When Nintendo launched a new game console, it also changed its name from time to time.

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On the morning of January 15, 1987, Wujiang Microelectronics Company.

"The time for wafer foundry is ripe. I plan to invest 5 billion yuan in Wujiang Microelectronics to build the largest wafer foundry in Asia!"

Zhao Ye sat at the top of the conference room and spoke in a deep voice.

On his left was the senior executives of Wujiang Microelectronics Company, Huang Kun, Qin Guogang, Wang Shouwu, Wang Xu, Ni Guangnan and others.

On his right hand was a representative of the government department.

Today's important meeting was held by Zhao Ye.

In 1987, TSMC was about to be established.

Wujiang Microelectronics naturally wants to be ahead of TSMC to build the largest wafer foundry in Asia.

When TSMC was first established, it faced many difficulties and challenges, including funds, talents, technology, etc.

However, Wujiang Microelectronics Company basically does not have these difficulties. There are currently 8 wafer production lines alone.

However, this only barely meets the current demand for using "core".

Wujiang Group has many big moves next, such as handheld game consoles and electronic pet machines. The sales volume of these two products is calculated in 100 million. Think about it, how many chips do you need to use.

Wujiang Microelectronics Company also needs to expand its production line.

If you want to do wafer foundry, you need to build a huge wafer factory.

Last year, Wujiang Microelectronics' photoresist was cut off by Japanese manufacturers, which led to a sharp increase in the price of photoresist, and many chip companies were affected and suffered heavy losses.

Now, Wujiang Microelectronics Company is doing wafer foundry, and the time is just right.

It is popular in China that "it is better to buy than to make", but Zhao Ye wants to blow this trend internationally.

Let global chip companies know that it is expensive to produce chips yourself, so it is better to let Wujiang Microelectronics help you produce them.

Wujiang Microelectronics has mature technology, large scale and low labor costs, which leads to the production cost of chips manufactured by Wujiang Microelectronics is much lower than that of chip manufacturers in Europe, America, Japan and South Korea.

At this time, Zhao Ye told everyone about his analysis and then proposed to do wafer foundry.

There is currently no company in the world doing wafer foundry, and everyone present hesitated.

"Boss Zhao, the foundry model is unheard of. Is this business model really feasible?" asked a government official.

Zhao Ye smiled slightly and replied with a firm tone: "Of course it's feasible, this is a huge business opportunity! If Wujiang Microelectronics Company can seize this opportunity, it will definitely become a global chip giant. This is also a great opportunity for Shanghai to develop the semiconductor high-tech industry!"

After a pause, he added, "There are many chip design companies around the world, but they are all the same business model, namely: design, produce, test and package yourself. Smaller companies have huge costs. Therefore, it is better to buy than to build. They can completely hand over the chips to us for production!"

"Last year, Japanese manufacturers deliberately raised the price of photoresist, which made people resentful, and many chip companies hated them to the core. At this time, Wujiang Photoresist Company established a g-line photoresist production line, breaking the supply blockade of Japanese manufacturers in one fell swoop. At the same time, it also gained orders and favors from a large number of chip companies! As long as we send people to communicate with these chip companies, we will explain the cost advantages of Wujiang Microelectronics wafer foundry, then we will definitely win over many customers!"

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but nodded.

"The boss is right. Factoring is indeed a huge business opportunity. We must seize the opportunity. Perhaps with wafer foundry, we will soon become the world's largest chip company!"

"The benefits of wafer foundry are not only that. The most important role is to promote the development of the domestic semiconductor industry chain! Establishing a wafer foundry naturally requires a large amount of production equipment and raw materials, so that enterprises in the entire semiconductor industry chain can obtain a steady stream of orders, and then they have enough funds to upgrade and develop the industry! With such a conscientious cycle, our wafer factory's production process and technical level can also be greatly improved, thereby enhancing the competitiveness of chip manufacturing!"

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Everyone was talking endlessly, and they were optimistic about the prospects of wafer foundry.

Zhao Ye reiterated at this time that he planned to inject capital into Wujiang Microelectronics and an additional RMB 5 billion investment, mainly to build the world's largest wafer foundry.

If this money is invested in Wujiang Microelectronics Company, the government's shareholding ratio will be diluted again.

However, a huge business opportunity has emerged, and additional investment is very necessary.

After the meeting, the Shanghai government invested 300 hectares of land to prevent the shares from being diluted too seriously.

However, even so, Wujiang Group's shares in Wujiang Microelectronics Company rose to 82.5%.

(End of this chapter)
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