Chapter 334: Huaxing Semiconductor Production Capacity
Following the conversation last night, Liu Jianyu also put all his energy into the design of the new flagship phone.
Because the sales situation of the third-generation Hongmeng X series mobile phones is now basically determined, it can be said that the champion of this year’s Android flagship sales will definitely be the third-generation Hongmeng X series mobile phones.
Two days after its release, the sales of the third-generation Hongmeng X series mobile phones gradually changed from hot to calm, and online sales dropped directly from 3 million yesterday to 800,000.
Lu Haifeng had predicted such a thing for a long time, but he was not worried that the sales of this product would not increase. After all, the configuration was there.
The sales situation of the third-generation Hongmeng X series mobile phones has basically been decided, and Lu Haifeng has temporarily shifted his focus to Huaxing Semiconductor.
After more than two years of wrangling, Huaxing Semiconductor has entered the production stage in the second half of this year.
This means that after Huaxing Semiconductor's output reaches a certain standard, it can officially accept orders from other companies.
What Lu Haifeng didn't expect was that the first person to apply for an order from Huaxing Semiconductor was none other than Huaxing Technology's old rival Huawei.
The order placed by Huawei this time is for 20 million mid-range processor chips made with a 10-nanometer manufacturing process.
This time Huawei did not place the processor chip order to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. or other chip processor foundries. This was naturally Huawei's consideration.
In Huaxing's view, although Huaxing Semiconductor has been established for a short time, its production technology is still relatively excellent.
Judging from the third-generation Hongmeng X series mobile phones released by Huaxing Technology this year, Huaxing Semiconductor is not weak at all compared to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Moreover, the cost of processors manufactured by Huaxing Semiconductor is cheaper than that of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. In this case, it is natural for Huaxing to hand over this batch of goods to Huaxing Semiconductor.
There is another deeper reason why Huawei chose to place an order with Huaxing Semiconductor.
That is the extreme survival hypothesis of Huawei. If one day the global chip manufacturers no longer produce chips for Huawei, then Huaxing Semiconductor will be their only way out.
Regarding the order placed by Huawei, Lu Haifeng did not give a direct reply because he did not know much about the production capacity of Huaxing Semiconductor.
So Lu Haifeng had to find Zhang Yu, the head of Huaxing Semiconductor, and asked: "If the company is now fully committed to producing ten-nanometer processors, how many ten-nanometer processors can it produce in a month?"
Lu Haifeng didn't want to refuse this order if he could. After all, the business that was delivered to him couldn't be missed in vain.
Based on the current cost of chip foundry, the other party needs to pay Huaxing Semiconductor about 300 yuan for each processor it produces for them.
If you can take it, the income will be a big figure, of course, provided it does not affect your company's processor production.
Zhang Yu heard Lu Haifeng's inquiry, thought for a while and said: "Now we here are basically very proficient in the 10-nanometer level processor manufacturing process!"
"And the yield rate can basically be maintained at over 98%. It shouldn't be a problem to produce 20 million processors in a month!"
Zhang Yu knows the production status of Huaxing Semiconductor very well. Although Huaxing Semiconductor is not as good as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., which produces several billion processors a year, it still has no problem producing two to three billion processors.
To be honest, this kind of production quantity is completely sufficient for Huaxing Technology, even more than enough.
After all, according to the current mobile phone market in Daxia, the annual output is basically around 500 million units.
According to the current development level of Huaxing Technology, shipments of 100 million units a year are already top-notch.
In other words, Huaxing Semiconductor only needs to leave half of its production capacity for Huaxing Technology. With this half of the production capacity, Huaxing Technology is enough.
Lu Haifeng knew what to do when he heard this. As for making money, as long as it did not directly harm his own interests, to be honest, he could choose to cooperate.
“When can the 7nm manufacturing process be produced?”
Gu Su/span "Mr. Lu, I estimate that there will be great progress next year, and mass production should be achieved by the year after that."
Huaxing Semiconductor was founded by Zhang Yu, who is particularly focused on chip manufacturing.
Now Huaxing Semiconductor has basically mastered the 10-nanometer manufacturing process, and can then confidently attack the 7-nanometer manufacturing process.
Lu Haifeng has great trust in Zhang Yu. According to the current global semiconductor manufacturing technology, Zhang Yu's team is already at the forefront.
Compared with the top Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. and Triangle, Huaxing Semiconductor is only a little behind.
After Lu Haifeng stayed at Huaxing Semiconductor for half a day, he went directly to Audi.
As soon as Lu Haifeng arrived at Audi, Zhao Jianhua came over.
Seeing Zhao Jianhua, Lu Haifeng smiled and said: "I just finished working on Huaxing Technology, and you came to find me!"
"Mr. Zhao, you really know how to choose your time!"
"Tell me! What's the matter!"
Hearing Lu Haifeng's words, Zhao Jianhua smiled and said: "Mr. Lu, didn't I just come to see you when I saw you came back?"
"There is something that I have to make up my mind, Mr. Lu!"
"What's up?"
"Mr. Lu is like this. Now that Audi has established a firm foothold in China, I wonder if we should invest and build factories overseas!"
Lu Haifeng was suddenly confused and asked: "Building factories overseas?"
"Yes, it's about building factories overseas!"
"If we build factories overseas, it will be more convenient to supply overseas markets!"
"After all, the distance from China to other parts of the world is long, it is not convenient to transport vehicles, and the cycle is also very long!"
"Look at all the international automobile giants. Which one of them will set up its own automobile factory locally not to meet the supply of the local market?"
“In this way, the cost can be greatly reduced, and the price is relatively more competitive!”
"With reduced costs, our market competitiveness will become even stronger!"
"And with the development of our Audi cars, we will definitely reach this point in the future!"
"I think we can start making preparations now. After all, building an overseas factory is not a matter of a day or two. Making preparations in advance will avoid wasting more time in the future!"
After hearing Zhao Jianhua's words, Lu Haifeng thought for a while and shook his head and said: "Mr. Zhao, we are not in a hurry about building overseas factories. We will talk about it later!"
"In my opinion, now is not the time for us to consider this issue!"
Lu Haifeng is very clear about the necessity of building overseas factories, which is very important for a brand's market expansion.
If you want to occupy more local market share, there are many benefits to building a factory locally.