This year, the world's semiconductor process technology has advanced to the 20-nanometer level process. This is due to the booming development of the global smartphone industry. In addition, it is not that difficult to manufacture compared with the current semiconductor process.
No matter what, it is still in the double-digit stage at the nanometer level and has not yet advanced to the single-digit process within 10 nanometers.
Qin Feng looked at Fang Hong and said: "I decided to add another 45 million orders for s620, and directly add 120 million to 150 million orders for s680 this year. Calculate the production capacity of Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. and increase
We should be able to complete the supply around January 2013 next year.”
While the boat of friendship between the two parties is still happily paddling, it is better to reserve more, so as not to be "fragmented" and make the star series products disappear from the market immediately.
When Fang Hong heard about this quantity, he immediately said: "The total adds up to nearly 200 million pieces. Where can the production capacity be completed in such a short time?"
Hearing this, Qin Feng said in a deep voice: "We can only give up some more profits. It's not a big problem if the money is in place. We will reserve this batch of goods. Judging from the worst result, it can last until about 2014, and then after that
It’s definitely not going to work.”
Qin Feng paused for a moment and added: "It doesn't make much sense to add more orders. After 2014, the semiconductor process will definitely reach 14 nanometers. The generation gap of s680 will be difficult to make up, and the performance will definitely not be as good as that of more advanced processes."
chip."
For the company facing the worst outcome, the batch of chips purchased now can last until 2014, which is the limit of time.
The new S680 chip used in the fourth-generation Star series smartphones is a mobile processor made with a 20nm process. If supply is cut off by then, the performance of the chip cannot be improved from the manufacturing process, but it can be improved through the software level in the next two years.
Optimize to make up for some hardware process gaps.
But this is not a long-term solution, it is a forced move. There is no solution. The gap in hardware is widening. No matter how optimized the software level is, there is an upper limit. Just like the S1 mobile phone using a 32-nanometer process chip, the software level is optimized to the extreme.
, the performance cannot be compared to the S3 mobile phone with a 22nm process chip.
It is worth mentioning that the S680 chip processor is a 4G mobile network communication chip. In other words, the fourth-generation star series smartphone released by Xingyu Technology in 2013 will become the first domestic smartphone to support 4G mobile network.
The 4G network has gone through early stages of demonstration, laboratory testing, standard setting, and practicalization. The earliest large-scale construction began in 2010. In China, the construction of the 4G network has begun in 2012 this year.
Fang Hong, who had foresight, knew that on December 4, 2013 next year, the Ministry of Industry would officially issue 4G licenses to the three major operators, marking the official entry of the domestic mobile Internet into the 4G high-speed era, and 2013 would also become the era of high-speed 4G.
At the beginning of 2014, the first year of domestic mobile 4G, the three major operators will successively launch 4G services to the public.
Although domestic 4G licenses will not be issued until December 2013 next year, 4G services will not be available until 2014.
However, Xingyu Technology's fourth-generation product, the S4 mobile phone, is scheduled to be released as scheduled next summer. As for the 4G network, the 4G mobile network mobile phone card license will be issued by then. The operator's business will be developed and then changed.
Anyway, S4 mobile phone supports 2g, 3g and 4g mobile networks.
And 4g communication is also a new selling point. The s680 chip mobile processor is so critical. It has just crossed the threshold of 4g mobile network. If the worst happens, the s680 chip does not support 4g mobile network, and the competitiveness will inevitably decline in the future.
It has been greatly reduced in two years.
The worst-case plan to prepare for a rainy day is to "stock up on grain" now. With the "grain" hoarded now, we can maintain the high-end market for as long as possible in the next few years by consuming the chips in inventory.
But at this moment, Fang Hong looked at Qin Feng and said: "The s680 chip processor can make the star series products last until 2014, but what about 2015?"
This is indeed a problem, and it is a big problem.
Even if domestic semiconductors are soaring all the way, it is impossible to catch up with the world's advanced level in 2015. By 2015, the alternative to the entire domestic semiconductor industry chain, even with the support of Qunxing Capital, its process is estimated to be the fastest.
Catching up to the 28nm level is already a very fast catching up speed.
However, according to the international semiconductor process technology in 2015, according to Moore's Law, at least 14-nanometer process chips have been mass-produced, and the 12-nanometer process technology has made a breakthrough.
All in all, after 2015, after the star series smartphones of Xingyu Technology have exhausted their inventory, the fifth generation products will not be launched on the market. After 2015, the star series smartphones will be far away from consumers, and the day they will return will definitely be
The day has come when the entire domestic semiconductor industry chain will catch up to the world’s advanced level.
Fang Hong estimated that at the current pace of catching up with the domestic semiconductor industry chain alternatives he requires, it will be 2018.
In other words, Xingyu Technology will not be able to launch new products in the smartphone industry for three consecutive years.
How to spend these three years is a major question.
Qin Feng raised his head and thought for a while before saying: "The company's current product array is single, and the star series products are the core business. Once it is 'fragmented' in the future, the company will be unable to do anything."
Having said this, Qin Feng looked at Fang Hong and said: "We must expand the product array and open up more new businesses. In the smart terminal area, in addition to the star series of smartphones, smart tablets, laptops and other terminal businesses should be developed."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The biggest "pain point" of Xingyu Technology at present is that high-end chips cannot be fully autonomous and must rely on the supply system of the international semiconductor industry chain. To be high-end, mobile phone chips must be
Use the world's most advanced chips.
However, terminal products such as smart tablets and laptops have relatively lower process requirements.
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The reason is also very simple, these products are larger.
Just like the precision of the computer CPU process is far less than that of high-end mobile phone chips, but the performance can beat the mobile phone CPU instantly, because the computer CPU is larger and has more transistors, while the mobile phone chip is only as small as a fingernail. The same number of transistors can only be improved in the process.
The smaller it is, the more technically difficult it is.
The best and most advanced technology and the most demanding chips are on mobile phones, because refinement will inevitably put forward higher requirements for technology.
Terminal products such as smart tablets and laptops are larger than mobile phones and have larger space, so the CPU design can be larger, and the performance will not be much worse than a palm-sized mobile phone.
After a while, Qin Feng looked at Fang Hong and added: "In addition, I plan to let Xingyu Technology enter the field of new energy vehicles. I predict that new energy electric vehicles in the future will be larger intelligent terminal carriers.
The most important thing is that the vehicle-mounted chip does not have to worry about being stuck, because the vehicle-mounted chip does not have high process requirements, and mid-range chips are enough."
Upon hearing this, Fang Hongyan said succinctly and concisely: "Just go ahead and do it."
