After hearing the actions of Huawei, Ziguang, and Huada Semiconductor, Zhang Haijun of Huaxin International couldn't help but fell silent.
Galaxy Technology has indeed taken action, and he knows that Galaxy Technology is behind all this.
Just like Galaxy Technology’s layout in the electric vehicle, battery, and wind power industries, Galaxy Technology generally has a maximum of three quotas.
Of course, nothing is absolute. After all, there are many subdivisions in the chip industry, such as mobile phone chips, computer chips, TV chips, etc., or SPU chips, GPU chips, storage chips, screen chips, electronic control chips, etc.
What Huaxin International needs to do now is to seek permission from Galaxy Technology as soon as possible, otherwise there will be no need to negotiate.
In fact, not only Huaxin International thinks this way, Yangtze River Storage, Hua Hong Semiconductor, China Resources Microelectronics, and Huali Microelectronics have all sent people to Shanmei.
The CEOs of some companies have come to Shanmei in person, and it would be impossible not to come.
According to Galaxy Technology's industry plan, companies that are not on the list will undoubtedly die. This is no joke.
If you look at the battery industry and the electric vehicle industry, you will know that a few giants are now playing, and small and medium-sized players will either become affiliated or go bankrupt.
Galaxy Technology’s dominance over the industry is very strong.
If Huaxin International and Hua Hong Semiconductor don't secure their spots as soon as possible, they will be eliminated by then. Of course, they also know that Galaxy Technology is famous for being domineering and demanding.
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May 11th.
Huawei Company held a chip launch conference in Pengcheng.
Yu Mingguang stood on the stage and said energetically: "Today Huawei will bring the revolutionary Kirin 1ooo chip, please look at the big screen!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the big screen behind him displayed rows of data and patterns.
5nm process.
Computing speed: peak value 46 billion operations per second, average value 42 billion operations per second.
Unit energy consumption dropped by 64%, unit heat dropped by 83%...
Rows of data all reflect the powerful performance of Kirin 1000. For Qualcomm Snapdragon, Sydney, and Sanxin, this is simply crushing.
Now Qualcomm, Sanxin, and Sydney are just hovering around 5 to 6 billion times per second, while Kirin 1ooo directly improves performance by seven to eight times.
Through the online live broadcast, Cook, Li Jianxi, and the president of Qualcomm, who were watching Huawei's new product launch conference, all looked sad.
This gap makes them breathless. If it is more than 10 billion times per second, they are confident that with their technical reserves, they can narrow or even exceed the gap.
However, the computing speed reaches 42 billion operations per second. Unless they immediately adopt 5-nanometer process chips, it will be difficult to catch up.
The problem is that they don't have a 5nm process now, not to mention the 5nm process, even the 7nm process is not mature yet.
Faced with this kind of cheating enemy, Sydney and Qualcomm can only say one thing: How to break it?
Of course, it's not just Sanxin, Sydney, and Qualcomm who look ugly.
Chip foundry companies such as Taiji Electric, UMC, and GlobalFoundries are also feeling heavy.
The main reason why they feel heavy is because Huawei's Kirin chips are not manufactured by them. This not only loses a customer, but also adds a competitor. They can't be happy about it.
Similarly, domestic mobile phone manufacturers are also extremely nervous. Huawei has come up with a killer device like Kirin 1ooo. If there is no chip with similar performance, the competitiveness will decline.
Rebus pressed the back of his neck. It was obvious that Huawei's Qilin 1ooo made him feel a lot of pressure.
Now, both Qualcomm Snapdragon and Sydney chips have become backward products overnight.
Galaxy Semiconductor, another company with 5-nanometer chip production capabilities, has not launched products such as mobile phone chips.
Should we choose Ziguang's 12nm chip? Rebus thought worriedly.
Wait?
Rebus suddenly reacted. Speaking of Ziguang, what is going on with Huada Semiconductor's chip production lines and HiSilicon's production lines?
Is it different from HiSilicon's production line? Or is it the same?
If they are the same, it means that Ziguang and Huada Semiconductor also have the production technology of 5nm chips.
The more he thought about it, the more Rebus's eyes lit up.
He quickly found the phone number of Yang Zibi, president of Ziguang Group, and dialed it.
"Hey, are you Mr. Yang from Ziguang Group? I'm Rebus from Wheat."
"Oh! It turns out to be Mr. Lei! What's the matter?"
After Rebus exchanged greetings with Yang Zibi, he asked straight to the point:
"Mr. Yang, can I ask if your chip production line is the same as HiSilicon's?"
"Why do you ask? Our production lines are all manufactured by Galaxy Technology, so of course they are the same." Yang Zibi replied in confusion.
Sure enough! Rebus suppressed his excitement and said quickly:
"Mr. Yang, then you can also produce 5-nanometer chips, right?"
"Um... This can be produced in theory, but we are currently designing 7-nanometer chips, and 5-nanometer chips are not that fast." Yang Zibi has obviously heard Rebus's idea.
"7-nanometer? Mr. Yang, let's cooperate! Wheat is willing to bear half of the research costs. When the 7-nanometer chip is developed, how about giving priority to Wheat for use?"
"This..." Of course Yang Zibi knew that this matter would be beneficial to Ziguang, but when businessmen are talking about business, it would be better if they can cheat a little more, so he is waiting for a price to sell.
After a while, the two exchanged words in the air for several rounds, and finally reached a verbal agreement.
Rebus, who was afraid of the long nights and dreams, rushed to Ziguang himself and signed a contract with Yang Zibi.
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And Meizu, Oppein and Vo phones are also in a hurry now.
Faced with the powerful Huawei, various mobile phone manufacturers have to cross the sea and show their magical powers.
Some turn to Unisplendour, Huada Semiconductor and others, while others find other ways, such as Duan Yongzheng, the investor behind Oppein and Vo.
He is currently discussing with Huaxin International, planning to invest in Huaxin International, and then strive to obtain the chip production line of Galaxy Technology.
Suddenly, Shanmei became lively again, and a large number of semiconductor companies at home and abroad sent people here, hoping to purchase the chip production line of Galaxy Technology.
Of course, they are destined to return in vain, because Galaxy Technology stated that the current chip production lines of HiSilicon, Unisplendour, and BGI are leased by Galaxy Technology.
In addition, these three chip manufacturing companies are also joint-stock companies of Galaxy Technology, which are equivalent to subsidiaries of Galaxy Technology.
As soon as they heard the news, many people backed down, but of course some still refused to give up and continued to plan to stay in Shanmei through hard work.
For example, Li Fuzhen of Sanxin, Duan Yongzheng of Bubugao, Zhang Haijun of Huaxin International, etc., they do not intend to give up.
Even if it is a joint venture or leasing a production line, they still want to obtain this qualification.
This is a 5-nanometer chip production line. Once you obtain this production line, it means that your company's chip manufacturing level can be upgraded to a world-class level.
In the world's chip manufacturing industry, Galaxy Technology is the world's top, HiSilicon is the world's first, and Ziguang and Huada Semiconductor are quasi-first-class.
Intel, Sanxin, and Taiji Electric, which have been ranked among the top companies in the world, have fallen to the second rate.
It can be seen that Galaxy Technology is so terrible that it has suddenly reversed the pattern of the world's chip manufacturing industry.
If the capacity of the current 5-nanometer production line were not insufficient, the chip foundry industry would have been bloodbathed by the galaxy's chip manufacturing companies.
However, even if the current production is insufficient, Taichi Electric and others have already felt that something is seriously wrong. If this situation continues, they will take jujube pills.