Chapter 1109 The computer industry is completely different
The chips manufactured by SMIC are only equipped on the previous generation of computers of Wan'an Company, and most of the new generation of computer chips come from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company. Huang Kun and others know this, but no one talks to Bai Wei or any of these senior executives.
Talking about it, Liu Lang directly "clarified" what he said today, and Bai Weiren and others were surprised.
But Liu Lang continued.
"Of course, our SMIC has an advantage that TSMC cannot match, that is, it can develop its own lithography machines. This is something they cannot match. As long as our lithography machines are successful, chip research and development will be in an invincible position.
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Indeed, China's semiconductor industry has a very complete industrial chain. After the integration and development in the past five years, it has full potential. It can be said that it has all the capabilities to form a complete set of links from various electronic components to finished chips. It can do
At this point, there are only two countries in the world, China and the United States. As for Wanwan, the fact that they can produce chips requires the efforts of an entire small island. It is pretty good that a small place can do this.
In Liu Lang's view, the most important thing for China now is to fully understand the technology of photolithography machines. It is the core key of chip technology. As long as it is figured out, China's chip industry will be worry-free. As for the details of chip upgrades,
The problem is relatively easy, which is why Liu Lang doesn't care much about SMIC chip sales.
Sales volume is closely related to the market. Only products that adapt to the market can be sold. Internationally, chips are being upgraded very quickly, and one generation will be upgraded in a few months. No computer company in China has a blank in terms of chip design.
Therefore, the speed of improvement cannot be synchronized unless a domestic computer company appears.
In the final analysis, the country’s market is very low-end and does not have the foundation to cultivate high-tech products. Even SMIC developed through Wanan Company. Without Wanan Company, SMIC would not have been able to develop so fast. But SMIC
Now we are only making OEM chips and have no independent design capabilities. Liu Lang was not polite and threw out all the problems inside.
Everyone listened quietly to Liu Lang's "speech". Originally, they all thought that SMIC had reached the world's advanced level, but in reality it was still far behind.
Liu Lang spoke for more than 40 minutes and made everyone realize the gap.
After Liu Lang finished speaking, Bai Weiren put down his pen gently and rubbed his face with his hands.
Liu Lang really had no scruples and slapped SMIC hard in the face in front of everyone. Of course, Liu Lang also showed mercy and praised the lithography machine project.
Zhou Ming did not show any disgust when Liu Lang slapped SMIC in the face, because he felt that what Liu Lang said was right, and it was also true, but no one dared to say it.
Huang Kun, Xie Xide and Wang Haijun all know this, but it is useless. As Liu Lang said, there is no computer company in the country, and the design and development of chips are blank. All they do is OEM for Wanan Company.
, just manufacture it according to the parameters provided by the other party.
Nowadays, there are four major computer chip research and development companies in the world: Macron, IBM, Intel and Texas Instruments. This has changed a lot from Liu Lang's previous life, during which Intel had occupied most of the market.
The reason is that Wan'an Company was tragically eliminated. Without the second largest computer company in the world, IBM, the largest computer company, was unable to survive on its own. Intel and Microsoft joined forces to make efforts in the software market, forcing IBN to compete with Microsoft and Intel.
cooperation, and then abandon the software and chip design business.
Wanan Company did not go through bankruptcy in its previous life. Instead, it used the software market to suppress IBM. Microsoft's software is not as good as Wanan Company, so it has no advantage. Intel's design is good, but without software support, it is no good.
If we go, we can only cooperate with Wanan and IBM to jointly develop chips.
The computer industry is completely different from Liu Lang's previous life. As for who among these companies will win in the end, Liu Lang can't guess, but Microsoft has become the weakest. If Gates doesn't make a big move, I'm afraid he himself
I really need to change careers and do other jobs.
By the way, there is another Apple company that no longer has any sense of existence. They are the pioneers of personal computers, but now their market share is less than 10%. Just like in the previous life, Gangzhu Qiao was still dismissed a few years ago.
After being kicked out of the company, Industrial Light & Magic was purchased by Liu Lang in advance. Liu Lang doesn't even know where he is now.
Apple also went through a dark period in its previous life. In the mid-1990s, its market value was only 20% of its peak. At that time, Gang Leader Qiao returned to Apple again, and then started developing operating systems such as ios and doing some music playback.
Only then did the machine retain some of its basic base, and it was not until the advent of the Apple mobile phone in 2007 that it completely turned around.
It’s hard to say whether Apple will have a chance to turn around in this life. It depends on whether Liu Lang can give him a chance.
There are only these computer companies in the world. SMIC chose to cooperate with Wanan Company. After all, it was founded by Chinese.
Although Wan'an Company is a company founded by Chinese, how can chips, as the core technology, be disclosed to others? Not to mention SMIC, even Liu Lang cannot obtain the other party's core technology.
Because there will no longer be a situation where Microsoft and Intel join forces, this will be a huge benefit to China. Now China only buys a few thousand computers, and it will expand thousands of times in the future. This huge market will
It has become a battleground for various companies, and we will have to discuss carefully whose computers and chips will be used.
Wanan Company is now very similar to the former Volkswagen Company and has an advantage. Thousands of computers in the country are owned by Wanan Company, but these are official purchases and are basically used in schools. Private and corporate companies are almost blank.
, it’s hard to say what will happen in the future. If a company offers a better overweight, the country will definitely abandon Wanan Company. There is no such thing as emotion in the face of national interests.
Of course, this is Liu Lang's plan. Others have not thought of this level yet. Everything will have to wait until computers are popularized in the country.
Returning to the venue, Bai Weiren took a sip of tea and said.
"Liu Lang, I roughly understand what you mean. SMIC does not have enough ability to respond to market changes. To put it bluntly, they are slow to respond. Similarly, when you choose Guowei Company, you should also value their response speed to the market.
, after all, only private companies will always keep an eye on market changes, right?"
Bai Weiren's vision is much higher than others. Although Liu Lang didn't say it explicitly, Bai Weiren could still read the meaning behind it.