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Chapter 163 We want to make progress so much!

“When the words”SOC God Chip is completed” fell, it was no less than a heavy hammer hitting the hearts of everyone present.

“Done!”

A photolithography engineer recounted

all of a sudden

The clean room of the lithography machine was filled with warm applause and cheers

“bang bang bang——”

“Done! Domestic SOC chip!”

“Using a 48nm DUV lithography machine to create a 14nm SOC system-level chip, it’s done! We succeeded!”

“Hahaha, far ahead!”

“I feel like I have witnessed history, and the historians of the Dragon Kingdom will definitely record that today, January 20, 2015, the God Chip, which officially competes with Snapdragon chips, Orion chips, and Apple A-series chips, was launched. This is the first domestically produced chip. SOC system-on-chip!”

“Oh my God! I finally felt the sentence in the textbook, one small step for me, one giant step for the world. This chip is a small step for us, but it is a giant step for the development of Longguo Chip!”

Engineers in the clean room are lamenting that there are not many opportunities to witness history, and it may be the only one in this life.

No one here expected that in just one year, Longguo Semiconductor Chip could develop so rapidly.

At the beginning of 2014, Longguo mobile phone technology companies were strangled by Gaotong, threatening to share patented technology with them and increasing the sales price of Snapdragon chips by 70%.

Why does it dare to open its mouth like a lion?

Two words, monopoly!

Orion and Apple chips are internally supplied chips, and Longguo manufacturers can only choose chips from Snapdragon and MediaTek.

On the one hand, there are high-end performance chips, and on the other hand, there are inferior chips that have not yet completely transformed and cannot be released in the copycat market. Gaotong Company is actually a monopoly.

Because of monopoly, we are unscrupulous

No matter which country you are in, as long as a certain industry or field is monopolized, the most upstream company will have absolute pricing power. You must accept whatever price others say.

Don’t accept it?

Then the only option is slow death!

And with the official advent of the SOC God chip that can fully compete with Snapdragon chips, the Sword of Damocles that has been hanging over the heads of Dragon Kingdom manufacturers for several years has finally been destroyed. Now they can look up to the sky and roar:

“Longguo Chip, stand up!”

The cheers lasted for several minutes, and Chen Xing could not hide his excitement.

For Longguo Semiconductor chips, this is a leap forward, but for Longxing Technology Company, it is crucial and a powerful tool to challenge the West.

When the cheers subsided slightly, Chen Xing breathed quickly and looked at Feng Chengming and said:”Mr. Feng, I would like to ask, what is the yield rate of a single 12-inch semiconductor silicon wafer?”

Semiconductor silicon wafer production yield, which is related to the cost of a single chip

The diameter of a 12-inch semiconductor silicon wafer is 30CM. If the die is cut according to the size of 1.6×1.6CM, approximately 232 die chips can be cut. If the yield is 95%, then about 221 finished chips can be produced.

At present, Shin-Etsu Chemical Group and Shenggao Group occupy a total of 62% of the global semiconductor silicon wafer market. Their quotations for 12-inch semiconductor silicon wafers range from 3,000 to 5,000 RMB.

Calculating based on the top price of 5,000 yuan, even if the yield rate is 100%, and not counting processing costs, the cost price of 232 pure bare dies will be 21 yuan. If the yield rate is 90%, then the cost price will increase by 3 yuan. At 24 yuan, if you sell one million mobile phones, you will have to spend an extra 3 million yuan!

Therefore, after confirming the success of production, Chen Xing can’t wait to ask about the yield rate of semiconductor bare chips. This is related to the cost price and is also a part of profit improvement.

“We haven’t tested everything yet. Now that Mr. Chen has spoken, we will test it urgently to see what the yield rate is.”

Feng Chengming responded with a smile

He left the equipment control area, came to the machine that cut the bare wafers, and brought in all the untested wafers for inspection.

“Good product”

“Good product”

“Good product”

Because there are already examples of chip parameters, the equipment detection speed is also very fast. If the chip is not defective, it will pass directly.

Duan Yongping thought of something and said with some confusion:”No, the maximum operating power consumption is 15W. I remember Mr. Chen said in your press conference that the operating power consumption of the SOC God chip is 16W. How could there be a deviation?”

He had only heard that the actual chip deviated from the design parameters, causing power consumption to increase. He had never heard of a decrease in power consumption.

strangeness!

Too strange!

Chen Xing and Ren Guofei were tacitly aware that they had not chosen to show off the new semiconductor silicon wafer technology.

Even if they say it, they won’t say it now. Although the engineers present are bound by contracts, who can guarantee that they will not sell out the”domestic alliance” in exchange for benefits?

《There is a saying in”Das Kapital” that when the profit reaches 100%, some people dare to take desperate risks; when the profit reaches 200%, they dare to risk the guillotine; and when the profit reaches 300%, they will trample on the world. all laws

The more these”outsider” engineers know, the higher the risk of betraying the domestic alliance. Never underestimate the darkness of human nature.

Chen Yong was also very nervous. He laughed and said:”It is a good thing for the chip to reduce power consumption. It uses less power to do more things and can also effectively reduce heat generation. No matter how it is reduced.”

“Having said that, even if the power consumption decreases, the number of calculations increases. This is a bit strange, right?”

Duan Yongping looked at the 450 billion operations per second and continued to be confused.

He vaguely remembered Chen Xing saying that the SOC God chip has 400 billion operations per second. Only by connecting a second independent chip can the number of operations be pushed to 700 billion. But what is the extra 50 billion now?

The 450 billion operations per second is almost catching up with the 500 billion operations per second of the Apple A9s Bionic chip.

Power consumption decreases and computing power increases. How do you explain this?

It’s impossible to name”God”. God is really secretly working to add a BUFF to this batch of chips, right?

Chen Yong still waved his hand and said nervously:”Maybe there is an error in the EDA software simulation verification. In any case, this is a good thing. If you make a mistake, you will make a mistake, hahaha!”

“Maybe God really showed up”

Ren Guofei laughed and joked

As he approaches seventy years old, he has never been as relaxed as he is today, and he can’t help but joke with other bosses.

“The result is out”

While several CEOs were chatting, Feng Chengming had already calculated the die data.

After a half-second pause, he announced the specific yield rate and said:”A 12-inch semiconductor silicon wafer can cut out 232 SOC chips, of which 3 are scrap, 8 have poor circuit performance, and the remaining chips are all qualified.”

Of the 232 chips, 11 failed, which is equivalent to a yield rate of 95%, which is already an extremely high level in the industry.

The most important thing is that this semiconductor silicon wafer has been exposed and etched four times, and the difficulty has skyrocketed several times.

“Very high yield rate”

Ren Guofei’s eyes flashed with surprise. He thought it would be good to have 80%, but he didn’t expect it to be 95%.%！

Duan Yongping and Chen Yong were also surprised, the latter stuttered a little:”How much… how much?”

“95%！”

Feng Chengming reconfirmed

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With a yield rate of 95%, Chen Yong was so excited that he was trembling with excitement. The 48nm DUV lithography machine produced 14nm chips with a yield rate of 95%. This is simply turning waste into……

No!

This is turning a treasure into a treasure!

Nowadays, Kunpeng Company is engaged in infrastructure construction and Rice Company operates overseas markets. In addition to harvesting the star economy, blue and green factories may also increase investment in chip production.

The future is bright for us to expand our business scope and cooperate with Longxing Technology Company to share the cake in the semiconductor field!

Chen Xing silently calculated the cost of the chip in his mind. Since it is a self-produced semiconductor silicon wafer, it is equivalent to using the manufacturer’s price to produce it.

The cost of a 12-inch semiconductor silicon wafer is about 800 yuan. Based on a 95% yield rate of 221 dies, the price of a single die is 3.6 yuan.

If a series of production costs such as photoresist, packaging, and photolithography machine production are added, the cost price of a single SOC God chip should be around 7 yuan, and the maximum will not exceed 10 yuan.

A 14nm chip costs 10 yuan. What is the concept?

Take the original Kaitian baseband chip as an example. TSMC charges 32 yuan for each OEM chip produced. This is still a 28-nanometer chip. If it is a 14-nanometer process chip, it is no exaggeration to say that they dare to charge 50 yuan!

Between 10 yuan and 50 yuan, the cost price has dropped by a full 40 yuan, which is equivalent to a 40 yuan increase in profit. This shows how profitable localization is. This piece of cake is definitely enough for everyone.

While everyone was immersed in the joy of high yield, Lin Tian interrupted:”Don’t be too happy too early. If I do it, I can achieve a yield rate of 95%, but you guys……”

He glanced at Feng Chengming and the lithography engineers of the blue and green factory, and continued:”In less than ten days and a half, if hundreds of semiconductor wafers are damaged, I will probably not be able to get in.””

Feng Chengming:”……”

Blue and Green Factory Engineer:”……”

Although it is the truth, it is too hurtful to one’s self-esteem.

“This yellow hair started again.”Chen Xing sighed secretly in his heart. Although Lin Tian has excellent skills, as marked on his attribute panel, he is too arrogant.

IQ is sufficient, but EQ is worrying

However, because of Chen Xing’s platform and seeing Lin Tian’s photolithography skills, Chen Yong was not angry because his photolithography engineer was belittled. Instead, he humbly asked for advice:

“Chief Lin, do you have any ideas to help everyone get started quickly?”

The words just fell

Engineers from Blue and Green Factory all agreed.

“Chief Lin, please teach us. We will worship you as our teacher. From now on, we will serve you tea and water and introduce you to your partners.”

“Are there any shortcuts? Brother Lin”

“I really want to ask for advice. I really want to make progress.”

Feng Chengming’s old face was also brave, and he echoed:”Yes, Chief Lin, we all want to make progress too much. You must teach us. If you have anything to do in the future, we will definitely handle it for you.””

Who among scientific researchers doesn’t want to make progress?

Once you master the core technology, it will be a meteoric rise, and you may even be included in the history books.

“Let me tell you clearly.”Lin Tian looked at the humble look of everyone, paused for a moment and continued:”There is no shortcut to quadruple exposure. You can only practice slowly and by feeling. But, you can rest assured that I am here. In less than two months, All of you are lithography masters”

His words are equivalent to a promise, a promise to teach them all

Although Feng Chengming is old, his reaction speed is not slow at all, and he quickly said:”I will feel relieved if Chief Lin teaches in person. I have some basics in lithography. You can teach me first, and then I will teach other children.””

The word”little friend” really means relying on the old and selling oneself off.

Do other lithography engineers dare to say no?

Not to mention that Feng Chengming is older, but the key is that he is still an academician of the Dragon Academy of Sciences. Who dares to compete with him for the position of”disciple of lithography”?

I don’t dare to compete for the position of the top disciple of lithography. The lithography engineers of the blue and green factory will not give up more than the position of the second disciple or the third disciple.

“Since Mr. Feng is first, then I will be second. I also hope that Chief Lin will not dislike my stupid talent.”

“I have had a good memory and strong learning ability since I was a child, so what about my third one?”

“Then I am fourth!”

“No, no, I am fourth, my photolithography skills are better than yours!”

“Zhang Laosan, I’m afraid you are itchy. When did your photolithography technology become better than mine? When I was in school, my grades were always on top of yours!”

“School is school, now I have gone out into society, Angkor, times have changed, I have to go to school for the fourth time!”

The lithography engineers of the blue and green factory were all talking and arguing over the ranking.

In the field of photolithography technology, there is now an unfathomable teacher teaching them. Everyone of them wants to make progress too much.

However

at this time

Chen Xing raised his volume several times and said,”Everyone, stop for a moment. I will definitely teach you the quadruple exposure technology, but the top priority now is to produce the Kaitian baseband chip first.”

“Because I will ship 1 million units of Longxing X2 mobile phones on the 25th, and also sell 50,000 units of Bright X1 and 50,000 units of Geek X1. As for the current chip production, SOC God Chip is not in a hurry, and will continue to mass-produce Kaitian baseband. chip”

After being reminded, everyone also realized that the most urgent issue at present is the Kaitian baseband chip, not the SOC God chip.

The output of 100,000 pieces per day can fully meet the delivery demand.

Hearing this, Lin Tian also pressed his hands and said lightly:”Did you hear it? My president has spoken. We will produce Kaitian baseband chips first. When the shipping period has passed, I will teach you the quadruple exposure step by step. technology”

“Then I’ll stay and help too”

Feng Chengming didn’t plan to leave either, thinking he had to learn how to leave before leaving.

He didn’t want to miss this once-in-a-lifetime teaching opportunity.

After other lithography engineers heard this, some of them were already quick to move production materials to prepare for chip production.

To leave a good impression on Chen Xing, wouldn’t it indirectly establish a good relationship with Lin Tian? Humanity and sophistication are so crucial!

After a while

They all started working independently

Feng Chengming looked at the bare chips, then looked at Chen Xing and said,”Mr. Chen, are these bare chips packaged and packaged now, or will they be packaged and shipped to your factory later?”

“Now package it”

Chen Xing responded with a smile, then looked at CEOs Ren Guofei and Duan Yongping and said,”Brothers, why don’t you go to my production factory and witness the launch of the first Geek X1?”

“Haha, I definitely can’t refuse Brother Chen’s invitation. Then let’s go to Longxing Technology’s production factory together and take a look?”Ren Guofei looked at the CEOs beside him and said

“That’s just right”

Duan Yongping also showed a smile and responded quickly:”Not only can we witness the launch of Geek X1, but we can also visit the scale of the factory.”

“Not to mention, I didn’t go in to take a look, so we can set off right?”

Chen Yong echoed

“what about me?”

Feng Chengming asked quickly, his eyes showing hope.

Seeing that they were all interested in Geek X1, Chen Xing invited him again and said,”Then let’s go there together. If we encounter any problems, we can work out a solution together.””

(End of this chapter)