Chapter 754: Just enough shame

What Miaoxin is studying is mainly 28nm and 14nm technologies.
The 28nm lithography machine has been built, but there is still a big gap between the performance and yield and the same generation of ASML products.
Belongs to the improvised type.
At present, the focus of Miaoxin is to narrow this gap and build a better 28nm second-generation lithography machine as soon as possible.
In order to increase the competitiveness of domestic 28nm process chips.
As for the 14nm chip technology, although there has been a big breakthrough, it is obviously not the current research focus of Miaoxin.
It can only be said that the research and the digestion of 28nm process technology will promote each other.
At the end of 2014, Samsung announced that the world's first 14nm FinFET3D transistor entered mass production, marking the entry of semiconductor transistors into the 3D era.
Bay Semiconductor Manufacturing will begin mass production of 16nm FinFET process in the second half of 2015.
Compared with Samsung and Intel, although their node naming is different, Samsung and Intel are 14nm, TSMC is 16nm, but they are in the same generation on the level of practical process technology.
Meowcore's 14nm process is not an urgent matter.
28nm is enough to make it stand firm in the mid-range market, and it is a very huge market.
In the high-end field, the mainstream process nodes on the market are 22nm, 16/14nm, 10nm, 7nm, and the future 5nm and 3nm, which are called master nodes.
From the current point of view, 3nm is the limit.
As for why the top level given by the system was 2nm, Boss Lin didn't understand at all, and it was for nothing to ask.
And 28nm, 20nm, 12nm, 8nm, etc. are called half nodes, and these nodes have strong transition properties.
Therefore, in general, their market share is lower than those of master nodes.
But 28nm is relatively special.
Because 28nm has an excellent cost performance, it has a wide range of applications and is very mature.
After Gulf Semiconductor Manufacturing’s 28nm process was put into mass production in 2011, its revenue share rose from 2% to 22% in just one year. The rapid expansion of advanced production capacity helped Gulf Semiconductor Manufacturing at every advanced process node. To seize customer resources, expand the first-mover advantage, and make its production capacity structure significantly better than its competitors, with higher added value of products brought higher gross profit margins.
How profitable is 28nm?
Take the example of UMC, which focuses on the development of special processes. 28nm is its key business segment. For this reason, the company also gave up the research and development of advanced processes below 14nm.
In other words, I don't go on research and development, it is meaningless.
When the size of the transistor is reduced to a certain extent (the industry believes that it is less than 10nm), a quantum effect will occur. At this time, the characteristics of the transistor will be difficult to control, and the difficulty of chip production will increase exponentially.
If you put too much energy on higher-end technology, it is very likely that your company has gone bankrupt before you can research it out.
Therefore, under Sun Moyu's plan, investment in 14nm technology is not the focus.
Let's talk about the second generation 28nm lithography machine.
At the very least, a real 14nm lithography machine will appear in the second half of the year.
However, the boss took out the 10nm technology (note one, forget it, it's just a mistake in the previous chapter, this is 10nm).
So sad!
What do you want to make people like?
Zhuang Xiang, the general manager of Miaosou, has closed his mouth, this has nothing to do with him.
It doesn't matter whether it is holding the big Ivan arrow, waving the 10nm chip to shut up Pu Tian, ​​or the painful and happy happiness of 10nm before digesting 14nm, it has nothing to do with him.
This is Sun Moyu's matter.
Wang Kuo, who was sitting next to Sun Moyu, bent down and picked up the chopsticks that President Sun had fallen on the ground without even realizing it, with a look of sympathy.
Was it a surprise? Was it a surprise.
"What's next..." Lin Dong originally wanted to name Li Changwei for the game, but depending on Sun Moyu's state, he should be resolved quickly.
"Miaoxin, Mr. Sun, please report on your situation."
When Sun Moyu heard his boss call his name, he recovered a little sense from the confusion.
"We...we are researching, all day long..." Sun Moyu felt wronged when he said this.
We obviously have worked very hard.
Why is there still a feeling of being useless?
"If the research task is very heavy, then continue to increase it. How much research and development did Bay Semiconductor invest last year and how many engineers did it have?" Lin Dong asked.
His understanding of chip foundry is also limited to the very leathery of Bay Semiconductor Manufacturing.
"Bay Semiconductor Manufacturing spent 15 billion on R&D last year. The number of R&D engineers increased from 5,123 in 15 years to 5,690, an annual increase of 11%." Sun Moyu opened his mouth.
These are the basic skills that one should have in this industry.
"Where are we?" Lin Dong asked again.
"We put aside the investment in production capacity, the total investment in research and development is 1.8 billion. In terms of research and development personnel, mainly the personnel of the chip alliance, the total number is 1643, and the total number of in-service research and development personnel in Miaoxin is 512." Sun Moyu answered.
"The gap is a bit big." Lin Dong was about to drool with envy.
People's research and development expenses are 15 billion.
We only have 1.8 billion.
Close to ten times the gap.
"The market value of Bay Semiconductor Manufacturing has surpassed Intel to become the world's number one semiconductor company, and it has been established for its 30th anniversary." Sun Moyu is very innocent.
Is this comparable?
Can you compare it like this?
Our Miaoxin has just been established a year ago, how does it compare with others' 30 years of accumulation.
In addition, the development of chips on the mainland has been hampered, not only in terms of technology, but talent is a fatal shortcoming.
The existing 500-odd R&D engineers are all digging hard.
Some are the technical cores of other companies in the Chip Alliance. They are daring not to speak even if they are dug up, and there is compensation to make the trouble.
Some are R&D personnel in universities or research institutes. Sun Moyu ran around, persuading them to lose their iron job and work in a private company.
Some are Chinese who work in the chip industry all over the world, and it is more difficult to convince such people.
Not to mention that the high-end talents are exhausted, but they really have done their best.
"They have more than 6,000 people, can't we dig some over?" Lin Dong was not convinced.
"Uh, this estimate is even more difficult." Sun Moyu had to patiently teach his boss about the grievances between Bay Semiconductor and Huaxin International.
The founder of Huaxin International used to work for Bay Semiconductor.
Later, he resigned for some reasons. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com brought some old departments and founded Huaxin International.
With the support of Guo Jia, Huaxin International has developed rapidly. In 2003, its production capacity reached 60,000 pieces per month, and its cumulative sales revenue reached 3 billion yuan. It quickly rose to the top three in global chip foundry. Bay Semiconductor Manufacturing.
The Gulf Semiconductor Manufacturing Company couldn't sit still, and in 2003 a "cross-sea" "technology war" broke out.
They have successively filed lawsuits with Migo California Northern District Court, Migo California Oakland Alameda County Superior Court, Migo International Trade Commission, requesting that Huaxin International and the three mainland companies infringe patent rights, steal trade secrets, and not Due to fair competition and interference with business relations, they are required to pay US$1 billion in liquidated damages.
In 2009, the Migo Alameda County High Court ruled that Huaxin International stole the trade secrets of Bay Semiconductor Manufacturing.
The two subsequently settled at the cost of Huaxin International's payment of US$200 million in cash and 10% of the shares to Bay Semiconductor.
In addition, the founder of Huaxin International has also resigned, and his resignation is considered a prerequisite for the two parties to reach a final settlement agreement.
According to media reports, after the founder lost the lawsuit, he talked with Huaxin International's lawyers and cried bitterly.
After all, Bay Semiconductor Manufacturing won the victory.
It is not so easy for people who dig their home.
"It sounds amazing, Mr. Sun, we can't get used to them. If we get used to them, it will be a problem." Boss Lin looked at Pei Qianlong: "Mr. Pei, are you right?"
"I think President Lin is right in everything you said. Anyway, we don't have any branches in Miguo, nor in Wanwan." Pei Qianlong smiled.
As long as there is enough shame, we are invincible.
As for the impact, who cares.
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