20 years of restarting life

Chapter 3794 Counting Money for Someone Else
"The entire construction cycle of the 12-inch wafer fab, from the initial discussions to the final completion and mass production, will take at least two years. I also hope that it will take at most two years. Otherwise, many smartphones under the 1nm brand will face the embarrassing situation of having no chips available."

Zhao Chang'an's words made everyone laugh, knowing that he was just joking.

The chips used in RIM's mobile phones and tablets over the years have all been supplied by North American chip manufacturers such as Texas Instruments. How could there be a situation where there are no chips available for the 1-nanometer series?

However, Zhao Chang'an's words also clearly revealed his ambition: whether it is RIM equipment or Pro phones, at least in future smartphones, the CPU chips used will be more inclined to be self-developed, rather than purchasing finished products or purchasing mature complete design and manufacturing licenses.

This is easy to understand. If the 1-nanometer system wants to become a world-class mobile phone manufacturer, then it certainly wouldn't want to use other companies for the CPU, which is a core component. First, it would be to avoid being controlled and having its production capacity restricted. Second, how could it possibly give away such a large and highly profitable segment? And most importantly, it would be impossible to control the other party to design and develop mobile phone CPU chips according to the IC design elements of the 1-nanometer system.

While Cordwina was laughing, he was secretly alarmed by Zhao Chang'an's ambitions in the mobile phone industry.

Currently, there is a basic consensus in the industry regarding the future functions of mobile phones: 'traditional feature phones + tablets'.

The traditional features of mobile phones, such as making calls and sending and receiving text messages, are like a paperclip from a hundred years ago. After a hundred years of evolution, the paperclip of today is basically no different from the one of a hundred years ago.

Just like the radio frequency module, baseband chip, and power sensor auxiliary chip of a mobile phone—these are patented technologies that several world-class mobile phone companies, including Ericsson, have obtained. Even if these things are under research and development, they are just evolutions that make some more optimized solutions on the original basis.

This is essentially a locked-in system. Ericsson, Motorola, Nokia, Siemens, Philips, Alcatel, Sagem—these numerous established mobile phone companies have woven a network through their numerous patented technologies and cross-licensed patents. No matter what emerging companies do, they cannot escape the scope of this network.

However, for future smartphones, two major categories are still in the early stages of weaving networks.

One is the smartphone operating system. Currently, Symbian is on the market, while BlackBerry OS and Windows CE are under development.

However, Windows CE is more geared towards tablets, and while it has been announced that it can also be used on smartphones, there is currently no smartphone and no plan to do so at any time.

However, RIM, a subsidiary of OneNano Holdings, has clearly stated that it will enter the smartphone market and launch a smartphone running BlackBerry OS.

This is in the software field.

Another one is the dedicated CPU for mobile phones, which is the hardware aspect.

Currently, only Microsoft and AMD dominate the computer CPU market. Although VIA has also entered this market, its x86 processors can only be described as cheap and stable, and can basically be ignored for the time being.

In the CPU market of the mobile phone industry, Motorola and Nokia already have their own finished mobile phone chips.

However, Ericsson previously launched the R380, the world's first smartphone operating system. The baseband chip and other traditional chips were all made in-house by Ericsson and manufactured by Siemens Infineon. The CPU chip, along with the ARM-9 processor provided by the British company Acorn Computers, was used in Nokia's 9210, the world's second smartphone operating system, which was launched shortly afterward.

RIM, a subsidiary of OneNano Holdings, is currently developing BlackBerry OS for mobile phones. The wafer foundries, chip factories, and mobile CPUs that he mentioned are clearly aimed at laying the groundwork for the next generation of patents, in order to achieve independent smartphone operating systems and mobile CPU chipsets.

Regarding these two directions, Ericsson is one of the shareholders and investors of Symbian. As for the chip field, it is simply continuing to promote the upgrading and iteration of traditional chips, because these chips are not only used in mobile phones, but also have crucial applications in areas such as base stations.

After Ericsson formed a joint venture with Sony in the traditional mobile phone industry, although it has only been a short time since the joint venture, and it is not yet clear whether the results are good or bad, the company's direction of gradually withdrawing from mobile phone terminal manufacturing has been determined. It is just preparing to continue to enjoy the benefits of the original technology patent licensing.

Although OneNano has great ambitions in the mobile phone field, it does not conflict with Ericsson's future core industrial plans. On the contrary, it hopes that OneNano will grow stronger in the mobile terminal field and cooperate with Ericsson to use its technology license.

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While Zhao Chang'an and his group were chatting happily, Tian Xue and Lin Xiaojie sat in Zhao Chang'an's private room. Both found each other both funny and awkward, trying to figure out how to break the awkward silence. "When you woke up, did you feel really embarrassed?"

Tian Xue took the initiative to break the silence between the two.

Lin Xiaojie blushed and said, "It's not that I'm embarrassed, it's just that I feel sorry for you and that I've bothered you. Actually, I wanted to squeeze in with He Cai and the others, but—I feel like I have such bad luck. I held back in the bedroom for a long time, and finally I couldn't hold it in anymore. I didn't see Zhao Chang'an. I thought President Zhao had gone downstairs to sleep in the living room, but when I went out, I saw him coming out too."

What did he tell you?

“I was dizzy at the time. When I woke up, I was in the bathroom. He said that he ran into Chu Yun when he went to the bathroom. He went to her bedroom and talked to the two of them about work for more than an hour.”

Do you believe it?

Tian Xue looked at Lin Xiaojie with a half-smile and asked.

Lin Xiaojie hesitated for a moment, then said in a low voice, "The lights in her bedroom were on at the time."

"Hehe, you probably don't know that our CEO Zhao likes to turn on the lights to see the expression on his face when he's tamed someone."

Tian Xue's words made Lin Xiaojie blush with embarrassment, her mind only thinking, "This shameless woman!"

At the same time, I was terrified. What if he wanted to do what I did in the future and keep the lights on?
I would absolutely never agree to that, it's so embarrassing!

I feel like I need to change the maternity and baby products I'm wearing. My bottom feels cold when I sit down, which is really uncomfortable.

"Do you know anything about He Cai and Chu Yun's background? Like, where they went to school or something?"

If Lin Xiaojie didn't know, she wouldn't say much, but she would still hint at it subtly.

Of course, Tian Xue didn't think Lin Xiaojie would know either, because Zhao Chang'an hadn't even told her, let alone Lin Xiaojie.

To Tian Xue's surprise, Lin Xiaojie actually nodded and said, "I know a little."

At this moment, Tian Xue even felt a surge of jealousy.

"Then tell me."

"This isn't really a good idea."

Although Lin Xiaojie spoke gently, her meaning was clear: she wouldn't say it.

"They went to school in Mingzhu, not the school in Southwest China that's listed on their diplomas and certificates. Right?"

Seeing Lin Xiaojie staring at her in surprise, Tian Xue snorted and said, "While you were thinking of covering for them, did you know that you were being sold out by them and were still gratefully counting the money for them?"