Reborn in 2011, 985 missing from two copies

Chapter 401: A major breakthrough in chip technology! (asking for monthly tickets)

While Director Qin was confused, Wang Yi took out a pen and filled in the blank space in the agreement:

"We will start mass production of 2013 nanometers by the end of December 12, and deliver a wafer fab with a monthly output of 40 wafers."

"We will start mass production of 2013 nanometers by the end of June 6, and deliver a wafer fab with a monthly output of 40 wafers."

“We will start mass production of 2012 nanometers by the end of December 12, and we will give you a wafer factory with a monthly output of 40 wafers!”

After Wang Yi filled it out, he smiled and said, "Director Qin, is there any problem with the content of the agreement?"

"!!!" Director Qin's mouth twitched, but he could only nod: "No problem."

"Then please ask Director Qin to sign it personally." Wang Yi handed over the pen with a smile.

A 120-inch wafer factory with a monthly output of 12 pieces and an annual output of million pieces!
Excited to think about it!
Although we have to purchase the lithography machines and other equipment ourselves, the land and wafer factory hardware facilities provided by the capital alone are worth tens of billions!

Director Qin took the pen and looked at the contents of the agreement with an extremely complicated expression.

Damn, this guy Wang Yi really came prepared!

The agreement is ready, all that’s left is to fill in the specific numbers!

Now, we are in a difficult situation.

It's hard to go back on your promise.

But Director Qin changed his mind and decided it didn't matter.

Chip research and development and chip manufacturing are projects that are strongly supported by the government.

If there is real output, the official investment of 10 billion yuan will be worth it. I am just afraid that there is no output, and it will be a scam like Hanxin.

Therefore, the government is more cautious and dare not invest easily.

But Xingyi Semiconductor is different. It invests only after it has output.

The 40-nanometer process will be mass-produced first before the second large-scale wafer fab is sent. If it cannot be mass-produced, it will not be sent at all!
Then there is no need to worry.

More importantly, once Xingyi Wafer Factory can really mass-produce 40 nanometers this year, it will directly surpass SMIC and become the number one semiconductor giant in mainland China!
The gap with TSMC, Samsung and Intel has also been greatly narrowed.

As the semiconductor leader in the mainland, you have done a great deed!

Even if we give away a large wafer factory with a monthly production capacity of 10 wafers, what would that do?

Just the subsequent tax payments will pay for yourself in a few years!

Moreover, the Empire and the Xia Kingdom both need such high-end technology, and the top leaders will not object.

"You!" Director Qin shook his head but still signed.

"Thank you, Director Qin." Wang Yi smiled.

Director Qin's face turned a little dark, and then he shook his head:
“Mr. Wang, don’t be too happy too soon. If we can’t mass produce 40 nanometers and the yield rate doesn’t reach 85%, not to mention that we won’t be able to get a wafer fab with a monthly output of wafers, it will be difficult to get support in the future!”

Wang Yi, however, didn't care: "Don't worry, Director Qin, you just need to prepare the wafer factory."

"Are you so confident?" Director Qin remained noncommittal. He didn't think that Xingyi Semiconductor could easily handle the 40-nanometer process that SMIC had been struggling to complete for years.

This is unrealistic.

Wang Yi, however, was full of confidence.

He had discussed this with Mr. Hu a long time ago and there was no pressure to mass-produce 40-nanometer chips before the end of the year, and it might not even take until the end of the year.

As for the reason, it is naturally that although SMIC has a large number of people, their quality is limited and they lack top talents.

At this point, Mr. Liang has not joined yet.

The train runs fast, relying on the headband.

In its previous life, SMIC experienced rapid and leapfrog development after Mr. Liang joined the company.

But now, SMIC not only has no leader, but also is fighting among itself and only caring about vying for power and profit. How can it focus on the research and development of 40nm process?
However, Xingyi Semiconductor is completely different. It not only has top experts like Mr. Hu, Mr. Liang’s mentor, but also other students of Mr. Hu and classmates of Mr. Liang.

Even though these students are not as good as Mr. Liang, they are all semiconductor talents.

The entire Xingyi Semiconductor is united in its efforts to develop 40-nanometer technology!

No matter what Mr. Hu needs, Wang Yi and the entire Xingyi Technology Group will provide the greatest support.

Compared with the infighting and power struggles at SMIC, the situation is completely different!
Under this situation, with industry experts + a strong team + full support + everyone working together, it is only a matter of time before 28nm is solved, let alone the 40nm process?

To put it bluntly, the 40-nanometer process is easy to handle for Hu's team.

The research and development over the past few months has only been about studying a new set of solutions to completely avoid patent barriers.

Why was SMIC afraid in the previous life?
It means using other people's technology and thus being controlled by them.

Wang Yi’s goal from the beginning was to bypass patented technology and come up with a completely new solution.

Then you won’t be afraid of being stuck.

In addition, with this super large wafer factory, we can also seduce Mr. Hu again.

Give Mr. Hu some encouragement and make his 40-nanometer process even faster.

Typical double-dealing!
But Wang Yi thought of the photoresist again.

We have ordered lithography machines several times and kept placing orders. Even if there is a problem in the future, the lithography machines will be barely enough.

The current 40 nanometers, the future 20 nanometers, and the 14 nanometers will all be no problem.

With multiple exposure technology, 12 nanometers, 10 nanometers, and even 7 nanometers are no problem.

But if the photoresist is stuck, then we’re doomed.

This thing has a shelf life and cannot be stored for a long time!

In this regard, Wang Yi couldn't help but ask: "Director Qin, is there any progress in the research and development of domestic photoresist?"

"You are worried... worried that if there is a bottleneck and there is no photoresist, the wafer fab will be shut down, right?" Director Qin saw Wang Yi's concerns.

Wang Yi nodded: "Yes, this is a big problem. To be honest, I want Xingyi Semiconductor to develop quickly, but I am afraid that developing too fast will lead to blockade and suppression, which will be a tragedy. After all, photoresist is a big problem."

Director Qin frowned, fell into deep thought, and sighed for a long time:

"I understand. This matter is indeed difficult to resolve. Currently, photoresist has been included in the official key R&D support project, but your concerns are correct. I will write another letter and do my best to promote R&D investment in photoresist. But I can't guarantee when it will be completed."

"Okay, thank you Director Qin." Wang Yi had an idea in mind.

It seems that official research and development of photoresist is not enough, and Xingyi Technology also needs to invest money in research and development.

With these two preparations, whether it is a breakthrough made by the official or by Xingyi Technology, the bottleneck problem can be solved.

People without thought, he must worry about.

If we don't plan ahead now and wait until it is banned in four or five years, it will be too late.

The lithography machine is too complicated for Xingyi Technology to develop it, so it can only invest in related companies.

But there should be hope for photoresist, right?
It is better to rely on yourself than on others. This has always been Wang Yi's life principle.

The most advanced photoresist technology currently is in Japan.

The largest exporter of photoresist is also Japan.

Wang Yi plans to poach people from Japan!
If we can recruit core technical personnel and make breakthroughs in high-end photoresist, there is hope.

Although this is difficult, it is not impossible.

Even Japan’s photoresist giant is not a monolithic entity!
To put it bluntly, the whole world is made up of makeshift teams. Is Japan really omnipresent?

For example, right now, everyone says that Japan is world-famous for its craftsmanship.

But Wang Yi knew clearly that the so-called craftsman spirit, which was full of fraud and made people laugh at each other, was nothing more than the spirit of craftsmanship.

Even Toyota and Honda are like this.

Similarly, Japan’s photoresist experts are not saints, nor are they selfless and without weaknesses.

As long as the salary is sufficient and the right person is found, we can definitely poach him.

In time, the core technology of photoresist will hopefully achieve rapid breakthroughs.

Wang Yi had a plan. When he returned to Xingyi Technology Park, he called Jian Ziyan over:

"Zi Yan, I have a few important things to tell you."

"First, we will recruit a large number of game developers. Next, we will expand the game development team."

"Chairman, in order to develop new games, our game department has been recruiting people. In addition, due to the reputation and treatment of Xingyi Games' hit products, more and more talents are joining us. Currently, there are more than 700 people in Xingyi Game's development department. Jeju's Meiyu game development team also has more than 500 people." Jian Ziyan couldn't help but say.

There are a total of 1200 people, which is a very terrifying team.

Wang Yi waved his hand and said, "Not enough, not enough yet. Keep recruiting! We have many large-scale games to be developed at the same time, and this amount of manpower is not enough."

A team of dozens of people is enough for small games.

A team of hundreds of people is enough for a medium-sized game.

But a large-scale game with a team of hundreds of people may take several years to develop.

Games like "Happy Match 3" and "Protect the Grapefruit" are small games that can be developed by a team of dozens of people in a few months.

But the disadvantages are obvious. Without technical barriers, it is easy for competitors to copy.

But some games are different. You can’t copy them at all, or you can’t copy them at all.

For example, the previous life's "Genshin Impact" is not just a game, it also has a huge world view, game background, and plot.

If you want to copy, that's difficult.

We have to redesign an excellent world view and design a complete set of decent NPC plots!

These two points alone are a huge workload, equivalent to making a brand new "Genshin Impact"!
It would be difficult to accomplish this without three years.

The investment starts at 6 million!
More importantly, it took three years and cost 6 million yuan, and even if it was produced, it would only be "Genshin Impact 1.0". By then, Genshin Impact 2.0 and 3.0 will be released, and the plagiarized version will be far behind.

The final result is a high probability of failure.

Therefore, no one copies this type of game, and it is impossible to copy it, and even if they do, it will fail.

The same is true for Switch's masterpiece "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild".

It is also difficult to copy. After all, if it really takes three years to copy it, it would be equivalent to making a brand new game.

And it has to be more powerful than the original in order to defeat the original!

The difficulty level, financial investment, and time investment are all astronomical.

The vast majority of game companies do not have such strength and courage.

Even BAT would not invest 700-800 million yuan and spend three years to copy this kind of game for a future with slim chances of success. The risk is too great!

More importantly, even if it succeeds, 6 million is just the beginning, and each subsequent version will be about 6 million!
But Wang Yi is different. He can plan ahead. He can start planning and complete the project before The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is launched.

Of course, the background has changed.

The game "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild" cost 7.5 million RMB and was developed by over 200 people for four years.

Wang Yi decided to invest 5 million RMB and employ 800 people to complete it in about a year!

As a dual player of "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild" and "Genshin Impact", Wang Yike is very familiar with the plots, settings, similarities, differences, and even advantages and disadvantages of both.

It takes about a year just to prepare the plots for "Genshin Impact" and "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild".

Wang Yi could just set up the plot and hand it over to several top writers of Meiyu Novels to write.

Then, the plot and game were divided and assigned to multiple teams to jointly advance them.

To put it bluntly, Nintendo and miHoYo in their previous lives were both developed from scratch, but Wang Yi stood on their shoulders and directly replicated and sublimated them!
That's much easier.

As for the name, Wang Yi has also thought of it, it will be called "Legend of Star God".

"Zi Yan, next we will develop a large-scale game called "Legend of Star God", which requires a team of 800 people." Wang Yi said.

"What? 800 people for one game!" Jian Ziyan was shocked: "Okay, Chairman, I get it. I'll hire more people."

Wang Yi nodded and began to think:
"Legend of Star God" requires 800 people.

"Ring Fit Adventure" requires 300 people.

"Breakup Kitchen" requires 300 people.

The development of the subsequent versions of "Protect Youzu 2" and "Happy Match 100" required a total of people.

After all, these two games are very popular at the moment, making a lot of money, and there are also many copycat versions.

If Xingyi Games wants to continue making money, it can only release new versions crazily, making it difficult for copycat games to keep up.

Therefore, Wang Yi left a 40-person development team for "Protect Youzi" to develop new maps.

"Happy Match 60" retained a development team of people.

Additionally, there are several new games in development.

"Subway Surfers" was originally a game to be released in October next year, but Wang Yi used a team of 10 people to develop it this year. It is now nearing completion and will be released in September this year.

"Everyday Cool Run" is also a mini-game that will be released in September next year. Wang Yi has arranged 9 people to develop it intensively, and they will log in to chat about the mini-game in the fourth quarter.

"Time and Space Hunter" is also a game that will be released next year. Wang Yi arranged 200 people to complete it in advance, and it is expected to be publicly tested in September!

……

At present, competitors are copying "Protect the Pomelo" and "Happy Match 2013", and Wang Yi has no way to stop them. He can only hand over the games that became popular in to Xingyi Game and Mayu Game teams to develop and release them in advance.

This is also the reason why the number of people playing Xingyi Games and Mayu Games currently exceeds 1200.

Medium-sized games such as "Time and Space Hunter" and "Subway Surfers" are launched on all IOS and Android platforms.

However, large games with a size of more than 10G, such as "Legend of Star God", "Breakup Master", and "Ring Fit Adventure", are exclusive to the Xingyi series, and you have to buy a Xingyi TV or Xingyi Switch!

"Let's recruit the 2500 people first! Recruit from both Jeju and the imperial capital!" Wang Yi said.

"Okay, Chairman."

"The second thing is to recruit photoresist R&D experts and go to Japan to see if we can dig some core technical personnel back. If we can recruit big names, that would be even better. We can spare no expense when necessary!" Wang Yi said meaningfully.

"Photoresist!" Jian Ziyan understood instantly: "Okay, I'll arrange it."

With Japan's photoresist talents, even without top experts, the research and development time of photoresist can be shortened.

This is inevitable.

After arranging these, Wang Yi returned to the office and began to conceive the game settings of "Star God Legend".

The story of "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild" is that after Link wakes up, he learns that the continent of Hela has been ruled by dark forces for 9900 years, and the people are living in dire straits. In order to save the continent of Hela, he embarks on a journey to find the mysterious power.

By meeting various characters such as mysterious old men, brave warriors, and profound scholars, Link learned the source and method of obtaining the mysterious power, and continued to improve and become stronger, challenge the dark forces, uncover the truth, and fight against King Ganon, bringing new hope to the Hela continent...

Such a plot would be commonplace ten years later, but it is definitely a top-notch plot now.

As someone who has read 300 online articles, Wang Yi has become more proficient in upgrading himself.

The Hela Continent was replaced by the Star God Continent, and the Japanese style was replaced by Eastern mythology.

The pursuit of mysterious power has been replaced by the pursuit of star god power.

As for the plot, it was also easy. Wang Yi simply set it up and handed it over to Meiyu's writers to write.

Since the establishment of Meiyu Novel, it has cultivated a large number of excellent writers and there are no problems in creation.

The fighting styles were also changed to oriental elements.

By the time Wang Yi finished setting it up, it had become a whole new game.

The plot is completely different.

The settings are also quite different.

But it seems more fun.

And taking the performance configuration into consideration, Wang Yi adopted the "Genshin Impact" model for "Star God Legend", iteratively updating one version at a time according to the map.

This way, the first version is small in size, has low performance requirements, is smoother, and can be played on Xingyi TV.

Once users are addicted, they will buy the Xingyi Switch.

After all, you can't carry your TV with you everywhere you go, but the Switch is different. You can carry it with you and play a game on the bus or subway.

This is an unparalleled advantage.

Similarly, the Switch's large storage space also makes gaming more feasible.

As for why Xingyi TV does not support installing applications on a USB flash drive or a mobile hard drive?

In fact, it’s not just Xingyi TV that doesn’t support it, almost all other brands of TV don’t support it.

After all, if it is supported, users will buy low-storage TVs. Who will buy high-end TVs in the future? Who will buy a Xingyi Switch?

In the future, Xingyi Technology will definitely launch large-capacity TVs, including 16G, 32G, 64G, and 128G, but the prices will be higher.

Wang Yi is a businessman. It is good enough for him to give users a 4999 inspection for a TV that costs 6999 yuan. It is impossible for him to give users a 9999 experience.

To put it bluntly, you get what you pay for.

This is also the reason why future iPhones, Huawei, Xiaomi and other mobile phones will not support memory cards or removable batteries.

If it supports capacity expansion, everyone will buy the 16G version. Who would spend hundreds or thousands of dollars more to buy the 64G version? 128G version? 256G version?

There is nothing we can do about this.

As long as we can achieve high quality, sufficient materials and smooth system, we have already defeated 99% of our competitors.

Wang Yi secluded himself for a day and finalized the structural settings of "Legend of Star God". He handed it over to the contracted writers of Meiyu Studio to perfect the plot, and to the development team to do the preliminary preparations.

In just one day, he shortened the entire development process by at least one year and reduced the investment in the entire game by 2 million yuan.

Wang Yi thinks it is worth it to exchange 2 million a day for a year.

After all, without Wang Yi's structure, the entire plot had to be created from scratch, which, plus the cost of trial and error, would take at least a year.

The additional human and material costs by then will definitely exceed 2 million yuan.

In the future, all walks of life will be involved. Even if you are a chairman, you cannot act high and mighty. On the contrary, you must contribute when it is necessary and go to the grassroots when it is necessary.

After all, in his previous life, Mr. Lei personally went to the track to perform drifting in order to promote SU7!

Wang Yi spends one day on game settings and earns 2 million+ a year in return, which is definitely worth it.

After arranging the game development, Wang Yi went straight to the wafer factory to find Mr. Hu.

In other areas, we can slow down the pace and take things step by step.

However, chip production and chip research and development are both top priorities, and we have already fallen far behind and cannot be delayed any further.

Especially since Apple's new tablet is about to be released, it will be equipped with the A6X processor, which is simply invincible. By then, the Xingyi tablet will suffer a critical blow.

This will be a major crisis that Xingyi Technology will soon face!
"Mr. Hu, how is the trial production of the 40-nanometer process going?" Wang Yi went straight to the point.

Mr. Hu took out a chip and said, "Mr. Wang, take a look. Do you know it?"

"This is... the router chip R1?" Wang Yi's eyes lit up and he became excited: "We have achieved a -nanometer process? So fast? No, the yield rate is not high enough, right?"

Wang Yi calmed down. How could it be so fast? Otherwise, Mr. Hu would have announced the good news long ago.

Mr. Hu nodded and said, "Yes, the 34-nanometer process has been completed, but the yield rate is very low, only %. The rest are waste chips!"

Achieving mass production of 40nm process is just the beginning. How to improve the yield rate is the key.

There is a rule in the wafer fab that every 1% increase in yield means $1.5 million in net profit!

If the yield rate is lower than 85%, forcing mass production will result in high costs and a high probability of loss.

If the yield rate reaches 85%, mass production will result in meager profits.

If the yield rate reaches 90%, mass production will have limited profits.

If the yield rate exceeds 95%, it will reach the first-class level and the profit will be terrifying!
Major wafer manufacturers such as TSMC, Samsung, and Intel all have a yield rate of over 95%.

Even with a 90% yield rate, we still can’t get many OEM orders.

If it is only 85%, not only will we not receive OEM orders, but our products will also be returned and the orders will be cancelled.

The current yield rate of Xingyi wafer factory is only 34%, which is totally insufficient.

If production is forced, the chip, which originally costs 30 yuan and has a yield rate of 34%, will have two-thirds of defective chips, and the cost will go straight to 90 yuan.

If that were the case, it would be fine, but the yield rate is low and the chip performance is not good either.

To put it bluntly, the 34% successful chips are just low-level qualified chips, and their performance is much worse than the high-quality chips manufactured by large manufacturers.

"Chairman, there are still some problems in the process. I am doing my best to investigate them, and I will definitely be able to increase the yield rate!" Mr. Hu said in a deep voice, feeling that he had let down Wang Yi's trust.

Wang Yi waved his hand and said, "Mr. Hu, it's amazing that you can achieve 40-nanometer trial production in such a short time. If it were someone else, I'm afraid the yield rate wouldn't even be 1%. I believe in you!"

Wang Yi is telling the truth. It’s only been a few months?

Although the yield rate of 34% is totally insufficient, it was produced after all.

If we change to SMIC, they may not even be able to produce a qualified chip!
"Thank you for your trust, Chairman. I will never let you down!" Mr. Hu pushed his glasses and said solemnly. He was determined to work overtime to improve the yield rate as soon as possible.

(End of this chapter)