Reborn in 2011, 985 missing from two copies

Chapter 510 The brand new Xingyi mobile phone X1, 28 nanometer process breakthrough!

"This is really good news." Mr. Hu was very excited.

He knew very well that semiconductors were very expensive and required a lot of state machinery and large funds.

Wang Yi nodded. "Yes. And the priority of support is between us and SMIC. SMIC is also working on 40 nanometer technology. Once they succeed, the gap in technology will be limited."

"If we can master the 28-nanometer process before the establishment of the big fund and completely crush SMIC, our leading position will be secure!"

"I understand!" Mr. Hu said solemnly, "Don't worry, Mr. Wang, it's late April now, and we will achieve mass production of 28 nanometers in June. I will take care of it!"

"Mass production of 28-nanometer chips in June?" Wang Yi was delighted, but then he changed the subject: "No, Mr. Hu, it's already April 4th, and June is only a little over a month away. Is it too late?"

"There's still time. The most important thing is that the yield rate needs to be improved!" Mr. Hu said calmly.

But Wang Yi was shocked.

What a familiar scene!
It was the same last time.

Wang Yi thought that Mr. Hu had not yet figured out the 40-nanometer process, but it turned out that Mr. Hu had already figured it out. He just thought the yield rate was too low and it was not considered a success, so he never mentioned it at all!
Is it the same this time?
"Mr. Hu, you have developed the 28-nanometer process? But the yield rate is not high?" Wang Yi asked.

Wang Yi's definition of success for the 28nm process is the ability to achieve 28nm chip production.

Mr. Hu’s definition of success for the 28nm process is that it can achieve successful production with a yield rate of over 85%, otherwise it is a failure!
This isn't even a standard!
For example, SMIC's 40nm process can currently produce chips, but the yield rate is too low, less than 50%, and cannot be mass-produced.

Mr. Hu nodded and said, "Yes, it has been developed, but the yield rate is only 70%. Give me another month, and I will try my best to raise the yield rate to 85%, preferably 90%!"

"Good, that's great!" Wang Yi was in a good mood: "Recently, good news has come one after another!"

"???" Mr. Hu became interested: "Besides the big fund, is there any other good news?"

Wang Yi smiled and said: "The research and development of Kunpeng 901, Kunpeng 902, and the Wing Loong 4000 baseband are all going smoothly. There are no problems in the verification stage. The only thing left is the final tape-out."

"That's good news. Let's ask them to come over. Next time we test the yield rate, we can bring their chips with us and do a trial production."

"Okay, I'll let them tape out the film!" Wang Yi was overjoyed.

This was the case last year. The yield rate of the 40nm process continued to improve, and Kunpeng 700 and Kunpeng 702 were all successfully taped out.

It would be great if the same result could be achieved this year!
If everything goes well, we just need to wait for the yield rate to increase to more than 85%, and for the equipment of the second and third phases of the B1 wafer factory to be put in place and debugged, which will also take one or two months, and the earliest it will be put into production is June.

If everything goes well, we will be able to achieve mass production of 6nm in June, with a monthly production capacity of 28 wafers, 5 million 3000nm chips and 28 million 3000nm chips.

That couldn't be better!
The next day, George brought the core members of the Kunpeng 902 team to the R&D center of the first phase of the Xingyi B1 wafer factory again.

Also coming were the core members of the Pangliguo Pterosaur 4000 team.

Currently, only the first phase of the R&D center has a small R&D plant, which houses a small 28-nanometer process production line for experiments, testing, and optimization of the yield rate of the 28-nanometer process.

Last year's 40-nanometer process was also developed in this R&D plant.

The same is true for the current 28nm process.

Theoretical research and development will first be carried out in the R&D center. After the theoretical verification is passed, offline testing will be carried out in the R&D plant. Only after the yield rate exceeds 85% or even 90%, it will be promoted to other factories for formal mass production!
At that time, the R&D center and R&D plant will continue to develop the next generation of processes.

"Mr. Hu, I'm sorry to trouble you again." Pang Liguo said with a smile.

Mr. Hu waved his hand and said, "Don't worry. Without your chips and basebands to make money, my wafer fab might have to shut down."

George also laughed and said, "Thanks to Mr. Hu, it is much easier for us to tape out the wafers, otherwise we would have to go to TSMC and queue up!"

"Haha, Director Qiao, you're too kind. You're amazing! Last year, your master brought you here, but this year you're taking on the main responsibility!"

Mr. Hu also admires George very much.

It's not easy to be able to stand on his own at such a young age and take Williams' place.

"It's all thanks to my master's good teaching. I was worried about embarrassing him." George said with a smile.

"They all have great prospects." After a few pleasantries, Mr. Hu got straight to the point: "Let's study the plan first and make preparations. We will officially tape out the chips in a few days!"

"Okay!" George and Pang Liguo responded, looking calm on the surface, but a little nervous in their hearts.

Especially George, who was taking the lead for the first time and overseeing the research and development of Kunpeng 902/901. If there was any problem, it would be all over.

If he really fails, his career will be over.

On the contrary, Pang Liguo was more relaxed.

The previous success of Wing Loong 3000 gave him some confidence.

Wang Yi did not personally ask about these matters and just waited for the final results.

On the contrary, Wang Yi returned to Jeju again to prepare for the concentrated delivery of three major projects.

On the 23rd, Wang Yi attended the delivery ceremony of the Xingyi mobile phone J2 super factory.

Although it is only the first phase of the J2 super factory, it can still increase the annual production capacity by 4000 million and the monthly production capacity by more than million.

Next month, the annual production capacity of Xingyi Mobile's own factory will increase from 1.2 million to 1.6 million!
Monthly production capacity increased from 1000 million to 1333 million!
An increase of over 33% is truly terrifying.

The simplest thing is that with this production capacity, Xingyi Technology's new high-end flagship mobile phones can be fully self-produced in the future.

The old flagship and borderless phones still need to continue to be outsourced to BYD.

"Chairman, the J2 factory is also used to produce Xphone 2 Pro, right?" Zhu Changlin asked.

Wang Yi nodded. "Yes, we will use the full production capacity. We will focus on producing Xphone 2 Pro in the next few months. It doesn't matter if we can't sell all of them. We will stock up some stock. By August, we will have to free up production capacity and focus on producing Xphone 8."

When the xphone 3 is launched on the market, it will surely be a big seller equipped with the Kunpeng 902 processor.

By then, the sales volume of xphone 2 pro will decline. We will use the inventory to support it first and then outsource the manufacturing to BYD.

With the release of new phones, sales of older models are plummeting.

For example, after the release of xphone 2pro, it sold out instantly, but the sales of other models have been declining sharply.

The xphone 2, which sold tens of millions of units last month, has a maximum sales of 800 million units this month.

The xphone 800pro sold 1 million units last month, and this month its sales volume is only 500 million units at most.

There is nothing we can do about this.

On the contrary, the Xphone 1 is still selling well thanks to its quad-core processor, XOS system, Xingyi Technology brand, and ultra-low price starting from 2499, and its sales volume this month can still be maintained at around million.

The main features are cheap, easy to use, and fully network compatible.

There is no other way. The xphone 1 has upgraded the Kunpeng 506 SOC, which has already performed well in the 60 yuan price range. With the 600% bonus of the XOS system, its performance is close to Qualcomm's current flagship processor, the Snapdragon !

With the starting price being only 2499, users are naturally rushing to buy it.

That is to say, it has only 1G of running memory, which holds it back. Otherwise, the sales of xphone 1pro and xphone 2 would have been suppressed.

This is also the reason why Wang Yi upgraded the processor of Xphone 1 but not the running memory.

If the running memory is upgraded and everyone buys the xphone 2499 which starts at 1, then the more profitable models such as xphone 1pro and xphone 2 will be difficult to sell.

However, the initial price of xphone 1 was 3299 and it has been sold until now, which is also a record.

Hold on for another half a year, until the Ultrawide Note is released and the Xphone 1 inventory is cleared, then you can retire.

Other subsequent models will not have such a long life cycle.

Wang Yi changed the subject: "Changlin, have you arranged everything for the Xphone 3 and the Xingyi Mobile Phone X1?"

Zhu Changlin nodded: "The research and development of the full screen has already been completed. Just treat it as a new X series and make it into Xingyi Mobile Phone X1. Xphone 3 is not difficult either. The internal structure can be slightly modified on Xphone 2 Pro. It's not difficult."

"Very good." Wang Yi nodded.

It is undoubtedly safer to launch the full-screen version as a new X series.

Just like the Xiaomi MIX series, all subsequent advanced designs were launched and tried out in the X series.

The xphone series is still updated twice a year.

In this way, whether the X series is successful or not, it will not affect the basic market of the Xphone series.

"The key is the packaging technology, which limits our product design." Wang Yi sighed.

He also knew that under-screen fingerprint recognition was a good idea, but unfortunately it couldn't be made in 2013 because the technology was not advanced enough.

He also knows that the hole-punch screen is better than the current Xiaomi Mix with the camera in the lower right corner.

But there is no way, the current packaging technology cannot make it.

However, the current COG packaging technology cannot make a mobile phone without a chin. All the phones have big foreheads and big chins.

In fact, mobile phones before 2017 were all COG-packaged, so they all had large foreheads and large chins.

The limit is to be able to make a Xiaomi Mix with no forehead and super narrow chin, so the camera has to be placed in the lower right corner.

If we want to achieve the next generation of full-screen, an ultra-narrow forehead like the Samsung S9, which is narrower than the ultra-narrow chin, we need to develop the next generation of COF packaging technology, which is the chip-on-film packaging technology.

The hole-punch screen must at least use COF packaging technology.

In the past, COF packaging technology only appeared in 2017.

Samsung S9 and Xiaomi Mix 2 both use COF packaging technology to increase the screen-to-body ratio.

If you want to achieve a 100% screen-to-body ratio and realize a full screen, you need COP packaging technology.

Moreover, COP can only be used for OLED screens and cannot be used for LCD screens.

Such as iPhone x!

In this regard, Wang Yi looked at Zhu Changlin and said, "Old Zhu, continue to recruit talents, poach people, and devote all your efforts to the research and development of COF packaging technology."

COP is more advanced, but cannot be used for LCD screens.

At a time when LCD screens are the main display, COF is more practical, easier to develop, and has lower costs.

Cost: COG < COF < COP.

Screen-to-body ratio/level of advancement: COG < COF < COP.

"Okay!" Zhu Changlin responded.

But unfortunately, even if Wang Yi invested huge amounts of money and carried out research and development in advance, it would still take time to make a breakthrough.

"How can we achieve a full screen as much as possible without a breakthrough in packaging technology, and without the camera being in the lower right corner?" Wang Yi fell into deep thought.

Zhu Changlin was at a loss. This request was a bit harsh.

Without a breakthrough in packaging technology, it is impossible to achieve a 100% screen-to-body ratio, and the narrow chin cannot be removed.

In order to increase the screen-to-body ratio, we have to remove the forehead and move the front camera to the narrow chin, thus the lens in the lower right corner.

But many people don’t like the lens in the lower right corner, so if we continue to place it above the screen, we have to keep the forehead.

There is a chin and the forehead is retained, so the screen-to-body ratio is high.

This is a difficult problem.

But Wang Yi's eyes lit up: "Elevating camera!"

"???" Zhu Changlin was startled, then suddenly realized: "Chairman, you mean the front camera will continue to be above the screen, using a lifting style, hidden inside the body?"

Wang Yi nodded: "Yes, this way we can remove the forehead and make the chin super narrow, realizing the first generation of full screen while keeping the front camera at the top!"

"What a good idea! Why didn't I think of it!" Zhu Changlin suddenly realized, "But the lifting camera needs to be developed. This year's Xphone 3 will be released in September. I'm afraid it's too late."

Wang Yi nodded: "It's okay, the Xphone 3 follows the conventional design, with an ultra-narrow forehead, an ultra-narrow chin, and the front camera is in the top center. With the power of Kunpeng 902, it will be a big seller."

"Xingyi Mobile Phone X1 can consider giving up the lower right lens and changing it to a lifting camera, but this will require giving up the ceramic body and launching side fingerprint unlocking!"

Wang Yi likes Xiaomi MIX's full screen, ceramic body, and ceramic back cover, which give it a high-end feel.

However, the lower right corner camera and the fingerprint sensor on the back of Xiaomi Mix are flaws.

There is no other reason. The ceramic body is difficult to process, and it is unrealistic to remove fingerprints on the entire side of the ceramic middle frame.

The side fingerprint button is destined to be wide. It is too technically difficult to open such a wide hole in the ceramic middle frame, but it has been realized within ten years.

Therefore, the Xiaomi Mix series all have fingerprint recognition on the back, there is nothing we can do about it.

To put it bluntly, you can't have both a ceramic body and side fingerprint.

You can't have both a full screen and a front-facing fingerprint home button.

I want everything, unless I can make 3D structured light, under-screen fingerprint, or a hole-punch screen.

But in 2013, none of it could be done.

All we can do now is make choices.

Xphone 3 was launched five months later, but it was too late to have a pop-up camera or side fingerprint scanner.

It can only be made into a conventional design like the Xphone 2 Pro, with the front camera in the center of the narrow forehead and the front-touch fingerprint unlocking on the narrow chin home button.

The Xingyi X1 can be released on New Year's Day, and there is still time for major changes. You can choose a metal body + lifting lens + side fingerprint.

Or choose ceramic body + lower right corner lens + back fingerprint.

There is no doubt that the lifting lens + side fingerprint is definitely better than the lower right corner lens + back fingerprint.

But the texture of the all-ceramic body is better than that of the metal middle frame.

You can only choose one of the two.

After some hesitation, Wang Yi decided to give up the full ceramic body like Xiaomi Mix.

"Changlin, the Xphone 3 is a standard design, equipped with Kunpeng 902, which is powerful enough."

"As for Xingyi X1, it uses a metal body + side fingerprint + lifting camera."

"Then are we going to completely abandon the ceramic body?" Zhu Changlin asked.

Wang Yi sighed, "It's not realistic to have a big hole in the ceramic version. We have to use the lower right corner camera and the fingerprint scanner on the back, which is a bit lame. Moreover, the full ceramic body is expensive and difficult to make, and it is not suitable for large-scale mass production. Let's put it aside for now. When the technology matures in the future, we will make a ceramic body."

"Yes, the production capacity of ceramic fuselage is bound to not be high." Zhu Changlin agreed.

The simplest one is the Xingyi mobile phone factory, which produces metal bodies and can produce 1333 million units per month.

If we produce ceramic bodies, it would be difficult to produce 1000 million units per month!

The processing and hole drilling difficulty of a ceramic body is much more difficult and time-consuming than that of a metal body.

It is for this reason that there are not many mobile phones with ceramic bodies, and they are either niche or high-end, and the prices are very expensive.

In addition, the ceramic body has a fingerprint sensor on the back and a lens on the lower right corner, which is too lame, so Wang Yi chose a metal body + a lifting lens for the Xingyi Mobile Phone X1.

"Okay, Chairman, I will develop the Xphone 3 as soon as possible. It will have a conventional design and won't delay its release. The Xingyi X1 will have a metal body, side fingerprint scanner, and a lifting lens. It will probably be released a little later, maybe around New Year's Day."

"Okay, then adjust it. The Xingyi mobile phone X1 will be released on New Year's Day. As the first innovative full-screen super flagship product in 2014, it starts at 6999."

"The release of the Unbounded Note has been adjusted to November, with a sales boost during Double 1, while also taking over the market share of Xphone 1 and Xphone 1 Pro. By then, Xphone 1 and Xphone Pro will be completely discontinued, and all stocks will be cleared out during Double and Double ."

"This is the best arrangement." Zhu Changlin responded, "The only regret is that the ceramic phone has to be moved back a little."

"The short delay is just for a better start!" Wang Yi said with a smile.

Once under-screen fingerprint scanners and punch-hole screens are available, ceramic phones can be launched with great fanfare and become a big hit.

But before that, you can only make a choice:

"However, in addition to the regular version with a metal middle frame and a glass back cover, the Xingyi mobile phone X1 released on New Year's Day can also have a higher-end ceramic back cover version, which uses a metal middle frame and a ceramic back cover of the same color, making it a semi-ceramic mobile phone!"

"This is amazing!" Zhu Changlin was very excited: "The metal middle frame can be used for side fingerprints and a lifting camera, and the ceramic back shell can also show the texture of ceramic."

“Although it’s not as good as a full ceramic body, it’s still pretty rare. And with a metal frame of the same color, I’m afraid many consumers won’t be able to tell it’s a metal frame, so it can definitely hit the higher end!”

Wang Yi nodded: "By then, the Xingyi mobile phone X1 standard version with full screen will start at 6999, and the full screen version with ceramic back cover will start at 7999!"

The Porsche versions of several Huawei models in the past were metal bodies + ceramic back covers.

Moreover, the separate ceramic back cover is also easy to produce. It is not as complicated as the full ceramic body, and the production capacity is more guaranteed.

"Let's arrange it this way!" Wang Yi sighed.

In order to solve the drawbacks of the lower right corner lens and the fingerprint on the back, they came up with a lifting lens + side fingerprint.

Before the emergence of under-screen fingerprints and hole-punch screens, this is the best solution.

As for under-screen fingerprint, it is quite difficult and requires time to develop.

The hole-punch screen requires a breakthrough in packaging technology.

Due to the limitations of the times, Wang Yi had no choice but to compromise.

But even so, the Xingyi mobile phone X1, which will be released on New Year's Day next year, with Kunpeng 902 SOC + full screen + lifting camera + side fingerprint, is still an absolute blockbuster product.

Even if the starting price is 6999, it will be sold out.

Even the 7999 version with a ceramic back cover is selling well.

There is no other way. Just eliminating the lens in the lower right corner can make 30% of users no longer resist.

The side fingerprint sensor will also solve the problem for users who don’t like fingerprints on the back and are worried that the fingerprints will blur the rear camera.

As for the side fingerprint on the right side, it is not convenient to unlock...

The problem is that the lock screen button of Apple and many Android phones is on the right side, and everyone uses it very smoothly...

It is also said that the side fingerprint unlocking can only be done with the right hand. When holding the phone with the left hand, it cannot be unlocked...

This is not a problem at all, multiple fingerprints can be recorded.

You can unlock it with your right hand by entering your right thumb, and you can unlock it with your left hand by entering your left middle finger.

As for putting it on the desktop, it is inconvenient to unlock it...

This is not a problem either. Just enter your right middle finger or left thumb and you can unlock the phone directly by placing it on the desktop.

If all four fingers are entered, the phone can be unlocked directly in almost any situation.

Whether it is placed on the table, held in the hand, or in the pocket, whether it is the right hand or the left hand, the side fingerprint can be unlocked directly.

This is something that neither the front fingerprint nor the back fingerprint can do.

And since it is combined with the lock screen button on the right, there is no learning cost.

Before the emergence of 3D structured light facial recognition unlocking and under-screen fingerprint recognition, side fingerprint recognition was the most ideal solution.

After the delivery ceremony, workers who had been recruited in advance began to enter the site to debug equipment and conduct trial production.

Half of them are old employees of the Xingyi Mobile Phone J1 Super Factory, who come here to serve as masters and train new employees.

This method of bringing together the old and the new can achieve mass production in the new factory as quickly as possible.

At the same time, the vacant positions in the J1 factory will be filled by newly recruited employees, and the remaining old employees will then provide guidance for the new employees.

At the Xingyi mobile phone factory, old employees are included in the assessment for training new employees.

If the apprentice is trained well, the old employees’ assessment scores will be high, and the performance bonuses will also be high, which will help with subsequent promotions and salary increases.

If you don't lead them seriously, the old employees' assessment scores will be low, and not only will their performance bonuses be low, but subsequent promotions and salary increases will also be a long way off.

In order to retain experienced and skilled workers, Xingyi Mobile Phone Factory has a complete promotion system.

The longer you work, the higher your level and the higher your salary.

Therefore, these old employees are willing to train new people.

The next day, Wang Yi and Zhu Changlin came to the Xingyi Tablet J2 Super Factory again.

The Xingyi tablet J1 factory, which was delivered last year, originally had an annual production capacity of only 1000 million, and after the upgrade it was only 1500 million.

Unexpectedly, the Xingyi tablet sold so well after it was launched globally, with more than 1000 million units sold in just one month.

The original annual production capacity of tens of millions was not enough to cover the monthly sales, so they had to turn to BYD for OEM.

This made Director Hong regretful, as he missed out on a large number of job opportunities and GDP.

Wang Yi was immediately approved to produce the Xingyi Tablet J2 Super Factory. This time the production capacity was fully increased, with a planned production capacity of 5000 million, which will eventually reach 7500 million after production.

Even the first phase delivered today has a production capacity of 4000 million!
Combined with the 1 million production capacity of the first phase of the J1500 factory, the total annual production capacity of Xingyi tablets will reach 5500 million in the future!
"Chairman, the first generation of Xingyi tablet has been released for more than a year, and the sales volume has also dropped a lot." Zhu Changlin said:
"The combined monthly sales of the Xingyi Tablet X1, X1 pro, and X1 Ultra have dropped from more than 1200 million units to around 600 million. Starting next month, our own production capacity will be almost sufficient. Will BYD continue to do OEM?"

"We will continue to do OEM. Our J2 tablet factory has also started mass production of the Xpad 1 Ultra. We will produce more now and stockpile them. We will start full production of the Xingyi Tablet 8 in August!"

(End of this chapter)