Reborn in 2011, 985 missing from two copies

Chapter 529: 28 nanometer technology has been achieved, overtaking on the curve!
618 is important, and borderless mobile phones are also important!

But compared with the breakthrough in wafer fab technology and the significant improvement in the yield rate of 28nm process, it is not worth mentioning!

The breakthrough in 28-nanometer technology is the core foundation to ensure that Xingyi and Wujie phones will not be stuck, which is the most important thing.

So Wang Yi immediately changed his itinerary and headed straight for the imperial capital.

Without going home, I went straight to the B1 factory and R&D plant of Xingyi Wafer Factory.

When Wang Yi arrived, Mr. Hu was already waiting:
"Chairman, good news! The results of this trial production are out. The yield rate of our 28-nanometer process has reached 85%, which is barely a success."

"Good, very good, great!" Wang Yi said three "good"s in a row: "85% yield rate, how can it be just barely achieved? It is completely successful. Mr. Hu, you are still as humble as ever."

Mr. Hu laughed and said, "It's not enough. The yield rate of the trial production is 85%. Once it is officially mass-produced, it will be around 87%. There is still room for improvement. 90% is considered a success, and 95% is considered excellent!"

"I feel at ease with Mr. Hu's work. I can also breathe a sigh of relief with the breakthrough in 28-nanometer technology." Wang Yi was extremely excited.

Nothing is more exciting than the 28nm process breakthrough!

The simplest thing is, as long as there is a breakthrough at 28 nanometers, Xingyi Technology will have an additional layer of protection, and Xia Country will also have an additional layer of protection!
Even in the next ten years, the 28-nanometer process will be able to meet more than 80% of chip demand.

It can be said that except for special chips such as mobile phone chips, other chips do not need to use 7 nanometers, 5 nanometers, or 3 nanometers.

On the contrary, the more stable 28nm process is completely sufficient.

As for military chips, using 28 nanometers is considered a luxury.

Even ten years later, most military chips will be at 40 nanometers, 65 nanometers, or even 90 nanometers.

For example, the Russians don’t even have 28-nanometer chips, but they still have supersonic missiles that make the Americans drool.

But unfortunately, ten years later, the Russians can only produce 90 nanometers and 65 nanometers, not even 40 nanometers and 28 nanometers, and can only rely on imports.

After being hammered and facing various blockades, it was difficult for the Russians to produce 65-nanometer chips, and they could not import them, so they could only modify the obsolete civilian chips.

For example, among the wreckage of the 9M277 "Iskander" cruise missile, there are entry-level civilian chips from Texas Instruments in 1988.

How many nanometers were the chips in 1988?

The chips in 1988 had not yet reached the nanometer level, but could still be used to make cruise missiles.

Even the F-22 uses 65-nanometer chips.

It can be said that the breakthrough of 28 nanometers will be able to meet all military needs and more than 90% of civilian needs in the next ten years.

More importantly, the current 28-nanometer mobile phone chips are still the most advanced!
The launch of Apple A8 in the second half of next year will usher in the era of 20-nanometer mobile phone chips.

As for Qualcomm, next year's Snapdragon 805 will still be 28 nanometers, while the Snapdragon 810 the year after will be 20 nanometers.

In this way, Xingyi Technology's 28nm process has caught up this year and will not fall behind next year.

There won’t be a generation gap!
As for Apple's A8 processor next year, the 20nm process is more powerful, but they need an external baseband, which seriously lags behind.

The external baseband signal is very poor, generates more heat, and consumes more power.

Even if the A8 uses 20 nanometers, due to the external baseband, it is not as good as the 28 nanometer Kunpeng 906 with integrated baseband of Xingyi Technology!

In fact, many Apple products use Qualcomm baseband, and the signal of Qualcomm baseband has always been strong.

They both use Qualcomm baseband, but why is the signal of Apple phones much worse than that of Android phones?
The reason is that Android phones all have Qualcomm processors with integrated Qualcomm basebands, while Apple phones have Apple processors with external Qualcomm basebands.

It is the external baseband that causes the Apple phone to have a poor signal, and it is the kind that cannot be improved at all.

In the underground garage, Huawei and other Android phones can access the Internet smoothly, but Apple phones start to spin when opening WeChat.

This has been the case with every generation of iPhone, the only difference being between poor signal and even worse signal. No generation of Apple phone has had a good signal.

The root cause is the problem of the external baseband!
If Apple wants to change this situation, it has to integrate the baseband as well!

This requires Apple to develop its own baseband and successfully integrate it.

Otherwise, the signal of iPhone will always be much worse than that of Android phones, even worse than that of Android phones that cost only a thousand yuan.

In his previous life, Wang Yi had used several iPhone flagship models, the ones that started at 9999, but the signal was really not as good as that of Android phones priced at a thousand yuan.

Especially the iPhone xs max. It not only does not support 5G, but the signal is also terrible. It is completely silent when used.

In order to change this situation, Apple spent a huge amount of money to acquire Intel's baseband business in the past, and invested huge manpower and material resources to develop 4G baseband, hoping to integrate it into its own processor and make it into SOC.

But unfortunately, Apple’s R&D capabilities are too poor!
After years of research and development, the 5G era has arrived, but Apple’s 4G baseband has not been successfully developed.

In desperation, they had to abandon the 4G baseband and start developing the 5G baseband.

As a result, Apple’s R&D capabilities are still too poor, and many years have passed, but Apple’s 5G baseband has not been successful.

We can only wait until the 6G era arrives, and Apple will abandon the development of 5G baseband and directly start developing 6G baseband.

But it is hard to say whether Apple’s 6G baseband can succeed.

The R&D capability is terrible!

In fact, Apple’s only strengths are its IOS system and brand, but its other research and development are very poor.

Fast charging, high refresh rate, baseband, signal... are not as good as Android.

Even if the processor GPU performance is good, it is because there is no integrated baseband that Apple GPU can exert stronger performance.

If Apple really integrates the baseband like Qualcomm and MediaTek, the performance of Apple processors will be greatly reduced.

Otherwise, it will inevitably overheat, lock the core and reduce the frequency, leading to a complete failure.

Sugarcane cannot be sweet at both ends!
It is impossible to maximize the CPU performance, GPU performance, and baseband, so Qualcomm and MediaTek can only make trade-offs.

Apple's external baseband and GPU can be made more powerful, but the cost is the worst signal and severe heat.

In the past, iPhone was invincible in the world thanks to its IOS system that crushed Android phones.

But now the XOS system is more powerful than the IOS system, with better performance and stronger signal, so there is really no chance for the iPhone.

At least right now, the sales volume of Xingyi mobile phones in China is much higher than that of Apple.

Not only does the sales of xphone 2 pro far exceed that of iPhone 5, but the sales of xphone 2 and xphone 1 pro also far exceed that of iPhone 5.

That’s right, many users would rather buy an xphone 3999pro at 1 than an iPhone 3800 at around 5.

The iPhone 5 has been on the market for nine months. Due to poor sales, the domestic price has dropped to around 3800 yuan, and in many channels it has even dropped to 3600 yuan, which is much cheaper than the xphone 1 pro.

But it still doesn’t sell!

All we can say is that the divinity of the current iPhone 5 has been shattered by the impact of the Xingyi phone.

Just like Nokia in the past, N8, N9, which one is not the king of mobile phones?
But he was still completely smashed by the impact of the iPhone, and his godhood was shattered.

Similarly, now it is the iPhone's turn to be impacted by the Xingyi phone.

By the time the Xphone 3 is released, equipped with the 28nm Kunpeng 902 and the shortcomings in the process technology are made up, Apple will have no chance.

Wang Yi was in a good mood and couldn't wait any longer: "Mr. Hu, how is the wafer fab going? When can the 28nm Kunpeng 902 be put into mass production?"

Mr. Hu replied: "After the second and third phases of the expansion of the Imperial Capital B1 wafer factory were delivered in April, the equipment was moved in and the production line was installed. Now everything is done and the final debugging is in progress."

"We will conduct trial production in a few days. If there are no problems, we can start full-scale mass production at the end of June or early July."

"Good, very good!" Wang Yi nodded with satisfaction: "How is the production capacity?"

“B1晶圆厂二期三期加起来可以月产5万片晶圆，按照85%的良品率计算，能够月产约2800万颗鲲鹏902芯片。若是按照90%的良品率计算，能够月产约3000万颗鲲鹏902芯片！”

"Thirty million, very good." Wang Yi nodded with satisfaction. Such a large amount of 28-nanometer production capacity is enough for the moment.

"So how will the monthly production capacity of Kunpeng 902 SOC and Kunpeng 902C without baseband be allocated?" asked Mr. Hu.

“如何分配？”王逸略微思忖：“1500万颗鲲鹏902 SOC，给xphone 3用。1500万颗鲲鹏902C，给星逸电视4K版，和星逸平板2pro！”

"Okay, leave it to me." Mr. Hu responded, and then changed the subject:
"Now that the 28-nanometer process has been completed, what remains is further optimization and continued improvement of the yield rate, trying to increase it to more than 90%."

Wang Yi nodded: "Mr. Hu has to work hard on these things. The breakthrough of 28 nanometer technology has caught up with TSMC and Samsung. Mr. Hu has made great contributions!"

"It's not hard, it's what I should do." Hu Lao said with a smile, and then suddenly became serious:

"But we still have a gap with Samsung and TSMC. Our 28nm process has not yet reached mass production, but they have already broken through 20nm!"

"Samsung, for example, has already mass-produced 20-nanometer 4G memory sticks in the first half of this year, and will certainly be able to launch 20-nanometer mobile phone SOC chips next year."

“TSMC is about the same, or even faster than Samsung.”

Wang Yi nodded: "Yes, next year's Apple A8 will use the 20 nanometer process."

Mr. Hu sighed and said, "So we have to start the research and development of the next generation of chip technology as soon as possible, but we can't continue to work on 20 nanometers. If we do so, we will only be one step behind, and we will always fall behind."

Wang Yi's eyes lit up: "That's right. If we start developing the 20nm process now, by 2015, when we have developed the 20nm process, TSMC and Samsung will have already started mass production of 16nm and 14nm chips, which will still be a generation ahead of us. We might as well skip 20nm directly!"

Mr. Hu was delighted: "I think so too. We should give up 20 nanometers and go directly to the next generation 16 nanometers. Only in this way can we hope to overtake others."

Wang Yi nodded: "Let's do it this way, but instead of 16 nanometers, we'll go straight to 14 nanometers!"

“Going directly to 14 nanometers and skipping 16 nanometers?” Mr. Hu was a little surprised.

Wang Yi nodded. "I got the news that Samsung will skip the 16nm process and directly develop the 14nm process, which is expected to be mass-produced in 2015. If we develop 16nm and wait until the 16nm mobile phone chips are mass-produced, even if the difference with 14nm is very small, Samsung will say that it is one generation behind their 14nm. And many users also think that our chips are inferior to Samsung's 14nm chips."

Mr. Hu nodded. “That’s right. Although the difference between the two is not big, it sounds like there is a generation difference. So let’s just skip 16 nanometers and start with 14 nanometers! Anyway, the research and development difficulty is not much different between the two.”

"However, the 14nm process is much more difficult than the 28nm process. If we start research and development now, it will take two years, which means mass production will start in the middle of 2015."

"No problem, if you need any support, just tell us, the entire Xingyi Technology will back you up!" Wang Yi said with a smile.

In 2015, Samsung’s 14nm chip was just launched. The Orion 810, which beat the Snapdragon 7420, was Samsung’s first 14nm chip and was considered a legendary processor!

As for TSMC, it can only mass produce 16 nanometers. If Xingyi Semiconductor also achieves 2015 nanometer process by the middle of 14, it will completely catch up with Samsung and TSMC and become world-class!
Hu Laozheng nodded: "Don't worry, Mr. Wang, 14 nanometers will definitely be successful within two years!"

"Okay, then I will wait for good news from Mr. Hu and prepare a special gift for him when the time comes!" Wang Yi said with a smile.

As long as they make a breakthrough in the 14-nanometer process, in addition to a year-end bonus of several million and an annual salary of more than tens of millions, they will also receive a super gift!
At that time, a portion of JD.com’s shares can be allocated to Mr. Hu, allowing him to cash out himself.

There is no way. Wang Yi cashed out too much at one time, which might easily cause the stock price to crash.

But if we divide it among core senior executives like Mr. Hu, break it down into smaller pieces, and cash it out when the time is right, then it will be safe!

Wang Yi felt relieved that Mr. Hu was watching over the Xingyi Wafer Factory.

In the afternoon, Wang Yi returned to Xingyi Technology headquarters and held a high-level meeting.

Xu Mingyi, CEO of Xingyi TV Department, and Tu Hongyun, CTO, who were far away in the island city, attended the meeting via video conference.

Wang Yi said calmly: "Good news, our own 28-nanometer process yield has reached 85%!"

"What?" Everyone was shocked. This breakthrough was too fast. It took just over a year. Then they were overjoyed:

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"Good thing!"

"Great!"

"Chairman, when will we start mass production of 28-nanometer chips?" Zhu Changlin couldn't help but ask.

Wang Yi smiled and said: "The second and third phase production lines of the B1 wafer factory have been installed and are undergoing final trial production and debugging. As long as the trial production goes smoothly, we will be able to start mass production at the end of June or early July, with a monthly output of 6-7 million 2800-nanometer chips."

"That's great. The xphone 902 equipped with Kunpeng 3 SOC is completely stable." Zhu Changlin was in a good mood.

Kunpeng 902 has been developed a long time ago, and the tape-out was very successful some time ago. It just needs to be mass-produced.

Now that everything is ready, Xphone 3 can be launched with great fanfare.

Wang Yi nodded: "Xphone 3 will be released in early September. Other models can take advantage of the 618 price cuts and promotions and ship them out quickly!"

"Okay." Zhu Changlin nodded. "After the release of the first generation of the Ultrawide, the Xphone 1 has been discontinued. We are taking advantage of the 1 shopping event to clear out the inventory, and it is expected to be sold out in July. The Xphone 618 Pro is also in the countdown. It is expected to be discontinued in September, and the inventory will be cleared in October. The Ultrawide Note will be released in November to replace the Xphone 7 Pro."

"Okay!" Wang Yi nodded with satisfaction: "Before the launch of the Unlimited Note, there can't be a large inventory of the Xphone 1 Pro, otherwise it will be difficult to sell!"

"Yes!"

At this time, Xu Mingyi also spoke up: "Chairman, we can produce 28 million 7-nanometer chips in July and August. Can you allocate some of them to our Xingyi TV?"

王逸点点头：“放心，有你们的。七八月份的6000万颗28纳米芯片，3000万颗鲲鹏902 SOC用于生产xphone 3。3000万颗不带基带的鲲鹏902C，用于生产星逸电视4K版和星逸平板2pro！”

星逸电视X40、X50、X55、X60，覆盖了从40英寸到60英寸所有产品线，但都是1080P。

Kunpeng 902C has been successfully taped out before, and its performance is extremely powerful. It will be mass-produced next month, so it is natural to launch the 4K version of Xingyi TV.

In fact, Kunpeng 702 SOC can also support 4K.

The original Kunpeng 702 has performance similar to that of Snapdragon 600, and can barely support 4K, which is like a small bull pulling a large cart, and it is very struggling.

But since the upgrade to the XOS system, with a 60% performance improvement of the XOS system, the performance of Kunpeng 702 is no longer Snapdragon 600, but comparable to next year's Qualcomm flagship chip Snapdragon 805!
Snapdragon 800 can handle 4K, not to mention the performance of Snapdragon 805.

Therefore, there is no problem with Kunpeng 702 + XOS system supporting 4K.

The previous development of the second generation of Xingyi TV was carried out using Kunpeng 2.

However, Kunpeng 702 has a baseband, and its cost is higher than Kunpeng 902C without a baseband. It is better to go all the way and go directly to Kunpeng 902C.

Wang Yi continued: "In October this year, we will release the 902K version of Xingyi TV equipped with Kunpeng 4C, which has full performance and is high-end and aimed at high-end users."

"Okay, Chairman, what about the 4K version of Borderless TV?" Xu Mingyi asked.

The TV business department updates the new generation of Xingyi TV and the new generation of Wujie TV every year, so Wang Yi did not set up a special Wujie TV business department.

On the contrary, it is still the Xingyi TV Division that is in charge.

Wang Yi thought about it and said: "We will sell the more expensive Xingyi TV 4K version this year. When the high-end market is saturated and purchasing power is weak next year, the sales of Xingyi TV 4K version will decline. Then we will launch the Wujie TV 706K version equipped with Kunpeng 4C, focusing on cost-effectiveness. It can be regarded as a disguised price reduction, targeting mid- and low-end users."

The Kunpeng 702C, a 28nm upgraded version of the Kunpeng 706 and without the baseband, will go into mass production in September and will be just in time for the 4K version of the Borderless TV next year.

Tu Hongyun's eyes lit up: "In this way, Xingyi TV 4K version uses Kunpeng 902C as the high-end, and Wujie TV 4K version uses Kunpeng 706C as the mid-range, which can also widen the gap."

Xu Mingyi also nodded: "If you like high performance and high quality, you should buy the more expensive Xingyi TV 4K version. If you are looking for cost-effectiveness, go for the Wujie TV 4K version. With different performance and different positioning, Wujie TV 4K will not kill Xingyi TV 4K!"

"Okay, that's the arrangement for the TV business. I'll leave the development of new machines and adapting them to Kunpeng 902C to your responsibility."

"Yes." Tu Hongyun and Xu Mingyi responded quickly.

Zhu Changlin said, "Chairman, when will the 2nd generation of Xingyi tablet be released?"

The three versions of the current Xingyi tablet 1 were all released last year.

The Xingyi Tablet 1 and 1 Pro were released at the Global Communications Conference in March last year. They have been on the market for 16 months. It is reasonable to say that the Xingyi Tablet 2 should have been released long ago.

Unfortunately, our competitors are too disappointing and don’t even need to release a second generation. They can just upgrade the first generation to the Kunpeng processor and XOS system to crush everyone.

Even the latest iPad 4th generation released at the end of October last year is no match for the first generation of Xingyi tablet.

That’s right, the fourth-generation iPad equipped with A6X is not as good as the first-generation Xingyi tablet equipped with Kunpeng 506 + XOS system.

Not to mention the Xingyi Tablet 700 Pro equipped with Kunpeng 1, and the Xingyi Tablet 702 Ultra equipped with Kunpeng 1 SOC.

There is no need to have a second generation!
There is no way. In an era when competitors are still using 32-bit applications, Xingyi Technology's 64-bit processor + 64-bit XOS system + 64-bit applications can exert 160% of the performance, which is a bug-level existence.

There is no solution at all.

Unless Apple and Android also fully popularize 64-bit processing + 64-bit system + 64-bit applications.

But it's hard. Very hard.

哪怕是苹果，今年9月份就能推出64位的A7处理器+64位的IOS7系统，但也无法让所有应用都升级64位。

This process will be difficult without several years.

So the second generation of Xingyi tablet was developed, but it was delayed again and again.

Now the timing is right, the Xingyi tablet can be upgraded to a 28nm chip and launched strongly.

Wang Yi said: "The 2nd generation of Xingyi tablet will be released together with Xingyi TV in October."

"Xingyi Tablet 2, equipped with Kunpeng 706C, -inch small screen."

"Xingyi Tablet 2 Pro, adapt to Kunpeng 902C as soon as possible, 10.3-inch large screen."

Originally, Wang Yi planned to release the second generation of the Xingyi Tablet in September, but the time was too tight and it could not catch up with the Kunpeng 2C.

Only Kunpeng 702 SOC can be used, and Kunpeng 706C can be upgraded later.

As a result, the Kunpeng 702 SOC with baseband is not only more expensive, but the chip will also need to be upgraded later, which is very troublesome.

It would be better if the Xingyi tablet was released a month later, to October, so that the Kunpeng 706C could be used directly at that time.

"That's good. We can do it one month later and get it done in one step!" Zhu Changlin also agreed.

Coincidentally, a new iPad is expected to be released in October this year.

It is unlikely to be the 5th generation iPad, the most likely one is the iPad mini 2.

The Xingyi Tablet 706nd Generation equipped with Kunpeng 2 SOC can easily beat the iPad mini 7 equipped with A2.

The Xingyi tablet was released globally, marking its international debut. Naturally, it had to be well-equipped to fully outperform the new iPad.

Wang Yi wants to establish a “personality” for the Xingyi tablet, the personality of a “performance monster”.

As long as this concept is deeply rooted in people's hearts, there will be no worries about subsequent sales.

Wang Yi continued: "During the 618 shopping festival, as well as the following July, August and September, it is a good opportunity to reduce the price a bit and quickly ship out goods to clear the inventory and make way for the Xingyi Tablet ."

Once the second generation of the Xingyi tablet is released, the sales of the first generation, which have already declined sharply, will only continue to decline.

When the first generation of Xingyi tablet was first released, the monthly sales of the two models combined exceeded 10 million.

The combined monthly sales of the three models is only five million.

By the time the second generation of the Xingyi tablet is released, the monthly sales of the three models of that generation will probably be only three million, an average of one million per model.

A single model cannot sell tens of millions of units in a year.

Then there is absolutely no need for production. It would be better to stop all production in September and clear out the inventory!
Technological products are updated quickly, and consumers tend to get tired of the old and love the new.

The simplest thing is that the Xingyi Tablet 1 Ultra does not support fingerprint unlocking, but the Xingyi Tablet 2, even the lowest-spec 8-inch one, comes standard with fingerprint unlocking!

This is the gap.

As for performance, the performance of the lowest-end Xingyi Tablet 2 is even higher than that of the top-end Xingyi Tablet 1 Ultra!
Consumers naturally like new things and get tired of the same things.

After arranging the large-scale deployment of the third generation of Xingyi mobile phones, the second generation of Xingyi tablets, and the 3K version of Xingyi TV in the second half of the year, Wang Yi communicated some details with everyone and then adjourned the meeting.

The next step is the fierce battle on 618 to quickly clear out the inventory.

In fact, the 618 promotion started on June 1st.

But those who understand know that the big sales in early June are all fake sales and they are not the lowest prices.

The real lowest price will be available from 6pm tomorrow, June 17th, to 618am on June 12th.

This is the real lowest price!

(End of this chapter)