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Chapter 597 Stealing Tactics
Li Dongling looked at the people in the conference room and weighed the newspapers on the table. "You know the style of these media commentators. They are fence-sitters. What good words can you expect to hear from them?"

The current domestic media opinion is dominated by commentators and sociologists who admire Western culture, Western technology, and Western products. They act as opinion leaders.

This is not because of one or two people. Ultimately, it is because the domestic economy, culture, technological products, including weapons, are not as good as those of America, old Europe, Japan and other places. A penny can make a hero fall. Without money and food in your pocket, you will never be able to stand up straight.

On the other hand, since the 1980s, when the country’s doors were completely opened, many people’s original worldview collapsed immediately after seeing the skyscrapers and modern life overseas. Under this impact, those with weak minds are likely to go from one extreme to another and become supporters of Western culture.

In recent years, various foreign books, records, Hollywood movies, electronic products and even weapons have begun to flood into China, but these are not available in China, or their performance and quality are far inferior to the others.

This makes many people feel that foreign products are technologically advanced and better than domestic products. Independent media commentators and sociologists act as representatives and mouthpieces for this group of people and have great influence and voice.

But this is not the case in China. The situation is much more serious in Southeast Asia, Eastern Europe and other places.

The treatment is also very simple. When the domestic economy develops and the living conditions reach or even exceed the same level as America and old Europe, we can achieve freedom in eating vegetables and meat, and use various electrical and electronic devices that are more advanced than those over there.

When I see the other person's living conditions after 30 years of standing still in the same place, that kind of admiration will naturally disappear.

After all, when you look at their living conditions, they are similar to those in China, and in some cases, the food is not as good as in China. They cannot even have fruits and vegetables freely, and they eat white people's food every day. What is there to envy?

Do you envy them for sleeping on the street every day and getting food relief, or do you envy American parents who send their sons to school and suddenly realize their wish of having children after one semester? Even Tesla's Musk is upset, not to mention the rednecks and traditional Puritan families in America...

It may even be the other way around, with a new generation of young people from old Europe emerging. After coming to China and seeing the real situation there, their faith in the Tao will be shattered. Just like China now, old Europe will also produce a group of Chinese-style blow-outs.

A few decades later, a new term will appear on the Internet media in America, old Europe, and Japan: China's remote breeding technology is amazing...

However, the public opinion is not very good for Dongxin Semiconductor now. As soon as Intel made a move, public opinion from overseas to domestic began to turn to be pessimistic about Tianji chips.

But Li Dongling didn't pay much attention to these opinions. He looked at Ni Guangnan and Huang Lingyi in front of him and said, "Academician Ni, Professor Huang, Dongxin Semiconductor needs you to continue to develop the next generation of chips!
Now chip manufacturers such as Intel, IBM, Motorola, Infineon, Toshiba, and Hitachi are all stuck with 193-nanometer lithography machines, unable to make any breakthroughs. The current 365-nanometer lithography machines can only produce 250-nanometer chips at most, and 180 nanometers will be the limit!

Next, we have about five years left for Dongxin Semiconductor. It depends on how far the chips you can develop for Dongxin Semiconductor can be from Intel's 180nm chips. These five years belong to Dongxin and also to your performance time!"

The current barrier in the chip industry is that the 193-nanometer lithography machine cannot be broken through, and the 365-nanometer lithography machine used is used. Theoretically, the maximum chip that can be produced by this machine is 180 nanometers.

It seems that Intel, Hitachi and other manufacturers are still continuously promoting new chips, but they are getting closer and closer to the ceiling. This is not a question of whether they are willing to develop chips, but that the 365-nanometer lithography machines for producing chips have reached their limit.

Of course, if some other means are used, regardless of the cost, a 365-nanometer lithography machine can be used to produce 180-nanometer or even 130-nanometer chips, but the cost is too high and the yield rate is too low, so even Intel cannot afford it.

In other words, during these five years, Intel has encountered a bottleneck and cannot break through in a short period of time. This is the limited time left for Dongxin Semiconductor to catch up. How much it can catch up depends on luck!

Ni Guangnan and Huang Lingyi were obviously surprised to hear what Li Dongling said. Tianji had just been successfully taped out, and they didn't even know how the sales would be, but Li Dongling was actually going to start the research and development of the second-generation 450nm Tianji chip.

Even Ni Guangnan and his team felt that there were some risks. What if, after the first generation of Tianji chips went on sale, the performance, reputation and sales were not ideal? Then, starting the research and development of the second generation of Tianji chips would put them in an awkward position.

"What is the current production cost of the Tianji chip?" Li Dongling asked Wu Xinyi.

"At present, the cost of commissioning a foundry to produce a Tianji chip is US$370. As long as the external selling price exceeds US$370, the Tianji chip will be profitable!"

Wu Xinyi said, "Tianji chips are now mainly manufactured by TSMC. Domestic chip manufacturers, Shougang NEC and Huajing, are also trial-producing Tianji. If domestic production can go smoothly, Tianji's chip orders will increase, and costs will be further reduced!"

Tianji has just started production, the process is not mature, and the orders and production capacity have not yet increased, so the production cost is very high. Only after large-scale mass production, the cost will continue to decrease. If the shipment volume is large enough, it is possible that miracles will happen. When the shipment volume reaches millions, it is not impossible to sell at a bargain price. By then, the cost of a Tianji chip will be reduced to less than 1,000 yuan, or even lower.

Li Dongling calculated for a moment, "In theory, as long as the sales of Tianji chips exceed 500,000, we can make back our investment?"

Wu Xinyi hesitated for a moment, "In theory, this is true, but right now, Dongxin doesn't dare to rashly increase the production capacity of Tianji..."

"Tianji's chips can't be sold for less than 500,000 pieces?" Li Dongling asked Wu Xinyi with a smile, and also asked Ni Guangnan, Huang Lingyi, Lin Qijian and others in the conference room.

Hearing this, Wu Xinyi, Ni Guangnan and others did not dare to speak casually. An order of 500,000 chips is nothing for computer chip giants such as Intel and AMD, but for a new player like Dongxin, it is a bit difficult, at least in their eyes.

Li Dongling shook his head. "I believe that the sales volume of the first generation of Tianji chips will exceed 500,000, or even more!"

If someone else had said this, Wu Xinyi and the others might have doubted it, but when Li Dongling said it, they felt that the Tianji chip seemed to be able to do it!

Li Dongling dared to say this, so he was certainly not just talking nonsense or fooling people. Dongling Hi-Tech has been preparing for this chip for so long. If it fails to make any waves, wouldn't it be all in vain?
Just to say, the companies under Dongling Hi-Tech can contribute three major orders to Tianji. The first order is from Shenzhou Computer, the second order is from Lingyun chain printing stores, and the third order is from chain Internet cafes!
It is not impossible to consume 500,000 Tianji chips with these three orders alone!
Not to mention, there are orders from Dongling Hi-Tech's parts suppliers, orders from Pingyang, Hanxi and other city government offices, and another big order, which is orders from various research institutes and weapons chips.

For weapon chip orders, there is no need for very advanced chips. The most important thing is stability and no safety risks. To put it bluntly, there is no problem with the first generation of Tianji chips supplying domestic missiles and other weapon chips for ten years.

In the past, when the Russians were thirty years old, their missile chips were still using 350-nanometer antique chips.

So when America and Europe wanted to use chips to strangle the Russians, they could strangle the chips of Russian mobile phones, computers, cars, washing machines and other electronic appliances, but they could not strangle the chips of Russian weapons, because the Russians had no chips in this area. At that time, there were too many antique lithography machines in the world that could produce 350-nanometer chips...

With orders from Dongling High-Tech and purchases from domestic weapons companies, the problem of whether the Tianji chip can be sold in the short term is probably not whether it can be sold or not, but rather a problem of insufficient production!

"The production capacity of Tianji chips needs to be increased, and Huajing and Shougang NEC need to put Tianji chips into production as soon as possible.

At the beginning of next year, Shenzhou Computer will start mass production. Dongling Hi-Tech has other projects that also require Tianji chips. By the time Shenzhou Computer starts mass production next year, there will be more than 200,000 Tianji chips in reserve!"

Li Dongling said that orders from local municipal governments, research institutes, and weapons companies will not come in all at once, and the performance of the Tianji chip needs to be evaluated to see whether it is reliable, and all this takes time.

To a certain extent, the sales volume of Shenzhou computers is the best proof!

"An order for 200,000 Tianji chips?"

Wu Xinyi was also startled, and then looking at Li Dongling's expression, he knew that Li Dongling was not joking, and then nodded and said, "I will ask the chip foundry to increase Tianji's production capacity as soon as possible!"

"Academician Ni, I need you and Professor Huang to develop chips with more advanced performance at Dongxin, so that we can catch up with Intel's chip technology within the next five years.

It may not be the case in the future. Computers equipped with the Tianjic chip you developed will appear in the American market and compete head-on with Intel!"

Li Dongling spoke to the R&D team represented by Ni Guangnan, giving them a shot of chicken blood.

It is impolite not to reciprocate. Intel is targeting Dongling Hi-Tech this time, so Dongling Hi-Tech will sooner or later settle the old scores with Intel.

Li Dongling had reached an agreement with Microsoft in America before, and Dongling Hi-Tech would help Microsoft launch computers with its brand!

(End of this chapter)