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Chapter 109 The Ambition of Sansang Business Representative

A moment later, the business representative of Sansang Semiconductor arrived.

One is called Park Jung-ho and the other is Zhou Zhenzhen.

As you can tell from the names, Park Zhenghao is from Simida, and Zhou Zhenzhen is a Chinese woman.

Both of them were wearing professional attire, looking smart and formal.

But Park Jung-ah's face is not very good, and he always feels a bit like a street urchin.

The four of them sat facing each other.

Park Zhenghao looked around and said, "The working environment at Huayao is pretty good. It's a big place, not as bad as I imagined."

Jiang Nan and Zhao Jianwei looked at each other. Although this Simida spoke Chinese well and even had a very light spoken accent, his words were really rude and impolite.

But it is normal, a typical symptom of Smecta people.

Zhou Zhenzhen seemed to feel embarrassed and coughed lightly: "Let's talk about business."

Jiang Nan took a sip of water and said, "Mr. Park, Ms. Zhou, we invited you to come here. I want to see if we can cooperate in some areas."

Park Zhenghao didn't say anything, but was playing with the gold watch on his wrist.

Zhou Zhenzhen asked: "In what areas do you want to cooperate with us Sansang?"

Jiang Nan said: "We at Haixi Semiconductor are a semiconductor design department, so of course we want to cooperate in chip manufacturing."

At this time, Park Zhenghao said, "You want us to manufacture chips for Samsang? There is really no room for negotiation. They won't allow it!"

Everyone knows where the so-called "that side" is, and there is no need to say it out loud.

Jiang Nan said: "We know this, we just said we can cooperate in other areas."

"For example, in what aspects?"

"We have designed some chips and need to tape out. I wonder if you are interested?"

Park Zhenghao smiled and said, "Sure. It's impossible for me to mass-produce chips for you, but I can tape out the chips."

When Jiang Nan and Zhao Jianwei heard this, they both sat up straight.

It seems like there is really hope.

As long as it can be taped out, it is a good start.

At least the chip can be made, so we know the design level and have a reference for later modifications and iterations.

Jiang Nan asked: "In that case, then we can have a good talk. We happen to have an improved version of the Kirin chip, and now we want to tape out the chip to observe the performance effect."

Park Zhenghao did not answer immediately, but asked: "Don't you have coffee here? I am used to drinking American coffee, do you have it here?"

Jiang Nan and Zhao Jianwei were speechless for a moment. This guy had a lot of demands.

But it doesn’t matter. Since we are from afar, we are guests. As long as there is something to talk about, it’s fine.

Zhao Jianwei immediately stood up and poured a cup of coffee for Park Zhenghao and Zhou Zhenzhen.

Park took a sip of coffee and said, "It's a bit sour. The coffee beans are not very good."

The Huayao duo sitting opposite did not respond to this, and Park Zhenghao just said: "As long as the price is reasonable, we can accept it."

Jiang Nan and Zhao Jianwei looked at each other. From the tone of their voices, they felt something was not good.

Jiang Nan asked: "Excuse me, aren't you the ones who give the quotes?"

Park Zhenghao laughed: "That's easy to say. We can also give you a quote. By the way, what is the level of the chip you just mentioned?"

“It’s probably around seven nanometers.”

In fact, the so-called 28nm process, 14nm process, and 7nm process chip classifications are just standards developed by TSMC and ASML, and are not hard and fast standards.

What actually affects the performance of a chip is transistor density.

For example, the so-called 7-nanometer chip has a transistor density of about 100 billion. The smaller the chip, the higher the process level.

The improved version of Kirin 990 has actually exceeded the standard of 7-nanometer chips and has added a large number of transistors. If we really want to calculate it this way, it may be equivalent to the 6-nanometer level.

Jiang Nan was worried about scaring the other party, so he deliberately said it was a 7-nanometer chip.

Park Zhenghao said: "Okay, no problem, our Samsang Semiconductor can successfully tape out the 7-nanometer chip. As for the cost, since this is our first cooperation, we can quote million." ", million..."

Park Zhenghao added: "By the way, it's US dollars, not Chinese dollars."

Jiang Nan and Zhao Jianwei were stunned when they heard this.

Fifty million US dollars, this guy is really brave to ask for it!

You should know that TSMC's 7-nanometer chip tape-out only costs 10 million US dollars each time.

That's great, it has increased fivefold in an instant.

Zhao Jianwei whispered, "This is just a huge exorbitant demand. They are taking advantage of us!"

Jiang Nan waved his hand and asked Zhao Jianwei to calm down.

Jiang Nan said to Park Zhenghao, "Mr. Park, your offer is too high."

Park Zhenghao took another sip of coffee and said, "Not high, not high at all. Do you have any other options besides looking for us, Samsang Semiconductor, to do the wafer fabrication?"

"This……"

Jiang Nan was unable to refute for the moment. TSMC had already contacted him, so there was no way to continue the cooperation, not even the wafer production could be started.

It is indeed rare that Sansang Semiconductor is willing to give in now.

But 50 million US dollars is indeed too high and simply unaffordable.

Moreover, the technical level of Sansang Semiconductor cannot be compared with that of TSMC. If the tape-out fails once, they will have to try again.

These 50 million US dollars can only be used once.

Seeing Jiang Nan and Zhao Jianwei hesitating, Park Zheng stood up and said, "If you can't decide, we'll leave, but we'll talk next time, then this offer may be invalid."

"...Ah? Ineffective?"

"Do you want more money?"

Park Zhenghao said: "That's possible. It's not difficult, but the risk is high. It's not easy to make money!"

Jiang Nan gritted his teeth and said, "Wait a moment, you two. I'll go ask the leader for instructions."

Park just waved his hand, seeming too lazy to talk.

Jiang Nan went out.

Zhao Jianwei felt suffocated staying here, so he went out as well.

Only Park Zhenghao and Zhou Zhenzhen were left in the conference room.

Zhou Zhenzhen whispered, "Just right, are you asking too high a price?"

Park Zhenghao raised his eyebrows and said, "High? That's funny. It's not high at all. Do they have any other way except to find us?"

Zhou Zhenzhen thought about it and asked again: "Can we really make the wafer for Huayao? If they find out, will they do something to us..."

Park Zhenghao laughed and said, "Let's not worry about this. Let's get the money first."

"Ok?"

"Zhenzhen, don't make a mistake. Who said the tape-out will be successful?"

Zhou Zhenzhen suddenly realized that this was exactly what Park was planning.

Took the money but didn't do the job.

That’s really too much.

Park Zhenghao smiled and said, "By the way, Zhenzhen, are you free tonight? Let's go watch a movie."

"what?"

"I found a great movie theater next to a luxury hotel..."

Zhou Zhenzhen blushed and said nothing.

(End of this chapter)