Reborn in 1984: Starting with the Development of Chinese Character Cards, Chapter 195 (Untitled) PS: If you've read this chapter, you don't need to read any more.
Wujiang Group's attitude of defying powerful forces has shocked the world.
Many people praised it as awesome.
American chip companies are frustrated, as not only has the price of EDA tools skyrocketed by 50%, but even the price of chip manufacturing has increased by 20%.
This caused them immense suffering.
TSMC, however, was overjoyed, believing that its opportunity to rise to prominence had arrived.
In order to expand its scale and take on more orders.
TSMC has chosen to seek financing from a US company this time.
The news of the financing had barely been released when it received positive responses from more than ten companies, including Intel, IBM, Motorola, Apple, and Goldman Sachs.
In fact, the strength of the Wujiang Group has led them to spontaneously form an alliance.
TSMC's financing went very smoothly, and the financing plan was completed in less than a month. The company sold more than 50% of its shares and obtained more than one billion US dollars and a large number of orders.
Wujiang Microelectronics' orders have naturally declined somewhat.
In fact, regardless of whether Wujiang Microelectronics raises or lowers its contract manufacturing prices, it will lose a large number of orders, and the US will demand that American companies reduce their cooperation with Wujiang Group.
However, Zhao Ye wasn't afraid at all. As long as the technology was superior, the product could easily outperform the competition. Capital is profit-driven, and European companies won't completely align themselves with the United States.
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"Boss, the development of the immersion lithography machine has reached a critical moment. We are confident that we can produce a finished product in about a year!" Lin Benjian said in a deep voice.
Another year?
After a moment's thought, Zhao Ye realized that developing an immersion lithography machine before 1993 was still feasible in terms of time.
During this period, Nikon, Canon, and other companies have likely already invested heavily in dry lithography machines.
It would be best for Wujiang Microelectronics to keep a low profile and make a fortune, never mentioning what technology it uses, so that companies like Nikon and Canon can continue to struggle with dry lithography machines.
At that time, the chips produced by Wujiang Microelectronics will be the most advanced chips.
The sophistication of chips is crucial to the development of science and technology.
If the United States falls behind in this area, will China soon achieve a leapfrog development?
Zhao Ye smiled warmly and said, "Okay, I'll be waiting for your good news in a year!"
Zhang Rujing then spoke up: "Boss, the contract manufacturing business has been greatly affected. Many American companies have decided to place their orders with TSMC!"
Zhao Ye frowned slightly and nodded, saying, "I had anticipated this. Although there are fewer orders from the United States, our factory cannot be idle. I will find a way to generate orders for our factory!"
To get new orders, you need to launch new products!
Zhao Ye then went to Loongson Technology.
On the way there, Zhao Ye had several ideas in his mind that could generate a large number of chip orders.
As he thought, he wrote something down in his notebook.
Before long, the car arrived at Loongson Technology Co., Ltd.
Zhao Ye summoned Loongson's senior executives to the conference room for a meeting.
Once all the executives had arrived, Zhao Ye spoke first, saying, "As you all know, TSMC's successful financing has snatched a large number of foundry orders from Wujiang Microelectronics. Right now, our Loongson company must find ways to open source and design more types of chips so that Wujiang Microelectronics can continue to grow and become stronger!"
"I urge Loongson Technology to accelerate its R&D investment in the four major areas of smart home appliance chips, aerospace chips, automotive chips, and industrial chips!!!"
"Don't be afraid to spend money. Continue recruiting people all over the world and make sure to speed up our research and development!"
"Furthermore, I hope you can develop an MP3 decoding chip!"
MP3 is an audio encoding method launched by Wujiang Group, and subsequently, with the bundled support of the HarmonyOS system, it quickly became an international standard.
Wujiang Group possesses high-capacity NAND flash memory and is fully capable of developing MP3 music players, leading the trend of the times!
Once this product is launched, it will consume hundreds of millions of chips.
Immediately afterward, Zhao Ye explained the technical difficulties in developing the MP3 decoding chip and the direction of development at the meeting, which was almost equivalent to having a cheat code.
However, everyone was used to it and hurriedly wrote down Zhao Ye's words.
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In the afternoon, as soon as Zhao Ye returned to the group company, his secretary Liu Yinyin excitedly stepped forward and said, "Boss, the military just called, intending to increase cooperation with Wujiang Group, proposing to purchase a large number of military-grade chips and communication equipment, as well as to jointly develop various military systems and software!"
Zhao Ye was overjoyed upon hearing this, thinking that the country had seen him being bullied and had therefore provided some support.
Don't underestimate the military's current budget of only a few hundred billion RMB. The military will be very wealthy in the future. As long as Wujiang Group deepens its cooperation with the military, its future is promising. It can easily rival Lockheed Martin, Boeing, General Dynamics, and Raytheon.
“Alright, this might be an opportunity for our Wujiang Group to enter the military industry, so... when cooperating with the military, we must be serious and show our best to win their approval! Pass the word down and tell them not to slack off!” Zhao Ye said solemnly.
"Okay!" Liu Yinyin nodded in response.
The next morning, Zhao Ye met with representatives of the military and reached a basic agreement on cooperation, leaving the specific details to be discussed by the employees.
In the afternoon, Zhao Ye went to the Zeiss fiber optic factory.
This factory is also located in the PD area, covering a vast area of about 100 hectares, or 1 million square meters, making it arguably the world's largest optical fiber factory. The optical fibers it produces not only meet domestic demand but will also be sold abroad.
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