In fact, Loongson Design's chip design and development capabilities were already very strong at this time. Zhao Ye was simply providing them with more advanced structural frameworks and algorithms, which were precisely the most important factors. They not only improved the chip's performance but also accelerated the research and development process.
"In the near future, Wujiang Microelectronics' chip manufacturing capacity will surge. In order to consume this capacity, Loongson Design Company must develop more types of chips, which can be divided according to application scenarios: aerospace-grade chips, military-grade chips, automotive-grade chips, industrial-grade chips, and commercial-grade chips."
"With the leading technological advantage of immersion lithography machines, if we can develop these chips, they will definitely far surpass those of similar chips!"
Developing chips is not just about stacking the number of transistors on a chip; it also requires understanding the chip design and related technologies. For example, the design schemes of CPUs and GPUs are definitely very different.
At this moment, during a meeting at Loongson Design Company, Zhao Ye couldn't help but reiterate the need to increase the types of chip products offered by Loongson Design Company.
There are still many chips in China that are imported from abroad, especially automotive chips, industrial chips, military chips, and defense-grade chips.
These chips have high requirements. For example, industrial products are exposed to harsh environments such as extremely high/low temperatures, high humidity, strong salt spray, and electromagnetic radiation for a long time. The operating environment is quite demanding. Therefore, industrial chips must have stability, high reliability, and high security, as well as a long service life (taking the power industry as an example, the failure rate of industrial chips is required).
"Specifically, we can take the lead in developing sensor, radio frequency, baseband, and power devices."
Upon hearing this, Fu Feipeng, CEO of Loongson Design Company, nodded repeatedly and said, "Yes, Chairman Zhao!"
Zhao Ye nodded secretly, feeling increasingly satisfied as he thought about the increasingly diverse products of Loongson Design Company. He hoped that China's chip industry could achieve complete nationalization as soon as possible, so that there would be no need to spend money to import chips from abroad, and at the same time, Wujiang Group could make a fortune.
Currently, Loongson Design is growing larger and larger, with 12,000 employees, making it a global giant in chip design and development.
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After lunch, Zhang Rujing suddenly came to Zhao Ye's office.
"Sit down. Would you like something to drink?"
"Thank you, Chairman Zhao. A glass of water will do."
Zhao Ye asked his secretary to pour Zhang Rujing a glass of water, and then asked, "Ms. Zhang, what brings you here at this hour?"
Zhang Rujing nodded and replied, "After we brought the immersion lithography machine to the factory and debugged it, we found that the yield rate of chip production was not very high. Our engineers studied it and concluded that some other equipment on the entire chip production line was outdated, which led to the low yield rate of chips. So I came here today to discuss with Chairman Zhao the possibility of supporting domestic semiconductor equipment companies, encouraging them to increase their investment in technological research and development, and to launch more advanced semiconductor equipment as soon as possible!"
Upon hearing this, Zhao Ye frowned slightly. It seemed that some domestic equipment manufacturers were holding back.
Their product upgrade speed is clearly not keeping up with the pace of Wujiang Microelectronics.
For now, the only option is to increase support for them.
"Okay, I understand. I'll handle this."
Zhao Ye pondered for a moment, then said, "I will have Galaxy Financial Bank and Standard Chartered Bank lend money to those domestic semiconductor equipment companies. I think that with the loans, these companies will be able to launch new equipment sooner."
Wujiang Group already holds a stake in these semiconductor equipment companies.
If Wujiang Group continues to inject capital under the guise of investment, it will severely dilute their shares and directly lead to a change of control of the company.
This could cause the other party to feel resentful and become passive in their work.
What Wujiang Microelectronics wants is advanced semiconductor equipment, including ion implanters, plasma etching machines, single crystal furnaces, etc., rather than controlling these companies.
Therefore, Zhao Ye chose a more moderate approach, which was to provide loans to these companies.
If these companies fail to perform well, the banks will transfer the pledged shares to Wujiang Group, giving Wujiang Group control of the companies.
About a week later.
Dozens of domestic semiconductor companies have received low-interest loans from Galaxy Financial Bank and Standard Chartered Bank, totaling US$4.85 billion.
In addition, many of Wujiang Microelectronics' subsidiaries have also received support from the parent company, such as Wujiang Chip Packaging and Wujiang Light Source Manufacturing.
The domestic semiconductor industry is in a state of jubilation, with everyone gearing up and ready to make a big splash.
However, Wujiang Group advised them to keep a low profile.
Therefore, it has not yet aroused the alarm of companies such as Canon, Nikon, Intel, and TSMC.
We Chinese just need to work hard quietly, and then amaze the world!
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At that moment, all the media's attention was drawn to another matter concerning Wujiang Group.
Tiangong Technology, a subsidiary of Wujiang Group, will hold a product launch conference at noon today to officially release its motorcycle products!
In an instant, major media outlets from around the world flocked to Tiangong Technology Company.
Zhou Huicheng was in high spirits today, wearing a suit and walking confidently to the center of the stage.
Although Tiangong Technology has only developed motorcycles, how far is it from developing cars?
Geely Group in its previous life also started by developing motorcycles, so entering the motorcycle industry as its first step was just right for Tiangong Technology, a fledgling company that had just entered the automotive industry.
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