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Hu Laoyu said earnestly: "In addition, the three chips developed by George and others are all made of 40 nanometers. I think our Xingyi Wafer Factory will also give up the research and development of 45 nanometers and start directly from 40 nanometers!"

"In this way, when the wafer factory is delivered by the end of the year, we will be able to produce 40 nanometers next year! We can develop and produce those 40 nanometer chips by ourselves!"

Wang Yi was in a good mood, and he thought the same thing: "This couldn't be better. Is it stressful to go directly to 40 nanometers?"

Mr. Hu waved his hand: "No pressure, no pressure at all."

Wang Yi suddenly realized that Mr. Hu had mastered the core technology that broke through 22 nanometers.

It would be a piece of cake for him to handle the backward 40-nanometer process.

What's more, Mr. Hu is not the only one joining Xingyi Semiconductor this time.

There are also many of Mr. Hu’s proud disciples, as well as many semiconductor talents!

When Mr. Hu made a list, Wang Yi directly arranged for people to negotiate. Salary was not an issue and they were all hired.

Some of them were brought over directly by Mr. Hu.

In his previous life, Mr. Liang joined SMIC with hundreds of semiconductor talents, which enabled SMIC to rise rapidly in a short period of time.

Similarly, when Mr. Hu joined Xingyi Semiconductor, he also brought hundreds of core talents with him.

Moreover, the strength of these talents is even more powerful than those led by Mr. Liang.

After all, Mr. Liang is just Mr. Hu's favorite disciple.

With Mr. Hu and these talents, it is only a matter of time before the 28nm process is produced, let alone the backward 40nm.

Wang Yi still underestimated Mr. Hu’s strength!

"As long as there is no pressure, then we can go directly to the 40nm process!" Wang Yixiao said.

"No problem!" Mr. Hu nodded: "Chairman, there is one more thing."

"Just say it!"

"That's it. Can you communicate with us about the delivery of the fab in installments?"

"Delivery in installments?" Wang Yi understood what Mr. Hu meant: "Do you want to deliver part of it in advance and start verification of the 40nm process as soon as possible?"

Whether it is chip research and development or fab process research and development, the preliminary design work can be carried out in the scientific research building.

But in the later stage, you have to enter the factory for formal trial production, verification, and adjustment!

Mr. Hu nodded: "Yes, if part of the factory can be delivered ahead of schedule in the second half of the year, even one factory. We can introduce equipment and use it as a R&D factory to debug and verify as early as possible. This is equivalent to starting 40nm in the second half of this year.

Offline verification.”

"If there is a problem in the verification, we will solve it. If there is no problem, we can also trial production, optimize the process, and improve the yield rate. In this way, after the other factories are delivered at the end of the year, we will introduce the equipment and we can directly debug, trial production, and produce."

Wang Yi's eyes lit up: "This will speed up the entire process by half a year!"

"Yes, that's it!" Hu Laoxiao said: "If we wait until the end of the year for delivery, we will introduce equipment, debug the equipment, and then conduct 40-nanometer verification, adjustment, and trial production... then everything will be too slow. In the end

It will soon pass the verification in the middle of next year, and mass production will not be possible until the second half of next year."

"And if we can deliver a factory ahead of schedule in the second half of this year, we can start the verification and trial production of the 40-nanometer process this year, and start mass production in the first half of next year!"

"Okay, no problem, I'll go talk to Director Qin tomorrow about this matter. No, I'll go this afternoon!" Wang Yi said with a smile.

This matter is so crucial.

The time difference of half a year is really important, very important.

After all, Intel, TSMC and other giants will start verifying 20nm next year.

Wang Yi remembers that TSMC mass-produced 22nm chips in the second half of 2012, verified 20nm chips in 2013, and mass-produced 20nm chips in early 2014!

By then, Xingyi Semiconductor will have mass-produced 40 nanometers, with 32 nanometers, 28 nanometers, and 22 nanometers in between, a full four generations behind!

If it can be partially delivered half a year in advance, it can be verified half a year in advance. In this way, 40nm will be mass-produced in the first half of 2013, and then 32nm will be skipped and research and development of the 28nm process will be started directly!

If everything goes well, 28nm will be mass-produced in 2014. As a result, we will only be two generations away from TSMC's 20nm!

The future is promising.

Thinking about this makes me excited.

Wang Yi simply can't wait until tomorrow.

Seeing that Wang Yi was so interested in the semiconductor industry, Mr. Hu was in a good mood. He fully understood that Wang Yi was not just doing semiconductor work for fun, but on the contrary, he was doing it down-to-earth!

"Then I have to blame Mr. Wang for this matter."

Wang Yi waved his hand: "I should do everything. But I guess the 20 photolithography machines we ordered before are not enough!"

"???" Mr. Hu was confused.

20 photolithography machines, not enough?

A production line requires multiple photolithography machines.

The scale of production lines is different, the output is different, the process is different, and the number of photolithography machines required is also different.

The monthly production capacity of a wafer factory is calculated as 10,000 wafers.

An 8-inch production line can produce 10,000 wafers per month, requiring an average of 3 photolithography machines.

A 12-inch production line can produce 10,000 wafers per month. Under mature processes such as 28 nanometer, 32 nanometer, and 40 nanometer, an average of 8 photolithography machines are needed.

If we use the 12-inch line of the advanced FINFET process to produce 22nm, 20nm, and 16nm, an average of 5 units are needed!

Wang Yi ordered 20 photolithography machines from ASML at one time. After all are put into use, they can produce 50,000 wafers per month!

It exceeds the production capacity of TSMC's Jingnan plant. After all, the monthly production capacity of the Jingnan plant is only 20,000 pieces.

Hundreds to thousands of chips can be cut out of one wafer.

Now Wang Yi still thinks that it is too small, and he needs to add a photolithography machine. Could it be that his plans are too big?

Mr. Hu frowned: "Chairman, do you want to build a second 12-inch wafer fab?"

Wang Yi nodded: "Yes, how can one fab be enough? At least one more! In this way, I will give you another 10 billion in funds and order 30 more lithography machines!"

"This... is good!" What else could Mr. Hu say?

All I can say is that Mr. Wang is happy.

He hopes that Xingyi Semiconductor will become bigger and stronger and drive the rapid development of domestic semiconductors.

It is best to surpass SMIC and catch up with Intel, TSMC, and Samsung, so that you don’t have to worry about being sanctioned or being stuck.

"Director Wang, in which city will our second wafer fab be built?" Mr. Hu was very curious.

Wang Yi smiled slightly: "We don't need to worry about this problem, someone will give it to you for free!"

"Free?" Mr. Hu's eyes lit up, and he understood the reason: "Or is it given by the Imperial Capital?"

Wang Yi nodded.

The previous gambling agreement with Didu stipulated that the wafer fab would be mass-produced with the 55-nanometer process within two years of delivery. At that time, the 12-inch wafer fab worth 8 billion would be given to Wang Yi for free, otherwise Wang Yi would have to spend 8 billion to buy it back.

Wang Yi said at that time, what if the 40nm process is accidentally mass-produced?

Several big guys laughed and said bluntly that if the wafer fab can achieve mass production of 40 nanometers within three years of delivery, they will directly send another 12-inch wafer fab!

Now with Mr. Hu, 40nm mass production can be completed within one year, let alone three years of delivery!

As a result, Wang Yike will continue to have sex for nothing at the second wafer fab in the imperial capital.

Of course, you have to buy the equipment yourself. For this reason, Wang Yi asked Mr. Hu to find ASML and order another 30 DUV lithography machines.

Wang Yi would not even think about selling the most advanced EUV lithography machine to Xingyi Technology.

Even the new DUV lithography machine 1960Bi released last year will not be sold.

For example, the 20 DUV lithography machines ordered this time are all 1950i products launched in 2009, three years ago!

Only this kind of old products and old models will be sold to Xia Guo.

But it doesn’t matter. 1950i, 1960Bi, and even the unreleased 1970i and 1980i are all products of the same generation. There is not much difference and they can all be used.

After all, most of the products currently used by TSMC are the 1950i sold three years ago.

Wang Yi sold 20 units for a unit price of 500 million, which cost a total of 7 billion.

Fortunately, Mr. Hu is here, ASML will give priority to the production and delivery of these photolithography machines, and they will all be delivered in the second half of the year.

Otherwise, you have to wait at least a year.

Now that the second wafer fab is being built by the Imperial Capital, Wang Yi is doing his part, and equipment such as photolithography machines must also be ordered in advance.

Wang Yi smiled slightly: "Mr. Hu, it is not convenient for me to say more. However, as long as we can produce 40 nanometers next year, we will have a second 12-inch wafer fab, which will be built quickly and will be larger in scale!"

Mr. Hu's eyes lit up: "I understand, I will take care of this matter, no problem at all!"

"Okay, then it's settled. You contact ASML and order 30 more lithography machines. After the negotiation is completed, the deposit will be transferred financially!"

"good!"

With the global launch of Xingyi Tablet, Xingyi Technology has made a lot of dollars and euros.
To be continued...