Rebirth 2010: I'll be a big shot

Chapter 236: Seize Bay Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.’s customers and unleash the potential of 26 billion in production!

Author: The bright moon once shone on the ancient river

Chapter 236: Seize Bay Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.’s customers and unleash the potential of 26 billion in production!

In mid-July, the moon was blowing, and the air was filled with scorching heat.

A black Rolls-Royce was speeding along the viaduct, heading towards Pudong Airport. The purple-leafed plums on both sides of the green belt were completely mature, hiding among the lush branches and leaves.

"Buzz buzz!"

Chen Heyu took out his hand and found Secretary Zhou from the electronic port, so he pressed the answer button.

"Mr. Chen, have I arrived?"

Zhou An asked eagerly.

"It takes about twenty minutes."

Chen Heyu took a look at the rest of the journey and replied with a smile.

"Come quickly, even if he begged me, his boss has been at the scene for more than half an hour, and Yong Xuan is nowhere to be seen on the plane."

Zhou Anlian went to urge him.

"The flight is at 10:45, what are we doing so early?"

Chen Heyu said doubtfully.

"Isn't it 9:45?"

Zhou An was confused. He repeatedly checked the itinerary yesterday. He remembered clearly that the first batch of lithography machines from Shanhai Microelectronics will land at Pudong Airport at 9:45 on May 15.

"No, no, the people in the east made a mistake?"

Chen Heyu kindly reminded.

"Oh, he's going to verify it right away."

Zhou An's brain felt as if a large bucket of ice-water mixture had been poured on it, and his heart went cold for a moment. As expected, he really got the time wrong, and wasted an hour by dragging his boss Honghong along.

He dug out the email sent by his assistant, and it clearly stated 9:45.

"Hey, Xiaoye, when will the Shanhai microelectrolithography machine arrive? I'll help him confirm the invitation letter sent by the wrong party. What time is it?"

Zhou An suddenly patted his thigh and found the problem.

"Wait a minute, Secretary Zhou, he will check now... whether the time is 10:45 on September 15th."

Xiaoye found the original email and immediately replied, unaware of what had happened.

"Okay, he knows."

Zhou An gritted his teeth and looked at the text at 9:45 on the display screen, and he was suddenly stunned.

Whether intentionally or not, the problem needs to be solved eventually, but how to explain it to the boss, he can't think of a proper solution for a while.

"What the hell, come back and deal with me again."

Zhou An thought coldly that the reason why he didn't reprimand the wrong party on the phone was because he was afraid that things would get worse and that if the boss found out, he would have to suffer the consequences.

Just when he was panicking, Chen Heyu finally arrived at the airport.

"Mr. Qin, thank you for your hard work on this hot day. It's all because of some problems with the Windmill Country boarding. It was delayed for an hour and kept you waiting for a long time."

He said apologetically to the old man next to Zhou An.

"This is the most advanced photolithography machine purchased by a domestic chip company. He needs to be a witness. How can he talk about hard work? He would be more proud of it."

Mr. Qin said with a smile.

It’s not that other companies can’t afford the NXT 1950i lithography machine, but the design and packaging level are not up to standard, so it’s meaningless to buy it back.

When Zhou An heard this, a trace of gratitude flashed in his eyes. Did Chen Heyu help him solve the problem cleverly?

"He is worthy of being the first entrepreneur born in the 1990s, and he is indeed a great individual."

Zhou An thought secretly.

"Boss, 20 super-heavy trucks have just passed the checkpoint and can go to the unloading area to pick up the goods at any time."

He Tingbo walked forward and whispered.

"Okay, he knows."

Chen Heyu nodded.

"Mr. Qin, Secretary Zhou, they can go over. The preparations have been arranged. The plane will arrive in about ten minutes."

he said with a smile.

"Let's go together, Xiao Zhou, follow me."

Mr. Qin took the lead and strode towards the apron. Unexpectedly, he thought that the 10 photolithography machines were what he paid for.

Chen Heyu laughed and didn't think much about it. The staff with Shanhai Microelectronics followed closely behind.

The roar of engines gradually came from the sky, and a large transport plane swooped eastward and was slowly taxiing on the runway.

Initially, it was parked firmly in the unloading area, with a tall rail-mounted lifting tool next to it to facilitate the loading and unloading of heavy goods.

"Xiao Chen, is our company confident of breaking through the 14nm process?"

While Mr. Qin was waiting, he couldn't help but ask sideways.

Compared with the 28-nanometer chip manufacturing process, 14-nanometer is currently the mainstream in the world and represents the pinnacle level of human high-precision processing.

"Mr. Qin, the predecessor of Shanhai Microelectronics is Zigang Electronics. It is a semiconductor industry of wafers and low-end chips, and its R&D capabilities are weak..."

Chen Heyu smiled bitterly, but did not finish what he said next.

"Hey, maybe he is too impatient. He understands that every step of the chip's process node requires a huge effort. Work hard. If you need any help, just ask."

Mr. Qin promised.

"Thank you, Mr. Qin. Shanghai City has given Shanhai Microelectronics a lot of support. We will need to slowly improve our scientific research capabilities in the future."

Chen Heyu replied politely.

After he achieved large-scale mass production of 28-nanometer chips, various supporting policies came to him like raindrops. Although Shanhai Microelectronics did not need it, Secretary Zhou allocated 2 billion Chinese dollars from a special fund to support the company's development.

In other aspects, various patents and R&D awards have been obtained, and 70 million bonuses have been received in bits and pieces. There are many preferential tax policies and talent support.

At that time, Chen Heyu really felt the country's support for the chip industry. He begged me to achieve results, gave me money and placed orders, and pushed me to go to work.

"Boom!"

I saw a robotic arm hoisting a container the size of a house and gently placing it on the truck. Half of the spare parts can be placed in one truck.

"There are too many technical chains involved in the lithography machine. He can't handle it alone. Otherwise, he has to get a piece of the Ames bowl."

Chen Heyu thought.

A photolithography machine costs 310 million Chinese dollars, and the cost is only 120 million Chinese dollars. Ames’s gross profit margin is as high as 60%.

But there is nothing he can do if he is annoyed. Unless he can monopolize two to three key steps in the design, manufacturing, packaging, testing and sales environment, he will have a chance to be accepted by the World Semiconductor Association.

Just like Ames, although it claims to be the world's number one chip equipment supplier, 10% of its parts are sourced locally, and the other 90% rely on imports, mainly from beautiful countries, neon countries, and Korea.

Beer country etc.

In addition, there are three core technologies of DUV lithography machines: light source, lens, and workbench. None of these technologies originated from Ames. The light source technology is provided by Meiliguo, and the lenses and workbench are provided by Beerland.

To master the key technologies, he needs to plan slowly.

The plane kept landing, and 20 transport planes were used to deliver the liquid. By the time all parts were unloaded, it was already 14:30 ET.

"Mr. Qin, pick up Donglai. He has to watch the transportation team return the equipment to the company. I'll excuse you for now. I'll visit you at the door when I have time."

Chen Heyu said.

"Go ahead and wait until the equipment is successfully installed and debugged before he goes over to inspect it."

Mr. Qin nodded slightly and said with a satisfied smile.

Subsequently, super-heavy trucks 3.5 meters wide and 10.8 meters long, pulling dozens of tons of photolithography equipment, drove towards the Shanhai Microelectronics headquarters.

The first batch of photolithography machines will be placed at the Guanglan Electronic Port. For this purpose, Chen Heyu prepared a medium-sized production plant.

Lithography machines are very precise and sensitive equipment, and they need to be placed in a specific environment to ensure proper operation and optimal performance.

For example, the temperature should be kept between 20°C and 24°C, and the phase humidity should be between 40% and 60%. Because of changes in temperature, too high or too low humidity affects the accuracy and stability of the photolithography process.

It wasn't until 18:00 in the evening that all the equipment was unloaded. The installation engineer sent by Windmill Country had a face-to-face interview and went directly back to the hotel to rest.

According to their work schedule, it is already east shift time.

"Mr. He, thank you for your hard work. Let's talk about it tomorrow."

Chen Heyu replied that he had no bad habit of forcing employees to work overtime.

the next day.

Joyce led his team of five engineers to begin assembly, installation and debugging of the equipment to ensure that the equipment could operate normally.

That job lasted a full week.

Joyce then went on to train operators of Shanhai Microelectronics to help them become proficient in the operation and maintenance of photolithography machines as soon as possible.

"The entire photolithography process will go through dozens of cyclic processes of exposure, development and baking, etching, ion implantation, photoresist removal, deposition, and photoresist coating. The mask is printed on the circuit diagram layer by layer.

Transferred to the wafer, the chip-on-chip circuit is formed like a 3D building..."

Joyce explained in English.

Chen Heyu stood aside and listened carefully. There were more than 40 operators around him who were proficient in English. They listened and asked questions, trying to figure out all the details of use.

After Zhai Mule finished his work, he quietly invited his partner to the office.

"Joyce, he wants to hire me to come to Shanhai Microelectronics for technical training every three months. The fee for each period is 100,000 euros. What do I think?"

Chen Heyu got straight to the point.

If the wrong party disagrees, he will continue to increase the price!

"100,000 euro notes?"

Joyce quickly realized his true purpose, shook his head and refused, and said with a straight face: "Chen, he will not betray the company's core technology to me, and he will give truthful feedback to the company during that conversation."

"I may have misunderstood. He is not interested in Armes' R&D technology. He simply wants to improve the operational level of the company's employees."

Chen Heyu explained with a smile.

"Really?"

Joyce was suspicious.

Ames's engineering team usually provides comprehensive technical support and services, and the training is completely free. However, the wrong party offered a high price of 100,000 euros, which made her suspicious.

"That's right."

Chen Heyu took a deep look at the wrong party. There is no one in the world who is not ruthless with money. He would throw some bait first, then increase the stakes later to fear that the wrong party would not be tempted.

When the wrong party refused to agree, he leaked the transaction records. No one who saw it would believe that Joyce received 400,000 euros a year and did several free trainings without leaking any technical solutions.

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Is that a complete trap!

Joyce thought it was a bit exciting, but faced with the temptation of 400,000 euros, she thought twice about agreeing to come here.

After all, his annual salary is less than 100,000 euros, who doesn’t want to make money easily?

Chen Heyu grinned when he saw this.

After sending Joyce away, Chen Heyu arranged for a broker to secretly search for people, and went to Neon, Korea, and Meiguo. He paid high prices to recruit Chinese people with R&D experience and came to Shanghai for a "business trip"!

In short, no, if you can "buy", then "buy", if you can "steal", then "steal", no matter where you are!

After the first 10 NXT 1950i DUV lithography machines arrived, they were quickly put into production. Shanhai Microelectronics' production could rapidly expand 10 times, with the number of wafers processed in a single month exceeding 300,000.

At the same time, it was announced that the cost of OEM processing has begun to increase because the yield rate of chips has been decreasing, reaching 88% and approaching 90%.

Bay Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. has gradually lost its market share in mid-range chips. Foreign manufacturers that have demonstrated their ability to self-research chips have begun to expand cooperation with Shanhai Microelectronics. For a time, the chip export businesses of Neon and Korea have been affected to a certain extent.

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"If the production can be fully released, we can at least take advantage of the 26 billion market. We must continue to find customer base."

Chen Heyu murmured.

Before breaking through the 14nm process, it would be extremely difficult to replace Bay Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. as Apple's OEM.

Just put your hope in Rebus!

In the midsummer of July, Shanhai Microelectronics successfully broke through the circle and became an idol sought after by young people. Hot searches continued to appear on the Weibo list!

"Surprise! A semiconductor company in Shanghai received an order for Apple's iPad Air 2 chips!"

“Dami Group announced that it will be showcasing its new generation of purple rice, equipped with domestic self-developed chips, and the foundry business will be provided by Shanhai Microelectronics!”

But in the eyes of Bay Semiconductor, Sanxing, and Nikang, Shanhai Microelectronics in the summer of 2015 was still a small player, worthy of being a player in the mid-range market.

(End of chapter)