NIP Chapter 106 Self-developed SOC
Chapter 106 Self-developed SOC
Chapter 106 Self-developed SOC
Without Qualcomm or Samsung, Wang Fan really has no choice but to make a high-end mobile phone.
There is no way, Huaxia is indeed very limited in this regard, but fortunately there is a company like Huawei that has been working hard on research and development.
Despite the difficulties and the continuous burning of money, Warwick never gave up on the CPU.
From the original K3V2 to the later Kirin 920, and now to the current 935, Huawei is making continuous progress every step of the way, but it is also constantly being constrained.
The level of fabs producing CPUs is limited, and SMIC can only mass-produce 28nm CPUs.
This is not just a technical problem, but the embargo of basic equipment, especially lithography machines.
The most advanced manufacturer of lithography machines is A**L in the Netherlands, and there are two other island countries, but they all block and embargo China, and only basically outdated equipment will be sold.
At present, SMIC can only obtain 28nm lithography machines, and the production level is also stuck at this level.
The flagship SOC has already entered the 14nm/16nm era. In this regard, SMIC and other fabs can only look forward to quenching their thirst and manufacture Qualcomm's low-level 410.
As for making a lithography machine, it is even more difficult.
China's most advanced technology has only reached the 65nm level, and the difference is really too big.
In this situation, even if Warwick designs a higher-specification SOC, it can only rely on foundries such as TSMC.
However, when TSMC first entered 20nm, its production capacity was limited. For the sake of profit, it could only give priority to satisfying large customers such as Qualcomm and Apple.
Therefore, Huawei's Kirin 935 can only be mass-produced at the backward 28nm, which also leads to the relatively backward GPU that this SOC continues to use, with limited performance.
However, Huawei has strong research and development capabilities. The next-generation Kirin 950 has made great progress and will adopt TSMC's 16nm process.
Completely catch up with the first-line level, but the time will not be until November or December.
Huawei HiSilicon has sharpened its sword for ten years, and I believe it will be a sharp sword at that time!
It's just that Wang Fan can't wait for this sharp sword, and even if it does, Huawei may not necessarily deliver it.
There is also a reason for this, just look at the current situation of Lianfa.
HiSilicon and LianTek are similar in strength, and they are both rising stars, catching up with Qualcomm and Samsung.
However, for the purpose of making a profit, Lianfa has sold all its products outside and focused on cost-effectiveness. As a result, it has been wearing a low-end and low-end special and cheap hat.
Even if this year's flagship SOC6795 has greatly improved its performance and positioned itself in the high-end market again, it was still sold at 899 by Xiaomi.
Let me ask, besides Banana, who would use an 899 mobile phone SOC to make a high-end phone?
There is no doubt that Lianfa's high-end dream is broken again, and it was the same last year.
Sometimes, making money is really not the most important thing, the brand image is the first!
Therefore, Warwick's HiSilicon SOC would rather use it by itself and lose money than take it out!
Otherwise, it will be sold at 899 by Xiaomi, so Huawei can only cry...
For the moment, Wang Fan has no choice. It is impossible to give up the mobile phone plan, and it is even more impossible to agree to the conditions of the three parties.
Ordinary people have unlimited potential in science and technology. Once they agree to it, they will soon regret it.What's more, Wang Fan doesn't like being restricted in everything he does, and he doesn't like being forced.
Then the only option is to develop your own SOC!
However, the topic of developing chips is more sensitive to Huaxia, and it was very honorable at the beginning.
Thinking about my vast country, I don’t even have a self-designed chip, so how can I do it?
But some things happened later, which added a lot of stains to this heroic action.
The Hanxin incident had a big enough impact and was bad enough.caused serious conflict among the people of the country.
So much so that those who actually made chips later were suspected of making chips under the name of making chips, with money from black countries.
Therefore, even if Wang Fan makes chips, he can only rely on himself.
At this moment, Su Xueyan walked in.
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The three people downstairs waited for a while, feeling more and more wrong.
They think that mortal technology is going to be a mobile phone, and it really won't work without them!The insistence just now was just a show, and I will come down to invite them back in a while.
But now, no one from Mortal Technology came out to persuade them to stay, and no one called them back.
The three of them were very entangled. The purpose of coming this time, but they all received special instructions from the headquarters. They must invest in Mortal Technology or obtain SOC optimization technology.
This is a big opportunity, but also a big test.
Those who can achieve the position of president of the three major Huaxia regions are not ordinary people, and they can see the current situation very clearly.
Once successful, it is possible to make further progress, settle in the headquarters, and become the most core class.
Once it fails, the position will be lost, the salary will be cut and the job will be demoted, and if it is serious, it will even pack up and leave.
At present, Intel is increasingly eyeing the big cake in the mobile SOC market, and has even tested the water several times.
Therefore, the leaders of the headquarters attach great importance to the optimization technology of Mortal Science and Technology, so they have overcome all difficulties and achieved this tripartite cooperation for the first time.
The three of them wandered downstairs, you looked at me, I looked at you, and lost their minds for a while.
If Mortal Technology doesn't send people down, we can't go up by ourselves, right?
No matter what our identities, the three presidents of Huaxia District can stir up a lot of people by stomping their feet on weekdays.
Let them go up, this is too cheap to do!I can only wait helplessly.
After another 10 minutes, still no one came down.
The three-star Lin Tao with the hottest temper turned out to be the most honest one.
No way, within these 10 minutes, Apple Song Mingxu and Qualcomm Zhu Jingwei almost scolded him to death:
Who made you lose your temper, slam the door and leave, are you okay now?Being left here is really a teammate like a pig.
Lin Tao was very angry, but could not refute.He has a high status, and the other two are not bad at all.
He can still be proud of others, but for these two, he has nothing to do.And it was indeed the first to go...
Soon, the three of them were left hanging for more than half an hour, becoming more and more impatient.
Zhu Jingwei pointed at Lin Tao and scolded: "You are the one who did the bad thing, now you go back and explain the matter clearly!"
"I go back?" Lin Tao looked at the two in disbelief and asked.
Apple Song Mingxu didn't say anything, it was acquiescence.
Three-star Lin Tao was completely enraged, and sternly said: "My dignified Huaxia District President, you told me to bow my head and go back! You are out of your mind! Whoever wants to go to such a loss of points will go. Anyway, I won't go!"
Seeing the three quarreling, the other entourage hid aside one after another, tilted their heads, pricked up their ears, and tried their best not to laugh as they watched the three gods fight.
And the security guard of Zhonghai Building was even more happy, and even whispered: "Who are these people? They have a lot of background, right?"
"It's big, an Apple, a Samsung, a Takamaru, oh no, Qualcomm, they are all big people." Another person gestured with his thumb.
Although the voices of the two were not loud, the people around could still hear them clearly, and they all laughed out loud.
Gaotong Zhu Jingwei blushed and glared at the entourage, and they restrained themselves a little.
Zhu Jingwei was already very angry, but this time he was irritated by the two security guards, but his anger was directed at Sanxing Lin Tao, and he directly scolded:
"Now you are the president of Samsung Huaxia District. To tell you the truth, you know what this operation means! Once you fail, shitty president, unfortunately both of us will be implicated by your stupid behavior!"
Lin Tao was very annoyed. You were the ones who followed, and I didn't let you go.
He was about to refute, but was interrupted by Apple Song Mingxu: "Teammates like pigs!"
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Seeing a few big shots fighting, the attendants were happy, but they didn't dare to laugh when they wanted to laugh, so they could only hold back.
But the two security guards of Zhong Hai Building didn't care about it at all: "This time I made a lot of money, and when we have lunch at noon, we will meet Brother Hei, and we will make him envious."
"That's right, at the last mortal science and technology conference, they stopped several big reporters to review them one by one. They were so excited that they showed off to us. How can we catch up with us this time, when three big shots fight and broadcast it live!"
Hearing this, the three of Zhu Jingwei were even more angry. They wanted to explode, but they endured it when they heard about mortal technology.
The current focus is to obtain the technology of mortal technology, which is related to their future, so it is better not to make extra troubles.
(End of this chapter)