After the New Year is over, the family packs up their things and prepares to return to their hometown for the New Year.
Yang Dongxu, who had almost handled everything and felt very relaxed, felt that he should be able to have a good year when he returned home this time. As a result, a message instantly swept all his good mood into the trash.
"There is no way to analyze the lithography machine technology for the time being, and many core components are currently not sure to be disassembled and put back together. At the same time, some key technology nodes are kept confidential at a very high level.
At the same time, the U.S. Department of Commerce seems to have no need to take a break and is keeping an eye on this matter 24 hours a day. There is currently no way to obtain the key technology of the lithography machine through retroactive means. "
Zhang Yue reports on Yang Dongxu.
"I knew it wasn't that simple." Although I had expected this to be the case.
He is so interested in lithography machines, and the United States is not a fool. Even with William as the intermediary, everyone knows the matter and it is impossible for them to let go easily.
But when things really got to this point and it was determined that there was no way to succeed, my mood was still worse than imagined.
"Let's put this matter aside for now and talk about it after the New Year." Yang Dongxu said after clearing his mind.
A lot of technology was used in this battle. Although he got the photolithography machine he wanted, he didn't get the technology.
What's more important is that lithography machines can only be used abroad. If the encryption of many key parts cannot be parsed, then this technology cannot be brought into the country.
Because the photolithography machines are abroad, the chip manufacturing industry chain can only be placed abroad. Therefore, if there is any trouble in the chip in the future, people will still be stuck.
Who wants your child to be in the hands of others, so when something happens, people will naturally take advantage of you in a matter of minutes.
Therefore, he can be said to have suffered a loss in this round of exchanges.
But compared to the previous lithography machines, you couldn’t even see them, let alone use them. Now at least I have the opportunity to have close contact with the lithography machine.
As for whether he can successfully imitate it in the end, he can only place his hope on those technical personnel. There is no point in worrying about this matter.
"Judging from the news coming back from William, the US side has no possibility of blocking this road, and it seems that they still want to talk about it." Zhang Yue said.
"I think he wants to eat shit, so ignore them. Let's put this matter aside for now and don't rush to get on the pole, otherwise the other party will really think how eager we are." Yang Dongxu snorted coldly.
Does the United States really want to talk, or does William want to use this matter to gain more smartphone technology or voice.
This Yang Dongxu is not clear yet, but there is no need to find out.
Because he has determined that he will not release any smartphone technology outside in the next year. Honor’s leadership in mobile phones must be maintained across the board.
Anyway, the main battlefield for commercial competition is still in traditional energy. As for the high-tech field, the battlefield is also mainly concentrated in aerospace.
Smartphones certainly amazed the world and became a unicorn that took off. However, the United States is not blind. Apple is still moving very fast. In the first half of next year, it will be preparing to launch its own "Love Crazy 4" globally.
So it seems that the United States currently has great ambitions to dominate the smartphone market, but in fact the other side is mostly trying to explore.
That is to say, if there are jujubes but no jujubes, you can hit a pole. If you hit it, you will make a profit. If you can't hit it, forget it. The main focus will not be on this at the moment.
Therefore, the problem of chip getting stuck will not be a hidden danger for at least five years. What's more, the lithography machine is now in the UK. It's not like the United States is stuck on my side, and I have no room to struggle at all.
Therefore, many things can be detoured before the relationship is completely broken. In such an environment, as long as there is no problem in the mind, smartphone-related technologies will no longer be released.
Of course, although this matter is not urgent for the time being, it is a core issue that must be resolved.
It's just that now the opponent's mouth is wide open, and he can't get up on the pole and deliver meat into the opponent's mouth for the time being. Otherwise, like now, you pay in full, and the other party will deliver half of the goods, and there will be a safe on top.
So you can't be too impatient. This matter needs to be handled slowly if it's not urgent.
"You ask Han Jun to communicate with William. The chip production line will focus on developing automotive chips in the future."
"Car chips, not smartphone chips?" Zhang Yue looked surprised.
“I want to do it too, but how can a newly assembled production line be able to produce the most cutting-edge smartphone chips?
In order to ensure the leading edge of Honor mobile phones, mobile phone chips must be handed over to chip manufacturers such as Samsung and TSMC with top technology and mature manufacturing processes.
At the same time, the chip production line that we spent a lot of money to build cannot be idle, right? So let’s practice with car chips first. At present, automobile chips only have one center console, which does not require much calculation. It is relatively easy to produce and is suitable for practicing. "
"Although the process of automobile chips and the process of mobile phone chips are both chips, there are quite a few differences. If you start with automobile chips, then it will be quite expensive to rectify them back to mobile phone chips.
And then a large number of technical personnel will be needed to spend time and energy to become familiar with mobile phone chip manufacturing. This process will cost a lot of money and will also delay time. "Zhang Yue couldn't help but say.
He understands what his big boss means, and he also knows that if Honor Mobile wants to stay ahead, everything can only be done with high precision.
As the core chip of a mobile phone, it must not be shoddy.
But in his opinion, even if the chip production line is set up in the UK, the chips temporarily produced cannot meet the requirements of Honor mobile phones.
But meeting the requirements of other smartphone manufacturers should not be a big problem. Those mobile phone manufacturers need to occupy the mid-to-low-end market, and their requirements for mobile phone chips are not that high.
Therefore, the chips produced in the UK are first supplied to these mobile phone manufacturers, making money while innovating their own technology. Over time, the chips produced in the UK will always meet the chip demand for Honor mobile phones.
Now instead of making mobile phone chips, we are going to make some car chips. Isn’t this putting the cart before the horse?
"I know what you are talking about, but there is no way to do it for the time being. Now you go and seize the mid-to-low-end smartphone chip market.
What do you think of the established chip manufacturers Samsung, TSMC, and notebook technology companies?
Will they join forces to deal with you, or will they simply stop producing high-precision chips for you? What will you do?
At the same time, the United States has paid attention to Honor mobile phones. They are building a smartphone chip production line and the technology is constantly innovating. You said he won't find a way to strangle you to death?
The production line is now in the UK. It is not convenient for us to do anything in China. Although William is our partner.
But if he really breaks his skin, he will definitely choose to side with the United States, because the interests involved between him and the United States are greater.
So the method you mentioned is feasible, but it is only feasible for manufacturing low-end and mid-range chips. Once you master the ability to manufacture high-end smart phone chips, you will find that there are enemies everywhere, and there are still a group of people who can eat you at any time. of enemies. "
"Then we spend such a huge price to buy a photolithography machine..." Zhang Yue looked at his big boss with a puzzled expression.
"Buying optical technology is not the goal. Obtaining the technology of photolithography machines is the ultimate goal. Now we are being guarded like thieves and we can't do anything."
So we can only produce and analyze technology at the same time. Automotive chips are undoubtedly a good choice. In terms of automobiles, the United States has basically given up resistance.
Their home market has been occupied by notebooks and German cars. What they like to do most now is to directly take shares and stand behind the scenes to share money.
Rather than like before, he had to dominate and be the first, and he would beat anyone who dared to challenge him.
Therefore, the development of automotive chips will not arouse too much vigilance from the United States. At worst, if they have to get involved, just share their share.
In short, so much money has been invested, not for lithography machines or smartphone chips, but for technology. The technology of manufacturing chips and the technology of manufacturing photolithography machines.
As long as you master this technology, you can just throw away the lithography machine in the UK and don't need it.
Besides, who told you that automotive chips have no future?
Although a car is a big item, it cannot be carried by everyone like a mobile phone. But if this is done well, the profit will be no less than that of mobile phones. After all, the quantity cannot be compared with smartphones, but the profit margin of a single product is large enough. "
"The car market is indeed quite big." Zhang Yue couldn't help but say.
As Yang Dongxu's assistant, he can be said to have learned about all the companies owned by Yang Dongxu.
Not everything is clear, but the general information and market are still clear.
Take the automobile market, for example, which has been hailed as one of the three hottest industries in China in recent years. The other two hot industries are real estate and the Internet. This shows how bright the future of the automotive industry is.
However, the core of the car is the engine, not the chip. The core of a mobile phone is the chip. So after investing so much, he ended up not making mobile phone chips but using car chips. He always felt a little bit at a loss.
"Okay, let's inform you and let Han Jun organize technical personnel to go over and work with our chip research and development team to understand what is going on with the lithography machine and chip manufacturing technology."
"Prince William may have some objections," Zhang Yue said.
William's side was so active in getting photolithography machines this time that they even did not hesitate to offend the consortium in the United States and also gained a lot of connections.
The purpose is to get a piece of the smartphone pie.
In this way, Yang Dongxu is in charge of smartphone production technology, and he controls smartphone chip technology. The two of them can sit on the negotiating table again on an equal footing and discuss how to divide the smartphone pie.
Now Yang Dongxu suddenly said that the chip production line will no longer produce smartphone chips, but will instead produce automotive chips.
Isn't the British automobile industry more thorough than what is sold in the United States?
Is he messing with car chips?
"Let me summarize the reasons I just mentioned and tell him. It's not that I don't want to develop smartphone chips, but that the United States and the current major chip giants don't agree.
If the Honor mobile phone is jointly blocked by the current top chip manufacturers because of its own chip development.
Next year Apple will launch its own smartphone globally. In addition to him, there are also other people involved in the production of smartphones.
Although most of them are now targeting the mid- to low-end market, as long as they have enough brains, everyone knows that their ultimate goal is definitely to be number one.
Therefore, in order to maintain the advantages that Honor mobile phones have finally established, they naturally have to give in on this point.
At the same time, if he is really unwilling, he can set up his own research and development team to study it himself. Anyway, the photolithography machine is controlled by him, and he doesn't have to do any research he wants.
Our team wants to avoid suspicion and make Americans feel that we are honest. So we specialize in automotive chips, and we’ll talk about mobile phone chips later. "
William must be unhappy, because this is equivalent to something being done to him.
But in the end he will definitely compromise, because without the support of Yang Dongxu's technical team, it would be really hard to develop chips from scratch.
More importantly, the United States doesn't want him to do this. It wants him to follow Yang Dongxu to get some automotive chips.
So it seems that Yang Dongxu agreed to let him set up his own smartphone chip research and development team, but in fact he only has one way. That is to follow the development of automobile chips, not mobile phone chips.
As for William, he was very unhappy about this incident.
He, Yang Dongxu, can't throw away his arms to develop smartphone chips, and he's not happy yet.
Besides, William is not a believer. This time, Yang Dongxu took out a lot of technology to replace the photolithography machine, and this guy had a lot of personal stuff in it.
So since you are not good men and women, don't engage in those hypocritical mutual negotiations and comfort each other.
Instead of wasting time grinding your teeth, you might as well take a nap.
