So at this time, the senior executives of Sugon Technology on the scene were angry at Motorola, Nokia, Sanxing, Sony Ericsson, and others. At this time, another target of anger was Texas Instruments!
"Is this really so? This really exposes the ugly face of capitalism. Sure enough, localized replacement of chips is necessary."
The person speaking at this time was Ni Guangnan.
Before, he had been calling on Daxia to develop its own chips in the media or the Xia Ke Academy. At this time, through the face of Texas Instruments, it was a silent confirmation that his words were correct.
At this time, Rebus on the side also looked at Ni Guangnan expectantly and asked;
"Academician Ni, may I ask to what extent our mobile phone chip research and development has reached? Although it was previously claimed to be able to catch up with Texas Instruments' latest OMAP1710 mobile phone chip, what is the real result?
Can our Sugon mobile phone chip really replace Texas Instruments' mobile phone chip?
I don’t expect to replace the OMAP1710 mobile phone chip, as long as it can replace the OMAP710 mobile phone chip used in our Sugon F1 and Sugon A1 plus mobile phones. "
Rebus, who was disgusted by those companies in the United States, just wanted to know the progress of Sugon's mobile phone chips.
I want to know whether Sugon mobile phone chips can replace Texas Instruments chips, let Texas Instruments go aside, and regret the unreasonable threats he made.
"Don't worry about the performance of mobile phone chips. The theoretical performance can catch up with the OMAP1710 mobile phone chip, and at least it can replace the OMAP710 mobile phone chip.
Of course, the actual results will not be known until the actual results are produced. After all, the chip frequency may need to be lowered due to heat dissipation factors, and the performance will be greatly attenuated and other additional factors.
As for when it will be launched? Thanks to Lin Chen and my overtime design efforts, the research and development of Sugon mobile phone chips has progressed quite smoothly.
If it can be passed in one go, it is expected that the supercomputer software verification test will be completed in about ten days, and then tape-out verification will begin in mid-May..."
Ni Guangnan said this with a hint of hesitation in his eyes, because the completion of the chip supercomputing verification test does not mean that the actual development of the chip was successful.
There will definitely be some deviations between computer simulation and actual chip production. Just because there are no problems with supercomputer simulation does not mean that there are no problems with actual tape-out production.
After all, according to the conventional situation in the chip design industry, a chip usually needs to go back and forth several times from the completion of the design to the tape-out and passing the test.
Although one pass from chip design to tape-out does exist in theory, in practice no manufacturer can achieve this.
Generally, the best results of the best chip design teams are controlled at around two times of tape-out.
Therefore, after the tape-out fails, plus the time to correct the chip error and re-tape the chip, theoretically speaking, Sugon Technology's mobile phone chip should not be born until the end of June or July.
Of course, if everything goes well without requiring a second tape-out redesign and can pass the tape-out test in one go, then it may be launched around the end of May at the earliest!
Of course, the premise is that Sugon Technology must add money when looking for a chip foundry to tape out, otherwise it will follow the normal situation.
After the chip design is completed, the entire process will take about two to three months.
If Sugon Technology is willing to provide several times the tape-out funds to the chip foundry during the tape-out, then the chip foundry will definitely speed up its actions and reduce the original two-to-three-month task to a dozen or so days to complete.
So in theory, if everything goes well, Sugon mobile phone chips can be launched as early as the end of May.
"Is it going to take until June or July for the actual implementation? This is a problem."
After learning from Ni Guangnan the specific launch time of Sugon's mobile phone chip, Rebus was really disappointed.
After all, how can Rebus feel better when he thinks of Sugon Technology being forced to accept a price increase of 35 yuan without being able to resist?
The price increase of 35 yuan per chip may not seem like much, but if you calculate it carefully, you will find that this is a very huge amount of money.
After all, based on Sugon Technology’s monthly sales of 1.22 million, Sugon Technology will be forced to reduce its profit by 42.7 million yuan every month.
This monthly decrease of 42.7 million in income was taken away by Texas Instruments. So faced with this situation, how could Rebus not be angry and helpless?
After all, now that we don’t have our own mobile phone chips, even if Texas Instruments makes a shameless move of raising the price by 35 yuan, Sugon Technology must accept it in order to survive.
However, when the scene was silent, Lin Chen suddenly spoke:
"Time waits not for us. We will launch our Sugon mobile phone chip before the end of May and release our new mobile phone on June 15!"
"Um?"
After hearing Lin Chen's words, everyone at the scene looked at Lin Chen in astonishment, their eyes full of astonishment.
After all, although Ni Guangnan just said that in theory if everything goes well, it can be launched at the end of May without a second tape-out, but that is only when one piece can be successfully tape-out.
They are just a chip design team that has just been established. How can it be possible that the tape-out can be successful in the first time without any problems.
After all, what they want to develop is a Sugon mobile phone chip with slightly better performance than Texas Instruments' latest OMAP1710 mobile phone processor.
It is said that the development difficulty of high-end mobile phone chips is several times that of low-end mobile phone chips. In this case, the hope of success is really slim.
Moreover, chip tape-out time is also a big problem. It also takes time for other chip foundries to tape-out.
There are more than 1,000 procedures in the entire process of a chip from raw material preparation, photolithography, doping, electroplating, packaging and testing.
Even if it is a foundry that is very skilled in chip production, if it wants to start production after getting the chip drawings, it must prepare for at least 15 to 20 days of chip tape-out time.
Therefore, the actual design time left for Sugon Technology is no more than 15 days!
Under such circumstances, Lin Chen claimed to have mobile phone chips on the market before the end of May. How is this possible?
Even if the tape-out can be completed in the factory, can you keep up with the design progress of your mobile phone chip?
But facing Lin Chen's firm eyes that refused to back down, people who knew Lin Chen's temper could only sigh, knowing that Lin Chen had made up his mind.
At this time, Ni Guangnan shook his head slightly and said helplessly:
"It seems like my old bones are going to have to work hard for a while."
Hearing this, everyone at the scene smiled, but their hearts became solemn.
They don't understand how mobile phone chips are designed and implemented, but since Lin Chen has made the decision to complete the mobile phone chips by the end of May and release the new mobile phone on June 15, they will fully cooperate and assist.
Therefore, whether it was Rebus, Chen Dong, Huang Hua, or sales directors Li Tianqiang and Ni Guangnan, all of them had passionate fighting spirit in their eyes.
(End of chapter)
