Although the Hongmeng system has begun to take shape, there are still many problems that need to be solved. In addition, Liu Qiang also wants to decide on future partners with Cao Yang.

By the second half of 2006, this Bomi phone will be put into mass production.

But it’s hard to say, it depends on when the specific mobile phone that can meet the mass production standards will be released.

It is expected that this will be completed within this year.

However, cooperation with manufacturers needs to be carried out in advance, otherwise insufficient supply will lead to the time and cycle of mass production becoming uncontrollable.

"First of all, we don't seem to have any choice in the screen," said Liu Qiang, "now the dominant player in LG."

The oled screen has not yet come out. The best mobile phone screen that can be used is the only H-ips screen produced by LG. Although BOE was established relatively early in China, it will take several years to enter this field.

The OLED screen jointly developed by Samsung and LG will not be released until 2008, and BOE will follow up for about 2012.

Now Bomi really has no choice.

"What's the offer for LG?"

"If we mass-produce a 5.5-inch mobile phone, then the corresponding mobile phone screen will be 500 yuan."

Hiss...

Cao Yang took a breath of air conditioning.

This is a damn...

Does LG want to eat people?

The screen is so expensive, can we make a fortune?

"Okay." Cao Yang nodded.

Who makes the whole family dominate?

I hope that domestic screen manufacturers can develop quickly and in the future, they can package some orders to domestic manufacturers.

"We are looking for Lens Technology, the outer screen glass."

Glass panels, people generally think of Gorilla Glass from Corning in the United States or Asahi Glass glass in Japan. However, they do not know that these companies only make glass substrates. Whether it is Corning Gorilla Glass or Asahi Glass Dragon Trace Glass, they are raw materials as big as a floor.

To manufacture glass panels for iPhones, Chinese manufacturers need to purchase glass substrates and polish them through CNC to a thickness of about 1 mm. Our common 2.5D glass and 3D glass are all made of grinding in this way.

After polishing, it is tempered and coated and becomes a glass cover on the surface of the mobile phone.

Apple's control over the product can be said to be very strict. At that time, Apple's allowable tolerance for the length of the white glass cover was only plus or minus 0.02 mm, and the allowable tolerance for the thickness was only plus or minus 0.05 mm, and the light transmittance was 93% to 97%.

With this strict requirement, only one company from China can do it in the world.

This company is Lens Technology.

So it’s really not a cover for Chinese glass that is the strongest in the world.

Cao Yang turned the price up and Lan Si's offer was 100 yuan soft girl coins.

He gritted his teeth and said, "Okay."

In fact, there was no better choice. Back then, Apple searched all over the world, and only one could meet the needs. In the early stages of manufacturing, you had no better choice.

In addition, Lens is a Chinese brand, the money is worth spending.

"As for chips..." Liu Qiang took out a report and handed it to Cao Yang, "There are three better choices now. The first one is definitely to choose TSMC. After all, it is the best chip manufacturer in the world, and then UMC, a chip manufacturer in Baodao, and finally our mainland SMIC."

Now the best chipmaker in the world is of course TSMC, and it is also the world's largest chip manufacturer.

From the perspective of market share, the first place is TSMC, the second place is UMC, and the third place is SMIC.

This is probably the most glorious period in the history of our country's chips.

Because in 2005, our country's SMIC was able to produce 90nm chips, which is only one year behind TSMC.

TSMC is now developing 65nm chips.

It will be two years later when we can produce 65nm chips.

In the words of Zhang Rujing, the founder of SMIC, we were once a year away from the best chip level in the world.

What happened after this?

We have to start with Zhang Rujing, the founder of SMIC.

Zhang Rujing is a very powerful Chinese. He first obtained a master's degree in engineering from the State University of New York, Buffalo and a doctorate in electronic engineering from Southern Methodist University.

In 1977, he joined the American semiconductor giant Texas Instruments as an engineer.

It is worth mentioning that Zhang Zhongmou, the founder of TSMC, also worked at Texas Instruments at that time until 1985, while Zhang Rujing worked at Texas Instruments for 20 years.

Later, Zhang Rujing founded the foundry manufacturer Shida Semiconductor on China Baoda Island, but at that time, China Baoda Island had formed two major mountains, TSMC and UMC. Shida Semiconductor was eventually bought by TSMC for US$500,000, which was 2,000.

After this, Zhang Rujing decided to return to the mainland, and mainland China was encouraging the development of the semiconductor industry.

In the second month of the acquisition of World University, Zhang Rujing raised $1.48 billion to register SMIC in the Cayman Islands.

He was able to raise US$1.48 billion in a short period of time. It is conceivable how charming Zhang Rujing is and how optimistic about him is.

After that, SMIC built three eight-inch chip factories in Shanghai, two 12-inch chip factories in the Imperial Capital, and then acquired an 8-inch chip factory in Motorola in Tianjin.

Accelerated expansion has enabled SMIC to develop rapidly. SMIC, which was founded in 2004 for only four years, went public in the United States and soon entered the leading position in the semiconductor foundry industry.

In 2005, SMIC was able to produce 90nm chips, a year later than the most powerful TSMC.

Now, 90nm chips are the most used, most advanced and most popular in the mobile phone and computer industry.

By 2004, SMIC had already achieved profitability, with revenue of US$974.7 million in the entire 2004.

If this momentum continues, it will be a matter of time before it surpasses TSMC.

However, when Zhang Rujing first founded SMIC, he took away a group of teams that originally belonged to TSMC and followed TSMC's factory operation model, laying hidden dangers for the litigation dispute.

TSMC has used this to sue SMIC for infringing its patent rights and trade secrets since 2003, and SMIC has suffered financial losses and technical restrictions.

In 2004, the lawsuit was halfway through, and SMIC, which was unbearable, proposed an out-of-court settlement with TSMC.

After the first litigation settlement, SMIC and TSMC reached an agreement to grant each other patents, and SMIC would need to pay US$175 million in six years.

Since 2005, the US$30 million in compensation expenditure paid annually in the first five years accounted for more than 30% of SMIC's R&D expenditure, weakening the company's R&D investment capabilities and reducing operating income and net profit.

However, in 2006, TSMC still refused to give up and continued to file a lawsuit.

Under this circumstance, Zhang Rujing, who was exhausted, resigned and resigned from his position as SMIC, and then SMIC fell into an internal strife for a long time.

It can be said that SMIC is not without technology or R&D capabilities, and has experienced too many twists and turns on the road ahead. Therefore, since 2005, SMIC's chip production process has gradually declined, and the gap has been widened by TSMC.

In fact, it is a very regrettable thing.

If Zhang Rujing did not resign, SMIC was not crushed in the lawsuit, or if there was some powerful force to support it, perhaps he would not be stuck so hard in the future.

Fortunately, after 2019, under the leadership of Daniu Liang Mengsong, SMIC gradually drove up the chips. In 21 years, we have been able to produce 7nm chips, but the yield rate is not that high.

TSMC's 5nm or even 2nm has reached a bottleneck period, and it is actually very difficult to advance in the future, which gives us a chance to catch up.

...

It's December 2005 now.

It happened to be during the turning point of SMIC.

In terms of litigation, Cao Yang might be able to make a move.

As for the funding...

Cao Yang pointed to SMIC and said, "Just let it go, it's all produced 90nm anyway, which is equivalent to contributing to mainland enterprises to the development of the country."

SMIC later lost a large number of orders and lagged behind in experience and manufacturing, which is also an inevitable result.

As Cao Yang often said, everyone is constantly experiencing setbacks, encountering problems and solving problems.

How can there be improvements without practice?

TSMC's large accumulation is also a number of practical factors.

Moreover, if no one buys the chips produced by SMIC, there is no need to mention the return of funds. Without sufficient funds and orders, future R&D will be restricted.

This is how I was dragged down step by step in my previous life.

Now that the gap between SMIC and TSMC is only one year, Cao Yang can definitely make a move.

Giving orders to SMIC is equivalent to pulling him off. At least they can guarantee that even if they lose the lawsuit, they have the confidence to pay high compensation.

As a reborn person, Cao Yang should use his [foresight] to make arrangements in advance to avoid unnecessary pitfalls for the country.

For example, SMIC.

In fact, Cao Yang sometimes wondered if the superiors could protect Zhang Rujing at that time, would it become different?

Forget it.

It's useless to think so much.

If you can give orders to SMIC, you will have already clarified the source. At that time, SMIC will have the upstream Bomi, which will gradually develop.

Cao Yang did not enter the chip industry at the beginning, on the one hand, because of the lack of relevant talents. On the other hand, because SMIC is doing very well and his annual revenue is quite high. His revenue last year is more than US$900 million, which is already much higher than Bomi's revenue.

Isn’t it a waste of money if you ask Bomi to make chips?
To be continued...