Chapter 176 Redeem 14-nanometer chip design framework

Hu Lai's face was not very good-looking.

After the IPS screen and ESP module were disconnected, he was vaguely worried about the chip problem.

I had already asked Director Zhang to try my best to stock up on more chips, but I don’t know how the progress is.

He looked at Director Zhang: "Old Zhang, how much is our Snapdragon 8155 chip in stock now?"

Since Hu Lai gave his instructions, Director Zhang has been trying his best to buy Snapdragon 8155 chips during this period, but Snapdragon 8155 chip itself is the best SOC smart cockpit chip in the current market and is very popular.

Director Zhang said:

"Boss, although we made preparations in advance, Snapdragon 8155 is too in short supply. Many models of Xiaopeng, Ideal, Great Wall, Geely, Lynk & Co, and Rice use the 8155 chip."

"Currently, there are only more than 50,000 pieces in stock. According to the three chips per car in Qingluan, each car is only more than 10,000."

More than 10,000 vehicles.

According to the current sales volume of Phoenix "Qingluan", it will only support production capacity for more than one month at most.

Hu Lai frowned and was about to ask Director Zhang if he could find a company that could replace the Snapdragon 8155 chip like the previous IPS screen, but before he could speak, he swallowed it again.

When the IPS screen was cut off, I had already arranged for someone to learn more about the situation of various suppliers of "Qingluan".

The other parts of "Qingluan" can barely find alternative manufacturers, but the car chip is really impossible to solve in a short time.

Before new energy vehicles were promoted and popularized, the chips needed by traditional fuel vehicles were generally MCU functional chips and sensors.

These chips control various data on the dashboard, such as fuel consumption, range, lighting, ABS anti-lock function, etc.

However, with the beginning of the intelligence of new energy vehicles, auto chips have added autonomous driving chips, SOC smart cockpit chips, and IGBT power semiconductor chips.

It can be said that these three chips appear entirely because of new energy vehicles.

AI autonomous driving chips are used for autonomous driving.

The SOC intelligent cockpit is used for the calculation and processing of massive data such as on-board systems, screen displays, AI artificial intelligence, and in-car equipment control.

IGBT controls the discharge power of the motor and the whole vehicle.

In order to run Phoenix L3-level unmanned autonomous driving technology on Phoenix shared car "Mafice" and "Dragonfly", it was equipped with Nvidia's autonomous driving chip.

but.

Later, when "Qingluan" was designed, Du Xinxin discovered that Phoenix's L3 unmanned autonomous driving technology not only has the learning ability of artificial intelligence, but also does not need to be equipped with a separate autonomous driving chip. The computing power of Snapdragon 8155 is also perfectly running!

So after some consideration, "Qingluan" no longer has a special autonomous driving chip, but directly uses three Snapdragon 8155 to provide computing power operation.

But, I didn't expect it...

Zhang Feiyang saw that he wanted to speak but stopped and explained:

"Boss, I just asked Du Xinxin that if an autonomous driving chip is used instead of the SOC smart cockpit chip, it will be because of the different chip functions. In addition to autonomous driving technology, other systems such as artificial intelligence robots and on-board systems are almost impossible to use."

"And even the autonomous driving chips are monopolized by new foreign studios, and I guess they won't sell them to us."

Zhang Feiyang paused for a moment, his tone was a little depressed:

"On the market now, SOC smart cockpit chips are Qualcomm's chips with the best performance and the largest production capacity."

"Their chips not only have good performance, but also stand out. The same chips of other manufacturers are almost one or half generations behind!"

"For example, Nvidia's SOC smart cockpit chip has a slightly worse performance than Snapdragon 8155, and it is hard to say whether it will be sold."

Hu Lai knew this situation in his heart.

It is no exaggeration to say that Qualcomm is undoubtedly the overlord in the field of SOC smart cockpit chips, and there is no chip that can compete with the 8155.

Speaking of this, Zhang Feiyang showed concern:

"Boss, once the inventory of Snapdragon 8155 chips are used up and there is no replacement chip, the subsequent production of "Qingluan" must abandon artificial intelligence technology and autonomous driving technology."

Hu Lai was a little irritated.

The main reason why "Qingluan" can sell more than model 3 and has won the recognition of many customers to pay for it is that Phoenix is ​​absolutely leading in artificial intelligence and unmanned autonomous driving technology.

Once these two technologies are not supported, "Qingluan" has to lower the price, and it will also lose its absolute leading position in model 3 in terms of technology.

In this way, it will not only affect "Qingluan", but also have a great impact on Phoenix Auto's overall intelligence, technology and positioning of luxury brands!

It is impossible to abandon these high-end technologies unless absolutely necessary!

But……!

Hu Lai didn't say anything, and the atmosphere in the office became solemn again.

After a long silence, Director Zhang couldn't help but comfort him:

"Boss, I have contacted Nvidia and Intel before. Maybe they are willing to supply the goods, even if it is a little worse than Snapdragon 8155, but..."

Hu Lai had no hope at all. Zezra even bribed Qualcomm, how could it be that Intel and Nvidia would disrupt the situation?

Besides, these two companies are American companies themselves, how could they offend high-tech companies in the entire American country for Phoenix Auto?

but.

Director Zhang obviously had a trace of fantasy. Before he finished speaking, his cell phone suddenly rang.

Director Zhang took out his cell phone and looked at the call number, and his breathing was slowing down.

"Hello, hello..."

After two sentences, Director Zhang obviously praised his expression. When he hung up his phone, Director Zhang said angrily:

"Sure enough! Nvidia and Intel directly refused, there was any reason!"

Hu Lai himself was not hopeful. Seeing Director Zhang's angry look, he asked:

"Lao Zhang, foreign manufacturers must be out of luck. What is the situation in China?"

“Are there any chips that lag behind the technology?”

Before Director Zhang could answer, Zhang Feiyang snatched the conversation:

"There are, there are! But..."

Zhang Feiyang sorted out the language and said:

"In the domestic smart cockpit chips, the mature ones include Huawei Qilin 990A and Xinchi Technology's X9U chips."

"Huawei Qilin 990A is developed based on the mobile phone processor Kirin 990. It uses an 8-core CPU, 14-nanometer process, and has 3.5TOPS computing power. Compared with Snapdragon with 8TOPS computing power, it is barely a generation behind."

"The X9U chip of Xinchi Technology uses a 6-core CPU, 16-nanometer process, and has a computing power of only 1.2TOPS. This chip is obviously a bit too far from our requirements."

Huawei Group?

Hu Lai nodded and waited for Zhang Feiyang to continue talking.

"Although Huawei has been limited to high-end 7-nanometer and 5-nanometer chips, chips with 14-nanometer process technology can still be produced through SMIC."

"Huawei Qilin 990A is now used on BAIC New Energy Alpha. If we use the Kirin 990A chip, we will not talk about whether we can run all our smart technologies, but in terms of quantity, "Qingluan" may need to carry more than 8 chips.

”

He looked at Hu Lai and said:

"and……"

"Even if we can use a few Kirin 990A chips together, we still have to consider whether Hua Wei dares to sell them."

Hu Lai fell into deep thought, and Zhang Feiyang's words were indeed correct.

Now he has seen it very well. This is how Zezra cuts supply of chips to Phoenix Automobile by joining forces with a series of chip companies such as Qualcomm.

Any lack of production capacity is a fucking excuse.

It is clear that it is necessary to use the chip to block the production capacity of "Qingluan" and the neck of Phoenix Auto!

Now, Zesla is only targeting Phoenix Automobile, and it is still a business behavior. But once Huawei Group supplies chips to Phoenix Automobile, then...

It is no exaggeration to say that Huawei will immediately become the target of attacks by chip companies in the American countries, and capital led by Zezra will definitely fight back against Huawei.

You should know that the ban on Huawei Group by the American countries has not been lifted yet, and the high-end chips of Huawei Group themselves have been blocked. It is really shameless to add a 14-nanometer limit to the original basis. It may not be impossible to add a 14-nanometer limit to the original basis.

!

By then, Phoenix Automobile would have little impact, but Huawei Group would suffer unanticipated disasters.

Hu Lai was a little embarrassed, and he didn't want Hua Wei to be involved.

Some headaches!

Hu Lai put the Huawei Qilin 990A chip aside and discussed it with the two for a while.

After a while, Hu Lai received a call from Feng Rong, Gaoling Capital and Sequoia Capital.

The voice on the other end of Feng Rong's phone was quite heavy, and he obviously realized the seriousness of the problem.

However, several capital parties are also very good, and they all mentioned the Huawei Qilin 990A chip with kindness. Feng Rong even proposed to arrange a meeting with the senior management of Huawei Group.

but.

Hu Lai rejected everyone's kindness.
To be continued...