Chapter 740 Changes
Morning Star's willingness to accept investment was not too unexpected to Fang Zhuo, but he was a little surprised that the marketing director Wei Boyun agreed to it decisively.
In this case, this is a harmonious win-win situation, and there is no need to make a big fuss about it.
Morning Star can continue to consolidate the domestic market, develop with the development of LCD TVs, and then it is expected to become an important player in the global related market.
Changhong, Meiling and even other TV manufacturers that may be leveraged can continue to focus on product competition without distraction.
Fang Zhuo called three old friends who have been through wind and rain this time, and he is very confident about their camp attributes. In addition, Bingxin can increase its shareholding while raising funds, so this time the consideration of Morning Star Semiconductor seems to be able to proceed naturally.
Because the time of the talks with Morning Star and Xiaonei was too close, Fang Zhuo and Su Wei talked about the differences between the two sides and felt a little emotional.
"This Wei Boyun is quite straightforward, there is nothing wrong with him, he is a talent, when he came to Luzhou to find me, I felt that he was quite capable."
Su Wei smiled and said, "It was not easy for him to open up the mainland market, as long as he stabilizes, he will have a bright future. Of course, he doesn't want to meddle in other people's business at this time. What if your boss Fang has a bad temper and goes to the United States to bring back Jieni, wouldn't that be asking for trouble?"
Jieni was a king of the previous generation, and once supplied more than 60% of the world's TV chips.
It performed very slowly in the LCD era, but now it has also discovered its own decline and is trying to regain orders from TV manufacturers.
Su Wei continued, "Xiaonei.com is different. It suddenly got an investment opportunity from a new website. I don't know what your president Fang wants to do. They have contact with investors themselves, and the young people are also very ambitious. They just don't want your boss Fang's dirty money."
Fang Zhuo shook his head. He never thought money was dirty. Forget it, let's not talk about it.
Su Wei glanced at Mr. Fang and asked curiously, "What's next for Morningstar Semiconductor? How should we deal with it next?"
"Mornstar is of course Bingxin's best partner." Fang Zhuo replied, "There is Morningstar's IC design above, Bingxin's wafer manufacturing in the middle, domestic TV manufacturers below, and BOE's LCD screens that are about to be put into production next to it. I am very optimistic about the vitality that this domestic industrial chain can burst out."
He thought for a while and said, "Although we took over Changhong's overseas channels in the beginning to help it, this channel may still play a role. As long as BOE's production capacity is improved, it will be able to play a role in the future. Go up, the competitiveness of domestic TVs overseas will be immediately improved. "Su Wei continued: "The stronger the domestic TVs are, the more Bingxin's production capacity can be pulled up. Mr. Fang, your calculations are really crackling. Even if we can't promote Morningstar to be listed in the mainland, everyone will still gain something." Fang Zhuo considered: "Take it slowly. Shenxin Science and Technology Innovation will try to let Morningstar set up a research institute in Shanghai. If it really doesn't work in the future, a subsidiary will be set up for the mainland market. Well, the current situation is satisfactory to everyone anyway, and we will see when the time comes." Su Wei nodded, knowing that Mr. Fang still has to adapt to local conditions. Morningstar is doing well, but she thinks there will definitely be changes on the campus network. The news of Penguin's entry has only been circulated in a small range. Its current traffic strategy has already shown its prowess, and it is difficult for a startup team to deal with it alone.
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Morningstar Semiconductor's financing is led by Xu Xin of Capital Today. The specific scale of financing and shares may not be discussed in a short time, but the two sides are in agreement on the premise of the rising prospects of LCD TVs.
Fang Zhuo waited for Xu Xin to come to Shencheng, and then exchanged some views on Morningstar Semiconductor with her before going to Luzhou to inspect Bingxin.
Just like last year, Bingxin was still working hard on risk trial production in the first half of the year. The difference this time was that there was no technical assistance from SMIC.
Objectively speaking, although there was a technical team led by Professor Hu Zhengming that was constantly replenished, the strength gap was still obvious.
However, when Qiu Ciyun accompanied Mr. Fang and explained the progress of the 90nm risk trial production, he was quite optimistic, and he also declined Mr. Fang's proposal to pull SMIC experts again.
"Mr. Fang, we have done 99% of this work, and we are just one step away. You turned around and pulled SMIC in. Who is this?"
"To be honest, I think it is also very important for our team to digest and absorb completely independently. Don't panic when you see that the Taiwan reporter is going to mass produce again. The later the process is, the more time we have to catch up."
Qiu Ciyun knew that Mr. Fang often silently benchmarked the Taiwan reporter.
Fang Zhuo was pointed out by Mr. Qiu, and he did not hide his thoughts: "I just think that we can buy equipment, technology, raise money, and attract people during this period. It would be a loss if we don't catch up a little bit."
Taiji completed the trial production of 65nm last year, and it will definitely be mass-produced this year.
Moreover, according to Taiwanese media reports, it uses the third-generation copper process and low-k process, and the transistor density is twice that of the 90nm process.
Even the statement of Chiang Shangyi, who is about to retire, has been circulated in the industry, saying that Taiji has lower costs.
Professor Hu Zhengming, who has not spoken much, shook his head and said: "Mr. Fang, we have to have a solid mentality to do this. The gap between Bingxin and Taiji is not only in process, but also in general-purpose, mixed-signal/RF, embedded DRAM memory, multi-time programmable non-volatile memory, embedded flash memory, high voltage, power management and MEMS processes. If we are as anxious as you, our hair will fall out in two days."
Qiu Ciyun looked at Mr. Fang and was a little dumbfounded. He smiled and said, "It's hard to remember, right? Mr. Fang, just remember that GP, MS/RF, eDRAM, MNVM, eFLASH, HV, BCD and MEMS processes are all backward. If the leader asks, you can tell us these and we can get some support."
Fang Zhuo: "..."
Hu Zhengming and Qiu Ciyun smiled at each other.
Fang Zhuo saw that these two could still laugh at this time, and he was not so anxious about the risk trial production of 90nm.
He sighed and asked, "We are so far behind Taiji, what about SMIC?"
"SMIC is now almost one generation behind." Hu Zhengming pondered, "Taiji's 40nm is definitely on the agenda, but if we give SMIC another three years, not to mention the overall process gap, if we only talk about the process, we may have the hope of only lagging behind by half a step."
Fang Zhuo was quite happy to hear this and asked, "Professor Hu, what about us?"
Hu Zhengming heard Mr. Fang's mood again and said with a smile, "Anyway, we will be almost the same until Mr. Qiu retires."
Fang Zhuo glanced at Mr. Qiu.
Qiu Ciyun slapped his thigh and blamed, "Hey, Professor Hu, look at what you said, Mr. Fang now wishes I could retire tomorrow."
Hu Zhengming laughed.
Fang Zhuo also laughed, not that, not that.
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Just when Mr. Fang was concerned about the progress of Bingxin's Luzhou process and the construction of the Lin'an factory, the management change of Taiji also ushered in the final moment.
Founder Zhang Zhongmou, 75 years old, announced his retirement and appointed Cai Lixing as CEO of Taiji.
Vice President of R&D Jiang Shangyi, 60 years old, also announced his retirement. His position was handed over to Luo Weiren, who was poached from Intel, and local expert Sun Yuancheng of Taiji. Liang Mengsong, who had been rumored to be the candidate, was unexpectedly eliminated.
Cai Lixing took office as a new official. Looking at global competitors, he still set his sights on SMIC, which had reconciled with the previous settlement.
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Have lunch and continue coding.