Chapter 1248 Mutual Progress (4k)

Fang Zhuo lingered in Bingxin, listened to everyone's views on the future development, and also visited Yuhu Road, which seemed to change every time he came to Luzhou.

This road has become a legend in the industry because of its origin, and the concentration of its own industrial chain also makes it nicknamed "Chip Road" and "Bingxin Road".

To the west of Yuhu Road is the artificial lake built by Luzhou, and to the south is the highway entrance that was diverted, which is convenient for the logistics and transportation of semiconductor companies in this area.

Fang Zhuo came to Luzhou on a whim and was extremely low-key, but when he showed up in the next-door enterprise park, he was naturally noticed by the provincial and municipal leaders, and the first thing he did was to invite them to meet.

He was not surprised by this. In theory, it was not necessary to talk to the leaders every time he came, but he could understand it. After all, Bingxin's development driving effect was too strong.

Before taking the car, Fang Zhuo asked his assistant to sort out the latest technical information of Bingxin.

"Ah, Mr. Fang, there are only 4,000 words now. This, this..." The assistant was in a dilemma. He was asked to write 10,000 words. However, the front and rear gate solutions and subsequent prospects involved in Bingxin this time were too many, which was indeed at the forefront of the world.

Fang Zhuo said gently: "It's okay. Just a general chat. Only a few leaders will look at it. 4,000 words is also great."

The assistant breathed a sigh of relief and was very grateful for the boss's tolerance.

However, Fang Zhuo didn't expect that he didn't use much information this time, but met an old friend instead.

It's probably not appropriate to call him an old friend, because the number of times they have met in the past few years is actually very few. It should be called the old leader - the old leader who asked Fang Zhuo to stop the road and pay money.

Last year, he had reached the age and retired to the second line. This time, he took the opportunity of environmental protection research to come and see. It just so happened that Fang Zhuo was in Luzhou recently.

After a simple greeting, the old leader cared about the development of Bingxin and asked directly: "Mr. Fang, I heard that Bingxin has encountered difficulties recently?"

"Who said that?" Fang Zhuo smiled.

"It's what people say outside. I just heard it. I don't know whether it's true or not. Generally speaking, Bingxin often encounters difficulties, so I don't know how difficult it is this time. I just happened to meet you today." The old leader is still talkative.

This "what people say outside" is actually a recent report from foreign media, which talks about Bingxin's development difficulties in 28nm. It was half true and half false before.

As a wafer foundry company, Bingxin needs to disclose the situation to customers.

Of course, the most important thing about these news is that Fang Zhuo instructed and promoted it as one of the measures to deal with off-site factors.

Bingxin is just big, not so many muscles!

Although Bingxin has muscles, they are all trained in the gym, and they are dead muscles!

Regardless of whether it can play a role, it is always part of the three-dimensional defense.

"There is no smooth R&D. It's not a big deal. The biggest problem of Bingxin has always been the external problems. Internal R&D is a small problem." Fang Zhuo smiled and gave an accurate response, "We are more vigilant about the outside world."

The old leader nodded and sighed: "The iron must be hard to forge."

Fang Zhuo talked about some real situations he encountered during his trip to the United States.

No one has a more accurate perception of what he has seen and heard in the United States than him, the head of the company.

The old leader listened attentively, his face gradually became serious, and after Mr. Fang finished speaking, he said: "When I return to Beijing, I will go to talk to Lao Zhang."

Fang Zhuo naturally knew who the old leader was talking about. He had also found this person in Beijing for the matter of SMIC. He was in office in Anhui Province when Bingxin started, and he has always been concerned.

"We are now thinking about how to be hard on our own. No matter what, we are still optimistic about the final result." Fang Zhuo talked briefly about Bingxin's research on 28nm technology issues.

As he said before, talking to the leader about these things can only be general.

Fang Zhuo's part ended quickly, but the situation had been conveyed.

The conversation between the two turned to something more relaxed.

Fang Zhuo took two sips of tea and said, "I went to the factory to chat with Qiu Ciyun a few days ago. When I mentioned the old leader, it was a pity."

The old leader asked, "What's the pity?"

"It's a pity that you didn't receive the tax from our ice core after all. There are still two years to go." Fang Zhuo laughed.

The old leader laughed. In order to make the ice core land, he called out the condition of ten years of tax exemption. This condition will not end until 2013.

He pondered for a moment: "Back then, no matter how much I dared to think, I just hoped to become 'SMIC II', no, maybe 'SMIC III', I never thought I would see such an ice core."

The old leader mentioned the preparation plan before the launch of the ice core: "Your 'Ice Drink Plan', I still think of it as if it were yesterday. Ten years of drinking ice, the ice core is almost ten years old."

"We have continuous new blood joining, continuous technology and capital drive, this blood rush can never cool down." Fang Zhuo replied.

The old leader nodded, only to feel that time was both slow and fast.

He took a sip of tea, stood up and walked around the office, and suddenly asked, "If you calculate it this way, is it close to the most advanced international level?"

"Not as close as I thought." Fang Zhuo answered first, and then seeing the old leader's expression, he added, "But it may be closer than I thought."

The old leader was a little amused and asked bluntly, "When will Bingxin's process be comparable to that of Taiji?"

"Old leader, what we are concerned about is the overall driving effect of Bingxin on the mainland industrial chain. We need to face complex and changing situations, and we need to accumulate talents and technologies." Fang Zhuo said very steadily.

The old leader nodded slightly and sat back. That's right.

"But if we want to say whether we can compete for a while." Fang Zhuo slowly turned the words back, "Maybe, maybe we can try it when we pay taxes."

"Mr. Fang, if you say so, then I really look forward to your paying taxes." The old leader smiled. Bingxin has been sharpening this sword for ten years, and it is really a moment to see it reach its peak.

Fang Zhuo smiled slightly, and the anxiety and restlessness caused by Dr. Liang's verification recently calmed down.

He finally talked about Liang Mengsong, the new academician, and the "Bingxin Award" that Bingxin is about to establish for mainland semiconductors.

In view of Liang Mengsong's proposed donation salary, Fang Zhuo thought about it and still felt that it should not be included in the scholarship, but a separate award should be established in the name of Bingxin.

Dr. Liang is not short of money, but he still needs more reputation.

When Fang Zhuo finished reminiscing with his old leader, he talked to the provincial leaders about the technical situation of Bingxin. Just as the old leader heard, some rumors about Bingxin's technical problems were also noticed locally.

Because it involves the technical field, the province also has expert consultants who understand technology to listen.

However, after listening to this, I felt a little sweat on my forehead.

"Didn't you say that Mr. Fang doesn't understand technology? It sounds quite professional." After bidding farewell to Mr. Fang, the leader turned to hear the evaluation of the technical consultant and was quite puzzled.

"Maybe it's the influence of the master..." The expert can only look at the technical disputes from the forefront of the world in this way.

In this industry around the world, there are only five fingers that involve 28nm specific technology. Looking at the progress of research and development, Bingxin is enough to match its size.

And there is Liang Mengsong, who was successfully elected as an academician just announced. His talent has been fully blossomed in Bingxin.

When the expert heard this, he felt that he had been very far away from technology and had gained a lot of knowledge.

After Fang Zhuo finished meeting with provincial and municipal leaders, he planned to visit the brother companies on Yuhu Road and return to Shanghai. He would have to take time to go to Beijing for technical reports.

The outside media, including IDC and other institutions, are talking about Bingxin's technical difficulties, but at least the top management should be clear about the situation to avoid complications.

Fang Zhuo focused on talking with packaging companies such as Changdian about changes in the industry.

In the third quarter of this year, Taiji announced its entry into the field of advanced packaging, which attracted attention.

As a link in the semiconductor industry chain, whether Bingxin will make a move in this field has also been speculated recently.

Packaging is a downstream link, and technological progress has always been quite slow, and profits have been diluted. It basically takes the route of small profits and quick turnover. In theory, foundries such as Taiji and Bingxin have higher labor costs, and it is not easy to compete with packaging factories on price.

However, Taiji is said to be very determined and powerful.

Although Bingxin does not have such a trend now, a factor circulating in the industry is also recognized by everyone.

If we want to talk about Bingxin, we can't just talk about Bingxin. We need to look at Yike, the Yike system, and Mr. Fang's style of doing things.

Yike does design, Bingxin does manufacturing, and both the upstream and midstream have developed. It seems that it is natural to take over the downstream.

This year, just after Mr. Fang evaluated the most successful CEO on Twitter, he was also rated as the most successful CEO in China. One of the reasons has been widely spread.

Yike and Bingxin are examples of two companies using their industry status to exert influence.

Will Bingxin change from a buddy to an opponent?

"Bingxin will not enter the packaging." Fang Zhuo gave a clear answer when inviting people from Changdian.

However, it may be affected by deeds outside semiconductors that everyone's response was not very enthusiastic.

"But the development of technology in this area should be taken seriously." Fang Zhuo reminded, "Taiji has its reasons. The specific effect of their technical route is not clear, but now the cost-effectiveness of process upgrades is becoming more and more a problem. I know that Samsung's packaging is good."

Bingxin has a cooperation framework with Samsung and other defeated opponents of Taiji, and the technical trend in this area can be transmitted.

Taiji now claims to be developing a CoWoS technology that puts logic chips and DRAM on a silicon interposer and then packages them on a substrate, but it is not clear how effective it really is.

Samsung, on the other hand, is developing a PoP packaging technology that stacks memory chips directly on top of the SoC, which can reduce the chip area and free up more space.

The results of both companies are still uncertain, but we can see where the industry trend is going.

"Mr. Fang, ASE is not optimistic about Taiji's choice, and its choice may not be right." Wang Xinchao, the head of Changdian, came here specifically.

"How much R&D expenses does ASE have, how much R&D expenses does Taiji have, in the field of packaging, Bingxin really has no intention of getting involved, but we are very willing to work with you on R&D and strengthen cooperation in technology advancement." Fang Zhuo mentioned Bingxin's strategy.

Bingxin wants to drive the industrial chain, whether it is a wafer alliance or matchmaking investment, the purpose is to create a big pool.

A step back, if Bingxin encounters interference, the technology of other links will not be implicated, and there is more room for maneuvering.

Wang Xinchao smiled and said, "Mr. Fang, are you going to bring us along? Hey, the CoWoS of Taiji, their Yu Zhenhua, according to his overview, this technology can only be used in a very small number of specific high-end products, and the impact is limited."

"Mr. Wang, technology is always decentralized step by step. If you Changdian don't have this intention and motivation to do it." Fang Zhuo sighed, "It's really hard to say whether it will be competitive in the future."

Changdian has developed very well in China with the help of SMIC and Bingxin.

"We just got a little better this year." Wang Xinchao was a little embarrassed.

"If the progress is good, it's a good thing to use a subsidiary to promote it." Fang Zhuo gave a notification-like suggestion.

Wang Xinchao asked, "What if the progress is not as expected?"

"That proves that the way of relying on subsidiaries to promote technology is indeed not suitable, and Bingxin can only learn from Taiji and Samsung." Fang Zhuo said helplessly, "It won't be a bad thing for Changdian at that time, you can at least get a breakup fee."

The shares of the subsidiary will have a certain value.

But that means that Changdian may lose Bingxin, a major customer, and gain a heavyweight competitor instead.

Wang Xinchao has a deeper understanding of "a model of using industry status to exert influence", which means that even if you don't want to leave, you have to push forward.

"The breakup fee sounds sad, Mr. Fang, so let's never break up." Wang Xinchao accepted the technical promotion suggestions from Bingxin, and believed that the path provided by Mr. Fang was the only way to meet the friendly development of the two companies.

Fang Zhuo was still relieved by this. Bingxin started all-weather research and development operations, and the mainland or Yuhu Road colleagues had better cherish this time to concentrate on development.

On December 8, Fang Zhuo took a car back to Shanghai to prepare for the listing of Bingxin at the beginning of the next year, and strive to buy more time for Liang Mengsong and others.

The next day, he received a call from Yike America in his office, and negotiated with Sony on the acquisition of the remaining shares of the New York building, and planned to formally reach a deal within the month.

By then, Sony America will have half a year to move out.

"You finally got it." Yu Hong laughed on the phone, "It can be renamed Yike Building."

"Very good, this proves that Sony has entered a good stage of reform." Fang Zhuo said, "But there is one thing that is not good. Didn't I say before that Sony could continue to slow down there? Why did they only give it half a year? Isn't it too harsh?"

Yu Hong replied: "Sony took the initiative to bring it up, and probably didn't want to be reminded of the past."

After all, it has been glorious for many years, and it has come to the point of selling the building to get money. It is really sad to hear about it, but exciting to see it.