Chapter 448 Seems Not Bad

In any case, these industries under his umbrella have rapidly advanced many technologies for more than 10 years, bringing obvious cross-generational advantages, and there are many things that even Ye Zishu can't understand.

For example, he thought that the advent of the personal computer of Qinglong Technology Company would definitely stir up chaos in the world. In fact, it was indeed the case, and various interested parties kept making small moves.

However, the measures such as market ban that he expected did not happen, not even a temporary increase in tariffs, which surprised him a bit.

However, some orders from Xuanwu Technology Company are somewhat understood. Xuanwu Technology Company has sold a lot of chip manufacturing production lines during this period.

In terms of chip manufacturing equipment and chip foundry, Xuanwu Technology has not set restrictions. As long as they are willing to give them an order, they can help the other party to produce.

Some chip design manufacturers have already handed over the chip foundry business to them, and only those chip manufacturers with strong strength will choose to purchase their chip manufacturing production line equipment.

If you buy the equipment separately, the price is very high. If you buy a whole set of equipment, the price is relatively low, which is a 5% discount.

Originally they wanted to launch a chip manufacturing plant construction business, but they were stopped by Ye Zishu. It is very enlightened to allow them to sell equipment, so what is it to help them build a chip manufacturing plant?

You must know that after the equipment is bought back, it is not so easy to produce chips of 130 nanometers or even lower nanometers, and it cannot be produced by simple assembly.

Some links have certain process requirements, which are not within the scope of equipment capabilities. If Xuanwu Technology helps them build a chip manufacturing plant, then these production processes will be exposed.

Ye Zishu also knows that he is only a temporary measure to stop it. At least before 20 nanometers, it is very difficult to completely lock the capabilities of other chip manufacturers.

But if it can be delayed for a while, it will be a while, so that Qinglong Technology's products can occupy the market as soon as possible, and it can also allow Xuanwu Technology's own products to have more room for development.

So far, Xuanwu Technology has sold 10 chip production line equipment, and the total price of a chip production line equipment is not cheap, the asking price is 20 billion yuan.

This price is much higher than in the previous life, but the technology is also 8 years ahead of schedule, so it is only natural that the price is more expensive.

As for whether they can produce 130-nanometer chips with the production line equipment, it is not under the control of Xuanwu Technology. If you are worried that you will not be able to develop a 130-nanometer production process, you can find Xuanwu Technology to manufacture it.

It only costs about 5 billion yuan to build a 130nm chip manufacturing plant within Xuanwu Technology Company. The profit margin is very high at such a high price.

However, seeing their sales data, Ye Zishu asked Xuanwu Technology to start building a 90nm chip manufacturing plant, so as to maintain its dominant position in the chip manufacturing field.

However, after the construction of the 90-nanometer chip manufacturing plant is completed, 90-nanometer chips may not be produced immediately, and we have to look at the situation in the global chip manufacturing field.

According to the normal plan, even if the 90nm production line is not launched in 1994, it will be launched in 1995, and there will not be too long a gap in between. In his view, there is no need to do so.

Judging from the situation of these chip companies, everyone is still mainly focused on how to improve product competitiveness, and it is not yet time to desperately change their minds.

This may also be related to the fact that Xuanwu Technology opened a window for them, making everyone feel that spending money to buy equipment to build a production line is also possible to catch up with Qinglong Technology's chip performance in terms of manufacturing process.

It's just that the advanced nature of Qinglong Technology's chips is not only reflected in the chip manufacturing process, but also in the chip architecture and instruction set. The advanced nature of these aspects cannot be caught up in a short time.

According to the data, the personal computer products of Qinglong Technology Company,

The market sales accounted for as high as 95% during this period, and there is a further upward trend.

The remaining 5% are probably still living in the old world, and have not found that the personal computer field has changed, or are fanatical supporters of previous brands.

However, after their 130nm chips are put into production, some of the decline may be restored in the short term, but in the long run, they are still in a half-dead state.

It is not only CPU and GPU chip manufacturers who buy these chip production lines, but also many manufacturers of memory chips, and they also have to spend huge sums of money to buy them.

Because Xuanwu Technology's memory and flash memory products are too far away from the advantages of existing products, if they do not introduce the latest chip production line, they will completely lose the memory and flash memory market.

This is unacceptable to many companies. Many companies basically focus their R\u0026D investment on these two areas, especially Japanese and South Korean companies. If they admit failure, it means that their previous investment is completely in vain.

Instead of this, it is better to continue to invest in the chip production line of Xuanwu Technology Company. They also know that the price of a set of chip production equipment is inflated, but there is no way. Now they are the only ones in the world who have equipment to sell.

And time waits for no one. The longer the delay, the higher the production share of Xuanwu Technology's memory and flash memory products, and there may be no market for them at all.

In fact, due to the "insufficient production capacity" during this period, Xuanwu Technology's memory was only supplied to Qinglong Technology, allowing some memory manufacturers to have some room for survival.

But this space is not large, because before the memory was mainly used in personal computers, followed by servers, supercomputers and other products.

Xuanwu Technology has actually begun to announce that it is considering expanding memory production capacity to meet market demand. This is a strong pressure for many memory manufacturers.

If Xuanwu Technology does not launch its own similar products before the new production capacity of Xuanwu Technology Company is formed, it means that it will be completely eliminated by the market, and it will be even more difficult to regain the market.

So no matter how much a chip production line costs, they have to recognize it, and their enthusiasm cannot be slowed down. Once slowed down, they will queue up, and the day lily will be cold.

Some manufacturers are even willing to increase the price by 5 billion yuan in order to get the production line equipment immediately, just to avoid queuing. Obviously Xuanwu Technology will meet their requirements.

So Xuanwu Technology expressed its willingness to sell them the complete set of equipment that it plans to expand production. This decision made many memory manufacturers very happy.

Although it cost a little more money, it can not only delay the expansion of Xuanwu Technology Co., Ltd., but also speed up the construction of its own memory production plant, killing two birds with one stone.

In fact, this is not the case. The subsidiaries of Xuanwu Technology Company have accumulated a lot of ready-made equipment, and there is no need to queue up to buy it.

The reason for queuing up to buy is their own business strategy. The purpose is to create a sense of scarcity of equipment to the outside world, so that many manufacturers who originally thought they could wait have to pay a deposit and join the queue.

Such an operation can be said to benefit all three parties. Xuanwu Technology Company has gained a lot of income for no reason, and other chip manufacturers have also obtained equipment in advance.

In fact, Xuanwu Technology Company has no plans to expand production in the short term. The main reason is to cooperate with Qinglong Technology Company's business strategy. If it really wants to expand production, it will have to wait until the second half of next year.

Not only personal computers, but smart homes also have high requirements for memory, flash memory and logic chips. If their chip products enter the third-party market, other changes may occur.

Therefore, it is necessary to wait for these industries of Qinglong Technology Company to stabilize for a period of time before opening them to third-party market purchases in order to continue to occupy more market share.

Moreover, it is not so easy to obtain chip production equipment to produce memory and flash memory with the same performance, and there are also limitations in production technology and patents.

Even if they buy these devices back, it will not be easy to build a production line. It is likely that Xuanwu Technology has completed the expansion of production, and they have not yet completed the production line of memory or flash memory.

In any case, these practices of Xuanwu Technology have given many manufacturers who are in a state of anxiety a lot of hope. As for whether they really hope or will be disappointed, it depends on their own strengths.

Strong manufacturers may be able to develop similar products in a short period of time after getting the equipment, so naturally there is a chance of survival. As for manufacturers with weak technical strength, they may be eliminated.

The competition in the technology field is so cruel. If you fall behind by half a step, you may face the abyss of eternal doom. The high-tech field has always been a winner-takes-all field.

It’s just that such an approach has also brought a certain amount of pressure on Xuanwu Technology, forcing them to transfer their scientific research efforts to the development of next-generation equipment and the improvement of production processes as soon as possible.

Fortunately, these technical upgrade routes have been pointed out by Ye Zishu in the technical materials. They don't need to start from scratch, and the research progress will be very fast, which is why they are confident in doing so.

Overall, Ye Zishu is quite satisfied, at least a lot of troubles have been reduced, otherwise Qinglong Technology Company's life would definitely not be as easy as it is now.