RBCT Chapter 1373: The Emperor of Machines (4k)
Chapter 1373: The Emperor of Machines (4k)
Chapter 1373: The Emperor of Machines (4k)
TAIC is the world's strongest manufacturer in the field of wafer foundry.
This was the perception of almost everyone before 11:15 p.m. on November 7.
This of course includes Zhang Zhongmou and all the senior executives in the conference room.
Although Taiji has now entered the packaging field, the company's development to date has been based on its leading position in the foundry sector.
Taiwan journalists have long been accustomed to the challenge of staying ahead and scrutinizing their competitors.
Whether it is UMC, Samsung, or the merged GlobalFoundries, or SMIC that once tried to rise in the mainland, or Bingxin that caught up very aggressively in the past two years...
Since the beginning of the 21st century, no opponent has been able to stand directly in front of the reporter, and everyone is just chasing after the second place.
This ice core, this ice core...
How can it surpass Taiwan Records?
Zhang Zhongmou was in a trance. Looking at Vice President Zheng Jingjie, whose fingers kept moving across the screen, he asked, "What did he say?"
How did Fang Zhuo introduce Bingxin's 16nm?
What is the performance of Yike’s Zhurong chip?
This question also lingered in the minds of other people in the conference room. Before the leader spoke, everyone took out their mobile phones and rewatched the live broadcast of the press conference, trying to find the answer.
Some were fast, some were slow. By the time they clicked into the press conference, the chip introduction session had basically ended. Everyone turned to look in the real-time live comments, but apart from a screen full of praise and admiration and the desire to "buy, buy, buy", there was no useful information to see.
After the live broadcast search proved fruitless, the people in the conference room turned to Twitter, and this time they found the reporter's description of the press conference.
——OMG! OMG! Yike has surpassed others in hardware this time! It has brought out the next generation of 16nm!
——Designed by Yike, manufactured by Bingxin, the world's most powerful 16nm chip using FinFET technology!
——Mr. Fang said that the performance of this chip has surpassed 80% of the notebook CPUs on the market!
——Mr. Fang said that this is currently the most powerful mobile processor in the world!
——Mr. Fang said that this time Zhurong can improve performance by 20% and reduce power consumption by 35% compared to competing products on the market, and also reduce the area by 15%!
——Mr. Fang said that compared with last year's Mars 8.8, the chip gate density of this year's Mars 7 has doubled with the new technology, the speed has increased by more than 40% at the same power consumption, and the power consumption has decreased by more than 60% at the same speed!
——Mr. Fang said that today marks the day when semiconductor transistors officially enter the 3D era!
——Because, Mars 8.8 is coming!
Yike announced that the world's first 16nm FinFET transistor has entered mass production, marking that Bingxin has completed the revolutionary change from traditional planar semiconductor components to three-dimensional gate components, and also marks that the global transistor has entered the 3D era.
TAIC is a leader in the foundry field and has confirmed that it will start mass production of 16nm in the first half of next year. In addition to foundry, Intel announced in June that its 14nm Core processor will be available in the early next year.
But now, both TAIC and Intel have lost the initiative, and Yike has taken the lead in launching Mars 16 based on the 8.8nm process.
Zhang Zhongmou looked at the reposted news, thinking of the figure in the front row that flashed in the camera before, and thinking of the "FinFET" that Fang Zhuo had mentioned, and squeezed out a helpless praise from his teeth: "Great, what a great master and apprentice pair!"
Hu Zhengming + Liang Mengsong, one is the pioneer of FinFET theory, extending the life of Moore's Law, and the other is a practitioner of advanced process research and development, and they are both top experts in the world.
The two of them working together to lead the team are undoubtedly the "masterminds" behind Bingxin's breakthrough this time.
However, both of them came from the Taiwan Journalism Institute and had made great contributions to the institute. However, Hu Zhengming returned to California on academic grounds, and Liang Mengsong developed a rift with him because of his promotion. In the end, they were both recruited by Fang Zhuo to Bingxin.
Because of Bingxin's progress in advanced processes, the value of these two people leaving Taiwan reporters to join Bingxin has always been very high.
Now it seems that the gold content is still rising!
Zhang Zhongmou looked at the people who were still searching for more information and asked, "Did Hu Zhengming come on stage? Did Liang Mengsong come on stage?"
After a moment, someone shook his head: "It seems not. Fang Zhuo didn't seem to mention any specific people in Bingxin, nor did he spend a particularly long time explaining this huge advantage."
Zhang Zhongmou let out a "hey" from his throat, and the shock of being suddenly surpassed in his leading position eased a little, and the extremely complicated emotions in his heart became clearer.
Semiconductors are an industry rooted in the global supply chain. Bingxin has benefited greatly from it over the years and has even achieved its current results, but it suddenly became the number one, and this shocked not only the Taiwanese reporters!
He let out a long breath.
But no matter what, the TV reporter has fallen behind. According to the existing plan, it is estimated that he will fall behind by 5-7 months, so he must catch up with it with all his strength.
There was still commotion in the conference room.
Zhang Zhongmou had stood up unconsciously without knowing when. He sat down again, wiped the sweat from his forehead, looked around at the shocked, suspicious, angry and panicked expressions of the senior executives present, and pounded the table hard with his fist.
Boom boom boom!
"It seems that Yike's Mars 8.8 relies on the 16nm Zhurong chip. This core component exceeds the performance of all competitors..." Zhang Zhongmou revised his previous evaluation, "It can indeed be called 8.8!"
When he said this, he suddenly had a new understanding of the naming. Previously, everyone said that this was 8, which surpassed 8.8. Now it seems that the reason why it was not directly named 9 is indeed because of the unique hardware this time. If there are major innovations in product design, it can directly skip generations.
But a "world's number one" performance, a performance that can suppress Intel and Taiwan, and a performance that surpasses all competitors is enough to form a huge comparative advantage in the market.
"I was shocked by Bingxin's breakthrough. We were too conservative in the development of advanced processes." Zhang Zhongmou's voice suppressed the uneasy atmosphere in the conference room. He continued slowly, "We neither did 3D at the previous node like Intel did, nor did we have enough speed to launch 16nm. This was a mistake caused by conservatism."
"Although Bingxin is a rival, the investment in research and development, speed, determination, and even gambling spirit it has demonstrated this time are all worthy of respect."
"The ice core bypassed 20nm, which contained huge risks, but they still did it unwaveringly."
“It’s not just Bing Xin, even Yi Ke has invested a huge amount of chips, which is worthy of respect!”
Zhang Zhongmou gave the same evaluation repeatedly.
Bingxin can definitely choose to conduct 20nm research and development, which is a smoother path, while Yike is greatly affected by the process technology because of its high degree of systematization with Bingxin.
As it happened, Yi Ke’s gamble was successful.
As a colleague, Zhang Zhongmou can almost imagine how much effort and determination were put into this. It would not have been possible without the contributions of Hu Zhengming and Liang Mengsong, but it would also not have been possible without the concerted efforts of the team.
Also, as the founder of Yike and Bingxin, Fang Zhuo's decision on taking risks is also an indispensable part.
In the end, one had to give respect besides being shocked.
"We at Taiwan News must show respect for our competitors in words and not just on the surface. Bingxin's breakthrough will definitely attract widespread attention and bring changes to itself, but beyond that, if Taiwan News can come up with 16nm one day earlier, it will never delay a second!"
"Don't worry about others, don't worry about other areas, let's focus on our own process performance!"
"The Taiwan correspondent is behind!"
“We must try our best to catch up!”
As Zhang Zhongmou spoke words that were unfamiliar to himself, the burning respect in his heart became even more intense.
That night, the Taiwan reporters' meeting on Qualcomm chips was directly changed to arrangements for catching up with advanced processes.
However, this meeting will obviously have to be held again tomorrow, because everyone in the meeting room is shaken and still needs time to digest the shock wave from the ice core.
……
Fang Zhuo thought of many ways to introduce the most important breakthrough of Yike Mars 8.8.
Will he invite Professor Hu, Dr. Liang and others to the stage to describe the full-screen display, just like he did before when he invited the president of Sharp to the stage to describe the full-screen display, or will he just briefly mention it himself?
But, after much thought, Bingxin was different after all, so he did not let these two go on stage to take credit. However, Fang Zhuo was very sure about what would happen next, and it would be difficult to end it in just one sentence.
So, he compromised and talked about it.
Talking about being the world's number one, talking about being invincible, talking about symbolic significance...
Just these things caused a sensation at the press conference, with the noise from the audience rising one after another, even ignoring the introductions on stage.
It is so difficult to be the best in the world that we don’t even need to talk about the difficulties and risks involved in the research and development process. These four words are enough to explain everything.
There is no need for any other identification, "the world's first" Mars is the most irrefutable label left to consumers by this generation of products.
Samsung will cry when they see this, Apple will be silent when they see this, Nokia will miss it, and Sony Ericsson will want to strangle its past self who provided cooperation...
Fang Zhuo on the stage listened to the unmistakable noise from the scene and was tested by the frequent flashes of light. His mind was unconsciously a little distracted. He subconsciously introduced Mars 8.8 but didn't know what he was saying.
Soon, he came back to his senses and saw that no one had any extra reaction, so he knew that he had done nothing wrong.
Fang Zhuo raised his hand slightly and said in a light tone: "Mars 8.8 is the world's number one product."
After he said this, he couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth, and after a few seconds he laughed out loud.
The live press conference was actually interrupted, and the previous noise and discussion turned into warm applause and cheers.
Fang Zhuo waited for a long time until the noise died down, then smiled and said, "Yike has been making mobile phones for so long, and it is indeed very rare to encounter such a situation. It is very rare, very rare. I have to thank all my colleagues for their efforts again."
There was spontaneous applause again.
"I'm very excited. I really want to finish introducing Mars 8.8 right now. However, there is indeed a key point that I haven't mentioned yet, and I must talk about it." Fang Zhuo had to raise his hand again, so that everyone's attention would be returned to the part of introducing the product features.
If the previous function introduction makes Mars 8.8 have enough flagship level, then the 16nm Zhurong chip will enhance it to a level beyond the flagship.
Now, is there still a point?
The audiences at the scene and around the world were all guessing in their hearts, and some sharp-eyed people had already vaguely guessed what Mr. Fang was going to say.
"This year's Zhurong is still equipped with an integrated baseband chip, which supports a maximum download rate of 450Mbps in LTE Cat.9. We have previously cooperated with EE and Huawei to successfully conduct a three-carrier downlink aggregation LTE Cat.9 transmission test, with a speed of 51.25MB/s."
"That is, the performance of Zhurong chips in this regard is still the best in the world. I really hope that everyone will test our performance against Qualcomm after getting their mobile phones."
Fang Zhuo's meaning is very clear. Zhurong's integrated baseband this year is almost as good as Qualcomm's, while last year, this gap, which was not obvious in usage, was about 10%.
Not only in terms of process level, Zhurong is also making progress in the field of communications!
However, compared to the extremely obvious 16nm, although there was applause at the scene, it was obviously not as enthusiastic as the previous ones, and the same was true for the audience watching the live broadcast of the press conference.
However, in San Diego, California, which is far away from Shanghai's "Yi Ke Center", Qualcomm's head Jacob, who arrived at the company early today to attend the extraordinary shareholders' meeting, had already clenched the cup tightly in his hand.
It’s bad, it’s bad, it’s bad. If Zhurong makes progress, Qualcomm will be in trouble!
Today is another special day. Yi Ke chose the same time to hold a press conference. It turned out to be premeditated!
Jacob and Chen Fuyang have been attacking each other these days, and it has been seen that there are many shareholders who support each other. Now there is news that the core business has been hit...
It really makes matters worse!
Jacob's face was as pale as ice. Thinking of An Huagao's deliberate implantation of the Trojan horse, he felt even colder all over. The danger of the extraordinary shareholders' meeting might be even greater than he imagined!
He looked at the close-up shot on the laptop screen, saw Fang's brilliant smile, pressed the screen, and ended his viewing of the Oriental press conference with a "bang".
Fang Zhuo, who is at the "Yi Ke Center", doesn't know whether his old friends are watching his Mars 8.8 this year, but he thinks this unusual countdown should attract everyone's special attention.
He ended his introduction to baseband performance with a smile.
"By the way, Mars 8.8 supports 4K video shooting, with eight million pixels per frame, which is currently the highest resolution digital video." Fang Zhuo remembered a feature that was previously omitted. After saying this, he paused and said meaningfully, "I hope Mars 8.8 can bring more video happiness to everyone."
"So, what is the price of a full-screen mobile phone with features such as face recognition, wireless charging, fingerprint upgrade, 4K shooting, and equipped with a 16nm Zhurong chip?"
“We actually did a lot of upgrades this year, and the chip costs have also increased.”
“I know people can understand that.”
Fang Zhuo said slowly under the spotlight: "So, the price of Mars 8.8 this year is..."
He turned sideways and stretched out his hand, and the starting price of the phone was displayed on the screen.
International version is $650.
The national currency is 4500 Chinese Yuan.
As the price was announced, the scene was once again filled with buzzing discussions.
Last year, the price was US$649 for the international version and 4488 Chinese Yuan for the domestic version.
Now, one increases by 1 US dollar, and the other increases by 12 Chinese yuan...
What’s the difference between this and giving it away for free!
Fang Zhuo listened attentively and said with a smile: "This year we have shown great sincerity, almost increasing the quantity without raising the price, so buy it, buy it!"
——Increase the quantity without increasing the price, just buy it.
Many media outlets at the scene have already extracted the title or subheadings of the press conference reports.
Fang Zhuo also calmed down, and then took out this year's Mars 8.8 Pro from another pocket. Similar to last year, it has a larger screen, better imaging capabilities, and more battery power...
However, compared to the Mars 8.8, which increased the quantity without increasing the price, the Pro version has been greatly increased. Last year, the international version was US$749, and this year it starts at US$799.
Because the standard version had already been introduced, Fang Zhuo explained the Pro version relatively quickly. Taking advantage of the relaxed atmosphere during the press conference, more on-site information and brief messages were delivered first.
Sina, Twitter, Zhihu, Facebook, YouTube...
Just as Fang Zhuo said, Mars 8.8 is a smartphone product that is indisputably the world's number one in terms of comprehensive product strength. Coupled with the previous countdown and traditional promotion, the flagship debut of the last of the Big Three has met the expectations of the media and consumers.
——The king of Android phones!
——It’s not the king of Android phones, it’s the king of phones!
——For only $649, you can buy the world's best product!
——Yike has given users the greatest honor!
——As the name suggests, Mars 8.8 recreates the first generation of Mars hitting the Earth!
——Norco!
——Yikia!
--The world's first!
The New York Times picked up comments from an online media platform and quickly reported the emergence of Mars 8.8 and the breakthrough in the ice core production process with the title "The King of Machines".
As a member of the Yike system, Sina also quickly picked out a brief answer from a popular question on Zhihu as the headline - Since we have seen Mars, why not worship it?
(End of this chapter)