Chapter 769 Mr. Qin flipped the table directly
"Damn it, what's going on?" Yin Jinlong stood up immediately: "Quick, put out the fire immediately!"
Mr. Li's face also changed. He quickly walked to the window and looked in the direction of the flames. Fortunately, that was not their most important main factory for memory chip production. It was just wastewater treatment equipment. As long as it was not burned, Just go to the main factory area.
The siren of the fire truck sounded. The entire South Kimchi Country paid great attention to the largest group in the country and immediately rushed to put out the fire.
"Reporting to the president, the fire department has dispatched 48 fire trucks and 124 firefighters to put out the fire urgently. It is currently estimated that the fire will not have much impact on us." After investigating the situation, Yin Jinlong said to Mr. Li: "The cause of the fire was caused by the welding of the ventilation ducts of our sewage treatment plant. It was an accident."
They were planning to increase production, but a fire broke out. However, the fire was not inside their production workshop, but in the sewage treatment plant, so it had little impact. They were indeed welding ventilation ducts today, which was the direct cause of the accident.
Mr. Li nodded, but he had something in mind. If he wanted to reduce production and increase memory prices in the future, this method would be a good one. Just create a small fire.
At this moment, the computer screen nearby suddenly went black.
Yin Jinlong first observed this situation and his face changed drastically: "Damn it, why is there a power outage? Quick, switch to backup power!"
Steel plants and glass factories are most afraid of power outages. Once there is a power outage, the production lines will be completely scrapped. However, chip factories are still afraid of power outages. The silicon pillars that are being produced on their production lines will not be able to continue stacking single crystals once there is a power outage. If the silicon is lost, the batch in production will be scrapped. The wafer that has been sliced cannot continue to the next step and is broken.
However, of course they also know the terrible risks that a power outage may bring. Therefore, they designed two sets of power supply circuits, which are powered by two different power supply systems and can be switched at any time. In this way, even if there is a problem with one of the power supply circuits, there will be no problem. will affect them.
Now, Mr. Li is still relatively calm, but the next news made him completely dumbfounded: "While the fire brigade was extinguishing the fire, our substation was accidentally affected. The substation is now unable to restore power supply!"
“Damn it, we should have built the two sets of circuit substations in different places a long time ago. Who designed it in the first place?” He was completely annoyed.
Two sets of circuits can serve as power supply redundancy, but the substations for these two sets of circuits are set up together.
This is of course for the convenience of electricians. When the switch of one circuit is pulled down, the switch of the other circuit can be closed at the same time. As a result, now, they are infected at the same time!
“The power supply personnel are working hard and the power supply is expected to be restored in half an hour. However, we have suffered a lot of losses.” Yin Jinlong soon got a definite answer.
The losses on the production line are huge.
They damaged five to six thousand wafers, which is equivalent to 11% of their monthly chip production and 3.5% of the global supply that month. In this accident, they lost 50 billion won!
Furthermore, the recovery of production lines will also take time.
Two hours later, James, who was stationed in the island country, came to Sanxing Electronics. He looked at the waste products on the production line and listened to Mr. Li's report. His face was terrifyingly dark: "Mr. Li, if you don't want to increase chip production, you don't have to make it." Is this the case?"
"No, this was an accident, and we don't want this to happen." Mr. Li said: "Our losses this time are huge, definitely much greater than the losses from increasing production, so there is no need for us to do this. , Mr. James, have you ever seen someone burn down his own factory in order to avoid a loss of 10 billion, resulting in a loss of 50 billion?"
"I don't want to care about your losses. In short, your current behavior has brought a huge threat to our entire plan. Due to your suspension of production, the increase in production of other factories has no meaning. In the international market , memory prices will rise because of this!" James said: "You must be responsible for this!"
In fact, the suppression of the chip industry in the East has little to do with the steel industry. The main reason for their actions is that the domestic chip industry cannot withstand it.
Intel, the big brother in processor production, has been losing money for years now. If it weren't for some orders from the national defense, commerce, taxation, education and other departments, they would not be able to sell a single processor. The performance is not as good as Loongson, and the price is higher than Loongson. , who knows how to use it?
When Loongson first appeared, it was only rolled out in their domestic market. As a result, Intel's interests were greatly damaged. After all, the Eastern market contributed a lot of profits to Intel. Later, Loongson's performance was stronger and its output was larger. Intel began to be beaten when it began to distribute products in the international market.
They must prevent this from happening, they must solve this problem!
So, taking advantage of the situation in steel, they planned to launch operations in the chip field as well. Unexpectedly, this kind of surprise happened just after they started the layout.
The planners on the other side of the ocean were already furious and put pressure on James, who then transferred his dissatisfaction to Sanxing Electronics.
Sweat broke out on Mr. Li's forehead. Is he responsible? How can you be responsible for this?
“Has the cause of the accident been investigated clearly?”
Mr. Li just wanted to answer, but he thought of something: "Mr. James, what do you think is the best way to disclose the cause of the accident to the public?"
"Of course this was done by competitors!" James said: "They tried to dominate the market, but they were destroyed by you three lines of electronics, so they planned this conspiracy!"
Conspiracy? If this is announced, there will be endless verbal exchanges! Moreover, they and the Mingzhou Group were completely at odds with each other!
"Think about it, as Mingzhou Group becomes stronger, can your production still be the same as before? Your profits are getting smaller and smaller, and you will definitely be squeezed out in the future! The memory production line of Mingzhou Group was still yours As provided, you cultivated a competitor and then destroyed yourself, and now you no longer have the courage to compete with them?"
Mr. Li nodded solemnly. He knew that he had no other choice. He was just a puppet of the other party. He had to do whatever the other party asked him to do. Otherwise, even if he was the head of the Sanxing Group, he would Accidents may occur at any time.
It was already mid-December. Qin Tao stood on the dock of Mingzhou Group and looked at a large bulk carrier. The warehouse was full of shiny steel ingots!
This is the first ship of crude steel shipped from the Urals!
This is a moment of great significance!
Many reporters came and took pictures of the ship. Then, in anticipation, they received Mr. Qin’s speech.
“Today, we are very happy that our steel import channel has another stable source of goods. The first shipment of crude steel we imported from Damao will be landed here, transported to our steel plant, and then smelted into refined steel. ." Qin Tao looked at the reporter below, his face full of confidence: "For us, this is an important period for the transformation of the steel industry. We must shift from high-energy-consuming crude steel production to refined steel with higher added value. Smelting!”
All reporters know what has happened recently, and of course they also know that what Mingzhou Group is doing now is the way to break the situation!
The iron ore giants in Kangaroo Country are very sad. They just want to stumbling upon the Mingzhou Group. They don’t want to offend the entire eastern steel companies. After all, they have digested a huge amount of iron ore.
Smelting iron ore into pig iron or crude steel is a process with no technical content. As long as it is not the kind of home-made steel-making furnace used in the era of large-scale steel-making, steel can be smelted. However, this process pollutes High, high energy consumption and small profit.
Therefore, many developed countries have transferred this industry, retaining refined steel smelting and carrying out industrial upgrading.
Steel products with higher performance produced by smelting fine steel have higher prices and higher profits, and are high value-added.
Now, Mingzhou Group is also going to transform in this direction!
They still import crude steel from abroad and smelt refined steel. They will gradually reduce their demand for iron ore. Therefore, the conspiracy of some people has been completely shattered!
"As our Mingzhou Group develops and grows, there will always be some people who look at us with colored glasses and try to suppress us. Now, I want to say that our Mingzhou Group cannot be defeated or overwhelmed. Yes, how can we see a rainbow without going through ups and downs? After such ups and downs, we will develop better and be healthier!"
There was applause below. In the midst of this applause, the ship slowly docked. Then, the electromagnetic crane began to lift, and the steel ingots were transferred to a nearby train carriage and transported directly to the Mingzhou Steel Plant by train.
They have opened a new chapter!
“Mr. Qin, will you continue to expand steel production?”
“Yes, we will shrink crude steel production, but refined steel production will expand. We expect to double our steel production within five years.”
“Mr. Qin, will your industrial transformation lead to an increase in product prices?”
“Everything we sign under an agreement will be manufactured at the agreed price. We have the confidence and ability to do so.”
“Excuse me, Mr. Qin, what do you think of the recent fire and production suspension of Sanxing Electronics?”
When he heard this question, Qin Tao's face became serious. He looked at the reporter: "Your neighbor's sow has given birth to piglets. What do you think about this?"
“Mr. Qin, please don’t confuse the issue. Sanxing Electronics claimed to the outside world that their fire was caused by malicious competition among peers, and many of the fingers were pointed at you.”
“Your neighbor’s sow gave birth to piglets, but there is no boar in your neighbor’s house. Does your neighbor suspect that it was you?”
Other reporters burst into laughter.
Qin Tao is never polite when dealing with such unruly reporters, and his metaphor is quite appropriate.
"We can see photos of the fire scene, which burned from the sewage treatment plant. It is said that they were welding ventilation ducts at the time. They used substandard materials and workers without welding qualifications, which ultimately caused the fire. , what does it have to do with our Mingzhou Group? If we can be blamed for this, then it was you who did it for your neighbor’s sow to become pregnant.”
“This is different. All memory manufacturers are working at full speed to produce memory. They want to provide users with cheap memory. However, this will harm the interests of your Mingzhou Group, so you have motives!”
This reporter has obviously understood Qin Tao's speaking style. Under Qin Tao's various insults, he still did not forget his original intention: "This is different, don't confuse right and wrong!"
"As for our memory, the production cost is not high. Even if the price is reduced by half, we can still maintain a certain profit. Therefore, we are never afraid of price wars." Qin Tao also became serious: "Everyone, what do you think? Think about it, our Eastern products rely on being of high quality and low price to enter the international market. What we are best at is fighting a price war. If you fight a price war with us, you will only lose your pants!"
Other reporters just need to watch the show. They were all waiting for Qin Tao's next words.
“Furthermore, in order to maintain the healthy development of the chip industry, we will never engage in a price war. Therefore, the memory we produce will maintain the original price, with a maximum fluctuation of 5%.”
Now, Qin Tao is confident. With the suspension of production at the Sanhang Electronics Factory, the price of memory chips has begun to rise. No matter how other factories produce, they will not reach a low price range.
So, he does not need to engage in a price war at all.
"At the same time, in view of Sanxing Electronics' slander against us, we need to re-examine the project of purchasing 0.13 micron lithography machines. We have always believed that one more friend will open up a new path, but if a friend stabs us in the back, Then we can’t continue to give smiley faces.”
Although Sanxing Electronics is developing rapidly, they are not advanced in all technologies. In terms of photolithography machines, they have just begun to master 0.18 micron technology, and 0.13 micron is still early.
Looking around the world, only the East has this technology.
Therefore, Sanxing Electronics wants to purchase a photolithography machine of this level from the East. This project has been discussed for a long time. However, of course, there will be no results. Only when Sanxing Electronics is about to develop a photolithography machine of this level, Only Mingzhou Group will consider selling technology.
Now, it is just used as a punishment measure, smiling on the surface but stabbing in the back, we will not sell it!
“And, at the end of this year, we are about to unveil a brand new product!”
The news about Qin Tao quickly spread throughout the world.
Facing pressure from all aspects, the Mingzhou Group also launched a comprehensive counterattack, and they were obviously well prepared.
In the chip field, what countermeasures will they take?
Everyone opened their eyes wide and waited quietly.
This kind of slander is nothing to the Mingzhou Group, because the Mingzhou Group will defeat them with powerful facts!
However, more than 20 memory chip manufacturers have become cautious because of this sentence. They are afraid that the memory chips they produce by expanding their production capacity will end up being cheaper than others.
Looking at the development history of Mingzhou Group, too many such myths have happened.
Of course, there are exceptions.
Germany, Infineon.
The name Infineon has just appeared. It was split from Siemens Semiconductor. The first CEO was Schumacher, who was only 41 years old. Although he did not play racing, he was also very adventurous.
“We at Infineon will spend 1.1 billion euros to build a 12-inch wafer fab. We will surpass Micron, Hyundai, and 3X Electronics to become the second largest player in the memory chip market!”
They won’t call it No. 1 because No. 1 is the memory chip produced by SMIC.
They don’t want to be the boss, they are content to be the second child.
This news has stirred up waves in the memory market, which means that fierce and cruel competition in the memory market is about to begin!
However, in just a dozen days, Schumacher's ambitions were completely shattered.
East, Huating.
At the most famous Huating Hotel, a press conference was held grandly.
At first, Qin Tao just mentioned it and whetted everyone's appetite. Next, the press conference of Loongson Company is the most important.
Mr. Ni is very excited. He has always hoped to engage in research and development and rejuvenate the country through modern technology. Now, his ideal has been realized!
"Welcome all journalists. Today we hold this press conference to announce to you our next-generation chip development plan. Moreover, through this plan, everyone will know that we have no reason to do anything secretly to our peers. , because this is simply not necessary. To be honest, the current behavior of all colleagues to increase the production of memory chips is tantamount to suicide, so we would like to remind all colleagues here to stop as soon as possible. "
The reporters were very excited. They knew that this press conference would have heavy news. Now, this opening statement was shocking enough.
“Okay, first let’s introduce our main products. Next year, we will officially launch the Loongson 4 processor.”
On the LCD screen behind Mr. Ni, the words Goldson 4 were typed out. (Some people think Gou Sheng sounds bad, so forget it, we won’t use it anymore.)
“Our Loongson 4 processor is currently designed with an initial FSB of 100 MHz and a frequency multiplier of 17.”
“1.7GHZ?” Someone immediately exclaimed. Isn’t this too advanced?
Their strongest competitor, Intel, is still working hard to break through the 1GHZ limit with its current processors. Dongfang’s Loongson has actually moved towards 2GHZ! No, this is just the take-off frequency!
The performance of the Loongson processor is very advanced, and the FSB can be easily adjusted to 133 MHz, or even higher! Therefore, this processor of Loongson may be able to soar to 3GHZ in the hands of hardware players!
This is too outrageous!
“Our processor not only has stronger computing performance, but we also integrate two cores internally.” Ni Lao continued to introduce, shocking the people present speechless.
In the past era of Loongson 1 and Loongson 2, they were still single-core. In order to achieve performance comparable to Intel, Loongson computers adopted a multi-CPU solution, which allowed them to handle multi-tasking very quickly.
Many customers are also used to it. When turning on the computer, first look at how many CPUs there are. The more CPUs there are, the better the performance.
Now, Loongson 4 directly integrates two cores internally. One CPU is equivalent to two!
If you want to integrate multiple cores, you need to improve the process technology. The chip occupies a small area and the number of integrations is large. This is possible.
SMIC has mastered the immersion lithography machine, that’s why it is so awesome!
"However, this has also led to an increase in our memory requirements." Mr. Ni continued: "The existing PC100 and PC133 cannot meet the massive data throughput of our processor, so we need more advanced For memory, we decided to choose DDR memory as the memory to match our Loongson 4. We hope that various memory manufacturers can switch to produce this kind of memory to facilitate the performance of our Loongson 4."
The faster the data processed by the CPU, the faster the data transmission is also required. Otherwise, the CPU will always be in a waiting state.
The existing PC133 is not feasible, it must be doubled at least!
What does this news portend?
Memory with current specifications will soon become an outcast in the market!
If Mingzhou Group is ruthless enough, it can completely hide this news and let various memory manufacturers mass-produce SDR memory, and then suddenly find that this kind of memory is no longer popular! As a result, the price of SDR memory will rapidly drop to cabbage prices, causing all memory manufacturers to jump off the market.
They didn’t do that, they were responsible!
“As long as you obtain authorization from us, you can produce matching DDR memory, and we promise that the licensing fee will be the lowest within three months after the announcement.”
This standard is formulated by Loongson Company! Therefore, if other memory manufacturers want to produce, they must be authorized!
Can those memory manufacturers accept it?
If you don’t accept it, you will have to pay high licensing fees in the future or withdraw from the market completely.
Some people want to squeeze out the Mingzhou Group by increasing memory production? Okay, Mr. Qin just flipped the table, let's change the venue to play, we have the final say on this standard!
Why can the West make money by lying down? Not because they are the standard setters! The East can only earn hard-earned money at the low end of the industrial chain. What about patent rights? That is just because they are the ones collecting the money. When the East wants to set standards to collect money, their barbaric predatory nature should be exposed. .
This news was announced to the whole world, once again causing huge turmoil in the industry.
Intel, which has always been suffering, finally became completely irritable this time. The launch of Loongson 4 is going to make their Intel company completely bankrupt!
“No, we must not let the Easterners’ conspiracy come true! We want to deny the DDR memory specification, and we want to promote our new memory specification!” the helmsman, Barrett, roared angrily.
(End of this chapter)