Shockingly, a counterfeit factory has produced a 3-nanometer chip.

Chapter 429 One Thought Abyss! Domestic Equipment Goes into Production

Lin Bin looked at Lei Jun, his eyes filled with complex emotions.

"Old Lei, we can't agree to this plan!"

Although our friends will support us, it's best to keep the shares in our own hands.

Judging from the current financing situation, we are only a little bit away from the red line. If another 40% is taken away, we will be in real danger.

"Once they gain absolute control, what will become of the rice?"

Lei Jun remained silent, just like with Rice India. He still didn't know whether the company was called Rice or... All he could say was that capital comes with its own interests.

But then Zhou Shouzi spoke up for him: "What they want is absolute control, not just financial investment, so it can be considered a strategic acquisition."

"Using capital to make DaMi an international semiconductor distributor in China—this valuation isn't because DaMi is valuable, but because of Lei Jun's reputation."

Lin Bin nodded; he thought so too.

After all, if Transsion continues down this path, it will be a nightmare for the international semiconductor industry.

Lin Bin returned the document to Zhou Shouzi: "Then reject it!"

$120 billion seems like a lot, but rice can live on its own. We haven't even used up our last round of funding, and assuming we don't build cars, it should be enough for us to last another two or three years.

Zhou Shouzi glanced at him, hesitating to speak... After all, building cars is not just a PowerPoint presentation; this project still needs to be approved, as it was written into the contract back then.

"Old Lin, I've seen the car manufacturing PPT, and you're also involved in the smart home layout."

It's said that Transsion will launch several cars this year, which will definitely boost the car market and shift netizens' attention to us. We can't keep using a PPT project to shut them up.

"If we don't manufacture cars, we'll really ruin our reputation in our later years!"

After Lei Jun finished speaking, Lin Bin also felt dizzy. His reputation was ruined in his later years. Blindly building cars was the real reason for ruining his reputation in his later years.

I made that promise to prove myself back then, and now all the pressure is mounting.

He also knew that Lei Jun really wanted the money; otherwise, he would have refused outright and wouldn't have needed to intervene.

Unfortunately, once the money is taken, the rice will no longer be rice.

Seeing that Lin Bin didn't speak, Lei Jun stood up, walked to the window, and asked again with his back to Lin Bin, "Old Lin, what do you think?"

Lin Bin chuckled; now all the pressure had shifted onto him.

He looked at Lei Jun again; his eyes held weariness, resentment, struggle, and of course, hesitation.

Lin Bin had never seen this complex emotion before, because he had no hesitation when he started Kingsoft, no hesitation when he founded DaMi, and no hesitation even when every DaMi product failed.

But now he panicked, because he knew this wasn't a good outcome.

"You're the CEO," Lin Bin shook his head. "This decision should be yours."

Lei Jun smiled wryly again, and after a long while, he turned around and said, "If you want to talk to them, it would be best to come to the rice company for negotiations."

However, the conditions need to be changed: the maximum number of shares to be released is 30%, and the board of directors will only have one additional member, while major decision-making power will be retained by us.

In overseas markets, we can use Qualcomm exclusively, but in the domestic market, we need to leave some room for other technologies besides Qualcomm and MediaTek.

Lin Bin finally nodded; Lao Lei hadn't acted impulsively.

"What if they don't agree?"

"That depends on how much they want rice, and how much they want us to be their endorsers!"

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Just as America was searching for a new conspiracy, Transsion Semiconductor Plant 2 officially began operation.

Two production lines have officially started production at the second plant, with a design specification of 14nm and a designed monthly capacity of 4 wafers, which can significantly accelerate the adoption of 14nm technology.

Meanwhile, the entire production line uses the NSE-CX14C lithography machine, instead of the more advanced immersion lithography, but it does use the second-generation quadruple exposure technology, which greatly improves the yield rate.

The first-generation technology was showcased at last year's exhibition, but in order to ensure the yield rate, the process was only scaled up to 22nm, and Transsion was ridiculed.

But after these months of revisions, 14nm is finally available at a bargain price.

After the film casting was completed, factory manager Yuan Guoqing walked out of the clean room and immediately reported the good news to his boss.

"Mr. Shen, the first and second domestically produced 14nm complete solutions have officially started production, with a monthly production capacity of 4 wafers."

The current yield rate is 88.2%, and it is steadily improving.

We are very satisfied with the current yield rate. After all, TSMC has just solved the 22nm problem and the yield rate has only reached 70%. It will take some time before they reach their 16nm node.

Official announcement!

Sending a gift to the world's semiconductor industry can be seen as another counterattack by us.

So Yuan Guoqing hurriedly returned to his office and began preparing to announce the good news.

"Transsion Semiconductor's second factory has officially started production, and its 14nm wafer production capacity can be increased by another 40%."

By adopting advanced second-generation quadruple exposure technology, the speed is further increased while ensuring the yield rate.

Meanwhile, the price of 22nm process technology has been reduced again, and 14nm process technology has been officially opened for global foundry services.

For details regarding OEM manufacturing, please visit Transsion's official website.

Shen Fei immediately followed up after Yuan Guoqing posted on Weibo:

"Thank you America, and thank you to the netizens who questioned us. Under everyone's supervision, the quadruple exposure technology has been optimized once again."

We are currently considering transferring this process to older equipment, so that everything can be 14nm.

In addition, our research on immersion lithography machines has also made milestone progress.

So I used the term "milestone," a word I rarely use, but today is indeed a big event, and I hope the relevant parties will interpret it carefully.

"Damn, is President Shen provoking me? He's telling me I can conquer the world with just a keyboard..."

"Hey upstairs, last year Transsion's 22nm process was compromised with its split-screen feature, and you definitely got involved!"

"Please understand, upstairs [doge emoji]"

"However, Mr. Shen really should thank the United States. Every time they do OEM manufacturing, their production capacity doubles, which is really good. But the fruit orders have already been filled, so who will be the next order?"

"Please! Mr. Shen, please accept Qualcomm's order? We really don't want to use Fire Dragon anymore."

At the same time, the news immediately caused a chain reaction, with TSMC and Sansang's stock prices plummeting again, with an average drop of up to 7% for each company.

The stock price decline is only one aspect; the real danger lies in the pessimistic outlook of investment banks.

After all, this really caught Wall Street off guard. They initially thought Transsion's quadruple exposure was false advertising, but after analysis by engineers, it was found that it seriously violated the laws of physics.

TSMC has also tried to reproduce the relevant technology, but all attempts have failed.