Chapter 847

NEC can't provide more advanced technology than that of SMIC to the joint venture project. Huaxia electronics and Jianye municipal government have the construction experience of SMIC as a reference and know what details to pay attention to in the negotiation - everything has SMIC as a template, which allowed the negotiation between NEC Electronics, Huaxia electronics and Jianye municipal government to proceed smoothly. On June 18, The three parties reached a preliminary intention to jointly build Huaxia NEC wafer factory project.

Ge Jiande failed to keep his complacency until after dusk. Before dusk, Zhongjing microchip handed a statement to the editorial department of Jianye morning post. Although the statement would not appear in the newspaper until tomorrow morning, Ge Jiande knew the contents of Zhongjing microchip's statement in advance as soon as possible.

Today, the shareholders of SMIC, led by Yuexiu holdings, reached an agreement with Deyi and agreed that Deyi would inject US $60 million into SMIC in exchange for 10% equity of SMIC.

Deyi's capital injection agreement still needs to be approved by the National Development Planning Commission before it can finally take effect, but the news is enough to destroy Ge Jiande's good mood all day.

For chizuo xiuzang, who participated in today's signing ceremony, the Huaxia NEC project is a chicken rib. Because China has made huge concessions, NEC has nothing to lose and does not need to bear any risks. It is not impossible to promote the joint venture project by pushing the boat along the water; But chicken ribs are always chicken ribs, and ikezuo xiuzang will not have any particularly pleasant mood.

Huaxi mining, which aims to integrate rare earth mineral resources, was officially listed in Jianye today. Chizuo xiuzang will undoubtedly feel that this is a mockery of his disastrous defeat in the crisis management. Toshiba also reached a cooperation agreement on patent technology exchange with Jinhu the day before yesterday, which undoubtedly slapped ikezuo xiuzang in the face.

It was not just Ge Jiande and chizuo xiuzang who were disappointed. In the temporary apartment, Li zaixu stared at the rain curtain outside the window. There was no expression on his face. After staring for a long time, he said without expression: "Toshiba's action is so fast!"

Jin nanyong didn't say anything. What can he say to complain about the slowness of the headquarters? It should be said that Toshiba's action was too rapid. Their technical negotiations with Jinhu did not last for half a month. They just decided to make formal contact with Jinhu, but they were told to be eliminated. They were depressed and difficult to relax.

"We may just use Jinhu to exert pressure on Toshiba," Li zaixu sighed gently. "Their goal is to cooperate with Toshiba. They had this intention as early as six months ago. Once the situation forced Toshiba to take the initiative, the cooperation agreement was reached immediately. Take an old Chinese saying: dry firewood has been waiting for the fire..."

Jin nanyong thought: how can there be such an ancient saying in China?

Jin nanyong said: "in the past six months, the shipments of iPlayer and other DMP products of Jinhu have increased month by month, but we are far from seeing the dawn of replacing CD, tape Walkman and MD. Toshiba's formal participation in the DMP camp may accelerate the promotion of DMP in the world?"

"Samsung missed it -" Li zaixu sighed again. He even eliminated it without formal contact. He would feel some regret. Samsung has never had excellent portable audio-visual products. He may feel that Jinhu's DMP technology is not worth exchanging flash memory technology at all, However, Jinhu first launched the physical flash drive at the Moscow International Electronics Exhibition a week ago. Li Zaizhu thought: This is the chip that finally makes Toshiba yield. Samsung is a bit slow after all.

Li Zaizhu looked at the flash disk slightly smaller than the disposable lighter in his hand. The physical object can make people see the future technical prospect better than the simple technical documents. He rolled the train style flash disk between his fingers and said, "it's really possible to end the floppy drive... Microsoft seems to plan to directly support the USB interface standard in the new operating system."

The two largest possible application fields of flash memory technology in the future are actually developed by Jinhu. Li zaixu is mixed with everything in his heart. He is still calculating the output value of the current global floppy drive market. Finally, the scale of the mobile memory market based on the USB interface standard will certainly not be smaller than that of the floppy drive.

"Perhaps the high price will become the only obstacle... Although the flash disk has not been officially sold, it can be predicted that the market price of the flash disk with a capacity equivalent to 22 floppy disks will not be less than US $100, or even US $120. Such a high price will limit the promotion of the flash disk, and Jinhu's iPlayer and other DMP products cannot be completely sold To shake the market position of CD, MD and Walkman, the main reason is the high price, "Jin nanyong said." whether it's the player and other DMP products, or the flash disk that will be officially launched soon, its key core component is flash memory chips. They need to develop flash memory chips with higher capacity and lower cost... "

"Yes, that's why Toshiba can't wait to choose to cooperate with Jinhu," Li zaixu frowned. "Higher capacity and lower cost also mean a wider range of application fields. We can't leave them behind..."

"We need higher capacity and cheaper flash memory chips. If the cost of iPlayer can be reduced by half, we can win an absolute advantage in the digital audio market. The price of flash disk must also be reduced in order to be more widely used," said Zhang Ke, holding a flash memory chip in his finger and staring affectionately, "Before that, we can only passively wait for others. Now we can rely on ourselves..." Before going to Hong Kong, Zhang Ke specially called Chen Xinsheng, Ding Huai, Liu Zhicheng, Cheng Hanzhang and others to hold an internal meeting in oak garden. Although transfer to third parties is prohibited, Jinhu did obtain a complete flash technology license from Toshiba the day before. As a chip for exchange, Jinhu almost took out all the technology accumulated in recent years. That is, in After signing the agreement with Toshiba, Zhang kecai had a little confidence that Jinhu could occupy a place in the future electronic industry. "I won't ask for higher capacity for the time being. After all, I have to give the R & D department some time... The cost is lower. I don't know whether it can be realized after October?"

Zhang Ke can't wait to ask Oak Park to set up a special R & D team. Of course, if you want to make a breakthrough in Toshiba's current flash memory technology, you need to invest huge financial, material and human resources, introduce more excellent researchers, take some time, but it's relatively easier to reduce costs.

In addition to 16m and 32m flash memory chips, the 0.35 micron wafer manufacturing process of mesocrystal microchip can even produce flash memory chips with higher capacity.

Equipment installation has been carried out for the factory construction of SMIC. The pilot test line of the Oak Park process development platform and the 2000 square meter ultra clean room has been completed and put into use in advance. The technical team of SMIC and Oak Park can first use the Oak Park platform to absorb and eliminate the flash memory technology provided by Toshiba. There is a four month buffer, so we should have a certain grasp.

Liu Zhicheng said: "let's prepare for the production of flash memory chips first, but don't expect the cost to drop all at once. The problem of yield may perplex Zhongjing microchip for a long time. We should have psychological preparation early."

Zhang Ke smiled and said, "there's no need to rush. I don't think there will be much problem for the survival of Zhongjing microchip. The key is to develop..."

In the past, in 2005, the global output value of flash memory chips exceeded US $10 billion. If Jinhu doesn't succeed, it should be one of the four flash memory manufacturers. Even if it only accounts for 10% of the market share, that is, the output value of US $1 billion. Zhang Ke thought that the survival of flash memory chips alone can enable the survival of nanocrystalline microchips.

Liu Zhicheng doesn't have much concern about the survival of Zhongjing microchip. Although Huaxia electronics, NEC Electronics and Jianye municipal government have reached a preliminary intention on the joint venture project of Huaxia NEC wafer factory, they don't even have the idea to discuss here. Huaxia NEC has too many deficiencies, which is impossible to pose a threat to Zhongjing microchip, However, the microchip can survive by relying on the internal chip demand of Jinhu. Although the phase I project has not been completed, Liu Zhicheng is already considering the phase II project and future development, he said: "The current process level of Zhongjing microchip can support the production of 64M flash memory chips at most. If you want to produce flash memory chips with higher capacity, you can only count on the phase II project..."

Zhang Ke scratched his head and looked at Chen Xinsheng. Chen Xinsheng said: "Although Deyi has also officially injected capital, Deyi has just entered a 0.18 micron factory, and it is very difficult for Deyi to provide 0.25 micron technology immediately... In the next few years, the market will not have particularly high requirements for the capacity of flash disk, but for the capacity of iPlayer - for high-capacity flash memory chips, we only need to hire Deyi or Toshiba OEM...... "

"Now 32yer can only listen to songs for about half an hour, and the capacity can be increased by ten times, which may be more perfect," said Ding Huai. "It's unrealistic to increase the flash memory capacity at once. It's said that companies such as IBM and Hitachi plan to develop micro hard disk technology, which may be the only shortcut to break through the capacity limit in the short term. Can we follow up?"

"It's not good to be under too much pressure. We can't compare Hitachi and IBM's technical reserves on hard drives. We will follow up very hard." Zhang Ke shook his head. Apple first applied micro hard disk technology to digital audio players, making micro hard disk technology popular. For a long time, due to its high storage capacity, micro hard disk was slightly better than flash memory in mobile storage applications, especially in high-end electronic products. The two technologies competed until the end of 2007, Micro hard disk is almost defeated. IBM and Hitachi, the most advanced in the field of micro hard disk, have chosen to quit one after another. "From the perspective of application field, flash memory and micro hard disk will compete. We have no strength to step on two boats. Since we choose flash memory, we will go to the black..."

Zhang Ke's greatest advantage can help Jinhu avoid detours in the most critical stage of development. The competition between flash memory and micro hard disk did not end until the end of 2007. However, this time Jinhu joined the flash memory technology camp, how long can the outcome come ahead? Even if Jinhu does not involve the field of micro hard disk, high-end products can also apply micro hard disk technology.

Ding Huai and Chen Xinsheng laughed. It is really not advisable to disperse technical resources, otherwise it may lead to poor progress at both ends.

Acquiring a complete flash memory technology from Toshiba is of great significance to Jinhu. It not only attaches importance to the future development prospect of flash memory technology, but Jinhu can say that it has a relatively complete vertical industrial chain for the first time. In a few months, one or more iplayers will be the electronic products with the highest degree of localization. Overemphasis on localization is not worth advocating. Jinhu is in practice The strategy of global procurement will be implemented in the operation, but Zhang Ke still feels that such a moment is of extraordinary significance. He specially convened relevant people in person to encourage and encourage them.

After June, the rain along the Xiaojiang river seems to have never stopped. It seems that the rain in the early stage of plum blossom is mostly continuous overcast rain, which is not likely to cause disaster. However, the water level of the Xiaojiang River and its tributaries also rises more than in the past. Not only the Xiaojiang River Basin, but also the rainy season in southern China comes earlier than in previous years, and the rain is particularly abundant.

Driving to Hong Kong, it rained all the time before getting on the plane. Chen Xinsheng accompanied Zhang Ke to Hong Kong.

"The procurement business within the Jinhu system can be incorporated into Jinhu commercial, and the introduction of technology and high-quality talents from overseas will be the business that should be adhered to for a long time, and Jinhu commercial will also be responsible for it. The overseas operation Department and Jinhu commercial should rely on each other for their overseas business development. In order to avoid repeated waste of resources, the overseas operation Department can be temporarily placed in the name of Jinhu commercial However, in the end, we still hope that IDA can become a world-famous brand. It is necessary for IDA group to independently develop * *'s overseas brand marketing network... "Chen Xinsheng doesn't care much about the rain outside the plane's side window and focuses on the purpose of going to Hong Kong this time.

"To absorb capital from overseas, Jinhu commercial can't just have an empty shell, and we don't have the ability to inject too much capital into Jinhu commercial," Zhang Ke said, "Put the overseas business of Jinhu, some assets of Yuexiu holdings or some shares of Yuexiu into Jinhu commercial, which can be used as collateral chips to absorb overseas capital... Among them, only the overseas business with the strongest growth can be expected..."

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