Chapter 247 Overtaking on a Curve Is Not Impossible

After thinking for a while, Mr. Ren continued:

"The only company I can think of that can design and manufacture mobile phone chips on its own is Samsung. But I don't think we need to involve so many fields. After all, with the size of Samsung, Huawei and Warwick There is still a big gap in comparison.”

The entire Samsung company even accounts for a quarter of the GDP of South Korea. This is an absolutely unreachable figure in China.

"Of course, it is very difficult to reach the size of Samsung. We do not necessarily have to own all the technologies, but at least we have the say in these core technologies. If we did not manufacture mobile phone chips on our own capabilities, we may lose the supply of mobile phone chips at any time..."

Listening to Ning Chen's words, Mr. Ren quickly understood what Ning Chen meant.

However, Mr. Ren still feels that it is difficult for such a situation to really happen.

"Teacher Ning, according to the general international market economic theory, such a situation is unlikely to exist. The chip industry is a highly globalized industry, and there is an interdependent relationship between various countries and enterprises. If it is destroyed, is a part of the industry, then it is only a beneficial and harmless thing for various countries and enterprises..."

There is nothing wrong with Mr. Ren’s explanation. In this era, this is something that most people agree with.

However, no one can predict what will happen next.

"Mr. Ren, in fact, we have similar considerations when implementing the Beidou project. Since there is a free GPS positioning system, why do we still bother to study our own satellites?"

"That's right. If we really count on foreign technology to solve problems, we don't need to implement the Beidou plan. We at Warwick are different from other mobile phone manufacturers. We are not content to be just an ordinary mobile phone company and use various foreign technologies. Use the technology to assemble mobile phones. Teacher Ning, please tell me what good suggestions you have."

Mr. Ren knew that since Ning Chen had told him so much, he would definitely not just raise questions, but should have some solutions to the problems.

"Mr. Ren, I think it is best for us to have a detailed response plan before releasing the Star OS system. We must be prepared to design and manufacture chips independently, so that we will not be at a loss due to sudden changes."

Although Ning Chen gave a general direction for solving the problem, he did not give a specific solution, which made Mr. Ren frown.

"If you want to solve the problem of chip manufacturing, you cannot bypass the technology of lithography machines... The current level of domestic lithography machines is not enough to independently manufacture top-level lithography machines. We cannot let Warwick, Are you going to study the manufacturing of photolithography machines yourself?"

As the saying goes, there are specializations in the technology industry. Even if Warwick's business covers a wide range of areas, it is unlikely that it can build its own lithography machines.

The craftsmanship here is very complex and sophisticated, and it cannot be easily solved by just one Warwick.

"Yes, Mr. Ren, it is indeed very difficult to manufacture a precise photolithography machine. This is also a task that is difficult for us to complete in a short time. However, we can consider overtaking in corners and use another method. , to complete the photolithography technology."

"To overtake on a curve by another method...is this really possible?"

In fact, Mr. Ren doesn't really believe in the special way of overtaking on curves. After all, even overtaking in a straight line is not easy, and overtaking in curves is even more difficult.

But if these words came from Ning Chen, Mr. Ren would still be willing to listen to Ning Chen's thoughts.

"Yes, Mr. Ren, such a possibility does exist. We only need to achieve the results of photolithography, and we do not necessarily need to use the technology of the photolithography machine. Mr. Ren, do you have a pen and paper here?"

"Well, there is some, you can take it and use it."

After taking the pen and paper, Ning Chen immediately started drawing on the paper.

Seeing the pattern Ning Chen drew on the paper, Mr. Ren couldn't help but frowned in confusion.

Therefore, from an intuitive point of view, what Ning Chen painted has no direct relationship with photolithography technology, but is more like a playground pattern.

But Mr. Ren still held back his doubts and did not ask Ning Chen directly. Instead, he patiently waited for Ning Chen's answer.

After Ning Chen completed the rough drawing of the plan, he smiled and said to Mr. Ren:

"Mr. Ren, does this look a bit like a runway?"

After hearing Ning Chen's words, Mr. Ren couldn't help but smile and replied:

"Teacher Ning, to tell you the truth, that's what I was thinking just now. Are you really drawing a runway?"

"It can indeed be understood this way, but this is not an ordinary runway, but a light runway. A traditional lithography machine is like a treadmill, you can run on the spot. And our method occupies an area of It is much larger than traditional photolithography, but requires much less breakthrough technology..."

Although Mr. Ren was not an expert in lithography, under Ning Chen's patient explanation, he gradually understood the principles involved.

"Teacher Ning, this method is really ingenious. If this solution can really be realized, then we can theoretically manufacture chips no matter how precise they are."

However, because this plan requires a lot of investment, Mr. Ren does not know whether Warwick has the ability to complete this work.

"Yes, this can indeed be tried in theory. If Mr. Ren is interested in this, I will design a detailed plan when I go back, and then we will evaluate the feasibility of this plan together. Xingchen Technology is willing to provide Technical guidance, cooperation with Warwick Company on photolithography factory projects.”

Ning Chen's subtext is obvious. Regarding the technology of the lithography factory, it is definitely impossible for Xingchen Technology to get money. Even if Xingchen Technology has just received 100 million R&D funds, this amount of money is not worth it in front of the lithography factory. Not worth mentioning.

But Ning Chen feels that given Huawei’s size, it is still capable of completing the construction of a photolithography factory.

"Okay, Teacher Ning, after you have a mature plan, we will continue to evaluate the feasibility of the plan and discuss a specific implementation plan."

Mr. Ren is obviously also very interested in Ning Chen's idea. As long as domestic companies have chip manufacturing capabilities, they are definitely much more reliable than foreign companies.

If we can really realize our desire to manufacture chips independently, we will no longer have to look at other people's faces to act.

After chatting with Ning Chen for a while, Mr. Ren also felt that now is indeed not the best time to release the Star OS system.

Although in terms of mobile phone systems, Warwick has done a good enough job in optimizing the system, but Warwick is obviously not fully prepared to meet the various challenges that may be encountered after the release of the new system.

"Teacher Ning, then I will follow your suggestion and not release the Star OS system for the time being. Once we have the technology to independently manufacture high-precision chips, there is no rush to consider this matter."

In fact, judging from the current performance of Warwick mobile phones, equipped with a more usable mobile phone system, it is the icing on the cake. Even if the new system is not released immediately, it is not unacceptable.

Just like Apple has not solved the problem of slow charging speed of mobile phones, it is not that it is incapable of solving it, but it is simply unnecessary, because even if such a problem exists, it will not affect users' choice of Apple mobile phones.

Wait until the user really can't bear the slow charging speed, and then make a slight improvement. The change in the user experience will even be better than using fast charging from the beginning.

"Mr. Ren, there is no need to wait until we completely solve the chip manufacturing technology before releasing the Star OS system. As long as our photolithography factory is planned to be launched and we have the ability to complete chip manufacturing in the next few years."

…

After their trip to Warwick, Ning Chen and others returned to Shengzhou.

Ning Chen was quite satisfied with this trip to Warwick.

Although Ning Chen has not reached any other formal cooperation agreement with Warwick this time, with the verbal agreement with Mr. Ren, at least Ning Chen has the conditions to continue to implement his subsequent plans.

In the last life, Ning Chen hoped that China would one day have its own high-precision chip manufacturing technology, so that China would no longer rely on foreign technology in this field.

However, Ning Chen in the previous life was just a very ordinary person. He did not have such abilities. At most, he could only be filled with righteous indignation and could not change anything by his own strength.