Chapter 55 As long as the chip passes the test, Huayao will survive

Chapter 55 As long as the chip passes the test, Huayao will survive

Chapter 55 As long as the chip passes the test, Huayao will survive

The department where Wu Xueming and his colleagues work is responsible for evaluating chip samples and developing improvement plans.

The main chip design department submits the IC design drawings of the new chip to the wafer foundry, namely TSMC and Huaxin International.

After the foundry's tape-out process, chip samples are obtained and then brought back for evaluation, testing and improvement.

But recently, due to well-known reasons, no chip samples have been delivered for a long time.

What happened today?
Why are there new chip samples?

Moreover, it was brought by Fang Haitao himself, which shows that this set of chip samples is very important.

Thinking back to Fang Haitao's cautious and nervous expression just now, Wu Xueming felt that there was something fishy going on.

What's more, Wu Xueming is the big shot in the department, the highest-level expert, but Fang Haitao didn't call him, but called that guy Huang Chao instead.

Of course, this cannot be blamed on Fang Haitao, since Wu Xueming has already resigned.

Wu Xueming smiled coldly, feeling that Fang Haitao and his team must be working in vain, or just being mysterious. It was impossible for Huayao to find a reliable chip foundry company now!
At the same time, Fang Haitao brought Huang Chao to a meeting room.

As we watched, Fang Haitao placed the box on the conference table.

Huang Chao couldn't help but ask: "Mr. Fang, what's in this..."

"Chip samples, of course."

Huang Chao swallowed his saliva and said, "Mr. Fang, which chip sample is this?"

“Kirin 990.”

"Ah? Qilin, Kirin 990? Mr. Fang, we have tested it before. Didn't we test it many times last year? Are we testing it again?"

Huang Chao thought, could it be that the leader is trying to find some work for us because there is no work in the department?

This is not a good sign.

Fang Haitao patted the box and said, "This time it's different."

Huang Chao suddenly realized something and asked quickly, "Mr. Fang, could this be from the Huaxin International tape-out?"

Fang Haitao glanced at Huang Chao and said, "HuaXin International, do you think they can do it? This is a 7-nanometer chip."

"This one……"

Huaxin International is indeed the strongest wafer manufacturing company in mainland China, but their current technology can only reach 14 nanometers at most, and there is no way to guarantee the yield rate.

Of course, if you use the stupid method, you can also tape out a seven-nanometer chip, but it is impossible to mass-produce it commercially.

Fang Haitao said: "Okay, don't worry about who made it. You should test this chip first to see what the process level is and what defects it has. By the way, you must compare it with the TSMC version of Kirin 990 to see how big the process technology gap is, and then write a test report."

"Okay, I see."

Huang Chao didn't ask any more questions. Now he had a job to do, which was more important than anything else.

Moreover, Fang Haitao's attitude is very cautious. I guess there must be some secret behind this version of Kirin 990.

Huang Chao said: "Mr. Fang, don't worry, we will get it done as soon as possible."

"Okay, go do it."

Huang Chao hesitated for a moment and asked, "Mr. Fang, is everything okay here?"

Fang Haitao looked outside the door and whispered, "As long as the chip is fine and meets Huayao's requirements, then there will be no problem."

Huang Chao's eyes lit up, and he felt like a dead tree coming back to life, full of vitality again. He almost wanted to jump up.

"Got it, Mr. Fang. I'll get busy then."

"Okay, let's go."

Huang Chao pushed the door open carrying a box, walking with the gait of a dragon and a tiger, with his head held high and his chest puffed out, looking very high-spirited.

There were actually a few people standing outside the door, and they were the colleagues I had just chatted with.

It seems that they are also very curious about what Mr. Fang Haitao is holding in his hand and what job he is going to assign to Huang Chao?
"Brother Chao, what's going on?"

"What did Mr. Fang tell you? Tell me." "Hey, you took out this box. Is it the chip inside?"

"Has President Fang assigned you a new task? Tell me quickly."

Huang Chao smiled slightly: "Okay, let's find a meeting room to discuss the situation. We'll be busy these days."

When everyone heard this, they became excited.

Oh boy, there's a new job.

And it seems that there are new chip samples, that’s amazing!

At this time, Wu Xueming came over, looked at the box in Huang Chao's hand, and smiled slightly: "You are so mysterious, what's the matter with you?"

Huang Chao was not angry either, he smiled and said: "Don't worry about this, you should just find a way out as soon as possible."

Wu Xueming's face changed: "You... I tell you, Huayao can't find a new foundry now. All your efforts are in vain. I advise you not to mess around."

Huang Chao said calmly: "Don't worry about it. It has nothing to do with you."

After saying that, Huang Chao picked up the box and left.

The other colleagues also followed Huang Chao closely without even looking at Wu Xueming.

Wu Xueming was stunned on the spot. As an expert, he felt very uncomfortable being treated like this.

More importantly, Huang Chao's attitude seemed as if he was confident and had something to rely on.

Did Huayao really find a new OEM factory?

But how is that possible?

Totally impossible!
Except for TSMC and Samsung, which can produce advanced seven-nanometer mobile chips, other companies simply cannot do it.

Even if Intel has such capability, it still needs to do a lot of preliminary work to achieve it.

The key point is that it is impossible for these three companies to produce for Huayao.

Wu Xueming sneered when he thought of this. He wanted to see how these guys struggled to their death.

At the same time, Huang Chao spent ten minutes holding a small meeting and then started to get busy.

They will conduct a comprehensive test on the manufacturing process of the "new version of Kirin 990".

After preparing the testing equipment, Huang Chao opened the box, revealing the chips and wafers.

Everyone rushed over to check it out first.

“It really is Kirin 990!”

"Wow, look at this packaging, the level is quite good."

“The stitching is also very neat, and it does have a bit of level.”

"This only proves that the packaging process is very good. We still have to test the specific chip to know."

Wu Xueming sat at his workstation and watched coldly.

These guys have wild ideas. Those chips are obviously just for show. It is questionable whether they can power on normally.

At this time, Huang Chao had already placed a chip on the development board and started powering on the chip for testing.

Everyone is very nervous.

This first step is critical. If power can be supplied, the chip is at least functioning properly.

Many chip samples cannot even pass this test.

With a beep, everyone cheered; the chip actually lit up.

Wu Xueming's hand holding the cup shook uncontrollably and he almost spilled water on the table.

What's going on? It's lighting up normally?
Wu Xueming stood up involuntarily, took two steps forward, and stretched his neck to watch.

(End of this chapter)