Chapter 60: Time is running out for Huayao
Chapter 60: Time is running out for Huayao
Zhang Rui thought he was dazzled, so he rubbed his eyes quickly and looked at the quartz sand residual index again.
Holy crap! In just a blink of an eye, the amount of quartz sand increased by another 2%.
Zhang Rui couldn't help but say, "Oh my God, what's going on? How can it still go up?"
At this time, Du Jiahui just walked over.
Zhang Rui quickly shouted to Du Jiahui: "Dr. Du, come and take a look, what's going on?"
Du Jiahui responded, and when he saw his boss Hu Jiangshan, he hurried over.
"Are you talking about the quartz sand? It's all gone now."
Zhang Rui said: "You, you see, the reserves of quartz sand are increasing now."
Du Jiahui was confused: "Ah, the quartz sand has increased? Is this true?"
Du Jiahui took a look at the quartz sand remaining meter and was stunned.
The quartz sand increased instead of decreased.
Du Jiahui said: "This is weird. I clearly saw that there was less than 30% left just now, how come it has become 40% now? How come it increases the more I use it?"
Zhang Rui and Du Jiahui stared at each other, speechless for a moment.
This is tantamount to a supernatural event, challenging the bottom line of thinking of these two scientists.
Does physics no longer exist?
Hu Jiangshan was amused by their expressions.
"Okay, I won't hide it from you. Since the quartz sand is being replenished continuously, it will definitely increase."
"what!?"
Zhang Rui and Du Jiahui were even more confused and hurriedly asked what was going on.
Hu Jiangshan explained it to the two of them.
"Now that the quartz sand refinery on the island has been built, there is no need to purchase quartz sand from outside the island and transport it here. Now we can refine and produce it at any time and replenish it in time."
Zhang Rui and Du Jiahui looked at each other.
This in itself is very strange. Why did a quartz sand refinery suddenly appear on the island?
That thing is not a small wooden house that can be built just by saying so.
But then they thought, such a high-tech, standard smart office building was built in a short time, there was nothing that boss Hu Jiangshan could not do.
Realizing this, both Zhang Rui and Du Jiahui became excited.
The other mysteries are no longer important. The key is that the problem of quartz sand supply has been solved.
As mentioned before, the raw material that consumes the most in wafer production is quartz sand. Once this problem is solved, everything else will be no problem.
Hu Jiangshan and Zhang Rui went to see the wafers that had been produced.
The quality appears to be very good to the naked eye, and a team of people are currently conducting further testing.
Zhang Rui said, "Boss, the highest yield rate has now reached 82%. If we make further adjustments, it should be able to continue to rise."
Hu Jiangshan nodded: "Don't rush it, just take your time."
An 80% yield rate is indeed very ideal for the 7-nanometer advanced process.
Now it is 2018, and only TSMC can achieve a yield rate of nearly % on its nm process.
Sansang Semiconductor, another major wafer manufacturer, currently has a 7-nanometer yield rate of less than 80%.
From this perspective, General Island has at least surpassed Sansang in terms of manufacturing technology.
This is already a remarkable achievement.
Hu Jiangshan chatted with Zhang Rui for a while and then let him go about his business.
Hu Jiangshan then left the cave factory and went to his office.
He made himself a cup of coffee, looked at the charming sea view outside, and began to think about another thing.
Should we build a fishery nearby?
Logically, they should set up a fishery. After all, Hu Jiangshan is the owner of Jiangshan Fishery Company. What kind of fishery company is it without a fishery?
But it is not so easy to run a fish farm. Hu Jiangshan was not a fish farmer in his previous life, let alone a fisherman. He needs to make up for a lot of knowledge. And funding is also a problem.
Fisheries are an asset-intensive industry and an initial investment of tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars is essential.
Although Hu Jiangshan has received an advance payment of 30 million from Huayao, he has also spent a lot of it.
It's definitely not enough to build a proper fishery.
If we want to set up a fish farm, we have to wait until Huayao’s chip orders are fully delivered and the final payment is received. By then, we will have more funds.
In short, during this period, Hu Jiangshan must focus on the mass production of chips and no problems can arise.
After making up his mind, Hu Jiangshan stopped having wild thoughts.
In the blink of an eye, a month has passed.
Hong Kong Island, Laishan Apartments.
Hu Jiangshan took a rest today and did not go to General Island.
It’s hard to put it into words. Hu Jiangshan has been very tired during this period, running back and forth all the time.
Although Hu Jiangshan does not need to personally perform production maintenance and monitoring of the semiconductor production line, minor problems occasionally occur during the production process and it is difficult to find the causes.
At this time, Hu Jiangshan would help Zhang Rui and others to find and fill in the gaps.
You should know that these problems usually arise from data and are very minor, but they have a huge impact on production results.
For example, the yield rate of wafer production has now increased to more than 80% for seven-nanometer wafers, but it is not stable and the production data needs to be constantly corrected.
Although Zhang Rui is very capable, he is not as capable as Hu Jiangshan.
With a large amount of production data in front of him, Hu Jiangshan was able to find the problem quickly, which convinced Zhang Rui and others.
During this period, Hu Jiangshan was very busy and never rested from work. He even worked overtime all night for several days.
Fortunately, Hu Jiangshan’s efforts have not been in vain. Now the production line has stabilized, production efficiency is getting higher and higher, and the yield rate has also increased by several percentage points.
With the experience of this mass production, Zhang Rui's team has become much more mature.
As the boss, Hu Jiangshan can now relax a lot, at least he doesn't have to be on duty every day.
Zhang Rui reported to Hu Jiangshan yesterday that 90% of Huayao's orders have been completed, which is even faster than Hu Jiangshan imagined.
At this time, Hu Jiangshan had just finished breakfast. The weather was good and he was in a good mood.
As usual, Hu Jiangshan sat on the balcony, browsing mainland social media on his mobile phone.
This has always been Hu Jiangshan’s habit.
On social media, things were going from bad to worse for Huayao.
News and topics related to this have never stopped during this period.
For example, today, when Hu Jiangshan just opened Weibo, he saw several related topics.
[The new version of the semiconductor bill of the Ministry of Commerce of the United States has been in effect for more than a month, and the situation of Huayao is indeed getting worse]
[It is rumored that Huayao’s revenue has fallen precipitously, almost halved, and it is difficult to maintain high profits]
[Time is running out for Huayao, and the technology industry is generally not optimistic about Huayao’s future]
[Expert: Huayao is trying to find a new chip foundry, but the possibility of success is slim]
Hu Jiangshan saw a Weibo post with a very high click rate and a very eye-catching title.
[What will Huayao face in the next three years? ]
The content of this Weibo post was reposted, and the author was actually Aaron Malak.
This person is known as the real-life Iron Man and is also the boss of Tesla.
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