Chapter 427 Wafer factory?
"Little" Oriental Bell is not worthy of Boss Lin's heart. Some people, if you don't take them seriously, are actually the same. The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications needs snacks, but Xiao Yan's next sentence made Boss Lin immediately spit out. ()
"Puff~~What did you say?" Lin Zheng's eyes were about to pop out, "Is there a Wandao man selling wafer factories in Beijing?"
Wafer factories... This is an industry that the country must strongly support. Is it good? As long as it is more than 5 inches, as long as someone can get it, the country will give you any policies and what you want. You said that even the packaging and testing projects can be launched outside the wafer factory? Congratulations, you have become the son of the Republic.
"That's right, a 5-inch wafer factory with a 0.35 micron process has a monthly production capacity of 30,000 pieces. It will take about 100 million US dollars to be invested in the wafer tape packaging and testing," Xiao Yan's eyes were a little hot. When she heard the news, she immediately decided that she had to take the project into her hands even if she tried her best. As for Lin Zheng's lack of money... Is this problem still difficult to solve? "This is a 5-inch wafer factory. How about it? Consider it?"
"Not right?" Lin Zheng pondered for a moment. He was not knocked down by this huge news, but was surprised by the price. "A 5-inch wafer factory only costs 100 million US dollars?"
Although Lin Zheng does not have a very accurate concept of the cost of a wafer factory, even a 4-inch wafer factory cannot be obtained by US$100 million, right? Anyone who has a little knowledge of semiconductors knows that every inch the size of this wafer will increase exponentially.
When investing in a wafer factory, the most important thing is three things: one is money, the second is equipment, and the third is people.
Let’s talk about money first. Since the signing of the Plaza Agreement, Japanese wafer fabs have begun to decline. The main reason is that they have no money. In Lin Zheng’s memory, after 2000, Intel spent 20 billion US dollars a year to study new processes and build new factories. The annual investment of all wafer fabs in South Korea and Wandao may not be as high as Intel.
Let’s talk about equipment. Fabs require a lot of funds, and the biggest use of funds is to buy equipment. In the last life, Lin Zheng remembered that around 2009, a broker from Hong Kong Island sold second-hand lithography machines. A second-hand lithography machine produced in 1983 dared to ask for a price of 15 million rmb. This kind of equipment is the main equipment of domestic wafer production lines below 8 inches.
Finally, let’s talk about people. This is of course the most important thing. Without a large number of skilled workers and engineers, your wafer factory cannot be started even if it is built. After 2005, the domestic approach is to spend money, and the government will spend a lot of money. Since the economic downturn, Luwan Island has attracted semiconductor practitioners and attracted many powerful guys. Of course, many people have used this wind to cheat money and gain land.
This is a bit far from it. But what is certain is that a 5-inch wafer with a monthly output of 30,000 pieces has a factory with a 0.35-micron process process. If it is a brand new equipment, the investment scale will not be less than US$300 million, and even second-hand equipment will not be less than 150 million...not counting land costs.
Now Xiao Yan told herself that some people from Wandao sold a 0.35 micron, 5-inch wafer factory for 100 million yuan, and there must be a fraud among them!
"It was something a Wandao people named Cai Nanxiong were working on. They said they were a production line eliminated by TSMC, so it was so cheap." Xiao Yan was indeed concerned about this matter and asked about it a lot.
"Cai Nanxiong?" Lin Zheng's brows frowned immediately, and the name of a semiconductor company immediately came to Lin Zheng's heart: Ning & Bo Zhongwei! Didn't Kenning & Bo Zhongwei start working in 2002? And it's 6-inch.
In 2002, Feng Mingxian and Cai Nanxiong, Ph.D. in the United States, promoted their market theory to the Ningbo Municipal Government: the country should not blindly support high-end projects and ignore mature and economically beneficial low-end markets.
They believe that although the 6-inch production line, which was slightly outdated at the time, had a low-end market, the basic market was large and the benefits should be good... If you don't consider anything else, it's certainly correct... They are planning to build a wafer factory with an annual output of 240,000 6-inch chips, which can achieve an output value of US$84 million, of which 50% are used for export.
At that time, when the Yangtze River Delta region was rushing to semiconductor projects, the leaders of the Ningbo Municipal Government were immediately excited about Feng Mingxian and Cai Nanxiong's words, investing US$249 million in batches, introducing a 6-inch semiconductor production line from TSMC in the 1980s, and Zhongwei became the first semiconductor manufacturer in Ningbo.
But the future is bright, but things are going against our wishes. Zhongwei's capital contribution structure is inherently insufficient. When registering, it is filled with imported equipment and has very little money investment. Although it is in accordance with the law, it has caused inherent defects in the capital contribution structure, resulting in insufficient working capital, tight capital chain, and aging production line and unable to effectively expand production capacity. The company is insolvent. The monthly output at the best profit was only more than 10,000 pieces. During this period, some Taiwanese executives embezzled the company's assets. After such trouble, by the second half of 2008, Zhongwei finally insolvent and declared bankruptcy. It had to package and auction the related assets, including industrial real estate, electronic equipment, machinery and equipment, transportation equipment and proprietary technology projects.
There is no doubt that during the fall of Zhongwei, the two bosses of Zhongwei, Feng Mingxian and Cai Nanxiong, had their pockets bulging.
As long as this is related to the electronics industry, there are almost no one who doesn’t know about it. When he heard that it was Cai Nanxiong, Lin Zheng couldn’t help but start muttering: Did this guy start cheating on the mainland so early?
Seeing Lin Zheng frowning tightly, Xiao Yan felt something was wrong and asked carefully, "What? Something is wrong with this person?"
"What do you think of this person..." Lin Zheng frowned and then said slowly, "It's a coincidence that I happened to know that TSMC does have a 5-inch production line to prepare for takeout, but not now, but almost three years later."
"What do you mean, this person is a liar?" Xiao Yan was stunned, then looked murderous!
Money is not a big problem, but if you are cheated, it will be really embarrassing. Miss Xiao can't afford to lose this person.
Lin Zheng shook his head, "It can't be said to be a liar. Cai Nanxiong still has some solutions in the Wandao semiconductor industry, but he doesn't have much good intentions anyway... Now is not a good time to use wafers."
"Tsk..." Xiao Yan sighed depressedly. If the Wandao man named Cai could really create a wafer production and packaging and testing factory, he would have to turn the project into a 5-inch wafer factory. Whatever he said, it would be worth mentioning how political and economic the significance it is, but he didn't expect that he was a liar who could not move!
"Don't be depressed, you should think so. If it was really that simple, cities like Magic City, which have much better semiconductor conditions than our Langya, wouldn't they have broken their heads for this matter long ago?...I don't believe that this guy named Cai has never sold his tricks in the Yangtze River Delta and the Pearl River Delta cities!"
"This... makes sense." Although she was a little reluctant, Xiao Yan had to admit that Lin Zheng's words were indeed reasonable. Since this guy named Cai can still live so well, it means that this guy has some two brushes in his hand. If he can't use him now, it doesn't mean he can't use him in the future, and it's not convenient to touch him.
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"Do you want me to go in with you?" Standing with Lin Zheng at the gate of the Export-Import Bank of the Republic, Xiao Yan asked Lin Zheng with a smile.
"Thank you, no need," Lin Zheng shook his head indifferently, "I have a lot of dealing with the bank."
The cooperation between Lianchuang Technology and the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications of Belarus is an external cooperation project that the country attaches great importance to. The funds required for this foreign cooperation project have been fully entrusted by the Cabinet to undertake the Export-Import Bank of the Republic. Lin Zheng does not believe that the Export-Import Bank, which has just been established for one year, dares to interfere with such policy loans.
"Then you have to be mentally prepared, the people inside are not easy to talk to." After all, Lin Zheng had no experience in dealing with ministries and commission-level units in the past, so Xiao Yan was still a little worried.
"It's not easy to deal with?" Lin Zheng snorted, "If you have the ability, they will get stuck in my project. Who will be anxious to get angry at that time?"
"You guys, hey..."
Xiao Yan shook her head speechlessly. Her original intention was to remind Lin Zheng that this place is the National Export-Import Bank after all, and the rules that should be left must be left. If you can get less trouble, you will have less trouble. But unexpectedly, this kid is so young and energetic: Is this a loss unwilling to take?
But having said that, Xiao Yan had to admit that Lin Zheng's words made sense. Although Lianchuang Technology is worried that it would delay the allocation of funds due to its inadequate management, the money was a policy loan issued by the cabinet personally. The Export-Import Bank of China dared to block Lin Zheng a little, but if this matter was delayed, the people who handled this project would definitely not be able to take it... Who will assume this responsibility if the country's strategic layout is delayed?
The competition for this matter is who has enough qi cultivation skills. Xiao Yan was originally a little worried, but when Lin Zheng said this, he breathed a sigh of relief: the little guy looked like he was unwilling to suffer a loss.
"But be polite," Xiao Yan hesitated for a moment, and still reminded him, "If your company's similar business can increase in the future, it will not harm you to maintain a moderate relationship with them."
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ps: I was delayed yesterday because of a little trouble, and then I owe it to Chapter 40. Today I will pay one. In addition, brothers, the monthly tickets are so miserable. Can you give me some support? (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!