Saying this, Li Jun sighed and said:
"It's a pity that after Jim Keller finished developing the Athlon 64 and FX processors, his old problem of being free and undisciplined relapsed, so he resigned.
This also led to AMD lacking a top-notch chip development master, and eventually, facing the Core processors that Intel vigorously developed a few years later, AMD was completely beaten and unable to cope.
So, as time passed, AMD processors gradually declined, and they could no longer maintain a super-high market share of 25%.
After that, Jim Keller, after leaving his job, joined the newly established PA Semi company, and then PA Semi was acquired by Apple.
Ultimately, it was Jim Keller who led the team to develop the Apple A4 mobile phone processor, which preceded the Phoenix X1 mobile phone processor.
Now Jim Keller is using our RISC-V open-source instruction set to develop a new generation of Apple A5 mobile phone processors.
Moreover, the process technology is very likely to adopt the 40nm process, therefore, this Apple A5 mobile phone processor will definitely be very powerful."
Hearing the words of Li Jun, the Minister of Geek Software Department, the people at the scene began to discuss.
"This Apple company really found a treasure, unexpectedly getting a chip development master just like that."
"Speaking of which, I also used AMD's processors in the early 2000s.
To be honest, the performance of AMD's Athlon processors at that time was really strong, and the price was cheap, no wonder the market share could reach 25%."
"It's a pity that Jim Keller left AMD early, otherwise, he should have been able to lead the team to develop a new CPU processor that could rival or even surpass Core processors.
Otherwise, how could Intel be allowed to dominate with its Core processors like it is now?"
A group of Geek's internal mid-to-high-level personnel discussed with each other, feeling that Apple was too lucky to have obtained the top chip development master Jim Keller.
Some people also felt that AMD was too unlucky. If they had forcibly retained Jim Keller at that time, then AMD would not be in its current state of decline.
It can be said that the reason why AMD is in its current state of decline is entirely because, without Jim Keller, their designed CPU processors cannot beat Core processors.
"Boss? What kind of process technology will our next-generation mobile phone processor use?"
Gao Peng suddenly asked Gao Nian.
"40 nanometers."
Hearing this, Gao Peng asked in confusion:
"Still 40 nanometers? Why not the 32-nanometer process? Wasn't the 32-nanometer process launched last year?"
Gao Nian thought for a moment and then answered Gao Peng's question:
"Intel is the one that has mastered the 32-nanometer process, and Intel will definitely not manufacture mobile phone processors for us.
After all, Intel is too arrogant and has never manufactured chips for others, so naturally no one will set this precedent."
"As for TSMC, although they have already mastered the mass production technology of the 28-nanometer process.
However, the mass production technology of this 28-nanometer process is not mature and has serious leakage problems. If we use TSMC's 28-nanometer process.
Then our mobile phones will experience frequent crashes, so we currently have no way to use the 28-nanometer process, and can only continue to use the 40-nanometer process.
At least before the end of this year, TSMC should not be able to solve the leakage problem of 28-nanometer process chips.
So we have no way to use the 28-nanometer process and can only continue to use the 40-nanometer process."
"Okay."
Gao Peng said helplessly.
It turned out that it was not that they didn't want to use it, but that the environment was not mature.
It turned out that Intel had never manufactured chips for others, and it was undoubtedly going to be rejected if Geek Technology wanted to find them for manufacturing.
As for TSMC, although they have mastered the more advanced 28-nanometer process technology than 32 nanometers.
However, because of the leakage problem, they are unable to produce stable 28-nanometer process chips.
This led to Geek Technology Company reluctantly continuing to use the 40-nanometer process technology, so this is a tragic fact.
As for Sanhan Electronics and Zhongxin International?
The process technology of Sanhan Electronics is naturally impossible to catch up with TSMC, and Sanhan Electronics doesn't even need to think about what TSMC can't do.
And Zhongxin International is even more miserable. Not to mention the 32-nanometer and 28-nanometer processes, even the 45-nanometer process is a luxury.
Currently, Zhongxin International can only mass-produce the 65-nanometer process, and there is still a long way to go before the 45-nanometer process can be implemented.
In general, Geek Technology's behavior of investing in Zhongxin International and giving all the chip manufacturing orders that Zhongxin International can produce to Zhongxin International.
It has indeed accelerated the development speed of Zhongxin International, making this world's Zhongxin International develop better than in the previous world, but the problem is that the development of China's semiconductor industry cannot be solved by relying on a single chip foundry.
It also needs high-precision lithography machines, etching machines, and other advanced chip production equipment.
Therefore, because it cannot purchase the most advanced chip production equipment, Zhongxin International can only try to be clever.
For example, developing a multi-exposure technology that is said to be able to manufacture 7-nanometer chips after multiple exposures.
Or developing other clever technologies, such as 3D stacking packaging technology.
By stacking multiple 'chips', the structure of the chip advances from a simple two-dimensional plane to a three-dimensional solid.
That is, by increasing the thickness, more transistors can be stuffed in to obtain stronger performance.
In the previous life, the mobile phone processor on Huawei's mobile phones used this method, and ultimately, its performance was not inferior to the top mobile phone processors of the same period despite the backward manufacturing process.
Of course, Geek Technology Company is currently only investing heavily in these two technologies, and there is still a long way to go before the technology is developed and mass-produced.
So these two technologies are a bit too far away and cannot solve the immediate problem.
Therefore, Geek Technology Company is destined not to be able to use the 28-nanometer process this year, nor can it use the 32-nanometer process.
Geek Technology can only currently use the same 40-nanometer process as the Phoenix X1 mobile phone processor, which is the truth.
"Alas, everyone is using the 40-nanometer process and everyone is using the RISC-V open-source instruction set. Our next-generation mobile phone processor is going to have a hard time."
Gao Peng sighed.
Although he has always admired Gao Nian and believes that Gao Nian's chip development capabilities are definitely the best in the world.
But the more he knows, Gao Peng's confidence inevitably wavers.
In response, facing the pessimistic Gao Peng, Gao Nian shook his head slightly and said:
"Although both use the 40-nanometer process and the RISC-V open-source instruction set, different people can make dishes with different flavors.
Moreover, the unique selling point of the next-generation Geek S3 smart phone is not the phone's performance, but the AI chip.
Therefore, Gao Peng, you don't have to worry about the phone's hardware, just focus on doing a good job in the game aspects.
After all, your Geek Games department is under a lot of pressure. Don't let the exclusive game not be developed when the Geek S3 smart phone is released, and drag down the Geek S3 smart phone."
"Yes, I understand."
Gao Peng nodded lightly in agreement, his expression becoming serious.
Gao Peng has already decided that after the meeting, he will increase the burden on his subordinates and make them work hard to develop new games for early internal testing.
There must be no serious bugs when the game is officially released, and then ruin the reputation of Geek Games.
However, the tree desires calm, but the wind does not stop. Next, an unexpected event in the United States put Geek Technology in the spotlight.
