182: If you are not crazy, you will not become a Buddha!

So at this moment, the senior executives of Shuguang Technology were not only angry at Motorola, Nokia, Samsung, and Sony Ericsson, but now they also had Texas Instruments to be angry at!

"Is that really the case? This truly exposes the ugly face of capitalism. Chip localization and replacement are indeed necessary."

It was Ni Guangnan who spoke at this time.

He had always advocated for Great Xia to develop its own chips in the media and at the Xia Academy of Sciences, and now, through Texas Instruments' actions, his words were silently affirmed as correct.

At this moment, Lei Bu Si, who was standing by, looked at Ni Guangnan with a hopeful expression and asked,

"Academicians Ni, may I ask what stage our mobile phone chip research and development has reached? Although it was previously claimed that it could rival and surpass Texas Instruments' latest OMAP1710 mobile phone chip, what is the actual result?

Can our Shuguang Mobile Phone Chip truly replace Texas Instruments' mobile phone chips?

I don't expect it to replace the OMAP1710 mobile phone chip; as long as it can replace the OMAP710 mobile phone chip used in our Shuguang F1 and Shuguang A1 plus phones, that would be enough."

Lei Bu Si, disgusted by those United States companies, only wanted to know the progress of the Shuguang Mobile Phone Chip at this moment.

He wanted to know if the Shuguang Mobile Phone Chip could replace Texas Instruments' chips, making Texas Instruments back off and regret its unreasonable demands.

"There's no need to worry about the mobile phone chip's performance; its theoretical performance surpasses the OMAP1710 mobile phone chip, and it can at least replace the OMAP710 mobile phone chip.

Of course, the actual results need to be seen after testing, as there might be additional factors like the need to reduce the chip frequency due to heat dissipation, leading to significant performance degradation.

As for when it can be implemented? With Lin Chen and my overtime design, the Shuguang Mobile Phone Chip R&D is progressing quite smoothly.

If it can pass in one go, it is expected to complete the supercomputer software verification test in about ten days, and then begin tape-out verification in mid-May..."

At this point, Ni Guangnan's eyes showed a hint of hesitation, because completing the chip supercomputing verification test did not mean the chip's actual R&D was successful.

There will definitely be some discrepancies between computer simulation and actual chip production; a problem-free supercomputer simulation does not mean problem-free actual tape-out production.

After all, according to the conventional situation in the chip design industry, it generally takes several iterations for a chip to go from design completion to successful tape-out and testing.

Although a one-time pass from chip design completion to tape-out does exist in theory, no manufacturer has actually achieved this.

Generally, the best chip design teams manage to keep it to around two tape-outs at best.

Therefore, considering the time for modification after tape-out failure and re-tape-out, theoretically, the true birth of Shuguang Technology's mobile phone chip should be delayed until late June or July.

Of course, if everything goes smoothly and a second tape-out is not needed, and it can pass the tape-out test in one go, then it might be released as early as late May!

Of course, the premise is that Shuguang Technology must pay extra when finding a chip foundry for tape-out, otherwise, under normal circumstances,

After the chip design is completed, the entire tape-out process takes approximately two to three months.

If Shuguang Technology is willing to pay several times the tape-out cost to the chip foundry during tape-out, then the chip foundry will definitely speed up, reducing the original two to three months' task to within ten-odd days.

So, theoretically, if all goes well, the Shuguang Mobile Phone Chip could be launched as early as late May.

"Is it really going to be late June or July for actual implementation? This is a problem."

Upon learning the specific launch time of the Shuguang Mobile Phone Chip from Ni Guangnan, Lei Bu Si was truly very disappointed.

After all, how could Lei Bu Si be in a good mood when he thought of Shuguang Technology being forced to accept a price increase of 35 yuan with no power to resist?

A 35 yuan price increase per chip may not seem like much, but a closer look reveals it's a huge sum of money.

After all, based on Shuguang Technology's monthly sales of 1.22 million units, Shuguang Technology would be forced to reduce its profit by 42.7 million in revenue each month.

This monthly reduction of 42.7 million in revenue was all taken by Texas Instruments, so how could Lei Bu Si not be angry, powerless, and helpless in the face of this situation?

After all, without their own mobile phone chips at present, even if Texas Instruments made the shameless act of increasing the price by 35 yuan, Shuguang Technology had to accept it to survive.

However, as the scene fell silent, Lin Chen suddenly spoke:

"Time waits for no one. We must launch our Shuguang Mobile Phone Chip before the end of May and release our new phone on June 15th!"

"Huh?"

Hearing Lin Chen's words, everyone present looked at Lin Chen with stunned expressions, their eyes filled with surprise.

After all, although Ni Guangnan had just said that theoretically, if everything went smoothly and a second tape-out was not needed, it could be launched by the end of May, that was only if it succeeded in one go.

They were a chip design team that had only been established for a short time; how could they possibly succeed in one tape-out without any problems?

After all, what they were developing was the Shuguang Mobile Phone Chip, which was slightly stronger in performance than Texas Instruments' latest OMAP1710 mobile phone processor.

The difficulty of developing such high-end mobile phone chips is said to be several times that of low-end mobile phone chips, and under these circumstances, the hope of succeeding in one go is truly slim.

Moreover, chip tape-out time is also a big problem; chip foundries also need time for tape-out.

A chip goes through over 1000 steps from raw material preparation, lithography, doping, electroplating, packaging, and testing.

Even for a foundry highly skilled in chip production, to produce from chip blueprints, it would require at least 15 to 20 days of chip tape-out time.

Therefore, the actual design time left for Shuguang Technology does not exceed 15 days!

Under such circumstances, how could Lin Chen claim to launch the mobile phone chip before the end of May?

Even if the factory can complete the tape-out, can your mobile phone chip design progress keep up?

However, facing Lin Chen's firm and unyielding gaze, those who knew Lin Chen's temperament could only sigh, knowing that Lin Chen's mind was made up.

At this moment, Ni Guangnan shook his head slightly and said helplessly,

"It seems my old bones will have to endure some hardship for a while."

Upon hearing this, everyone present smiled, but their hearts also grew heavy.

They didn't understand how to design and launch mobile phone chips, but since Lin Chen had decided to complete the mobile phone chip by the end of May and release the new phone on June 15th, they would fully cooperate and assist.

So, everyone present, whether it was Lei Bu Si, Chen Dong, Huang Hua, or Sales Director Li Tianqiang and Ni Guangnan, all had fierce fighting spirit in their eyes at this moment.