276: Chapter 276 A Surprise for the World: The 14nm Chip

The big screen switched back to the four versions of the Taishan 910...

"Brothers, apologize quickly! Don't let Mr. Shen switch it back again."

"He probably won't switch it back, but I have a feeling he's going to keep us in suspense."

"Oh no! Seeing it but not knowing the answer makes me feel so restless. Is Transsion going to do something huge today?"

"Something huge? As long as they don't pull a 'huge' disaster..."

"Exactly. Do they really think semiconductor manufacturing processes are that easy to break through? Transsion will probably sneakily give us a second-generation 28nm technology, and then there will be a certain improvement in performance [doge]."

But just as they were worrying, Shen Fei on stage read out the final answer directly.

"The Taishan 910 upgraded process version has a benchmark score of 42,000. The enhanced version has a benchmark score of 48,000."

Besides that, the big screen also announced the specific performance: CPU single-core improved by 35%, multi-core by 54%, and GPU performance by 47%. Power consumption dropped by 63.5%.

This series of luxurious data made many people unable to believe it.

"Impossible. It seems those experts were right; Transsion is addicted to its own data kingdom and can't extricate itself."

"Holy crap, how many generations did they skip?"

"Everyone else is still in the thousands, not even breaking 10,000, and you're already close to 50,000. Even though I'm a fan, I can't believe it!"

The director also appropriately gave some close-up shots of the audience; everyone was frowning, unable to believe this result at all.

"I know some people don't believe it, but this chip is manufactured using the world's leading 14nm process!"

With just a few seconds of buildup, Shen Fei unleashed his ultimate move!

The audience immediately broke into chaos.

"14nm is impossible! Semiconductor technology can't advance that quickly."

"TSMC just officially announced 28nm, and now it's 14nm?"

"Too fake!"

"Brothers, look at the livestream. The expressions of the big shots don't seem excited at all. Maybe it's actually true..."

At this moment, Zhang Shiqing and the others in the guest seats didn't look shocked; instead, they looked like it was a matter of course, and even a bit proud!

From now on, China's semiconductor industry will completely establish international advanced standards!

As for where the technology came from, don't worry about how he got it; if he got it, it's his.

It's like the construction industry; as long as you can carry away a steel coil with your bare hands, it's not stealing.

Meanwhile, the PPT on the big screen switched again: 14nm standard version benchmark score 42,000. 14nm enhanced version benchmark score 48,000?

"I don't know if this manufacturing process will make everyone believe this benchmark score. I believe that right now, everyone's confusion must be about how 14nm was achieved. After all, the current most advanced chip manufacturing process in the world is 28nm, which we finished long ago, while our competitors only just broke through this year. For our competitors, 14nm won't be mass-produced until at least 2015. How did Transsion do it?"

He paced back and forth on the stage, giving off a profound vibe.

"We did it because Transsion Semiconductor has been pushing three routes simultaneously over the past two years. 28nm, 22nm, and 14nm, all researched and developed in parallel. We aren't skipping generations; we are running them in parallel."

Everyone in the audience still couldn't believe it, but thinking of Huaxin Investment, which had already been blacklisted by the United States capital market, they started to feel it might be possible.

Perhaps during the 2008 economic crisis, Transsion obtained more than they had imagined?

"Today, the three versions of the S3 will be equipped with three of these four chips respectively. As per the usual rule, the standard version will be launched first by our brother company, Huawei."

The director gave Big Mouth Yu a special close-up, but he was holding a prototype of the Mate7...

"Our S3 standard version will be the first to be equipped with the 28nm enhanced version, the Taishan will be the first to be equipped with the 14nm standard version, and the S3 Pro Max will be the first to be equipped with the 14nm enhanced version."

Although there were many models, none of the audience had any complaints! Why hesitate? Just go for the top-tier configuration!

The online livestream chat was in complete chaos.

"It's really 14nm. Is Transsion trying to go to the sky?"

"I heard the Apple A6 is about to be released, and the performance has improved significantly. I wonder if it can compare?"

"Forget about Apple. The Samsung S3 uses the Exynos 4212, and the benchmark score is only a little over 5,000. Transsion is ten times ahead."

"I want to know if our 'King of Being Stolen' is watching the livestream right now? I wonder how he feels?"

"Hey, don't say that! Our 'King of Being Stolen' has already gone to India, deciding to play Transsion's ultimate move. Maybe one day he will return in glory and trample Transsion firmly into the ground [doge]."

"Then I'm looking forward to it! When that time comes, I must buy one to support him!"

At this moment, Lei Jun, known as the "King of Being Stolen," was indeed watching the livestream. He was in a hotel room in New Delhi, and the TV was reluctantly playing the footage of the Transsion press conference. Lin Bin was sitting next to him, and both of their expressions were very ugly.

"Mr. Lei, 14nm..." Lin Bin's voice was a bit panicked, but there was also a sense of complete liberation. After all, Transsion and them didn't seem to have any comparability... If there's no comparability, then there's no need to care.

"I saw it!" Lei Jun's hands were also shaking. "The Xiaomi 3s uses a Qualcomm chip, and the benchmark score is under 20,000. The S3 Pro Max benchmark score is 48,000, which is more than double mine."

Lin Bin didn't say anything, but he thought to himself that if Lei Jun could let go, it would be a good thing.

Meanwhile, Cook finally saw this. Hardware executive John Slughi asked again: "Tim, is this data reliable?"

"Reliable?" There was no doubt in Cook's tone. "They can lie to us in any aspect, but they absolutely wouldn't regarding chip performance."

"Then our A6..." "At most a little over 10,000." Cook shook his head slightly. "And Transsion is already at 14nm. We are a full three generations behind."

Everyone in the conference room felt a wave of despair. In their minds, they kept seeing last year's iphone 4 and this year's 4s, both phones crushed by a Motorola S2. Now it seems there's no point in thinking about the iphone 5 at the end of the year...

"Tim, should we release the A7 early?" "It's still in the laboratory stage, it needs at least another year." Cook shook his head again. "Notify the R&D team that the target process for the A7 must be changed to 14nm, and it must be out within a year."

"One year? That's impossible..." "Impossible or not, it must be possible." Cook looked at him. "Don't worry about the manufacturing process. That young man enjoys this kind of situation. He will definitely agree..."

Meanwhile, the pizza shop near the news release building in the United States was busy again. People from the Department of Commerce and the CIA were sitting around a round table, with the projector playing the Transsion press conference, and a pile of pizzas placed in the middle.