292: Chapter 292 Promotional Video for Voice Transmission

The European Union trade commissioner said at a press conference, "The European Union opposes any form of unilateral sanctions; trade issues should be resolved through multilateral mechanisms."

"I hope the United States and China can resolve their differences through dialogue!" said the Japanese Minister of Economy.

South Korea, as a global power, expressed close concern over the matter.

Simply translated, it means we all stand on China's side.

Because they, too, have been subjected to the United States' long-arm jurisdiction.

The European Union's Airbus has been sanctioned, Japan's Toshiba has been sanctioned, and South Korea's Samsung has also been sanctioned.

If they can use this excuse to sanction Transsion today, they can target them tomorrow.

But for the United States, this isn't a case of subordinates rebelling; it's their own dogs starting to bite them.

This is a very serious problem!

However, for now, the priority is to deal with China's impact, and then deal with these guys later.

Inside the White House, the hawks and doves were in an uproar.

"We cannot concede. Conceding is a sign of weakness, and China will only push for more!"

"Exactly, we have already removed Motorola and Transsion from the import restriction list. What more do they want?"

"But if we don't concede, the representatives from the agricultural states will tear the White House apart. Soybean stocks are piling up, and farmers are starting to protest."

"Why don't we just stay tough to the end and freeze Huaxin Investment's assets directly? Let's see if they can still be arrogant then!"

As soon as this was said, both the doves and the hawks looked at this person like he was a fool.

The leader of the doves began to mock him.

"Is your brain soaked in disinfectant? How could a sane person say such things?"

The hawk representative who had spoken stared daggers at the other party; how could he not tell that he was being insulted?

"What do you mean? I am doing this for the sake of the United States. It is because of your cowardice that the agricultural states have suffered such heavy losses! If we had acted earlier, things would definitely not be like this today!"

"Yes, it wouldn't be like this today—we would have failed even more miserably. Do you think they only came up with those technologies today? Let me tell you, it would be impossible to develop these technologies in less than five years. In other words, the situation is even more serious than we imagined."

Obama was caught in the middle, in a difficult position.

He was the representative of the doves, but now it was no longer a matter of which faction was right; this was a problem for the entire United States.

Ultimately, looking at the chaotic meeting, he made a compromise.

Suspend partial sanctions on Transsion in exchange for China delaying its investigation into agricultural products.

Specifically, the United States did not remove Huaxin Investment from the entity list, but guaranteed that Huaxin Investment's assets would not be frozen.

However, Huaxin's core business remained restricted.

The Chinese Department of Commerce responded, "We will delay the agricultural product investigation, but import quotas will be readjusted. Meanwhile, the antitrust investigation will continue, as will the semiconductor investigation."

Both sides took a step back, but neither won.

When the news reached Transsion headquarters, Shen Fei was in a meeting.

When Li Qing finished reading the news, no one could believe it. After all, how could the powerful United States surrender so quickly?

"Boss, the United States has admitted defeat. I thought they would be ruthless and freeze our assets."

Shen Fei smiled, his face still wearing that confident expression.

"It's not admitting defeat; it's a delaying tactic! They didn't retreat much this time, after all, Huaxin Investment is still on their entity list. However, we didn't concede either, and we can even suppress prices by adjusting quotas. Overall, we didn't lose; we even made a small profit."

"So what should we do?"

Shen Fei smilingly put down his teacup and said.

"Since they won't let us sell mobile phones, we'll sell chips. Let's convert our third production line directly to 14nm. When can it go into production?"

Professor Li Jiahui thought for a moment and said, "Factory Manager Yuan is already working on the conversion. The current market yield is about 65%. If things go well, it could reach 80% by next month."

After all, with the first production line as a foundation, the yield rate is climbing quite quickly.

"Then speed it up, and let's send them a little surprise."

...

September 25, 2012, Yangcheng. The weather was clear, and the same was true in the United States.

Transsion Semiconductor released a promotional video that ignited the entire internet.

The video was only three minutes long, but it was high-energy from start to finish.

It started with a wafer slowly rotating under a Lithography Machine, ultraviolet light flickering as circuit patterns were etched on layer by layer.

Alongside it was Professor Li Jiahui's narration, his voice sounding very powerful.

"Ten years ago, some people said that the Chinese couldn't make chips..."

The scene switched to the exterior of the Transsion Semiconductor wafer fab. Three manufacturing plants stood side by side, their gray outer walls and the red Transsion logo shining in the sunlight.

"Three years ago, we only had one production line with a monthly capacity of 5,000 wafers."

The camera zoomed into the interior of the plant, showing a complete production line neatly arranged. Robotic arms swept through the air, grabbing wafers and placing them precisely onto the conveyor belt.

"Today, we have three more production lines. All are world-leading processes with a monthly capacity of 60,000 wafers."

[28nm process, 30,000 per line; 14nm, 15,000 per line.]

The scene switched to the monitoring room, where various data points were jumping on the screens: yield rate, capacity, and order volume. The numbers kept rising.

"Some said that sanctions would kill Transsion, and that selling Motorola to cut off an arm for survival was the best explanation."

The scene switched to a screenshot of the US Department of Commerce's sanction notice, which was then torn to shreds by a hand.

Shen Fei's voice was also interspersed in the video.

"Sanctions will only make me stronger. Transsion will not fear sanctions; we only see them as the ultimate GG and the highest honor for a technology company!"

Finally, the camera pulled back, with the Transsion Semiconductor plant shining in the sunset.

A line of text appeared on the screen: "Transsion Semiconductor global foundry services, 14nm and 28nm processes available, bulk discounts available."

Unsurprisingly, the moment the promotional video was released, Weibo's potato servers crashed immediately.

Seeing this, he silently shook his head. Maybe he should start a short video platform; after all, it was 2012, and this was the biggest trend for short videos.

He silently wrote the name of Transsion Short Video on a piece of paper.

Meanwhile, the person in charge of Weibo felt a sudden panic; something seemed wrong.

But the most important thing right now was to hurry up and fix the servers.

A few minutes later, the Weibo servers finally recovered.

"Holy shit, Transsion is ruthless. They showed off all three production lines."

"14nm? I thought it was just a modified 28nm process, but it turns out to be three lines. How did they get the Lithography Machine?"

"The guy above, your motives are a bit impure. Tell me, how much for a big hammer and a small hammer..."

"Is Transsion trying to become a combination of Qualcomm and TSMC?"

"Shen Fei's line, 'Sanctions will only make us stronger,' got my blood boiling. Are there any books on integrated circuits? Let me calm down. [Dog Head]"