430: Chapter 430 Lenovo Chips Achieve Breakthrough

This resulted in the large amount of capital they had invested in the semiconductor industry being completely locked up.

Only then did they realize who was behind that short order from a while ago.

Capybara!

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It was probably another alt account of Huang Tianya; they had to find a way to solve this problem. They couldn't let Huang Tianya harvest this capital so easily.

So that afternoon, another piece of news seized the top spot on the entire internet's trending list.

Lenovo's official Weibo account posted a long article at 2 PM:

# Lenovo Core Technology's First Self-Developed Chip: Lenovo Core K1 Tape-out Successful! A New Star for Domestic Chips #

The article included a close-up photo of a wafer, specifically emphasizing the use of 22nm process technology, with chips densely arranged, shimmering with a metallic luster under the lights.

Of course, there was also a photo of the actual packaged product below, with the words "Lenovo K1" printed on the surface.

At the same time, in order to grab more attention and help solve the public opinion pressure over there,

after the official announcement, Yang Yuanqing also immediately posted on Weibo:

"Today I'm sharing some good news with everyone: our self-developed processor, Lenovo K1, has officially successfully taped out. This is a mid-range processor."

Although it is a mid-range processor, its performance is in the international mainstream.

The road to chip manufacturing is not as simple as everyone imagines.

Just for this one mid-range processor, we still spent two years and invested over 3 billion.

But I can proudly say that we have our own chips, and they are independently developed based on the ARM architecture.

This chip will be first equipped in the flagship models of the Motorola brand.

Looking back at these two years of chip development, when Liu Jun first proposed the idea of making chips, I wanted to kick him to death.

At that time, I had a fixed impression in my mind: why bother making chips when you can just buy good solutions?

For example, Qualcomm or Transsion; these are high-quality suppliers. Take Transsion, for example, we have a lot of cooperation between us...

But at the time, Liu Jun said something that almost made me fire him. He said, "Mr. Liu, if even you subconsciously think this way, then aren't we really failures?"

"Is what the netizens say true?"

"Since that's the case, we have to fight for our dignity. We aren't just an assembly plant; we also have our own core technologies. Otherwise, how could we have achieved our current status just by assembling things?!"

"Later, I thought about it, and he was right. In the new era, we should also control public opinion; we can't keep letting those black PR campaigns target us."

"So I gritted my teeth and officially approved that 10 billion last year. Although this money put a lot of pressure on the company, we still let them go all out. Fortunately, they were determined enough..."

After Yang Yuanqing's Weibo post, Lei Jun immediately reposted it.

"Congratulations, Mr. Yang, on achieving a breakthrough so quickly. It seems your company's R&D capabilities are truly strong."

"Xiaomi has also recently established a semiconductor laboratory; we can exchange ideas later."

"Many thanks for your support, Mr. Lei!" Yang Yuanqing immediately posted another Weibo reply.

With the two of them engaging in commercial mutual flattery, this Weibo post immediately hit the trending list.

# Lenovo K1 Officially Mass Produced #

# Domestic Manufacturers Congratulate Each Other #

"Holy crap, did Lenovo actually make it? Wasn't it said before that the chip team had already been disbanded?"

"The person above, that was fake news released by some competitor just to distract us!"

"Is it possible that it was fake news released by Lenovo on purpose? After all, self-developed chips will definitely infringe on the interests of certain manufacturers. They might do it on purpose to sell chips... those who know, know."

"The person above, which company are you talking about?"

"I can't say, otherwise they will definitely sue us for malicious comments, saying we are slandering them."

"By the way, here's a hint: Lenovo is using TSMC's process technology, not some 'far ahead' technology. They must be furious right now, right?"

"The person above, still trying to stir up trouble here? Let's see when this chip can catch up to Transsion first, okay?"

"Stop arguing! All I can say is that being able to self-develop is good news. Lenovo finally made a move after acquiring Motorola; this is a good thing."

"The domestic chip scene is getting livelier and livelier."

At the same time, Digital Chat Station also reposted Lenovo's Weibo. However, unlike Lei Jun's long post, Digital Chat Station only posted two words: "Congratulations."

"Boss, why did you only post these two words! It's a domestic chip, after all!"

"Brother Zhan, why does this 'congratulations' sound so sarcastic?"

"The person above, if you and your wife hadn't been intimate for over a year, and she suddenly gave birth to a big baby boy, do you think it would be yours?"

"Exactly. Don't talk about slandering Lenovo; don't you guys think the timing is too coincidental? Transsion just announced the start of production for their new 14nm line, and Lenovo releases a self-developed chip right here!"

"Fans of a certain company, don't stir up conspiracy theories there. You're just jealous of our chip."

After careful analysis, Lan Yangyang Assistant finally found a similarity in the chip's design.

"Since Brother Zhan isn't in a position to say it, I will: this K1 is too fake."

"First of all, they were established last year and hadn't even finished hiring people, yet they successfully self-developed it this year. This speed is impossible in chip development."

"Even the tape-out time alone wouldn't be enough, which is also why they used Samsung's process."

"Additionally, looking at the layout of this chip, it should be an early version of the Fire Dragon 615. Qualcomm developed it halfway, realized they couldn't control the power consumption, and gave up."

"From what I can see, they must have bought it... This isn't called self-development; this is called rebranding."

"Damn, if that's true, then Lenovo hasn't changed, and neither has Qualcomm."

"Passing off a discarded Qualcomm project as self-developed—this is what you call a domestic breakthrough?"

"Two years of development, but the actual time span didn't exceed one year?"

"The person above, New Year's Day has already passed, how can you say it's not two years? [Dog Head]"

"I'm not listening, I'm not listening! You are slandering our LX; this is questioning why that title can only be used by a certain manufacturer."

"The person above, your acting is so bad you won't get paid."

The entire comment section was very subtle. Digital Chat Station didn't reply at all, and Lenovo's official Weibo didn't respond either.

Shen Fei of course also scrolled past this Weibo post, but he didn't reply at all. After all, the truth is the truth, and fake is fake.

However, he still called over Factory Manager Yuan Guoqing and Professor Li Jiahui to analyze this matter.

To be honest, this matter of Lenovo's self-developed chip breakthrough also gave Professor Li Jiahui a huge shock. After all, if there were such good talent at home or abroad, they would have already been poached.

As it turned out...

"Mr. Shen, the netizens' guesses were not wrong."

"This chip's parameters are completely identical to the early engineering sample of the Qualcomm Fire Dragon 615 in our database."

"Octa-core A53, main frequency 1.5 GHz, the GPU is Adreno405, and they didn't even change the register addresses."

"The only difference is that the process was changed from 28nm to 22nm."