71: Chapter 71 Taishan 900 Design Scheme! A sucker comes knocking.

"Notify Huawei that the Taishan PM100 will be supplied primarily to Honor Smartphones, with the price set at 12 yuan per unit. Additionally, when other manufacturers are willing to buy, it will be open to them as well, with the price... set at 15 yuan."

"12 yuan? We only make 3.5 yuan per unit?"

Chen Hai didn't quite understand.

"That's right, that's the price. Huawei Terminal is our adopted son after all, so we have to give them some margin."

"As for other manufacturers, as long as the volume is high, we can lower it a bit. We can even let them use our Type-C fast charging protocol for free. Our goal is small profits but quick turnover."

"Once all manufacturers are using our chips, the economies of scale will be profitable enough. Plus, by then, they'll already be tied to our chariot, and we can discuss profits later."

This time, everyone looked at Shen Fei; they understood what their boss meant.

This was the same tactic Qualcomm played, except Qualcomm sold mobile chips with communication basebands, while Transsion was selling fast-charging chips with fast-charging protocols.

But the goal was the same: fatten the pig before slaughtering it.

As everyone nodded, Shen Fei spoke again: "And the Taishan PM100 is just an appetizer."

"This is the Taishan 900 design plan. It is Transsion's first integrated chip, featuring 3G integration and expected to use a quad-core Mali-400 GPU."

With every specification Shen Fei mentioned, Professor Li Jiahui's eyes widened. He really wanted to interrupt his boss; this goal was too ambitious.

But he decided to wait until Shen Fei finished before speaking...

"As for the chip's manufacturing process, we plan to use the 28nm process."

"No! Shen... Boss, a quad-core processor using the 28nm process would indeed reduce power consumption, and it could be used."

"But the most advanced process currently on the market is 32nm, and that's only in small-scale trial production. The 28nm process you're talking about will take at least another four or five years."

"Our technology is decent, although integrating the CPU and communication baseband together will significantly increase the difficulty of the work. Still, we are confident that we can complete the design of this processor within two years; this timeline is completely unneces—" an engineer from the United States spoke up first.

He was previously a Qualcomm engineer who had been laid off due to the economic crisis.

He was originally skeptical, but was later easily won over by Professor Li Jiahui.

But regarding this foolish goal, he couldn't help but stand up. After all, there were too many things that needed to be solved for this chip.

A quad-core CPU, integrated CPU, and integrated communication baseband—every step was as difficult as ascending to heaven for the current Transsion Semiconductor.

They believed that with their own technology and the great expert Professor Li Jiahui, they could solve it, but they really had no way to solve the biggest problem: the manufacturing process.

Shen Fei didn't speak as he watched them, and at this moment, Professor Li Jiahui stepped forward.

"Boss, the 28nm process can indeed improve chip performance, but that timeline... is still too early. Even if we design it, we won't be able to produce it."

"I will solve the design problems. You only need to be responsible for designing this chip, and at the same time, derive a dual-core Taishan with the same integration process from it."

"Also, here is the design data for the Taishan 900; it can significantly improve your work progress."

After saying this, Shen Fei handed a USB drive to Professor Li Jiahui; this was an extra product included with the production line.

Professor Li Jiahui hurriedly ran to a computer nearby, opened the USB drive, and began to carefully look at the technical data on it.

He read it page by page.

But the more he read, the more his hands trembled.

This wasn't just the technical data his boss had mentioned, but a complete design plan.

"This... this design..." He looked up, staring at Shen Fei in shock.

"This level is at least 5 years ahead of the international standard, and at least 10 years ahead domestically. The architecture, although Arm, has excellent power consumption control. Boss, this blueprint..."

Shen Fei's expression didn't change: "This is the result of your Taishan team, and it has been deeply optimized based on the Arm public architecture."

Professor Li Jiahui immediately understood that this was probably their boss working his magic again.

"Understood, Boss. If this chip is made, the performance will absolutely be significantly ahead of Qualcomm's chips."

"By then, we will be a super-large company with both self-developed chips and a self-developed system, and we will be ahead of Apple. When we return to the country, we will definitely be an overnight success."

As an industry insider, Professor Li Jiahui also knew about Apple's situation.

As the first manufacturer in the world to release a Smartphone, Apple Inc. had already etched its name in history.

Although they enjoyed the glory, they still had one major problem: self-developed chips.

After all, the world-shocking iphone 3g was equipped with a Samsung chip. This was neither conducive to profits nor reputation, so they definitely had to start on self-developed chips.

"Boss, with this technical data, we can definitely complete the chip design by the end of the year. As long as we resolve the production line issues, next year's new phones will definitely be able to use our Taishan Chip."

After reading the technical data, Professor Li Jiahui patted his chest and guaranteed it.

Just as they were preparing for the relay, Huang Tianya walked in quickly.

"Boss, Academician Wu from the Chinese Academy of Sciences is here. He wants to hear our detailed views on the semiconductor fund, and then he has to return to Beijing tonight to report."

"Good, I'll be done here in a moment. Please take them to the conference room first."

After saying this, Shen Fei patted Professor Li Jiahui on the shoulder.

"Professor Li, I believe in you. Next year, your team will definitely be able to let Transsion use its own chip. When that time comes, I'll give your team a bonus."

"A bonus? Then we can eat more Chinese food."

This line of thinking immediately excited the other foreign engineers.

Shen Fei smiled at this curious line of thinking, then hurriedly encouraged them: "That's right. You can indeed eat more Chinese food."

"Of course, this isn't the United States; your needs will be taken seriously. You can tell the logistics department what you want to eat, and we can recruit the appropriate chefs for you, ensuring you have new dishes every day."

These details immediately touched the hearts of these engineering guys. One by one, they shouted excitedly: "Boss, we guarantee we will complete the mission."

...

Over there, Academician Wu had already arrived at the Transsion Technology conference room. Huang Tianya's deputy was already hosting him, and the two were chatting about their views on investment.

Many of the ideas immediately gave Academician Wu some thoughts.

He hadn't forgotten his true purpose; this trip was still about the upcoming semiconductor fund.

"General Manager Shen, sorry for the sudden intrusion, please forgive me."

But Shen Fei's enthusiasm exceeded his expectations. He saw Shen Fei walking up with a smile on his face: "It's no trouble at all, no trouble. I've been waiting for you, Leader."

Academician Wu instantly got goosebumps all over his body. With such enthusiasm, he always felt something was wrong...