Chapter 408: 5nm chip technology - Chapter 423: Who sanctions whom?
In a tin mining area in Pakistan, Umbrella's representative shook hands with the original tin mine owner. The original tin mine person in charge said with a meaningful smile on his face
"Now that the handover is complete, is your company interested in deeper cooperation?"
The owner of this tin mine is a representative of a beautiful mineral company.
Faced with the power of Umbrella to destroy the Kangaroo Navy and the willingness to spend money, these Western capitals deeply rooted in Pakistan also know how to choose.
For them, all they care about is profit!
As for the position of Big Beauty itself, or the position of other capitals, they don't care.
They may even be part of a holding of an organizational group.
But I still wouldn’t mind cooperating with Umbrella for my own benefit!
"What kind of cooperation law?"
The vest worn by this resentful employee is that of an Indian, with a nose ring and tattoos on his nose.
At this time, the inquiry was conducted calmly.
At present, the company's expansion is going smoothly. In fact, for the major new mining areas, Umbrella just needs a channel and way to obtain resources.
Neither the machines nor the employees need to make many adjustments, just continue production!
It's just that everything produced by then needs to be digested internally by Umbrella.
"We also know that your company is being sanctioned and embargoed, but we have a way to obtain special authorization. If your company is willing to cooperate, we can register a new company in Kangaroo to transport some sanctioned materials to your company. , except for chips, everything else is easy to say, especially minerals. We are still somewhat confident in this aspect. Of course, the quantity cannot be too exaggerated, and the price will be more expensive..."
Hearing this, the old resentful spirit Umbrella was not too surprised.
As a diligent old resentful spirit, he has four identities and is connected 24 hours a day.
Among the characters that the four identities have come into contact with, there are already several similar to the hints in front of me.
Great beauty is great beauty, capital is capital!
Even if it is an organization, it is actually a relatively loose alliance.
Perhaps fundamentally, the two sides are still in a state of hostility, but it will definitely not prevent them from making money!
"You can contact the company directly. As long as the quotation is suitable for this kind of cooperation, we will not refuse. You can make this call."
Very skillfully, he handed over a card without special markings, which only recorded a series of phone numbers and email addresses. The two parties had completed the connection.
Now that industrial machine tools have been stockpiled for such a long time and are still updating and iterating on their own, Umbrella's main task is to collect some raw materials.
In fact, don’t look at the words ‘raw materials’ as simple.
But in fact, there are still many processes between ore and materials that can be directly used!
Each one is an industry chain!
At least considering the current scale of Penglai City, there will be corresponding factories, but they are mainly for the future utilization of seabed resources.
In terms of quantity demand, it must still be met by the factories currently built on land, as well as some acquired steel plants and the like.
In order to save space utilization in Penglai, it is better to directly transport parts and processed raw materials before expanding again.
Therefore, this kind of cooperation is naturally open to all comers.
Don't be afraid that the amount exceeds Umbrella's digestion range.
If Penglai can't eat it, it can really be thrown into these factories in Mexico and Pakistan, turned into commodities, and then continue to expand its soft influence.
While sending out large amounts of money, you can also continue to withdraw some to complete circulation and circulation.
At least for now, even if it is sanctioned, using the existing global trade platform can still save a lot of tedious work, and it can quickly complete accumulation and lay the foundation.
If it hadn't been for global trade, if it hadn't been for orders from major shipyards, and if it hadn't been for the industrial machine tools acquired before the sanctions, Umbrella wouldn't have been able to achieve what it has today so quickly!
This is the benefit gained from the multi-pronged approach of magic, technology, trade, and capital!
Umbrella is a monster that is parasitic on modern industry and global trade, hatched by magic...
Originally, the beautiful sanctions combined with the embargo were both a blow to the wind and an excuse at a critical moment.
A large number of cargo ships are transporting goods to Penglai. Are they taking our sanctions seriously?
The seizure can be carried out immediately!
But after Umbrella directly silenced the Kangaroo fleet, the world was naturally peaceful and nothing happened.
Oh, it turns out that I really don’t take it seriously...
Good luck then.
In contrast, Da Meili, who has a big family and a big business, is more worried that his fleet will be hit by missiles that suddenly appear from somewhere.
This is the best way to make a big difference with a little.
It’s not that you have to win, but you just need to feel the actual pain and feel that the price/performance ratio is not worth it!
However, as Intel, Qualcomm, Fruit, NVIDIA, and AMD announced almost simultaneously that their 5nm chips had been successfully taped out at the wafer fab, they immediately attracted a new round of global attention!
Last time I just gave a briefing and said that with EUV lithography machines, we can achieve this technology, but I didn't expect it to be so fast!
It seems that it has been planned secretly for a long time.
"Jumping directly from the 14nm process to 5nm can be said to be a qualitative leap, a leap that breaks Moore's Law!"
The fruit spokesperson gave a high-spirited explanation at their new product launch conference.
We directly opened a new track, abandoned DUV, and relied on EUV lithography machines to accomplish this.
In terms of EDA software design, because of the blessing completed by Umbrella, their design work has become easier, simpler and more efficient!
Umbrella's advantage in lenses also makes the efficiency of EUV lithography machines higher than those originally designed by ASML.
However, the ultra-high power consumption of EUV lithography machines and some data on yield rates still cause problems with the output and cost of the latest process chips.
But at least the tape-out has been completed, and the actual product has been produced!
You have to know that the previous 14nm process chips should have just become mainstream, or they are still the most cutting-edge technology.
But as a result, we have now taken a big step to the 5nm process!
It has completely broken the normal business change behavior!
Simply calculating based on the number of transistors, the unit density has increased by nearly three times!
And because there is more suitable EDA software, multiple cooperation is even more powerful.
The voices of other companies also followed the fruits.
Wave after wave, the popularity continues to increase.
It can be regarded as once again cleaning up the previous public opinion turmoil.
"I can proudly announce that the computing power of our latest flagship card from NVIDIA has exceeded that of Skynet."
The speech started by Nvidia Huang caused a burst of exclamations.
NVIDIA's own GPUs have always had their own advantages in terms of computing power.
In the 2003 Terminator, Skynet's computing power was 60 trillion floating-point operations, and their latest 1090 computing power reached this level. This is definitely a terrifying improvement.
Even the announcements from AMD and Nvidia can be regarded as the main force of their chip factories' attack!
Because today’s mainstream supercomputers usually use AMD Bulldozer architecture chips for combination.
With this level of technological change, supercomputing is about to undergo an innovative upgrade!
Originally, according to the traditional Moore's Law, the semiconductor industry has cyclical ups and downs, and the update and iteration of supercomputing is also traceable.
It doesn't mean that you start tinkering immediately every time a new chip is released, but it has its own trajectory and rhythm.
But this time is different. The improvement this time is too much.
In order to cope with the pressure from Umbrella, the original plan and business rules were directly broken.
The potential of 14nm chips has not yet been fully explored and exhausted. The subsequent 10nm process and 7nm process have been skipped directly, and it has reached the level of 5nm!
In the original business practice, this is quite undesirable, it is a huge waste and a lot of profits are lost.
However, in order to target Umbrella, this operation was completed abruptly.
This leap is really too big.
The improvement is also huge!
Although not named.
But if several chip factories released it at the same time, anyone with a discerning eye would know at a glance that it was targeting Umbrella.
After Umbrella defeated Kangaroo, he wanted to put a brake on him and suppress Umbrella's momentum!
So as not to mix up the winning momentum and buy everywhere.
It is also equivalent to once again reminding the world that this company is still under sanctions.
Don’t take sanctions seriously!
Chapter 422 Showdown
"Oh, great, great, I admire you."
Facing various inquiries and messages on the official website, Umbrella simply responded.
It just feels perfunctory no matter how you look at it.
At this time, Western networks, which still needed to divert their attention after the last incident, invariably regarded this incident as a new transmission channel.
look!
Umbrella has her faults too!
Such a weird response is because he feels uncomfortable being sanctioned.
It illustrates the effect of this sanction!
On the newly emerging VV platform in the West, some 'evaluation' bloggers and some electronics bloggers began to explain accordingly, explaining the issues at hand.
"Umbrella is in big trouble this time. They are now able to make a lot of money. The holographic bracelet is definitely an important factor, because the demand for holographic bracelets is too great. It is a new track, but now everyone When manufacturers' hardware is about to undergo simultaneous upgrades, as the new track gradually becomes saturated, Umbrella, which is difficult to update and iterate, may be about to see a sharp drop in revenue..."
"They should license the holographic technology. Since they don't have the ability to make better ones, they still keep occupying it. This is really greedy."
"Yes, Umbrella is not grand at all."
"We call on companies like Fruit and Four Star to directly use Umbrella's technology first, and then pay the patent fees after he files a lawsuit."
"Ah, yes, yes, support, it should have been like this a long time ago."
"Although Umbrella still has a major focus on drugs and special culture media, if they only rely on these, I'm afraid they won't be able to support their previous money-splitting model and will collapse soon."
"..."
Various voices appeared one after another, but now even the voices on the Internet have become a little subtle.
That is to say, you should pay attention to the wording of your words. It will not be as fierce as the previous anti-Umbrella waves!
They will try their best to present an image of free speech that is reasonable and reasonable.
Ordinary people are not well-informed, but some people understand that because Boeing owes Umbrella five 747s, they rushed thousands of miles to arrest him!
Now that all the planes have arrived, the three unlucky guys who were kidnapped have not been seen. It seems that their family has re-elected a new talker.
In this case, don't jump too much, just output at the edge.
They have no control over the opinions of ordinary netizens, but at least those who set the pace must pay attention to their sense of proportion...
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"We really admire your company's technology. Even if you don't authorize it, you can help us manufacture it. We provide chips."
When the fruit company's negotiators came to Umbrella, they kept a very low profile.
Or speaking of it now, there are really not many people who can maintain a high profile in the face of Umbrella!
Even if there is, I'm afraid it's because he has other plans and does it intentionally!
These guys really dare to arrest people!
The key is that there is no evidence at all!
This kind of pressure really makes them unable to express their suffering.
In fact, they are trying their best to promote procedural justice, but aren’t they doing it for themselves? The purpose is to easily avoid punishment even if the matter is exposed. If not, the punishment can be as symbolic as Epstein's previous prison sentence.
But Umbrella was really sneaky about this, leaving no trace behind, which made them feel like they were shooting themselves in the foot.
Since they can still benefit more and the price of double standards may not be affordable, they can only lower their posture when they meet.
It's just about saving face, it doesn't matter, all they want is reality!
"I'm not interested. We can't buy so many things. What's the use of having so much money? We can just make some money to support our family."
Cheng Xue changed into a vest with an indifferent expression on her face.
To say that the holographic bracelet technology is most wanted to be licensed is fruit, and they must have spent a lot of time to crack it in private, but of course, this is definitely not so easy to learn.
This is a purely technical limitation.
Maybe it can be reproduced at a high price, but it has no commercial value at all.
Otherwise, we have to wait for the smart advice on the Internet now? I've already started rolling up my sleeves!
So the only way they can get this is to bow down to Umbrella.
Yes, they were obviously working with all the chip factories to put pressure on them, and Fruit even launched new products in a high-profile way, so they could come back and ask for authorization in a low-key manner.
They have always been so contradictory and have such double standards.
"There is really no way? There is a huge gap between 5nm chips and 14nm."
Fruit is obviously not giving up yet.
The holographic bracelet has been used by Umbrella for so long that all the major manufacturers have green eyes.
Did you see Umbrella waving banknotes to collect minerals before?
This is an existence more terrifying than a camel!
"Why do you need such high technology? The holographic bracelet mainly uses the computing power of mobile phones. Our original white chips are considered to be high-end and more than enough. In other words, you are not willing to match the format with the bracelet?"
Cheng Xue said with a smile.
If major manufacturers really do this, they will definitely suffer heavy losses!
Young people who have become accustomed to holographic bracelets would rather have worse mobile phone performance than replace them with a batch of mobile phones that cannot be linked with the bracelets.
In other words, Umbrella can reversely use this card to choke other mobile phone manufacturers!
This is a rhetorical question and even more of a threat!
Oops, the 5nm chip is too advanced. Due to the hardware gap, our bracelets are not compatible.
This will knock their new product into eternal ruin.
The fruit company was obviously able to hear this threat clearly, and his face paled a lot.
How could this be?
"In addition, just now our electrode manufacturing plants in Mexico and Brazil caught fire, causing heavy losses. The electrode production will be affected in the near future, and our own battery factories have to give priority to meeting the needs of our own products, so you can Precaution first, lest the battery life of new products cannot keep up with the new products when they leave the factory..."
In the following sentence, the fruit directly represents a person who is unsteady and puts his hands on the table.
His eyes were full of horror.
After Umbrella opened its factories in Mexico and Brazil to the manufacturing and sale of electrodes, almost all of the remaining battery factories in the world have completed their transformation, and almost all rely on Umbrella to make a living.
Under this circumstance, the demand for major batteries has also shifted significantly from Umbrella's own battery factory.
Umbrella, on the other hand, supplies its own products from its own battery factory and gradually completes the cutting process.
They have been living in peace and harmony, and they are all used to this kind of long-lasting battery.
Just like when fast charging first came out and it felt amazing, now mobile phones without fast charging are almost unsaleable. Now even elderly phones have to use Umbrella’s battery technology!
All the time, major companies have never worried about shortages, because after only starting to produce electrodes, Umbrella's factories in Latin America have a high output, enough to feed all other battery factories in the world.
There has never been a shortage problem, and even Masla's SX electric car has been fully equipped with this kind of battery, moving into a large number of large-scale application fields.
But now, Umbrella directly said that there was a fire in the electrode factory?
Your sister is on fire!
Was there any mistake?
In the past, because the factory was located in Latin America, no one really worried.
Because it's right next door to the big beauty, right in my back garden.
But after Umbrella beat up the kangaroo, they suddenly found that their back garden seemed a bit strange...
Originally, all problems could be solved by applying easy pressure, and it would be impossible to force the beauty to take action.
All it takes for the CIA to take action is to guide a wave of gang members here.
Gang members who can be equipped with large and beautiful regular military equipment are enough to let the back garden know whose words count.
But now...
Times have changed...
Chapter 423: Who punishes whom?
"shock! Fire broke out at Umbrella Electrode Factory》
"Lithium metal battery production may drop sharply"
"Did someone deliberately set the fire?" Or an accident? 》
"Umbrella may have suffered revenge"
"How could a fire break out with Umbrella's security capabilities?" 》
After a fire broke out in Umbrella's electrode factory, the headlines of major media outlets immediately started reporting on it.
Umbrella's new battery technology has been out for a long time.
At the beginning, the output was very low. It could only start with Umbrella's own trial-run battery cars, and then move on to small electronic products such as mobile phones.
However, as the electrode factories in Mexico and Brazil came into operation, the battery factories that had been beaten to death for a long time also suddenly regained their lives.
If we only make electrodes and all other battery factories around the world are working hard, the production capacity of this battery will naturally increase.
Masla's SX electric vehicle company has launched the latest version of its electric vehicle.
Although the mileage is only 600 kilometers, it greatly reduces the weight of the battery and speeds up the battery charging time!
Security has skyrocketed.
And car owners can also choose to pay to add battery modules to continue improving battery life.
In addition, they have already begun to warm up electric trucks.
It can be said that this battery revolution has come to all walks of life subtly, and has had a profound impact on various fields, and even changed the industrial structure.
People have long become accustomed to this high-performance battery life.
But as a result, the electrode factory caught fire?
At this moment, all companies in the relevant industries were immediately furious, raising prices frantically in search of remaining production capacity and orders.
In addition to Umbrella's own battery factory, other battery factories have also fully demonstrated their capital-driven profit-seeking attitude at this time.
Oh, there was a fire at the electrode factory and it might be shut down for a year?
Then the price will go up instantly!
There must be more or less hoarding of this key material, but it is obviously impossible for them to sell the remaining battery production capacity at a fair price.
When a product has a gap, even if the gap may be only 10%, the actual price increase may be beyond imagination.
Not to mention that for such a key product, we are sure it will be discontinued for a year.
Yes, Umbrella also has its own battery factory, which is available in Neon, Nangory and Rabbit.
But after slowly adjusting the industrial structure, Umbrella's own battery factory now only supplies its own products!
Can't make a move!
In a short period of time, we have seen the price of lithium metal batteries increase exponentially.
It doubled as soon as the news came out, and quadrupled the next day!
Just like that, it’s still rising!
It just went crazy.
The price and cost have increased so much that in the end the price of goods can only be passed on to consumers.
Yes, in fact, the relevant manufacturers have signed the contract price in advance.
But in the face of a fire, there is nothing you can do if you don’t have the goods!
These are all stated in the contract.
For a while, manufacturers who had just announced their plans to enter a new digital era were in a rather awkward position.
This is not the first time Umbrella has been sanctioned, nor is it the first day it was sanctioned.
I have always been nonchalant, but I didn’t expect that when I started to fight back formally, I would be so cruel!
And all of this is based on the Umbrella regiment's mission to destroy the kangaroo fleet!
With this action showing Umbrella's determination and strength, and then randomly finding an excuse to counter-sanctions, the relevant manufacturers started to cry proudly in an instant.
It can be said that the only products that can obtain stable and long-term battery supply are Umbrella's own products.
This directly made domestic netizens make happy sounds
"Haha, I guess Umbrella didn't mean it."
"It's so funny. I used to think Umbrella was so pitiful. A company was sanctioned, but I didn't expect that someone would suddenly take advantage of it."
"Yes, I was quite angry at first when I saw the sanctions on Da Meili."
"Sure enough, a biting dog doesn't bark. Umbrella has been subtly providing their technology and products, but unknowingly, I found that I couldn't live without them!"
"During the first sanction, Umbrella didn't counterattack, and he didn't counterattack the second time. Until this time, he really hit the snake within seven inches, quickly and accurately!"
"I used to wonder why Umbrella always licenses out some profitable technologies, but now I realize that it is really ruthless."
"Before the battery production capacity has fully increased and everyone has not gotten used to it and cannot live without it, this countermeasure effect is really not strong, because you can go back to the old technology right away. Now, the original battery factories have been transformed. It’s too late to change temporarily.”
"Good steel should be used on the blade."
"But if it hadn't been for the action against the kangaroos, Umbrella probably wouldn't have been able to choose such a tough approach. When the time comes for the beauty to put pressure on the back garden, the local area won't be able to withstand the pressure. It seems like it will work now..."
"I'm thinking that Umbrella's technical advantage is not just in the battery. Who can do without 'Ankangding' now."
"Fuck!"
"Go crazy!"
"Once the culture medium is cut off, the impact will be huge! Ankangding is mainly used for sleep, but some life-saving drugs now also use the culture medium."
"The sanctions have really made me lonely. People mine and produce by themselves. Although the chip technology is not good, at least the industry is complete and can withstand it. But in the end, counter-sanctions are imposed, and those companies can't withstand it?"
"What kind of counter-sanctions, that's a misfire!"
"Be careful about suing you for slander."
"Umbrella is a serious security company with a legal team."
"..."
When ASML's EUV lithography machine came out, it was very high-spirited. It secretly started the layout and assembly in advance, so that the wafer factory started debugging with all its strength. It also released the short film "Enemy with the World".
Now we have finally managed to tape out a 5nm process chip!
A desperate counterattack is about to begin!
As a result, Umbrella stabbed the lung tube with a backhand.
As far as the current mobile phone performance is concerned, due to Umbrella's optimization of EDA, the chip has reached the limit of 14nm, and the function is considered powerful enough.
The current software has not yet fully exploited the development and utilization of 14nm optimized chips.
The same goes for business value.
Therefore, whether it is Umbrella's holographic bracelet or the original ultra-long battery life, it is more 'practical'.
If consumers are allowed to choose, they are simply voting with their feet!
As it turns out, the 5nm chip has just been taped out here, and they say it’s going to choke you, and they want you to watch us update it.
Umbrella's backhand was a reverse card, so powerful that it almost strangled the relevant companies to death.
Masla, who was just getting better on the other side of the ocean, flew to Umbrella headquarters overnight.
It's all because the chip factory wants to mess with you, it has nothing to do with me!
Don’t you Umbrella have other battery factories?
You don’t need so much, right?
Seek some balance!
"Ah? Come out? Why? Their production capacity just happens to be limited, so we can eat up the market."
Umbrella's words made Masla a little confused.
Then he said with some expectation
"But the market for our SX electric car..."
"Oh, our electric vehicle products will also be released. In addition, we have always said that we will enter home appliances, and the demand for batteries is also huge. I am really sorry that none of them will be released..."
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