Chapter 56: Huayao’s supply chain is under huge pressure
Huang Chao and others saw that they had successfully demonstrated their potential, but they were not overly excited. After all, this was only the first step.
They worked separately to conduct a comprehensive process inspection of the Kirin 990.
This set of samples includes sealed finished chips, unpackaged chips, and more primitive wafers, so detection is not too cumbersome.
Everyone is a veteran, so they are naturally familiar with it.
Wu Xueming was sitting around doing nothing, not being practical, and it was very unpleasant.
As mentioned before, Wu Xueming is a super turtle. A nineteen-level employee of Huayao, he is a well-established leader in the department, but now he has become a transparent person and has been excluded.
However, Wu Xueming did not feel that he had done anything wrong. He believed that these people were working in vain.
Wu Xueming heard it just now. It was a set of Kirin 990 chips for testing.
Although I don’t know which company manufactured this, it’s definitely not a big manufacturer.
Any wafer manufacturing company that can name it will no longer be able to cooperate with Huayao.
Therefore, this set of chips must be a waste product. Even if it can be powered on, the measured data will not be ideal.
Wu Xueming thought of this, made a cup of coffee, and continued to watch calmly.
I believe you will see the disappointed expressions of these people soon.
At this moment, I suddenly heard someone saying loudly: "Wow, this craftsmanship is amazing! It's so neat!"
After the others heard it, they immediately came forward, followed by bursts of exclamations and admirations.
"Really, it's really good craftsmanship! Look at the density of this transistor, it must be below ten nanometers!"
"Let me see...Hey, why do I feel that the process integrity and transistor density are stronger than before?"
"I said, Brother Chao, who made this? It doesn't look like Huaxin International's craftsmanship."
"What are you talking about? It's definitely not Huaxin International. Their process technology is not up to par."
When Wu Xueming heard this, the coffee in his hand no longer smelled good.
what's the situation? Is the manufacturing process good?
What nonsense!
Wu Xueming put down his coffee cup and couldn't help but stepped forward.
At this time, an enlarged picture of the chip's transistors was displayed on a large screen.
Densely packed small dots are distributed in a square.
This square is the volume of the chip.
Use an instrument to enlarge the chip and image it, which becomes the picture on the screen now.
Wu Xueming is an expert. He can tell the level of chip manufacturing technology just by looking at the picture.
This kind of density is definitely a process level below ten nanometers.
No, maybe even seven nanometers!
More importantly, the enlarged transistors are arranged neatly, and the gaps between the transistors are also very even, with almost no gap visible.
Wu Xueming's scalp was numb when he saw it, and he was dumbfounded and speechless.
What they said just now is right, there is really no one left with this craft!
It definitely can’t be from Huaxin International!
It is impossible for Shima Semiconductor and Sansan to OEM for Huayao anymore...
So which company is it?
Wu Xueming felt more and more weird.
At the same time, Wu Xueming also regretted that he resigned early and should have observed it for a few more days before taking action.
When it was almost time to get off work, Wu Xueming became even less calm.
Because Huang Chao's side has already released the test results, the preliminary evaluation is definitely "excellent".
This is an excellent result, which means I have definitely passed the test.
Looking at the cheering crowd, Wu Xueming was angry, hateful and regretful, feeling as if he had been tricked.
At the same time, Huayao headquarters building.
Wang Chengdong was drinking coffee in the office and browsing the web casually. Wang Chengdong pays close attention to online trends and often checks major social media.
But recent online public opinion is very unfriendly to Huayao.
But it doesn't matter. Wang Chengdong is a man with a big heart and his endurance is amazing.
Soon, these netizens who don't know the truth will know that Huayao is not easily knocked down.
And this time, with the help of noble people, Huayao can climb out of the quagmire more easily.
Just then, there was a knock on the door.
"Please come in."
The door opened and two people walked in.
It turned out to be Li Long and Cao Guoping.
Li Long is the vice president of Huayao's mobile terminal business and can be regarded as Wang Chengdong's deputy.
Cao Guoping is the general manager of Huayao's supply chain department.
Wang Chengdong was very happy when he saw the two people coming in.
"Hey, it's quite strange that you two are together. Sit down, sit down."
Li Yu and Li Yu sat down.
Wang Chengdong found an assistant and made a cup of American coffee for each of them.
Wang Chengdong asked: "What are you doing here?"
Li Long coughed lightly: "Lao Cao is not very practical here and wants to come and talk to you."
"Huh? Not feeling at ease?"
With that said, Wang Chengdong looked at Cao Guoping.
Cao Guoping was indeed not in a good state. He was listless, his eyes were red, and even his hair was a mess, as if he hadn't slept for several days.
Li Long said: "Yes, Lao Wang, didn't you say last time that the problem might be solved soon, but you didn't give any accurate information, how to solve it? How to solve it? When will it be solved specifically? So I'm not sure. "
Wang Chengdong couldn't help laughing.
It seems that not only Cao Guoping is unsteady, but Li Long is also the same.
During the regular high-level meeting two days ago, Wang Chengdong took the time to chat with Li Long and said some ambiguous things.
In fact, few people in Huayao knew about Hu Jiangshan's existence, and even Li Long didn't know the details.
After all, this matter is too sensitive, and it must be kept confidential to the greatest extent before it is settled, so not too many people can know about it.
Of course, people like Li Long and Cao Guoping are at the level of core executives, so it’s okay to know.
Wang Chengdong thought for a while and decided to tell the whole story to avoid misjudgment and mistakes by the management.
At this time, Cao Guoping said: "Mr. Wang, our supply chain department is under great pressure now. We can't get the chips. Are we still going to place orders for other parts? Don't you know that the suppliers are also very anxious now and worried about us?" There is no way to renew the contract. Some suppliers have signed exclusive contracts with us, pointing to us."
Huayao's supply chain system is very large and complicated. Due to the large sales volume of Huayao mobile phones, there are many suppliers who are popular, drink spicy food, and live a happy life.
If Huayao is really unable to produce products such as mobile phones and tablet computers, many parts suppliers will face great operating difficulties, and may even not be able to survive at all.
Wang Chengdong smiled and said: "Don't worry, you two, we have a preliminary solution now."
When the two of them heard this, they almost jumped up from the sofa.
Li Long couldn't help but ask: "Old Wang, how are we going to solve this problem? Have we found a new supplier?"
Cao Guoping glanced at Li Long, his expression seemed to say, "It's so naive, it's impossible."
Unexpectedly, Wang Chengdong smiled slightly: "We did find a supplier."
"ah!?"
"What!?"
(End of chapter)