Chapter 1010 Miss, You Are Very Ill!

In Wu Tao's memory, TSMC is the dominant company, surpassing Intel and accounting for half of the semiconductor foundry industry.

As a result, he has always lacked sufficient understanding of UMC, an early competitor of TSMC.

In fact, as early as the 1990s, UMC was a strong competitor against TSMC in Taiwan's semiconductor industry.

It was only after entering the new millennium that TSMC took the lead due to differences in the 0.13 micron chip manufacturing process.

In the past two years, Cao Yicheng has continuously merged with other small semiconductor companies in Taiwan and tried to return to the mainland to invest and build factories in spite of policy obstacles. This is in itself a breakthrough and attempt to deal with this situation.

Especially in the past six months, Cao Yicheng has traveled to and from the mainland many times. He came to China Shipping and Wujiang just to invest and build factories in the mainland.

"Frankly speaking, Mr. Wu, Wujiang and I have almost finalized the plan to invest in building a factory."

Cao Yicheng said, taking out a plan from his bag.

Wu Tao took it and took a look, Hejian Technology. He did have this company in his mind, but its development was not very good, especially the fact that it failed to restore the declining development situation of UMC.

So Wu Tao flipped through it roughly, then threw it down and said: "With all due respect, Mr. Cao, considering the current unfavorable situation of UMC, this kind of investment plan is at best a life-extending medicine, not a real life-saving medicine. .”

What he said was a bit ruthless, and Cao Yicheng frowned, "What about Mr. Yi Wu's wishes?"

Wu Tao took a sip of coffee and said: "It's very simple. Return to the research and development of chip manufacturing processes and regain the development opportunities based on Moore's Law."

"But the development scale of chip foundry is inseparable from market share." Cao Yicheng emphasized, "..."

But before he finished speaking, Wu Tao politely interrupted: "Market share is one thing, but the advantage of the chip production process is the decisive factor. At least TSMC can get orders from AMD because of this." Advantage, isn’t it?”

Cao Yicheng sighed and had to admit that the young man in front of him was right.

How do so many chip manufacturers rely on the advancement of chip manufacturing and technology to win big customers and orders?

According to Moore's Law, the speed and cost of chips will reach a higher level, accompanied by advances in chip manufacturing processes and techniques.

As an ordinary chip manufacturer, it is too expensive and risky to develop a set of chip manufacturing processes and new processes every 18 months.

On the other hand, spending so much effort to develop advanced chip manufacturing processes and techniques can only last 18 months before entering the next cycle of upgrading.

Cao Yicheng felt powerless in this regard, so he thought of making up for the shortcomings and shortening the gap with TSMC through industrial expansion.

In fact, he turned his attention to the mainland precisely because he wanted UMC's backward production capacity to be effective for as long as possible.

This is obviously a failure to follow the right path.

The results in my memory have already confirmed the error of this approach.

Having said this, Wu Tao said no more.

If Cao Yicheng cannot change his wrong business philosophy, then there will be no way to substantively discuss cooperation between the two parties.

Cao Yicheng did not express his position directly, but rubbed his hands and said: "I learned from Wenxiu about Mr. Wu's powerful strength and transcendent pattern. So according to Mr. Wu, what should we do now, which is the most appropriate?"

"Since Mr. Cao has asked this, I will just do my best and talk about it casually." Wu Tao sat up straight, folded his hands and said: "I think we should directly study the 90nm process to seize the opportunity of the next generation chip technology."

Cao Yicheng nodded, "That's what Mr. Wu said, but researching new process technologies in advance actually requires the support and cooperation of photolithography machine manufacturers. In this regard, TSMC and ASML have always had a good relationship. But in this regard, UMC There would be no advantage..."

"Asmai?" Wu Tao smiled after hearing this.

Cao Yicheng didn't know what was going on and looked confused.

Cai Wenxiu quickly put down the tea and said, "Uncle Cao, this is my fault. I forgot to tell you that Mr. Wu is one of the shareholders of ASML and has a pretty good say."

Cao Yicheng immediately grabbed Wu Tao's hand and said, "That's really disrespectful. If this happens, then this road will no longer be a problem!"

When it comes to this, the two sides hit it off.

Later, the two parties discussed some influencing factors at the political level.

After the conversation, Cao Yicheng realized that his long-standing approach of hard-hitting the Taiwanese authorities was too reckless.

After leaving Tianxin Technology, Cao Yicheng's thinking suddenly became clear.

Before coming, I heard Cai Wenxiu say that Wu Tao was a young man in his twenties, and he almost ran out of energy and flew back directly.

Fortunately, after this negotiation, he discovered that he was not wrong.

After sending Cao Yicheng away, Wu Tao returned to the office and heard that a woman was looking for him downstairs.

Liu Ruoxi called and asked, only to find out that Li Yinxin, the three-million-dollar man from Samsung Group, was here.

Seeing Liu Ruoxi bringing the other party in, Wu Tao put down his pen angrily and said, "Why did you follow me here?"

Li Yinxin moved her hands repeatedly and said in a sinister tone: "I'm not following you, I asked someone to ask."

Wu Tao was right.

If this Korean girl had some weird ideas, she wouldn't die of depression.

What's more, having said that, regardless of the status and identity of both parties, this Korean girl is still particularly eye-catching in terms of appearance and figure.

"Mr. Wu, I heard that you were born in 1980. What a coincidence, so am I."

Wu Tao: "Uh..."

This Korean girl doesn't know how to chat, let alone strike up a conversation.

If she were to take the lead in this conversation, I would probably die of embarrassment.

So the next moment, Wu Tao said without surprising, "What do you think of your eldest sister's marriage?"

As the richest daughter of the Samsung Group, Li Fuzhen's love and marriage can be said to be more exciting than ordinary romance dramas.

Although President Li's judgment was proved to be correct afterwards, it was still inevitable that the mistake had been made and the consequences could not be undone.

But now, I am afraid that even Li Fuzhen himself is not aware of the hidden crises and problems in this marriage.

As for Li Yinxin, a silly Korean girl, it is even less likely that she will find a problem.

"I think the eldest sister's marriage is quite good. Their love transcends class and status, just like Snow White and the prince in the fairy tale. After being obstructed by their parents and pressured by public opinion, they finally came together. Isn't this perfect? "

Wu Tao stood up and said, "Miss, you are very ill! Go back and think about this problem carefully before coming to me again."

Although Li Yinxin was full of suspicion, she still left obediently.

Watching the other party leave, Wu Tao put down his pen and couldn't help but sigh. He did this not to be Li Yinxin's life mentor, but to find something for this silly girl who grew up in the greenhouse to think about. So as not to bother yourself all the time...