Shockingly, a counterfeit factory has produced a 3-nanometer chip.

Chapter 387: The Rice Note3 Starts to Crash

"Since last year, we have taken various measures against Transsion."

From their acquisition offers, investments, and most importantly, the freezing of assets, every move they make against them brings us some surprises.

The last asset freeze was indeed satisfying, but they even pulled out airplane engines. What do you think they'll pull out next time?

Furthermore, they've already completed the entire industry chain layout, and even produced domestically made lithography machines. Tell me, what else can they target?

The conference room fell silent once again. Yes... China has completed the layout of the entire industrial chain, and their so-called technological advantages have fallen behind Transsion.

"This time is different. This time we will act together with our allies."

Another senior official sitting at the round table spoke up, and the crowd that had been discussing the matter immediately turned to look at him.

"Although China has completed the layout of the entire industrial chain, many companies still need to rely on the international supply chain."

They control 80% of the global production capacity for neon lights, photoresist, and silicon wafers.

Although China has developed its own lithography machines and captured a significant market share, ASML is currently the only company capable of producing immersion lithography machines.

"In Germany, Zeiss optical lenses are an indispensable component of the core light source system in ASML lithography machines."

Everyone nodded, but then shook their heads in confusion.

It is confirmed that Transsion Semiconductor produces its own silicon wafers and photoresists, while Huaxin International purchases them from abroad. As for lithography machines, Transsion has never purchased any.

"If we could unite with Japan, the Netherlands, and Germany to cut off the supply of all the equipment and materials needed for advanced process technologies of 7nm and below, such as lithography machines, photoresist, silicon wafers, and optical lens inspection equipment..."

The technology for transmitting sound will be locked at 14nm.

"The 92-mile stretch of Mount Tai is their limit; they can't go any higher."

He paused again, looking at everyone present with great confidence, but he overlooked a fact: everyone else had already started shaking their heads.

"And our TSMC and Intel are already preparing for 7nm or even 5nm processes."

Upon hearing "7nm" and "5nm," everyone present, who had been holding back their emotions, could no longer contain themselves.

After all, TSMC and Sansun, as the two leading companies in the foundry industry, haven't even managed to improve their yield rate for 22nm. How can you expect them to manufacture 7nm and 5nm?

That's wishful thinking!

Of course, if it's just a PowerPoint presentation used to scam them out of subsidies, then that might be possible...

In the end, only one person could politely step forward and offer a reminder:

"China won't ignore this, and you've overlooked their research and development capabilities."

No sooner had he finished speaking than someone raised an objection with a disdainful look.

"At their current level of investment, we're already struggling to breathe. If we blockade raw materials, who will be the next breakthrough in photoresist...?"

But the official who offered the suggestion remained confident, believing it to be the best approach available.

"That's why we can't wait." He also wrote four words on the whiteboard behind him: Time Window.

"Currently, we still have one last chance. China's domestically produced lithography machine supports quadruple exposure and is very powerful."

However, their yield rate is not good, so they can only produce 22nm, which is very advanced...

But the advantage still lies with us.

Her point is clear: quadruple exposure is already the limit of the 193 dry lithography machine, so it will take at least 3 to 5 years to reach 7nm. This gap will not narrow because they are receiving external assistance.

The International Semiconductor Alliance must block all technology input channels before China's semiconductor equipment breaks through the 7nm barrier.

Then, if we can delay it for a year, we'll delay it for a year; if we can delay it for three years, we'll delay it for three years.

Every year of delay buys you a year of time.

"And this is not just a limitation on sound transmission."

This Taishan 920 is not just a mobile phone chip; it is a declaration of the overall technological level of the French semiconductor industry.

If Transsion can produce such powerful mobile phone chips, then China can produce server chips, AI chips, and military chips of the same level.

So the question we face has always been whether to take action now or wait until their military chips surpass ours before regretting it.

Despite these two threats, this incredibly foolish plan was ultimately approved...

However, those who passed had their own purposes.

For example, someone took the initiative to take over the operation after the meeting.

After all, no results are required, and the message is clearly targeted. Since there's no upper limit to the funding, it's perfectly reasonable for him to spend a little more, right?

Of course, he wasn't the only smart person eyeing this lucrative opportunity... It remains to be seen who will ultimately be responsible for carrying it out.

Just as they began vying for power, a new problem arose on Weibo in China.

The first video to appear was a review video posted by a blogger named "Tech Da Chen".

On the video's cover, he is holding an industrial temperature gun.

He came up with a very catchy title: "Ceramic back cover? A high-end hand warmer crafted with craftsmanship."

At the beginning of the video, the blogger played a game on his Mi Note 3 for more than 20 minutes in a room with a temperature of 25 degrees Celsius, with an industrial temperature gun next to him.

Then, I shone the temperature gun at the back of the phone, and a red number appeared on the screen.

54.6 ℃

"54 degrees Celsius, my friends!"

A cup of hot coffee is around 60 degrees Celsius. What you're holding isn't a phone, but a freshly brewed latte.

With its sensational headline, aggressive language, and the encouragement of some competitors, Tech Chen unsurprisingly went viral!

In just one hour, the number of views exceeded 10... This is a number that usually takes him a week to climb.

The screen was filled with comments like "Hahaha".

"The fever has gone down, the fever has gone down."

"Lei's Hand Warmer"

Following closely behind were other review bloggers, with the most impressive one, GeekBay, even creating a power consumption curve, further proving that this is not some kind of ice dragon at all...

Instead, it's a Qualcomm overclocked version of the Snapdragon 800, which was even downclocked by 0.05GHz, which is the original frequency of the Snapdragon 800. This solution is slightly better...

But that doesn't change the fact that it's a fire dragon.

With the blogger's involvement, a flood of genuine user feedback emerged.

"Damn it, I'll never trust Lei Jun again!"

I wanted to support him a little more, but I fully charged my phone at 8 a.m. and left home. By noon, it only had 35% left. I spent half an hour chatting on WeChat, half an hour browsing Weibo, and watched less than 20 minutes of videos in between.

Is this phone a power hog?

The ceramic back cover was originally what impressed me the most, but now... you can actually fry meat on it!