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

Chapter 150 Qualcomm's Visit

"President Ren."

On the other end of the phone, Ren Zhengfei's voice came through: "President Shen, what's the matter calling so late?"

Shen Fei smiled. "President Ren, I'd like to ask you to take a look at something."

"What is it?"

"Transsion's first self-developed SoC, which integrates a CPU and a GPU, has passed comprehensive testing."

There was a brief silence on the other end of the phone, then Ren Zhengfei excitedly asked, "When are we going?"

"at any time."

"I will head to Guangzhou first thing tomorrow morning."

…………

The next morning, Ren Zhengfei immediately went to the Transsion Semiconductor Laboratory in Yangcheng.

Li Jiahui explained the parameters, process, and performance from the side.

The parameters mentioned above are only slightly shocking, but they can be reasonably explained by the technology of sound transmission.

It wasn't until Ren Zhengfei heard that Taishan 900 used a 28nm process that he stared at the wafer with a sluggish expression.

28 nanometers. If he remembers correctly, the most advanced one right now is 32 nanometers, but that was just an official announcement that small-batch trial production would begin this year. Large-scale mass production will still take some time.

As a result, Transsion... in the semiconductor field, has taken off again.

He didn't ask how the technology was solved; he only knew one thing: HiSilicon Semiconductor could now use the 28-nanometer process.

I definitely didn't make a mistake in choosing this person.

If we really have to investigate, then it must be the National Semiconductor Fund that "made its move".

[National Semiconductor Fund: What? So you're making me take the blame?]

Finally, he looked up: "What's the yield rate?"

Li Jiahui shook his head slightly, which made Ren Zhengfei's heart jump into his throat.

They've even started to imagine things in their minds: it's okay, we have the technological advantage, there's plenty of time to improve.

"What a pity, only 89%, not even 90%, what a failure."

Ren Zhengfei quickly turned to look at Li Jiahui, "89%, that's a low yield rate..."

A new process is considered successful if it achieves a 20% breakthrough, and 50% is already the maximum. But with Professor Li's approach…

"Mr. Shen, Professor Li is being very modest!"

"Sigh, that's their usual style... they don't consider it a success unless they go to the extreme."

Shen Fei waved his hand, but his proud expression was clearly undeniable...

"Great! That's excellent research and development spirit!" Ren Zhengfei said, looking at Shenfei. "What's the next step?"

"We'll use the enhanced version, and you'll use the standard version. We'll release the enhanced version to you in the second half of the year."

There is only one objective: to immediately ramp up production and promote Chinese semiconductors to the world.

"this……"

Ren Zhengfei hesitated for a moment: "President Shen, 28nm is too advanced. You should know the consequences once it is exposed."

"A material supply disruption would be no joke; do we have that much inventory?"

"Why bother with inventory? Just dig it up directly," Li Jiahui said confidently.

Looking at them, Ren Zhengfei realized he had overthought things. The most advanced technology was unique to them, so how could they be subject to external constraints?

The relevant issues should have been resolved.

"Alright, in that case, we'll go with them."

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On April 6, 2010, just as some people on the internet began to question Transsion's chip resources, Qualcomm President Paul Jacobs officially arrived at Guangzhou Airport.

Meanwhile, at Transsion headquarters.

Wang Hua, head of the logistics department, and Huang Tianya gave a joint report in Shenyang Aircraft Corporation's office.

"Paul Jacobs from Qualcomm is coming in person."

Shen Fei looked up: "When?"

"The appointment is for 2 PM today."

Shen Fei thought about it and realized that they hadn't poached many Qualcomm employees. Could it be that they had stolen the patents the Qualcomm employees wanted, which aroused their suspicion?

This shouldn't be happening either.

"What are they doing here?"

Huang Tianya preemptively answered the question: "I guess they're here to interrogate us, or..."

"Governing by dividing the river"

Shen Fei nodded.

Huang Tianya handed over another document, which contained a list of patents and Qualcomm shares held by Huaxin Investment.

"The technologies we use in Africa, Qualcomm claims are theirs and demands patent fees. The 4G and 3G patents we own, Qualcomm also claims are theirs..."

He looked at Shen Fei: "Moreover, some of my actions were discovered by the people behind them."

It has been confirmed that we own their stock, but there's no need to worry.

Shenfei was not surprised by the free American market; hiding it was merely to ensure the smooth progress of the plan.

"How much did you find?"

"We've found out 7.5% so far, but we actually own 9.5%, making us the undisputed majority shareholder," Huang Tianya said. "It's spread across more than a dozen investment companies, and they've been investigating for almost half a year."

Shen Fei nodded: "Do they know it's us?"

Huang Tianya shook his head. Those shares were scattered across more than a dozen investment companies, but eventually all of them were brought together in the Cayman Islands. It would be difficult to trace their origins.

After all, it's impossible for investment banks to conduct large-scale investigations just for Qualcomm; the difficulty is simply too high.

"I'm not sure. But Jacob's visit this time is probably to confirm this, as well as some patent-related issues."

Shen Fei smiled and said, "Then let them come! We'll dedicate the afternoon to them."

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Paul Jacobs arrived on time at 2 p.m.

He's in his fifties, blond, blue-eyed, and wearing a bespoke suit. He's the son of Qualcomm founder Irving Jacobs, and like Shen Fei, he's following in his father's footsteps.

When he shook hands with Shen Fei, his eyes held a scrutinizing gaze...

"Mr. Shen, I've heard so much about you."

Shen Fei returned the smile, his enthusiasm leaving no room for interpretation.

"Mr. Jacob, please have a seat."

Qualcomm, or rather Paul Jacobs on the other side, was more eager than Shen Fei had imagined.

The lawyer sitting opposite me gave me a rude awakening right away.

"Mr. Shen, some of the communication technologies you use in the African market are suspected of infringing on Qualcomm's patents. These include, but are not limited to, 23 patents related to 3G baseband, multi-carrier aggregation, and power control."

Shen Fei listened to them, occasionally picking up his teacup and taking a sip, seemingly not taking Qualcomm's lawyers seriously.

The lawyer, being a professional, was not angry and continued, "In addition, we discovered that Transsion has preemptively registered 237 of Qualcomm's technology patents in the past year."

These technologies are Qualcomm's research and development achievements, yet you registered them first.

Looking at Shen Fei's disdainful expression, he continued hesitantly, "We demand that Transsion immediately cease its infringing activities and compensate for the related losses."

In total, $1.25 million.

After the dog finished speaking, Shen Fei looked at Jacob:

"Mr. Jacob, this is your intention."

Paul Jacobs did not answer directly: "Mr. Shen, Qualcomm's intellectual property is our core asset, and we must be responsible to our shareholders."

Shen Fei laughed: "You should ask the person in charge of this issue."

Paul Jacobs didn't react for a moment...

"We buy chips from MediaTek. If your patents are infringed, you should go after MediaTek, not us."

He looked at the other person and said, "We are just users, buying chips and assembling products. We are just employees."

Shen Fei's words were undeniably irrefutable!