Recently, Huawei officially released a brand-new 5nm Kirin chip, which has aroused widespread concern in the industry. This chip is produced by domestic manufacturers, but some of its key components need to be manufactured by TSMC. Huawei's choice to cooperate with domestic manufacturers is not only to promote the development of domestic chip industry, but also to deal with international sanctions.
Huawei chose TSMC to manufacture key components, mainly based on TSMC's advantages and strength in the field of chip manufacturing. As the world's leading chip foundry, TSMC has advanced technology and high-quality manufacturing capabilities, which can meet Huawei's demand for chip production. This cooperation mode can not only ensure the quality and performance of Huawei's new Kirin chip, but also reduce the cost and improve the production capacity.
Development history of TSMC
1987, Zhang Zhongmou founded TSMC, and almost no one was optimistic. But Zhang Zhongmou found a huge business opportunity. At that time, semiconductor companies all over the world had the same business model. Intel, Samsung and other giants design their own chips, produce them in their own fabs, and complete their own chip testing and packaging-omnipotent and unparalleled.
Zhang Zhongmou pioneered the wafer foundry model. "My company does not produce its own products, but only manufactures products for semiconductor design companies." This was unimaginable at that time, because there was no independent semiconductor design company at that time.
As of March 20th, 20 17, TSMC surpassed Intel in market value to become the world's first semiconductor company. 2065438+On June 5th, 2008, Chairman Zhang Zhongmou announced his formal retirement. 20 18, 18 On July 9th, the Fortune Global 500 list was released, and Taiwan Province IC Manufacturing Co., Ltd. ranked 368th.
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