The black technology empire started with a debt of one billion

December 2016, 8.

Inside the laboratory of Shenzhen HiSilicon Semiconductor Co., Ltd.

In the laboratory, a woman in her late fifties was sitting in front of a computer submitting chip files to Orion for simulation. This computer was also the only computer in the entire laboratory that could be connected to the Internet.

In the past, there was no networking function inside the laboratory.

Because of the emergence of Orion, they could only install one computer with Internet access in the laboratory. This computer could only be used by the middle-aged woman sitting in front of the computer. Without the woman's face recognition, no one could enable this computer.

【File uploading】

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With gigabit broadband, files of several gigabytes can be uploaded in less than a few minutes.

[The data upload is completed and the simulation is officially entered. The estimated time is 15 minutes]

Just as everyone was concentrating on the computer screen, an inappropriate sound came into everyone's ears.

"Holy shit," one engineer said in surprise.

Because the Orion simulation speed is beyond their knowledge, if the original EDA was used for simulation, it would take 20 days to simulate a chip, but now it only takes 15 minutes to complete the simulation.

"This simulation speed is really awesome. Deep Blue Technology really doesn't brag about it," said another engineer.

"In the past, it took us at least 8-12 months to develop a chip. However, it only takes three months to develop a chip with Orion EDA. This research and development speed is too abnormal. No wonder the chips developed by Deep Blue Technology are so awesome," said Maybe they have already used this EDA internally." said a middle-aged engineer standing in the crowd.

"With Orion, we can iterate and update at least four times a year, and the tape-out speed cannot keep up with our research and development speed." said a female engineer in the crowd.

Although the engineers were talking a lot, the middle-aged woman sitting in front of the computer remained very calm.

This woman is none other than HiSilicon He Tingbo, who took the lead in developing the HiSilicon chip.

One hundred thousand minutes later.

[Kirin 960 simulation test passed, test score 322358]

"Haha, the test passed."

"Four months of hard work finally bore fruit."

"I don't know how the Orion score is calculated. It would be nice if there was a reference comparison."

"There seems to be a ladder list on the left."

"Mr. He, click on the ladder list to see what level our chips are at."

He Tingbo also wanted to see the level of the chips they developed based on Deep Blue Technology's unified memory architecture.

ARM chip ladder list:
[No.1: Xingtian, comprehensive score 571504]

[No.2: Kirin 960, comprehensive score 322358]

[No.3: Quanzhi A330, comprehensive score 272511]

[No.4: Fruit A10X, comprehensive score: 226411]

[No.5: Fruit A10fusion, comprehensive score: 1854941]

[No.6: Fruit A10, comprehensive score 1532685]

[No.7: Snapdragon 821, comprehensive score 1521512]

[The above data are all from the Orion test results. If the user's chip is not released and needs to be hidden, you can click on the lower left corner to open the hiding function to list and publish the chip score. It cannot be hidden. 】

"Hahaha, we actually outperformed the 16nm A14X with a 10nm chip. Deep Blue Technology's unified memory architecture is so amazing, it has tripled the performance of our Kirin chips."

"This performance is nearly three times higher than that of Kirin 955. This architecture is really terrible."

"Compared with Deep Blue Technology, we are still a little behind. I didn't expect the performance of Xingtian's chip to be close to 57. It's a pity that TSMC will no longer develop chips for Deep Blue, otherwise Xingtian's next generation chip will be even more terrifying."

"This time we completely rubbed the fruit and Qualcomm on the floor."

"The high performance of the Xingtian chip should be due to its AI module. It would be great if Deep Blue licensed the AI ​​technology to us."

"That's AI technology. It's the core technology of Deep Blue Technology. How could they easily license it to us?"

"I think the reason why Xingtian chip performance is so high is that in addition to Deep Blue Technology's AI technology, their GPU is also better than ours. You must know that the running score is a comprehensive score."

"You don't want to think that Deep Blue Technology's GPU performance is equivalent to GT950. Their GPU performance is at least three times that of ours."

While the engineers were talking about it, He Tingbo stood up from his seat.

There was no joy on her face but a serious one.

"You will be happy with just this achievement. Not only do we have the unified memory architecture, but Fruit and Qualcomm have also obtained authorization. If they also use Orion for simulation, maybe their chip performance will be higher than ours, and even Quanzhi's chip will After running 27 points, we only ran 32 points. Why should we be happy?" He Tingbo closed the computer and left the laboratory with a disappointed look on his face.

He Tingbo is well aware of the gap between them and Qualcomm. The reason why Kirin 960 can achieve this score is thanks to Deep Blue’s unified memory architecture. If they had not obtained Deep Blue’s architecture authorization, maybe the chips they developed Not even the Snapdragon 821 can outperform it.

After everyone saw He Tingbo's expression, they knew that they were a little distracted.

America February 2016, 8.

Cupertino Fruit Headquarters, California.

"Boss, our A11 series has passed the Orion simulation and scored 36 points on Orion. A10fusion ran a score of 40 points, and A10X ran a score of 42 points. The unified memory architecture doubled the chip performance. ." Jonathan Ivey said.

"What is the concept of this score?" Bernie Albers asked curiously.

“深蓝科技在猎户座上做了一个天梯榜，目前ARM榜单上No.1是深蓝的刑天，深蓝的刑天跑出了57万分成绩，目前排在No.2是联发科的Helio X30跑出37万分，No.3是华为海思的麒麟960跑出32万分。

I don’t know if Qualcomm is hiding their results. I didn’t see their results on the ladder list, and I also hid our results. ” said Jonathan Ivey.

"This Orion is good, but the cost of using it is too high." Bernie Albers said with a sigh.

All chips that use Orion for simulation need to pay a 5% copyright fee to Deep Blue Technology. In addition to this 5% copyright fee, they also need to pay an 8% unified memory architecture copyright fee to Deep Blue.

In other words, they need to pay 13% copyright fee to Deep Blue Technology for a chip.

There was no way anyone could let Deep Blue Technology be so far ahead of them. "There's nothing we can do about it," Jonathan Ivey said helplessly.

If they don't use Orion to develop chips, their iteration speed will be slower than other manufacturers, and how will they compete with other manufacturers then.

"Has the iPhone 9 prototype been designed yet?" Bernie Albers asked.

"It has been designed. I brought the prototype over." Jonathan Ivey said, taking out two prototypes from his pocket and placing them on the table.

One of the two prototypes is the regular version of the iPhone 9, and the other is the iPhone 9puls. Both iPhones use a full-hole screen design.

The screen of the regular version of iPhone 9 has also been replaced from LGips screen to BOE's Phoenix screen, and the touch technology has also been replaced by Deep Blue Technology's high refresh rate touch screen. The rear camera uses OFILM 3 camera module, and the fingerprint recognition uses Deep Blue Technology. Ultrasonic fingerprint recognition technology.

The screen used by Phone9puls is also BOE Phoenix screen, but the screen resolution has been increased from 1792×828 to 2560×1440. The touch screen and fingerprint recognition technology use Deep Blue technology, and the rear camera uses Deep Blue technology. eye camera.

Both phones use BYD’s graphene batteries and DeepBlue Technology’s wireless charging technology.

If you want to enjoy DeepBlue Technology’s wireless charger, you must use DeepBlue Technology’s wireless charging technology.

Unknowingly, half of the technology of iPhone 9 uses the technology of Deep Blue Technology.

In fact, Bernie Albers has noticed this a long time ago, but they can't come up with better technology, otherwise they will never use Deep Blue's stuff, because the more they use it, the more likely they will be restricted by Deep Blue technology.

就在两人商讨iPhone8的时候，骁龙830悄悄登陆了猎户座的天梯榜，骁龙830以40万分成绩成为No.2。

at the same time.

The Wall Street Journal announced that the three major EDA giants Synopsys, Cadence, and Mentor will merge through equity swaps.

If the three companies do not merge, the entire EDA market will become dominated by Deep Blue Technology in the future.

The CEOs of the three companies are also very helpless about this kind of merger. There is no way that Orion of Deep Blue Technology is too powerful.

December 2016, 8.

Office of the President of Deep Blue Technology.

Today, Deep Blue Technology has four special guests.

These four people are Liu Weiping of Huada Jiutian, Yang Lianfeng of Guangli Electronics, Zheng Yongjun, the president of Guangliwei, and Lin Jiapeng, the president of Sierxin.

"It can be said that all of you here have made great contributions to China Semiconductor. In fact, Deep Blue Technology does not want to push you to a dead end. There is no way that your products cannot meet the needs of Deep Blue Technology, so we Deep Blue Technology can only develop a product that can Satisfied with the product.

Now if you want to continue to survive, you have two ways. One is that the four of you merge the company together. Maybe you can make a big difference by gathering the strength of everyone.

Another way is for Deep Blue Technology to acquire your company and merge it into Deep Blue EDA. "Cao Mang poured tea for the four of them and said.

Since the launch of Orion EDA, their market share has plummeted. In addition, the three EDA giants announced their merger last night, and the bosses do not want the four companies to collapse like this.

Three of the four companies are listed on the A-share market. If these three companies fail, it will inevitably have a certain impact on the A-share market.

Since Orion EDA went online, the stock prices of the three companies have fallen by nearly 80%.

Therefore, the superiors hope that Cao Mang can acquire their company and merge them into Deep Blue EDA.

The superiors arranged for four people to come to Cao Mang's office to discuss the matter.

The four of them looked at each other when they heard Cao Mang's words.

"I wonder what Mr. Cao's merger and acquisition plan is?" Liu Weiping asked.

"Deep Blue Group will fully acquire your company and delist it. If you want to continue to start a business, you can take the money to start a business, or you can come to Deep Blue EDA to serve as a senior executive of Deep Blue EDA." Cao Mang picked up the tea cup and took a sip. .

Liu Weiping shook his head when he heard Cao Mang's words. This plan was not what he wanted. If this plan was implemented, they would not get any shares at all and would become wage earners of Deep Blue Technology in the future.

"Mr. Cao, what I prefer is to conduct mergers and acquisitions through share exchange." Yang Lianfeng said.

"If it is a share exchange, how much is your company worth? You may not even get a single share, and Deep Blue EDA will not be listed, so it doesn't make sense for you to take equity.

The salaries and bonuses paid to you by Deep Blue every year are higher than the equity dividends, so why should you bother with such a small amount of shares? "Cao Mang slowly poured himself tea and said.

In fact, it is not unreasonable for Cao Mang to say this. Orion now occupies 99% of the market, and the entire market is using Orion, not to mention that their stock price has plummeted by 80%. In terms of profitability, they are not as good as Deep Blue's Orion. .

You must know that Orion's charging method is based on a 5% royalty.

Intel alone can bring 30 billion U.S. dollars in revenue to Deep Blue Technology a year, and if other companies Orion's annual revenue is at least [-] billion U.S. dollars.

The combined revenue of their four companies is less than US$1 million. How much equity can they obtain through equity swap?

"Mr. Cao, Silxin will not merge with DeepBlue Technology. I had already negotiated with Mr. Zheng before coming here. Silxin will merge with Guangli Micro," Lin Jiapeng said.

"Yes, Guangli Micro will merge with Sierxin." Zheng Yongjun said.

Although it is not known when the two hooked up, the two had already discussed a plan before coming over. If the plan given by Deep Blue did not work, they would merge and jointly develop EDA.

Back then, they were able to make a mark under the pressure of the three giants. Today, Deep Blue Technology is just a replacement for the three giants.

"Then I wish you both a bright future." Cao Mang raised his tea cup and said to them.

"Thank you, Mr. Cao." The two of them also raised their teacups and smiled at the same time.

The two also knew that Deep Blue Technology's proposal to acquire them was not malicious. Instead, Deep Blue Technology was expressing Deep Blue Technology's goodwill to them. If it were a foreign company, it would definitely not care about their life and death.

"If you need to purchase high-performance servers, you can contact Deep Blue Semiconductor. Deep Blue can provide you with high-performance servers. The price is definitely much cheaper than Intel's servers. Our servers will not be sold casually. This is why I The only thing I can do for you." Cao Mang said as he poured tea for the two of them again.

"Mr. Cao Renyi." Zheng Yongjun raised his teacup again and said.

"I wonder if you two would mind if I join you?" Liu Weiping looked at Zheng Yongjun and Lin Kaipeng with a smile and asked.

"It would be best if Mr. Liu could join us." Lin Kaipeng said with a smile.

None of them wanted to be dependent on anyone else, so the only way was to stick together, maybe they could create a miracle.

At the same time, the three of them also turned to look at Yang Lianfeng, who had been silent.

"I chose to join Deep Blue Technology." Yang Lianfeng sighed and said.

He was older and no longer had the hard work of young people, so he chose to join Deep Blue Technology. The most important thing was that he saw no hope.

He doesn't think that the four of them will be able to conquer the world if they join forces, because Deep Blue Technology is too far ahead of them. Orion is at least five generations ahead of them. It will take them at least ten years to bridge the gap of five generations. to fill in.

But while they are making progress, Deep Blue Technology is also making progress (End of Chapter)