No regrets ninety-two

Chapter 882 Perfect Division of Labor
If Wu Xiaozheng was reborn as an IT professional, or if he had a deep understanding of the IT field in his previous life, then he is far more than happy now.

It should be said that he can die laughing in his dreams.

Now he still doesn't know how promising Hu Zhengming's future is.

How awesome is it?
A few things can be briefly stated.

In 1997, Hu Zhengming was elected as an academician of the American Academy of Engineering Sciences. In 2007, Hu Zhengming was elected as a foreign academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

In 1999, when the chip industry led by Intel generally believed that there would be a bottleneck when the semiconductor manufacturing process reached the 25nm mark, and it was difficult to break through the manufacturing technology, Hu Zhengming invented the famous FinFET transistor technology based on the three-dimensional structure, which became the famous FinFET technology. father.

In 2001, Hu Zhengming began to return to Taiwan as the chief technology officer (CTO) of TSMC, and began to promote FinFET technology in TSMC. After serving as CTO for three years, he also served as a technical consultant for TSMC for a long time.

Relying on this technology, TSMC has gradually developed into a chip giant at the level of Intel and Samsung.

And chip giants such as Intel and Samsung have to switch to Hu Zhengming's FinFET technology in order to break through the 25-nm semiconductor manufacturing process.

Later, the reason why the well-known Huawei mobile phone was able to catch up with Apple in high-end phones and gradually occupy the global sales champion in terms of mobile phone sales is that its Kirin chip, under the personal guidance of Hu Zhengming, adopted FinFET chips. Technology, successfully broke through the manufacturing process to 16 nanometers, reaching the international leading level.

It is precisely because Huawei has its own Kirin chip that it has always stood firm when the United States held high the banner of technology sanctions.

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It can be said that Hu Zhengming's FinFET technology has changed the future of chip technology.

He also won the National Medal of Technology and Innovation in 2015 and the National Medal of Science in 2016 for this technology.

It can be said that Hu Zhengming is the top talent in the chip field.

At this time, Wu Xiaozheng didn't know that he had joined hands with the best people in the world in the chip field, and he was still listening with great interest to Hu Zhengming and Ni Guangnan discussing the division of labor and cooperation between the two upcoming R&D centers.

Forming a chip is not a simple matter.

In fact, the entire semiconductor industry is divided into several major parts such as silicon wafer manufacturing, chip design, chip manufacturing, packaging and testing, among which silicon wafer manufacturing and chip design are regarded as upstream industries, chip manufacturing is a midstream industry, and packaging and testing is a downstream industry. There are industries.

What Hu Zhengming and Ni Guangnan are currently discussing is which research directions the two major research centers will focus on and how to divide the work.

Both of them are very clear that even if they invest heavily in the establishment of the two major research centers, it is basically impossible to take all the links in the semiconductor industry, and they must have a focus.

"Give up on the silicon wafer first, and there are basically no technical barriers and trade barriers in this part of the world."

Ni Guangnan suggested first.

This view was immediately recognized by Hu Zhengming.

Although the manufacture of silicon wafers is also critical, this part is basically a mature industry internationally, and many companies are involved in this area.Moreover, because of mutual competition, the price of purchasing silicon wafers internationally is basically transparent.

Therefore, there is really no need to get involved in this part.

"Chip manufacturing must be the focus. If the core technology of this area is not mastered, then the chip design must be handed over to foreign manufacturers for OEM, which will be very passive."

Hu Zhengming also initiated the initiative.

Ni Guangnan immediately stated: "I agree. In this field, Professor Hu, you are an expert. I suggest that you lead the entire R&D direction. The two R&D centers will then divide the work, each with its own focus, and then carry out a division of labor and cooperation."

After the two reached a consensus on this point, Ni Guangnan turned to Wu Xiaozheng.

"Wu Dong, since chip manufacturing is the focus of the R&D center, you have to be prepared to set up a chip manufacturing factory, which also requires a lot of investment."

"no problem."

Wu Xiaozheng expressed his opinion immediately.

In terms of chips, although he is still just a layman, he still understands the basic common sense.

He knew that in his previous life, the reason why the domestic chip industry was restricted everywhere was not only the chip design, but also the chip manufacturing technology and process, and the restriction of the latter was even more serious.

By around 2015, due to limited manufacturing technology, China's chip imports will reach more than 2000 billion U.S. dollars per year.

Also because of technical limitations, many technical patents that were originally priced at the price of cabbage were authorized by foreign companies to Chinese companies at diamond-like prices.

After receiving Wu Xiaozheng's approval, Hu Zhengming and Ni Guangnan continued to negotiate.

"In terms of chip design, I suggest focusing on the domestic market, so that targeted designs can be made according to domestic needs, but the R&D center in the United States should also focus on it, and mainly target the international market."

This is Ni Guangnan's proposal.

Because of his "Chinese chip" dream, he particularly values ​​this, and this is what he is good at.

Hu Zhengming immediately stated: "No problem, you will lead this part, and the United States will cooperate."

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Next, the two experts unanimously agreed that the packaging and testing part is not included in the main research direction for the time being.

This is because this piece of technology, like the manufacture of silicon wafers, is also universal, and there are also no trade and technical barriers.

As two R&D centers in reserve, it is indeed necessary to put limited power on the most critical technologies.

The two R&D centers have reached an agreement on the division of labor and cooperation in chip technology.

As for the integration of computer and communication, it belongs to Ni Guangnan's specialty, so this part will also focus on China, and he will organize an excellent team to focus on it.

As for the Internet technology, considering that the development of the domestic Internet is relatively lagging behind, the two decided that Hu Zhengming would go to the United States to find candidates first, and then the domestic side would slowly catch up.

It's a perfect division of labor.

From a technical point of view, the two experts have their own strengths. Using their strengths to lead the main directions of various research and development centers, and then to communicate with each other and cooperate with each other is the most ideal combination.

"Pleasant to work with."

Wu Xiaozheng extended his right hand to the two experts.

The three hands were tightly held together.

This is a historic moment.

After initially determining the main direction of attack, the R&D center officially entered the preparatory stage.

Next, two experts are needed to find suitable top technicians everywhere to form different R&D teams and let the R&D center enter the actual operation stage.

Of course, this also means that Wu Xiaozheng will soon spend a lot of money again.

But this is what Wu Xiaozheng is happy to see.

There is a return on investment.

In order to build a future IT kingdom, no matter how big the investment is, it is worthwhile.

(End of this chapter)