Rebirth of the Military Industrial Overlord

The incitement is over. Now that Tan Zhenhua has decided to stretch out his own devil's claws, of course he will do what he says. He asked in a casual chat-like tone: "Fujio-kun, if I remember correctly, last time we were able to The chance encounter on the plane is because you are looking for an investor in "flash" technology, and Intel is the first target you originally planned. May I know how the meeting turned out?"

He asked this question knowingly, and he already knew the historical trend. Of course, he knew that Fujio's trip to Intel could not achieve the desired result, because although Intel has seen the dawn of success in the CPU market, it is deep at this moment. Stuck in the quagmire of DRAM, you can't extricate yourself. As for the "flash" project, you have to wait until it has eased.

Sure enough, after hearing his question, Fujio Masuoka couldn't help but sighed: "Zhenhua-san, I don't want to hide it from you. My trip to Intel did not achieve the results I wanted."

"Oh? What's the matter? Are they not interested in your new technology? They shouldn't. I remember that Intel Corporation pays great attention to the development and application of new technologies. Even the integrated circuits that are now popular are It was invented by their company." Tan Zhenhua asked pretentiously.

Fujio Masuoka shook his head bitterly: "You are right, Mr. Zhenhua. Intel Corporation really pays great attention to the development and application of new technologies. Even the "Moore's Law" that we both recognize very much is controlled by their company. Mr. Gordon Moore, one of the founders, I can see that Intel is actually quite interested in my invention. For this reason, the current president of the company, Mr. Andy Grove, personally received For me, it’s a pity that Intel’s current economic situation is not very good. It would be difficult to make sustained large-scale investment in this new technology that is far from mature or commercialized."

Tan Zhenhua shook his head, pretending to be regretful, and said: "That's really a pity. Personally, I am very optimistic about the prospects of this new technology. I don't know where this technology is now, or Mr. Fujio. I feel that in the current situation, how long will it take to make it practical?"

Fujio Masuoka did not immediately answer Tan Zhenhua’s question. Instead, he bowed his head and calculated it for a while before repliing: "Jinhua, I know what you mean. To be honest, I am also very heartened and grateful, but I have to remind you that Semiconductor New The research and development of technology means a huge amount of investment. For example, at Toshiba, we only invest hundreds of millions of yen in updating laboratory equipment every year. In order to apply new production technology, we update production equipment every year. The investment is dozens of times more than this. This is also the fundamental reason why Toshiba can quickly iterate on DRAM production technology, leave competitors behind, and firmly occupy the current position of the world's largest semiconductor manufacturer. Jun Zhenhua, I know You have a lot of money, but the amount of investment in the semiconductor industry is too big..."

Tan Zhenhua knew that what Fujio Masuoka was talking about was everything, even from the bottom of his heart.

With a great victory in the first DRAM war, Toshiba Electronics, a subsidiary of the Mitsui Consortium, which has received almost national support from the Japanese nation, is currently the largest company in the global semiconductor industry with the largest shipments. The semiconductor giant NEC is firmly pressed down, and it has left companies such as Intel, Texas Instruments and STMicroelectronics far behind.

As for Samsung? Sorry, Samsung Electronics at this time is just a small workshop that relies on OEM for major European and American home appliances...

Tan Zhenhua also knows that the semiconductor industry is the fastest-growing industry in the next few decades and the most competitive industry. The iteration speed of its products is simply a miracle. It can be said that in the long history of mankind for thousands of years, there is no Which industry has experienced such rapid development?

For example, in his previous life, Tan Zhenhua bought the first personal computer in 1994. He still clearly remembers that the configuration at that time was: Intel486-66 CPU, 500M hard disk, 4M memory, double number Optical drive, 1.44M floppy drive, 8-digit sound card, 14-inch CRT monitor.

This was a computer that was absolutely luxurious at the time, and Tan Zhenhua also paid a high price of RMB 12,000 for this. You must know that at that time his monthly salary was only a few hundred yuan, and this money was his Save all the savings since work!

But after more than 20 years, the mate10 phone he bought was equipped with 6GB of memory, 128GB of flash memory and a camera lens with more than 20 million pixels.

You know, from "M" to "GB", the difference is 1024 times, which is an entire order of magnitude! Not to mention the computing power of his small smart phone. I don't know how many blocks of personal computers he bought back then.

As for the price, he only spent less than 4,000 yuan on that phone. How should the purchasing power of 4,000 yuan in 2017 be compared with 12,000 yuan in 1994?

It is precisely because of the rapid development of the semiconductor industry that it is extremely difficult to catch up in this backward country in the industry. After entering the second decade of the 21st century, once one of the world’s poles, in this industry You can’t even see the taillights of the leaders. Even China, which is already the world’s second largest economy, has to spend more than 200 billion U.S. dollars a year to import various chips to meet domestic demand. The amount is even far away. Far more than the oil imported every year!

However, the semiconductor industry plays a pivotal role at both the national defense and civilian ends, whether it is artificial intelligence AI, the focus of competition between countries in the future, or the intensified 5G communications or the already developed information Internet. Data, as well as stealth fighters, aircraft carriers, manned landings on the moon, etc., and so on. Without the foundation of the semiconductor industry, all these high-tech technologies are all flowers in the mirror and moon in the water.

Tan Zhenhua also knows that one day in the future, when China is finally valued by the ultimate strategic enemy of the United States, and when it becomes the primary opponent and takes all means to restrain it, semiconductors or chips are the most important thing the enemy holds in his hands. A trump card!

Then, while the semiconductor industry has not yet shown the ability to change the world, while the entire industry is just emerging, it is the time when thousands of horses are flourishing and a hundred flowers bloom, while everyone has not realized that this industry will become the right When one of the winners and losers of the world's political and economic situation, replacing the "green paper" in your hands with real equipment and technology, what a cost-effective business!

So he did not hesitate to say to Fujio Masuoka: "Fujio-kun, please don’t doubt my determination and strength. You can tell me all your work needs, as long as you want, as long as there is in this world, then It will definitely be yours!"