Reborn Tokyo Golden Age

Coming out of the Japanese garden, Nagata, Kazuo Ogawa and Hiroto Takei walked together by coincidence.

"Nagata-san, Terada-san and Sakaguchi-san are starting to think about that Shirakawa-san again." Kazuo Ogawa brought up the topic with a smile.

Yong Tian smiled casually, "Then they underestimated that Bai Chuan-san too much, the old guy who almost stepped into the coffin with half of his foot.

Relying on that bit of qualifications all day to rely on the old to sell the old, for the continuation of the family, it is also a painstaking effort. "

Hearing Nagata Masaaki's half-sentimental, half-joking words, both Kazuo Ogawa and Hiroto Takei laughed.

Those Terada-san and Sakaguchi-san, because the family's industries are mostly traditional industries.

Nowadays, not to mention the stagnation of development in recent years, there is even a trend of declining.

Although the development of the neon economy is becoming more and more vigorous, it is mostly from the export processing industry or the technology industry.

Examples include automobiles, home appliances, small consumer electronics, and more.

As for cotton spinning and local mining, to be honest, they didn't get much economic dividend.

Japan has a narrow territory and limited energy resources.

Even if there are some small mining industries in the local area, the resource reserves are relatively impressive, and it is almost impossible to scale up mining.

Over the past few decades or hundreds of years, the two energy industries have produced almost nothing.

Not to mention that after the post-war split, many industries have been separated from their family control.

However, the descendants of Terada and Sakaguchi are all middle-class people. If there is no accident, wait for the heads of these two families to pass away.

In a few years, perhaps there will be no more Terada and Sakaguchi families.

Everything is lost to all beings, and the best result is nothing but a wealthy family.

"Speaking of it..." Takei Hiroyuki, who hadn't spoken much, suddenly said with emotion, "In the gatherings of the past few years, everyone can still communicate a little bit. Now." He shook his head, lacking in interest.

"That's right," Ogawa Kazuo echoed, "Every time they gather, they basically talk about various things, and finally raise money everywhere on the grounds of mutual cooperation.

I don't even look at how many alumni are still attending the party today. As of today, there are no more than five fingers.

It's touching~" Kazuo Ogawa remembered that the number of people who attended the party at the earliest was far more than a dozen people.

And now, if they didn't save face, would this still be a party?

In the final analysis, those two old guys sold out their old faces for the sake of the family.

Those alumni who were so troublesome consciously stayed away from here.

That's right, at first, for the sake of Terada and Sakaguchi, everyone was willing to sit together for industry exchanges.

Not to mention how much influence it can have, at least mutual support can still be achieved.

After all, the campus circle does not include Mingzhi University, and there are many other universities.

As for the matter of Terada and Sakaguchi fighting the autumn wind, everyone just turn a blind eye and close one eye, and just help once.

But unlimited unilateral demands are not the purpose of alumni gatherings.

"Nagata-san, will you come next time?" Kazuo Ogawa suddenly asked about his next plan when they were about to part.

Nagata smiled and didn't say much, but everyone knew what he meant.

"By the way, that Shirakawa-san." Takei Hirotomo looked at Nagata Masa, "What does Nagata-san think?"

"Hey" Nagata was stunned for a moment, and then realized that he was asking for his own evaluation.

"Dragon among men" Nagata Masa gave an evaluation that surprised both Kazuo Ogawa and Hiroto Takei.

"So powerful?" Takei Hirotomo's eyes began to roll, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

One must know that Nagata Masaka is the chairman of the Keio Group, and to receive such a high evaluation from him, that Bai Chuan-san must also be an amazingly talented person.

"The two of you may not have dealt with him before, although this Bai Chuan-san is young, he is by no means superficial and arrogant.

Moreover, the world only knows about his Baichuan Electric, but they don't know the real industrial scale behind it. "

The Keio Group, which has a lot of cooperation with Shirakawa Electric, naturally knows a little more about it than the outside world.

"Could it be that Nagata-san is talking about a series of investments in Akita?"

At the beginning of the year, Kazuo Ogawa also heard about Bai Chuanfeng's acquisition of a local bank in Akita.

But I didn't pay too much attention, after all, there are not many local banks in Japan.

It is not surprising how many are established and how many go bankrupt each year.

Nagata smiled, "More than that, if you are interested, you might as well pay more attention to this Bai Chuan-san in the future."

"Nagata-san, Ogawa-san" After hearing Nagata Masa's description, Hiroto Takei's thoughts became more and more mature.

"How about calling that Bai Chuan-san?"

"Eh?" Nagata Masa and Ogawa Kazuo looked at him in confusion.

"We will come to the next alumni gathering." Hiroyuki Takei said again, which surprised Nagata and the others.

"Not only us, but also that Shirakawa-san and other alumni who have participated." Hiroyuki Takei continued his train of thought.

"Takei-san means" Nagata Masa and Ogawa Kazuo looked at each other, and they both saw the light in each other's eyes.

Takei Hiroto nodded, "We are all coming, but we need to change places."

As he spoke, he turned his head and swept the ancient courtyard behind him, saying inexplicably, "As for these two seniors, they are getting old, so we'd better not bother them anymore."

Nagata was making eye contact with Ogawa Kazuo again, and then they laughed in unison.

"What Takei-san said is that the Meiji alumni association should sit together and communicate on an equal footing and support each other.

As the younger generations, we cannot agree with the traditions of our predecessors. "

Several people looked at each other and smiled, looked at the courtyard behind them again, then turned and left without hesitation.

In the blink of an eye, March has already passed halfway, and the SIC building is busy today.

Except for the figures who were running around, everyone's faces were full of solemnity.

"Shima-san, I will leave the rest to you."

In the laboratory, Masaki Matsumura solemnly handed over the blueprint of the integrated circuit in his hand to Shimasatoshi.

"Please rest assured that our design has been verified countless times and will never fail."

Compared with the other people in the laboratory who are facing a big enemy, although Shimasa Toshi is also a little nervous.

But it's not like some people who bite their lips so hard that they can't speak.

"Everyone, please prepare the champagne for celebration. When I come back, I will have a drink with everyone."

Shimasatoshi, who has been abroad for almost 10 years, is now, like Lao Mei, cheering for everyone with confidence.

Some were amused by him, while others remained tense.

After all, the working atmosphere of Neon is much more serious than that of foreign countries.

"Okay, then I'll wait here for Shima-san's triumphant return."

In the end, it was Shirakawa Kaede who came out with a smile and patted Shimasatoshi on the shoulder.

"Please rest assured, Shima-san, we have plenty of opportunities, and we don't need to rush to success or failure."

Although saying this would be a bit self-defeating, Bai Chuanfeng also knew that things like chips were a complicated project.

It is impossible to be perfect once, and it is impossible to go smoothly.

Shimamasa took a deep breath, then nodded with a smile, "Please leave it to me, anyway, I won't let Shirakawa-san's support go to waste."

After speaking, he nodded to everyone in the laboratory again, then took the blueprint and left here with Yamazaki Hui.

Seeing their leaving backs, Bai Chuanfeng also heaved a sigh of relief, and he will just wait here for the result.

"Shirakawa-san" At this moment, Masaki Matsumura came over, and he wanted to continue to say something.

But after moving his lips, he finally fell silent.

"Don't worry Matsumura-san, what has to be done has already been done.

Please believe in your own efforts, and also in the efforts of all SIC staff. "

Bai Chuanfeng and Matsumura Masaki walked to the edge of their seats and sat down. He knew what the other party was worried about.

"But after all, it's a fee of millions of dollars, if" Masaki Matsumura seemed afraid of mentioning that word, and kept silent halfway through.

That's right, today is the day of the SIC8081 chip's expedition.

Shimasatoshi and Yamazaki Hui just went to Fujitsu to prepare for the first trial production of chips.

Since the official signing of the contract with Fujitsu in February, Masatoshi Shima and the others have once again perfected the final physical design part in the past month.

We also conducted process docking with Fujitsu, and there is no problem in determining the theoretical process.

Today, we are also preparing to take that substantive step to formally produce physical chips for subsequent product verification.

"What Shima-san is best at is logical architecture. As long as the framework is correct, there will be no big losses."

Bai Chuanfeng is relatively more optimistic, at least it is not the first time Shimasatoshi has done such a thing, there is no reason to make a big mistake.

But the cost of millions of dollars is indeed distressing enough.

I said before that the biggest expense in chip tapeout is the mask fee. In fact, a single mask plate is not outrageous, about 20,000 to 30,000 US dollars.

So why does it add up to millions of dollars? It is because more than one mask is needed.

Tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of transistors need to be placed in a chip the size of a fingernail. Of course, it is impossible to handle this area alone.

The circuit is photolithographically divided into multiple layers, and a mask plate is required for each layer of circuit etching.

According to the current 3-micron process, the SIC8081 has more than 40,000 transistors, and at least dozens of masks are required.

In this way, the cumulative amount is almost one million US dollars, and if other expenses are counted, it will be more than one million US dollars.

And the tape-out production of the chip, no matter whether it is successful or not, will have to spend more than one million US dollars.

If you fail, you have to spend another time, three to four billion yen for one time, even Bai Chuanfeng feels very distressed.

Think about the chips of later generations that contain hundreds of millions or tens of billions of transistors. It is estimated that the mask cost will be hundreds of millions of dollars.

Sure enough, just such a cost investment will scare away more than half of the companies, but fortunately it is still early.

The chip industry has just started, and SIC is not too far behind, and the cost of catching up is also within an acceptable range.

If he waits until the day when hundreds of millions of dollars are needed in later generations, Bai Chuanfeng may not be able to make up his mind.

As for now, the money has been spent.

Later, Shimasa Toshi and the others will bring back the first batch of samples for logic verification.

It's halfway through March, and April is just around the corner. I hope everything goes well.

The United States and the European market also need to be laid out as soon as possible.