Time Travel: 2014

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Judging from the description in the document National Integrated Circuit Industry Development and Promotion Outline.

Officials have a very clear understanding of the current development status of integrated circuits in our country.

At the same time, officials also have clear plans for the future of the integrated circuit industry.

Looking at the specific details: The clear plans in the National Integrated Circuit Industry Development and Promotion Outline are at least much higher than Lin Hui's vague ideas in terms of hardware.

Lin Hui, who previously had hardware similar to EUV lithography machines, did have some ideas.

In fact, many hardware experts also boast that they have a certain amount of knowledge.

But now it seems that compared to the official plan, Lin Hui's so-called draft is more or less immature. .

Of course, the so-called immature does not mean that Lin Hui's thoughts are immature.

But compared to the official plan, Lin Hui was inherently deficient in the conditions for constructing the draft.

You know, official reports are supported by extremely detailed statistical data.

When making plans, it is difficult for Lin Hui to have detailed data support like the official ones.

Even Lin Hui now has almost ten figures of funds.

But not all data can be bought with money.

Even though Lin Hui could learn a thing or two about some of the data through some channels.

It is also difficult for Lin Hui to obtain information that is as systematic and comprehensive as the official one.

This is destined to make Lin Hui's plan obviously inferior to the national plan in terms of systematicity.

In addition, Lin Hui's so-called drafts are definitely incomparable in terms of execution in terms of turning them into reality according to the official plan.

After the national team takes action, the funds that can be invested are also quite abundant.

It seems that there is no way to do it without making a large investment.

In the eyes of many people, the integrated circuit industry seems to be only a technology-intensive industry.

But in fact, the integrated circuit industry is not only a technology-intensive industry, but also a capital-intensive industry.

For example, the investment in an advanced wafer production line usually amounts to several billion dollars.

And this is not the same as being able to solve it once and for all.

Breakthroughs in each subsequent generation of technology will cost a lot of money.

Lin Hui remembered that in his previous life, Samsung’s research and development expenses for the 90nm process were US$280 million.

The research and development expenses for the 20nm process node have climbed to US$1.4 billion.

In addition to the initial R\u0026D costs, the development costs of advanced process wafers should also include new production line production costs and factory construction costs.

It can be said that investment and development involving integrated circuits will cost money everywhere.

And it's not throwing money in the ordinary sense, but burning money like hundreds of millions or billions of dollars.

And this kind of money-burning method also destined that it is basically unrealistic for Lin Hui to get involved in the hardware field in the short term.

All I can say is that there is a long road ahead.

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When it comes to the subsequent impact of the document National Integrated Circuit Industry Development and Promotion Outline.

In the previous life, since the document National Integrated Circuit Industry Development and Promotion Outline was issued, corresponding policies and funds were quickly put in place.

Lin Hui remembers that in his previous life, the National Fund was established about three months after the National Integrated Circuit Industry Development and Promotion Outline was launched.

National Large Fund refers to the National Integrated Circuit Industry Investment Fund.

The investment direction of the National Integrated Circuit Industry Investment Fund covers the entire chip industry chain, including design, wafer packaging and testing, equipment, and materials.

Judging from the relevant deployments in previous lives, the first phase of the investment fund is mainly used to complete the industrial layout.

The second phase of the fund is to maintain high-intensity and continuous support for companies that have already deployed in the fields of etching machines, thin film equipment, testing equipment, cleaning equipment, etc., to promote leading companies to become bigger and stronger, and to form serialized and complete sets of equipment products; continue Fill the gaps and accelerate the investment layout of core equipment such as photolithography machines, chemical mechanical grinding equipment and key components to ensure the security of the industrial chain.

As of the end of 2018, the first phase of investment by the National Integrated Circuit Industry Investment Fund has basically been completed.

According to public information from previous lives, the total investment amount this time is approximately 100 billion yuan.

Although the first phase investment is 100 billion yuan, you must know that this 100 billion yuan is only funded by the central government.

The actual investment scale is far higher than 100 billion yuan.

As for why this is the case?

It makes no sense that if the central government invests, local funds won’t follow, right?

Not with? What's the matter with you, little brother?

After local funds follow suit, a siphon effect will be further formed, further absorbing social funds.

Lin Hui also paid attention to many developments in integrated circuits in his previous life.

In fact, after the country was treated unfairly in terms of chips.

Everyone has more or less heard of or paid special attention to the development of related industries.

It's just a matter of how much each person pays attention to.

Lin Hui is the kind of person who pays more attention to things.

In his previous life, Lin Hui paid close attention to news about integrated circuits.

And according to Lin Hui's usual habit of collecting information.

If Lin Hui is willing to dig through the past life information, he will definitely be able to find further information related to it.

But it doesn't have to be so troublesome at the moment. Lin Hui still has a vague impression when it comes to integrated circuits.

Lin Hui roughly remembers that the first phase of the national fund alone mobilized more than 500 billion yuan in additional funds.

In the previous life, under the promotion and support of this fund, the layout of related industries was unfolding in an orderly manner.

Completed many enterprise integrations and technical strength/troubleshooting team integrations

At the same time, many corporate mergers and acquisitions were completed.

… Of course, some people have reservations about so-called corporate mergers and acquisitions.

Many times it's something along the lines of you can only buy what others allow you to buy.

The real core technology companies are difficult to buy with money.

(For example, in January 2016, a certain investor planned to acquire the equity of Philips LED chip company for US$3.3 billion, but failed due to the opposition of the Foreign Investment Committee of the United States.

In the previous life in February 2016, Fairchild Semiconductor Company of Magnesium rejected the acquisition jointly proposed by China Run Microelectronics Co., Ltd. and Qing/Xin Huachuang Investment Management Co., Ltd. The Foreign Investment Committee of Magnesium rejected the acquisition on the grounds of concerns about national security. trade.

In the previous life, in September 2017, the merger and acquisition fund China Canyon Bridge Capital Company’s acquisition of the magnesium chip company Lattice Semiconductor was rejected.

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There are countless similar examples. )

Therefore, there was a similar saying in the previous life, saying that our mergers and acquisitions were of little value.

I couldn't buy anything of real value, I just bought some things that had been eliminated by crooked nuts.

Especially in later generations, many self-media prefer this statement.

Lin Hui didn't think so.

Lin Hui feels that the integrated circuit industry has generally made gratifying progress since the document National Integrated Circuit Industry Development and Promotion Outline was released.

In addition, in terms of the execution of the plan, it is even more impeccable.

It is impossible for any other country to do better than us in the same external environment as ours at that time.

As for the implementation of the national plan compared with Lin Hui's past execution ability.

That's completely unnecessary.

In front of the state machine, an individual's execution ability is not worth mentioning.

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And these also reminded Lin Hui that some difficult matters are more securely handled by national-level forces.

Perhaps only when the authorities have the information Lin Hui possesses can they maximize the value of past life information.

But how to contact the authorities?

Is it possible to send a letter directly to the intelligence agency as described in a certain book?

Well, in the last century, when the censorship of various information was not particularly strict, the method of anonymous letters seemed to work.

Today, if you want to do the same thing, it seems that confidentiality is almost non-existent.

And after sending it, how to ensure that the letter will not sink into the sea?

Even if the letter can really be sent and recognized, will such deliberate contact be considered to have ulterior motives?

Well, Lin Hui only found these unknown problems extremely troublesome.

Perhaps we can only wait for the right opportunity.

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After reading the document National Integrated Circuit Industry Development and Promotion Outline.

Lin Hui read the news for a while.

In addition to reading some gossip and eating some melon.

Lin Hui didn't get any valuable information this time.

After that, Lin Hui simply stopped watching the news.

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On the afternoon of June 30, Lin Huiyi appeared at the Beiyu International Conference Center on time just like the previous two days.

As for why it appears here?

Naturally, it was because we had to communicate with the Apple team led by Elizabeth Nice about the software adaptation and function upgrade of Quick Commands.

The handover process is still going smoothly, and all progress is moving forward in an orderly manner.

In fact, if he had rushed to the schedule or even stayed up all night yesterday, Lin Hui thought it would have been possible to directly complete the adaptation upgrades and functional upgrades required when signing the formal contract for the shortcut command software on the same day.

But in order to avoid making mistakes while busy, Lin Hui did not insist on working overtime to catch up with the progress yesterday, but left all the finishing work today.

It can be said that the handover work with the Apple team led by Elizabeth Nice on the afternoon of June 30 regarding the software adaptation and function upgrade of Quick Commands was much simpler than the previous two days.

Basically, what I have to do today is to check and fill in the gaps.

This kind of work is not a big problem for the Apple team led by Elizabeth Nice or for the experienced Lin Hui.

The handover was completed smoothly without any problems on both sides.

Of course, this is just Lin Hui's mission completed.

Apple's team is not technically finished.

Theoretically speaking, according to the common software receiving process, Apple's team as the recipient will also find a large number of functional testers (non-technical) to further test the functional experience and interactive experience of the shortcut software.

In addition, there are many tedious matters.

Having said that, these have little to do with Lin Hui for the time being.

After all, Lin Hui has completed the software adaptation upgrade and function upgrade stipulated in the previous agreement with Apple with quality and quantity.

In addition, in accordance with the previous agreement, the adaptation and function upgrade of the shortcut command software was completed.

According to the terms of the agreement, US$5 million will be received for completing the adaptability upgrade.

Completing functional upgrades will receive $10 million.

Doesn't this mean that another US$15 million will soon be credited to Lin Hui?

But this is not Lin Hui’s biggest gain today.

Lin Hui's biggest gain today is that he learned some news about APPLE NEWS from Elizabeth Nishina.