Rebirth: Fight For Life

   Chapter 290 Draw the first brick of the foundation stone of the empire

   Located in Bamboo City, in the northwest of Wan Island, it is where the main factory of Wan Semiconductor is located.

   "Really? Another one?"

   "Please, you can't read it yourself?"

   The two looked at the data on the computer screen, their eyes fixed.

   "Hang! When was the last time?"

   "It came in April. Five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, half a year. Even if you use our ReferenceDesignFlow, you don't need to be so exaggerated!"

   "Yao Shou, how many people are doing it, do you think you have a background in this company?"

   "How can this be explained clearly?"

   "For sure, 17 years old, Taibao is normal. Two pieces a year, they are still such a hanging chip, how can it be possible without a background!"

   The technician in charge of tape-out for the rover was talking in disbelief, while Liao Qingshan, who was in charge of connecting with the rover, saw more.

  He is a technical background and is very sensitive to the characteristics of these two chips.

  The process of the chip is not high, 0.28 microns.

   But he can see some doorways from the circuit diagram.

   The common feature of these two chips is that compared with other chips of the same type with the same process technology, the design structure of these two chips is simpler and more efficient!

  As a world-renowned pure-play semiconductor foundry, BSMC has made tape-out and mass-produced chips for an unknown number of chip design companies.

  Liao Qingshan believes that he has this vision. This Flint Technology has strong chip design ability!

   In fact, this is also the company with the strongest chip design capability on the other side.

  Liao Qingshan believes that this company is very important.

  Because the entire semiconductor industry has been hit hard since the dotcom bubble burst.

   Among the peers, the situation of BSMC is very good. Up to now, most of its peers are still in negative growth, while BSMC has returned to positive growth, basically returning to the revenue scale of 2000.

   It can be seen that sometimes a crisis is also an opportunity.

   As a first-class pure-play foundry, the most ideal partner is a first-class chip design company.

   Such a combination can come up with world-class chips, occupy the market, and continue to grow.

   Moreover, unlike other chip design companies, Flint Technology has actually come up with two high-level chips in different fields, which is intriguing.

   This means that it does not just serve a certain segment, but to make a specific product.

   It will definitely have other R&D plans!

   The first time is accidental, but the second time, it needs to be taken seriously.

   Liao Qingshan arranged the tape-out work and wrote a report to the company's top management.

  …

  Bamboo Gap, Nawan SMC's opinion on Flint Technology is unknown inside the Flint Research Institute.

   But inside the Flint Research Institute is indeed a time of high morale.

   An integrated circuit design and system laboratory, a semiconductor process laboratory, with a working area of ​​2,000 square meters, equipped with the best equipment, and tackling multiple projects at the same time.

  The boss himself and Academician Ni led Lin Yaodong and some newly introduced semiconductor scientific research talents to tackle memory chips.

   Liu Hanhao took the original elite backbones to tackle video codec chips and image processors.

   And some of the original elite backbones will independently lead the group to do upgrades and other versions of the U disk control chip and audio chip.

   The Flint Research Institute seems to be a powerful chip research institution in China.

   At least inside the Flint Research Institute, that’s what they think.

   But at the moment outside, the sight of the chip field is attracted by Godson.

   Since the Loongson conference was held at the end of September, this chip has been hailed as the "first Huaguo core".

  The chip is really too tall in the eyes of ordinary people.

When    popular science, it is always mentioned that hundreds or tens of millions of transistors are integrated on a chip the size of a fingernail.

   Then there is always a picture of a finger twisting a transistor.

   But the knowledge involved in the chip is indeed too professional. Amid the praise from the media and the cheers and expectations of the public, Hu Weiwu is actually very calm.

   From the beginning of the project, the leaders of the Institute of Computing Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have made it clear that this is a more general-purpose chip.

   is not on the race track with Intel at all.

   The reason is very simple, it is not comparable for the time being.

  It is aimed at various fields of countries that have special requirements for "security", and is used to meet the chip needs of various electronic devices.

   It is not at all to compete with Intel in the field of personal computers, although it can also meet the needs of low-end machines.

   But ordinary people do not understand this.

Ordinary people are addicted to the kind of speech atmosphere in the media that "you can say nothing to Intel and AMD". It is the number seven or eight people, two or three guns, and the film was successfully taped in fifteen months, and it was named Gou Left ( godson) is a typical heroic tale that hopes to make a living.

  Hu Weiwu is naturally on fire, and various honors have come one after another. He is even called a "national hero".

   Such highlights obviously touched Ni Guangbei.

   He has been squatting at the Flint Research Institute recently.

  Gu Song was worried about his health. As long as there was no class, he would come over to grab Ni Guangbei for tea, chat and rest for a while.

  Ni Guangbei was very dissatisfied at the beginning and felt that Gu Song was making a mess, until Gu Song asked him: "Old Ni, what do you think is the next road for Godson?"

   "Industrialization!" Ni Guangbei said without hesitation.

  Gu Song asked: "Where is the entry point? Which field?"

  Ni Guangbei opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.

   If it was a year ago, he might still be able to talk about it and plan the future development path for it.

   But after getting to know Gu Song, the two discussed these topics in depth more than once.

   He knew what Gu Song meant, the chip needs to be applied eventually. In the consumer market, we are still competing with the hegemony, the performance is not as good as others, and the support of software manufacturers is not as good as others. Do consumers spend money on inferior products just because of their patriotism?

   Naturally, it can only be used in fields where domestic chips have to be used, or in the field of consumer products that other overlords do not look down on.

   Thinking of how long and difficult this road is, Ni Guangbei can no longer speak so arrogantly.

   You can only use a smaller investment than others to accelerate the pace of catching up with others.

  Gu Song knows better than him how difficult this road is. Because the person who walks this road, unlike him, knows the future direction.

  Hu Weiwu is a real fighter. With this team, he has been focusing on the research and development of domestic chips. Even the current Loongson 1 can only be regarded as an improvement on the basis of the MIPS instruction set, and it is not enough to be called 100% pure. But Hu Weiwu didn't give up, he took his disciples to move forward with difficulty. It was not until 2016 that the third generation developed on the basis of the Loongson instruction set with independent intellectual property rights finally passed the first threshold.

   Until Gu Song read the file, Godson was still struggling in the situation of "unable to sell". However, the back that could not be seen before can be seen after all.

   Besides, his disciples have also made a breakthrough in the field of artificial intelligence chips.

  Gu Song can't wake up the honored Hu Weiwu at this moment, but he can save the genius by 12 years, and he can also let the elders rekindle their ambitions.

   "Lao Ni, don't burn your body. You are just in your early 60s, and the days ahead are still long. Let's be solid and make the chips that the market needs first."

  Ni Guangbei remembered the huge empire that Intel and Windows had built up, his eyes finally firmed up, and he nodded slowly.

   A new day, old irons, ask for tickets!

   (end of this chapter)