1991 Starting from the core

"As for the future of the semiconductor industry, the industry has actually always had a very clear judgment. After all, Mr. Moore's golden teeth are there - the core technology of the future should be lithography equipment."

Lin Benjian laughed and thought deeply.

"But our judgment needs to be more precise, or more detailed. We believe that the difficulty in future process technology will be in the light source part, or specifically in the lithography part." Su Yuanshan took a sip of coffee and looked at Lin Benjian again: "That's why we chose to acquire Lead."

Lin Benjian slowly fell into deep thought.

Although he has always been obsessed with technology, as he said, anyone who is engaged in semiconductors will definitely know about Yuanxin and Xinghai.

When Xinghai Venture Capital's representative Yuan Xin contacted him, he carefully collected Yuan Xin's information.

Then he discovered that Yuanxin had never suffered a defeat since its rise.

And although it seems to be all about luck, behind luck is always driven by technology.

That’s scary—it means they always seem to be on the right track.

Now, Su Yuanshan said that they judged that the key process node in the future semiconductor field will be lithography technology - which is the field in which he is good at.

"Actually, I also think that the difficulty in the future lies in lithography technology." Lin Benjian said slowly: "But at present, it seems that many people are not willing to believe it. They just simply think that as long as they create a DUV, it will be enough. I have also been responsible for DUV , so I know that DUV has its limits after all. How to suppress the limited deep ultraviolet light to the limit through technical means is the most important thing."

"So our understanding is consistent." Su Yuanshan said with a smile: "At present, although light source technology is advancing faster in the west, photolithography technology is mainly concentrated in Ni Country. Therefore... Mr. Lin, I hope Can you accept my suggestion and let us work towards a common understanding.”

Lin Benjian was silent again. After a few seconds, he suddenly asked: "What about the mainland? Why don't you invest in the mainland?"

"...There are no experts like you in the mainland." Su Yuanshan sighed sincerely.

Lin Benjian waved his hand immediately, even a little shyly: "I don't dare to take it, I don't dare to take it."

Su Yuanshan smiled and said: "That's right, Mr. Lin, should we talk about the value of leading innovation?"

Lin Benjian took a deep look at Su Yuanshan and finally nodded slowly.

*

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After waving goodbye to Lin Benjian, Su Yuanshan and Qin Si returned to the car.

After fastening her seat belt, Qin Si was not busy starting the car, but turned her head and looked at Su Yuanshan who had adjusted the seat and was ready to take a nap in a comfortable position.

"Sister Qin Si, I don't have flowers on my face." Su Yuanshan felt Qin Si looking at him out of the corner of his eye and smiled sideways.

"Is Lingchuang worth that much money?" Qin Si was puzzled.

Lin Benjian only spent 5 million US dollars to found Lingchuang, and now in one year, Su Yuanshan has directly doubled it for him ten times.

Fifty million US dollars can already do a lot of work in Silicon Valley at this time.

"Leading is not valuable, but Lin Benjian is."

Now Qin Si was even more puzzled. He paused and said, "I don't...have any objection to the elderly. But an old man in his early fifties...even if he works until he is seventy years old..."

Su Yuanshan laughed when he heard Qin Si's "discrimination".

He knew that Qin Si was influenced by a group of energetic young people and young companies in Silicon Valley, which led to her misunderstanding of age and technology.

After thinking about it, Su Yuanshan said seriously: "Sister Qin Si, your statement is not a big problem in the field of pure science. This is especially true in fields that compete with intelligence. With so many Nobel Prize winners, most of their contributions They were all made when they were young.”

"The field of mathematics is even more extreme. Most of the achievements of mathematics experts were achieved before the age of 35."

Qin Si nodded and said yes.

"But if it is in the field of 'technology', especially in the field of engineering technology, this may not be the case. Lin Benjian is an old engineer. He has rich and valuable experience. These experiences are his value. Just like the legendary Shaolin sweeping monk ——Don’t you read martial arts novels?”

Qin Si smiled and shook his head.

"In short, Lao Lin can lead a team, and what he is good at is indeed what we need." Su Yuanshan finally said.

Talking about Lin Benjian is only the first step, and there are many processes to be completed next. But this does not require Su Yuanshan to follow up. Chen Jing is already preparing to leave, and she will arrive on the first day of the exhibition.

There was really nothing he could do about letting Chen Jing fly around with him. Nowadays, the only people who can represent Yuanxin administratively are his father and Chen Jing, and it is obviously impossible for his father to go abroad at the same time as him.

The car stopped in front of Microsoft's gate. After announcing his name, Su Yuanshan walked in with a swagger.

…

Mr. Gates has already left the programmer stage, so when Su Yuanshan walked into his office, his coffee had just been brewed.

"Su, you came at the right time." Mr. Gates raised two empty glasses to Su Yuanshan.

"I really don't believe you didn't make an extra cup for me."

Su Yuanshan sat down with a smile and said a long and complicated sentence.

Mr. Gates laughed after hearing this, poured coffee for Su Yuanshan, and then sat across from him.

Every time he came to Xinghai, Su Yuanshan would come to Microsoft to sit down, use his words and exchange feelings.

In fact, any company in Silicon Valley is open to welcome Su Yuanshan - after all, this is Silicon Valley, a place where technology is a myth.

From Su Yuanshan’s chip design capabilities during his performance in Las Vegas, to the open source programs he signed, and the phrase “please argue if you don’t accept it” circulated from the EDA project team, Su Yuanshan has already been labeled a “genius” .

Genius, or the kind of genius who is approachable and likes to compliment others - who doesn't like that?

Anyway, Mr. Gates likes it very much.

"I envy your retired life." Su Yuanshan couldn't help but sigh when he saw that the office was full of enjoyment.

"I'm not retiring." Gates shrugged: "I'm just watching the boys more."

"Your young men are indeed very capable." Su Yuanshan looked back and said with a smile: "Is your next generation operating system about to be released?"

Gates laughed, shook his head and said, "It's still early!"

"Can you please hurry up, please?"

Gates was slightly startled and looked at Su Yuanshan with a smile.

Another important reason why he likes Su Yuanshan is that Su Yuanshan has never thought about getting involved in desktop operating systems.

He's had enough of Apple now—with or without Jobs's Apple. If Su Yuanshan, who was also called a genius, came to interfere, he would go crazy.

Ten years ago, Jobs was inspired by Xerox's graphical interface computer, Xerox Star, and released the graphical interface operating system Lisa OS. Later, Gates also announced that he would develop a Windows graphical interface operating system. But at that time, Apple was a giant compared to Microsoft. The arrogant Jobs sent someone to call Gates to the Apple headquarters and scolded Mr. Gates in front of everyone (members of the Apple Macintosh team), calling him a thief. Steal their stuff.

Gates was very calm at the time and uttered what later became a classic rebuttal in Silicon Valley.

——"We both have a rich neighbor named Xerox. When I broke into their house to steal the TV, I found that you had already stolen it."

It was not until two years later, in 1985, when Jobs was kicked out of Apple that Microsoft immediately released Windows 1.0.

Learning from the past, Gates does not want people like Su Yuanshan to become his opponents.