1991 Starting from the core

In order to introduce the 0.5 micron process, Su Yuanshan almost slapped the table and scolded his mother, only then did Deyi nod his head - of course, Deyi also had a lot of work to do and many difficulties to overcome. But compared to Yuanxin's pure efforts, TI can almost be regarded as a comprehensive gain - on the Shanghai side, any improvements gained based on the process technology provided by TI will be shared with TI unconditionally.

To put it bluntly, no matter how great Su Yuanshan’s reputation is and no matter how much Yuanxin is a purely private capital company, it is still a company with a mainland identity.

Whether it is from a business perspective or other perspectives, from the core, Deyi needs to technically control or restrict Deyuan and Yuanxin.

Su Yuanshan recognized this restriction - what could he do if he was under the roof?

However... Deyi did not expect that Zhang Rujin could rely on engineers poached from the island as the main force, and cooperated with EDA and the Far Core Chip Design Center to directly master the most advanced flash memory particle production process.

This is a bit uncomfortable.

As a veteran semiconductor company with a history of several decades, if Texas Instruments still doesn’t know what the advent of Yuanxin’s MLC flash memory particles means, and if they don’t use any technical sensitivity, they will close down sooner or later and still have a good reputation for retreating.

…

"It depends on their sincerity." Su Yuanshan couldn't help but smile, remembering the email from Mr. Vincenti he received just before boarding the plane: "I think Deyi has learned to be smart and knows not to put all her eggs in one basket."

In the previous life, the decline of TI was that it had been struggling with the production scale of commercial memory particles, but it could not keep up with the times technically, or it could be said that it went astray - they went to other professional chips such as DSP and microcontrollers. . So when the semiconductor winter hit, they had no choice but to sell off those fabs that were obviously out of date, thus falling out of the first-tier ranks.

"If the authorization is given to Deyi, what model will be used?" Zhang Rujin knew that Su Yuanshan did not want to stalemate the relationship with Deyi, so the authorization was basically finalized.

"Don't worry, I'm guessing. TI hopes to upgrade its semiconductor factories with mature 0.5 micron process products, but for flash memory, we are still the main driving force in the market." Su Yuanshan said He immediately realized something was wrong and smiled: "Well, now it's Intel and SanDisk... but we will join soon. In this case, if Deyi wants to develop products, it is impossible to stay out of it."

"Wanting to use machines to produce flash memory particles to make money, but not willing to take the responsibility of promoting the flash memory market, is definitely not possible. They must come up with cooperation plans and sincerity."

…

After returning to the Special Administrative Region, Su Yuanshan began to prepare for his visit to Ni before the Lunar New Year.

It was already approaching Christmas, and time was running out - he had a lot to do when he went to Ni Country.

The first thing is to decide on the companies to visit - Su Yuanshan went to visit in the name of being invited by Sony, so the natural first stop to visit must be Sony, followed closely by Fujitsu as a partner, and then Nikon and Canon - These two are the current suppliers of photolithography machines at Deyuan. At the same time, they are also Su Yuanshan's target customers during this trip.

Su Yuanshan has always believed that thieves never leave empty-handed. Now that the past has passed, he must get some benefits back. At present, the entire semiconductor industry in Niguo is developing towards the digital aspect, and the core components that restrict the popularity and popularity of digital products are storage and power supply. Coincidentally, Yuanxin is currently the best supplier in these two fields. .

In addition, Su Yuanshan also hopes to become a partner of Nikon and Canon in photolithography machines.

He has thought about it, no matter whether the EUV alliance of the lighthouse country will be established or whether Asmail will rise, he only needs to hold on to the two current thighs of the Ni country first - as long as Nikon and Canon still exist. If it has not yet become an enterprise of the lighthouse country, then it will be a thorn in the throat for the lighthouse country.

The so-called enemy of my enemy is my friend, and Su Yuanshan does not mind becoming a technology provider for Canon and Nikon.

——The technology here, of course, refers to Lin Benjian’s team’s optimization plan for DUV light sources.

As for Lin Benjian’s most awesome and greatest contribution, it has to be slow down. At least so far, no one has thought that the 193nm DUV light source will become a roadblock that almost ends Moore’s Law.

In addition to these preparations, Su Yuanshan also had to keep an eye on the progress of the industrial zone and the progress of lithium batteries. He even had to take time to read He Chunhua and Zhou Xingbo's papers on graphene...

…

"Mr. Shan, would you like to transfer Professor Lu's call from the Electrical Engineering Department?"

Su Yuanshan was looking at Zhou Xingbo's thesis. Wen Xiaoqian over there answered the phone and asked him while covering the phone.

"Well, turn over." Su Yuanshan picked up the phone and found it quite interesting - the Department of Electrical Engineering only needs one Professor Lu, and that is Professor Lu Xuechao, the head of the Department of Applied Physics, and Zhou Xingbo is his graduate student.

"Uncle Lu, why don't you call my cell phone?"

"Your cell phone is turned off." Lu Xuechao's voice sounded quite happy on the phone: "Have you read Xiao Zhou's thesis?"

"I'm watching it now. Has Uncle Lu seen it?"

"Well, although I didn't do the experiment myself, based on my academic intuition, I think the results of his experiment are valid and meaningful." Lu Xuechao said very confidently, as if Su Yuanshan was the editor of Nature, He is the teacher who comes to give his disciples a back door.

Su Yuanshan burst out laughing: "Uncle Lu, please don't speak so early... There are already many papers on graphene doping experiments. If Senior Brother Zhou wants to publish... he may have to go to a second-tier journal."

"As long as it's a journal!" Lu Xuechao didn't choose, because he knew that Zhou Xingbo was now with He Chunhua and others from P University, tinkering with carbon-based semiconductors that even Su Yuanshan strongly supported - it is said that their experiments The progress is world-leading.

As a mentor, Lu Xuechao is of course very happy that the student he values ​​can reach this stage.

"Hmm, as long as it is not published in the top journal, there is still no problem in the secondary journals - Uncle Lu, do you want to be named the corresponding author? This article was written independently by Senior Brother Zhou before."

"Hmm...what do you think?"

Once this was mentioned... Lu Xuechao became a little nervous.

As the country attaches great importance to scientific research, especially to international authoritative journals, various groups in domestic universities have gradually begun to publish journals.

Although various universities and policies have not yet clearly defined journals for various professional titles and achievements, if this trend continues, the more influential you are in the international academic circle in the future - even if it is insignificant, the more popular you will be.

Lu Xuechao is also a bit pursuing it.

"Then the corresponding author will trouble you."