Tape-out, also known as tapeout, also called PG.

What happens every year or every few months in an integrated circuit design company is almost as commonplace, and tape-out is just a hard dish.

But at Tesla, what they are about to greet is the first industrial tape-out!

The last tape-out, it was Zhao Song who opportunistically joined the MPW tape-out service provided by Fujitsu for the academic community, and the money for a tape-out was jointly paid by several companies, but this time the industrial tape-out, Fujitsu Semiconductor only served Tesla, and Zhao Song paid it himself.

After receiving the call of Ding Tao's latest appointment, Wan Hean walked out of the laboratory and took deep breaths in the corridor, trying to minimize the psychological changes caused by the position change.

Tape-out, Wan Hean doesn't want to have any difference, even if it is an annual salary of one million! Professor Zhou can't stand the toss.

But who can guarantee that the tape-out will be 100 percent successful? Just now, Ding Tao said on the phone that the boss had gone to the Lama Temple to offer incense.

Wan He'an couldn't help but smile, turned around and went back to the laboratory, and said goodbye to Second Master Guan again.

In the lab, more than 20 servers and workstations are still running benchmarks, and Professor Zhou and his students are still trying to see if there will be a better architecture and size.

During this time, the time management of these people was almost the same as the hardware design, parallelism, assembly lines, da Vinci sleep methods - they used all the time they could save!

These people are using their own way to repay the trust of the young boss!

In the company that has just been established for one year, it is taped out twice a year, and the year-end award is won twice for success, and the small award is won for one success, and everyone feels that they are going bankrupt if they are not successful.

And Tesla, which has not yet been successfully taped out, is not like a small company at all, Zhao Song accepts failure, as long as there is innovation and progress, the tuition fees that should be paid will be paid, and it will not be miscarried.

Tape-out is not expensive, but every industrial-grade tape-out, budget funds, cross-border cooperation, various contract terms and confidentiality agreements, multi-party mediation, the manpower, material resources, and researchers' salaries are astronomical, especially Tesla's industrial tape-out this time, which is countless times faster than the normal process, how much did it cost and how much it spent, Zhao Song and Wei Fang did not tell everyone!

In the corner, Guan Erye's incense is vigorous, and in the center, Professor Zhou is discussing something with the students with a serious face, as well as the engineers sent by Fujitsu.

Wan He'an frowned and swept his eyes, if his voice could be heard by these netizens who did not distinguish between right and wrong, he really wanted to tell them loudly, what was the young Tesla in their mouths, and what the younger Zhao Song was doing! He had seen the VAM purchase contract between Tesla and Elpida, and according to the current situation, the VAM contract Tesla won completely.

After reading the contract, Wan He An really felt that it was cheaper to buy than to rob.

"Xiao Wan. ”

Just when Wan He'an was angry, Professor Zhou called him, Wan He'an looked up and saw him coming, hurriedly closed the webpage, and left his seat: "Professor Zhou, what's the matter?"

Professor Zhou told Wan He'an with a solemn face: "Just now, Fujitsu's engineer said that there was an accident in the company that was supposed to be taped out on the island side, and asked us if we would do it the day after tomorrow, and if we didn't do it the day after tomorrow, it would have to be postponed until seven days later." ”

"...... two days in advance"

Wan He'an lowered his head and groaned for a while, and only after thinking about it clearly did he ask, "Will the production line process change?"

Professor Zhou shook his head: "No, it's all 0.65." ”

What a chance!

Wan He'an rubbed his trembling hands together and asked again, "What is your opinion?"

"I think do!"

Professor Zhou's answer was categorical, "We have checked all the problems that can be checked, and the simulation that should be done has been repeated twice, and there is no difference between one day later and one day earlier." ”

"Then do it!"

Wan Hean took out his mobile phone, "I'll call the boss and talk to him." ”

Just say it, because Zhao Song will definitely agree, it's not that Zhao Song is stupid and has a lot of money, it's that he knows the difficulty of tape-out, and Zhao Song will never be reluctant to spend the money.

Professor Zhou also knew Zhao Song: "I'll book a plane ticket!"

"Don't. ”

Wan He'an didn't care about making a phone call, and hurriedly reached out and grabbed Professor Zhou's arm: "Teacher Zhou, the boss won't let you go." ”

Professor Zhou pulled his arm out of Wan He'an's hand, patted him on the shoulder and sighed, "Let me finish this lesson." From the theoretical basis to the post-tape-out test, if successful, these students will have experienced a complete practical education!

Xiao Wan, before the level of those people in Spreadtrum is determined, they will be the greatest wealth of Tesla Microelectronics!"

It's also the best gift you can leave to Tesla!

Wan He'an didn't say this, and he didn't stop Professor Zhou anymore, he picked up the phone again and told Zhao Song the news.

While waiting to be connected, he suddenly remembered a passage from a foreign semiconductor predecessor in the NHK documentary "Self-Narrative of the Founding of the Electronic Nation":

"Every time the chip tapes out, I feel very uneasy and can't sleep well. I always wonder if there will be a problem, where is it right. When the chip came back, I pressed RESET for the first time, and the tension in my heart reached the extreme, and the RESET was released, which was the moment that distinguished heaven and hell. The logic analyzer numbers are chaotic, the mood instantly falls into hell, and no one wants to speak. If everything is normal, it is like going to heaven, like the whole world is revolving around itself, like I am the king of the world. ”

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At the same time, also at around 5 p.m., Huashi Computer issued a statement on major websites, saying:

Recently, Long XX and Zhang XX extorted $5 million from Huashi Computer on the grounds that Huashi Company used the beta version of the CPU during the maintenance process. It seriously infringes on the legitimate rights and interests of our company, and also has a great impact on the normal business of our company. At present, the person involved in the case has been criminally detained by the public security organs. Huashi Computer issues the following solemn statement on this matter.

As a responsible enterprise, Huashi Computer regards product quality as the life of the enterprise, and has always been in line with the attitude of serving customers and safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests of consumers, and actively treats any products or services-related problems and suggestions. However, there is now sufficient evidence to show that not long ago, Long XX and Zhang XX demanded $5 million from Huashi Computer on the grounds that they had mastered the so-called "Huashi maintenance engineer replaced the 'beta version of the CPU' for the user" is not an ordinary product quality or service maintenance problem, but a suspected act of extortion. At present, this matter has entered the legal process, and the judicial organs are further investigating and handling it. ”

The Chinese Consumer Rights Protection Law, which came into effect on January 1, 94, is only a legal provision, and the people do not have much awareness of it, they are more concerned about the figure of 5 million US dollars, and they will not think about whether the two consumers have been cheated at the first time, and no one pays attention to what the two consumers are facing at this time.

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