Chapter 423 Bypassing Technological Patent Barriers

Chapter 423 bypasses technology patent barriers

The same is true for Populus, who has not been happy for a few days, even though he has only just ruled out a huge hidden danger.

In the past few days, he has been thinking, how can we break through the technical barriers of DRAM?

So, he took time to come to Charm Semiconductor, accompanied by Yang Chenglin, to inspect the company's headquarters and R&D center.

"Dr. Yang, let me ask you, is it possible for us to take down DRAM technology with our own efforts?"

At this time, there were only two people in the office, Hu Yang and Yang Chenglin, so Hu Yang asked directly.

"It's possible to succeed, but it takes a lot of time and a lot of time. ”

The company has made great progress in flash memory, and its product line has covered most of the low-end categories. Therefore, Yang Chenglin still has a certain confidence in self-developed DRAM technology.

Hu Yang nodded and did not continue to ask.

Yang Chenglin's continuous investment, according to Populus Hu's understanding, needs to invest about $1 billion. And the so-called sufficient time, it will take about 5-10 years.

"Dr. Yang, I hope you will continue to work hard. As for R&D funds, you don't have to worry, Mr. Yan said that he would guarantee the allocation of funds. ”

After Hu Yang finished speaking, he stood up and patted Yang Chenglin's shoulder, and then left Charm Semiconductor.

He decided to continue to wait patiently for the time to launch the DRAM project, but no matter how long it takes, he will definitely get involved in this field.

"Mr. Hu, there are two gentlemen from the 27th Institute of the Electric Power Research Institute looking for you, when will you come back? They said that they would not leave if they didn't see you. ”

Hu Yang walked halfway by car and received a call from Lin Yan from the company.

Now there are many times when Hu Yang takes Mi Qi out, and Lin Yan stays in the company. After all, Mi Qi is not qualified enough, and many things can only be handled by Lin Yan.

"I'll go back right away and ask them to wait. ”

Hu Yang is no stranger to the Electric Power Research Institute, but for this 27 institutes, he has heard of it for the first time. With a hint of curiosity, after Hu Yang returned to the investment building, he went directly to the small conference room on the 87th floor.

"Mr. Ma, Mr. Dai, this is our Mr. Hu. Mr. Hu, these two are Mr. Ma Yu and Mr. Dai Xiangjun from the 27th Institute. ”

In addition to Lin Yan in the conference room, there were two men who looked to be in their thirties. One of the two people wears glasses, and at a glance it can be seen that he is a "science and engineering man". The other, well-dressed, looks like a white-collar worker.

"Mr. Ma, Mr. Dai, hello. Have a seat. ”

Hu Yang stepped forward and shook hands with the two of them, and then the guests and hosts sat down.

Lin Yan asked Ma Yu and Dai Xiangjun to change a cup of tea, and then sat down as well.

"Mr. Hu, we have some confidential things we want to talk to you about, you see?"

After sitting down, the "science and engineering man" Ma Yu was silent, and Dai Xiangjun was the first to speak.

"Assistant Lin has always been my deputy and assistant, and she has the right to participate in all the core secrets of the company. ”

Hu Yang smiled and reintroduced Lin Yan's identity to the two.

When Dai Xiangjun heard this, he nodded and smiled apologetically at Lin Yan.

Then he looked at Hu Yang and said: "Mr. Hu, when we are currently researching an aerospace-grade storage chip, we have encountered difficulties, and now we want to request technical support from Charm Semiconductor, I don't know if it can?"

Aerospace-grade storage chips? Hu Yang has some guesses about the identities of these two people.

"Mr. Dai, I don't know what kind of product the storage chip you are talking about? There is no problem with technical support, as long as we have the existing technology, we can provide it. However, I would like you to sign a technical non-disclosure agreement with us and promise not to use it commercially. ”

Although he roughly guessed the identities of the two, Hu Yang still said what he wanted.

Dai Xiangjun and Ma Yu had already imagined a lot of difficulties before they came, such as the other party would delay and prevaricate, or even refuse.

If they really refuse, they can't do anything. Unexpectedly, as soon as Dai Xiangjun spoke, Hu Yang directly agreed.

"Yes, Mr. Hu, if you don't say it, we will do the same. ”

Dai Xiangjun is now very glad that before coming to the deep sea, the leader asked them to go to Qi Xiangmin first. After Qi Xiangmin knew about this, he asked them not to go directly to Charm Semiconductor, but to let them come to Hu Yang.

At that time, Qi Xiangmin said that it is not good for the city to come forward in this kind of thing, so it is better for you to go to Populus euphratica, and the city will not interfere if you agree or not.

Now it seems that Qi Xiangmin still has confidence in Populus euphratica.

"Mr. Hu, I heard that Charm Semiconductor is talking about cooperation with Hualian Electronics? We have always had research on DRAM, although the technology is far from advanced, but our unique design architecture is still good. If you are interested, we can provide you with this architecture called XKG. ”

Ma Yu, who had not spoken, suddenly spoke at this time, he meant that he wanted to exchange technology with Charm Semiconductor.

There are a lot of scientific research achievements in the institute, but the only way to find a technology that meets the needs of the other party without leaking secrets is to design the design architecture of this DRAM.

When Hu Yang heard this, he was immediately overjoyed. It doesn't matter if the technology is backward, now Charm Semiconductor is conducting DRAM research, and the most lacking thing is the technical route. The architecture that Ma Yu said is completely the result of 27 self-research, and of course it avoids the technical patent barriers of other giants.

Subsequently, Hu Yang called Yan Hanzhang to come up and signed a cooperation agreement with Dai Xiangjun, who represented the 27th Institute.

The agreement stipulates that Merky Semiconductor will provide technical support to 27 institutes in terms of storage chips (including flash memory, DRAM, etc.), and 27 institutes will provide self-developed DRAM architecture to Merit Semiconductor free of charge.

27. After obtaining technical support, it is required to comply with the confidentiality agreement, and shall not disclose the technology of Charisma Semiconductor to a third party, and shall not be commercialized.

Merit Semiconductor has obtained the XKG architecture of 27 institutes free of charge, and all technical upgrades based on this foundation are owned by Merit Semiconductor.

"Mr. Hu, thank you for your strong support, and we can strengthen cooperation in the future. However, the cooperation between us is best limited to a small scope. ”

Before going out, Dai Xiangjun and Ma Yu repeatedly expressed their gratitude to Hu Yang, and at the same time gave a word of advice.

"Mr. Dai, Mr. Ma, you are too polite. I will pay attention to the confidentiality of this matter, please rest assured. Mr. Yan, you can handle the rest of the things and entertain the two guests for me. ”

Hu Yang shook hands with Dai Xiangjun and Ma Yu one by one, and then went down to his office on the 86th floor with Lin Yan.

Yan Hanzhang quickly dealt with the cooperation with the 27th Institute, and the matter was limited to him, Huang Tao and Yang Chenglin, and even Sa Hongli didn't know what it was.

After getting the technical information of the XKG architecture, Hu Yang summoned Yan Hanzhang, Huang Tao, and Yang Chenglin for a meeting.

"Dr. Yang, go back and evaluate this architecture. If there is application value, the company's future DRAM technology research and development will be based on this technology path. ”

Hu Yang doesn't understand technology, and Yan Hanzhang can't understand the specific chip design, so it's most appropriate to hand it over to Yang Chenglin.

After Yang Chenglin brought the information back to the company, he organized technical personnel to conduct a technical evaluation of it. Three days later, he arrived at Hu Yang's office with the assessment report.

"Mr. Hu, Mr. Yan. ”

Pushing the door in, I saw Hu Yang and Yan Hanzhang sitting in the tea room drinking tea, Yang Chenglin greeted the two with a smile.

"Dr. Yang, please be seated. ”

Hu Yang motioned for Yang Chenglin to sit down and speak, and then he took the assessment report from the other party's hand and looked at it. After reading it, he handed the report to Yan Hanzhang again and asked him to read it too.

"Mr. Hu and Mr. Yan, after our evaluation, the XKG architecture is very conducive to technology upgrading and transformation, which is of great help to us in researching DRAM chip technology. ”

Yang Chenglin did not expect that a non-mainstream architecture that they had never seen before became the key to their research on DRAM technology.

"Good, good, good!"

Yan Hanzhang said three "yes" in a row, which shows that he is very excited.

Hu Yang smiled and said, "Dr. Yang, then you can make good use of it." In the future, the DRAM technology developed based on this architecture will be owned by the company, and you can apply for a patent. ”

"Okay, Mr. Hu, I understand. However, according to my inference and that of the relevant technicians, it will take about a year to a year and a half for the company to develop DRAM technology. ”

Yang Chenglin gave a timetable, which has greatly exceeded the previous estimate. When he didn't get this kind of architecture before, he estimated that it would take about 5-10 years for the company to develop its own DRAM technology.

"Very good!Mr. Yan, next you have to vigorously support the research work of Charm Semiconductor, ask for money for money, ask for people to give people, and be sure to take down this technology!"

Hu Yang swept away the depressed mood some time ago, and this chance event allowed the company to find a new technology path for self-developed DRAM.

"Don't worry, Mr. Hu, I'll go to Charm Semiconductor with Dr. Yang now. ”

Yan Hanzhang was sitting here just now, and he had already thought that he needed to convene relevant personnel to hold a mobilization meeting and propose a heavy reward plan at the meeting.

After Yang Chenglin and Yan Hanzhang left, Hu Yang asked Lin Yan to call Gao Mingkang, Chen Hao, and Chen Jialin to inform that Charm Semiconductor would hold a board meeting next week.

Hu Yang had considered investing in the construction of a DRAM plant before, but now that he sees the prospect of a breakthrough in technology, the construction of the factory must be put on the agenda.

Otherwise, what if the DRAM is finalized and the production is completed? You can't go to an outsider to make an OEM, right?

However, investing in a large DRAM production plant is a huge amount of money. At this point in time, prices are much lower than in 10 years, but even if the amount of investment does not reach the amount of 30 billion yuan, at least about 10 billion yuan will be needed.

With a capital of 10 billion yuan, Charm Semiconductor at this time will definitely not be able to come up, so Hu Yang needs to hold a board meeting and work with several directors to figure out a way.

Not to mention that the semiconductor industry burns the most money, no amount of money can meet the huge demand. R&D burns money, builds factories burns money, and the technical process climbs after it is put into production, which also burns money.

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