Chapter 781: The Problem of Innovation

Qin Bin was disappointed by everyone's attitude, and he wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Hang Yu: "Our company is only engaged in the Internet and technology industries, don't mention anything else, and don't think about it." ”

Qin Bin had no choice but to sit down.

"Finally, there is a Q&A session, where you can raise your hand if you have any questions. Hang Yu said.

Immediately, a lot of people raised their hands in the audience, and there were so many questions that everyone wanted to ask.

Hang Yu casually pointed to a male staff, and the other party received the microphone, got up and said: "My name is Xiao Feng, the same name as Xiao Feng in Tianlong Babu, and I work as a chip designer in the SH Research Institute." You just talked about scientific and technological innovation, and we all know that China has not produced a Nobel Prize until now. I would like to take a look at how our company "innovates" from this perspective, and I would like to hear your point of view, why we have not had a Nobel Prize in China until now, and what are the necessary conditions for its production?

Suddenly jumping to the topic of the Nobel Prize, Hang Yu thought for a moment before saying: "I think innovation needs to be accumulated, just like when I learn to paint, if my level has not reached the first-class level, it is difficult to paint a work that surpasses the artist." China has lagged behind the West for hundreds of years in modern industry, and although it has quickly caught up with its late-mover advantage, there is still a big gap in its heritage. As I said before, it is very difficult for us to develop infrastructure to the level of the West. But we don't need to be at the Western level in everything, there are some links that we can simulate in our heads, and then directly overtake in the corners from new technologies and new materials. ”

Xiao Feng said: "As far as I know, Huawei has developed a chip, but because the design level is too poor, and it cannot be manufactured by itself, there is no application market, so it is very difficult to develop." Manufacturing and application require a solid foundation, which cannot be simulated in the mind. There is too much generational difference, and the price we need to pay is too great to bear. ”

Hang Yu was surprised: "So Huawei is betting on both ends, what is the name of the chip they developed?"

Xiao Feng said, "In fact, Huawei and ZTE are betting on both ends, ZTE invested in the research and development of 3G mobile phone baseband chips in 2000 years, and Huawei invested in HiSilicon in 04 years. In 09, Huawei launched a K3 processor for the open market, positioning itself to compete with Spreadtrum and MediaTek in the copycat market. It didn't work out because the processor was poorly designed. But we can also see that Huawei's determination is undoubtedly much greater than ours and ZTE's, and the size of their team and the scale of their investment are amazing. Even so, Huawei's chip research and development road is still full of thorns, and the future is unpredictable, and it is still decades away from the technical level to catch up with the generation gap. ”

Hang Yu said: "Very good, your investigation speech made us re-understand the difficulty of chip research and development, and also made us realize our own shortcomings. On such a high-tech product, who walks in front can almost monopolize the entire market, it seems that we need to re-plan the development path of hardware technology. ”

Xiao Feng said: "This is exactly what we are worried about, step by step behind, if our opponent is a European company, we are still confident to overtake, but the opponent is replaced by a domestic company, and the strength is not weaker than ours." Our advantages are not good enough in front of each other, and unless we increase our efforts, we will not be able to catch up with the research progress of Huawei HiSilicon. ”

Fu Yunze's previous research results lifted everyone's spirits, but Xiao Feng's words brought pressure to everyone.

The mobile phone screen is doing well, but the chip is really too bad for Jiang Yan Company.

Hang Yu is also very entangled, because he has invested in too many projects, and there is no way to concentrate funds to tackle chip technology. If most of the new projects are put down, Hangyu can invest about 10 billion yuan a year, and he will smash it out.

But the dawn of the mobile phone screen is ahead, and Hang Yu is already planning to invest a large amount of money to break through the last hurdle.

"When it comes to the planning of core technologies, we need to have a meeting to discuss, so let's put it on hold for the time being. Hang Yu couldn't answer Xiao Feng right away.

"Okay, can I attend the meeting?" Xiao Feng asked.

"Absolutely, we need professionals like you to provide technical references. Hang Yu said.

Hang Yu only knew that chips were very important, but because he was too busy, he didn't know the current market in detail. Especially in the domestic chip industry, because of the backward level, Hang Yu has set his sights on foreign countries.

However, Xiao Feng's analysis gave everyone a different concept, obviously Huawei's chip research and development is still very backward, but its threat and pressure to Jiangyan Company is greater than Samsung.

What's going on? A lot of people don't understand.

"Going back to the topic just now, on the issue of innovation, I think that in addition to technological and industrial accumulation, it is also necessary to accurately seize the opportunity, too early or too late. Innovation is not necessarily successful, its investment is high-risk, full of uncertainty, and only Shenhao can afford to play. Jiang Yan's company is big enough, but once there is a problem in R&D, it will also suffer a heavy blow. That's why there are only a handful of high-tech companies in the world. But once we succeed and go the right way, then we can at least have an era. As for the issue of the Nobel Prize, I think we don't have to feel inferior at all, although no Chinese have won the Nobel Prize, but there are many Chinese, which proves that there is no problem with the human race. Hang Yu said.

He then gave an example: for example, the theory of the turbine engine of an aircraft was written by Wu Zhonghua, a Chinese and director of the Institute of Engineering Thermophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. In the 50s, he wrote the equation for the ternary flow of turbomachinery, published a paper. Britain made the first generation of Spey engines according to this theory. After smashing the Gang of Four, when we visited the UK, we asked if we could introduce its production, and the UK said yes, Deng Gong was very happy, so he stood up and paid tribute to the British scientists.

All the scientists in Britain stood up and saluted China, why, because this technology was invented by China.

When I asked who invented it, I checked it when I returned to China, and found that it was Wu Zhonghua who wrote the ternary theory.

Where was he at that time? He was raising pigs at the Wuqi Cadre School in Hubei, so he quickly took him over and went to Beijing to become the director of the Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, and asked him to put on a suit and go abroad.

"Whether from a realistic perspective or from a biological point of view, I think that the wisdom of Chinese is definitely not weaker than that of Westerners, and even has advantages. The question is whether we can take advantage of these advantages, or whether we will be smart enough to be really smart and only think about shortcuts. Hang Yu said.

"The realistic perspective is understandable, I don't know what the biological perspective is?" Xiao Feng asked.

"It's simple, just look at the proportions of the head. Hang Yu said.

The crowd was speechless, they had never paid attention to the size of their heads, and they didn't think it was anything special.

However, from a biological point of view, brain size does have a certain relationship with IQ.

"I believe everyone knows that the world is unfair, and it is the same for us to engage in scientific and technological research and development. There is only so much money, and as an investor, I can't be 100% sure of what projects are right to invest in and which team is the best. Therefore, it is often out that the existing team takes a lot of money and does nothing, while some teams have very little R&D funds and eat bran to develop things. I hope you don't care about whether the development process is hard or not, the result is the same, you succeed, and in the end we will still invest a lot of money in your team. And those who cheat funds can only cheat for a while, not for a lifetime. Hang Yu said.

"Is there a way to avoid such a problem as much as possible, after all, we can do research with enough food and drink, and we don't want to eat bran vegetables, which will cause a lot of burden on the researcher's body. Xiao Feng said.

"On the one hand, it is necessary to start with the review and control of research projects, which is obviously a fraud of funds, and it must not be given to him. For example, if two phases have passed, but the requirements of one stage have not been completed, the control team must be vigilant. However, this may cause psychological damage to some innocent teams, and I hope you can understand the company. Hang Yu said.

"As long as you are serious about research, I believe you can understand the difficulties above. Xiao Feng said.

High-end researchers are precious, and the state would rather spend more money than harm them. If the control is too strict, it will undoubtedly discourage researchers and make it more difficult to absorb external researchers.

However, from another point of view, if the scammers can get more funds than them, it is estimated that the psychological damage to them will be greater than the control, so Hang Yu still raised the review mechanism and control requirements.