If Wu Xiaozheng was reborn as an IT person, or had a deep understanding of the IT field in his previous life, then he would be far more than happy now.

It should be said that he can die laughing in his dreams.

Now he doesn't know how good Hu Zhengming's future is.

How good is it?

A few things can be explained simply.

In 1997, Hu Zhengming was elected as an academician of the American Academy of Engineering Sciences, and in 2007, Hu Zhengming was elected as a foreign academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

In 1999, when the chip industry led by Intel generally believed that there would be a bottleneck when the semiconductor manufacturing process reached the 25 nanometer mark, and the manufacturing technology was difficult to break through, Hu Zhengming invented the famous FinFET transistor technology based on three-dimensional structure and became the father of the famous FinFET.

In 2001, Hu Zhengming began to return to Taiwan as TSMC's chief technology officer (CTO), began to promote FinFET technology at TSMC, and after serving as CTO for three years, he also served as TSMC's technical advisor for a long time.

It is with this technology that TSMC has gradually developed into chip giants at the level of Intel and Samsung.

Chip giants such as Intel and Samsung, in order to break through the 25nm mark in semiconductor manufacturing, have to switch to Hu Zhengming's FinFET technology.

Later, the reason why the famous Huawei mobile phone was able to catch up with Apple in high-end machines and gradually occupy the throne of the global sales champion in mobile phone sales was that its Kirin chip, under the personal guidance of Hu Zhengming, adopted FinFET technology, and successfully broke through the manufacturing process to 16 nanometers, reaching the international leading level.

It is precisely because Huawei has its own Kirin chips that it has always stood tall when the United States raised the banner of technological sanctions.

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It can be said that Hu Zhengming's FinFET technology has changed the future of chip technology.

He also received the National Award for Technology and Innovation in 2015 and the National Medal of Science in 2016.

It can be said that Hu Zhengming is the top talent in the chip field.

At this time, Wu Xiaozheng didn't know that he had joined hands with the world's best people in the chip field, and he was still listening to Hu Zhengming and Ni Guangnan discuss the division of labor and cooperation between the two major R&D centers to be established.

The molding of a chip is not a simple matter.

In fact, the entire semiconductor industry is divided into silicon wafer manufacturing, chip design, chip manufacturing, packaging and testing, etc., of which silicon wafer manufacturing and chip design are upstream industries, chip manufacturing is a midstream industry, and packaging and testing is a subordinate industry.

What Hu Zhengming and Ni Guangnan are discussing now is which research directions the two research centers will focus on, and how to divide the labor.

Both of them know very well that even if they invest heavily in the establishment of two major research centers, it is basically impossible to eat all the links of the semiconductor industry, and they must have a focus.

"The silicon wafer is given up first, and there are basically no technical barriers and trade barriers in the world. ”

Ni Guangnan proposed first.

This view was immediately endorsed by Hu Zhengming.

Although the manufacturing of silicon wafers is also critical, this part is basically a mature industry in the world, and there are many companies involved in this area. In addition, because of the competition between each other, the price of silicon wafers purchased internationally is basically transparent.

Therefore, there is really no need to get involved in this part.

"Chip manufacturing must be the focus, if the core technology of this piece is not mastered, the chip design must also be handed over to foreign manufacturers to OEM, which will be very passive. ”

Hu Zhengming also took the initiative to initiate the proposal.

Ni Guangnan immediately said: "Yes, in this field, Professor Hu, you are an expert, I suggest that the entire R&D direction should be led by you, and the two R&D centers will divide labor, each with its own focus, and then carry out division of labor and cooperation." ”

After the two reached a consensus on this point, Ni Guangnan turned to Wu Xiaozheng.

"Wu Dong, since chip manufacturing is the focus of the R&D center, you have to be ready to set up a chip manufacturing factory, which also requires a lot of investment. ”

"No problem. ”

Wu Xiaozheng immediately expressed his position.

In terms of chips, although he is still just a layman, he still understands basic common sense.

He knows that in the previous life, the reason why the domestic chip industry was restricted everywhere was not only chip design, but also chip manufacturing technology and technology, and even the latter was more restricted.

By around 2015, China's chip imports amounted to more than $200 billion a year due to manufacturing technology limitations.

Because of the limited technology, many technology patents that were originally the price of cabbage were licensed to Chinese companies by foreign companies at diamond-like prices.

After getting Wu Xiaozheng's approval, Hu Zhengming and Ni Guangnan continued to negotiate.

"In the area of chip design, I suggest that it should be mainly domestic, so that it can be targeted according to domestic needs, but the R&D center in the United States should also focus on it, and the goal is mainly to focus on the international market. ”

This is Ni Guangnan's proposal.

Because of his "China Chip" dream, he attaches great importance to this, and this piece is also what he is good at.

Hu Zhengming immediately stated: "No problem, you will lead this part, and the United States will cooperate." ”

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Next, the two experts agreed that the part of packaging and testing will not be included in the main research direction for the time being.

This is because this technology, like the manufacture of silicon wafers, is also universal, and there are no trade and technical barriers.

As two R&D centers in reserve, it is indeed necessary to put limited forces on the most critical technologies.

The two R&D centers have reached an agreement on the division of labor and cooperation in chip technology.

As for the integration of computer and communication, it belongs to Ni Guangnan's specialty, so this part will also be mainly domestic, and he will organize an excellent team to focus on it.

As for the Internet technology, considering that the development of the domestic Internet is relatively lagging behind, the two decided that Hu Zhengming would go to the United States to look for candidates first, and then the domestic side would slowly follow up.

It's a perfect division of labor.

From a technical point of view, the two experts have their own strengths, and it is the ideal combination to lead the main direction of various R&D centers with their strengths, and then communicate with each other and cooperate with each other.

"It was a pleasure to work with. ”

Wu Xiaozheng stretched out his right hand to the two experts.

The three hands were clasped tightly together.

This is a historic moment.

After the main direction of attack is preliminarily determined, the R&D center has entered the preparatory stage.

Next, two experts need to go around looking for suitable top technicians to form different R&D teams and let the R&D center enter the practical operation stage.

Of course, this also means that Wu Xiaozheng is about to throw a lot of money again.

But this is what Wu Xiaozheng is happy to see.

There is a return on investment.

In order to build the IT kingdom of the future, no amount of investment is worth it.