Chapter 15 Cooperation
Ling Shizhe plans to design the production line, not even the process and equipment to do it himself, that is not practical at all, he plans to use the method of Intel in the future, according to the various chip production equipment on the market to design his own chip process production line, this is a sub-production, their own integration of a process design concept, this method to maximize the technical competitiveness of the chip factory, do not need to introduce a complete set of equipment, then subject to others, if a new chip production equipment comes out, For example, the lithography machine, and the factory needs to upgrade or replace the lithography machine, only need to replace the lithography machine equipment on the production line with new equipment, and do not need to replace other equipment, which greatly saves costs, which is a very good way.
This design idea can be derived on the equipment, some equipment can be purchased as a whole, such as general equipment, some special equipment can be designed by yourself, buy materials from the outside, manufacture by yourself, or even not manufacture by yourself, and hand over the parts on the equipment you design to various manufacturers in the world to produce separately, and finally complete the integration method by yourself. In this way, you can master the overall design technology of the chip production process, so that you can adjust your production tasks according to your actual situation, so as to grasp the initiative, and you will not be controlled by others and look at the faces of others, which is a very flexible method.
This design is based on the design method of the world's overall industrial production, which can integrate the world's advanced technology into its own factory to the greatest extent and manufacture the world's best chip production equipment. If a factory does not provide itself with production equipment, it can design it by itself, and then hand it over to each machine factory to produce separately, and finally integrate it yourself.
The mastery of the two core technologies of chip design and overall process design is the key factor for Intel to become the CPU overlord in the future, and other chip manufacturers can only follow him and have never been surpassed.
This is a big project, although Ling Shizhe himself is reborn, there are a lot of information as his own cheats, but it is not something that can be completed by himself, he needs a design team to complete, now, he just writes his own design ideas and the production line in his mind on paper, forming a basic draft framework, and leaving the rest to the design team.
In order to ensure the smooth implementation of this plan, Ling Shizhe called Mark as his assistant, and Mark will arrive in Hong Kong in a few days, and he will be accompanied by a 30-year-old engineer named Christopher, who has been engaged in chip production equipment manufacturing for many years.
At the same time, Ling Shizhe is also preparing to cooperate with the University of Hong Kong to complete this project task.
When he came to the door of the University of Hong Kong, he found that Dr. Wang was already waiting at the door, Ling Shizhe saw him, hurriedly ran over and stretched out his hand to Professor Wang, and said, "Professor Wang, hello, I am embarrassed to ask you to pick it up in person, boy." ”
Professor Wang smiled and stretched out his hand, shook it with Ling Shizhe, and then said: "Don't bother, it is our honor to come to our University of Hong Kong to talk about cooperation, and it is not an exaggeration to come in person." ”
Professor Wang's name is Wang Haihua, he has communicated with Ling Shizhe in the field of chips before, and he also knows that he is the designer of the new RISC chip, with a superb level, not under him, the strong are respected, and he does not dare to hold it up, in addition to the status of the Ling family in Hong Kong and Ling Shizhe's achievements, he will personally come out to pick up people, and others need him to pick up people in person, although Wang Haihua is a professor, but he is not ignorant of human feelings.
"There, there." Ling Shizhe waved his hand, "I'm just an axe in the class, the kid is far behind, it's not that I am not good at learning art, isn't this coming to Professor Wang to ask for advice." And Professor Wang, don't call me Zheshao, just call me Xiaozhe or Xiaoling. ”
Wang Haihua said with a smile: "In this case, then I'll call you Xiao Ling, come, Xiao Ling, let's go in and talk." ”
The two walked into the school and came to Wang Haihua's office in the school office building. Wang Haihua beckoned Ling Shizhe to sit down on the sofa, made him a cup of tea, and then sat down opposite him. After a few words of greeting, Ling Shizhe looked at the door and said, "Professor Wang, I came here this time to ask you for help, I don't know if Professor Wang is willing to help." ”
"Please speak". Wang Haihua said.
Ling Shizhe took out a thick bag of information from the briefcase he brought with him, opened it, handed it to Wang Haihua, and said, "Professor Wang, look at this." ”
Wang Haihua took out a thick stack of materials from the data bag, including several drawings, put them on his desk, and then picked up reading glasses from the desk and put them on.
As an expert in the field of electronics industry, Wang Haihua of course knows that these graphics represent various process equipment such as lithography, etching, doping, ion implantation, diffusion, precipitation, and packaging of integrated circuit manufacturing. ”
Ling Shizhe replied: "I want to build a chip factory to produce electronic chips for my company's electronic products, you see this information is a new production process that I have in mind, if I can, I hope that the Department of Electronics of the University of Hong Kong can help us complete all the process design." ”
Wang Haihua said: "There are some equipment on this, the West will not sell it, and some equipment is not available on the market at all, you design it yourself, some spare parts need very precise processing equipment to complete, Hong Kong does not, only find a Western mechanical processing factory, so the price is also expensive, and some parts they may not be processed with you, how to achieve this new process?" ”
Ling Shizhe said: "I plan to buy the equipment that we have bought from the market, and design the equipment that we don't have and can't sell to us, and then disperse it to other machinery factories to produce, and finally we integrate it ourselves, as long as we do a good job of quality control." For some core precision parts to overseas Western companies for processing, although the price is very high, but compared to this full set of production process, it is nothing, and I have bought a mechanical processing factory in Hong Kong, and their processing equipment has been comprehensively upgraded, Hong Kong's mechanical processing factory can partially complete these precision machining tasks, when we buy materials, their own processing, and can not complete the processing task, handed over to the Western machinery factory to complete; In addition, my company in Canada has invested in a machine processing factory in the United States, and purchased machining equipment that can only be used in the United States. However, the whole set of overall design must be completed in Hong Kong, and the overall design technology must be in our own hands, what do you think? ”
"Design yourself, buy separately, process in a decentralized manner, and finally integrate yourself." Wang Haihua understood his thoughts and fell into deep thought.
Ling Shizhe's idea is to learn from the later generations of Intel, the strength of Intel at that time was very weak, and the integrated circuit is a semiconductor industry that pays great attention to integration, if the design is similar, who has the higher the degree of integration, who occupies the commanding heights in this fierce competition in the semiconductor industry. Intel set up its own process design office, which made great contributions to his future road to semiconductor domination, and Ling Shizhe decided to follow Intel after his rebirth.
Later republics did not think about emulating this practice, but although the design can be designed, due to the extremely backward domestic precision machining foundation, the equipment designed by itself cannot be processed, and foreign advanced processing equipment is not allowed to be exported to the country, even if the Batumi agreement is canceled, it is still the same. This method naturally can't be played in China.
He Ling Shizhe can play, but this method is Intel Corporation, he is an American company, and there is no problem of any restrictions, but he Ling Shizhe can't do it, he will definitely be subject to a lot of restrictions, but it will not be as bad as the mainland, so he will use Intel's method to modify it according to his own situation, and finally Ling Shizhe came up with such a set of plans.
Once this plan is successfully implemented, he Ling Shizhe will be free to fly in the sky, and he will not be bound by any constraints, and he will gain a firm foothold in the semiconductor industry in the future.
I don't know how long I thought about it, Wang Haihua asked, "Xiao Ling, have you considered the risk?" I'm afraid you're on a whim. ”
Ling Shizhe smiled and said, "How can there be no risk, but if you can't have a risk, don't do it, everything will be risky." I have begun to set up a process laboratory in Hong Kong, specifically responsible for the study of semiconductor production technology, and then cooperate with your University of Hong Kong to form a cooperation model of industry, education and research, I think the hope of success is still very high, there are many experts in Hong Kong, as far as I know, many excellent overseas Chinese experts in Europe and the United States, many of them are trained in Hong Kong, but unfortunately Hong Kong's industry is too low, and many people are coming with a speculative mentality, there is no room for them to play, many people have gone to Europe and the United States. After you cooperate with me, the outstanding talents you have trained can come to me, so that they do not have to go to Europe and the United States to enhance their science and technology, and our company has enriched its own talent team, which can be described as a win-win situation, Professor Wang thinks? ”
Wang Haihua nodded and said: "The combination of production, education and research, your idea is very good, this is also the development model of Western companies, but has your process been considered perfect?" ”
Ling Shizhe thought to himself: If you don't completely dispel the doubts in your heart, you won't do it with me, and said: "Professor Wang, let's put it this way, the experts in my company cooperate with the experts in your university, so many experts are together, and they should be able to solve these technical problems, even if there are inconsiderate places, so many experts don't believe that no one can see it, and finally, after the design is completed, I can also find a well-known design institute in the West to review, they have such a business, what doubts does Professor Wang have." ”
After listening to his words, Professor Wang knew that he was not on a whim, he had already thought about it, and he was relieved, as for asking a well-known design institute in the West to review, Professor Wang agreed, although it cost a lot of money, but these investments are worth it, and Ling Shizhe's financial resources are fully able to bear it.
Wang Haihua nodded and said, "It's not enough to rely on our university alone, we also need other schools to participate." ”
"Okay, Professor Wang, you say, if you need someone, I'll invite you." Ling Shizhe nodded and said: "As for the matter of contacting other schools, I will ask Professor Wang to tell you, I am not familiar with those universities in Hong Kong, how much it will cost is not a problem." ”
Wang Haiwen smiled and said: "I'm not busy with money, now I'm going to talk to the school first to see how to divide the labor, oh, by the way, you have no problem with these drawings and materials to me first." ”
"Okay, I'll put the information to you first, and you can discuss it with the other professors and see how this is done. Coming back, my expert went to Hong Kong, and we were in specific consultations. Otherwise, let's talk about this for today, and I'll take my leave. ”
After sending Ling Shizhe away, Wang Haihua went to the principal's office and told the principal about today's conversation with Ling Shizhe.
After hearing this, the principal looked at Ling Shizhe's information, summoned the relevant professors of the school, looked at it carefully, and decided to cooperate with Ling Shizhe.
Later, other universities such as the Hong Kong Polytechnic University were notified, and after everyone got together and carefully read Ling Shizhe's information, they always thought it was feasible, and then discussed how to divide the labor, and notified Ling Shizhe a few days later.
When Ling Shizhe came to the University of Hong Kong for the first time, he came alone, as well as his lawyer, accountant, Mark and Christopher from Canada, after a few days of negotiations, finally reached a cooperation agreement, so far Ling Shizhe's career has taken the most important step.