Early in the morning of August 15th.

A number of trucks came to the door of the Black Hole Technology lithography machine factory.

Longyao Company took away the first Tyrannosaurus EUV, which attracted the attention of the global technology circle.

Mid to late August.

Black Hole Technology's lithography machine manufacturing department, chip R&D department, and chip software (EDA) R&D department have opened a new round of expansion.

Among them, the number of employees in the lithography machine manufacturing department has expanded from less than 2,000 to 5,000 people, of which 1,500 people were packaged and donated by Longyao Company after cutting the lithography machine department, and the other 1,500 people were dug from Modu Microelectronics and other companies, which caused them to complain, but they were powerless to stop.

The "Xuanyuan Architecture" chip R&D department, with a number of 1,000 people, has expanded to 3,000 after recruiting a large number of outstanding undergraduate graduates, recruiting nearly 2,000 outstanding college students.

There's an episode here too.

Wei Ming feels that the personnel and institutions of Black Hole Technology Company are too bloated, and plans to directly separate the chip architecture R&D department and establish a new company, Wei Ming occupies most of the shares, Li Yi and his technical team occupy a small part of the shares, Wei Ming does not interfere in R&D and daily operations, and let it go.

Li Yi and they are independently operated, and it doesn't matter if they don't make a profit in the first ten years, they are allowed to lose strategically.

But after ten years, at least create a little value and make a little profit, and it can't always be a big hole in losses that can't be filled.

For Wei Ming's suggestion, Li Yi's face showed emotion, and he had a tendency to agree a little, but the core technical team of more than 30 people under his command all expressed opposition this time, not wanting to become an independent company, and hoping to stay in the Black Hole Technology Company.

"Why?"

This time it was Wei Ming's turn to be very surprised, hasn't the chip R&D department always had a tendency to be independent, why did he change his mind now?

A technician named Xin Liangjun told Wei Ming the truth in private.

"Mr. Wei, our Xuanyuan chip architecture, the name is quite high, and it has many advantages, but if you really want to realize all those excellent features, it is impossible not to invest 100 billion yuan."

"And ours is a 'complex instruction architecture', the internal logic is very complex, which is incompatible with the current popular 'reduced instruction set', but it must take into account the advantages of 'reduced instruction set' to save power, and can handle very complex operations in some use scenarios, and the AI computing power cannot be bad."

"It can be said that other chip architectures can do good things, and the 'Xuanyuan architecture' can also do well, and there will not be too much gap in performance, and it must also be able to take into account AI...... Privately, we all call this architecture 'all-round architecture', all of which can do anything, without disadvantages and shortcomings. ”

"But Mr. Wei, what is the almighty thing in this world? At most, it can be 'one specialty and multiple abilities', and there is no way to be 'omniscient and omnipotent', Mr. Li must do the impossible. ”

"Of course, the 'hardware module function variable method', 'free evolution architecture', and 'compatible with all other architectures' proposed by Mr. Li are indeed a path to solve the problem, but I estimate that it will take at least ten years before this architecture can mature, come out, and officially launch for commercial use."

"But ten years later, other structures have long since matured and occupied all the markets, and there is no cake left, and then we will not even be able to share the soup when we serve it on the table."

"Mr. Wei, if our department is independent now, as long as there is a slight problem with R&D funds, it will be a dead end immediately, it is better to stay in the parent company and carry out R&D work with peace of mind.

Xin Liangjun seemed to complain and said.

He is not the only employee who thinks like this, but represents the idea of the majority.

They are not very optimistic about Li Yi's "Xuanyuan structure" and hope to pursue a more stable life.

"Hardware is functionally variable, evolves architectures, and is compatible with all other architectures...... Lao Li's idea is a bit radical, but the level of thinking, at least one dimension ahead of other chip architectures, once the chip of such an architecture comes out, you can run Android if you want to run Android, and if you want to run iOS, you can run iOS, Windows system, Hongmeng system...... can run successfully, how can there be no market for such a chip? ”

Wei Ming felt that his eyes lit up: "If we can really turn the 'Xuanyuan Architecture' into reality, we can break the barriers of the architecture with a method that is compatible with all architectures, instead of fantasizing about using a single architecture to unify the entire market...... Ten years, spending 100 billion, this price is worth paying. ”

Come to think of it.

He said to Xin Liangjun: "Since you don't agree with the independence of the department, then you won't be independent into a company, and in the future, you can work in Black Hole Technology with peace of mind, and the lithography machine department will soon make a lot of profits, and I will have no problem raising your team for ten years." ”

"But you don't have to be too impetuous, question the route proposed by Li Yi, I support his idea, he said how to do it, you just do what he said, as long as you can get the 'Xuanyuan Structure' out and succeed, even if the market response is mediocre, I will reward you heavily, and never deny your achievements, as long as you make the 'Xuanyuan Structure', you are all heroes."

"Yes, Mr. Wei!"

Xin Liangjun immediately settled down and devoted himself to his work.

Li Yi was also very moved, with Mr. Wei helping him to endorse the platform and provide unlimited financial support, the voices in the team questioning him were lowered, and the "Xuanyuan Architecture" project was carried out normally, except for its own research and development difficulties, there was no resistance.

At last.

The chip software research and development (EDA) department in charge of his old colleague Ling Chao has also recently recruited nearly 1,000 new employees, making the project team swell to 2,000 people.

In addition, the previous Black Hole Technology Company, which spent 500 million yuan, acquired a company in the imperial capital, incorporated the technical team, and a mature EDA software product.

After months of integration.

Ling Chao reported to Wei Ming:

"Mr. Wei, the 'Black Hole Lingyun 1.0' version of the EDA software we developed can meet the chip design work of 45 nm to 130 nm, and it can be introduced to the market now, but since our company has solved the problem of EUV lithography machine, the chips above 10 nm may all be eliminated, so we intend to concentrate all engineers and strive to develop the 'Black Hole Lingyun 2.0' version within one year, so as to have the chip design capability of the process below 7 nm."

"Indeed."

Wei Ming nodded: "Although it is difficult, you must do your best, and the domestic chip foundries will fully cooperate with you, so don't worry about this." ”

"Yes, all domestic foundries have extended an olive branch of cooperation, including the previous one that broke off the cooperation and found it again...... These changes are all brought to us by a Tyrannosaurus EUV, only the strong will attract a bunch of licking dogs, without you having to lick them. ”

Ling Chao said with great emotion.

"That's right."

Wei Ming nodded: "The stronger we are, the more we take the initiative to cooperate, the more options we have, if you are weak, many things are involuntarily, you can only be at the mercy and control of others, in the future, we must be the strongest, no longer subject to anyone." ”