Not long after Fu Xiangdong went out, he led a teacher with more than a dozen hairs into the office.

"This is Mr. Zhou Chengdong, who mainly teaches circuit design in electronic engineering, and he is more clear about circuit design, you can consult Mr. Zhou next week."

"Hello Teacher Zhou!" The two got up and said hello.

Zhou Chengdong looked at the two, "It's nothing, I heard you Teacher Fu say that you got a software company at the school gate, and now you still want to make integrated circuits?" ”

Yuan Liang nodded, "In terms of software, there are a few juniors working on it right now, but there is a shelf." As for integrated circuits, now they are also based on the products that appear on the market, and then we recruited engineers from several factories to work on them.

Now the main problem is still in the circuit design, the engineers in the factory are used to using drawings to design, but the drawing design lacks simulation function, and we do not have our own factory and assembly line, so we can not timely tape out to verify the designed circuit effect. So I want to buy a more practical integrated circuit design software. ”

"What are the products on the market?" Zhou Chengdong was a little puzzled.

"Wanyan VCD in Anhui Province." Yuan Liang didn't hide it, VCD may be a tall thing in the eyes of others, but in the eyes of people like Zhou Chengdong, VCD is just like that.

You must know that Jiang Wanmeng, who created the miracle of Wanyan, is just a TV worker who graduated from a bachelor's degree.

"I thought it was, VCD shouldn't use integrated circuit design software, right?" Sure enough, Zhou Chengdong's tone is worth recalling.

Yuan Liang said, "Actually, it's a matter of spending more time, but our situation is a little different, most of the company's engineers are recruited from factories, and some are just graduated from school." We wanted to shift our focus from drawings to computers, and VCD research was a good transition.

And we have learned some about Wanyan VCD, although Wanyan has created VCD, but the core technical patents are not in Wanyan's hands. If the domestic VCD market breaks out, and Wanyan does not have the absolute right to speak in the next generation of technology replacement, the VCD market will inevitably become an ATM for foreign manufacturers. ”

Yuan Liang's focus is very clear, and in the eyes of these teachers who are obsessed with scientific research, technology patents are what they value the most.

When Zhou Chengdong heard this, he couldn't help but stare at the young man in front of him for a long time, "Then do you think you can?" ”

Yuan Liang shook his head, "I'm afraid that even Microsoft IBM can't guarantee that it can develop the next generation of VCD technology, but one thing can be confirmed, if you don't do it, it's even more impossible." ”

Zhou Chengdong suddenly smiled and sat on the chair next to him, "I heard that Mr. Fu said that you are still from the management department?" ”

"I just submitted an application for transfer not long ago, and now I don't know which step to approve it will be!"

Zhou Chengdong nodded unexpectedly, "In fact, there are only a few internationally renowned ICCAD design software, and after the Panda ICCAD system came out, they have also entered the domestic market one after another." Since you know so much about VCD, you won't be unaware of these ICCAD design giants, right? ”

But Yuan Liang's face did not have the slightest embarrassment of being seen through, "People like Xinsi and Kai Deng know a little bit, but there are no good contact channels, and there is no way to start if you want to buy them." ”

"If you look for a good channel, you will find the wrong person, and the ICCAD design software such as Synopsys and Kaideng will cost tens of millions of dollars a year, and the school simply does not have that much funding. And they have just entered the domestic market, and they will not sell to schools at all, and we are now using the Panda ICCAD system in our courses. ”

Yuan Liang nodded and understood, "Panda ICCAD software lacks simulation functions, and the domestic chip industry does not have the soil to verify a mature software, if you want the company to become formal as soon as possible, a mature ICCAD software is essential."

In fact, it will be easier to contact foreign ICCAD software companies in the form of private companies than schools. But I'm a layman and don't know anything about this, so I came to ask Mr. Fu about it. ”

Zhou Chengdong also knew about this, "That's no problem, you contact the software vendor, and I can call a few teachers from Aurora to help you refer to it when the time comes." In terms of ICCAD software, President Xie and Professor Tang of Aurora have been studying in depth as early as the 80s, and they still know more or less about it. ”

Principal Xie Yuan Liang in Zhou Chengdong's mouth naturally knows that the principal, known as the mother of domestic semiconductors, has now left Aurora, but he is still in his seventies and has exhausted the last vestiges of semiconductor research.

"Then thank you, Mr. Zhou!" Yuan Liang also breathed a sigh of relief.

"Don't worry, thank you, I also have a request, Teacher Fu said that your company is at the school gate, and the software will be bought at that time, if there are some designs in the school that need to run simulation, you can't refuse." Zhou Chengdong is serious.

Yuan Liang smiled, "It's great that Mr. Zhou is willing to come over to guide the work, our VCD R&D department has just been established, and there is still a shortage of talents in integrated circuit design." I don't know which class Mr. Zhou teaches, can I help recommend some students to our side for internships. ”

"I'm afraid I won't need the internship opportunity, the students I took will graduate this semester, and I will recommend them when I get back, if there is anyone who wants to come, I will let them find you."

Yuan Liang bowed down again to thank him, and suddenly remembered someone.

"By the way, Mr. Zhou, I don't know if you know Senior Brother Cai Zhen of Aurora?"

Zhou Chengdong looked at Yuan Liang suspiciously, "I know, he has a lot of insights in the physical compilation of digital chips, what's the matter, you want to find him?" ”

"No, just ask, now we are a small family, even if we invite Senior Brother Cai, we will use a knife to kill chickens."

This senior brother Cai Zhen is a real academic master, and Cai Zhen has studied a complete set of academic patents on the physical compilation of digital chips mentioned by Zhou Chengdong. Later, Cai Zhen established Siji Software, which became the first software company in China with independent intellectual property rights in the field of physical compilation of EDA digital chips.

"It's useless for you to look for it, he went to Singapore, if he comes back, I'll let Teacher Fu inform you."

As he spoke, Zhou Chengdong reached out and brushed the few hairs on the top of his head, got up and walked out of Fu Xiangdong's office.

Yuan Liang couldn't help but be stunned, and he also noticed something, and waited for Zhou Chengdong to walk away before he looked at Fu Xiangdong.

"Teacher Fu, there is a conflict between Teacher Zhou and Senior Brother Cai?"

Fu Xiangdong couldn't help laughing, "I can't talk about contradictions, Mr. Zhou and the Senior Brother Cai you said are Aurora's classmates, and many teachers in the School of Electronic Information of Jiaotong University used to be students of President Xie." ”

"No, Mr. Zhou looks like he's in his forties, right?" Yuan Liang was stunned, no wonder Zhou Chengdong had this reaction when he mentioned Cai Zhen just now, it seems that he was still deceived by a few hairs on the top of Zhou Chengdong's head.

"Teacher Zhou is not a few years older than me, but his hair is falling out a little faster." Fu Xiangdong made a joke, and then turned around.

"By the way, you guys are doing financial software and integrated circuits, just a few of you?"

Yuan Liang was also direct, "Isn't this coming to the academy for help, I wonder if Teacher Fu has time during the summer vacation?" ”

"You want me to come over to you and help you keep an eye on some of their stinky boys?" Fu Xiangdong pointed to Yang Zhilong next to him.

"If Mr. Fu has enough time, I would prefer Mr. Fu to accompany me on a trip abroad!"

Yuan Liang had to find a software expert to go out with him in order to understand the development of foreign software. If he could, he even wanted to take Zhou Chengdong out.