Coming out of the Japanese garden, Nagata is coming together with Kazuo Ogawa and Hirotomo Takei.

"Nagata-san, Terada-san and Sakaguchi-san have started to fight that Shirakawa-san idea again." Kazuo Ogawa started the topic with a smile.

Nagata smiled disapprovingly, "Then they also underestimate that old guy who is about to step into the coffin with half a foot."

Relying on that bit of seniority all day long, relying on the old and selling the old, for the continuation of the family, it is also painstaking. ”

Hearing Nagata's half-emotional, half-ridiculous words, Kazuo Ogawa and Hirotomo Takei both laughed.

The Terada-san and Sakaguchi-san are mostly traditional industries because the family industry is mostly in the traditional industry.

Nowadays, not to mention the stagnation of development in recent years, there is even a trend of declining.

Although the development of the neon economy is becoming more and more vigorous, it is mostly from the export processing industry or the technology industry.

For example, automobiles, home appliances, small consumer electronics, and so on.

As for cotton spinning and local mining, to be honest, they have not received much economic dividends.

Japan is a narrow country with limited energy resources.

Even if there are some small mining in the local area, the resource reserves are relatively impressive, and it is almost impossible to achieve large-scale mining.

For tens of hundreds of years, the energy industry of these two companies has almost no output.

Not to mention that after the post-war split, many industries have been out of their family control.

However, the descendants of the Terada and Sakaguchi families are all middle-of-the-road assets, and if nothing else, the heads of these two families will pass away.

In a few years, there may no longer be any more Terada and Sakaguchi families.

Everything is lost to all beings, and the best result is nothing more than a house of abundance.

"Speaking of which," Boyu Takei, who hadn't spoken much, suddenly sighed, "At the gatherings in previous years, everyone could still communicate a thing or two. Nowadays." He shook his head, not interested.

"That's right," Kazuo Ogawa echoed, "and at every meeting, they basically talk about all kinds of things, and then end up raising money everywhere on the grounds of mutual cooperation."

Don't look at how many alumni still attend the party today, and as of today, it doesn't even count more than five fingers.

It's emotional~" Kazuo Ogawa remembers that the number of people attending the party at the earliest was far more than a dozen.

And now, if they hadn't come over for face, would it still be a party?

In the final analysis, it was those two old guys who sold their old faces for the sake of the family.

The alumni who were so annoyed were consciously staying away from here.

That's right, at first, for the sake of Terada and Sakaguchi's predecessors, everyone was also happy to sit together and have an industry exchange.

Not to mention how much influence it can have, at least it can be done by supporting each other.

After all, the campus circle does not explain the university, and there are many other universities.

As for the autumn breeze between Terada and Sakaguchi, everyone turned a blind eye and helped once.

But unrestricted unilateral demands are not the purpose of alumni gatherings.

"Nagata-san, will you come back next time?" When Kazuo Ogawa was about to separate, he suddenly asked about his plans for the next time.

Nagata smiled and didn't say much, but everyone knew what he meant.

"By the way, that Shirakawa-san." Hirotomo Takei looked at Nagata Masa, "What does Nagata-san think?" ”

"Eh" Nagata was stunned for a moment, and then reacted that he was asking his own evaluation.

"The dragon among people" Nagata Masa, gave a comment that surprised Kazuo Ogawa and Hirotomo Takei.

"So powerful?" Hirotomo Takei's eyes began to roll, and he didn't know what to think.

You must know that Nagata Masa is the chairman of the Keio Group, and if he can be so highly evaluated, it must be that Shirakawa-san who is also a brilliant person.

"The two may not have dealt with him, and although this Shirakawa-san is young, he is by no means superficial and vigorous.

And the world only knows his Shirakawa Electric, but they don't know the real industrial scale behind it. ”

The Keio Group, which has cooperated a lot with Shirakawa Electric, naturally knows a little more than the outside world.

"Isn't Nagata-san talking about a series of investments in Akita?"

At the beginning of the year, Kaede Shirakawa bought a local bank in Akita, and Kazuo Ogawa also heard about it.

But I didn't pay much attention to it, after all, there are very few local banks in Japan.

It's not surprising how many are established and how many go bankrupt each year.

Nagata smiled, "Not only that, if you have a heart, you might as well pay more attention to this Shirakawa-san in the future." ”

"Nagata-san, Ogawa-san" After listening to Nagata Masa's description, Takei Hirotomo's thoughts became more and more mature.

"How about you call that Shirakawa-san?"

"Huh?" Nagata Masa, Kazuo Ogawa, looked at him a little puzzled.

"We'll be back next time we get together." Hirotomo Takei said something again, much to Nagata's surprise.

"Not only us, but also that Shirakawa-san, as well as other alumni who have participated." Boyu Takei continued his train of thought.

"Takei-san means" Nagata Masashi and Kazuo Ogawa glanced at each other, and they both saw the light in each other's eyes.

Takei Boyu nodded, "We're all here, but we need to change places." ”

As he spoke, he looked back and swept the ancient courtyard behind him, and said meaninglessly, "As for these two seniors, they are old, so let's not bother them anymore." ”

Nagata and Kazuo Ogawa made eye contact again, and then laughed in unison.

What Takei-san said is that the alumni association of Meiji still sits together and communicates on an equal footing and promotes each other.

As the younger generations, we cannot agree with the traditions of our predecessors. ”

Several people looked at each other and smiled, looked at the courtyard behind them again, and then turned away without hesitation.

In the blink of an eye, half of March has passed, and today the SIC building is busy.

Except for the figures who kept running around, everyone's faces were solemn.

"Dao-san, please take care of the rest of the matter."

In the laboratory, Masaaki Matsumura had a solemn face and handed over the integrated circuit drawings in his hand to Masashi Shima.

"Rest assured, our designs have been proven countless times and will never fail."

Compared to the other people in the laboratory, Shimamasatoshi was also a little nervous.

But it's not like some people, biting their lips and not being able to speak.

"Everyone, please prepare a celebratory champagne. When I get back, I'll have a drink with everyone. ”

Shima Zhengli, who has been abroad for almost 10 years, is now cheering for everyone with confidence like Lao Mei.

Some were amused by him, while others remained tense.

The working atmosphere of Neon is still much more serious than that of foreign countries after all.

"Okay, then I'll wait here for the triumphant return of Shimasan."

In the end, it was Shirakawa Kaede who came out of the crowd with a smile and patted Shimamasatoshi on the shoulder.

"Please rest assured, we have an opportunity, and we don't have to rush into temporary success or failure."

Although saying this is a bit of a prestige for himself, Shirakawa Kaede also knows that this kind of thing is a complex project.

It can't be perfect at the first time, and it can't be smooth sailing.

Shimamasashi took a deep breath, then nodded with a smile, "Please leave it to me, in short, I won't let Shirakawa-san's support go down the drain." ”

After saying that, he nodded to everyone in the laboratory again, and then left here with the drawings and Hui Yamazaki.

Looking at their departing backs, Shirakawa Kaede also slowly breathed a sigh of relief, and he was here to wait for the result.

"Shirakawa-san" At this time, Matsumura Masaaki walked over, and he wanted to continue to say something.

But he moved his lips, and finally fell silent.

"Matsumura-san doesn't have to worry, what needs to be done has already been done.

Please believe in your own efforts, and please trust the efforts of all the people at SIC. ”

Kaede Shirakawa and Masaaki Matsumura walked to the edge of their seats and sat down, knowing what the other was worried about.

"But after all, it's a million-dollar fee, if" Matsumura seemed afraid to mention that word, and kept silent halfway through.

That's right, today is the day of the SIC8081 chip.

Just now, Masashi Shima and Hui Yamazaki went to Fujitsu to prepare for the first trial production of chips.

Since the formal signing of the contract with Fujitsu in February, Masashi Shima has once again perfected the final physical design part in the past month.

The process docking with Fujitsu was carried out, and there was no problem in determining the theoretical process.

Today, we are also preparing to take that substantial step and officially make a physical chip for subsequent product verification.

"What Ishima-san is best at is logical architecture, and as long as the framework is okay, there will be no big loss."

Shirakawa Kaede is relatively more optimistic, at least it's not the first time Masatoshi Shima has done such a thing, and there is no reason why there will be a big mistake.

But the millions of dollars spent are really distressing enough.

I said before that the biggest expense when tape-out the chip is the mask fee, in fact, a single mask is not outrageous, about 20,000 US dollars.

So why does it add up to millions of dollars, it's because you need more than one mask.

Tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of transistors need to be placed in a chip the size of a fingernail, and of course it is impossible to do it in this area alone.

Circuits are lithographed in multiple layers, and a mask is required for each layer of circuit etched.

According to the current 3-micron process, more than 40,000 transistors SIC8081, at least dozens of masks are needed.

That's a million dollars, and if you count other expenses, more than a million dollars is appropriate.

And the tape-out production of chips, whether successful or not, more than a million dollars have to be spent.

If you fail, you have to spend money again, a fee of three or four hundred million yen at a time, and even Shirakawa Kaede feels extremely distressed.

Think about the chips containing hundreds of millions or tens of billions of transistors in the future, and it is estimated that the mask fee will be hundreds of millions of dollars.

Sure enough, just such an expense investment will scare away more than half of the company, but fortunately it's still early.

The chip industry has just started, and SIC is not too far behind, and the cost of catching up is also within an acceptable range.

If you wait until the day when hundreds of millions of dollars are needed in the future generations, Shirakawa Kaede may not be able to make up her mind.

Now, the money has already been spent.

Later, they waited for Masato to bring back the first batch of samples for logical verification.

Halfway through March, April is in sight, so let's hope everything goes well.

There is also a European market in the United States, which also needs to be laid out as soon as possible.

(End of chapter)