Chapter Ninety-Seven: The Big Guys Gather
The International Radio and Television Technology Exhibition, said to be international, is actually mostly local enterprises in the United States. It is also dominated by small and medium-sized manufacturers.
The big manufacturers only arrive on the last day. For example, hardware manufacturers such as AMD, ILOGIC, IBM, TEXAS instruments, etc.
It's just that to Chu Qing's surprise, there are a lot of Asian faces in the management of these large enterprises, especially Chinese and notebooks.
For example, there was a Chinese senior executive in AMD's booth, and Chu Qing also got to know him, and he said that his name was Liang Mousong.
This name made Chu Qing a little familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had heard it. It was Jensen Huang, a salesperson at LSTLic, who had a very speculative conversation with Chu Qing.
Everyone is in sales, and there are a lot of common topics. Although Chu Qing doesn't understand it technically, after all, he is a person who has been an anchor, and it is no problem to chat when he sees stitches.
I don't know more deeply, but the general direction in the popular science video can be said. Not to mention the high level, it can also give these professionals some inspiration.
Night, party.
"Today's electronics are leaps and bounds, and I'm a firm believer. Electronics can be upgraded every 6 months, and the functionality is doubled" It was the cocktail party on the night of the show.
Chu Qing and a group of Chinese executives huddled together. On the left is Liang Mousong, and on the right is Huang Jenxun in a jacket and leather pants, and he is the one who is talking about it now.
Don't look at him as the sales manager of the integrated chip department of LSTLic, but he himself is engaged in research and development at AMD, and many people here are acquaintances.
Even without this dinner, they like to have occasional parties. also includes Sun Yansheng, who has just negotiated cooperation with Chu Qing, and often has contacts with them.
The age present was not very old, the eldest Lao Liang was only 39, and the youngest was Chu Qing 21.
Everyone is a practitioner in the electronics industry, and they are Chinese, so they can talk about it very well. Although Chu Qing doesn't talk much, he can always give everyone some inspiration.
At this age, those who engage in technology have some idealization. Even Huang Jenxun is now engaged in sales, but his purpose is still to improve his technology, but it is only a targeted improvement.
Make products that can satisfy consumers. This is very similar to Chu Qing's concept. In their view, technology that is detached from the consumer is unrealistic.
"Jensen, I don't deny the rapid development of the electronics industry now, but the theory of 6 months is still too advanced. The number of wafers alone cannot keep up with this development. Dai Weili, who had instant noodles, leaned on her boyfriend, she was already a little drunk.
She is from the magic capital, and she immigrated here after the change, and when she heard that Chu Qing was doing consumer electronics in the mainland, she also discussed with him the development of the mainland over the years.
In her eyes, even if the mainland is opened up, the development prospects are also pessimistic, and the more she understands the country, the more she can feel the weakness of the motherland.
Her boyfriend's name is Zhou Xiuwen is Indonesian-Chinese, and the two are a perfect match, with a male female name and a female female name.
Two years later, they will establish the first disk chip company, Marvell Electronics. However, she is still working as a programmer ape at Canon.
"Angie, maybe you don't know it, TSMC, which was established the year before the bend, has doubled the number of wafers this year. And his main designer is Lao Liang's teacher. It won't be long before that number doubles. Huang Jenxun glanced at Lao Liang next to Chu Qing and asked
"I heard they're coming for you, too?"
"We knew each other when Chairman Zhang was still in TI, and this time it was not only me, but Lao Jiang and Zhao Haijun were also invited." When Lao Liang spoke, he showed a trace of helplessness.
Now TSMC's chief architect is his teacher, Hu Zhengming. If it was someone else's invitation, he would probably have refused, but the person who invited it was Hu Zhengming, which made him a little difficult to refuse for a while.
In terms of career development alone, Wanwan is indeed inferior to the United States now. In particular, AMD has been gaining momentum in recent years.
As long as you are an individual, you can tell the difference between a start-up that is not favored by people and a thriving rising company, which choice is better.
Especially TSMC, if it weren't for Lao Li, Hu Zhengming would have been invited away, and now it is estimated that they would be about to go bankrupt.
He has been at AMD for several years and is now familiar with the environment and work. is still a little unaccustomed to letting him go back to work.
Chu Qing, who had been eating melons, suddenly had a flash of inspiration in his mind when he heard this, and remembered who Lao Liang was, SMIC, Lao Liang.
Subconsciously, Chu Qing gave Sun Yansheng a look on the other side. Although the two of them have only known each other for a short time, after a few days of communication, one thing has also become clear, that is, talent.
If we want to improve the technology research and development of VCD, we need a large number of electronic and electrical talents. That's what the two of them came to this party today.
It is unlikely that these people will let them go to the mainland, but research and development can be done here. Anyway, when the technology comes out, you also need to come here to apply for a global patent.
So in the face of the signal from Chu Qing, Sun Yansheng also understood in seconds.
"TSMC's new chips have already been launched, and I don't think it makes much sense for you to go now. At most, it's a fight. Sun Yansheng is very familiar with them, so he persuaded them in the tone of a friend, and others also felt reasonable.
"Since they have invited Lao Jiang, there should be no good place for you to go." Huang is also realistic.
His goals are always clear and he never does anything that is not planned. For Lao Liang's entanglement, in his opinion, it is simply not worth mentioning.
Besides, a start-up company has so many positions, Lao Jiang was brought out by Zhang Zhongmou, since he has gone, of course the good position is left to him.
"It doesn't matter what the position is, it's that the teacher is older, and he means that he wants to retire in a few years." Lao Liang is still that kind of Confucianism, and in his eyes, Hu Zhengming is also a master and a father.
The teacher has spoken, and he can't say no.
"Brother Song, that company is not Professor Hu's, he can still run if you don't go, and when Professor Hu comes back, you can still meet often." Dai Weili also interjected.
"People go to high places, and water flows low places. No matter which one you choose, you can understand whether you are a local company or a global company like AMD. Seeing that everyone was persuading, Chu Qing also said a word at the right time.
"If you turn the corner, your child will go back too." Sun Yansheng treated others with himself, and when he contacted the child, he added another sentence.
"Thank you, it's an invitation now, and I have to communicate more with the teacher." Although Lao Liang didn't say anything, the balance in his heart had already tilted.
The current TSMC has just started, and most of the researchers in it are Chairman Zhang, who have been poached from major companies by relying on his contacts over the years.
Most of them are from TI Texas Instruments. And at that time, TSMC was mainly foundry.
It is different from Intel, Samsung and other giants that design chips by themselves, produce them in their own wafer factories, and complete chip testing and packaging by themselves.
This was groundbreaking in the chip industry at that time, but there were no independent semiconductor design companies at that time.
His choice is either groundbreaking, or it requires the gradual maturity of the market. For example, more design talents will come out to start a business independently.
However, before 1992, there were still quite few such new chip design companies. It wasn't until a few years later, when independent semiconductor design companies sprung up, that TSMC really ushered in rapid development.