If you just reproduce the paper, Zhou Xin only needs to spend a morning of time.

One of the biggest difficulties is that he needs to use the content that can be found in the library of Yan University and the journals subscribed by the Department of Microelectronics as the theoretical support of this email.

Instead of citing unpublished results.

The next morning, at nine o'clock in Yanjing time and five o'clock in the afternoon in San Francisco, Zhou Xin received an email from Hu Zhengming on time at the computing center of Yanda University.

The night before, they didn't communicate around the email itself, but more about asking Zhou Xin's personal situation and examining Zhou Xin's oral expression.

In any case, Zhou Xin has met Hu Zhengming's psychological expectations.

Oral expression is the first difficulty faced by international students in this era, and it takes about half a year for many international students to adapt.

With Zhou Xin's oral expression, you can skip this stage directly and start your doctoral work seamlessly.

Yes, the doctoral stage is more about work than academics.

Research-oriented work.

Hu Zhengming's department is EECS, which is divided into three major sections, namely electrical engineering, computer science and other majors, and pure computer science.

Integrated circuits are a subdivision of electrical engineering.

When Zhou Xin entered the school, there were already seven subdivisions in the field of electrical engineering:

Information, Data, Networks and Communication Sciences (IDNCS)

Computer Vision & Artificial Intelligence, Control Systems & Robotics, Integrated Circuits, Micro/Nano Electromechanical Systems, Physical Electronics, Signal Processing.

In 1998, electrical engineering was not so finely divided.

"These questions are actually mainly about the breadth of your knowledge and whether you have a deep enough grasp of the basic knowledge in the field of integrated circuits.

There aren't too many bells and whistles. ”

(I haven't done the EECS.INC test and I can't even understand it, but I've heard the big guys say it's not difficult.) ）

Most of the time is spent typing, and the time to think is not too long.

After Zhou Xin sent the email, Hu Zhengming's side replied almost in seconds.

Zhou Xin looked at the time in the lower right corner of the WIN98 system, and then estimated the time in San Francisco in his heart, and now it is nine o'clock in the evening in San Francisco. "I guess the teacher set up a prompt tone and waited for my reply.

It seems that there has been a shortage of labor recently. ”

For professors, doctoral students are their free labor, and doctors can inherit the professor's connections in industry and academia by the way through labor in exchange for degrees.

As for how much you can inherit, it depends on the character of the mentor you follow and whether you appreciate you or not.

Maybe Zhou Xin was the last doctor brought by Hu Zhengming personally, so Hu Zhengming spared no effort when introducing contacts to Zhou Xin.

But this does not mean that Hu Zhengming's requirements for Zhou Xin are not high, on the contrary, Hu Zhengming's requirements for Zhou Xin can be described as strict.

Even under such strict requirements, Zhou Xin still took four years to get his doctorate.

It can be seen that his genius is here.

According to Berkeley's regulations, it takes 5 to 6 years for a bachelor's degree to start studying for a doctorate at Berkeley.

Bachelor's degree can graduate in six years, or in the field of engineering such as integrated circuits, even Berkeley is very rare.

But in this time period, Hu Zhengming's demand for doctors is more of a talented and immediate combat power.

Because he started his own business, he started a company called Spire Microelectronics in '96, and started a private business while working at Berkeley.

If it had continued on its original trajectory, the company would have done a very average job and was eventually acquired by Cadence.

Even with Hu Zhengming, the founder, he still hasn't been able to do Cadence.

Cadence is the world's largest integrated circuit design software vendor. Empyrean, which is listed on Big A, does just that, the difference is that Empyrean mainly does the domestic market, while Cadence's products are all over the world.

Therefore, Hu Zhengming is short of people to work for him at this time.

With a talent like Zhou Xin, if he has a solid foundation, he will be able to start working directly in the past.

It couldn't have been more perfect.

At this time, the Americon people had long been paying attention to work-life balance.

And almost all the Chinese students Hu Zhengming saw had the energy to work hard.

Zhou Xin knew so much about these things, and he chatted with Liang Mengsong when he started a business later, and the other party revealed it to him.

Liang Mengsong joked about the general meaning: Fortunately, you are the doctorate of the teacher who studied after 2010, if you go to study for his doctorate during the period when he started his business, it is called a huge workload.

Of course, even if you know it's a pit, you have to jump into it.

Because timing is so important.

It's '98 and the bubble of Internet companies is about to burst.

On the night when Zhou Xin finished the doctoral entrance exam in Berkeley's integrated circuit subdivision direction, Hu Zhengming called him again.

asked a few professional questions, and Zhou Xin answered them fluently.

Hu Zhengming also didn't make a detour: "I will arrange someone to help you with the transfer of schools."

You're a sophomore now, right, and you've been studying since your senior year when you come to Berkeley.

TOEFL and GRE will be made up slowly after coming to California.

Because you're just past the first semester of your sophomore year, you can just come over for one semester and then come straight to my Ph.D. program.

In between, you need to make up for some exams that you haven't attended.

However, depending on your ability, these exams are a breeze.

I will also arrange a scholarship for you, so that you can have no problems with your basic life here at Berkeley.

In addition, I told you in advance that you may need to work part-time in my company after you come over.

This part of the part-time job will also be paid.

It's just going to be a bit hard and you may need to be mentally prepared."

Zhou Xin agreed very simply: "Okay." ”

At this time, we will talk about it first.

As for the work, it is not certain who will handle it when the time comes.

Berkeley has a special staff to deal with these transfers, and Zhou Xin only needs to go to the Academic Affairs Department of Yan University to go through the process.

In fact, the most difficult step is to apply for a visa.

Before China joins the WTO, there is a high risk of visa refusal to apply for a visa to stay in the United States.

Fortunately, Berkeley's sign was loud enough, and these were done smoothly.

"It's so good that I went straight to Berkeley, and I'm still complacent about being able to go to Santa Barbara.

As a result, Zhou Xin went directly to Berkeley.

I still went to Santa Barbara on exchange, and you actually transferred to another school directly.

I finally know what it means to have a person outside the sky. ”

There is a lag in the delivery of messages.

Zhou Xin had already started the transfer process a few days ago, and Cao Yongluo only knew the news.

Wang Wei and Li Li were half-lying on the bed and saw that they both sat up straight all of a sudden:

"What!

Zhou Xin, have you already applied? ”