Before coming to ISSCC, Klassen heard that Hu Zhengming's students were going to talk about the optimization of MOSFET models, and his curiosity was immediately filled.

Because Zhou Xin, as an entrepreneurial star in the entire Silicon Valley from last year to this year, Klassen has also heard of it.

After hearing about Newman's name and deeds, Klassen also sent an email to Hu Zhengming to confirm whether Newman was his student.

After receiving an affirmative answer, Klassen thought that Zhou Xin would drop out of Berkeley as soon as Bill Gates.

As a result, not only did the other party not drop out of school, but he also had to give a paper at ISSCC.

Of course, there will be many scholars at the entire ISSCC conference, everyone is distributed in different rooms, and during the seven-day conference, nearly 200 papers will be presented at the conference.

It is not difficult to simply talk about your own papers, but the difficult thing is that all the papers, that is, the one that was presented in front of all the participants, are close to 200 papers, and in the end, only a few papers can have this opportunity.

"Chenming says you're academically gifted, and I'm sure you'll be able to surpass us old guys soon.

Well, I'm an old guy and Chenming is still young.

The world is young, and every time I attend the ISSCC, I like to listen to young people's presentations, which makes me feel as if I have become younger. ”

Klassen is now fifty-four years old, which is not too old in terms of industry or academia.

The career life of executives is much longer than that of ordinary employees, especially those who have been working in the technology field, as long as they want to work, they can work until the age of 80.

Even for R&D personnel, fifty-four is the end of a golden career.

Zhou Xin didn't know how old Klassen was, he could only judge from the other party's appearance that the other party should be about the same age as Hu Zhengming, at most five years older.

He knew that the other party was modest, and he smiled: "I also hope that I can be young forever."

It's just that the irreversibility of time makes each of us cherish our research career more.

You look about the same age as my mentor, who never gets old in front of me. ”

"Chenming is really ambitious, he is only two years younger than me, I already have the idea of retiring at Philips Semiconductor, and he has started his own business.

In terms of mental age, I am more than two years older than Chenming. ”

Dr. Klassen joined Philips less than two years after graduation and has been with Philips ever since, from Director of the IC Research Center to Vice Chairman of Management to Executive Vice President of Philips Semiconductors.

Almost his entire career has been dedicated to Philips.

"This is Newman, right? I've also been hearing Chenming talk about you, and he told us that you were his outstanding disciple.

First of all, I'm Stuart Taylor, and I did my Ph.D. in electrical engineering at the University of California, Berkeley.

It's your senior. Another white man came over from the side and hugged Hu Zhengming in the same simple way.

Hu Zhengming introduced Zhou Xin: "Stuart Taylor, when I was in the last year of my Ph.D. at Berkeley, he was only in his first year of Ph.D. at Berkeley.

He is also the Chair of the ISSCC Technical Committee and the Chief Technologist of TriQuint. ”

TriQuint Semiconductor, an integrated circuit company focused on high-performance RF modules, components and foundry services, later merged with RF Micro Devices to create a new company called Qorvo.

RF Micro Devices is the best supplier for Lenovo 2011.

Zhou Xin: "Hello, it's a pleasure to meet you." ”

Zhou Xin really thought so in his heart.

He also knew Taylor in later life, and met Taylor more than once with Hu Zhengming when he attended academic conferences.

After leaving TriQuint, Stuart Taylor moved to Intel after a few years at MXIM.

Taylor has been working at Intel for 20 years, and in 2020, Taylor was still working at Intel, and has been Intel's chief technologist.

When Zhou Xin graduated from his Ph.D., Taylor also sent him an invitation and asked him if he would like to come to Intel.

Intel's salary is at most a little lower than ZTE's, but with Taylor, his career development is definitely smoother than expected.

This is the importance of networking, if you don't come to study Hu Zhengming's doctorate, these top bulls have no way to get to know each other.

"You should be the richest and youngest of the researchers in the room." Taylor said: "I've seen all the attendees.

You've just turned twenty years old, and you're ahead of all of us in some ways.

It's no wonder that Chenming is smug every time he talks about you. ”

Zhou Xin: "This is the result of a combination of ability and luck.

You can also interpret this as a coincidence. ”

Klassen added: "Luck is also ability. I think it's nice to see that happen.

Only by solving the need for food and clothing, and without the need for money, is it more likely to make top-level results.

I think Newman is in a good position to achieve monetary success first and then pursue academic success. ”

"I didn't say it was bad.

I was envious of Chenming for having such a good student, if I had graduated from Berkeley with a Ph.D., I had not chosen to work, but had stayed at Berkeley to teach.

Then you might be my student now. Taylor teased.

Hu Zhengming kept teasing him to his friends a little helpless, and he hurriedly said: "Okay, I'll take Newman to prepare."

He will soon talk about the optimization of MOSFET models in venue A, so if you are interested, you can come and listen to it. ”

Taylor, as this year's chairman of the technical committee, apparently didn't have time, "I'm not going to bother you, good luck, Newman." ”

Taylor shook hands with Zhou Xin and then left straight away.

Klassen looked apologetic: "I also have a paper to talk about, and it's unfortunate that our time conflicts. ”

Before the two bigwigs left, Zhou Xin said, "Can you leave an email address for me?" The company under my name has a follow-up product, and I hope you can experience it and give some suggestions. ”

"You ask Chenming, Chenming has my email address, let him send it to you." Taylor said.

"Me too, remember to make a note in the mailbox." Klassen also did not refuse Zhou's request.

After leaving, Hu Zhengming and Zhou Xin met several acquaintances one after another, either bigwigs in the academic world or experienced practitioners in the industry.

Most of Zhou Xin didn't know each other, and there were a few who were active from 1998 to 2018.

Almost everyone, Zhou Xin will ask them to leave an email address for him.

Some directly wrote the email address on Zhou Xin's notebook, and some asked Hu Zhengming to send it to Zhou Xin.

No one refused Zhou Xin's request.

Zhou Xin is still very happy to know so many bigwigs, at least to establish a preliminary connection.

If you want to dig people in the future, you also have a direction.

For example, Taylor has been Intel's chief technologist since 2003, and he can completely cut off Taylor's beard before he goes to Intel.