"How's it going, my apprentice." Zhou Xin thought about listening to other scholars talk about their papers and left, Hu Zhengming raised his eyebrows and said.

Guan Jianying didn't say much, rubbed his chin and said, "Purely from the paper itself, it is a very good paper."

This quality can be used as a doctoral dissertation.

To be able to be in the first year of his Ph.D., Zhou Xin is now in the first year of his Ph.D., right? ”

"Yes, he only got his bachelor's degree in the middle of last year."

"If I were to be told that a first-year PhD student has this level, I would definitely think that he is a genius in the field of integrated circuits.

But he's Zhou Xin, the founder of Riot Games, and compared to his achievements on the Internet, this paper seems somewhat mundane.

Do you understand? I had already had high expectations of him before listening to the paper, the quality of the paper was absolutely top-notch, but it was a bit lackluster compared to his business achievements. ”

Guan Jianying and Hu Zhengming have known each other for many years, and he speaks as directly as he looks.

Hu Zhengming didn't expect his old friend to say this, "The problem is that he is a first-year doctorate, and he has not yet undergone complete academic training."

Being able to optimize existing MOSFET models at a theoretical level is a testament to his talent! ”

Guan Jianying pressed Hu Zhengming's shoulder, and then said: "I know that his talent is absolutely first-class, and I don't deny it."

It's just that his talent in the semiconductor field is not as dazzling as his achievements in Internet entrepreneurship. ”

Guan Jianying continued: "And he has made such great achievements in the field of the Internet, it is still unknown whether he will really have the patience to finish your PhD in the future."

But you've earned it, and at least judging by his performance, he still respects you as a mentor.

For us Chinese, the most important thing is the master-apprentice relationship. ”

In the eyes of the Chinese, the tutor at the doctoral stage is close to the ancient concept of master and apprentice, preaching and teaching to solve doubts.

In later generations, Hu Zhengming treated Zhou Xin as his own closed disciple.

The relationship between Hu Zhengming and Zhou Xin in this time and space is not as harmonious as in the future time and space, and a large part of the reason is that they do not get along day and night.

Hu Zhengming thought that after Zhou Xin arrived at Berkeley, he did not follow Hu Zhengming's plan at all.

Hu Zhengming only gave a certain degree of freedom, and Zhou Xin soon soared into the sky.

By the time Hu Zhengming found out, it was too late, but fortunately, Zhou Xin showed great respect for him in terms of face, and Zhou Xin was also far better academically than ordinary first-year doctoral students.

When Hu Zhengming looked at Zhou Xin from an objective point of view, he couldn't find the slightest fault, he would only be proud of the other party.

"That's right, I guess he will still finish his Ph.D., and with Zhou Xin's ability, he only needs to spend a small part of his energy to do it.

Internet entrepreneurship is actually only in the initial stage, which is more difficult, and when it is on the right track, there are not so many things to deal with. ”

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When Hu Zhengming was chatting with Guan Jianying, Zhou Xin walked around the entire venue, and the content of the paper did not have much to make him feel bright, after all, he looked at it from the perspective of twenty years later.

But there are a lot of big bulls in it, and he is interested.

Others are willing to talk to him after they know who he is.

After some conversation, he left an impression in front of several big bulls who have been active for many years.

The only regret is that the capital in my hands is limited, and I can't make conditions to recruit these cattle.

If the conditions are sufficient now, Zhou Xin can't wait to do it directly.

"Newman, this is the vice president of technology at ASML, Mr. Martin van den Brink, Martin, this is my friend's student, Newman Zhou, he is the founder of Riot Games.

The company that previously competed with Yahoo in the field of gaming forums is also very popular in the Europa region. ”

Under Klassen's recommendation, Zhou Xin finally saw his biggest gain from participating in the ISSCC this time, Martin van den Brink.

Compared with the monopoly position of ASML in later generations, ASML is only one of the players in the field of lithography machines, and it is not even the top player.

At the same time, the importance of lithography machines has not yet been exposed.

However, if it were not for ASML's monopoly and various prohibitions on the sale of the most high-end lithography machines to Huaguo, ASML would not be so famous in Huaguo.

And this time, Klassen introduced him to Martin, who has been working at ASML since its establishment in 1984, and by 2013, he had become the president and chief technology officer of ASML.

As a side note, Martin worked at Philips Semiconductors after graduating from university, and ASML is a joint venture between Philips Semiconductors and ASM International.

Martin went straight to ASML from Philips after ASML was founded.

Until Zhou Xin left, Martin was still the president of ASML.

It means that the other party has been working for ASML all their lives.

Klassen is the vice president of Philips Semiconductors, and Philips Semiconductors has such a relationship with ASML, and Martin has worked at Philips Semiconductors, so it is normal for Klassen to know Martin.

Zhou Xin instantly sighed after seeing Martin, this world is so small, just one person can know each other.

Of course, Hu Zhengming also knows Martin, when ASML achieved a key breakthrough, it was in 2004 that ASML chose to cooperate with TSMC to study the 193nm wavelength light source, and the medium of the refractive light source changed from air to water.

Since then, ASML has completely left Nikon and Canon behind in the field of high-end lithography machines.

The immersion lithography machine using water as the medium successfully improved the accuracy again, and the cost was low, the research and development was fast, and in just 5 years, ASML won more than half of the global market, and then Nikon and Canon wanted to follow up, but it was too late.

And Hu Zhengming served as the chief technology officer of TSMC in 04.

Zhou Xin met Martin because he had listened to the other party's speech at the scene of the International Society of Semiconductors.

At that time, the status of the two sides was too different, and Zhou Xin was only a doctoral student, so he had no chance to talk to him.

"Oh! Newman, it's a pleasure to meet you, my son loves the Angry Birds you designed. "Martin is a very typical old white man, almost indistinguishable from twenty years later.

"I have always considered ASML a promising company, and if I didn't start my own business, I would choose to work at AMSL after graduation." Zhou Xin replied.

In the process of talking to Martin, Zhou Xin's memory was awakened, and he realized that ASML would not have been a monopoly at all if it had not taken the lead in key technological breakthroughs in the future.

And the most powerful place where Huaguo was stuck in the neck in later generations was the lithography machine.

He could have bought ASML before it broke through in 2004.

ASML's status is not as high.

The only problem is that behind ASML are Philips Semiconductors and ASM International, both of which are not bad for money.