As a veteran semiconductor company, Texas Instruments at this time is in the "year of the tiger and wolf". In addition to having several of its own fist products, it also provides external design, foundry and other businesses, taking advantage of the shrinking semiconductor market in Niguo to expand aggressively, and continue to build wafer factories in various places.

For example, next year, Zhang Rujing, who is known as a master of factory construction, will build a new wafer factory in Singapore again - this big man has invested all his savings and energy after retirement into the domestic semiconductor industry, and has won the reputation of "the godfather of domestic semiconductors" with his practical actions and enthusiasm.

But no matter how good his name is, it can't change his grievances of being targeted by TSMC and the island government and being kicked out of SMIC - of course, being expelled from the so-called island is not called grievances, it is called honor.

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"Texas Instruments has money now, and they have always done business with us, and they have a good relationship, and the most important thing is that their business is not in conflict with us. ”

Su Yuanshan pulled over a bench and said while rubbing his eyes: "Although they are a comprehensive semiconductor company, the processor is DSP (digital signal processing operation, and Hanxin back then was actually a DPS processor, not a comprehensive CPU. Directions. If they can get involved in the CPU field by working with us, I think they will be happy. ”

Carly nodded, "Yes." But how about the price?"

"This time, Xinghai can sell a total of 25% of the shares, how to valuate, this is your business, I just have to sign. Su Yuanshan rubbed his face, got up and said, "I'll go wash my face first, and we'll talk while eating later." ”

For capital operations, he is a real layman. Valuation is a matter that should be left to professionals like Carly and Qin Si.

So during the meal, he kept chatting with Xi Xiaoding and Chen Haoming about technical issues.

Here, Xi Xiaoding is ready to hand over the technical business to Chen Haoming in an all-round way, and he will concentrate on compiling algorithm textbooks, and when he returns to China, he will directly build a high-standard laboratory, or ...... Institute.

Xi Xiaoding looked at Su Yuanshan, hesitated for a moment, and said, "After I go back, I want to engage in a set of mathematical tools while taking graduate students." ”

"What math tools, software?"

"Well, MATLAB, have you ever heard of it?"

Su Yuanshan was stunned and looked at Xi Xiaoding in surprise.

Xi Xiaoding smiled embarrassedly: "I thought about it, if I make it, in fact, there is still a market in China, at least colleges and universities can use it." ”

Su Yuanshan took a deep breath: "I'll support you—anyway, this thing involves a lot of mathematical use, can you handle it?"

"If I'm in charge, it should be fine. Although I am not a math major, I still have a foundation. And as long as it is software, it is a problem of realizing the requirements, and when the time comes, it will always be solved in cooperation with several domestic mathematical research institutes. It's just that the business value may not be as great as it seems. ”

"You don't have to think about business value in everything you do, brother. Su Yuanshan tilted his head and looked at Xi Xiaoding, with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "Don't say that this is a project to fill the gap in China." ”

Su Yuanshan clearly remembers that among the three major mathematical software, MATLAB, which is the most widely used, is also one of the big sticks in the west.

Xi Xiaoding is interested in developing mathematical software in a pure academic spirit, so Su Yuanshan will support it anyway, and he will support it strongly.

As for the market...... As long as Xi Xiaoding insists on taking the MATLAB route, there must be a market! Whether it is a university or a military industry, it will be used, and it can even be said that it will be used in mathematics, algorithms, and artificial intelligence -- the future will be the era of big data and deep learning.

Xi Xiaoding smiled and nodded, and did not continue the topic.

Chen Haoming looked at the two of them here, and he also smiled slightly, probably knowing why his senior brother, who was so proud that he had no friends, would stay in Yuanxin with all his heart, and even cried and shouted that he was going back to China.

With such a boss who supports him unconditionally, no one has to die for him......

After eating, everyone returned to the company together.

Asset appraisal is a rigorous and even boring job, but it is full of wisdom and deceit, and Su Yuanshan is certainly reluctant to join it. After contacting the senior management of Texas Instruments through Shengguangfeng, Su Yuanshan and Xi Xiaoding bought tickets for the next day and went directly to Texas.

Texas, Su Yuanshan has not been here in his previous life, he only knows that the people of Texas are fierce and cowboys are everywhere. In later generations, there was also the spectacle of a group of people carrying rifles on the streets.

So for Texas, Su Yuanshan is still more afraid.

But when he got out of the Dallas airport, he found that it was far more peaceful than he had imagined, and he didn't see cowboys everywhere.

Su Yuanshan looked around, very puzzled: "No cowboys?"

"It's all in town. Sheng Guangfeng, who came to receive the two, said with a smile while driving: "There is a cowboy town, do you want to play?"

Su Yuanshan smiled: "Forget it, I'm a little scared, it is said that everyone here carries guns, and there are shootings and the like from time to time." ”

"Haha! It seems that your knowledge of Texas is still stuck in the last century. However, it is true that the red-necked people here are generally not very good-tempered, and those farmers can get on the head after drinking two or two wines. ”

Listening to the introduction of the customs and customs of Shengguangfeng all the way, the car soon drove into the Texas Instruments headquarters on the outskirts of Dallas.

Because this was a non-public business visit, Texas Instruments did not make a move, and Shengguangfeng directly brought the two into the president's office.

In the west at this time, Texas Instruments has the nickname of "Chinese base camp", which not only hired a large number of Chinese, but also walked out of several Chinese bigwigs who influenced the pattern of the semiconductor industry - such as Zhang Zhongmou, who founded TSMC, Zhang Rujing, who is known as a master of factory construction, and Su Lifeng, who later turned the tide for AMD and made AMD truly YES, also provided the first job by TI.

"Nice to meet you, Mr. Wonder Boy. Vincent, president of Texas Instruments, who was about fifty, got up from his chair and strode towards Su Yuanshan.

Although he didn't greet Su Yuanshan, since he received the news that Su Yuanshan had gotten off the plane, he put down all visits and waited for Su Yuanshan to come.

"I'm glad to meet you, too, Mr. Vincenty. Su Yuanshan dressed up deliberately mature today, but in front of this CEO, who is older than his father, he is still young.

As soon as this nickname was called, it invisibly shortened the distance.

Vincent sat on the sofa, crossed his hands, and looked at Su Yuanshan playfully.

Although he called Su Yuanshan "Wonder Boy", he never really regarded this guy who dared to buy Cyrix at this time as a brat.

"Your Excellency said that you came to discuss cooperation, may I ask, what kind of cooperation?"

Su Yuanshan smiled and slowly said his intention to pull sponsorship in English.

"We need the strength of Texas Instruments, so we enthusiastically hope that Texas Instruments can participate in the development of Xinghai. ”