Chapter 10 There is no God in the Dragon Kingdom
“Have you heard? Our factory recently received a very difficult trial production order, and the tape-out process failed three times!”
“True or false Is there something wrong with the circuit design? "
"It must be true. I also heard that experts from the United States have come, and the order is likely to be for 7-nanometer chips. "
Dragon Treasure Island, TSMC.
The engineers chatted and shared the gossip they had collected.
Chip mask manufacturing failure is too common in foundries. It is usually caused by problems with the circuits designed by the chip design company, but this time it is a little different.
According to insiders, TSMC has recalled all chip experts and even invited professors in the semiconductor field from the United States to sit in and hold seminars for three consecutive days.
What is this concept?
Let’s put it this way, chip foundries are divided into two categories.
One is TSMC.
One category is others.
TSMC alone occupies 67% of the global chip order market. Even such a giant needs foreign aid, which shows how difficult it is to manufacture chips this time.
Seminar room.
American chip expert Charles looked at the design circuit diagram and kept repeating "I'll buy it". He was shocked.
Circuit design, module design, and functional division make him feel like he is enlightening, and he has new insights every time he watches it.
It is like a work of art, beautiful and hard to look away from, also poetic and intoxicating.
Beside Charles, there is a group of elderly people in their 50s and 60s. They also have a lot of insights, but they can't help but wonder, when did a talented team of chip designers appear in the mainland?
To know.
The chip circle is very small.
Whoever is awesome in architecture design, who is great in circuit design, and whoever focuses on integration and layout all have professional teams.
As for this small baseband chip, they racked their brains and couldn't figure out which top team made it.
Not to mention which team it came from, they had never heard of Chen Xing and Longxing Technology who brought the design drawings.
While the expert group was studying, TSMC's docking manager came in and asked: "Professor Charles, professors, have you found the reason for the failure of tape-out? The customer is pressing and is only willing to give another chance. We."
When the calm atmosphere was broken, Charles came back to his senses and said: "Oh my God, who designed this? The DSP processor uses a multi-core design. This is a brand new architecture. You need time to refine the craftsmanship before you can reproduce it perfectly!"
The words fell.
Other professors reacted one after another.
When they carefully observed the circuit diagram of the DSP processor, they finally understood why the tape-out went wrong.
The factory has only built a single-core DSP processor for Gaotong Company. By default, it was thought to be a single-core design. Unexpectedly, it turned out to be a revolutionary innovation.
"Where is that gentleman? I need to talk to him. It is a pity for such a team to develop in Dragon Kingdom!"
Charles doesn't mince words.
Although this sentence is somewhat offensive, for the chip field, foreign development will indeed be more effective.
"He is in the VIP room."
"What is his name?"
"Chen Xing."
"Morning star, Chen Xing, Chen Star..."
After practicing his pronunciation several times, Charles left the research room on his own. Now that he had discovered the problem, he needed time to accumulate skills to solve it.
……
TSMC VIP Room.
Two reception secretaries wearing OL uniforms and hip-hugging black stockings sat next to Chen Xing, and kept persuading in coquettish tones:
"Mr. Chen, just wait a little longer. Our factory has invited experts to look at your chip design layout. Except for us at TSMC, few foundries are so responsible."
"Yes, Mr. Chen, we I will be responsible for you. If you feel bored, my little sister can take you to visit Treasure Island. "
"If you want to do something exciting, such as a haunted house, a yacht, or a roller coaster, we can do that. I will try my best to satisfy you.”
The two secretaries were smiling. They didn’t know what perfume they were wearing, and there was a faint scent of roses. This is not a chip foundry, this is simply a Pansi Cave!
Fortunately, Chen Xing has received professional training. The company is currently in danger, and women are not attractive at all. He still said with a straight face:
"I just want to get the finished chips as soon as possible. Please tell Mr. Zhang that if your company cannot complete the trial production of chips, please pay liquidated damages according to the previous contract plan."
These words are sonorous and powerful. , loud and clear, expressing his attitude every word, mocking the incompetence of women.
In the monitoring room, Mr. Zhang also initially realized that Chen Xing was by no means a playboy, but a real entrepreneur.
“Interesting.”
Mr. Zhang held a cigar in his mouth and smiled.
For so many years of running TSMC, this is the first time I have seen someone resist the attack of beautiful women and show no mercy to him.
But in fact, Chen Xing also wanted to show mercy, but time did not allow it!
When he came to Baodao this time, in addition to looking for TSMC to produce chips, he also went to the MediaTek headquarters and placed an order for 20,000 MT6592 processor chips. He also purchased a batch of world-leading high-definition lenses. The purpose is to launch the new flagship during the summer vacation.
June 7th and 8th every year are the national legal college entrance examination dates. After that, tens of millions of prospective college students will be born, as well as young people waiting for employment in the society.
Similarly, June to September every year is the most popular time for electronic products.
Because whether you are going to college or going out into society, a mobile phone is an indispensable device. No matter how bad it is, you must buy one to contact your family.
Chen Xing did not want to miss the summer vacation, so when choosing a chip foundry, he did not consider Huaxin International in the mainland, but directly approached TSMC for foundry.
But he never expected that TSMC failed to tape out. Although they took the initiative to take responsibility, Chen Xing also wasted a lot of time. He didn't know how long it would take to see the finished product, and he was extremely anxious.
"Youhao, Mr. Chen Xing."
While Chen Xing was waiting quietly for an answer, Charles walked into the VIP room and greeted him in broken Chinese.
Chen Xingjian was a yellow-haired foreigner, and he vaguely guessed his identity. He might be the recently rumored foreign aid chip expert from the United States.
“You can speak English.”
Chen Xing replied in fluent American English, but the broken Chinese was too uncomfortable to listen to.
Charles also immediately returned to English and said straight: "Mr. Chen Xing, was the design layout of that chip completed by your team?"
"Yes, is there any flaw in the design?" "
"No, no, no, there are no flaws. It is designed so perfectly. I can guarantee God that this is the most perfect chip architecture I have ever seen. It uses multi-core..."
< br>After a lot of compliments, Charles suddenly changed the topic:
“I would like to invite you and your team to join our laboratory and return to the United States to study 7-nanometer process chips together, like you Talents should not be researching 28nm process chips in the Dragon Kingdom. You are God’s gift to the world. We can provide you with everything you want, including green cards.”
Chen Xing frowned slightly, a little unhappy. Joy.
He has been waiting here for almost half a month for the finished chip. If you, the foreign aid, don’t go to help, then why are you here to poach people?
What kind of green card is there, what kind of gift from God to the world.
Bah!
There is no God in the Dragon Kingdom, but there is one in the Jade Emperor!
Four words.
QNM’s! ! !
Chen Xing suppressed his anger, looked at the camera in the break room and said: "If your company's technology is limited, you can pay me liquidated damages according to the contract without wasting our time."
"Chen Mr. Xing, I think you have misunderstood. I just want to give your team a better scientific research environment. Longguo simply..."
Charles was a little anxious. Before he finished speaking, another figure walked into the VIP room. room, interrupted him:
"The technical problem has been overcome, and the factory is arranging expedited processing. It is expected that the finished baseband chip will be available within one month. I am deeply sorry for the trouble it has caused you. Sorry.”
Mr. Zhang personally took action.
This also shows that Charles’s thoughts only represent his own person.
Seeing Mr. Zhang's attitude, Chen Xing softened his tone and said, "Then I will wait for another month. I hope we can cooperate happily and achieve a win-win situation."
"I agree with you. Good luck. "
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