Rebirth of the 1980s: The Military Industry Empire

Loongson! This name deeply moved everyone, especially Engineer Huang. She nodded firmly: "President Qin, since you have entrusted this glorious and arduous task to me, I must not fail your trust. I will definitely complete the task you assigned and deliver a satisfactory answer to the company, the country, and the people!"

Rearchitecting a completely new architecture and designing a brand-new instruction set requires great hardship and effort, but Engineer Huang doesn't care. In her eyes, as long as it's for the country and the people, everything is worth it. To break through chip technology, we can only take our own path!

This is a must!

"Engineer Huang, you are not fighting alone. Many like-minded people will be with you." Qin Yang looked down: "Everyone, I sincerely invite those who want to build our own Eastern chips to join our Factory 960!"

Join together?

Some people reacted.

"President Qin, if we want to join this project, do we have to leave the Computer Institute?"

"Yes." Qin Yang nodded: "You will completely separate from here and join us. From now on, we will pay your salaries, we will settle your lives, and we will support your careers!"

After all, the Computer Institute is a formal state-owned institution. What about Factory 960? Although it still belongs to the state, it is completely run on a market economy basis, responsible for its own profits and losses. Now that it is making money, it can start projects. What if it loses money in the future? Maybe even wages won't be paid.

Leaving a stable unit and going to a unit where you have to compete to develop, is it good or bad?

Some people began to hesitate, but Engineer Huang's eyes remained firm: "As long as I can work on chips, I am willing to go. Salary and benefits are secondary. The key is to be able to engage in the career we love most."

Where to go is easy to say, as long as you can work on chips!

Qin Yang nodded: "I won't talk about the welfare conditions of our Factory 960. Everyone knows it. I just want to say that if you follow me, as long as you are capable and truly focused on making chips, the treatment will definitely not be bad. Of course, if you don't want to go, I won't force it. Everyone has their own ambitions, and the door of our Factory 960 is always open to you."

Factory 960 is currently the most profitable unit in the country, and the benefits are also the best. The salary is twice that of other positions of the same level. So what if it's not an iron rice bowl? As long as you are capable, you will definitely have food to eat.

"President Qin, I am willing to go!"

"President Qin, I am also willing to go!"

Many people raised their hands.

Qin Yang nodded: "Okay, everyone, pack up, and report to the Second Factory of our Factory 960 next week. I will prepare some rooms for everyone in the office area. When spring comes next year, our Factory 960 will find a piece of land to build a professional chip research and development center."

It's good to have money. In order to welcome this team, they specially built a research institute!

Everyone was shocked.

Qin Yang continued to think about the next problem: "If you want to research chips, you must have a computer. There are two of the most advanced personal computers in the world now. One is Apple's LISA, and the other is HP's HP-150. I will buy twenty of each first to see which one is better."

Personal computers! In the 1980s, owning a personal computer was very luxurious.

Apple has been working on personal computers. The Apple Lisa is a new model launched this year. Its biggest feature is the operating system. It is the world's first commercialized personal computer equipped with a graphical user interface. Other computers have a flashing command prompt on a black screen and are operated by entering commands. Apple can already use graphical methods.

Of course, the price is also high. Such a computer costs 10,000 US dollars.

As for the other HP-150, it is the latest computer launched by Hewlett-Packard, using Intel's 8088 processor, priced at $2,795, the CPU is Intel's 8088.

For people with a monthly salary of dozens of yuan, these are sky-high prices. This kind of computer can only be thought about. Although there are minicomputers in the unit, it takes a long time to take turns to operate it for a while. How can it compare to being able to use a personal computer at any time?

President Qin is really rich!

"President Qin, you are poaching talents from our institute." The director was a little emotional.

"What can I do?" Qin Yang said: "It's all for the country."

"President Qin, we have rooms in our institute, and everyone is used to working here. Can we continue to stay here to work? So you don't have to build a special institution."

Qin Yang shook his head: "No, I have to ensure that every penny invested by Factory 960 is used for chip research and development. If it is placed here with you, can you guarantee that it will not be misappropriated?"

The director's face was very ugly. If someone else questioned him like this, he would have been furious, but who would dare to go wild in front of President Qin, otherwise they would be courting death.

In fact, the director may not necessarily have problems, but there are still many places in the research institute where money is needed. If this group of research backbones stays in the research institute, then Factory 960 will have to allocate funds over, and who knows how the money will be used when it arrives in their account. Anyway, Factory 960 has a lot of money, and they can ask Factory 960 for it after it is spent.

Qin Yang doesn't want to be a fool. What he wants to support is the development of the chip industry, not other things.

"Ahem, President Qin, we only have chip design capabilities here. Is it not enough to have this? We also have to produce it. Do you have any ideas?"

The director changed the subject.

"Of course, production must also be taken up. We will also build a brand-new chip factory. We will purchase the advanced chip production equipment developed in China to create our own chip production line, transitioning from handmade workshop-style production to real modern chip production."

There are indeed problems with the domestic chip industry, mainly in production. Compared with foreign large-scale assembly line production, the production here is in the form of handmade workshops, and neither quality nor quantity can be guaranteed.

If we want to do it, we must do it in a modern way. Moreover, we must use the equipment developed in China, so that relevant domestic units can continue to engage in research and development and continuously upgrade.

"President Qin, our own production equipment is not easy to use. If you want to build a modern chip production plant, you still have to purchase it from abroad." At this moment, a voice came from below.

Qin Yang looked over and saw a technician in a suit with a smile on his face. Although his face was not very full at this time, he could still see some contours.

Qin Yang's eyes narrowed: "Engineer Liu?"

"Yes, President Qin, just call me Little Liu." Engineer Liu said with a smile: "President Qin, you want to make chips, this is a big deal. Our domestic chip production equipment is not good at all. Foreign ones are better. In the chip field, we are still very backward. If you have any ideas, you can give them to me, and I will help you contact advanced equipment from abroad."