Tech Hammer

Of course, Tian Yanzhen would not say no. Given his current status, if he just wanted to meet someone, 99.99% of the people in the world would give him face, even if Some people will not give face to those who insist on it, and there will also be people who will find ways to get these people to give face to them.

The above sentence is a bit hard to pronounce, but it is the most true situation.

After all, the series of research results that Ning Wei is currently involved in involve too many interested parties. Not to mention that Ning Wei's demands were not excessive. Even to ensure vested interests or to avoid intrusion, many people were willing to meet many of Ning Wei's extremely excessive demands.

For example, make a huge investment in a remote small county to build the world's most advanced technological city model. With almost no one optimistic about the profit prospects of this man-made tourist city, it is almost completed.

The investment has exceeded 40 billion yuan. This does not include the various supports from "foreign friends". The total amount is nearly one billion US dollars.

The above is enough to prove the world's indulgence towards Ning Wei. . .

"Lao Pan is a very nice person. I will introduce you to him later. If you have any questions or what laboratory data you need, you can talk about it yourself later. But you have to wait. Lao Pan has been invited to go out for exchanges. It will probably have to wait until April. Come back. When he comes back, I will arrange for you to meet. As for the heterogeneous CPU you made and the so-called overall solution, what is the situation? Are you sure?" Tian Yanzhen asked after pondering for a moment.

"Haha, don't worry, Mr. Tian. There's definitely no problem with this. But this time I really want to thank the school's new materials laboratory for their help. Without them helping us determine the ratio of several new materials, Xiao Zhang's side wouldn't be possible. Results come out so quickly." Ning Wei said confidently.

Although he has been on New Year's vacation these two days and has been taking Jiang around to visit every day, he still follows up on the updated data from the test team every night. Now every test in the laboratory has complete video data, and the entire test can be played back. Feedback on steps and results.

In addition, in March, these video materials have been streamlined and only the most important parts are retained, so it does not take much time to understand them. Basically, in two hours a day, Ningwei can understand the testing progress of all laboratories.

Yesterday, the test engineers who have been busy on the front line have adjusted all the serial ports, including the output end, and now it seems that the effect is good. The only pity is that the display chip is not suitable at present, and there is no good solution for this problem.

It is undoubtedly extremely risky to rush into the GPU field before Ningxin One has been accepted by the public. This must be done slowly.

The current approach is to hand over part of the graphics rendering work of the GPU to the CPU module for processing. Of course, this is different from Intel's idea of ​​building the core display into the CPU. Ningxin No. 1 does not have a built-in core display, but only has a module that shares some of the GPU's work when performing three-dimensional graphics processing. This is to ensure the compatibility of graphics cards currently on the market.

To this end, Ningsi Lab has also specially modified the drivers for several mainstream graphics cards used for testing. When the machine goes on sale in the future, the manufacturer will need to make some more specific optimizations in the kernel driver.

Of course, this is not what Ningwei needs to pay attention to.

Tian Yanzhen waved his hand and said: "Come on, don't thank them here and there. You thank them for doing a good job in auxiliary work, and they also have to thank you for giving many projects in the past two years. Several teams over there I'm living a lot of money thanks to the projects you gave me. The last time I met Lao Tan, he said he wanted to treat you to dinner. He wanted to ask you if you have any good projects this year. He happened to have two more projects under his belt. A doctoral student hasn’t decided on a topic yet.”

After saying that, Tian Yanzhen paused and asked seriously: "I won't say anything about the things that Ningshe did before, but no matter how big things are, you still have to have results to support them. When Xiao Zhou was interviewed, The big words have been blown out, please give me an accurate answer, will it be embarrassing if the things you have made in the past three years are released?"

Asking this question shows that Tian Yanzhen still attaches great importance to Ning Wei's students. Although these research directions have little to do with him.

Ning Wei still answered confidently: "Director Tian, ​​have I ever embarrassed you? Now that we have a discussion, after our results are officially announced, I think the Academy of Engineering should consider giving a few exceptions this year. Let my students in."

After hearing these ungrateful words, Tian Yan was really happy: "You are a joke to be an academician of the Academy of Engineering? How many places are you going to make an exception for? How many people are lining up? Do you really dare to risk the world?" What a shame. Last year, except for the students who were just promoted from Ningban, all the students under your command entered the Ten Thousand Talents Program. Are you not satisfied? Youth, Outstanding Youth, Excellent Youth, and the worst one also entered the Hundred Talents Program of the Academy of Sciences. , have you got all the honors you deserve? Anyone who can get such honors is already a mentor, and your students have basically got them, and you are still not satisfied? How do others comment that you don’t have any points in your heart? "

Ning Wei nodded and said, "That's what they deserve. After all, they all work hard."

"Who doesn't work hard in scientific research these days? Not to mention that your students still look down on the special funds. People are fighting for those special funds. In short, fight for your students this year Academician, don't think about it, just keep a low profile! Do your own things well first, and you will definitely have a chance in two years." Tian Yanzhen said angrily.

"Ah? It's late then..." Ning Wei stuck out his tongue.

"Huh? Why is it late?"

Ning Wei immediately explained: "Didn't I visit several academician uncles in the past two days, and everyone agreed to write letters of recommendation for me. In fact, I was not greedy, so I recommended Xiao Zhang, Xiao Zhou and Senior Brother Lu. After all, one of them must go out independently, and the other will go to Ningsi after graduation next year. He will be too far away from me in the future, and I am afraid that I won’t be able to take care of him. Brother Lu, I think my grades are about the same, so I asked those academicians and uncles to help. Just a favor..."

Tian Yanzhen was stunned: "I...you...they really agreed?"

Ning Wei immediately nodded and said: "I really agreed, and I agreed very readily, especially Mr. Qin. After he heard me introduce Zhang Dingxi's deeds, he even praised me. This is how we should promote talents and not avoid relatives, my child." If he has achieved results, the tutor should support him with all his strength, and he asked me to help him log in to his account and download the recommendation book. Of course, the specific content was dictated by Mr. Qin after he listened to my report, and I wrote it for him... "

"And the number of academicians nominated for Xiao Zhang, Xiao Zhou and Senior Brother Lu is actually enough, and they have gone through a special channel. Next, we will just watch the review meeting. Haven't you always said that I am not very enthusiastic about the work in the academy? This year I promise to attend the academician supplementary selection meeting from beginning to end.”

Tian Yanzhen looked at Ning Wei, not knowing what to say for a long time.

How should I put it, the child will grow up after all.

He knew that many older generation academic leaders already liked Ning Wei to the core, but he really didn't expect that these leaders would indulge Ning Wei so much, regardless of their principles...

Now he is not worried. No one can praise Yi Ningwei's achievements so far, but no one can have smooth sailing. There is strife in any field. After all, resources are limited. Of course Tian Yanzhen doesn't mind that his students can continue to be so famous. What he fears is the day when the wall falls and everyone pushes him.

"You..."

"Haha, Director Tian, ​​I know what you are worried about. It's okay. You have to believe that the results of me and those students are really qualified to be included in the textbooks." Ning Wei said seriously.

…

Holidays always go by very quickly, especially for Ning Wei. When he sees Liu Wei appearing beside him in high spirits, he even feels that it was yesterday when this guy said goodbye...

Sometimes Ning Wei also wonders whether his life is too boring. For example, for so many years, he can only run around in the capital during holidays. He has not even finished traveling in China and has not had time to see the great rivers and mountains of China. .

Every day is an endless worry.

For example, seeing Liu Wei meant that he was starting to worry again.

"Brother Liu, happy New Year!"

"Happy New Year!"

"Looking at your rosy face, let me tell you, have you arranged a blind date at home during the Chinese New Year this year?"

"hehe……"

"It seems so. Come on, I have specially prepared a big red envelope for you. Whether you can get it depends on your ability to coax girls."

"How big is the red envelope? Let's see if it's worth my effort."

"How about a three-bedroom apartment in the capital? Is it grand enough?"

"..."

…

It's indeed atmospheric enough.

If Liu Wei hadn't known very well that Ning Wei had no need to bribe him, he would have wanted to report it...

Of course, from Ning Wei's point of view, having a bodyguard who values ​​his life more than his own and treats him like a friend, giving him a house is really nothing.

Anyway, there is a high probability that he will not be able to spend all his money in this life.

As for spending on scientific research...

It’s really not that Ning Wei is bragging. As long as he wants to build a project worth hundreds of billions, he doesn’t need to produce any plans, PPTs, or even Jitu’s participation. He just needs to show his willingness to accept outside investment. In a few months, he can The start-up capital was raised and there was no big problem.

At least until it fails a few times, there will be no problem at all.

This is still the case now. If Ningxin No. 1 is officially released and proves that, as Zhou Zhenghao said in the interview, it is no worse than Intel's 12th generation CPU, and can even be better than Intel's 12th generation God U in some aspects, it can directly make Countless investors went crazy.

Although Intel has now launched the 14th generation CPU, to be honest, neither the 13th generation nor the 14th generation is as amazing as the 12th generation U CPU. It is reported that Intel has invested part of its funds in the research of new generation technical standards, which has led to the gap between the past two generations of products.

For example, there are rumors that Intel is working hard to explore 2D layered materials to make transistors faster and smaller. At the same time, Intel has also invested heavily in researching how to package phase change memory and rotational torque transfer random access memory with the processor. At the same time, Intel pioneered 3D stacking packaging technology, which sandwiched the once isolated computer processor functions in multiple layers and then connected them to high-speed data paths.

This also requires multiple layers of logic and memory to be integrated in a more detailed way, of which how to connect is the top priority. Of course, it is undoubtedly extremely difficult to pursue these technological innovations, which is probably why the two successive generations of CPUs are so far apart.

The 12th generation has exhausted all the accumulated black technology, and then spent a lot of money to research newer processor architectures. This naturally makes the performance of the last two generations of CPUs that follow the 12th generation logic patching not outstanding. .

So if Ningxin One can really match the performance of Intel's 12th generation CPU, it will definitely drive countless investors crazy. After all, in just three years, it was possible to get involved in the world's most advanced semiconductor field with the most stringent barriers. This is definitely something no one could have imagined before.

For capital, they never pay much attention to the process, the most important thing is the result.

Although Ning Wei doesn't understand business, this period of time has already allowed him to see these things clearly.

"Stop talking about this, save your good intentions first. I haven't considered getting married in the past two years." Liu Wei shrugged.

"What a pity!" Ning Wei shook his head, and then asked: "By the way, I didn't say that Ning Si had many spies before. Have you closed the network now? I don't seem to have heard anything going on in Ning Si's laboratory."

"Don't worry, everything is under control. But don't be too hasty. You have seen the list before. The test engineering department among the spies has also been infiltrated. If there is too much noise at this time, it will affect their work efficiency. And even if If we really start to deal with it, there won't be much movement. We still have to ensure the stability of Ning Si. After all, Ning Xin can't only be one generation, right?" Liu Wei replied.

"Oh, that's good." Ning Wei nodded and decided not to interfere. As Liu Wei said before, they are the professionals in dealing with these people. At least judging from the current situation, it should be handled well.

Of course, there’s nothing to worry about even if you don’t handle it well. Focusing on the Ningxin No. 1 series, Ningsi Laboratory has applied for nearly two thousand patents in the past three years. As long as the other party is not shameless enough to deny these patents, the impact on Ningsi Laboratory will not be too great.

In fact, what is more terrifying in Ning Wei's view is that these people sell chips at cabbage prices. After all, Ning Xin No. 1 really does not have an advantage in this area.

He had made a budget early. If all the research and development costs invested in the past three years were spread equally into the selling price of each CPU, plus various production costs and production line investment, the average price of each chip would be one thousand yuan. According to calculations, at least 100 million chips must be sold to cover the production costs and earn back the previous investment in research and development.

If you want to make a profit, you must either increase the selling price to sell more products, or improve the production process and increase the yield rate. But the latter has to continue investing.

Unfortunately, he couldn't do much in this regard. Fortunately, he doesn't need to worry too much about how to make profits.

Whether it is Huawei, Jitu or Huaxin Precision, which has a stake in this area, they all have their own considerations. Maybe Huaxin Precision can be so willful that it doesn't make money, as long as Ningxin can spread it out in the future.

After all, a complete set of CNMD heterogeneous production solutions is now in the hands of Huaxin Precision. Whether it is Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. or Samsung, they can only OEM chips that represent the old process. In other words, if Ningxin performs well enough and the CNMD structure can be accepted by the public, Huaxin Precision may become the only chip manufacturer that can OEM CNMD structures for a long time without worrying about no orders.

And if the CNMD structure can conquer the world, Huaxin Precision is even sure that it can directly make the glory of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company history, and even make Intel eat shit...

Of course, the above is all just a dream for now.

However, there are still many things that Ning Wei can do. For example, he will now start to consider many matters for the awards ceremony in March this year.

In particular, which guests will be invited to attend this year's awards ceremony is a top priority.

So on the first day of work, after a few pleasantries with Liu Wei, Ning Wei returned to the office and had to start using his influence again.

Generally speaking, these heavyweight guests should be invited at least two months in advance. It is not just to express their attention, but mainly because everyone in this group is very busy. If they are not invited in advance, it will be inconvenient to change the itinerary once it is arranged.

Although Ning Wei doesn't care much about this, he still needs to be polite.

So on the first day of the New Year, he started thinking about the guest list.

In view of the special nature of this March awards ceremony, when drawing up the guest list, the first name that came to Ning Wei's mind was Jiwa.

Chicken Baby is Ning Wei’s exclusive nickname for Pat Gelsinger.

It can be understood in multiple ways, not only because Pat’s surname begins with a pronunciation of “Gee”, but also because the actions of Ningsi Lab in recent years seem to encourage Intel to seize the time to develop new technologies, just like Chinese parents in order to inspire their children. All kinds of behaviors of giving chicken blood injections to children coincide with each other.

Ningsi Lab has been very worried about pushing these competitors to speed up their research and development, so Ningwei feels that this nickname is very suitable.

After all, without the pressure from Ningsi, Intel's financial reports published in recent years would not have seen R\u0026D expenses increase year by year.

Of course, out of the most basic courtesy considerations, Ning Wei never mentioned this nickname to the outside world. It was just a very convenient way to type it out when making the list.

Now that it’s the harvest season for Ningsi, Ning Wei thinks he should invite Brother Jiwa to come and take a look, and also give some advice to Ningsi’s laboratory. Speaking of which, the president of Intel has not been to China for three years. Tim Ku I came here once even the year before last.

After making a decision, Ning Wei saw that it was still early and it was far from time to rest on the other side of the ocean, so Ning Wei simply made a call to Pat Gelsinger.

Ning Wei was very relieved when he heard the sound of the call being connected.

It's good. Although the relationship between the two is definitely not good and they don't contact each other often, Pat has not blacklisted his phone number, which already makes Ning Wei feel that this person can still get along.

So after the call was answered, Ning Wei also greeted him in a warm and full tone: "Mr. Gelsinger, my friend, I haven't seen you for a long time. I miss you very much. How have you been recently?"