The Millennium Semiconductor Survival Guide

Zhou Xin is no longer here in 2021. He only remembers that when Key Eagle heard that he was going to be a lobbyist for ZTE, he persuaded him: "Even an old man like me knows not to take advantage of the fire.

The situation is only going to get tougher and it's almost impossible for you to succeed.

I still don't know what Feiteng is doing? From the quantity and variety of chips they buy from us every year, I can infer inversely how their supercomputers are progressing.

I told them privately that I should be prepared to completely lose Feiteng, the largest customer.

The situation of Feiteng is much better than that of ZTE. I always make such preparations. You young people, don’t always think about things that you can’t do! "

Guan Jianying at the end of the 20th century was much more vibrant than twenty years later:

"Old Hu, I have been wanting to come to Berkeley to chat with you since I left Simplex Solutions, Inc.

But recently, because I am starting a business with others, there are so many things that need to be dealt with in the establishment of a new company. I haven't straightened everything out yet, so I haven't found the time.

I said that with your character, I will definitely come to this year's ISSCC, especially for such an excellent student.

This is your student Newman, right? Thanks to him I can often see your name in media magazines.

I even thought I was wrong. Newman is indeed young and promising. I started my business when I was in my forties, and you have already succeeded in starting a business when you were twenty.

There is really no comparison between people. "

Although Guan Jianying is crooked, Zhou Xin always felt that Guan Jianying had a typical Ludi appearance after meeting him when he was young, with thick eyebrows, big eyes and a high nose bridge, exuding a simple temperament.

When he praises you, it makes you feel that he is very sincere, without the slightest hint of eccentricity.

When Zhou Xin was studying for a Ph.D. at Berkeley, he met a tourist group of old men and women from Shen Hailai. When he heard that you were studying for a Ph. D. at Berkeley, even if they were praising you, Zhou Xin always felt that it was yin and yang.

One more thing to mention here, Simplex Solutions, Inc was also acquired by Cadence two years later.

"My name is Guan Jianying, and I have known Lao Hu for many years. I used to work in Sunnyvale, and he taught in Berkeley.

Sometimes I have some questions to ask him.

Lao Hu is an encyclopedia for Chinese in the field of semiconductors! Our group of engineers like to go to him when we encounter any problems. Even if he can't give us an answer, he will tell us where to find ideas. "

This is in line with Zhou Xin's perception of Hu Zhengming, otherwise the other party would not have such a high reputation in the group of Wanwan engineers.

Zhou Xin: "Hello, I just came to California, and I don't know much about the Chinese circle in the integrated circuit field here. It seems that the professor is really warm-hearted."

Guan Jianying waved his hand: "Old Hu is not warm-hearted, he likes to show off, he likes to be flattered by others.

After accepting you as a student, you will show off to us in various ways.

Sometimes send an email in the morning, the content of the email is only a link about your news.

Pissed us off.

But there is no way to take him. After all, your grades are really excellent, which makes us middle-aged men feel ashamed. "

Zhou Xin was a little embarrassed, because he was standing on the shoulders of countless predecessors. At this time, he didn't know what to say, so he had to look at Hu Zhengming.

Hu Zhengming knew that Zhou Xin was embarrassed, and Zhou Xin had never shown off anything in front of him and other classmates.

After earning money, there is not much difference in clothing, food, housing and transportation from before. The only change is to move from the dormitory to the rich area of ​​San Francisco.

For a Chinese like Zhou Xin who has no roots and is getting rich, safety comes first.

Therefore, Hu Zhengming knew that Zhou Xin liked to hide his clumsiness, so he changed the topic and said, "Old Guan, so according to your opinion, after the WTO is liberalized, these integrated circuit giants will gradually transfer their production capacity to Huaguo?"

Guan Jianying nodded and said, "Isn't this obvious?

Huaguo has a vast market and a large population, as well as low basic resource prices and stable power supply.

When my business reaches a certain scale, I will also send the foundry to Huaguo.

The only problem is that the number of engineers in the integrated circuit field in Huaguo is too small. Although the population base is large enough, the training of engineers is based on a ten-year unit.

It will take ten years from choosing the field of integrated circuits at the university to becoming a qualified engineer in the field of integrated circuits after graduation.

Therefore, I predict that after China's accession to the WTO, there will be companies that want to become the first to eat crabs one after another, and then in ten years, Huaguo's semiconductor industry will usher in a golden period of development. "

It’s just that no one thought about the existence of Hanxin, which led to people who came up with it later, but there was no soil for entrepreneurship. This kind of thing that rubbed off the original manufacturer’s trademark and then reprinted its own trademark could take three years before it was exposed.

This is something that American and the group of integrated circuit practitioners never expected.

Even Hanxin No. 1 was faked until Hanxin No. 5.

The final result was even more nonsense, and no one in the entire process chain was held legally accountable.

As a result, the entire Huaguo semiconductor industry has to bear the consequences of this kind of thing, and the entire Huaguo semiconductor industry has fallen into a state of complete silence.

When Zhou Xin had dinner with Guan Jianying and Hu Zhengming before, I heard Guan Jianying rave about those vested interests who made Hanxin.

"It's definitely not something that Chen Jin can create by himself, isn't it just that the trap is getting bigger and bigger, and no one can catch it, so he keeps cheating!"

Back in 1998, Zhou Xin said: "So I plan to return to China as a pioneer."

Guan Jianying praised: "Good ambition, the mainland's integrated circuit industry lacks pioneers.

Huaguo definitely has enough potential in this regard.

The population base alone and the ingenuity of the Chinese determine that Huaguo's integrated circuit industry will never be worse than Korea and Wanwan in the future.

It's just that the upfront cost will be high, the cost of training talents and the cost of technology patent licensing. "

Seeing Guan Jianying, Zhou Xin remembered that the other party had started a business with friends before founding Alchip, and that venture ended in being kicked out.

Guan Jianying has more than 20 years of experience in IC design, so he served as the technical director and executive vice president when he started a business with his friends.

Later, after the company got on the right track, it was directly killed by the airborne faction recruited by the major shareholder.

After being kicked out of the game and falling into frustration, it took a long time for me to use my connections to regroup and establish Alchip.

Alchip's success fully proves that the other party is an excellent management talent.

Zhou Xin realized that he could cut off Guan Jianying when his business failed. He is also Chinese, has rich experience in the industry, has proved himself in the future, and has feelings for China. Is there a better candidate than this?

The more he recalls, the more Zhou Xin realizes that there are too many talented people in this ISSCC conference, as long as they seize the opportunity, there will be a lot of opportunities to cut off the bullshit.