1991 Starting from the core

Shanghai Stock Exchange,

Zhangjiang District Industrial Park.

A group of visitors wearing clean work clothes came to the dust-free workshop of Deyuan Semiconductor today. They were led by He Wei, the head of the marketing team of Yuanxin CPU Division, and Chen Jianguo, senior technical director of Deyuan Semiconductor, to visit carefully. The process flow of Tamron series CPU.

"What you are seeing now is one of the main processes in the chip production process, physical vapor deposition. We visited photolithography, chemical vapor deposition, and trench etching before. It seems that everyone already knows that these processes are not one-time processes. , but it requires multiple repetitions to finally complete the processing of a wafer.”

"Physical vapor deposition mainly generates a metal layer for the inside of the chip to connect the completed transistors. At present, the mainstream process still uses aluminum wire process technology, but in the world, copper process technology has been put on the forefront schedule. And here, I can tell you responsibly that the progress of our copper process technology is the best in the world, no one - even IBM, they need to cooperate with us and accept our leading."

Chen Jianguo's words were filled with a hint of pride.

There was inevitably a commotion in the crowd, and someone asked in a low voice: "Dr. Chen, what are the advantages of switching to a copper process?"

"The smaller the resistance of the copper wire, the lower the natural heat generation, and the higher the frequency can be achieved."

Chen Jianguo smiled slightly and led everyone to the next workshop.

…

In the CPU Division, Gao Xiaodi made an exception and wore a suit today. He sat behind his desk and kept looking at his watch.

Seeing his appearance, the secretary on the side couldn't help but joked: "Mr. Gao, we've already boarded the car over there. We'll be there in five minutes at most."

"Hey, you don't know... someone secretly reported to me, saying that Mr. Shan's board meeting yesterday caused great damage to our CPU department... Damn it!" Gao Xiaodi twisted his neck and said with some dissatisfaction: "What the hell? If you have the ability, you won’t come, so you just leave the hard work to us.”

"When the order is signed this time, I will definitely slap him in the face with it." Gao Xiaodi said bitterly.

The secretary was speechless for a while.

Of course, she knew very well about Mr. Gao - Mr. Gao and Mr. Shan were brothers. It was said that they had played games in the computer room with Mr. Shan, who was once a kid.

Normally, although Mr. Gao always speaks openly and openly, if someone really dares to slander Mr. Shan, he is afraid that he will be the first to jump out.

For example, not long ago, Mr. Gao was browsing overseas forums during his break after dinner. When he encountered someone listing today's "geniuses", someone mentioned Mr. Shan. As a result, someone said that Mr. Shan was not worthy of his name. At that time, Mr. Gao was not convinced, and he fought with me on the forum for two hours. At the end, he even said viciously, "Don't force me to follow the network cable to deal with you..."

——Look, this is their relationship.

Today's "massive" visit was naturally the result of He Wei's two-month exploration and research into the entire CPU market after being seconded to the CPU department by Su Yuanshan.

After having an in-depth understanding of the performance gap between Yuanxin CPU and similar products, as well as various market reactions, He Wei finally concluded that the biggest dilemma of Tamron series processors is "trust."

Unable to gain the trust of the market and the trust of "professional" customers.

The "professional customers" here naturally refer to the CPU agents that have gradually formed over the past few years and are entrenched in several well-known domestic computer markets.

So He Wei made a decision and arranged this invitation event.

If they follow common sense and procedures, they should first visit the front-end design area and then visit the fab. But He Wei directly decided to visit the fab first and then the design center.

"Let them sign the bill after visiting" - these are He Wei's original words.

Three minutes later.

"Mr. Gao, here we come." The secretary opened the door and reminded Gao Xiaodi, who had already stood up.

"Well, take the confidentiality agreement and let's go." Gao Xiaodi straightened his tie, straightened his chest, strode out the door, and walked out vigorously and rapidly.

…

"Everyone, this is Mr. Gao Xiaodi, President of Yuanxin CPU Division." He Wei showed a professional smile and extended her hand to introduce Gao Xiaodi to everyone. Then she introduced everyone's name to Gao Xiaodi one by one.

To be honest, this is a technical job.

Gao Xiaodi's attitude was very well controlled. On the one hand, he was not overly enthusiastic, and on the other hand, he did not show any arrogance. It was just like a normal business visit reception, but after he introduced everyone into the reception room , he asked his secretary to take out a stack of confidentiality agreements.

"Another confidentiality agreement?" Upon seeing this, Boss Xu Yangxu from Xujiahui couldn't help but joked: "Mr. Gao, don't every department sign it once?"

Xu Yang and Gao Xiao first met each other by chance, and after learning their identities, the two did not lose contact. Therefore, Xu Yang is one of the few agent bosses who is willing to buy Yuanxin CPU. one.

"Haha, the main reason is that we and the wafer fab are two different systems. And in a sense, everyone may be confused about the process of the wafer fab, right?" Gao Xiaodi said and shrugged: " IM not understand."

Everyone laughed.

Indeed, although they are all engaged in IT, they can talk about CPU frequency, bus, micro-architecture, technology, instruction set, etc. very well, but when it comes to the specific process technology, they But it's really like listening to a book from heaven.

During this visit, they only remembered one thing: the CPU process is complex and Deyuan Semiconductor is awesome.

"But the technology we will introduce to you next, in addition to the design process, also involves the future architecture and planning of the Tamron series processors. These... are real business secrets. So, please, please keep it confidential. "

Seeing that Gao Xiaodi was very serious, everyone nodded, picked up the agreement and signed it.

He Wei and Gao Xiaodi exchanged glances and then smiled and said: "Then Mr. Gao will accompany everyone, and I will prepare for the evening program first."

…

Leaving the reception room, He Wei quickly came to the conference room of the marketing department. Here, there were the team she brought from the mobile phone division, as well as personnel from the Yuanxin marketing department, and the CPU division's own sales team.

More than a dozen people were already sitting in the conference room, waiting for her arrival.

He Wei rolled up her sleeves as she walked towards the main seat. When she came to the seat, she did not sit down. Instead, she rolled up her sleeves, placed her hands on the conference table, and looked at everyone with bright eyes.

"Everyone, the fish have entered the nest! Once Mr. Gao has finished feeding them wine and rice, it's time to throw the hook."

"We still have two hours to sort out the contract to see if there are any flaws. At the same time, we should consider all the questions that the other party may raise - everyone must treat themselves as purchasing agents within these two hours. The agent who signed the contract.”

As he spoke, He Wei raised her right fist.

"come on!"