Countercurrent 1982

Chapter 1172 Leaders
"Mayor Li, I appreciate your kindness, but there are some things that you really can't help, and I still need to think of other ways." Duan Yun said gratefully.

"In short, call me if you have any difficulties in the future. I know so many entrepreneurs who dare to have the courage and strength to invest in the chip industry. So far, you are the only one." Li Hao paused, and then said: "However, I still want to give you a piece of advice. You can't do things only with passion, but also know how to advance and retreat according to your ability. Even if the joint venture chip factory fails, I hope that your Tianyin Electronics Factory can continue to maintain the current status." momentum."

What Li Hao said is very clear, that is to save Duan Yun from working so hard. Now he has invested so much money, but as a private enterprise, there are still many difficulties to be solved if he wants to develop and produce chips. Bottomless pit, he was worried that Duan Yun would not be able to hold on.

In fact, for Li Hao, if Duan Yun's Tianyin Electronics Factory can continue to maintain the current Walkman production and sales, and continue to contribute to Shenzhen's electronics industry and urban infrastructure, this is enough. There is no need to stick to one project. Where there is life, there is hope.

"I understand, thank Mayor Li for helping me." Duan Yun nodded and said.

As the car was driving on the road, Duan Yun looked at the scenery outside the car window and fell into deep thought.

After returning to the factory, Duan Yun sat on a chair in his office, lit a cigarette and started smoking.

Just like what he said to Li Hao just now, it is easy to get a thousand soldiers, but hard to find a general. He really lacks a leader in chip research, and this person is at least a top expert in the country.

Duan Yun had also learned a lot about chip technology in his previous life, but he was far from proficient. Moreover, he still manages a company and has to deal with all aspects of things, so it is impossible to put all his Time and energy are devoted to chip research and development.

According to the development history of domestic chips learned in his previous life, among the more famous chip researchers in the 80s, Hou Weigui and Ni Guangnan were undoubtedly the most famous.

Hou Weigui, who was born in 1941, was an out-and-out academic master when he was a student, and became a middle school teacher after graduation.

In the chaotic years, Hou Weigui's school was turned into an enterprise, which is the 691 factory set up by the Ministry of Aeronautics and Space in Xi'an.

In 1969, Hou Weigui, who was only 27 years old, was transferred to Aerospace 691 Factory, from a skilled worker to a workshop director to the chief of the technical department.

Until the end of the 70s, when China reformed and opened up, and Sino-US relations improved, Qian Xuesen, then vice minister of the Ministry of Aeronautics and Space, asked 691 Factory to follow up and research computer chips and semiconductor technologies, so 691 Factory appointed Hou Weigui, the chief of the technical department, to be responsible for introducing them to the United States. technology and equipment.

In 1980, Hou Weigui went to the United States to investigate the American chip industry and also studied there for a period of time.

During this period, Hou Weigui saw the development technology and trend of chips at home and abroad, and also learned some advanced chip production technologies.

In 1984, the 691 factory sent Hou Weigui and others to Shenzhen for inspection. They originally wanted to invest in building a chip factory here, but because the investment was too large, they had to give up in the end.

In 1985, Hou Weigui was sent to Shenzhen to establish a joint venture between the Mainland and Hong Kong, ZTE Semiconductor, the predecessor of ZTE Corporation, and served as the general manager of Shenzhen Zhongxing Semiconductor Co., Ltd.

At that time, Hou Weigui wanted to develop and produce chips very much, but because the investment in the chip industry was too huge, he could only make money by helping Hong Kong people assemble telephones.

As far as Hou Weigui's technical ability is concerned, he can be a leader in China's chip research and development, but he has never encountered such an opportunity. The country cannot afford such a large investment, and the Hong Kong company with them believes that Chinese companies can at most do some processing industry, earn some hard money, and catch up with the big European and American chip companies is simply a dream, so it is impossible to agree to Hou Weigui's entry into the chip industry.

If Duan Yun wants to hire Hou Yonggui as the technical director of his own chip factory, it will be very difficult, not to mention that he is a senior cadre of a state-owned enterprise, and Hou Yonggui himself is also an entrepreneurial boss, so it is impossible to help Duan Yun work.

Another ideal candidate in Duan Yun's mind is the famous Ni Guangnan.

Ni Guangnan, born in 1939, was assigned to work at the Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 61. In the early 80s, he was invited to work at the National Research Institute of Canada as a visiting researcher. His annual salary at that time had already reached This year's 4.3 Canadian dollars, according to the official exchange rate, is equivalent to 70 times that of Chinese domestic companies.

However, he finally returned to China in 1983, and finally established Lenovo Group with Liu Chuanzhi and served as the company's chief engineer.

Like Hou Weigui, Ni Guangnan is now a entrepreneurial boss. It is almost impossible for Duan Yun to hire him with a high salary. Unless Lenovo goes bankrupt, otherwise, Duan Yun has no possibility of poaching success.

At present, in Duan Yun's mind, it is impossible for the two strongest chip R&D experts in China to poach his own company, so Duan Yun can only find another way.

But soon, Duan Yun thought of another powerful figure in the current domestic chip technology.

"The biggest wish of my life is to crawl on the ground and wipe away the shame of the motherland."

It was Huang Lingyi, a famous Chinese chip research and development scientist, who said this sentence.

Huang Lingyi was born in 1936 in an average family. His parents were farmers who were not well-educated, but he himself loves learning very much, and he can get excellent results in every exam.

But in that era, Huang Lingyi was criticized by her neighbors. The reason is very simple, because in that era, a woman's lack of talent was a virtue, and girls were not allowed to study.

However, Huang Lingyi received strong support from her parents. While studying, she also witnessed the catastrophe that the country suffered at that time. This shame was deeply engraved in Huang Lingyi's heart.

Huang Lingyi graduated from East China Institute of Technology in 1, and then went to Tsinghua University to study semiconductors.

After graduation, Huang Lingyi joined the Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and has since boarded the train of scientific research.

At that time, there were almost no major achievements in the field of scientific research in China.

In 1977, the Institute of Computing Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences introduced a "circuit pre-research" project, and Huang Lingyi was named in charge of integrated circuits, device technology and chip development.The integrated circuit is the foundation of the chip, and the speed and power consumption of the chip all depend on the design of the integrated circuit.

In order to put the chip she designed into production, after comparing the characteristics of different circuits, Huang Lingyi used a "stupid method": disassemble the key links that determine the power consumption and speed of integrated circuits one by one, and break through one by one.

At that time, she and the members of the research team spent almost all day in the office, comparing several layouts back and forth, and did not develop a new type of "I2L structure" until they fully understood the device principles and process principles of mainstream integrated circuits. A 256ROM memory made with this structure also won the second prize of the Academy's Science and Technology Achievement Award in 1980.

But just when Huang Lingyi was going all out to continue to break through, things turned around—"Funds were tight, and the large-scale integrated circuit project was cancelled."

This is undoubtedly a very big blow to Huang Lingyi, who is committed to the research of China's core.

It is precisely because of these reasons that China Chip has developed in step with the world and fell behind the world's leading level in an all-round way after 10 years!
(End of this chapter)