Countercurrent 1982

Chapter 1381 Scientific American

On the second day after seeing off Liu Chuanzhi and Ni Guangnan, Duan Yun received a transoceanic call from the "Scientific American" magazine.

Duan Yun received the call at around 9:12 p.m., because there is a 9-hour time difference between China and the U.S., so the call from the U.S. was at [-]:[-] a.m.

The caller was Cruise Carter, deputy editor-in-chief of the magazine. On the phone, Cruise first expressed his gratitude to Tianyin Group for its contribution, especially the introduction of NAND chips, which made him very interested and he wanted to come to China. Visit Tianyin Group's chip production plant and verify the authenticity of NAND chips on the spot.

"Scientific American" is a popular science magazine in the United States. It began on August 1845, 8. It was published weekly at first, and then changed to monthly. It has always been a sister publication of "Nature".

Litigation covered by Scientific American includes business owners, senior managers, decision makers, and opinion leaders, and 151 Nobel Prize winners have written articles, including many famous scientists, such as Albert Einstein, who voted 168 years ago. Over draft.

"Scientific American" has been paying close attention to the development of the electronics industry in the past half century. The release of Apple Computer and IBM Computer in the early years caused a great sensation through this magazine. Later, some international technological innovations were also included. New product promotions will be published in this magazine by way of contribution.

Undoubtedly, the invention of NAND chips is a very important event for the development of integrated circuits in the world, and Scientific American also saw this, so it proposed to visit Duan Yun's factory, And verify the real performance of this chip.

On the phone, Duan Yun simply agreed to Cruise's request and welcomed them to visit China.

For Duan Yun, if an article about NAND chips can be published in "Scientific American" magazine, and the performance of the chip can be recognized by the editor and relevant experts, it will definitely cause a certain impact on the entire chip industry. The sensational effect, and by that time, there may be international manufacturers who can seek cooperation with Duan Yun's company.

In addition, if this article is published, so many people will make history, because it is the first time that Chinese companies and individuals have published articles on "Scientific American" since it was founded nearly a century and a half ago. This meaningful thing means that China's high-tech will enter the sight of the international electronics industry for the first time.

After a short chat with Cruise, Duan Yun put down the phone.

Originally, Duan Yun thought that Cruise would not be able to come to China until a week at the earliest, but the formation of the other party was much earlier than Duan Yun imagined.

On the third day after receiving the call from Cruise, the other party had brought a team of experts to Guangzhou by plane.

In addition to the associate editor and two full-time editors of "Scientific American", there is also a five-member expert team, they are Professor Robbins from the Department of Microelectronics Engineering of Princeton University, and 5 professors at the MIT School of Engineering.

"Scientific American" is an authoritative popular science magazine, and there are many world-class expert contributors behind it. After learning that China has successfully developed NAND flash memory chips, it also aroused great sensation and interest from these experts. , So after getting the news, they also took the initiative to apply for a field trip to China to test the authenticity of this chip.

In fact, the theory of NAND flash memory chips has appeared in the American academic circles as early as two years ago. At the beginning of this year, Intel first developed NOR Flash technology, which completely changed the original EPROM and EEPROM. However, Duan Yun’s NAND chip is, in principle, more advanced than Intel’s NAND Flash technology. It is precisely because of this that, after receiving the Tianyin Group’s submission, Scientific American magazine The agency immediately organized relevant participants to analyze the paper, and after confirming that the theory was indeed feasible, it immediately organized relevant experts to come to China to investigate the authenticity of this product.

Duan Yun also attached great importance to the investigation of the "Scientific American" magazine, and immediately sent a convoy to the airport to meet these editors and experts. Their illness made them stay in the largest hotel in Shenzhen, the Xi'an Hotel. .

Duan Yun has always paid great attention to the relationship with the media. Through the sponsorship of commercial advertisements and academic seminars, Duan Yun has established long-term cooperative relations with more than 200 professional media in China, including the most famous domestic electronic academic class magazine.

However, Duan Yun's media cooperation is limited to domestic, and there is no cooperative media abroad. Therefore, although Tianyin Group has a great reputation in China, few people abroad know that there is such a company.

In the era without the Internet, a company can only release products through product launches or media publicity, because Tianyin Group has no influence abroad at all, so even if they release product launches, it is difficult for news to spread abroad. The only way is to submit articles to these authoritative international magazines, obtain their approval, and publish relevant articles. Only after Duan Yun launches a new product can it be noticed by the international market.

"Hello, Mr. Cruise!" In the lobby on the first floor of Xi'an Hotel, Duan Yun finally met Cruise, the deputy editor-in-chief of "Scientific American".

This is an old man in his 50s, wearing a gray suit and a patterned tie. His gray hair is slightly curly, and he looks very energetic.

When Cruise saw Duan Yun, he also smiled and stepped forward to shake hands with Duan Yun.

After seeing Duan Yun, the few professors following Cruise were a little surprised. They may not have imagined that the boss of their Chinese company would be so young, and he was also dressed in an international style, wearing suits and ties. , The tie is also very fashionable.

For a long time, in the eyes of Westerners, China has always been a poor, backward and mysterious country. Although it is about to enter the 10th year of reform and opening up, foreigners' views on China have not changed at all.

However, after entering Shenzhen this time, they saw that the roads here are wide and there are many high-rise buildings, but the Chinese entrepreneurs are so young, which is indeed beyond their imagination.

Under Cruise's introduction, Duan Yun shook hands with the accompanying experts one by one, including Professor Alfart from the Department of Microelectronics Engineering of Princeton University and four professors from the School of Engineering of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

(End of this chapter)