Countercurrent 1982

Chapter 1415 New plan

During Duan Yun's trip to the United States, apart from signing a chip technology licensing contract with IBM, there is nothing new to gain.

Although the NAND chips produced by Tianyin Group have passed the PC compatibility tests of many American PC companies, proving that their performance is indeed excellent, but apart from IBM, Duan Yun has not received other orders.

The reason for this is mainly because for many companies in the US PC industry, it is not an easy task to change the supply chain. In addition to product performance, there are also considerations of production capacity, cost, and other factors, so short-term Inside, it will take some time for NAND flash memory chips to replace the existing NOR flash memory chips.

Relatively speaking, the profits of other PC companies in the United States are currently rising steadily. They have no urgent need to change the industrial chain, while IBM is eager to break the situation. It itself is an open platform. Profound, this also made them realize that they cannot ignore the technological progress of products, and it is precisely because of this that they became the first to eat crabs and adopted the new chip developed by Tianyin Group.

However, Duan Yun is still very confident in the promotion of NAND flash memory chips, because he also knows that the impact of many advanced technologies on the industry is not immediate, and it needs a gradual process of popularization. As long as IBM uses this kind of chip, it will affect product performance If there is indeed an improvement, it will be a matter of time before Duan Yun gets more orders.

After a week of investigation in the United States, Duan Yun and his party flew back to Shenzhen.

It was already mid-October.

On the second day after returning to Shenzhen, Duan Yun was called to his office by Mayor Li Hao.

"How is it? Did you gain anything from going to America this time?" Li Hao poured a cup of tea for Duan Yun himself, and then asked with a smile.

"Thank you, Mayor Li." Duan Yun got up and took the tea cup with both hands, and then said: "This trip to the United States is still very rewarding. In addition to visiting the IBM headquarters, we also went to Silicon Valley..."

"Have you gone to Silicon Valley?" Hearing what Duan Yun said, Li Hao suddenly asked with interest.

Although Li Hao is not from a technical background, he also knows the Silicon Valley of the United States. For a long time, the Silicon Valley of the United States has often appeared in some domestic media reports. After all, it is the center of world science and technology. A large part of the credit for the strength of American technology is also due to it. R&D center in Silicon Valley.

In fact, as early as the mid-80s, there was a voice in China that they wanted to learn from Silicon Valley in the United States and set up a technology park similar to Silicon Valley in China. This proposal also attracted great attention from the top leaders of the central government. , Only then did Zhongguancun come into being.

At the beginning of the birth of Zhongguancun, the domestic media still paid a lot of attention to Zhongguancun, calling it China's Silicon Valley, and expecting Zhongguancun to lead China's technology to take off.

However, the reality is that relying on the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhongguancun has indeed gathered many top domestic technical talents, but these people were not interested in researching technology in their early years, but were more enthusiastic about starting a business in the sea. With some mature technologies or power resources, they only researched and developed Some electronic products with low technical content have been produced, and some people are even outright bad guys. As for the signs of various technology companies hanging all over the streets, in fact, few companies actually engage in technology research and development.

At that time, the domestic computer brand Great Wall Computer, which was most respected by the Chinese people, was a reverse imitation product, and the key components were all imported from abroad. It can be seen that Zhongguancun in the 80s was not a high-tech research and development center at all, and there were no terms like China's Silicon Valley here, and it was more like a commercial street selling electronic products.

"Yes, the Silicon Valley of the United States left a very deep impression on me." Duan Yun nodded, and then said: "There are almost all the technology research and development centers of the world's top multinational companies, and the scale is quite large. The entire Silicon Valley is characterized by Relying on some world-renowned universities such as Stanford, Berkeley and Caltech with strong scientific research strength nearby, and based on the high-tech small and medium-sized company group, many of the students from these two top-ranking universities in the United States are in the local Silicon Valley. The company works, and some college students even set up their own companies to engage in related technology research and development, so the entire Silicon Valley area is very dynamic..."

"Ah..." Hearing what Duan Yun said, Li Hao looked slightly embarrassed.

In the past, Duan Yun also wanted to cooperate with Shenzhen University to engage in industry-university-research cooperation, but in the end due to policy reasons, this cooperation failed.

Therefore, the model of Silicon Valley in the United States is currently difficult to work in Shenzhen.

"However, I think Shenzhen can develop a new Silicon Valley model with Chinese characteristics..." Duan Yun glanced at Li Haohao and said suddenly.

"What is the new Silicon Valley model with Chinese characteristics? If you have any ideas, just say it." Li Hao asked with interest.

"I think that the industry-university-research model of domestic private enterprises and universities is not yet mature, mainly because policies do not allow it, but other aspects of Silicon Valley in the United States can be used for reference." Duan Yun paused, and then said: "This time I When I visited Silicon Valley in the United States, what impressed me the most was that the R&D environment there is very relaxed, and they are all designed in the style of a manor, and each company’s R&D center occupies a large area..."

"Could it be that you want to ask the city government for land again?" Li Hao immediately saw Duan Yun's thoughts, so he said: "The land use in our industrial zone in Shenzhen is already very tight. Your Tianyin Group At present, there are more than 300 mu of industrial land, which is far higher than the limit of industrial land that ordinary enterprises in Shenzhen can obtain. If we grant you more land, you will have great opinions on whether to engage in other enterprises... ..."

"Mayor Li, I don't mean that." Duan Yun smiled, and continued: "I think we in Shenzhen should also learn from Silicon Valley's model to attract high-tech companies from across the country, including some R&D teams, to Shenzhen. While starting a business, we will create a science and technology industrial park in Shenzhen, provide some tax exemption and other support policies, and build this science and technology park in the suburbs of SZ City, such as Baoan and Longgang, without occupying the land used by our Shenzhen industrial zone. A part of the area can be designated as a tax-free area for technology companies, and preferential policies will be given to the technicians who come to these technology areas to settle in Shenzhen. I think it will definitely attract many cutting-edge talents in China..."

(End of this chapter)