Rekindle 2003

Chapter 725 Suspicions about Hanxin ()

Hanxin No.1 just came out of the paper.

As for the physical chip or not, Cheng Jin didn't care at all.

He just wants to use this 'research result' to apply for more subsidies, and then make magical changes to turn Hanxin into a real Hanxin.

Because, Cheng Jin discovered that if he wanted to really carry out the magic reform, the money needed would really not be enough to be solved by tens of millions.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Cheng Jin announced the success of chip development, a big problem appeared on the back.

After testing, it was confirmed that Cheng Jin's code and drawings could indeed produce a chip.

Cheng Jin has even begun preparations for tape-out.

The tape-out here, that is, trial production, is an important part of chip mass production.

But at this time, a problem arose.

The good news is that the chip has been built.

The bad news is that the resulting chips are unusable.

Chips are no different than ordinary devices. The manufacturing process is extremely complex and requires the cooperation of software and hardware.

The motorcycle has a unique code mechanism, but what Cheng Jin stole was just the code for making the chip.

But since there is no debugging interface and IP module, the follow-up process cannot be carried out at all.

These modules can only be used with the authorization of Motorcycle.

But the problem is, Cheng Jin's code was stolen...

Even if you tell the truth, it is impossible for Motorcycle Mule to give him authorization, and he will definitely sue him for stealing the code.

Qing Yun stared at Cheng Jin with a bitter look on his face, "So...teacher, do you think you stole it this time, but not completely?"

Cheng Jin also nodded with a wry smile, and then continued.

Cheng Jin said that if he had money and a large and reliable elite team, this matter would actually be easier to solve.

Reverse reduction engineering.

But Cheng Jin didn't have this team.

Although his scientific research team claims to have 77 people, in fact, almost all of them are studying for Ph.D. or master's degrees, and many of them are the direct disciples of various veteran experts in the industry due to their "human connections".

The only ones who can really do the work are Cheng Jin and his four assistants.

It took Motorola decades to establish a chip system, and it is simply a fantasy that just a few people can break through it.

At this time, Cheng Jin can be said to be riding a tiger with difficulty, after all, the cowhide has been blown out.

If you can't get a working chip, your face will be swollen. The most important thing is that you won't be able to apply for subsequent R&D subsidies.

If Cheng Jin honestly explains to the country at this time, secretly mobilizes the power of the whole country, and conducts a great battle under his coordination, this set of codes and design drawings can play a huge role.

Even if you spend some time on this basis, you can magically modify it to the point where even its own mother doesn't recognize it, and put it directly on the market.

Because, at that time, this chip could be described in just four words, 'way ahead'!
But unfortunately, Cheng Jin hopes that the lies can continue. As long as scientific research subsidies are obtained, he can recruit troops on a large scale and then carry out reverse engineering to solve the authorization problem.

And Cheng Jin deserves to be the number one veteran in China's semiconductor industry.

In order to cope with the test of results appraisal, he decided... to buy it directly!

On one hand, he sent the codes and drawings to Huaxin International for tape-out, and on the other hand, he asked his brother in America to buy the chips.

When the chip you buy is received, you will say that this is the chip you made yourself.

Because there is only one difference between the chip he made and the chip he bought: whether it can be activated.

That is the question of whether this chip can be used.

The plan is perfect and absolutely amazing.

But just when Cheng Jin was full of ambition and ready to fight, life gave him a hard blow.

When he received America's original chip, he discovered that besides being able to activate it, there was another difference between the two chips.

Logo.

The tape-out chip does not have a logo, but the purchased chip does.

The chip pulled by the motorcycle not only has the logo but also parameters and date.

However, this is not difficult for this old 6.
As the saying goes, the most high-end fraud often uses the simplest methods.

He planned to directly erase the logo and words of the original chip and replace them with his own.

The main thing is a simple and crude but effective one.

This method is still imitated but has never been surpassed.

Cheng Jin took out sandpaper and started typing wildly against the chip.

The operation was as fierce as a tiger, and he looked at the pestle in place.

Because his technique was extremely unprofessional and the traces were too obvious, even an 80-year-old woman could tell it was fake.

It's better not to grind at all.

But things have reached this point and it is impossible to give up.

Cheng Jin believes that professional matters should still be left to professionals.

Since you are not a professional, then hire a professional to do it.

Then, Cheng Jin found a professional who no one in the semiconductor industry could have imagined to operate.

Decoration company.

Cheng Jin's logic is simple: it's all polishing anyway. Since the decoration company can polish walls, bricks and furniture, it can definitely polish chips.

What happens next is simple.

One really dares to ask, the other really dares to accept.

Well, it turns out that the infrastructure nerds are up to the job.

The decoration company sent out skilled migrant workers, who polished the chips to look like new in half a day.

After that, it’s the job of the advertising agency.

Cheng Jin's main theme is that a Chinese scientific researcher is frugal, breaks every penny in half and spends it, and works hard to create possibility out of the impossible.

After spray painting by the advertising company, Hanxin eDSP33200 was successfully finalized.

Now the drawings and codes are available, and the chips that can be used are also available.

Cheng Jin said it was time to show real skills.

He immediately announced to the public that Hanxin No. 1 was successfully tape-out.

From September 2001, we started 'designing the source code' to 'successful tape-out' by the end of December 9.

The whole process took less than 16 months.

It took 77 people and 16 months to successfully develop a working chip.

When Intel engineers heard about it, they were petrified on the spot and kept exclaiming, "Is this the speed of China?" ! '

Because they need hundreds of people to develop a chip and spend at least three or four years.

Not only the Chinese media, but also foreign technology fans gave Cheng Jin a thumbs up.

Awesome! At this time, Cheng Jin has become the Beidou in the chip industry.

However, life played another joke on Cheng Jin.

After successfully rubbing the chip by hand, something he didn't expect happened.

The core of the chip I bought is different from the blueprint I stole...

This is normal. After all, Cheng Jin stole the drawings three years ago and revised them several times.

In the end, the finished product of the motorcycle mule was 144 stitches, while Cheng Jin’s technical route was 208 stitches.

As long as someone counts carefully, it is false at first glance.

But now, Cheng Jin has no way back, and time doesn't allow him to look back.

What's more important is that the teachers behind the dozens of 'disciples of industry experts' in his team will never let him look back.

The honor and disgrace of you Cheng Jin is a small matter, but the falsification of the graduation thesis of dozens of disciples of the master is a big matter.

What's more, these people are just here to write papers based on Cheng Jin's data, and now they are told that the premise of their papers is wrong, which makes those leaders feel embarrassed.

Cheng Jin had no choice but to gamble his life and give it a try to see if the bicycle could turn into a motorcycle.

In February 2003, the Hanxin No. 2 press conference was officially held.

Huating City executives and top domestic chip experts gathered together.

In addition to witnessing the birth of 'China's Strongest Chip', they also have another purpose, which is to authenticate the chip.

Under Cheng Jin's operation, the experts who came were all at the level of masters.

Without the status of an academician or the title of a well-known master in the industry, you are not qualified to enter the auditorium. This is a sign of respect for "China's strongest core".

In front of everyone, Cheng Jin performed a "civet cat for the prince" at the scene.

When showing the PPT, he used the 208-pin drawing.

It's just that the picture accuracy...

At this time I have to talk about a phenomenon.

What is a dean?

Under normal circumstances, the so-called leaders are all old men with white beards, so lofty and respected that they can even walk tremblingly.

Naturally, the eyes... are not that good anymore.

On the PPT, Cheng Jin further reduced the pictures containing pins in the drawings.

Anyway, in the eyes of experts who were born in the 20s, 30s and 40s, they are so dense that they cannot see clearly.

However, due to some factors in the historical development process, China lacks two generations of high-end scientific researchers in their prime.

During the actual demonstration, Cheng Jin quietly replaced it with an original 144-pin chip.

When experts tested the chip, Cheng Jin smiled.

It's up to you whether it succeeds or not.

Because no one discovered that the chip had been swapped, and no one discovered that the drawings, samples, and the chips in the actual test machine were different.

The experts were very responsible and patiently tested the function, but they never expected that the chip was not made by Cheng Jin at all, but an original chip from the motorcycle mule.

After three rounds of appraisals, all passed. After the expert judges tested, they unanimously came to the conclusion:
The computing power of Hanxin-1 has reached an internationally leading level.

Cheng Jin became a god in one battle and was officially recognized by the top experts in the country.

Emperor Yun could only remain silent about this.

It can only be said that in terms of the skill of "stealing a beam and replacing it with a pillar", Cheng Jin is full of points.

Hearing this, Xiao Ya couldn't help but glance at the kid next to her.

What else can I say?
All I can say is that this little kid is really good at reading people!
This old 6's 6 is really a 6!

No one has the psychological quality to steal and change things in front of thousands of people in broad daylight.

Being able to muddle through so easily gave Cheng Jin more confidence.

From then on, he began his frenzied journey to become bigger and stronger.

In fact, when Cheng Jin first released the chip, there were many doubters, thinking that it was impossible for this small number of people to do it in such a short period of 16 months.

But after receiving official recognition, all voices were silenced.

Everyone feels that with official recognition and detailed test data, Cheng Jin's chip must be genuine.

Qing Yun knew what happened next.

In the next three years, the man in front of me released Hanxin No. 2, No. 3, and No. 4.

A new chip is released every year.

Among them, Hanxin No. 4 is also claimed to be the first dual-core chip in China.

Of course, they are all hand-rubbed artifacts based on original motorcycle chips.

This is like catching a sheep and killing it.

And when Cheng Jin was bragging, he became more and more bold.

Hanxin No. 4 was not dual-core at all, because the motorcycles at the time did not master this technology. However, Cheng Jin talked nonsense and did everything he could to promote it.

The purpose is very simple, which is to use 'more advanced technology' in exchange for more subsidies.

Why?
Is Cheng Jin greedy for money?
There is no denying that he squandered a lot of scientific research funds, but to say how much money he spent to go abroad, it is really unfair to him.

“What I think is, since the debugging port and IP of Motorcycle cannot solve the problem, then we will make a debugging port ourselves.

As for IP... Mr. Xiaoqing, as you know, it can actually be purchased.

But all of this requires money, which is completely beyond the scope of the scientific research funds allocated to me. "

Qing Yun was surprised when he heard this.

Isn’t it said that this guy got 11 billion and ran to America?

Listen, is there something hidden in this?
Cheng Jin shook his head and continued talking about ancient times.

The success of Hanxin No. 1 gave him great fame.

The Science and Technology Commission of Huating City awarded him the title of "Huating City Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Leader".

Huating Jiaotong University specially appointed him as a "Changjiang Scholar"

Even when Cheng Jin turns 40, he will be selected as an academician.

The media and the public even called him 'the number one chip maker in China'.

What's more, the plot of him returning from studying abroad to serve the motherland was polished to the point where he blushed, and became "Qian Xuesen in the chip industry".

At this time, Cheng Jin, a top-notch domestic chip player, was regarded as the hope for the rise of Chinese chips.

But, life...

Always a joker.

Especially Ai and Cheng Jin joking.

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(End of this chapter)