The toy factory is transforming, are you transforming into a military factory?

Chapter 21 Longfa EDA
  In the three days after EDA software was restricted, domestic semiconductor companies have undergone earth-shaking changes.

Like previous mobile phone manufacturers, they complained endlessly.

In a large conference room, the leaders of these companies gathered together.

Among them, the leader headed by Gaoke Electronics is called Gao Haidong. As the talker of this group of middle and upper reaches, Gao Haidong feels very uncomfortable now.

"Everyone, our current situation is very embarrassing. Unlike downstream semiconductor companies, without those advanced EDA industrial software, they can completely replace it with domestic EDA, but we can't."

It's like you can still use wps without word, but some functions have technical requirements that only overseas EDA has.

The semiconductor research and development engaged in by Hi-Tech Electronics has extremely high requirements on EDA software.

So Gao Haidong looked at everyone and said: "The only way out now is to find a suitable EDA software."

"We have contacted EDA companies in Europe, but there has been no result." someone said.

"It's really not easy to find a suitable EDA now, and even if you find it, others will definitely raise the price at this time." Another boss told the truth about human nature.

Upon hearing this, many people were like deflated balls. Some even said angrily: "It's not all Hayswarwick's fault. If they hadn't messed with Lao Mi, how could we have suffered this unreasonable disaster?"

Gao Haidong frowned: "Don't say this again in the future. Although we are usually in a competitive relationship, if the situation escalates to the international level, then we should unanimously report it to the outside world."

You must know that he is also a soldier, and he still has his own position on some things.

At this moment, Gao Haidong's cell phone rang: "Wait a moment, I'll go out and take a call."

In the corridor, Gao Haidong's expression became strange.

Because on the other end of the phone was the sales manager of Kaiden Electronics in the Asia-Pacific region.

The other party brought good news, that is, Kaiden can continue to provide EDA keys.

But the premise is that it is 40% higher than the original purchase price.

This was undoubtedly a price hike. Gao Haidong did not agree. Instead, he asked the other party: "Are you ignoring the instructions of the Federal Ministry of Commerce and providing EDA software to us in private, so you are not afraid of getting into trouble? And if you do this, your boss do you know?"

Unexpectedly, the other party didn't take it seriously at all: "The Ministry of Commerce is only targeting companies that supply 3nm chips to Hayes. You are just incidentally affected, and this is what our boss acquiesces to."

"After all, you have to know that our order to assist the Ministry of Commerce is also due to helplessness. If we don't continue to cooperate with your mainland, we have lost a huge amount of money."

"Think about it carefully. I will come to the country in person in the next few days. I will come to you then."

After hanging up the phone, Gao Haidong was very hesitant. Seeing him walking in as if he was worried, people in the conference room asked: "What's wrong, Mr. Gao? What happened?"

Gao Haidong didn't want to hide it and told the truth truthfully. Not surprisingly, many people felt angry and resentful.

"If the price is increased by 40%, why don't they grab it?"

“There must be no compromise, otherwise we won’t know how much it will continue to rise in the future.”

"But what can we do if we don't cooperate now?"

"We can wait," Gao Haidong said at this time, "This restriction is just an accident to us, and Hays and the company that provides 3nm chips to mobile phone manufacturers are the ones who really have to worry."

Gao Haidong thought very simply. Hayes and Dafa Toy Factory must not have EDA software to use at this time, and they will definitely find a way.

As for how these two companies will solve the crisis, they, the midstream semiconductor companies, just need to wait and see.

Although they know that Gao Haidong's trick is to wait and see what happens, some people still said disdainfully: "It's now this time, everyone has nothing to do, what can they do? Can the EDA manufacturers in Europe give a friendly price? Or maybe Should we launch a new set of industrial software right away?”

Two days later.

Gao Haidong didn't wait for news from Hayes, but semiconductor companies like them did wait for an email message.

At this time, outside the high-tech zone's technology industry incubation base, semiconductor entrepreneurs from all over the country gathered together.

Gao Haidong was also present. Seeing him, acquaintances around him stepped forward to say hello: "Mr. Gao, you are here too. Could it be that you also received that email?"

"Well, I guess everyone is." Gao Haidong looked around at the nearly two hundred semiconductor practitioners present. The faces of these people were full of doubts.

Because they all received an email, and the content of the email was very simple: If you want to solve the limitations of industrial software, you should rush to the Xihai High-tech Zone Technology Industry Incubation Base at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning.

"Mr. Gao, do you know who the guy who sent us the email is?" asked Fang.

How could Gao Haidong know? If he had known, he wouldn't be confused now.

At this time, another substandard Mandarin sentence sounded behind him. Gao Haidong looked back and found that it was the sales manager of Kaiden Electronics.

"How about Mr. Gao? I've followed you all the way here just to know whether you accept our conditions or not?" Kays asked.

Gao Haidong looked at the email on his phone. The reason why he came here because of an email was because he wanted to believe it and wanted to find a way to break the situation. "I don't accept it. Your food is too ugly." Gao Haidong refused decisively.

Unexpectedly, the other party didn't take it to heart at all: "Mr. Gao, I can give you a chance to regret it, but the time will not exceed noon, because I will go back by then. If you miss this opportunity, then you Just forget about using the industrial software you need.”

In a sense this is a threat, even a warning.

Gao Haidong didn't like this. It happened that everyone's mailboxes received news of the admission again, and the crowd began to enter a large studio in the base in an orderly manner.

The corners of Caisi's mouth twitched in displeasure as he was left hanging outside.

The colleague who was following me worriedly asked: "Is the price of 40% really too high? In fact, even if it is only increased by 20%, there is no problem. They will definitely not refuse."

"No, we just want to squeeze out all their value," Kayes said with a bad smile. "These big national companies have no way out now. Believe me, Ivan, they are just struggling to death now, and they will definitely be gone by then." They cried and begged me to cooperate with them.”

Kayes felt inexplicably certain in his heart, and even had some sense of superiority.

It’s really great to have this kind of high-end technology in your hands and easily take care of other people’s things.

After entering the studio, these big bosses filled all the seats.

I waited from 9:30 to about 11 noon, but I still didn't see anyone come out to say anything.

Someone finally couldn't help but complained: "What's going on? They clearly asked us to come over, but why didn't they show up?"

Soon someone turned pale and said, "We must have been tricked."

"Grass!"

Many people were cursing and looking at them all very angry, but Gao Haidong himself looked calm.

Because the email only said that they should enter this studio, and it did not say that they should wait for the meeting.

Soon his eyes began to look around, not looking for someone, but looking for something.

As for what the thing was, he didn't know.

Suddenly, Gao Haidong discovered that there was a package on the hosting stage from the moment he came in.

Gao Haidong passed through the crowd, slowly delivered it to the center of the stage, and then opened the package. As everyone looked at it in surprise, Gao Haidong had an extra hard drive in his hand.

"Who brought a computer?" Gao Haidong shouted towards the crowd.

"I have!"

In the crowd, a bald man walked over holding a laptop.

Gao Haidong took the laptop, inserted the hard drive, opened it and found that there was only a folder called "Industrial Software" in the hard drive.

Double-click the folder and there is an installation package called Longfa EDA.

Gao Haidong was stunned for a moment, and the bald man was also stunned.

After hesitating for a long time, he said: "What kind of thing are you doing? Don't tell me that this is a domestically developed EDA. Domestic EDA has been developed for more than ten years and many functional programs are not perfect. It can't even be considered a semi-finished product. This can't be that kind of thing." Is it the skin-changing software?”

Gao Haidong couldn't help but roll his eyes at him: "As long as it can meet our design and use needs, what does it matter if it's a skin change?"

It took a full hour to unzip and install the program. Fortunately, this was not an ordinary laptop but a workstation computer, but even so, the storage was almost full.

When I double-clicked the software, I was prompted that I had no permission and needed a key.

Gao Haidong thought of the box next to him, and sure enough, he dug out a digital key from it.

Then plug it directly into the computer and prompt for permission to officially start the software.

A child wearing a tiger hat and holding a rattle ran around in the startup animation, and then a few big red letters popped up: If there is big hair, I will make big hair.

Gao Haidong was astonished that the aesthetics of the startup animation were really trashy, but the pop-up operation interface really surprised him.

SoCS design and simulation design, AsiC tape-out design tools, verification tools, circuit layout, circuit board design, signal integrity analysis tools, electromagnetic compatibility analysis...

There are many sub-collection packages under each tool.

Just from a cursory glance, Gao Haidong estimated that there are at least hundreds of industrial design tools.

This is not the most abnormal thing. The most abnormal thing is that so many industrial design software are all included in one program.

"Damn... this can't be fake, right?" someone behind him exclaimed.

(End of this chapter)