Perfection of Rebirth

Chapter 836 Anecdote
For a whole day, Jiang Hui kept meeting with various headhunting companies, put forward the requirements of the candidates he wanted to recruit, and learned about some of the candidates that the companies were about to recommend.

After a whole day, Jiang Hui has gained a deeper understanding of the chip and other industries.

Again, the circle is really too small.

This time, several headhunting companies generally recommended talents from TSMC and UMC, and some were from companies such as Samsung, Hynix, Intel, IBM, Erbida, and Micron.

It can be said that it includes the world's important chip design companies and chip foundry companies.

In particular, TSMC and UMC are almost the targets that everyone is staring at. After all, they are all Chinese people. It is much more convenient to communicate, and the cultural differences are not so big. It is always more reassuring to use than Bangzi and islanders. .

"I didn't expect that Baodao Semiconductor still has a lot of talents. I only knew about TSMC. I didn't know that there was a UMC that was no worse than TSMC." In the evening, Jiang Hui, Shan Yu, Guan Weidong, Shi Liang, Dai Fuqian, Zhu Zhengfeng said with emotion when eating together with others.

"Yes, speaking of it, TSMC and UMC have a deep relationship. For a while, Director Zhang of TSMC also served as the chairman of UMC," Shan Yu said with a smile.

"That's right, the food hasn't been served yet, so you can educate everyone. After the group enters this field in the future, everyone needs to understand the information of this industry more or less," Jiang Hui said.

"Extremely happy", after taking a sip of tea, Shan Yu began to introduce the situation of TSMC and UMC.

"United Microelectronics was established in 1980 and is the first semiconductor company in Taiwan. The group has 4 wafer foundries, including UMC, Liancheng, Lianrui, and Lianjia. It is the fourth largest semiconductor investment in the world, second only to Intel. , Motorola and Siemens. In terms of the number of patent applications related to Formosa Semiconductor, UMC ranked first, ITRI second, and TSMC third; in terms of the number of US patents obtained, the number of patents accumulated from 1993 to 1997, UMC It is twice that of TSMC and three times that of Taiwan Industrial Technology Research Institute."

"Moreover, the founder of UMC is a native of Baodao. Cao Xingcheng graduated from National Taiwan University with a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering and a master's degree in management science at National Chiao Tung University. After graduating from the Industrial Technology Research Institute, the Industrial Technology Research Institute invested in the establishment of UMC in 1980 and transferred to UMC in 1981. Deputy general manager, and transferred to general manager the following year; however, after a few years, that is, in 1985, Zhang Zhongmou, the chairman and founder of TSMC, concurrently served as the chairman of UMC as the dean of the Industrial Technology Research Institute," Shan Yu continued.

"Zhang Zhongmou? This person is still very powerful. I have seen some news about him," Jiang Hui said.

"Yes, he is indeed a great man. Zhang Zhongmou went to the United States to study in 1949 and received a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Because he failed to apply for a doctorate, he had to work in Texas Instruments after graduation. At that time, Zhang Zhongmou was 27 years old. Years," Flash Rain said.

"I don't know if everyone knows Texas Instruments. In the chip industry, he is an existence that no one can ignore. Even Intel has really surpassed Texas Instruments in the past ten years.

The history of Texas Instruments can be traced back to 1930, when J. Clarence Katcher and Eugene McDermott founded a company called Geophysical Services Corporation to provide geological exploration for the oil industry.

In 1939, the company was reorganized as Coronado Corporation. In 1941, McDermott and three other GSI employees bought GSI Corporation.During World War II, GSI manufactured electronics for the U.S. Military Signal Company and the U.S. Navy.

After the war, GSI Corporation continued its production of electronic products.

In 1951, the company was renamed Texas Instruments, and GSI became a wholly owned subsidiary of Texas Instruments.

In 1952, it became the only company producing silicon transistors in large quantities at that time.

In 1954, Texas Instruments developed and manufactured the first transistor radio.

In 1958, Texas Instruments successfully developed the first integrated circuit.

In 1961, Texas Instruments manufactured the first integrated circuit computer.

In 1971, Texas Instruments invented the single-chip microcomputer.

In 1982, Texas Instruments launched the world's first single-chip commercial digital signal processor.

In 1996, the Timeline technology of 0.18 micron process was introduced.

In 2000, launched TMS320C55x DSP, the chip with the lowest power consumption in the industry.

Texas Instruments has maintained a top ten ranking in semiconductor sales.In 2007, it was second only to Intel and Samsung, followed by Toshiba, STMicroelectronics, etc.” When he said what he knew, the spirit of Shanyu suddenly came up, regardless of whether other people could hear it or not. can understand.

"This is really a prehistoric semiconductor giant," Jiang Hui said with emotion.

"Yes, when Zhang Zhongmou first joined Texas Instruments, the company was producing four transistors for IBM. IBM provided design and TI foundry. It can be said that it was the prototype of wafer foundry. Zhang Zhongmou led several engineers and successfully Increase the yield rate of Texas Instruments from 2%-3% to over 20%, even surpassing IBM's own production line," Shan Yu said with a tone of admiration.

"Zhang Zhongmou stayed in Texas Instruments for 25 years, until 1983 when it was determined that he would no longer have opportunities for promotion. Everyone knows that there is a phenomenon of Chinese ceilings in European and American companies.

So in 1985, Zhang Zhongmou was invited by Taiwan Economic Minister Sun Yunxuan to return to Taiwan to serve as the president of the Industrial Technology Research Institute. At that time, Zhang Zhongmou was already 54 years old," Shan Yu continued.

"I didn't expect Zhang Dong to start a new journey in life at this age," Guan Weidong said.

"Yeah, it takes more than 20 years in a company, and then it takes a lot of determination to change the environment. The most important thing is that they have succeeded and created a new situation in the semiconductor industry of Baodao", Shi Liang also interjected.

"It seems that the rise of TSMC is inseparable from the credit of Zhang Zhongmou," Dai Fuqian said.

"Let's not say that a good man is a good man. In 1986, Zhang Zhongmou founded TSMC, and he is also the chairman of the Industrial Technology Research Institute, UMC and TSMC. Compared with the design of integrated components, the development of its own processor and memory UMC for products, TSMC specializes in wafer foundry.

This was completely a pioneering work at the time, and no one was optimistic about it. It is generally believed that it is impossible for chip design companies to hand over chips to outsiders for production, because there is a risk of leaking secrets, and the added value created by foundries is compared to Selling chips is much lower.

However, Mr. Zhang believes that the capital expenditure of establishing a fab is very expensive. If the design and manufacture of chips are separated, chip design companies can concentrate their energy and costs on circuit design and sales, while companies specializing in wafer foundry It can serve multiple chip design companies at the same time, maximize the utilization of their production lines, and invest capital and operations in expensive fabs.

As a result, needless to say, TSMC succeeded, which also prompted the rise of fabless semiconductors," said Shan Yu.

(End of this chapter)