Perfection of Rebirth

Chapter 852 There Are More Ways Than Problems

The office of the chairman of TSMC, the current chairman of TSMC, Zhang Dong, known as the "chip king" and Taiwan's "godfather of semiconductors", is talking with Liang Mengsong.

Zhang Dong entered Harvard University in the United States at the age of 18. Among the more than 1000 freshmen in the school, he was the only one from the Celestial Dynasty.

At the age of 24, as a master's student who graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he entered the semiconductor industry at the same time as Moore, the founder of semiconductors and the founder of Intel Corporation, and entered Texas Instruments at the same time as Jack Kirby, the inventor of integrated circuits.

He has successively served as the vice president and senior vice president of Texas Instruments, and is the third person in Texas Instruments, second only to the chairman and president.At this time, Texas Instruments had already become the number one in the world, with 6 employees worldwide, half of which were managed by Director Zhang, who was the first Chinese to enter the top management of a large American company.

The more you know this person, the easier it is to produce admiration.

This person can define an industry, and he is a world-class and cutting-edge figure.

Why can AMD compete with Intel?

AMD has much less money than Intel, but AMD can compete with Intel, the important thing is to have people like Dong.

Because AMD only needs to design a good product, it compares design with Intel, and Zhang Zhongmou's TSMC compares manufacturing with Intel. I
Intel itself has to design and manufacture, and the people who design and manufacture have to be supported, and then they have to invest in production by themselves, because the equipment has been set aside, issued, and credited.Now AMD designs, TSMC manufactures for it, and Intel competes with manufacturing.

In the end, because Intel's manufacturing is twice as expensive as TSMC's and the quality is worse than others, Intel's manufacturing has become a burden for Intel.

Intel's brand is an asset, and its design is an asset, but Intel's manufacturing is its burden; AMD's design is also very good, and TSMC's manufacturing is very cheap, so it can bite Intel and develop its own brand. The whole strategy is formed in this way. of.

Zhang Dong's TSMC price is so much cheaper than Intel's, and the company's gross profit can reach 50%, which shows that the semiconductor industry is making huge profits.

It can be said that he redefined an industry.

For such a person, when Jiang Hui and Liang Mengsong were discussing, they hoped to get an understanding as much as possible and let Liang Mengsong go to Guanghui Chip.

"Xiao Liang, it's been 1992 years since you came to the company in 15, right?" said Zhang Dong, sitting opposite Liang Mengsong, pouring a cup of tea for each of them.

"To be precise, it was 14 years, 9 months and 12 days. Basically, the most important moments in my life happened at TSMC," Liang Mengsong said.

"Some time ago, there were some rumors about your job change in the company. Don't take it to heart. It's just some directors messing around. I think you're doing pretty well in your current position."

Because of Liang Mengsong's personality, he offended a group of people. Since the first two months, there have been rumors within TSMC that Liang Mengsong will be transferred from his current position and put on a idle job.

"Dong Zhang, after 20 years of development, TSMC has formed a very complete management and R&D mechanism. For TSMC, the talent of a single technician is not particularly significant. Now it depends on the strength of the system. Compete with others," Liang Mengsong said.

The situation Liang Mengsong mentioned is actually a situation that basically every large company that goes public will face.

The white-collar workers of large companies are actually no different from the workers on the Futukang production line in essence, except that they are dressed exquisitely and beautifully, and they look more tasteful when they have coffee in a beautiful office.

Generally, the training system of large companies will be very complete, so they will "brainwash" in particular. This kind of training includes working methods, working thinking, working processes, etc. This kind of training will indeed improve people's work efficiency, but from In essence, it is more like making each different person like a standardized part. You don't need to have too many ideas, you just need to obey and execute.

Relatively speaking, the comprehensive ability of personnel in small companies will be stronger, because the job responsibilities are not so detailed, and they have to do a little bit of everything and know a little bit about everything.

Whether a large company is better or a small business is better, really cannot be said in one word.

Generally speaking, from the perspective of the leaders of large companies, the management of small companies is not standardized. It is very difficult to jump to a large company.

As for small companies, they prefer to accept people from large companies and managers in small companies. It seems that people in large companies have undergone professional training and have a relatively high level of professionalism. Standardized management of small companies , will play a great role in promoting, so it is relatively easy to jump from a large company to a small company.

"Xiao Liang, if other engineers leave, I think your statement is very correct. TSMC has fewer ordinary engineers, and it will not have any impact on the company's operations. But you are different. I think you are very concerned about your own technology. The level should be very confident, right?"

"Mr. Zhang, I am very grateful for your care and care for me these years, but I don't think I have much career development prospects in TSMC. Moreover, I have always had a wish. I hope to be able to design and produce a It’s our own chip, not a simple foundry.” Liang Mengsong found a seemingly understandable excuse.

"You are a technical expert, and you know the survival situation of the global chip industry best. Foundry is the best choice for us," said Zhang Dong.

As the founder of chip foundry, Zhang Dong redefined the production rules of the chip industry, and even "foundry" is already one of Zhang Dong's beliefs, so naturally he will not let go of this view easily.

And considering the development of TSMC in the future, Zhang Dong's insistence cannot be said to be wrong.

At the time of Jiang Hui's rebirth, TSMC's annual profit had exceeded 100 billion US dollars, which is definitely a very remarkable figure.

"Zhang Dong, I know what you are worried about. I can promise that after I leave TSMC, I will never go to Samsung, UMC, Intel, AMD, IBM, SMIC and other TSMC competitors. You are completely unnecessary. Worried about the loss that my departure will cause to TSMC."

Generally speaking, a non-competition agreement stipulates that a person is not allowed to engage in related occupations within three to five years, and does not have to promise for life.

But after discussing with Liang Mengsong, Jiang Hui and Liang Mengsong felt that in order to dispel Zhang Dong's concerns, Liang Mengsong could sign a non-compete agreement when he resigned, which specifically listed the companies that he was not allowed to go to.

Since the Brilliance chip has not even been registered yet, there must be no Brilliant chip on this list.

In this way, Liang Mengsong's work in Guanghui Chip was avoided, and TSMC's concerns were dispelled.

(End of this chapter)