Hong Kong Giant Owl: Rebirth

Chapter 872 Baoshan
Robert Noyce, born in [-], is a scientist and an inventor.

However, Robert Noyce is different from ordinary scientists. Ordinary scientists have achieved extremely high achievements in his field, but Robert Noyce has opened up a new field and is the leader in this field. Coquettish for decades.

The Intel Corporation that manufactured the world's first microprocessor and brought the name of the computer and the Internet was led by Robert Noyce to lead two other Go Established by Den Moore and Andy Grove.

Intel Corporation is the largest semiconductor chip manufacturer in the world. It provides the world's largest building blocks for the computer industry, including microprocessors, chipsets, boards, systems, software, etc. It is a veritable technology giant.The high status of Intel Corporation lies not only in its scale and performance, but also in its own scientific research strength.

Since the middle of the [-]th century, the world's economic circles have realized that technology is the most important productivity. Intel Corporation has especially demonstrated this, transforming its technological strength into huge productivity and driving the development of the entire computer industry.

With its high-level microprocessor research and development technology, Intel Corporation is highly valued by countries all over the world, especially China, which develops computer and network technology relatively late, very much hopes to obtain Intel Corporation's technical support, but due to the rise of Western countries at that time The powerful China is deeply wary, and Intel's protection of its own anti-virus technology is very strict, so it has not allowed other countries, including China, to take advantage of it.

As these messages beyond this era flashed across his mind, Qin Haoran's gaze towards this timid intellectual in front of him gradually changed.

Originally, Qin Haoran didn't know who this person was, but Qin Haoran thought that he was just someone who only focused on scientific research and didn't know the worldly way of life, and he was full of refinement and cowardice like a literary youth.

But it's different now, the Robert Noyce in front of Qin Haoran's eyes has become like a treasure mountain containing countless wealth.

In particular, Robert Noyce's Intel Corporation was not established until [-], and he is still working in Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation today.

In [-], "Father of Transistor" William Shockley left Bell Labs and founded Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory, which also attracted many young scientists to join.However, William Shockley, like many scientists, has excellent scientific wisdom, but he is paranoid and naive in dealing with people and things, and even looks very weird in the eyes of ordinary people.

Later, William Shockley's patriarchal high-pressure management method and weird behavior caused dissatisfaction among many employees. Among them, Robert Noyce, who had the most scientific and innovative strength, resigned collectively and co-founded it in [-]. Fairchild Semiconductor Company, the eight of them were also called "Eight Rebels" by William Shockley.

Although he broke away from the repressive and cramped Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory, Robert Noyce's development at Fairchild Semiconductor was not smooth.

Fairchild Semiconductor Company was established by a photographic equipment company in New York, USA, with the support of Robert Noyce and others. This company is called "Fairchild", which literally translates to "Fairchild".The founder of Fairchild Photographic Equipment Company, Fairchild, is also an inventor. In the field of aviation, products including airtight cabin aircraft and folding wings are very popular.He split the company into two in [-], with Fairchild Photographic Equipment Company specializing in the production of cameras and electronic equipment.

Noyce is different from William Shockley. Noyce's leadership ability is much stronger than Shockley. Under Noyce's careful planning, Fairchild Semiconductor has developed rapidly. At the same time, a complete set of manufacturing The planar processing technology of transistors is also becoming more and more mature.

In [-], Texas Instruments engineers Kilby and Noyce applied to the US Patent Office for patents, competing for the invention of integrated circuits.The dispute between the two sides was protracted, but it was not until [-] that the US authorities legally recognized the integrated circuit as a simultaneous invention, that is, Kilby and Noyce were both inventors of the integrated circuit.

However, Kilby's achievements in the development of integrated circuit technology are far behind Noyce.

The Fairchild Semiconductor Company in the 60s has entered its golden age of development, but Fairchild is also pregnant with crises. The general manager of the parent company keeps transferring the profits of the same company to the East Coast to support Fairchild Photography Profitability of equipment companies.

Faced with the injustice of the parent company, everyone in the "Eight Rebels" left in anger one after another, and started their own businesses, becoming Fairchild Semiconductor's competitors.

Up to now, there are only four or five people left including Noyce among the "eight rebels" who founded Fairchild Semiconductor.In particular, Jerry Sanders, after leaving in [-], went to National Semiconductor Corporation as the chief executive officer and moved it from Connecticut to Silicon Valley. Under his leadership, National Semiconductor Corporation In the future, it has developed into a microprocessor manufacturer second only to Intel Corporation.

According to the original history, Noyce left Fairchild with Moore in [-] and started his own company.

So now Noyce, although still staying at Fairchild Semiconductor and holding a high position, is not in a good situation. The brain drain of Fairchild Semiconductor and the different pressure from the parent company make Noyce very depressed .

"I really want to know who you are." Qin Haoran said with a smile to Robert Noyce in front of him.

Noyce looked at Qin Haoran in surprise, and Qin Haoran smiled and said: "I saw your name in the newspaper, you and that Kilby have applied for the patent right of integrated circuit to the Patent Application Office successively. It's very famous in America."

"Hehehe...I didn't expect you to know about this." Noyce smiled, but the smile on his face was a bit bitter, and said: "The most unfortunate thing is that guy Kirby applied before us, Let him take the lead, and now the court is still investigating who was the first to invent the integrated circuit between the two of us."

Qin Haoran chuckled, and then said: "Actually, I think it doesn't matter who invented it first. Even if the court declares that Kilby is the inventor of the integrated circuit, he is just a small person in the long history, and you, He is the one who really develops the integrated circuit."

Noyce was a little curious when he heard the words, and was surprised that Qin Haoran thought so.

"I'm quite interested in this aspect, so I've done some research." Qin Haoran said with a smile: "The difficulty Kilby faces in the integrated circuit is mainly the two diffusions on the silicon chip and the interconnection of wires. Connections, etc., are the specialty of your Fairchild Semiconductor Company, can't you use the method of evaporating metal deposition instead of thermally soldering wires? This should be the best way to solve the interconnection of components."

Hearing Qin Haoran's words, Noyce's eyes widened in surprise, because the knowledge is very professional, especially the technologies that Qin Haoran mentioned, some of which have not been disclosed by Fairchild Semiconductor Company so far. Trade secrets.

"You... how do you know so much?" Noyce stared at Qin Haoran in surprise.

Qin Haoran spread his hands and said with a smile: "I've said it all, I'm more interested in this aspect, so I know more."

Noyce was shocked. Qin Haoran was more than just interested. He knew more about integrated circuits than himself, a person who specialized in research and development.Of course, Noyce would not have imagined that in the world Qin Haoran experienced, he could find a lot of knowledge in different fields through the Internet, which is far more convenient than going to the library or doing field research to find information now.

And the development of the Internet is also due to the research and development of people like Robert Noyce.

"Impossible, the method of connecting components you mentioned is the first technology of our Fairchild Company." Noyce looked at Qin Haoran and said, "These things are only for our Fairchild Company internal personnel, or Only the relevant officials of the Patent Application Office knew about it."

Qin Haoran squinted his eyes, and then said: "Let's put it this way, Noyce, I'm actually very interested in your Fairchild's technology and R&D projects, and I've also done some research in this area. Since we can The meeting also shows that this is the fate of heaven. Noyce, I know that you are the soul of Fairchild Semiconductor Company. It is because of your existence that Fairchild Semiconductor Company has the current achievements. However, Fairchild De, this guy is not very kind. You have worked so hard for Fairchild Semiconductor to make Fairchild have such a performance, but he transferred all the profits of Fairchild Semiconductor to other subsidiaries. This is too much for you. It's not fair. And I also know that several of the eight of you who left Shockley Labs to start Fairchild Semiconductor have left now."

Speaking of this, Noyce immediately said angrily: "That's right, Herni and Roberts left because of that Fairchild guy, especially Herni, he was in the eight of us. The team is the one with the highest technical level. He was the one who squeezed the oxide layer on the silicon surface to the maximum so that we could proceed to the next process. Sigh... Now Claire and Glass are both disheartened. I'm leaving, and without them, it's hard for me to survive now."

(End of this chapter)