1991 Starting from the core

There is no doubt that NEC is a giant multinational enterprise. It has been the king of semiconductors for nearly ten years. Those who are qualified to become its opponents are its domestic brothers, such as Sony and Hitachi.

However... with Microsoft and Intel reaching a strategic partnership this year, after the birth of Pentium, NEC will be pulled off the throne and grow old at a speed visible to the naked eye. Even though it had long sensed the crisis, it began to conduct domestic inspections last year, and jointly established Shougang Nippon Electric Co., Ltd. with Shougang to prepare for market expansion. However, the general economic weakness in Xiaguo in recent years has made it unable to move forward, and it finally chose Continue to increase investment and expansion in the West in order to give it a try.

But for Xia Guo, NEC and even Ni Guo Semiconductor did not give up. The flying geese strategy is a common understanding of Ni State from top to bottom, from the scientific and technological circles to the corporate world - with Ni State as the leading force, it drives the economic development of the entire East Asia region and obtains an improvement in its economic and political status.

Based on this strategy and understanding, the country's domestic aid and investment have been continuous and increasing. A few years later, when the 909 project was launched, NEC and Huahong cooperated at an unprecedented speed, not only providing technology, but also responsible for employee training, and also providing orders, and finally responsible for operations to ensure profitability...

However, even this almost red-eye move to open up new markets still failed to save NEC's defeat, or the collapse of the entire NEC semiconductor industry.

But the root of it all lies in a thousand words.

——Its wealthy father abandoned it.

But now, Kazuo Karasawa in front of him is still the representative of the Old Dominators. Even if Su Yuanshan can see his future, he has to flatter him skillfully.

After hearing Su Yuanshan's compliment, Karasawa Kazuo bowed down very reservedly - he knew that Su Yuanshan was famous in Las Vegas.

Su Yuanshan returned the gift.

Kazuo Karasawa quickly said seriously: However, I am only responsible for cooperation and negotiation on EDA software. If you have other requirements, you need to contact other departments of our company.

It will definitely happen, but we still hope that Mr. Karasawa can convey our wishes.

I will definitely convey this request...

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At the farewell banquet in the evening, Su Xinghe, Zhang Ke and a few senior brothers who were known as wine pots took turns toasting, and soon the four members of the NEC delegation were so drunk that they couldn't get up - these were the first time they came to China, and they were the first to drink wine. When they first saw baijiu, they thought it was the same as sake, and they felt stuffy when they tasted it...

Several people from the Ni Kingdom left the show, and Su Xinghe and others were also slightly tipsy. At Su Yuanshan's suggestion, they simply went to the teahouse downstairs to drink tea to sober up and have a small meeting at the same time.

Xiaoshan, I just noticed that you have been chatting in English with that Niguo man named Dongping Guiyi. Su Xinghe blew tea foam and looked up at his son: Do you think that person's opinion is important?

Su Yuanshan still didn't drink any alcohol tonight and remained absolutely sober. Hearing his father ask himself, he smiled and said: It's not important, it's just that our ideas are relatively consistent and we can talk.

Now everyone became interested and looked at him: What concept?

When Kazuo Karasawa heard me compliment them on their rigor in the afternoon, he immediately became happy - everyone said with conscience, do you think the people of Ni country are particularly rigorous in your eyes? Su Yuanshan said and looked around with a smile.

Under his gaze, everyone felt embarrassed.

It's true that they pay attention to the spirit of craftsmanship, but it depends on what field it is in. Of course, it is true in the handicraft field and the service field. But if it is still like this in the semiconductor industry, it is not rigor, but ink.

A hint of disdain appeared at the corner of Su Yuanshan's mouth: In the final analysis, there are so many people and so little land, so I just work as a foreigner when I have nothing to do. There are also rumors among close friends about scooping toilet water to drink...

Su Yuanshan naturally had a reason for saying this. In the clean room built by Ni Guo, even if the evaluation meets the standards, all imaginable places have to be wiped with flannel cloth and alcohol. Corresponding to this is Bangguo. In Bangguo, as long as the test meets the standards, it doesn't matter if it is even close. The machine is put in first, and the environment is adjusted while debugging - a typical overall planning method.

Another example is the field of IC design. The reason why NEC found Yuan Xin so late is that in the final analysis, it is a group of IC designers who are just trying to get the job done before they are willing to change. And even so, there are still many people who are not happy. In the eyes of these people, the EDA software they master and learn is their breadwinner. It is an ancestral craft. How can they just change it?

In addition, the common thinking in Ni's country is that they don't trust others and have to be large-scale and self-reliant, so their wafer fabs rarely or not receive orders from outside at all. In this case, of course, it can be slow down. .

Su Xinghe patted his son and said with a smile, What you said is quite novel.

Su Yuanshan chuckled, his eyes bright astonishingly: The semiconductor industry is always seizing the day. I thought about it, they will definitely be willing to agree, and they will help us build it to the best. The completion time is estimated to be next year, and by then Chengguang The institute’s photolithography machine is probably almost ready – we will build another set of etching machines, ion implanters, etc., and we will be able to put together a completed test line.”

Everyone was shocked when they heard it - having their own tape-out laboratory means that they can tape-out if they want, and reverse the process if they want.

However, Jiang Wanchao shook his head and smiled: I'm afraid that the photolithography machine of the Chengguang Institute will not be completed next year, or that the completion will not meet the tape-out requirements. I heard Qu Hui say that the main trouble there is the servo motor.

They can only figure out a solution for that. Domestic motors... Su Yuanshan frowned again habitually, and sighed again: The electrical department has the electromechanical department, and even almost every technical school has Yes, why don’t you invest in researching it?”

Su Xinghe smiled and shook his head, and hit the nail on the head: I still know this, it's mainly about the materials.

Actually, it's mainly money. Tang Wenjie drank the most tonight. He had been paralyzed on the sofa for a long time. At this time, he smiled and added: A classmate of mine is a materials player at Tsinghua University. He said that materials are made from money.

Su Yuanshan turned his head and looked at Tang Wenjie: Brother, what kind of material does your classmate play with?

I don't know, he seems to be a polymer. But according to his words, he can't do a few valuable experiments all year round, and he only relies on reading foreign books to learn knowledge.

Su Yuanshan nodded without saying anything.

Everyone continued to chat, and after the drunkenness dissipated, Su Yuanshan and his father took a taxi home directly.

On the third day, several people from NEC returned to China without waiting for Yuanxin to prepare manpower. The team sent by Yuanxin will be responsible for training and will also be responsible for developing the Chinese market, so they must be extra cautious.

On this day, the government announced that private paging stations would be fully opened.

Over in Jiangyin, Wang Chaoxin and several senior executives were immediately beaten up, so much so that he had to hide back home and use a landline to contact Su Yuanshan.

Brother! How many pages do you think we collected?

I don't guess - brother, I need to build a factory and a building here, and I also need to shoot a movie. You have to help me get some money. Su Yuanshan was in a good mood and motioned to the person sitting opposite, who had just finished filming the editorial department. The director of the story waits a moment.