Reborn since 1993

Chapter 593: Close to the face and open up

Zhang Yufeng widened his eyes and watched the news on TV. The news first reported that the Ministry of Electronics Industry and other departments went to inspect Doxin Semiconductor.

Then there were interviews with Ni Guangnan and Huang Lingyi, as well as related introductions. Today's news broadcast clearly reserved enough time for the Tianji chip.

"Tianxin chips are developed by our own people. 85% of the members of the R&D team are Chinese. Chinese people are capable of making their own chips!"

In the camera, Ni Guangnan has a look of pride. This is because he has finally got what he wanted after all these years. Even if he is asked to retire now, Ni Guangnan can do so with a smile and has no regrets in his career.

But it is probably difficult. After today's news broadcast, Ni Guangnan's reputation is expected to reach a new height!
If he wants to leave Doxin Semiconductor, there are plenty of research institutes, chip companies, and computer companies in the country that would pay him huge salaries to take the helm.

But after his experience at Lianxiang, Ni Guangnan is no longer so easy to fool in the academic industry. He also understands that the R&D environment, treatment, and R&D funds that Doxin Semiconductor can provide him are rare in other places.

After Ni Guangnan, it was Huang Lingyi's turn to be interviewed. On camera, Huang Lingyi rarely showed a smile, "I have been involved in the development of diodes, triodes and integrated circuits in China. I am very happy that I was also involved in the development of the first domestic computer chip!"

"Professor Huang, what made you, who has already retired, accept the invitation from Dosin Semiconductor?"

The central media reporter who went to interview, as usual, asked Huang Lingyi questions. These were ordinary questions, but Huang Lingyi's words made the interviewing reporters, photographers and others obviously stunned. This interview was released without any editing.

"I was born during the Anti-Japanese War. When I was in Guilin in 41, I saw my best playmate, a five-year-old girl who was the same age as me, being killed by a Japanese plane outside the air-raid shelter. She was less than one meter away from the air-raid shelter..."

When Huang Lingyi mentioned this matter, she was still a little excited. Obviously, a sixty years had passed, and she still hadn't forgotten this matter.

"In 89, I went to America to attend the International Chip Exhibition. There were thousands of exhibition booths, but not a single Chinese booth. Even the only visitors were us and the Great Wall Computer team!
I don’t want what happened in 41 to happen again in China, and I don’t want the scene of the American Expo in 89 to appear again at any future chip exhibition.

My greatest wish in this life is to crawl on the ground and wipe away the shame on my motherland."

The interview was still going on, but Zhang Yufeng no longer had the heart to continue watching. After Huang Lingyi's interview was released, he knew that the Tianji chip was already a success!

The fact that the news broadcast broadcast the interview with the two chief R&D engineers of Tianji Chip in full says it all.

Even Zhang Yufeng could imagine that the largest purchaser of Tianji chips in the early stage might not be computer brands like Shenzhou, but orders for national defense weapon chips such as domestic fighter jets, radars, satellites, missiles, and military computers, which were the major customers of Tianji chips!

Is the Tianji chip the most advanced chip? Definitely not. Intel, AMD, Toshiba, Hitachi, Infineon, etc. can all produce 250-nanometer chips, while Tianji is only a 600-nanometer chip. In terms of technology alone, it is almost two generations behind Intel.

But even though Tianji has many disadvantages, its biggest advantage is that it is purely domestically produced. Its design, research and development, and even future manufacturing can all be completed domestically, and there is no need to worry about backdoors in the chip. This is very important!

No matter how good other people’s things are, they still belong to others and cannot be given to the country. At critical moments, the only thing you can rely on is what you have in your hands!
"Hu Guangsha, director of the Ministry of Electronics Industry, declared during his inspection of Dongxin Semiconductor that domestic research institutes, electronic materials, integrated circuit companies, etc. should cooperate with Dongxin Semiconductor to build a domestic chip industry chain cluster!
Tianji chips will begin mass production. Wu Xinyi, general manager of Dongxin Semiconductor, announced in an interview with our station that the first computer equipped with Tianji chips will be the Shenzhou brand computer under Dongling Hi-Tech Company! "

When Zhang Yufeng saw the news broadcast ending with the news about the Tianji chip in the same frame with the Shenzhou brand logo, he couldn't help but cover his face with his hands.

This left Fang Zheng and the other players with the same cards with no idea how to fight. It was like a duel between two people. Just as they were getting ready, the opponent came right up to them and used a set of Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms to hit them in the face.

The Ministry of Electronics Industry has already made it clear that it wants to help Dongxin Semiconductor to build a domestic chip industry chain, so that the domestic upstream and downstream silicon wafers, lithography machines, chip foundries, packaging and testing plants, etc. will all revolve around Dongxin Semiconductor.

As for whether various downstream electronic product manufacturers will purchase Tianji chips, the Ministry of Electronics Industry cannot force them to do so, but it "recommends" the use of Tianji chips. Private enterprises cannot be constrained, but state-owned manufacturers probably know which one to choose when faced with the same type of chips as Tianji.

A computer that had not even been developed yet made its debut on the News Broadcast, which was equivalent to advertising the Shenzhou computer in front of more than one billion viewers in China.

There were even more than a billion viewers, and there were definitely overseas media reprints and reports, which was equivalent to promoting Shenzhou computers in front of the whole world.

With the certification from the Xinwen Broadcast, who in the country dares to question that Shenzhou Computer is not the number one computer in the country and is independently developed?

Of course, if we compare chip performance alone, Shenzhou Computer is definitely inferior to overseas brands, but Fangzheng is a school-owned company, and in a certain sense, it is also a state-owned company, so Zhang Yufeng can see the meaning of today's news. Publicity is one aspect, and the first domestically produced computer chip, no matter how it is promoted, is not excessive. As an insider, he knows too well the significance of the birth of the Tianji chip.

Even the fact that the Shenzhou computer brand was able to appear on the news broadcast was all thanks to Tianji. It was the Tianji chip that allowed Shenzhou computers to appear in front of more than one billion viewers!

The last scene of the news broadcast has some special meaning. Zhang Yufeng feels that in the future, when municipal governments, universities, research institutes and state-owned factories across the country purchase computers, Lianxiang will probably no longer be ranked first, and Shenzhou computers will definitely be on the list!
Sitting in the conference room, the news broadcast on TV had ended long ago, but Zhang Yufeng was reluctant to leave.

He now understood why Old Liu and Lian Xiang were so quiet this time, without making a sound. They must have heard the news a long time ago, so they played deaf and dumb. Otherwise, they were just trying to take on Dongling Hi-Tech's big move!
"Dongling Hi-Tech has actually developed a chip!"

Zhang Yufeng murmured to himself, even though Shenzhou Computer was a rival to Founder Computer, Zhang Yufeng couldn't help but admire it.

In the past, there were many companies in China that clamored to develop their own chips, but in the end, they all disappeared quietly.

Only Dongling Hi-Tech has traceable steps in every step. First, they poached Ni Guangnan from Lian Xiang, who was not on good terms with Boss Liu, and then invited Huang Lingyi, who had just retired.

After the R&D team was formed, he spent a large sum of money to buy the MIPS architecture from MIPS in America. This year, when Li Dongling went to America, he reached a system chip licensing agreement with Microsoft.

Before the secret came out, no one thought that Dongling Hi-Tech could develop domestic chips, but Dongling Hi-Tech did it!
He didn't know how much Dongling Hi-Tech had paid for developing the Tianji chip, but he knew that it was probably more than just the short six or seven minutes of news today that could be summed up in one sentence.

"Someone come in!"

Zhang Yufeng called his secretary in and said, "Ask the purchasing department of Founder Computer to place an order for 5,000 Tianji chips with Dongxin Semiconductor!"

"But, Mr. Zhang, the purchasing department has just placed a new chip order from Intel..." Upon hearing this, the secretary could not help but say to Zhang Yufeng.

Zhang Yufeng glared and said angrily, "Just go if I tell you to. Why are you talking so much nonsense? Founder Computer not only wants to place this order, but also wants to make a big fuss and let the media know.

Founder Computer has placed this order, and the media must report it. Founder is the first computer company to formally place an order with Dongxin Semiconductor. The purchase fee for this Tianji chip order must be paid in advance!"

When the secretary heard this, he vaguely understood what Zhang Yufeng was going to do. He did not dare to delay any longer and hurried out.

Watching the secretary leave, Zhang Yufeng couldn't help but shook his head. He thought of the "abundance of talents" at Dongling Hi-Tech and couldn't help but feel envious. Compared with Li Dongling, Zhang Yufeng had to do everything himself at Founder, which made him very exhausted.

In order to suppress Academician Wang's faction within Founder, Zhang Yufeng's first consideration when choosing and promoting senior executives and talents is not ability, but... loyalty!
Zhang Yufeng will only promote those who are loyal and reliable. Only in this way can Zhang Yufeng rely on the loyal people to control the power of Founder.

Two factions have been formed between Zhang Yufeng and Academician Wang, and both sides are wary of each other, which has led to some tension between the two factions within Founder.

After caring most about loyalty and reliability, the abilities of the talents promoted are hard to describe. These people really listen to Zhang Yufeng and follow his lead, making Zhang Yufeng extremely powerful in Founder.

But Zhang Yufeng was really tired. He was busy dealing with Founder's affairs on a daily basis, and he had to do everything himself, so he had no time to rest at all.

On the other hand, it seems that talents keep emerging in Dongling Hi-Tech. Even Li Dongling's assistants Su Chicheng and Zhang Yufeng seem to be useful people, but he has few helpers around him...

Since Founder has placed an order for Tianji from Doxin Semiconductor, no matter whether it uses Tianji chips or not, it has to show its attitude. Founder absolutely supports domestic chips. Otherwise, how can the reputation of domestic computers still stand?

Secondly, Li Dongling is also a major shareholder and director of Founder. Zhang Yufeng and Academician Wang are in a factional war, so they need to win over Li Dongling's support. Naturally, they place an order to please Dongling Hi-Tech.

I can only say that internal factional wars are sometimes more powerful than external enemies...

(End of this chapter)