Reborn since 1993

Chapter 784 Erecting an Archway

Receiving equity rewards will not only help your net worth to soar along with the future of Dongxin, but more importantly, it will bring about a psychological change. With the equity rewards, you will naturally have a sense of belonging.

Today, option rewards are not as fancy and tricky as they are in later generations. Options of many companies are almost like carrots tied around the necks of cattle and horses. You can see them, but you just can’t eat them…

Li Dongling naturally hopes that more domestic chip and lithography machine experts can join the Doxin Semiconductor camp.

Not only the now famous technical experts, but also the future technical talents in the domestic and even overseas semiconductor industry, after entering this industry, the company they most want to join is Doxin Semiconductor. When that moment comes, the archway of Doxin Semiconductor can be considered to be established!

Ni Guangnan, Huang Lingyi, Zhou Shi, Wang Xia and others are old enough to still be able to hold on for another ten years, but in the future, someone will definitely be needed to replace them.

Doxin Semiconductor needs to prepare for the reserve of talent and let everyone in the semiconductor industry know one thing, that is, Doxin has the best semiconductor R&D environment in the country.

If you join Dongxin, as long as you have the ability, you can achieve results more easily, and you will have the opportunity to get option rewards and achieve financial freedom...

Only in this way can more talents from the semiconductor industry continue to join Doxin Semiconductor, so that Doxin Semiconductor will not collapse as soon as Ni Guangnan and others retire.

After announcing the bonuses and option rewards starting at the end of the year, Li Dongling asked about the research and development status of the next generation of chips.

"What is the current status of the Tianji second-generation 450-nanometer Tianji chip?"

As soon as the Tianji chip was developed, Doxin Semiconductor, at the request of Li Dongling, immediately started the research and development of 450-nanometer chips.

At that time, the Tianji chip had not yet been mass-produced, and there were still doubts about whether it could be sold. However, at the insistence of Li Dongling and with funding provided by Dongling Hi-Tech headquarters, Ni Guangnan, Huang Lingyi and others divided the chip research and development team into two.

Some staff continued to improve the Tianji chip, while another group of R&D personnel, under the leadership of Ni Guangnan and others, began to develop 450-nanometer chips.

The current changes in the chip industry are enough to prove Li Dongling's vision. Intel has already released 350-nanometer chips and is gradually starting mass production. By next year at the latest, the technology will be advanced to 250 nanometers.

If Doxin Semiconductor had dragged its feet and delayed in developing a new generation of chips, the gap between it and giants like Intel would probably become larger and larger.

"The research and development is going smoothly. Although the process and technical requirements of the 450-nanometer chip are higher than those of the 600-nanometer first-generation Tianji chip, the chip research and development team is confident that the research and development of the 450-nanometer chip can be completed this year!"

The person who spoke was Ni Guangnan. The fact that he could say this shows that Doxin's chip R&D team is really confident about the 450-nanometer chips.

It is certainly not easy to advance the chip technology from 600 nanometers to 450 nanometers, but compared with the research and development difficulty of the first-generation Tianji chip, the difficulty index of the research and development of the second-generation Tianji has decreased, of course, relatively speaking.

"not enough!"

Li Dongling's words made the meeting room suddenly quiet, and Ni Guangnan looked at Li Dongling with a frown.

Seeing the eyes of the crowd in the conference room, Li Dongling said directly, "The Tianji chip installed in the next generation of Shenzhou computers needs to be a 350-nanometer chip!"

“350 nanometers?!”

Upon hearing Li Dongling's request, Ni Guangnan and Huang Lingyi could not help but be surprised. The difficulty of a 450-nanometer chip is completely different from that of a 350-nanometer chip.

When it comes to the 450-nanometer chip technology, Ni Guangnan and Huang Lingyi are confident that they can lead the team to tackle this tough challenge.

Even if there were only two of us, we couldn't guarantee that the 350-nanometer process would be successfully developed. It not only required technology, but also some luck...

"350-nanometer chips are now considered the most advanced chip technology in the world. With Dongxin's current technology and strength, it may not be that easy to develop 350-nanometer chips, and the cost may far exceed the current 450-nanometer R&D costs!"

Huang Lingyi also said that the Pentium 350nd generation chip launched by Intel this year has ushered in the chip industry into the 350-nanometer era. Companies including AMD and IBM have also announced the launch of their own 450-nanometer chips this year. But for Dongxin, it is a bit embarrassing. Dongxin Semiconductor has only just reached the threshold of 350-nanometer chips. Under normal circumstances, it may take until next year or even the year after to start trying to light up the -nanometer technology tree skills.

"The chips that the Shenzhou second-generation computer needs to be equipped with must be 350 nanometers. This is a must!

The chips used in Shenzhou computers may not be the most advanced, but they must not be technologies that are eliminated by the market. Intel is expected to launch 250-nanometer chips next year. Dongxin can lag behind Intel by one generation of technology, but it cannot be left behind by even the lights!"

Li Dongling said that he couldn't guess whether Intel would give the latest Pentium second-generation 350nm chip to domestic partners such as Lenovo.

But no matter what, Shenzhou computers cannot play the trick of cutting leeks in China and use backward technology to pretend to be high-end computers.

The truth is, there is a huge gap with each chip upgrade. Even if the software and games are well optimized, if the chip performance is not enough, everything will be in vain and the problem will be exposed as soon as the machine is used!
After hearing Li Dongling's request, Wu Xinyi and other senior executives of Dongxin felt a lot of pressure. They had to complete the research and development of 350-nanometer chips before the launch of the second-generation Shenzhou computer next year. This meant that Dongxin had to make a double jump.

Ni Guangnan and Huang Lingyi exchanged a few words, and it was Ni Guangnan who spoke up, "If it is confirmed that the second-generation Shenzhou computer will be equipped with the 350-nanometer Tianji chip, then the time is too tight, and I am afraid that the release time of the new computer will need to be postponed.

In addition, R&D funds, manpower, and equipment all need to be increased, and this R&D may not necessarily succeed!"

"Next year's second-generation Shenzhou computer can be released later!"

“Whether the chip team of Academician Ni needs funds, manpower or equipment, Dongling Hi-Tech Headquarters and Dongxin Semiconductor will do their best to supply them, as long as the chip process can be advanced to 350 nanometers!

The chip industry is dominated by Chinese people, both at home and abroad. I believe that the chip R&D team of Dongxin is the best chip team in the world. Sooner or later, it will become a benchmark for the global chip industry!"

Li Dongling stated directly that as long as it can be developed, no matter whether it requires people or money, as long as Dongling Hi-Tech has it, it will all be supplied to the chip team.

If you don’t grit your teeth and keep up with Intel, AMD and other first-tier chip industry companies now, you won’t have a chance to catch up in a few years!
After hearing Li Dongling's words, Ni Guangnan, who had been calm, couldn't help but feel a little excited.

Ever since the Tianji chip came out, Ni Guangnan, who had longed to realize his wish, has become much more "calm". To put it bluntly, he left Lian Xiang originally because he wanted to prove that he was right.

After the Tianji chip, he had proved himself, and his desire for revenge had dissipated a lot.

At the moment, Li Dongling proposed that Doxin Semiconductor develop 350-nanometer chips, which seemed to be a challenge to Intel. This made Ni Guangnan think about it!
Dongxin has now developed the first domestically produced computer chip in China. Is there any chance for it to catch up with Intel, the world giant?
Ni Guangnan, Huang Lingyi and others all came from that era. In the past, they shouted the slogan of catching up with Britain and the United States. Now, there is indeed an opportunity in front of them. Do they want it? !

"Not only the Tianji chip, but Shenzhou Computer has also launched a new computer project, the Shenzhou all-in-one computer!"

Li Dongling said, "The Shenzhou all-in-one machine requires a 250-nanometer chip to fully demonstrate the machine's performance!
Dongling Hi-Tech plans to have Dongxin Semiconductor work with AMD, IBM and other manufacturers to develop a chip suitable for the Shenzhou all-in-one computer. This chip project may be led by AMD.

But I hope that Doxin Semiconductor can send personnel to deeply participate in this project! "

For the 350-nanometer chip project, Doxin Semiconductor can still grit its teeth and try to take on the tough task.

However, 250-nanometer chips are beyond the reach of Doxin Semiconductor at present, and it can only cooperate with AMD and IBM in research and development.

Now AMD is estimated to be also striving for the 250nm chip project and secretly competing with Intel. As long as it is managed properly, there is a great chance for Dongxin and AMD to form an alliance. The enemy of my enemy is my friend, this saying will never go out of date!
However, in the process, it is definitely necessary to lure AMD with benefits and offer conditions that AMD cannot refuse.

When Ni Guangnan and Huang Lingyi heard the news, they looked calm. They were not dissatisfied with the fact that they had to cooperate with AMD and give up the leadership of the project. On the contrary, they were quite supportive.

"If we can cooperate with established chip manufacturers like AMD and IBM to develop the most advanced chips, it will be a learning opportunity for Dongxin Semiconductor!"

Huang Lingyi also said, "Dongxin Semiconductor can select some suitable R&D personnel to go to AMD to participate in the project!"

(End of this chapter)