Reborn in 2010, the AI ​​in my mind is too powerful.

Cassidy was already cursing under his breath. These were all companies that used Chen Yiran's technology, and they were definitely going to flex their muscles. What would TSMC say? That it was just one step and wouldn't cause them to lose all their advantages?

TSMC is already having a tough time.

After a few seconds of silence, Cassidy said, "Mr. Chen, I admit that we haven't paid enough attention to your company before. We are willing to do more to gain your understanding. I hope we can put aside our previous unpleasantness as soon as possible, after all, our cooperation should be a win-win situation."

TSMC remains the largest foundry, serving numerous clients. If you want to sell your EDA (Engineering, Design, and Automation) solutions to them, you must collaborate with us.

We've already offered OPC a very competitive price; I believe no other company would be as willing to pay that much. I can even go a step further and offer $3 million a year, for a three-year contract, how about that?

Chen Yiran had to admit that he was tempted for a moment, after all, the conditions were already very good.

But he still decided to stick to his original idea, he said in a somewhat neurotic tone.

"I'm somewhat well-known in Silicon Valley, you should know that my first project brought in $200 million from Microsoft. I can also tell you that Microsoft offered $500 million to try and acquire DeepFlow two months ago, and now I think they would offer a billion."

You think I need your ten million a year? Let me tell you very clearly, I won't sell you any of my future manufacturing EDA products, not even if you offer me a hundred million a year. That's just the kind of person I hold grudges against.

"I will absolutely not do your PDK certification. You say you have many design clients? Then let them compete with my users and see whose chip design is better. Let's see if they can compete with my clients using those outdated software from the three major EDA firms. Do you think they'll abandon you if they fail? Heh."

As Cassidy watched Chen Yiran walk towards the conference hall, he had already decided that he would go back and fire the staff member from back then as soon as possible.

That's so stupid! Couldn't they have been a little smarter and just given a vague answer? Instead, they mechanically said 9 to 15 months. They've run into a reckless, immature teenager. They're doomed.

There's no other way. I'd better call Taiwan as soon as possible and see if we can send a Chinese vice president to talk things over.

Or, let the big boss handle it.

The separate manufacturing meeting that was added at the end was entirely due to Chen Yiran's explosive remarks and Samsung's exaggerated display of Tiya's capabilities.

It's fair to say that in the past few days, a cat named Grey, a squirrel named Kiki, and a rabbit named Tiya have become the top stars in the chip industry.

FlowEDA has also earned the nickname "pet shop" due to its quirky naming and brand design.

There were far more people who stayed to watch than I had imagined; most of them were just there for the fun of it.

Chen Yiran was trying to promote several partners, and the three companies made ample preparations. Although there wasn't much new content, they still delivered a decent performance.

Samsung is flexing its muscles aggressively and has announced with great momentum that it will surpass TSMC next year to become the world's leading foundry.

GlobalFoundries reiterated that it is absolutely not an AMD subsidiary and is now accepting various orders.

SMIC, on the other hand, provided some solid data on Tiya without showcasing its technology.

The main issue is that this stage is too big for SMIC. They are not actually qualified to go on stage; they are just there to make up the numbers. They don't really have any technology to show off.

The audience was very supportive, and everyone could sense that a loose little alliance had formed.

Nearly an hour later, this last impromptu summit also came to an end.

The second GTC has come to a complete end. Chen Yiran drove home, ready to take a good rest for a while.

This past month, not only his employees but also he has been working at full capacity, working 5 hours a day.

Chen Yiran's relationship with Hannah had become less secure, so she decided to try to repair it. If that didn't work, she would look for a new target.

The barista at the Stanford campus café is pretty good; he's already found out that he works there part-time as a freshman.

She's beautiful, has the knack for making coffee, and is quite voluptuous.

GTC has ended, but the aftershocks are only just beginning to appear.

Within 24 hours of GTC's conclusion, the three giants of EDA reacted simultaneously.

Synopsys has established a working group codenamed GK.

G stands for Grey, and K stands for Kill. The team leader is the VP of R&D, and the members include the physics design group, the RL algorithm pre-research group, and the North American sales team.

The technical report is not optimistic. They believe that if Grey's temperature field optimization solution does indeed achieve the data shown in the PowerPoint presentation in actual design, Synopsys is already at least one iteration behind in this field. The window for improvement is about nine months. If this is not achieved, the annual revenue of this business segment will decline several times over in 2011.

However, the technical team had no confidence that they could fix it within nine months, so the sales team stepped in and sent emails to several of Synaptics' major clients.

The message reads: Synaptics has noticed that your company is evaluating Grey. You know one of the key technical personnel at that company, who previously worked at Cadbury for fifteen years. We are not suggesting you terminate the contract, but rather that you review the terms of the contract. If Grey is sued, your tape-out data is on Grey's servers, and the plaintiff has the right to request access to it.

Then they hired an actuary to calculate various personnel costs. They needed to set a price for their product that wouldn't result in a loss, but wouldn't make any profit either. They launched it as a three-year bundled discount to wage a price war.

Kai Deng then instructed the legal department to seriously investigate whether Gao Dewei might have stolen anything, or if there was anything they could pretend Gao Dewei had stolen. However, the legal department's news was very bad; they didn't have many options, and filing a lawsuit would only result in both sides burning through legal fees.

KaiDeng's CEO and team held a meeting that lasted several hours and finally decided to send a new QA (Questions and Answers) memo to all users.

Q: If a client uses FlowEDA's Grey engine in digital design but continues to use KaiDeng's software in simulation, is there any risk to data interoperability?

Answer A: The output format used by Grey has not been tested and verified by us. We cannot guarantee that there will be no compatibility issues between our software and Grey's data interaction. We recommend that customers use a Cadence-certified digital design toolchain.

Then the CEO gave the tech team authorization, since they really couldn't catch up now anyway, so they should first update their own software and make sure it was truly incompatible with Grey.

Ming's reaction was the quietest, but also the most anxious.

The CEO held a large-scale internal conference call with the entire senior management team and the OPC product line.

There's only one issue: if the data from Tiya on Samsung's PPT is true, how much of Mingdao's OPC market will be eroded?

The result was alarming. The product line's technical staff stated unequivocally that, based on the data released by Samsung, once they sign the contract next month, Tiya will be able to launch its official commercial version, meaning the OPC market that was clearly mentioned will no longer exist.

The competitive advantage of manufacturing-side EDA is not as strong as that of design-side EDA, and the cost for users to switch is very low.

After some discussion, Mingdao's senior management decided to contact TSMC first.

The world is a huge makeshift operation, and besides, Chen Yiran and TSMC's business isn't exactly a secret.

The news of the gifted young man being overlooked and then threatening to destroy TSMC has spread throughout Silicon Valley these past two days.

Mingdao is preparing to partner with TSMC, so they're offering an extremely low price and opting for a five-year contract instead of a one-year one.

The three major EDA companies reacted swiftly, but there was another company that also reacted very quickly.

That was TSMC, a company known for its rigid administration. They showed a long-lost speed of response. On the very day GTC ended, Morris Chang had already flown to the United States with Co-OCO Chiang Shang-yi, who is in charge of R&D.