Chapter 613 Intel: I seem to have fallen into a trap
Xue Xiaofeng has been uneasy for the past two days.
On the one hand, he also saw the domestic reports about him, which used strong words and condemned him with such intensity that he had never seen before.
Xue Xiaofeng was a little confused. He didn't expect that seemingly overnight, he would become the object of rejection by the whole people.
In addition, many of Xue Xiaofeng's friends also sent text messages or called.
Many people said they did not understand and did not believe the truth of the matter.
Some friends even started scolding them directly after making a phone call.
"Xue Xiaofeng, are you sick? Changtian Technology is doing well at work. Why do you want to take Changtian Technology's technology to the United States?"
"Xiao Feng, you used to be the object of my envy. I have always taught my children to learn from you. Now it's all over."
"Xiao Feng's alma mater has removed your story from the bulletin board."
These are all minor, but the most important thing is that Xue Xiaofeng's mother called her every two days to ask what was going on with Xue Xiaofeng and to tell Xue Xiaofeng that she had lost her way and returned home quickly.
Under the bombardment of such strong public opinion, Xue Xiaofeng felt quite uncomfortable.
But Xue Xiaofeng did not think that his approach was wrong.
He replied to his mother this way: "I led the team to develop the chip. I have contributed and worked hard to Changtian Technology. Now I want to pursue a better life. What's wrong with it?"
"Mom, don't listen to those people brainwashing you! They have never been outside and don't know how good life is in the United States!"
"Changtian Technology is throwing dirty water on me!"
"What's wrong with me pursuing a happy life?"
"You have been locked up inside the wall and don't know how good the outside world is!"
"Mom and Dad, don't be deceived by those people! Everything they tell is lies!"
"Don't worry! I will stabilize the situation as soon as possible and bring you and dad over together!"
Xue Xiaofeng became furious. He felt that the most fundamental reason for the current situation was that the relevant departments of Changtian Technology and Xia State were obstructing it.
A once patriotic young man suddenly became cynical and hated the country that gave birth to and raised him.
Xue Xiaofeng vowed that he and his team must complete the carbon crystal storage and re-engraving of the Pangu 3 chip as soon as possible.
Intel also provides very convenient conditions for Xue Xiaofeng's team to work.
But the team quickly encountered some problems while working.
Everyone built a model of carbon crystal storage on the computer and asked Intel to purchase materials according to relevant needs.
But after buying all the materials, they found that their logic was correct, and the production and use of materials were also correct. Why was there no way to produce carbon crystal storage?
Let alone carbon crystal storage, what is produced in the laboratory is just a lump of coal and does not even have basic storage functions.
In order to establish a carbon crystal storage laboratory, Intel, at the request of Xue Xiaofeng and others, has spent nearly 10 million US dollars on laboratory equipment, raw materials, etc.
What 10 million meters of cutting time produced turned out to be a pile of coal.
This made Barrett very dissatisfied.
Barrett talked with Xue Xiaofeng and others and asked about the relevant situation.
“Mr.
"This month has passed. I'm not asking you to give out scientific research results immediately, but there must be some useful things. But what can you get?"
Xue Xiaofeng and others clearly felt that Barrett's attitude was completely different from the last time.
Xue Xiaofeng was sweating profusely and explained with some embarrassment: "According to the technology we have at hand, there is no problem in the design and logic of carbon crystal storage."
"But we are also trying to figure out what went wrong, and it will take some time."
If there are some flaws in a certain technology, the most likely result is that the storage performance of carbon crystal storage is poor, or the storage data capacity per unit volume is not large enough.
But the current situation faced by Xue Haifeng and others is that they seem to have no entry point at all. The carbon crystal storage samples produced at a high cost have no storage function at all.
What went wrong?
Obviously these four people are already key talents in the chip and storage departments.
Then you said that the node technology that everyone has mastered can fully implement the corresponding technology, but why don't they seem to have a clue.
Xue Haifeng still felt a little panicked.
Barrett’s investment in the Changtian Technology team this time is very large.
In addition to giving the other party a high annual salary, he also purchased quite expensive equipment and raw materials in accordance with Xue Haifeng's requirements for becoming a full-time employee.
In addition, Intel's most elite chip team is also cooperating with the work of Xue Haifeng and others, which has resulted in a serious lag in the current research and development of Intel's 45-nanometer process technology.
However, judging from the current results, which are nearly a month old, they are not satisfactory.
Barrett originally thought that as long as he provided equipment and raw materials to provide corresponding technical cooperation, relying on the technical capabilities of Xue Haifeng and others, he should soon be able to develop carbon crystal storage and a chip similar to Pangu 3.
Class 65nm process chips.
Now it seems that Barrett still feels that he was happy too early.
Barrett looked at the second report handed over by the project team.
This is a report by Xue Haifeng’s team on replicating the 65nm process Pangu 3 chip.
The result is still unsatisfactory.
The entire 65nm process chip research results are completely consistent with what Intel has mastered so far, and there is nothing new at all.
It is obvious that the relevant parameters of Changtian Technology's 650,000 process chips are much higher than Intel's Core 2 series.
However, Xue Haifeng's people just couldn't come up with it.
After seeing this report, Barrett's face turned dark.
He looked at Xue Haifeng's Xia Guo team sitting below.
I have some bad premonitions in my heart.
Do these people simply have no more advanced technology and are just here to cheat money?
Perhaps there was a serious error in Intel's intelligence. This group of people were not the core figures of Changtian Technology's chip laboratory at all.
Barrett broke out in a cold sweat when he thought of this.
In order to obtain this group of talents, Barrett has paid approximately 5 million US dollars in advance, plus 10 million US dollars for raw materials and equipment, and 15 million US dollars have been spent on the project.
If you include Intel's own core team, they spend a lot of time and energy accompanying and assisting.
The costs of these are countless.
Moreover, looking at Xue Haifeng's group, it seems that they have tried their best, but there are no results worth looking forward to.
Barrett finally gave Xue Xiaofeng's team another chance.
"Mr. Xue, how long do you think Carbon Crystal Memory will give you before you can produce convincing results?"
Xue Xiaofeng and others looked at each other, not knowing how to answer this question.
Seeing the expressions of Xue Xiaofeng and others, Barrett asked again: "So when will the replica of the Pangu 3 chip be able to produce convincing phased results?"
Xue Xiaofeng and others still did not answer.
Because they have now fallen into extreme passivity in scientific research.
Xue Haifeng and others felt that they had done all the work well, and these four people also took out all the core technologies they had mastered and connected them together logically.
And through computer model analysis, it can be completely confirmed that their research methods are correct.
But why does it fail to meet the standards you want when you implement this design?
It's like a chef cooking a big dish step by step according to the instructions, but he still feels that it doesn't taste right.
Barrett looked a little angry at everyone's reaction.
He suddenly had some doubts. Is it really so easy for Changtian Technology to release core talents?
Or is this group of people, perhaps a trap set up by Chen Xiao?
Thinking of this, Barrett panicked and felt a little short of breath.
He gave Xue Xiaofeng's people an ultimatum and said: "Dr. Xue, I will give you another month. I hope you can give me a satisfactory answer."
After Xue Xiaofeng's people leave, Barrett can arrange for his subordinates not to invest more money in carbon crystal storage and 65-nanometer Pangu chip replicas for the time being.
At this time, Barrett had a very bad premonition. He felt that all his early investment must have been in vain.
Barrett's subordinate said: "Until this group of Xia people achieves any results, suspend funding for them."
"Understood sir."
After the meeting, Xue Xiaofeng clearly felt that the attitude of his team and senior management towards them was obviously different.
When Xue Xiaofeng first came to Intel, both the CEO and senior management of Cherry were very polite to Xue Xiaofeng and others.
It can be said that everything is answered.
As for the conversation between them and Barrett today, Xue Xiaofeng clearly felt the other party's attitude was cold and even a little angry.
Xue Xiaofeng and others were in a very low mood. After the four people came to the research room, they once again checked the research results and some information in their hands.
"That's absolutely right. If we want to add carbon crystal storage to the chip's cache, we must understand some of the properties and principles of carbon crystal storage. There is no problem with our logic in developing carbon crystal storage."
"Then what's the reason?"
"The same goes for chips. The four of us have basically covered all aspects of Pangu chip design, and with the assistance of Intel's team, how could it be possible that problems would occur every time at a critical step."
Everyone reviewed their design process over and over again and found that the entire design process and principles were absolutely flawless.
At this time, the four people looked at each other and had some ominous premonitions in their hearts.
That is to say, Changtian Technology may have some particularly critical links in carbon crystal storage and chip research and development that the entire chip laboratory does not know.
And these links are related to the success of carbon crystal storage and chip design?
After thinking of this, Xue Xiaofeng's breathing became rapid.
If this conjecture is correct, then whether it is Xue Xiaofeng or the other three people, there is definitely no way to create carbon crystal storage, and there is no way to reproduce the Pangu No. 3 chip.
If so, they are worthless to Intel.
Intel can't possibly spend three to four million dollars to support a bunch of idle people here.
If there is no place for Intel, then it proves that Xue Haifeng and others are incompetent, and it will be quite difficult for them to join other American companies.
If you can't stay in the United States, you can only return to your country.
According to the current reputation of these few people in Xia Kingdom.
It is almost impossible to re-enter a certain technology company in Xia State.
This thing is absolutely not allowed to happen. Xue Haifeng said anxiously: "Let's start over! This time we can only succeed but not fail. We have no way out!"
At this time, Xia Guo Yanjing, Vice President of Mobile Li Zhaoming had already visited many relevant departments of Xia Guo on behalf of the mobile company.
I just hope that we can promote the complete acquisition of Mozi Communications by China Mobile.
China Mobile's acquisition of Mozi Communications was supported by many departments.
After all, as China Mobile is the largest communications company in the world and the largest communications company in China, it would be completely unjustifiable if it fell behind in the 3G era.
When chatting with a relevant person in a certain department.
Li Zhaoming said angrily: "Changtian Technology has been asking our team to constantly adjust the negotiation plan, but they have not told us clearly what Changtian Technology wants?"
"I think China Mobile can spend 300 billion RMB. The whole class's acquisition of Mozi Communications has already given Changtian Technology a lot of face. Is it possible that they want 500 billion or 600 billion?"
Li Zhaoming even said: "Our country does not allow private communication companies to exist! My suggestion is to seize Mo's things directly! I will see what Changtian Technology will tell me at that time. Conditions!"
The reason why Li Zhaoming said this is because he has been with China Mobile for a long time and feels that he is the boss, and China Mobile is also the boss in the communications industry!
The communications field involves national security and people's livelihood protection, so how can it be possible for a private company to do so?
Li Zhaoming feels that it has been a serious mistake to allow Changtian Technology to develop 3G business in the past few years.
Therefore, China Mobile has been putting pressure on influential departments during this period to force Changtian Technology to reach an agreement with China Mobile as soon as possible.
Unexpectedly, after hearing what Li Zhaoming said, this senior executive in the industry gave a wry smile and said, "Mr. Li, what you just said is just for me to listen to. Please don't spread it outside."
"Changtian Technology is not an ordinary private enterprise. It can be said that the standard of our country's 3G communication technology was established by Changtian Technology!"
"Why do you think China Unicom and China Telecom were able to obtain 3G licenses and related technologies so smoothly, and why Huawei's 3G equipment can be sold around the world without paying high patent fees?"
"The fundamental reason is that the core technology of 3G communication technology is in the hands of Changtian Technology. This is the king of our country's communication industry!"
"Without this king, even if our country could obtain 3G technology now, just by paying patent fees, it would be more than just 300 billion RMB."
Logically speaking, Li Zhaoming should be clear about such a simple truth.
However, the situation in China is precisely that many simple truths are not clear to professionals.