In Forty-Nine City, an important commercial event is about to begin.
On the rostrum of the General Assembly Hall, there is a big red slogan hanging on it, which reads: Cadence e to China!
This is the opening ceremony for Cadence to enter China.
It is announced that this global heavyweight EDA supplier has entered the Chinese market.
In the following year, two other EDA giants, Synopsys and Mentraphics, also quietly entered China.
Throughout the 1990s, China's integrated circuit design EDA market was basically divided up by these three companies, while the domestic software Panda only occupied a very small part of the territory.
The significance of the entry of international EDA giants into China has enabled domestic integrated circuit design tools to begin to integrate with the world, ending the CDA era that relied on semi-manual and semi-automatic development in the past.
The improvement of design tools has brought us closer to the world level in terms of chip design methods, and has also accelerated our integrated circuit design level to a certain extent.
However, the negative impact it brought was that the domestic Panda EDA software was defeated steadily, abandoned its martial arts, and stagnated for more than ten years.
However, the three EDA giants have continued to develop, and through the big fish annexing the small fish, they have grown into giant companies and dominate the entire EDA market.
Three-thirds of the world, there is no such thing as the latter!
Nowadays, with the great development of the scale of integrated circuits, chip design has reached trillions of gate-level integration. It is incredible to complete it manually. We specialize in providing logic synthesis, layout and routing, simulation and verification for chip design engineers.
The tool EDA industry has become the most upstream and high-end node in the entire semiconductor industry ecological chain.
However, the road ahead has been completely blocked, which makes it almost impossible to achieve overtaking in corners and break through the technical blockade in the EDA field.
But it's only 1982 now.
At this time, Cadence had just been established.
Most of the international EDA chip design software is tightly bundled with its own hardware, and there is no business model for selling software separately.
The EDA chip design software itself also has many flaws.
Thinking of this, Cao Weidong smiled lightly and told the experts from the Ministry of Science and Technology sitting opposite him about his expectations for EDA chip design software, as well as various "ideas" and "suggestions".
Of course, all the "ideas" and "suggestions" come from the EDA software he just exchanged.
He just broke it down and outlined it in vague language.
In short, it is "reading the catalog"!
However, despite this, this expert from the Ministry of Science and Technology was still greatly shocked when he heard Cao Weidong's various ideas about EDA software.
He pushed up his glasses from time to time, and his cheeks turned red with excitement.
Circuit design and simulation tools......
PCB design software.......
IC design software.......
PLD design tools......
As if listening to a book from heaven, he listened to Cao Weidong introducing his ideas one by one, his eyes becoming more and more intense.
Although he didn't understand many things, he vaguely felt that what Cao Weidong said could really be realized.
In the future, perhaps EDA chip design software can really break away from the shackles of hardware and become an independent software design tool to better support chip design.
Moreover, the entire system described by Cao Weidong is logically self-consistent.
It does not simply stack several tools together, but truly connects the internal logic. The design of all sub-sections is to support users in better chip design.
Depend on!
I must join this project!
Having made this decision in his heart, he took a long breath and said to Zhu Feng, who was sitting next to him and drinking tea quietly.
"Director, I don't understand a lot of what Mr. Cao said, but I think this project is of great significance and value."
"If this project is going to be done, can you let me join in?"
When he said this, there was even a hint of flattery in his tone.
Zhu Feng's hand holding the cup shook and he almost spilled the tea in the cup.
The expert next to him has always been known for his cold face. He is a typical technical geek who is too lazy to participate in anything except the fields he is interested in. He did not expect that he would say such a thing today.
Then he realized that the situation was wrong and smiled awkwardly.
"Mr. Cao, I'm sorry for making you laugh."
"fine."
Cao Weidong glanced at Zhu Feng and said.
"Based on what I said, do you have any questions?"
"Last question, are you really willing to invest one billion to promote the research and development of EDA chip design software?"
"This is not a small amount."
Zhu Feng originally wanted to ask you, do you really have one billion?
These days, one billion is a huge sum of money, and even the country will not rashly invest so much money in an industry.
But when the words came to his lips, he changed his words again.
Cao Weidong instantly understood what Zhu Feng meant, smiled and explained.
"I am a Hong Kong businessman. I have an entertainment company in Hong Kong City. Many well-known movies and TV dramas were filmed by my company. In Tongquan City, I have an energy factory that produces biogas equipment that is exported overseas. In
In Sijiucheng, I have a health care product store..."
"Oh, Sanxian Oral Liquid is our product."
"There is no doubt that I have enough strength to promote the research of this project."
Zhu Feng shut up.
The man opposite has proven his ability with facts.
He thought for a while and said again.
"Mr. Cao, what do you need us to do?"
"cooperate."
Cao Weidong leaned forward, crossed his hands in front of him, and said sincerely.
"I can provide funds and ideas, but I lack talents, scientific research talents, and new products need endorsement. I hope to use your strength to expand the usage of our EDA software in the country."
"You also know that it is unwise to continue to invest cash in scientific research. I also hope that our research can be productive."
Zhu Feng took a deep breath and said.
"I understand that this is a big matter and I need time."
The implication is that he cannot decide this matter and needs to discuss it with higher-level leaders.
Cao Weidong readily agreed and agreed to meet again a week later.
After bidding farewell to Secretary Huang, Cao Weidong found a place where he could make international long-distance calls. He called Mr. Shao in Hong Kong City and entrusted him to purchase a batch of commercial computers and the equipment needed to manufacture chips.
He made a list.
Mr. Shao has many connections overseas, and after some hard work, he successfully ordered these equipments.
He called Cao Weidong back immediately.
"Weidong, I have already ordered what you want. The total cost is more than three million US dollars."
Many of them were contraband, and Mr. Shao found many connections before he successfully purchased them.
However, spending so much money at once, even though Mr. Shao is so wealthy, I still feel a little distressed.
Cao Weidong said with a smile.
"Mr. Shao, that's great. These initial investments are actually nothing. When we reap the rewards, the returns will definitely be tenfold or a hundredfold."
After hanging up the phone, Cao Weidong finally breathed a sigh of relief. The next step was to wait for further negotiations with the Ministry of Science and Technology.