Because of the time difference, Hermann didn't get the exact news until the next day.
Across the sea, the company they sanctioned quietly developed a 22nm lithography machine?
When he heard the news, Hermann was completely confused.
22nm chip?
really!
The first idea that came to Gehrman's mind was OEM production!
This is definitely a scam.
Xinghuo Electronics Factory may have purchased a batch of 22nm chips from somewhere, then polished off the original trademarks and then stamped them with its own company's trademark.
But soon, Hermann realized the absurdity of his idea.
The premise of OEM production is that chip factories in the world have the ability to produce 22nm chips.
But the latest Pentium processor released by industry giant Intel is also manufactured using 0.60 micron process technology, and its core is composed of 3.2 million transistors.
This is the most advanced chip in the world.
However, compared with the 22-nanometer chips produced by the Spark lithography machine, the Pentium processor is simply in the sky and the earth is the same. The gap is not that big.
Hermann paced back and forth in the room.
He felt that this situation was too serious and he could not come up with a good solution by himself, so he walked to his desk, made a phone call, and planned to invite other EDA software manufacturers from the International EDA Chip Alliance to come to his place to discuss solutions.
The call was answered quickly.
"I'm going to China for a business trip recently. I can't go, so I'll see you another day."
"Well, I just booked a flight to China. What about our alliance? Let's talk about it when I get back."
"I've thought about the new storage format, but it's not mature yet. Let's wait a little longer."
Hermann was so angry that he almost smashed the phone.
Face and heart are separated!
Fall apart!
People’s hearts are not ancient!
At this moment, Hermann almost used all the idioms he heard from the Chinese people.
In his mind, he cursed those partners for their dishonesty.
After a long time, Herman finally accepted the reality and sighed, realizing that the International EDA Software Alliance had become a complete joke.
Sanction Spark EDA?
Who is sanctioning whom?
If you disable the format used by Spark EDA software, others can also disable the use of the new storage format you created.
Spark holds the most advanced 22nm chip manufacturing technology.
Some chip commercial companies come to our door and ask for cooperation with a large number of orders.
Do you still want to unite with the industry to punish others?
dream!
And soon, Hermann realized a very serious problem.
The company's EDA software cannot design 22nm chips at all.
This is both a technical problem and a limitation of thinking.
No software designer dared to imagine that there were chip factories that could produce 22nm chips in 1994.
This means that only the EDA software of Spark Electronics Factory in the world is suitable for 22nm chip design work.
What this means, Hermann knows all too well.
Why did my partners go to China in a hurry? Didn't they just want to ask for cooperation?
Hermann stood up.
He realized that the company's survival had now reached a critical moment.
But Herman didn't want to go to China to ask Cao Weidong to give his company a chance to survive.
He has better choices.
"Dan, please prepare a generous gift for me. I will go to Intel and IBM to visit their executives."
Gelman believes that after Spark Electronics has conquered the 22nm lithography machine, it will be these lithography giants that are more anxious.
And behind them is a powerful country controlled by capital!
In order to protect its own interests, this country can do anything that breaks the moral bottom line.
Hermann firmly believed.
........
Intel Corporation.
Frontier Technology Research Laboratory.
The researchers' eyes were red, their heads were immersed in excitement, and they planned to use their hands to rub the 22nm lithography machine.
But it is a beautiful vision after all.
They experimented one night.
But there was no result.
"Boss, this is impossible, 22 nanometers, fake?"
“Our most advanced commercially available technology is to achieve 0.60 micron process technology and 3.2 million transistors. In the laboratory, the theoretical product can barely reach 0.35 micron process technology, 7.5 million transistor cores, and 22 nanometers.
There’s still a long way to go.”
Will, the scientific research director, glared at the group of researchers and said angrily.
"How is it impossible? On the other side of the sea, in the country called China, someone has already manufactured a photolithography machine that can produce 22-nanometer chips."
The researcher spread his hands.
"I know, I've seen the video, but...with all due respect, I still can't believe it, no, I can't even believe it at all. This is not scientific at all. They may have obtained alien technology.
, there are aliens helping them, other than that, I can't imagine any possibility."
Will had nothing to do with these researchers.
He knew that even if these people were forced to death, they probably wouldn't be able to produce a 22-nanometer chip, so he could only tell the company's executives the bad news.
At this time, after hearing the report, President Hans nodded calmly.
"Well, I understand."
He put down the phone, looked at the 'old friends' sitting in his office, and sighed.
"We also failed."
In this small office, the heads of several of the most powerful companies in the global chip industry are gathered.
IBM, Qualcomm, Texas, etc.
These old men, who had grievances against each other in the past, came together to discuss only one thing.
How to deal with the challenges brought about by the chip technology innovation of Xinghuo Electronics Factory.
Or to be more precise.
How to get the technology developed for 22nm chips in your hands.
Just as Hans was about to speak, the phone on the table suddenly rang. He frowned and picked up the phone, only the secretary's voice could be heard on the phone.
"Mr. Hans, Mr. Hermann is looking for you."
"Gelman? From Cadence?"
"Yes, he said he has something important to discuss with you. Could you please arrange for him to meet with you?"
"No, let him go back."
Hans hung up the phone impatiently.
He roughly guessed the reason why Hermann was looking for him.
But they are also in a panic. How can they spare the time to take care of Cadence?
Hans put down the phone and looked at the other people in the office again.
"I think there is nothing to say about this matter. The 22-nanometer chip technology and the photolithography machine that can produce this chip are obviously the technology of our country."
The elegant Texas representative wearing gold-rimmed glasses raised his glasses and smiled.
"Obviously, this is premeditated plagiarism. As victims, we should use legal weapons to protect our own interests."
A simple sentence sets the tone.
The IBM representative understood immediately.
"Yes, this is a shameless plagiarism. Spark has plagiarized our future technology."
"This is a provocation to our country, to the entire West, and to the light of world civilization, and Spark should be punished."
"Then, let's do this?"
Many representatives talked one after another and finally reached a unanimous consensus.