The chip testing process is usually carried out by the wafer factory, packaging and testing factory or third-party testing company entrusted by the chip design company.
Specifically, it is divided into two business models: First, the chip design company designates specific test equipment to the chip testing company for testing based on product type, function and design requirements.
And if the chip testing company's products are relatively mature in technology, the chip design company will directly entrust the testing company, and the testing company will select the corresponding equipment based on its own equipment conditions.
Lu Yan himself exchanged mature technology solutions, so the test and design process was directly entrusted to TSMC. He did not hire additional packaging and testing factories or third-party testing companies.
As a result, the whole world is suspicious, and they all suspect that Kunlun Chip is a boast.
The good thing is that Kunlun Chip Company, which was originally unknown, became known to the whole country in an instant. Many consumers also know that China Mobile will use a self-developed mobile phone chip to develop a new mobile phone.
On Internet forums, many technical experts have popularized science from many aspects about how difficult it is to develop a chip with performance like the Shenlong 920.
How long does it take for domestic chip companies to accumulate technology to achieve this step?
However, loyal users of China and loyal fans of Lu Yan argue from the perspective of business logic that China Mobile and Kunlun Chip have no reason to lie.
A big entrepreneur like Rebus, who started his business earlier than Hangzhou Ma and Shenzhen Teng, has no reason to make up lies.
An entrepreneur and sports star like Lu Yan has no reason to risk his own reputation by telling such lies!
Then there were various arguments on the forum, and relevant information was searched for for many days.
The final result is that even the officials can't stand it anymore.
The Ministry of Information Industry sent people to coordinate Kunlun Chip and various domestic semiconductor companies to test the Shenlong 920 chip.
On the Yangta University side, Wei Min stepped forward to lead the graduate class and complete the testing work. The cost was borne by Kunlun Chip.
But when it comes to third-party testing companies, Lu Yan doesn't want to spend money. He adheres to the principle of whoever questions, spends his own money to test.
In the end, only Zhongtian Micro, which has a Beijing University background, Ziguang Electronics, which is affiliated with Huaqing University, Hualing Technology, which has a Fudan background, and the microelectronics laboratory of Yangtze University, a total of four units were willing to complete the finished product of the Shenlong 920 chip.
test.
As soon as the list was announced, the entire Internet was in an uproar.
Some people say that this is Hua Qing University, Beijing University, Fudan University, and the three heroes fighting Lu Bu.
Naturally, the result was that he was scolded by netizens from four schools, who was the Sanying, and which one was Lu Bu.
But what caused the most discussion was Zhongtian Micro, its founder Yan Xiaolang, and the Hanxin incident that year.
In January 2006, someone publicly accused Professor Chen Jin, dean of the School of Microelectronics of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, on the Shuimu Tsinghua BBS that the "Hanxin No. 1" invented by Professor Chen Jin was fake.
The media quickly intervened and conducted arduous pursuit and verification. A month later, the investigation team concluded that the "Hanxin No. 1" fraud was basically true.
It turned out that Professor Chen Jin "invented" "Hanxin" by "polishing" to remove the label of the Motorola chip, and then printed the "Hanxin" label on the chip, and passed the approval of the Dean of the Institute of Microelectronics of Peking University.
Yan Xiaolang, the leader of the National 863 Program integrated circuit design expert group, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, an academician of the Academy of Engineering and other expert group members reviewed and appraised the project, and subsequently defrauded a large amount of national funds.
Its official release was on February 26, 2003.
The grand scene of the day: the deputy mayor of Shanghai, the director of the Science and Technology Department of the Ministry of Information Industry and many other leaders were present.
The above-mentioned experts have unanimously determined that "Hanxin No. 1" and its related design and application development platforms have reached the international advanced level and are an important milestone in the history of China's chip development.
Professor Chen Jin was instantly honored and awarded various honorary titles. In 2004, he was specially appointed as a Yangtze River Scholar by Shanghai Jiao Tong University and held multiple positions at the same time.
But in 2006, his trick was exposed.
The projects he was responsible for were terminated, related funds were recovered, and various positions were revoked. However, none of the relevant responsible persons was held accountable in any legal way.
After this incident, the reputation of domestic chips was really bad for a long time.
It has made China's ambition to independently develop chips a laughing stock internationally, and has also harmed other companies that are really doing practical things. For example, because of the Hanxin incident, there were widespread rumors that "Hanxin, Loongxin, and Chinese core are fake," and Loongson's scientific research funding was almost
cut off, and finally relied on the Institute of Computing to raise funds to continue research and development...
Why does Qualcomm not care about China Mobile using its own chips?
People simply don’t believe that the Chinese can make any decent chips.
Why didn’t the Jinling City Government send senior officials to attend the Kunlun chip launch conference?
People are afraid that your stuff is fake and will be embarrassing!
When the National Central University Microelectronics Laboratory, Zhongtian Microelectronics and Ziguang Electronics announced that they would test the Shenlong 920 chip, many ordinary people began to pay attention to the relevant news and waited for the test results to come out.
It was obviously a business, technology, and academic matter, but Lu Yan turned it into an entertainment event!
Hualing Shares, the major shareholder is Fudan Microelectronics Group. Founded in 2001, it is located in Shenghai Zhangjiang High-tech Park
On the first floor of an inconspicuous six-story building, hundreds of devices are running continuously. The dense grids in the circular patterns on the connected electronic LCD screens are flashing red and green dots, which are wafers.
The test workshop is in operation.
Technical Director Zhao Jianhua, accompanied by several experts, passed by.
"Chip design and manufacturing are related to the development of the country and the prosperity of the nation. We cannot let past fraud incidents happen again and bring shame to China's chip industry!"
"Don't worry, they are all technical elites. They will definitely test them carefully and they will never let fake products get away with it."
"That's good!"
But as time goes by, several companies become more and more alarmed as they test more and more. The performance is no problem and has almost reached the world's leading level. How is this possible?
So, after testing again, there was still no problem!
Yangda University was the first to announce the test results of the finished product.
The product performance of the Shenlong 920 chip, designed and developed by Kunlun Chip Company and manufactured by TSMC, meets the design requirements. The chip performance is stronger than the mainstream products of other manufacturers and has reached the world's leading level.
As soon as the news came out, the media exploded.
Some people still have doubts and feel that Yangda University favors its own students and want to know the test results of the other three universities.
But there was no news from those three companies, they didn't accept interviews, they didn't stand up to refute, they just remained silent.
In the end, the Ministry of Information Industry ordered a spokesperson to come forward and announce to the media the test results of finished products of Zhongtian Micro, Ziguang Electronics and Hualing.
In terms of design, it has reached the world's leading level!