Not only Mr. Wei, but also Wei Liang looked at Sister Da Da attentively.
Her husband's look made Sister Da Da smile knowingly: "Tesla Microelectronics doesn't know how to make a CPU!"
Seeing the slightly surprised and shocked expressions on the two people's faces, Sister Da Da quickly added: "To be precise, we don't make CPUs on PCs."
Hearing Sister Da Da's words, Wei Liang was obviously relieved, and then said: "This is true, otherwise it would be a complete waste for the Spreadtrum team to come to your place."
"snort!"
Sister Da Da snorted, rolled her eyes at her husband, and said very unhappily: "In your eyes, or in the eyes of so-called flower growers, you only have the first place, and you can't be the second one, and you can't do it without it!
Objective factors don’t listen at all!”
"..."
Wei Liang's expression froze and he was speechless.
The social atmosphere among flower growers is generally positive, but the impetuous and quick-success mentality is indeed common.
He also understands that it is not only digital circuits that drive the development of the semiconductor industry, but only CPUs, GPUs, and SOCs!
Analog circuits, hybrid circuits, various power electronic devices, high-frequency amplifiers, etc... Which one is not important anymore?
"Among the major suppliers in the PC upstream industry, I would take INTEL as an example."
Sister Da Da did not embarrass her husband anymore and continued the topic: "According to their company's rules, a single supplier is not allowed to exist, so the supply company will tell another company in the same industry the definition of the product."
Mr. Wei frowned and asked in confusion: "What do you mean?"
"It's reverse design!"
Sister Da Da quickly answered: "In the United States, the Tesla branch and Weiwei Group have collected a lot of chip designs that have flowed to the market. What Tesla Microelectronics is doing now is copying!"
When Wei Liang and Mr. Wei heard what Sister Da Da said, they looked at her in confusion: "Copy?"
Are you kidding me?
Don’t foreign companies strictly control patents? Now, in order to integrate with the world market, the country has begun to prepare for further planning in terms of intellectual property rights. But what Sister Da Da said is different from what they thought?
Sister Da Da explained: “In some IC design companies in the United States, when the gross profit margin of a certain product is less than 50%, they will quickly give up and develop higher-end, higher-profit products.
But the market for the products they gave up is still very large. Dad, the middle and low-end industries are moving, but due to the lack of technical talents in our country, most of the soup has been drank by Wanwan."
Wei Liang glanced at his father and then asked, "What does this copy have to do with it?"
"Copying is reverse design. For example, Wanwan Liqi started from this. What Tesla Microelectronics is doing is the same old path of Liqi."
Speaking of this, Sister Da Da shook her head and said with emotion: "Tesla Microelectronics can just get the code-to-code chip correct, which is already a great thing. The back-end is basically under the in-depth guidance of Fujitsu engineers.
Just made it.”
"So you want to copy...reverse design?" Brother-in-law Da Da felt that the word "copy" was really unpleasant.
"That's right!"
Sister Da Da nodded, "From a technical point of view, there are many learning opportunities in the process of reverse design. If you have a certain understanding of the circuits designed by others, you will learn something useful from them.
The idea will also be helpful for forward design.”
Having said this, Sister Da Da paused, took out a list from her bag, and handed it to Mr. Wei.
"Dad, this is some chip data that Tesla Microelectronics is redefining. Part of it has been taped out and is undergoing final testing.
These are all substitutes for imported chips from Wanwan..."
Some people also say that reverse design is a quagmire for IC designers, a quagmire that destroys designers' innovation capabilities. However, this is indeed the most beneficial shortcut for Tesla Microelectronics at present.
After all, in the semiconductor field, there are no shortcuts!
Mr. Wei looked at the list and read out inaudibly: "The memory power supply chip, USB driver chip...are they all on that motherboard?"
"That's right!"
Sister Da Da smiled, "Wanwan is using the most severe means to block the integrated circuit industry against us. These chips are the bargaining chips that allow us to counterattack them!"
Mr. Wei nodded. The so-called countermeasures are nothing more than raising tariffs, restricting imports and other means. They don't need to be actually implemented. As long as the news is spread, it will cause a major blow to companies such as Wanwan Liqi.
You must know that flower growers are the second largest consumer market in the world. If there are no accidents, with a population of more than one billion, it will be a matter of time before it becomes the largest market.
After Mr. Wei handed the list to Wei Liang, Sister Da Da continued: "Be knowledgeable, interrogate, think carefully, practice diligently, and be able to endure loneliness. This is the definition of the semiconductor industry by a young man who has just turned 20 years old.
He also said something that left a particularly deep impression on me: "In the progress of the country, various industries are prioritized. People's livelihood and basic industries should be taken care of first. When you make money, you can then go to high-end and sophisticated industries. You can't have them all at once."
The industry is moving forward.
But if Tesla can make the market, why can’t it be the first to do it?’”
Mr. Wei trembled and looked at Sister Da Da in surprise. He really didn't expect that such big-picture words would be said by that little Zhao Song.
“Almost all of the country’s fresh graduates with PhDs in microelectronics and computer science have been recruited by Tesla this year. He is willing to improve their salaries and is looking for ways to build houses for them.
Dad, what Tesla Micro is doing is the follow-up to the 909 project - cultivating talents, we are willing to wait for them to become useful; we are willing to cultivate the market ourselves, and create a virtuous cycle; waiting for an explosion at some point in the future!
I believe that with Tesla Microelectronics’ solid development plan, one day we will be able to synchronize chip development and manufacturing plant process development, study principles, try solutions, and tackle difficulties together with FOUNDRY.
We don’t need the state to take care of us, all we want is a fair business environment!”
In addition to establishing several major wafer fabs, the follow-up plan of the 909 Project is to invest in the establishment of multiple IC design companies, but this plan has a very long time span.
In Project 909, there is one of the biggest easter eggs—that is, the predecessor of HiSilicon Semiconductor.
Before the state investment was announced, Huawei started building HiSilicon.
………………
In the restaurant, it became quiet again.
Mr. Wei looked at Sister Da Da with some confusion. After a long time, he sighed: "If you don't make CPUs, what are you doing by investing in Loongson? Are you giving the credit to others again?"
"..." Sister Da Da lowered her head and remained silent.
"It's so stable!" Mr. Wei stood up and walked slowly into the study.
Ten minutes later, he came out with a piece of rice paper and handed it to Sister Da Da: "Tell him, be honest and do things cleanly. This country can't tolerate such a freak!"
"Yeah!" Sister Da Da nodded excitedly, carefully unfolded the rice paper, and then showed a dumbfounded expression.
"In the misty and dangerous pavilion, I laugh and talk alone on a thousand peaks. Who can I share the appreciation with? Thousands of miles of smoke and waves."
When you grow old, your feelings will still be like thinking about the end of the world. You will feel empty and melancholy. You will be bold and unrestrained as a young man. Don’t imitate the example of a declining old man."
How does Zhao Song, who is now planning to attack people everywhere, look like a loser?
But with this picture, Zhao Song can really relax and go to criticize others!