Rebirth 2010, the best

Chapter 30 Hu Li's Breath

In fact, as a chip industry practitioner, there are still many advantages of rebirth.

For example, avoiding mines and pitfalls.

To give the simplest example, Huawei HiSilicon's second-generation chip K3V2 was known as the industry's smallest quad-core A9 architecture processor at the time, with a high-performance ARM architecture CPU, 40NM, 64 memory buses, and twice the total memory threads of TEGRA3.

In 12, when this chip was launched on the market, many people thought that HiSilicon had made a technological breakthrough and that domestically produced chips had finally gained prominence.

But it turns out that the design of this chip itself was a failure. It did not use the more compatible MAILGPU architecture, but instead used the "GC4000" which was quite non-mainstream at the time, resulting in extremely poor compatibility of the entire chip system and huge heat generation.

From the outside, HiSilicon was trying to get cheap licensing fees from Vivante.

It was even once said by the outside world that Haisixiang was trying to get something for nothing, but ended up with a bad result.

But in fact, Lu Yao also talked about this matter with several HiSilicon backbones later. At that time, the company did have the idea of cheap Vivante licensing fees, but it was more of a conservative strategy.

Although the MAIL series at that time came with a free GPU when you bought the architecture, the technology was not yet mature. After HiSilicon's first-generation chip K3V1 failed and was canceled, people inside the company learned a lesson and wanted a more stable and overclockable CPU.

VIVANTE's GC4000 is high-end, licensed and cheap, so it is naturally the best choice.

But in fact, MAIL's subsequent success directly proved how unsuccessful HiSilicon's choice this time was.

As a reborn person, let's put aside other factors such as how they influenced HiSilicon's choice and infer from the results alone that if Lu Yao could make the final decision on HiSilicon, he would definitely promote the MAIL architecture.

If K3V2 can be equipped with MAIL architecture, it will be even more powerful, but at least there will be no technical jokes like the so-called "Huawei hand warmer", and it can also help them avoid detours and save a lot of money.

Voila.

This is what is called the advantage of rebirth.

Come to the multiple choice questions with the correct answers.

Just like Lu Yao’s college entrance examination this time.

But that being said, it is very difficult to actually do it.

The first is the technical barrier.

Let’s not talk about anything else, just think about how a high school graduate knows the confidential information of these major companies?
What is the identity of this student?
Is there any connection with foreign forces?

Behind every research plan in the chip industry, there may be tens of billions of dollars in funding and strategic plans. How do you, a poor student, know about this?
No scientific research is a tree without roots. Everything in the world has its starting point.

Without professional knowledge, professional equipment, or even a mature team, a person suddenly came up with some inexplicable technology... It might be okay in other disciplines, but for an industry like chips that requires clustered efforts of high-end talents to tackle key problems, it is impossible.

Therefore, even if Lu Yao had a lot of "correct" knowledge in his mind, he could not take it out.

There is no way I can take it.

Because he lacks a platform.

A platform that can shine and generate heat.

If you want to show your power in front of people, you must be under the spotlight. Otherwise, you can only be regarded as a firefly in the dark night, which is not only dim, but also more likely to attract predators hiding in the night.

Therefore, the plan he set for himself was to be a "growing genius".

He needs to gain reasonable exposure to the knowledge of the electronic chip industry, and then gradually develop his brilliance on this platform from the shallow to the deep.

Just like the article he is writing now, which he plans to submit to the school magazine in the future.

In his previous research work, he published many papers and understood the benefits of being familiar with others.

Start with articles that do not have much technical content, so that you can show your concern for the electronic semiconductor industry. Then, learn the right gold body from the articles of some "little geniuses", grow step by step, and finally complete the staged leap.

This is the correct way to get promoted.

Otherwise, let him send a letter now to HiSilicon, which has just started the project and has no idea what to do, and tell them to choose MAIL instead of GC4000... What awaits him is definitely not the treatment of being sought after, but the iron cage of the National Security Bureau.

This paper is easy to write.

China's annual imports of electronic chips have been growing since 2000, and the figures were even more exaggerated in 2010. If I remember correctly, the imports this year were close to $1600 billion, an increase of nearly 33%.

This number is exaggerated. At the same time, under the leadership of the state, major provinces are preparing their own information technology industrial parks.

Although this project will prove in the future that without a dense industrial chain and high investment, it is destined to be a waste of effort, but from these favorable strategies, it can be seen that the country actually attaches great importance to the technological growth of the electronic semiconductor industry.

It’s just that the industry requires a high threshold of technical talent, so ordinary people don’t know much about it.

Lu Yao’s plan was very simple. In this article, he wanted to describe his confidence in the future of China’s semiconductor industry and career prospects from the perspective of a “newcomer”.

The purer the description, the better.

The purer and more yearning it is, the more it fits his characteristics as a future freshman.

But at the same time, there must be a certain degree of guidance in the choice of words and sentence structure.

such as……

"Whether it is the X86 architecture for PCs or the ARM architecture for mobiles, although my country's independent research capabilities are still imperfect, mature companies such as Intel and ACORN in the UK already have fairly complete technologies. We have a huge market demand, and cooperation with them will bring out the best in each other..."

He looked at the line of words he typed on the screen and suddenly felt like laughing.

No matter how I look at it, I feel like I am saying "how sweet the air in foreign countries is"...

But this is the core idea of the whole article.

He wanted to use a tone of praise to express the sense of crisis in the electronic semiconductor industry.

This would be in line with the students' naive ideas.

Moreover, there is no technical threshold for this kind of article. Some of the parameters in it can be found by just searching on Baidu. It will not involve confidential information, but it is generally difficult for non-practitioners to write it.

I won’t talk about whether it has any technical content, but as a beginner student, this article is definitely qualified to be included in the school magazine from a freshman’s perspective on electronic semiconductors.

What? You asked Lu Yao why he was so sure?
It’s very simple. In his previous life, he worked as a reviewer for school magazines.

He is very clear about the review standards for school magazine articles for both undergraduate and graduate students.

At least that's the case at TVU.

As a frequent contributor to the school magazine in the future, such a eulogistic article as a stepping stone... is simply perfect.

……

"Jingle Bell……"

The ringing of the phone suddenly interrupted his thoughts.

He paused typing on the keyboard and frowned slightly.

Obviously he didn't like being disturbed at this time.

But he still glanced at the caller.

Hu Li.

Looking at the name of the caller, even though the other party spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on him yesterday... Lu Yao, who was writing the first draft at the moment, still didn't want to be disturbed by other things.

After thinking for a while, he pressed the mute button on his phone.

After the phone screen finally went dark, he picked it up again and put the phone on silent mode.

Next, I added a small bookmark to myself in the WORD document:

"Fox called, remember to call back later."

I don't even bother to correct the typos.

He typed quickly and completed the first draft in just an hour.

The word count is 1,300 words.

After proofreading it roughly, I clicked save, then got up, opened all the windows in the bedroom, and started the fan in the corner humming.

The smell of smoke gradually began to fade.

Lu Yao also walked out of the house, sat directly in the corridor, and lit another cigarette.

The corridor was hot and stuffy.

The cicadas' chirping was everywhere.

Although there was sweat on his forehead, his face showed deep thought.

This article is just a draft and will definitely need revisions.

Moreover, there should be some established facts that one has recognized in one's previous life, but these have yet to be verified in this year.

Therefore, we need to refine it, especially some sentences containing technical parameters and arguments, to make them as suitable as possible for the current era.

Typos also need to be corrected.

Is the overall article somewhat "fawning" on the West?
Well.

My head is a little hot at the moment, it would be better to wait until I calm down and review it again.

Thinking about this thousand-word article, he stayed there until beads of sweat formed on his forehead, then he came to his senses and went back to the house. He turned on the computer again and recorded all the places that needed to be changed, checked, and verified in the label, and then he saw the paragraph "Fox Calls" on the first line of the label.

So I turned on my phone.

Missed call: Hu Li (1)

Seeing this, Lu Yao thought it wasn't something to be rushed.

Otherwise, I would never hit just one.

But then I thought, does the rich woman need to call me when she has something urgent to deal with?

While pondering, he dialed back.

“Dudu… Hello?… Huh… Huh…”

Hu Li answered the call quickly.

Then... there was a gasp.

"..."

Lu Yao's mouth twitched, and he immediately realized something and said quickly:

"Sorry, Sister Li, I'll call back later."

I quickly hung up the phone.

But the hoarse lark's breathing lingered in my ears for a long time.

It made him speechless for a moment.

Hu Li replied again five minutes later.

"Hello, Lu Yao."

Her voice had regained its composure.

For some reason, Lu Yao also heard a sense of... fatigue.

"Sister Li, hello, I'm sorry I didn't see the phone just now. Is there anything you want to talk to me about?"

He chose not to mention what happened just now.

Just pretend it never happened.

"Well, I had lunch with Xiaochu at noon, and she said you were taking a day off today?"

"Yes, Mr. Xu sympathized with me and let me take a day off today."

"Ha~"

Hu Li chuckled:
"So you are recruited by me today, how about that?"

Lu Yao thought to himself, what kind of soldier am I?
But he still said:
"No problem, Sister Li, just give me your orders."

"Hey~ I just wanted to ask you to go exercise. You didn't answer the phone. Come pick me up at 7pm. I set the time to 8pm."

The other party did not use a negotiating tone and directly stated the established facts.

After Lu Yao hesitated for a moment, he responded:
"Okay, Sister Li, shall I pick you up at the hotel?"

"No, I have an appointment tonight. I'll send you the address and you can come over then."

"Ok."

"Um... Lu Yao."

"what?"

"Don't be so mean at such a young age. I was dancing just now. You hung up the phone as fast as you were running away. What are you doing!?"

A teasing and somewhat coquettish complaint blew into his ears like a spring breeze.

"……what?"

Lu Yao was stunned.

I thought to myself, how would I know you were dancing?

After hearing his movement, the lark's voice on the other end of the phone became more hoarse and charming:

"You are still young and don't learn well, but you still see a lot of things?"

"..."

Lu Yao was speechless.

So...he was indeed thinking in the wrong way.

Hu Li didn't intend to delve into it and chuckled:
"Ha, okay, I'm going to take a shower, see you tonight."

Doodle.

The phone hangs up.

But that hint of teasing is still ringing in my ears.

For no reason, an idea popped into his mind.

When dancing and exercising, the breathing sounds so beautiful. If...

beep!
Stop!

I am sworn in with gambling and drugs!

He quickly strangled the distracted mind and fell headfirst onto the bed.

call……

Feeling a bit tired.

……

A little after 4 p.m., Chen Aihua came back with a bag of vegetables.

She skipped work early today just to make a delicious meal for her son.

"Yaoyao, mom will cook this pork rib soup thoroughly for you!"

"Don't."

Lu Yao quickly shook his head.

A pot of pork ribs soup takes at least an hour or two to cook, so there is not enough time.

"My boss's friend asked me to pick her up tonight and arrive at 7 o'clock. I see the address is in Jing'an, so I guess I have to leave at o'clock. Let's have some braised pork."

"..."

Chen Aihua was stunned.

Subconsciously, I looked at the vegetables I bought.

Spare ribs, fish, shrimp...

It’s really a delicious meal.

These dishes require a lot of thought to make.

She suddenly felt unhappy.

But just as I was about to speak, I suddenly thought of the "more than 200,000" in the closet...

With some caution, she asked:

"Does your boss know that she is looking for you?"

"I know. My boss originally gave me today off, but she requisitioned it for me."

"……OK."