The Grandmother in the Siheyuan

Chapter 456 Hetu
Currently, the world's mainstream chips are around 350 nanometers in size, while the 1-micrometer specification is something from three or four years ago.

However, being able to manufacture them is a major victory, and Liu Hua knows very well that the more advanced the chip, the smaller its market share; the real money is made from those industrial-grade chips used on a large scale.

Liu Hua funded the entire research for this chip 3D printer out of his own pocket, so the technology belongs entirely to him.

As for the students, they are the main force in the research, and their rights must be guaranteed. You and I will give them two options: one is to buy out the project, and the other is that you will invest in opening a chip processing company, where the students can work and Liu Hua will give them dividends.

This research project will primarily involve four students: one will choose to receive funding, while the other three will choose to work or receive dividends.

The person who chose to take the money received eight million from Liu Hua, which, given the economic level at the time, was practically an overnight fortune.

Liu Hua jokingly said to the other three, "How about it? Aren't you envious? According to your own internal assessment, even though he didn't contribute the most, he can still get eight million. If you choose cash, you might get tens of millions."

The eldest brother raised his long, thin hand and said with a smile, "No, thank you. My mother said my fingers are dry and have gaps, so I can't hold onto windfall gains. I'd rather be down-to-earth."

Liu Huaxin founded a company called Hetu Runes. At first glance, the name sounds like a shamanistic ritual or a medium practice.

As the company's first employee and an absolute veteran, the eldest brother joked with Liu Hua: "Teacher, your company names are so strange, Taiyi, Hetu, these are all myths."

“No, these are all traditional culture.” Liu Hua said with a smile, “These are not myths, but things that exist in traditional culture. Maybe they will be discovered in future archaeological excavations.”

"impossible."

As a materialist, he simply didn't believe these mythical artifacts could be physical objects from ancient culture; he was just ignorant and made a fuss over nothing. Once the Sanxingdui site is excavated, he'll understand.

In the early days of the company, Liu Hua acquired several domestically produced lithography and etching machines to avoid revealing his true intentions.

Our domestic lithography machine technology is still quite good, almost on par with the international advanced level, but Liu Hua can clearly feel that we are starting to lack momentum in chip manufacturing equipment.

In recent years, foreign computers have begun to enter the domestic market. Coupled with the fact that Chinese people tend to admire foreign brands, the market share of domestic computer brands has been shrinking. Just a few days ago, we still had a certain amount of export volume.

The only reassuring thing is that domestic operating systems still maintain market share, and Chinese people are still more accustomed to the Red Flag operating system.

Moreover, in our country, whether it's government agencies or important institutions like banks, they all use the Red Flag operating system and say no to Windows.

In two more years, when the new millennium will arrive, the American operating system will face a major challenge: the new millennium.

Some computers can jump to the 21st century, while others jump back to the early 20th century. This shows that Americans are quite careless in their work and do not consider things thoroughly.

Singapore also made a television series called "Beat the Y2K Bug," which sparked a viewing frenzy and became a widespread social phenomenon.

Getting back to the main point, Hetu Rune Company's business is chip manufacturing and chip production equipment manufacturing, but Liu Hua only publicly advertises that they will engage in chip contract manufacturing.

Deep down, he was a sixth man.

He quickly landed his first order, a small order from Shenyang Machine Tool Group. CNC machine tools require chip control, ranging from ten to dozens or even hundreds of chips.

Shenyang Machine Tool Group (SMT) produces tens of thousands of machine tools a year, requiring a significant number of chips. Liu Hua used his connections to secure this business from SMT. However, a business of less than 100,000 chips is far from enough to sustain a company. Liu Hua then thought of another company.

Twenty or thirty years later, this company will be known as the backbone of our country's telecommunications industry. Of course, the company is only just beginning to make progress now, and its products still have many shortcomings.

Liu Hua once heard a joke that in the early days of the post office's computer room, Huawei's equipment was always the newest and never dusty.

That's because Huawei's equipment breaks down every few days. If it can be repaired, it will be repaired. Every time it needs repair, their equipment engineer will clean their equipment. If it can't be repaired, they will just replace it.

Therefore, their equipment in the server room is always the newest and cleanest.

To conduct business with such a great person, Liu Hua had to personally intervene.

He personally flew to the Special Economic Zone and found Mr. Ren, who was still relatively unknown at the time. Mr. Ren was not yet Mr. Ren; he was the same age as Liu Hua.

"Old Ren, I've long admired your name."

Boss Ren smiled and said, "I've long admired Mr. Liu's name."

"I wouldn't dare say that," Liu Hua said with a smile. "We should be the same age, I was born in 1944."

Old Ren laughed and said, "That's right, I was also born in 1944, at the end of October."

“I’m a little older than you, I’m June.”

Old Ren laughed and said, "Then I must call you Big Brother. Brother Liu doesn't come here unless he has something important to say. I wonder what brings you here?"

"To get business," Liu Hua said with a smile. "I'd like to ask you to help me get some business, but I don't know if you'd be willing to share some with us."

Old Ren said in bewilderment, "I heard that none of your group companies are in the semiconductor industry, and we have no dealings with them."

Liu Hua shook his head: "That's ancient history. I just started a semiconductor company based on the Hetu runes. Our main business is chip production. You guys make communication equipment, so you definitely need chips. Can you give me a piece of the pie?"

Old Ren was a bit undecided. Their company's products weren't exactly the best, and expanding into new markets was already difficult enough.

Now that Liu Hua is trying to get business from him, logically speaking, he should support him. They are all colleagues in the domestic semiconductor industry and should support each other.

However, he was also worried about whether the chips produced by Liu Hua's Hetu runes could pass the test. If they also had frequent problems like their equipment, then his Hua Wei would not live much longer.

Seeing how troubled Lao Ren was, Liu Hua guessed why.

So he offered to explain, "Don't worry, if any of the chips I give you are defective, I'll give you a hundredfold compensation."

"Whether or not we get compensation is another matter." Old Ren shook his head: "Our current survival situation is very difficult. If there is a problem with your chips, then my company can only wait to die."

(End of this chapter)