I Am the President of the University

Hsinchu Science Park, Baodao Province.

The sun is setting.

In a coffee shop, a table by the window sat two men in casual clothes.

The two of them seemed to be discussing some important topic, and they were sitting in jeopardy.

At the end of the conversation, the two got up and shook hands.

At the entrance of the coffee shop, Li Ziwei watched the middle-aged man leave until the figure disappeared from sight.

He sighed slightly, moved his lips, and left without saying a word.

He was born in Kaohsiung City, Baodao, and graduated from the Department of Electrical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Baodao. Later, he went to Stanford University to study for a doctorate degree. After graduation, he returned to Baodao to join TSMC.

As a talent introduced by TSMC, the salary is naturally not low, but... what embarrass him is the inner choice.

The apartment he rented was nearby. Li Ziwei walked back and stopped halfway through.

He stayed in front of a small cart.

The old woman was sitting in plain clothes, and she didn't stand up until she saw Li Ziwei approaching.

"Grandma, let's have an oyster fry, it's still the same."

"Okay, okay, I know it's going to be spicy."

"Grandma, let me tell you, this one needs to be spicy to make it more delicious!"

The old grandma shook her head, just smiled.

People from Baodao are similar to people from Hu Province. They don't eat spicy food very much. Those who can eat spicy food are definitely out of the ordinary.

The reason why she can remember Li Ziwei is not only that the other party always patronizes, but also that the other party's love for spicy food left some impression on her.

The round and plump oysters are sprinkled on the iron plate and sizzle, and they are poured with a thin white powder paste, which looks even more attractive.

A few slices of greens, a soil egg.

Finally, the sweet and sour special sauce was poured on the fried oysters that had just left the fire. In the sizzling aroma, there was a beautiful sound of crackling.

Looking at the fried oyster, Li Ziwei's previous troubles disappeared, his eyes fixed on the iron plate.

Oyster fried is considered to be the number one in the ranking of Treasure Island snacks. It was previously sought after by fans on both sides of the strait because of the idol drama "The Corner Meets Love". From the head of Baodao to the end of Baodao, you can find oyster fried everywhere, but Li Ziwei's favorite is the oyster fried by this old grandma.

When it was about to come out, Li Ziwei suddenly asked the grandmother: "Grandma, have you ever lived in the mainland before?"

"Mainland..." The old woman's hand trembled suddenly, as if she was caught in some memories.

"I lived in the mainland 49 years ago, but after so many years, my childhood memories are not very deep."

After paying the money and taking the oyster fried, Li Ziwei did not leave as usual, but pursed his mouth, and then asked:

"Have you never gone back to find a relative?"

"I found it, it's just that the relatives in my hometown have passed away, so I don't care about it."

"Hey, grandma, what do you think of the mainland?"

The old grandmother cleaned up the iron plate, and muttered, "If you want me to say, I still think I can return sooner. After all, the mainland is the root. Without the root, it is like a person without a spine. How can it be called a person? Oh."

Listening to the words of the old grandma, Li Ziwei thought thoughtfully.

Thinking of the end, Li Ziwei's smile was as bright as snow melted in winter.

"Thank you grandma, I know what to do."

Waving goodbye to the old grandma, Li Ziwei made up his mind while eating fried oysters.

The person who asked him out today was a middle-level manager of TSMC, and the contact was that he wanted to pull into the other party's team.

This manager is said to have some contacts with Dr. Liang Yiqing when he was still at TSMC, and Dr. Liang has now left SMIC to join Guanghua.

Compared with other provinces, the people of Baodao are still closer to Hu Province. After all, they are only separated by the Baodao Strait. Moreover, Baodao and Ludao both speak Southern Hokkien, and their eating habits are very similar.

People from Baodao may be uncomfortable when they go to other provinces, but this problem will not arise when they go to the southern Fujian region of Hu Province.

Thinking about the current situation of TSMC, perhaps leaving is the right choice.

TSMC has a market value of 3.97 trillion yuan, which is a bit higher than Fujitsu. It is the world's largest chip manufacturer and has an absolute leading position in the semiconductor industry.

It was originally planned to be launched in 2021, and it is difficult to produce 3nm products that will enter mass production in 2022.

On the 3nm chip, TSMC still chose fi transistor technology, while Samsung chose gaa technology, and successfully taped out, one step closer to mass production.

As a senior engineer at TSMC, Li Ziwei feels very heavy.

TSMC’s 3nm chip is likely to be postponed until the first half of 2023 to achieve mass production, but this will not keep up with the iphone14 (a16) in 2022.

As for 2nm... it is ideal to postpone it to 2025.

This situation reminded him of intel10nm.

Intel's pre-10nm node was a great ride, but it overturned directly on 10nm, causing Samsung and TSMC to overtake in corners.

But I did not expect that on 3nm, TSMC also encountered Intel's dilemma that year.

If the optical core does not turn out, the threat to TSMC is better, after all, it will be Samsung and Intel's two competitors.

As for the mainland...

SMIC, for example, has just completed the mass production of 14nm products, and related technologies for the 7nm process are still under development.

For the chip thing, the cost of building a plant for 28nm process research and development only costs 5 billion US dollars, but to 5nm, 3nm nodes, it needs 50 billion US dollars or more.

But whoever lets the mainland make an optical core, once this thing comes out, regardless of whether TSMC or Samsung, Intel, or Apple, they all have to play gg!

When the electronic chip meets the photonic chip, UU reading www.uukanshu.com is no exaggeration to say that it is the spear and the ak-47.

Thinking of the last words of the oyster fried grandmother, Li Ziwei rubbed his handsome face.

"The mainland is developing very well, and maybe it's time to go back."

An undercurrent is surging up and down at TSMC. At present, the global chip industry is facing a chip shortage. TSMC is facing internal and external troubles. Without Huaxing, a major customer, it has to rely on a shameless country.

TSMC intends to go to the United States to build a factory and invest 100 billion US dollars in three years.

But many employees of TSMC are quite unwilling to leave Treasure Island for the United States, even if they go to Lu Island, which has a local accent.

At this time at TSMC, Jincheng's former Lanzhou University professor Zhou Henian also fell into melancholy.

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ps: It's almost a bit, wait a moment.

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