If Wujiang Company focuses on its internal development and hones its chip manufacturing skills, it can establish a foothold in the global semiconductor industry after a few years.
However, the chip at that time wasn't called ARM; it had another name.
Zhao Ye had already decided on a name in his mind—Loongson!
After arranging the development of the operating system, Zhao Ye immediately went to the human resources department. He had been busy with the Imagine printing chain store, which delayed the company's launch of a large-scale high-end talent recruitment campaign.
Human Resources Department.
Zhao Ye said, "The company's major projects are short of talent. From this moment on, we will immediately invest heavily in recruitment. Whether it's advertising in newspapers or on television, or poaching people through headhunting firms, we will recruit high-end talent from all over the world!"
He paused for a moment, then added, "In addition, we can recruit people from abroad and establish research institutes locally!"
There is a severe shortage of high-end talent in China who understand both software and hardware. Many of them work in research institutions or state-owned enterprises, and only a minority are willing to come to Wujiang.
"Okay, boss, I'll arrange it right away!" The HR director nodded immediately.
As Zhao Ye walked out of the personnel department, he sighed, thinking about the difficulty of independently producing CPUs.
“I want to invest in building a wafer fab, but I always feel powerless on my own. I don’t have enough connections or energy. I need someone to help me…” Zhao Ye murmured.
At this moment, Zhao Ye suddenly thought of Ni Annan.
"Ni Annan has always wanted to create chips made by the Chinese people. The Chinese Academy of Sciences couldn't realize his dream, and Lenovo couldn't realize his dream, but I can!"
Zhao Ye couldn't help but have the idea of poaching his girlfriend.
Ni Annan is not only technically skilled, but also has a much wider network of connections than Zhao Ye.
It might be more suitable for him to take the lead in contacting and integrating the domestic chip industry chain than for me to do it myself.
How much money was needed to invest in a wafer fab in the 1980s?
Zhao Ye had specifically asked someone to investigate. The latest news was that in 1982, the Jiangnan Radio Equipment Factory (Factory 742) in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, spent US$66 million to import a 3-inch wafer production line (5-micron process, monthly capacity of 10,000 wafers) from Toshiba.
It's only $66 million. Although the investment is large, Wujiang Company can still accept it.
However, Zhao Ye hopes that semiconductor equipment can be produced domestically.
Otherwise, if foreign sanctions are imposed, all previous efforts will be in vain. Wafer fabs will not be able to purchase advanced production equipment and will decline sooner or later.
Zhao Ye did not want to be controlled by others, so he did not plan to directly purchase production lines from abroad. Instead, he would try his best to support domestic semiconductor equipment manufacturing companies, or recruit talents and invest in building factories. For example, he wanted to have control over lithography machines, as other research institutions probably did not have enough funds to support their continued research and development.
Ultimately, accelerating the localization of semiconductor equipment still requires money... At this time, the laboratory was already able to produce advanced lithography machines, but achieving industrial mass production was still fraught with difficulties.
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