“Boss, Professor Lin Benjian, Professor Hu Zhengming, and Liang Mengsong are all willing to join Wujiang Microelectronics!” Meng Lianhan said.
"Very good, Director Meng, keep up the good work. Wujiang Microelectronics still has a large talent gap," Zhao Ye said with a smile.
In his previous life, Professor Hu Zhengming joined TSMC and served as its first Chief Technology Officer.
Lin Benjian and Liang Mengsong are members of the "TSMC R&D Six Knights".
The "Six Knights of TSMC's R&D" played an indispensable role in TSMC's past achievements. These six individuals were: Lin Benjian, Yang Guanglei, Jiang Shangyi, Sun Yuancheng, Liang Mengsong, and Yu Zhenhua. Each of them left a significant and indispensable mark on TSMC's development history.
For example, Lin Benjian is an international master in the field of optics, who proposed immersion lithography technology; Liang Mengsong is a semiconductor process technology expert; Sun Yuancheng and Yang Guanglei are integration experts in overall logic processes and are responsible for improving yield; Yu Zhenhua is a pioneer in copper processes and low-dielectric materials; and Jiang Shangyi is the overall leader. Perhaps it is precisely because these six knights each perform their duties in different fields that TSMC has been able to dominate from process miniaturization to advanced packaging!
Such talent is rare!
The list that Zhao Ye gave to Meng Lianhan included these "TSMC R&D Six Knights".
However, the Six Horsemen were still too few in number.
Just as there was the "Eighteen Riders of Yan and Yun" in ancient times, it's not an exaggeration for Wujiang Microelectronics to also have its own "Eighteen Riders," perhaps it could be called "Wujiang Microelectronics' Eighteen Riders" or "Wujiang's Eighteen Riders"...
Meng Lianhan continued her efforts to recruit people.
Meanwhile, foreign headhunting firms are also helping Wujiang Microelectronics poach talent.
Before TECH was established, Wujiang Microelectronics had already poached all the semiconductor talent in the world.
If TEEC tries to recruit more people, it will likely be difficult to find a large number of talented individuals.
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Eighteen days later, thanks to Meng Lianhan's efforts to invite them, the "TSMC R&D Six Knights" joined Wujiang Microelectronics.
These people used to work in the United States, but you should know that Chinese people in the United States have a glass ceiling in their careers. It is much more difficult for them to get promoted than for white people, and they also face discrimination and suppression.
Although Wujiang Microelectronics lags slightly behind IBM, Texas Instruments, and Intel in chip manufacturing processes, the gap is not too large, and it is already a rising star in the industry! Going to such a company would not be a waste of one's talents.
Moreover, Wujiang Microelectronics has also made achievements in the field of lithography machines and has invested in many semiconductor companies in China, demonstrating its remarkable strength.
At that moment, Rex Eden, who was in Japan, called Zhao Ye and said, "Boss, the acquisition negotiations between Del Prado, the owner of ASML in the Netherlands, and Mitsui & Co. and Sumitomo Group in Japan have failed!"
Upon hearing this, Zhao Ye's face lit up with joy, and he said, "Great! Rex, contact Del Prado immediately and tell them that Wujiang Microelectronics is willing to invest in ASML! However, ASML must transfer some of its core technologies to Wujiang Microelectronics!"
ASML certainly possesses some unique technological advantages.
During the industrial upgrading process, from large-scale integrated circuits (LSI, details greater than 1 micrometer) to very large-scale integrated circuits (VLSI, details less than 1 micrometer), the industry needs a new generation of lithography machines, and the wafer size processed will also be upgraded from 4 inches to 6 inches.
Nikon, Canon, and the American company GCA are still using lead screws to move the wafer stage, achieving image detail positioning accuracy greater than 1 micrometer, but ASML holds the technological advantage.
In 1986, ASML's PAS2500 lithography machine surpassed the technology of Wujiang Microelectronics' BG-101 stepper lithography machine. Prior to this, on June 1, 1987, AMD placed an order for 25 PAS2500 machines, an order that directly revived ASML.
It is February 1987, and there are still four months until June.
At this time, ASML was struggling, otherwise Del Prado would not have wanted to sell the company.
Following Zhao Ye's instructions, Rex Aiden immediately opened his phone book and found Del Prado's contact information after ending the call.
Del Prado, who had just returned to the hotel, was filled with melancholy. No one was willing to take over ASML, such a huge burden, and he had no choice but to continue burning money into it.
ASML had already burned through tens of millions of dollars; if it hadn't continued to burn money, it would have gone bankrupt. If the company went bankrupt, all the previous investments would have been wasted.
"Sigh, I've already sold ASML at a very low price, but neither Mitsui & Co. nor Sumitomo Group are interested..."
Del Prado shook his head and sighed.
Just then, his cell phone rang.
"Hello, who is this?" Del Prado pressed the answer button and asked.
"Hello Mr. Del Prado, I am Rex Aiden, head of the investment department of Wujiang Group. Do you have time to meet and have a chat?"
Rex Eden's voice came through the receiver.
Del Prado was taken aback. The head of the investment department at Wujiang Group? Could it be…?
“Hello Mr. Rex Aiden, I have time, we can meet anytime to talk!” Del Prado said hastily. ASML desperately needed investment, and Rex Aiden’s call was like a lifeline. Del Prado was overjoyed.
“How about we meet at the Japanese branch of Wujiang Group at 8 p.m. tonight?” Rex Aiden suggested.
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