"This year has been tiring, and next year will be even more tiring. With a budget of 500 million US dollars, we have to live up to that budget. With the help of Ruixin Lab, we have been able to forge our own path in communication technology within two years. This is only considered average progress. If we can't do it ourselves, we have to find others to cooperate with. But in other fields, such as core processors, image information processors, signal processing, and radio transmission technology, these are all key points."
"We can only be considered successful if we catch up with the world's leading companies in these areas. Among them, the core processor is the key. We need independent circuit design, independent chip planning, architecture, and the most mainstream technologies in the world. They have already moved towards 0.1 micrometers and will soon move towards the nanometer level. We are still happy to have made control processors for a few TVs."
"It's not about forcing you to do it, but about bringing in more talent. If you can poach people from Intel, don't hesitate. If Intel isn't an option, poach from AMD. If all else fails, try Motorola. You all need to feel a sense of urgency. The company is not the same company it used to be."
"The first board meeting will be held at the end of this year, and all kinds of budgets will need to be approved by the board. What are those people spending so much money to come in for? Of course, it's to make money! They will definitely treat Zhu Lidong like a god, not you!"
The atmosphere at the scene was almost frozen. Everyone present had a tense face, and the unprecedented pressure made them feel like they couldn't breathe.
"President Lu, starting next year we will establish a special task force to tackle this challenge. We must conquer the core technology within two years. This year we established a core processor project group with seventeen subgroups conducting research and development around the world. We will accelerate our pace next year!" Liu Cheng said solemnly.
"TV chips are our most successful product to date, and we hope to continue to maintain this momentum. This year, we have opened up the domestic market by relying on the core processors for TVs. In the past, we relied on TSMC or Samsung for imports. Even though companies like Konka and Skyworth are not on good terms with us, they still purchase our processors."
"I don't want to say anything unnecessary. I'll just say it again: in a few months, as we approach 1995, I hope you will all take the core industry to a new level," Lu Feng said in a deep voice.
Others began to report on the current situation of the R&D company. This year, the overall expansion has been very large. R&D centers have been established in Germany, France, Finland and Sweden. More than 300 senior engineers have been hired at high prices, and more than 700 university professors serve as consultants.
Jiafeng's R&D team went on a crazy spree, scouring the globe for talent.
We have collaborated with relevant majors in 36 universities around the world. Although some of these collaborations are done discreetly, involving providing some welfare services, donating some money, and enticing some students to join guilds or other gaming teams, we use these methods to attract high-end talent.
The meeting went on until 3 p.m., and Lu Feng didn't even have lunch. He was really anxious. If they missed these few years in terms of R&D, they would really never catch up.
In the 1980s, the semiconductor industry was dominated by Japan, with Motorola being the global leader. In the 1990s, the United States began to catch up in the semiconductor field, with both sides racing to catch up in research and development. Finally, in 2000, Intel released the Pentium IV processor, breaking through the previous 0.1 micrometer barrier and officially entering the nanometer world for core processors, achieving a breakthrough.
With the establishment of the board of directors, it was impossible for Lu Feng not to be anxious. Of course, he also knew that it would be too difficult to make a breakthrough within two years.
However, with an annual financial offensive of no less than five hundred million US dollars, Lu Feng still felt there was hope.
As the meeting was about to end, everyone present broke out in a cold sweat. This year had been exhausting enough; how were they going to survive next year?
Liu Cheng took a deep breath and said in a low voice, "President Lu, are you free lately?"
"What's wrong?"
“The Ruixin Lab has officially started operating. It’s necessary to meet with some of the foreign R&D personnel working there to show them that we value them. The person in charge there talked to me about this, and they are quite interested in you, especially since you are so young.” Liu Cheng also seemed to think that the people there were going a bit too far, just curious about what the boss looked like, so they sent him over.
“I don’t have any plans, I’ll just go!” Lu Feng agreed.
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