dkrc Chapter 225 Special Review Committee
Chapter 225 Special Review Committee
July 2nd. 3:00 AM.
Shanghai. Vilan Headquarters. 32nd Floor. Lin Wei's Office.
Lin Weijian stood before the glass window. Outside, the Huangpu River shimmered with the still-dim lights of countless homes.
She had three pieces of paper in her hand.
One sign reads, "Bosch. Mimel. It's time." Another reads, "Italian. Rinnetti. Has arrived." Yet another reads, "Infineon. Hoffmann is making a comeback. Lieber will personally make a trip in August."
Three pieces of paper. Three names.
Over three years, these three names combined to drive Lin Che out of a small laboratory at Shanghai Microelectronics. Three years later, the same three names, one after another, became three different categories of "names" appearing on Wei Lan's desktop.
One was personally delivered to their door. One was delivered by a colleague. One was seen off by a colleague.
Lin Wei folded the three sheets of paper and placed them on the table.
They were different, but they followed the same path. All three of them suppressed that name for several years. They suppressed it until that small laboratory closed its doors. They suppressed it until a substitute left. They suppressed it until the reproduction team reported they couldn't reproduce it. They suppressed it until three years later, when Wei Lan personally pointed out that name.
Three companies. Not Motorola, not Cisco, not Intel. The three companies are Bosch, STMicroelectronics, and Infineon.
Three years later, today, their three families are different.
Bosch walked onto the table. Italian and French teams walked onto the table. Infineon, dressed in their uniforms, walked across the table.
But all three are still around. Behind them are Berlin. Behind them is Milan. Behind them is a system that can't get involved in East Asian affairs and is unwilling to get involved in the East Asian market.
This system relied on three companies over three years. It relied on the EDA families behind those three companies. It relied on the original IEC route. It relied on the framework of the Intelligent Manufacturing Department, which has been pushed onto the backbone of the global industry since the 1990s.
In the past three years, Weilan has promoted talent, industry, alliances, and projects. Today, it has reached the backbone of the IEC.
The representative walked to the National Academy of Engineering.
The founding leader's name didn't leave. But his name was mentioned.
Of the three names, Wei Lan reached 620 million in the first half of the year. Su Chen, the lead negotiator, advanced to the next round at the National Academy of Engineering. The founding leader, Lin Che, was mentioned by Wei Lan, Berlin, Milan, the National Academy of Engineering, and the authoritative national industry newspaper.
But the name isn't on it.
Lin Wei glanced at the table. On it was Weilan's financial report for the first half of the year. On the other side was a folder. The folder had the words "Qiming" on it.
Enlightenment.
Qiming is the undisclosed name for Vilan's next project. Qiming is not MEMS. Qiming is not a submicron node. Qiming is Vilan's next step.
Qiming is a "general industrial simulation operation system".
In this global market, there are only four companies: Siemens EDA, Synopsys, Hultens Design Systems, and Ansys. All four are over 30 years old. These four companies have encompassed virtually every industry globally. They've turned projects across the globe—including high-speed trains, ships, aviation, parts, instruments, and watches—into their licensed documents.
In the past thirty years, several companies have entered this market. Huada Jiutian in 2018, Gailun Electronics in 2019, Guangli Microelectronics in 2020, and Xinhuazhang in 2024. All those companies are still in the game. But they can only earn a few tens of millions of dollars behind those four major families. They can't become part of the mainstream.
Qiming is not like those companies or those paths.
Qiming is the company that, after Weilan reached its current position with submicron nodes, will push forward to the next stage and move into the field of project asset management.
She picked up the "Qiming" folder. She opened it. The top three pages...
The first sentence on the first page reads: "Qiming is China's first industry-grade general-purpose industrial simulation system."
On the second page, it states: "Qiming takes MEMS submicron nodes as its founding foundation, promotes development through projects, and expands into five fields: CMOS, power devices, optoelectronics, and quantum interaction."
On the third page at the top: "Qimingli has a five-year route. Same venue, same project, same industry."
She glanced at the three pages. Then she closed the folder.
She looked at the three sheets of paper on the table. Bosch/STF/Infineon.
All three companies were able to reach the point where they had to bet on names three years ago because they were backed by those few EDA families.
Qiming walked up. After Qiming walked up, the three EDA families, the routes behind them, were approached by Weilan from behind.
She picked up a pen from the table.
She wrote three words on the back of the Qiming folder.
"After the fifth."
She put down her pen.
The fifth is July 5th.
Special review meeting of the National Academy of Engineering. Su Chen took the stage.
Qiming walked up, and left after the day Su Chen took office.
……
July 2nd. 8:00 AM. Huaxiang Technology Hangzhou Headquarters.
Huaxiang and AVIC MEMS jointly produced their first batch of 45nm SoCs, using simulation data from the Vilan production line, which rolled off the production line today. The first batch consisted of 1,200 wafers, with a yield rate of 96.4% and a second-round verification rate of 99.1%.
At 9:00 AM, the first batch of sample photos was delivered by SF Express.
Send it to Beijing.
It was delivered to Su Chen.
……
July 5th. 9:00 AM.
Beijing. Hall 3, China National Convention Center.
The original review room in the Information and Electronics Division office building of the National Academy of Engineering, which could seat 180 people, had 3,100 applicants today. The National Academy of Engineering decided last week to change the venue to Hall 3 of the National Convention Center. Hall 3 can seat 3,600 people.
The expenses will be borne by Wei Lan. An additional sum will be allocated. Su Chen's personal account will establish a "Seed Project Cultivation Fund," with an initial investment of 50 million.
Of the 3,100 people, 600 were journalists. Representatives included over 30 pavilions and offices of the National Museum of China. Also present were representatives from a local Beijing ministry and several departments under that ministry. Leaders from several engineering research institutes were also present. Finally, a vice minister from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was among the attendees.
Above. Cross-disciplinary collaboration. Major innovation. Driven by industrial capital.
Third line.
Behind the three lines is the National Academy of Engineering's "Special Review" this year.
Su Chen went on stage.
The host was Wan Shouzheng, 55, deputy director of the Information and Electronics Division of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. He glanced around the judging room after taking the stage. There were 3,100 people.
He picked up the microphone.
"Today," he said. "The Information and Electronics Division of the National Academy of Engineering has established a 'Review Committee' based on three themes: 'innovation as the main theme,' 'interdisciplinary collaboration as the main theme,' and 'industry-driven development as the main theme.'"
He paused for a moment.
"Today's judging panel is led by founder Liang Ying, with contemporary commentator Su Chen as the main speaker."
He did not name "Lin Che".
After he took the stage, he received instructions from above, and the name "Founding Leader" on the judging panel was not mentioned. But the fact that it wasn't mentioned wasn't a sign of suppression. It was a sign of protection. The protected party had followed the established path.
He looked up.
"Please invite the five academicians who will be serving as judges to come to the stage."
Five people went on stage.
One is Dean Chen, Honorary Dean of the Institute of Microelectronics, Academy of Engineering Sciences. The other is Chief Scientist Liang Ying.
One is Academician Chen Zhenming of the Information and Electronics Division of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
One is Academician Yao Wenshu from the Information Technology Science Department of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
One is Academician Jin Wenwen of the Mechanical and Transportation Engineering Division of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
The last one is Shen Shouhong, an academician of the Department of Technological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Engineering. He is 73 years old this year.
Shen Shouhong is the academician who, in the early 1990s, submitted his resignation letter, demanding that a state-owned electronics company invest in simulation research and development, and was subsequently suppressed and sidelined for fifteen years.
The price was that Shen Shouhong left the research institute he had controlled. Sun held a resignation letter in his hand, marked "not heeded."
He went on stage. He sat in the back seat. He didn't move the pen in his hand. He glanced at the reporters in the audience. He didn't say anything.
Su Chen went on stage. He took the microphone.
"The founder and leader is Lin Che," he said. He started the event with this statement.
He didn't follow the old path. He didn't use the name "Liang Ying, the founder and lead negotiator, Su Chen." He started his speech on stage with the name "Lin Che."
The arena, with 3,100 people, was silent.
Dean Chen did not rise.
Chen Zhenming did not get up.
Wan Shouzheng glanced at Su Chen.
The names weren't called out. Su Chen went on stage and started with his name.
Su Chen was escorted onto the stage. But after he was escorted onto the stage, what he said on stage, and how he got on stage, were all his actions.
He took that name.
"Lin Che," he said. "He's the second author of that paper from June 25, 2018. He's the one who was asked in December 2018 if he was going to switch projects. He's the one involved in that car accident in May 2019."
He wasn't looking at the audience. He was looking at the pen in his hand.
"Lin Che is my colleague," he said. "For three years, he was my 'unnamed person'."
He paused.
"Today," he said. "I'll begin with his name."
The room was quiet.
He then added a sentence.
"Today, the National Academy of Engineering's Information Design 'Reviewer' is Su Chen. The founder and leader behind the reviewer is Lin Che."
"Lin Che retired in May 2020." He paused. "He's not playing in this match."
"He's not playing. But this is his game."
He looked up.
"Please have the five academicians give their scores."
Dean Chen picked up his pen. He didn't speak. He made a checkmark on the form.
Chen Zhenming hooked.
Yao Wenshu hooked.
Jin Wenwen hooked up.
Shen Shouhong raised his pen. He glanced at Su Chen. He glanced at Wan Shouzheng. He glanced at the three thousand one hundred people below the stage.
He hooked his finger.
All five are checked simultaneously.
Wan Shouzheng raised the platform.
"Liang Ying, the founding leader, and Su Chen, a contemporary commentator, were unanimously approved by the Chinese Academy of Engineering and five reviewing academicians for their contributions based on three criteria: innovation, interdisciplinary collaboration, and industry-driven development."
The room was quiet.
He then added a sentence.
Name: Lin Che. "With the unanimous approval of five expert reviewers, Lin Che is awarded the 'National Engineering Science Lifetime Achievement Honor,' and Su Chen represents the team in presenting the award."
"Three years. Today, it was retroactively recorded."
There were 3,100 people in the venue. Silence.
There was a six-second silence.
Then a clapping started.
The financial media's camera focused on the three academicians behind Su Chen, on the academician certificate in Wan Shouzheng's hand, and on the three characters "Gu Lin Che" on the appendix of the academician certificate.
His name appeared on the academician's certificate. His name was on camera. His name came to life three years later, at this event today.
The applause in the arena was ineffective.