104: Chapter 104: Can this chip concept really be realized?

Shen Congbin instinctively furrowed his brow.

He had just arrived and wasn't very familiar with Fanmi's senior executives. Hearing Wu Lang mention a 'Director Zhou,' he simply assumed it was some high-level manager and shook his head slightly.

Looking at the listless group, he then turned and left.

"The project team was just formed, and the team leader is already nowhere to be seen. It's a complete mess!"

Shen Congbin sighed inwardly, his impression of Lin Wenwu immediately dropping quite a bit.

This was a crucial period for the two teams to integrate. The project's next R&D plan hadn't even been formulated yet. The two team leaders definitely needed to meet first, but now he couldn't even find Lin Wenwu...

He was clearly here to teach technology, yet now he had to wait. There was no reason for it!

What kind of Director Zhou was he meeting at a time like this? What could that 'Director Zhou' possibly understand about technology?

This was simply a mess!

The more he thought about it, the more frustrated he felt. Shen Congbin took out his phone, found He Yonghua's number, and hovered his finger over the call button, weighing his options.

Should he call now and request to go back, or wait and see a bit longer?

Based on what he was seeing now, he definitely wanted to turn around and go home immediately. But upon careful thought, from its founding to its rise, Fanmi had created a near-miracle in just over half a year.

The employees inside such a company shouldn't be like what he was seeing now...

Thinking this, he let out a breath and shook his head again, putting down his phone.

"Brother Shen, it looks like that Team Leader Lin is back!"

At that moment, a hushed voice suddenly sounded at the door. One of Shen Congbin's team members, looking towards the elevator at the end of the corridor, reported.

"He's back?" Shen Congbin immediately stood up and walked to the office door.

At that moment, Lin Wenwu happened to walk over.

Seeing Shen Congbin, his eyes lit up, a smile appeared on his face, and he immediately grabbed the other man's hand.

"You must be Engineer Shen! I'm Lin Wenwu, the overall person in charge of the qiankun chip project and the leader of the R&D team. Welcome!"

Lin Wenwu's enthusiasm caught Shen Congbin off guard.

Then, an involuntary, stiff smile appeared on his face.

Looking at Lin Wenwu before him... he couldn't help but feel a bit confused. This person seemed quite reliable. Had his earlier assumptions been wrong?

"Hello, I'm Shen Congbin!"

You don't hit a smiling face. The frustration in Shen Congbin's heart eased slightly.

Then, he still asked, "Engineer Lin, where were you just now..."

"I went to see Director Zhou, who is also the chief technology officer of Fanmi Technology, to get some materials for the qiankun chip project!"

"chief technology officer??" Shen Congbin was taken aback.

"What's wrong?" Lin Wenwu, noticing Shen Congbin's odd expression, instinctively asked.

"Nothing..." Shen Congbin shook his head immediately, but inwardly couldn't help but smile wryly.

So that 'Director Zhou' was actually the chief technology officer of Fanmi Technology.

He had thought... This was a huge misunderstanding!

Thinking about it carefully, it seemed he had indeed overthought things and been a bit too impatient.

The project team had just been formed. Lin Wenwu must have a lot on his plate. He had only waited one morning and had already let his imagination run wild.

He had truly made a mountain out of a molehill and been petty.

At this moment, he really wished he could find a hole to crawl into.

"Ahem, you mentioned getting materials just now. What kind of materials?" Shen Congbin coughed lightly and changed the subject.

"The core architecture concept for the qiankun chip and the overall chip design direction. Engineer Zhou prepared them very thoroughly. Our progress might even be much faster than anticipated!"

Speaking of the materials, Lin Wenwu's eyes immediately lit up, and he suddenly became excited.

"Core architecture concept? Chip design direction??"

Shen Congbin's heart also jolted. Looking at Lin Wenwu, curiosity surfaced in his eyes.

He had originally thought Fanmi hadn't ventured into the semiconductor industry and that the entire team were still novices. Suddenly hearing that Fanmi had already developed a chip's core architecture and design direction, he couldn't help but feel surprised.

"Can I take a look?" he couldn't help but ask.

"Of course!" Lin Wenwu didn't hesitate at all. He directly took out a stack of documents from his briefcase and handed them to Shen Congbin.

Shen Congbin didn't waste time either. Returning to the office desk, he set down the documents and picked up the top file, starting to read it carefully.

Lin Wenwu didn't disturb him, just stood by quietly watching.

He had naturally already seen this document. When he was at Zhou Fan's place, he had already skimmed through it all, experiencing another wave of astonishment.

He knew Zhou Fan's capabilities. He originally thought for this chip project, the other party just had a rough idea in mind.

But after seeing these materials, he realized he was wrong, and terribly wrong at that. Although there was much in these materials he still only half-understood!

But he only needed to know one thing: Zhou Fan wasn't suddenly having a whim to develop a chip in-house. He had long since started preparations and had conducted very deep research.

As long as he knew that, he could be sure this project was most likely a solid bet, especially now with the help of the Huaxing HiSilicon team.

The whole way back, he had been unable to contain his excitement. His mood couldn't have been better, which was why he had been so enthusiastic when he saw Shen Congbin earlier.

"CPU heterogeneous synchronous symmetric architecture... 3G baseband integration... high-K metal gate stacking... dynamic voltage island architecture..."

"Team Leader Lin, are you sure... the concepts in this document can be realized by us???" Shen Congbin's voice suddenly rose a pitch.

It had originally been a murmur, but now he couldn't hold back at all.

In his eyes, there was a trace of shock and disbelief.

Most of these design concepts, he had never even seen before, and some he couldn't quite understand. He wasn't like Lin Wenwu and the others who had just switched from software systems to chips; he already had very rich R&D experience.

Yet after seeing this document, he felt like a novice himself. All the design philosophies he had once prided himself on completely collapsed in this moment.

Too advanced. These concepts were all too advanced!!!

For example, the integration of the communication baseband and the AP into a single chip. There was simply no precedent globally; everyone used the AP chip plus an external baseband dual-chip model.

But in this design concept, not only were the two to be integrated, but a shared memory pool was also designed to avoid the power consumption of data copying.

In comparison, not only could the motherboard be significantly reduced in size, freeing up more design space, but communication power consumption would definitely also decrease, effectively improving talk-time battery life!

At this moment, his eyes grew brighter and brighter. He had originally thought cooperating with Fanmi would definitely be a huge loss—sharing all that accumulated technology with others just to gamble on a chip that might not even be made.

He felt it was practically charity, and a waste of time leading a bunch of novices. With that kind of spirit, why not just do it themselves?

But now, all that incomprehension had turned into relief.

Relief that he had come here, relief that he hadn't made that phone call earlier, relief that he had stayed...

The value of these R&D materials, and the person who formulated this R&D direction and concept, absolutely deserved to have them share all their previous technical accumulation in exchange.

"Whether it can be realized or not, what we need to do now is move in this direction. At least so far, Engineer Zhou hasn't been wrong!"

Watching the surprise and shock on Shen Congbin's face, Lin Wenwu felt like he was seeing his past self. Feeling emotional inside, he inexplicably felt a sense of pride. After all, Zhou Fan was from Fanmi, and he felt honored by association.

"Alright, let's get to work!" Lin Wenwu said solemnly.

Without anyone noticing, the office doorway had filled with people.

There were those who came over from the original Huaxing HiSilicon side, and there were Wu Lang and the other members of Fanmi's former software R&D department.

At this moment, Wu Lang and the others also had shining eyes.

Hearing Lin Wenwu's words, they immediately responded solemnly, "Yes!!"

Shen Congbin looked over, his gaze immediately jolting.

He felt these people were different.

Those who had been listless and slacking off in the office earlier now had light in their eyes, were full of energy and spirit, as if they had suddenly come back to life.

Following everyone's gaze, he instinctively looked down at the documents in his hand.

Then, he understood.

Fanmi's chief technology officer...

The change in these people was clearly because of the appearance of these materials.

And even more because of that person he had previously looked down upon: Director Zhou!