Chapter 265 ARM
My mentor in this life, Professor Sun Liqiang, is one of the well-known chip researchers in the industry and has a very high status in chip design.

For well-known researchers like them, people in the industry know that they are from the Institute of Electronic Research of Fuhua University as soon as they hear their names, but in fact they are not bound by any school.

Fuhua’s Department of Electronics is not weak, but that is only compared between universities.

What everyone is comparing is academic achievements, teaching quality, etc. It is a comprehensive comparison, but it does not include R&D.

The research results can be included in the academic field.

But it can be independent.

For example, for a new chip, even Lu Yao, who was reborn, could only spend a whole year to come up with the most basic theoretical model of a radio frequency chip. And if you really want to design a chip from scratch, currently, universities rarely have this ability.

The reason is simple, just because it is expensive.

If a chip uses ARM architecture, then the CPU ARM architecture needs licensing fees, and the GPU uses MALI. These licensing fees are sky-high, and you also need to find a company like TSMC to process it.

Not to mention that after the chip is designed, it needs to be taped out for experiments to prove its feasibility, and the processing fee is several million dollars.

So, to sum it up in the simplest terms, chip research cannot be successful without money.

For example, Huawei can invest 10 to 20 billion yuan a year. Just for this research and development, a professor’s experimental team applying to the school… is simply a fantasy.

Therefore, most companies in the industry with R&D capabilities have good relations with all high-tech schools.

It even costs millions every year to set up a public relations department to consolidate the relationship with these schools in order to build or strengthen cooperation between the two sides.

Hire these elite researchers from universities to become supporters of the company.

The company provides the money and the school provides the staff.

This is probably the mode of cooperation.

Especially for an elite like Professor Sun, it is no exaggeration to say that one of his former students may be in the research department of a certain company.

It is also normal for students to turn to their old teachers for help when they encounter problems.

Therefore, these well-known professors basically have very good cooperative relationships with companies with R&D capabilities.

The same was true of Lu Yao’s mentor in his previous life. Every year, the mentor would take him and his fellow apprentices to various conferences, academic lectures, or reception dinners held by a company at the end of the year.

Eat, drink, play and take…

Although it doesn’t sound great, in fact, Lu Yao and his fellow brothers later established very good cooperative relationships with these scientific research companies under the introduction of their mentor.

The mentors will also lead them to work on each other’s projects.

After achieving results, the academic achievements are taken away and the economic benefits are divided according to the contract.

Moreover, this type of project usually has a contract with the research institute, which will also gain economic benefits and the tutor will also receive a bonus. It can be said to be a win-win situation for all three parties.

What’s funny is that Lu Yao had read all kinds of soft articles in his previous life, comparing how bad the research environment in China is and how good it is abroad. How domestic researchers generally earn less than 10,000 yuan, while foreigners earn 20,000 to 30,000 US dollars a month, etc.

It’s really funny to watch.

Just salary…the tutor’s salary is only over 10,000.

But what about performance bonuses?

What about research patent licensing fees?

These are really not mentioned at all.

Sun Liqiang is one of the highly-appointed members of HiSilicon’s central laboratory. He can directly contact and guide the research and development of a project in HiSilicon’s most important laboratory.

On the day of the family dinner, as a “master”, I had to show the sect’s demeanor to my disciples, so we started talking about these things.

Not every sect has such unique resources, but as long as they have them, the disciples will rise rapidly… Not to mention becoming geniuses, but at least they can continue to get the support of the sect after they enter the world.

It can be said to be quite amazing.

However, he did not explain in detail, and Lu Yao did not ask whether the other party was researching K3V2 or KIRIN.

It was difficult to ask before, but it’s different now.

The most basic and important work of this RF chip has been completed, and what comes next… is big.

In the future global deployment of Beidou navigation, all chips use this RF chip. After the results were produced in 17 and tested in 18, we began to fully replace and iterate.

In this kind of project, I used to be just a participant, but now I have become the leader.

To be honest, he didn’t know how this chip would develop in the future. That was not something he could decide. Instead, he had to formulate a complete plan based on the country’s analysis and understanding of this chip. But he was looking to the future at this moment… Apart from anything else, the biggest possibility was that all future positioning systems that relied on Beidou navigation would be inseparable from this chip.

But what stages it will go through… He is not the decision maker, so he really doesn’t know.

He can only let things take their course, so he needs a new job now.

Otherwise… it would be too boring.

He kept thinking about it until his stomach started to growl and he realized he hadn’t eaten yet.

So he packed himself up lazily and went out.

After having a meal at the fried skewers shop next door, I returned home feeling very satisfied.

Lunch was a drowsy meal.

Mingming had just woken up, but after watching TV for a while, he lay down on the sofa again.

When I woke up again, I was woken up by the phone.

I looked at the time and it was almost 5 o’clock.

This day passed by inexplicably.

He was speechless, but looking at the caller, he was still shocked:
“Hey, baby.”

“Hey. What were you doing yesterday?”

Hu Li’s voice was full of energy.

“I was at Brother Fan’s place yesterday, and I made a report on the project. Then… it seemed like it was less than 6 o’clock when I finished. I fell asleep as soon as I got back to Brother Fan’s office. He sent me home, and I never woke up. I slept until about 12 noon. I just went to have a meal and took a nap. I guess if you hadn’t called me, I would have slept until the evening.”

“what?”

Hu Li’s voice was full of surprise:

“You slept that long?”

“Ah.”

Lu Yao leaned back on the sofa, answering and stretching lazily.

I just felt tight and uncomfortable all over.

“Maybe I’m tired. I’ve been busy with this project for a long time. After finishing this report, I feel relaxed.”

“Yeah, I understand. Once you relax, you become discouraged. You need to rest well at this time… Then can you sleep tonight?”

“Hmm…it should be fine. Ha~~~~Hmm.”

He yawned loudly again.

“I’ll eat something later. I think my blood sugar will go back up and I can sleep through the night.”

“…Hehe, Sleeping Beauty is going to sleep for three days.”

Hu Li said, smiling:
“I’ve already booked the ticket.”

“Oh?”

Lu Yao was cheered up:
“What’s the date?”

“May 11th.”

“…Didn’t you say you would be back in October?”

“Brother, I’m talking about the end of October, but it’s not too far off. I’m talking about the domestic time. In London, I’m boarding a plane on the evening of the 31st.”

Lu Yao was speechless for a while, thinking to himself that you are really rigorous.

But he still asked:
“And then? How was it arranged?”

“About noon on the 1st.”

“To the Demon City?”

“No… to Lu Province.”

Her mother’s hometown is Zibo, Shandong Province.

“Uh……”

Lu Yao was stunned for a moment, and after thinking for a while, he suddenly asked:
“Then I’ll go to Lu Province and wait for you?”

“Uh… don’t.”

Hu Li still refused:
“If you come, I will definitely be reluctant to see you, and it will be distracted…”

“I’m not disturbing you. Can’t I just watch you secretly from a distance?”

“This… that… that can only be met in secret.”

In the end, the longing for my lover slightly overshadowed my filial piety.

She still compromised.

only……

“Are you sure it won’t delay your work?”

“very sure.”

Anyway, he has nothing to worry about now.

Graduate students have relatively more free time and can arrange it more reasonably.

“Hey, that’s good.”

“Where’s Auntie? When will she be back?”

“She will be a few days late, probably in mid-November. She will go directly to Sanya, and I will go there too…Have you talked to uncle and aunt?”

“We talked, but at most we’ll stay there for a few days during the Chinese New Year. These two have to go to work.”

“That’s true…”

Lu Yao just lay on the sofa and chatted with her happily.

The two of them kept chatting until she said she was going to take the elderly out for a walk. After that, Lu Yao was hungry and planned to go eat something.

Just as his bowl of shredded pork noodles was served, his cell phone vibrated. He was startled when he saw the caller.

It turned out to be Luo Xuewei.

Open the screen and click on the content:
“Lu Yao, what are you busy with recently?”

“…”

Lu Yao’s mouth twitched, and after thinking for a while, he sent a message to his girlfriend:

“Did you tell Luo Xuewei that I’m done?”

“No, why would I tell her this? Isn’t your research confidential?”

After seeing this content, he directly replied to Luo Xuewei:
“I was just about to eat, what happened?”

Luo Xuewei replied immediately:
“Let’s have a drink. Remember that stout you liked so much last time in London?”

Stout…the dark wine that’s neither sweet nor sour?
Lu Yao’s mouth twitched as he gradually recalled the taste of that glass of wine.

replied:
“I remember it. I was very impressed. To be honest, I bought a few dark beers after returning home, but they didn’t taste very good.”

“Ha, isn’t that as it should be? Come find me here at the Gentlemen’s Club and try the fresh goods that have just arrived.”

In mid-September, Luo Xuewei’s gentleman’s club opened. It was a private club. Although the threshold was not particularly high, it did require a minimum charge of 9 yuan to become a member, which helped her filter out a group of individual customers.

Lu Yao only went there once on the opening day, presented a flower basket, and never visited the place again since then.

During those days he was busy battling wits and courage with the pink-haired girl, trying his best to be a scumbag who could just pull up his pants and leave. In addition to doing research, he really had no time to spare.

but now……

After thinking for a few seconds, he said:
“Okay, save one for me.”

“Of course, as long as you come, I will always keep a cup for you.”

So, after Lu Yao absentmindedly finished a bowl of noodles, he walked out of Shaxian Snacks and called Zheng Xiaofan.

Zheng Xiaofan’s first reaction was the same as his:
“Hu Li said that?”

“No, I asked her just now, and her reply was: Isn’t your research confidential? I definitely can’t tell you.”

“So… a coincidence?”

“should be.”

“Then go ahead. We have people over there too. They’ll help you keep an eye on it. Let’s see what’s going on.”

“OK.”

“The twins haven’t contacted you in the past two days?”

“No, I read the report and it told me to be a scumbag who would not recognize anyone even if he put his pants on. After I slept with her that time, she asked me out a few times, but I didn’t meet her.”

“…Don’t say that.”

“what?”

“You really have a talent for being a scumbag.”

“…”

Lu Yao was speechless and felt that he was talking nonsense.

So, after returning home and cleaning himself up, he went to Fortune Garden and drove the Bentley. He looked like a successful person.

As a result, when the car was halfway through the journey, Yang Ying sent a text message:
“Are you out?”

“……how do you know?”

“I see your car is not in the parking space.”

“Well, let’s go sit at the bar.”

Then, after the car drove out of an intersection, her text message came:
“So where are you going tonight?”

“how?”

“I’m going out now too. I have to have dinner with someone tonight. It will probably be over around 10 o’clock. If you have time, I’ll come to you, or you can come to me?”

Lu Yao thought about it and replied:
“No, I’m not free today.”

After another traffic light, the other party replied:
“Okay. Anyway, if you’re bored after you’re done, call me.”

“Ah.”

After deleting all the text messages between them, he drove all the way to the Bund.

Luo Xuewei’s Gentlemen’s Club is nearby, but not on the Bund, but a little inside, and is also an old building.

After parking the car, he walked straight in. When he reached the door, he took out his membership card and flashed it, then walked directly into this pub with British-style decoration.

I have to admit that this beautiful spy chief actually has good taste.

In Lu Yao’s opinion, the style of this club is a bit similar to… the United States in the 1960s and 1970s.

It’s the style of “The Godfather”, but slightly different.

Lu Yao is not a researcher in this field, so he can’t really say for sure. All I can say is that this kind of pub is often seen in 007 or other movies. It has a sense of age and is retro, but the atmosphere is really good.

And most of them are foreigners.

When Lu Yao walked in, he saw many foreigners gathered in groups of three or five, each drinking a glass of beer, chatting and laughing.

He thought to himself, you guys can’t even eat a peanut, I don’t know what you’re laughing at.

Just as he was about to contact Luo Xuewei, he heard someone calling him:

“Lu Yao, here it is.”

When he turned around, he saw Luo Xuewei and a foreigner sitting in a small booth and greeting him.

The foreigner was looking at him with interest.

So he smiled, raised his hand and walked over.

On the way, Luo Xuewei had already instructed a waiter on something. The waiter glanced at Lu Yao, nodded, and left quickly.

“Hello, Vesna, long time no see.”

“Yeah, you’re a busy man. It’s so hard to invite you over.”

Compared to her aggressive performance in the nightclub, the female spy chief now seemed… how should I put it, very aristocratic.

This is consistent with Lu Yao’s understanding of the so-called “old London aristocracy”.

The clothes look neither rustic nor Western, but they look quite refined.

As Luo Xuewei spoke, she waved her hand:
“Let me introduce you to Lu Yao, General Manager of IP Products Division, Asia Pacific, ARM Holdings, Vincent Hedding.”

“…?”

Lu Yao was stunned.

This is really unexpected.

Subconsciously, he looked at this slightly plump foreigner who was wearing a well-fitting suit and smiling at him.

“ARM Holdings?”

he asked subconsciously.

“Hello, young man.”

The middle-aged man, who looked no more than 50 years old, smiled and stretched out his hand.

Lu Yao quickly came back to his senses and shook hands with him:
“Hello, Mr. Haiding, Rod Lu. Nice to meet you.”

“Haha, me too. I’ve heard from Vesna a long time ago that she knows a young man who is very good at research in the field of chips, but… I only knew that he was young, but I didn’t expect you to be so young.”

As the middle-aged man spoke, he gestured for Lu Yao to sit down.

But Lu Yao’s heart was already in turmoil.

ARM Holdings, as the name suggests, is the company that invented the ARM architecture.

One of the top semiconductor companies in the UK and even the world, it is also one of the last fig leaves for the increasingly declining UK.

ARM’s business is all over the world, especially in the era of smart phones, their business is booming. They are truly a global industry giant, and just like other multinational companies, they also divide their business into several major regions such as North America, Asia Pacific, Europe, etc.

Each region has a responsible person.

The president in charge of the Asia-Pacific region is Allen Wu, a Chinese. The company is also divided into customer business department, infrastructure construction department, etc.

Among them, the most important department is the IP product division in each region.

To put it bluntly, the products produced by the company depend on them to be sold.

Thanks to ARM’s strength, it is more accurate to say that others are actively begging to buy rather than relying on them to sell.

And the person in front of me… is actually the head of product business for the entire Asia-Pacific region?
Why is he here when he’s not in Hong Kong?
and……

Luo Xuewei actually knew him?

And today I called myself here again…

Her calculation…

As soon as he sat down, brainstorming had already begun in his mind.

Even people from ARM were invited…

Am I far more important to them than I think?

Or… do they have other purposes, and I am just a bystander, or… part of the plan?
He was puzzled.

But there is no need to be too anxious.

Since I’m here, these two people must have an explanation.

Then take a look.

He had a sunny smile on his face.

Look at these two people…what are they going to do.

(End of this chapter)