"Core History": Vast and infinite, "core" tide surging tide

The core is endless, and the collection is micro.. Since its birth in 1947, chips have become the core source of power for the development of global computer technology. Driven by Moore's Law, the density, performance and power consumption of chips are continuously optimized and applied in many industrial fields. From mainframe computers and small computers to desktops, laptops, tablets and smartphones, it can be found that the products are getting smaller and smaller, but the performance is getting more and more powerful, the process is getting more and more sophisticated, and the price is getting cheaper and cheaper. The "epitome" of this product benefits from the fact that for more than 70 years, global technology companies have been surging in the vast world of "core" and fighting tigers.

Bright posture, taking the way, good skills, things can be done. Judging from the ups and downs of recent decades, the complex and sophisticated semiconductor industry has its own development laws, including the global vertical division of labor and the trend of technical exchanges that are difficult to stop. The countries and regions involved in the semiconductor chess game have found a foothold in the large division of labor system: the United States is strong in the overall strength, the United Kingdom is stronger than the architecture, Taiwan is stronger than the foundry, showing that the Netherlands is stronger than lithography machine equipment, and China is strong in the industrial chain. In the post-Moore era, with the development of 5G, artificial intelligence and Internet of Things technology, the global semiconductor pattern may undergo new changes.

There is no doubt that semiconductor technology has always been a key area of international scientific and technological development and competition, and various industrial enterprises are the main force of "charging forward". In the early 20th century, Silicon Valley companies with a "revolutionary" spirit that encouraged innovation, supported decentralization, and were not afraid of risks defeated the traditional "Route 128" enterprises that feared risk, concentrated power, and lacked cooperation. Following the divergence of the originators such as Fairchild Semiconductor, Intel and IBM, the world's semiconductor companies have risen and fallen, some have grown into industry giants, and some have ended in industrial iteration and competition. But the spirit of the "revolutionaries" who were determined to innovate in the first place is still shining.

As we all know, the semiconductor industry is the industry with the highest density of talents, and one person and one team can even affect the development of the entire industry. This is just like the old saying: talent, the more you ask for it, the more you put it, the more you need it. Over the years, the global semiconductor to overcome difficulties and compete for iteration, has been inseparable from the lofty, unswerving talents, including the representative of China Loongson and Feiteng and other processors development. In the process of attacking the domestic independent CPU, the relevant R & D personnel are non-stop, sleeping and forgetting to eat, reflecting the attitude that a bench can do ten years of cold, as well as ten years as a day, do not overcome the vows of the foolish spirit of moving mountains.

Taking history as a mirror, we can know the rise and fall. Various experiences in the past have shown that the development of the semiconductor industry is the result of the joint promotion of various forces such as politics, economy, science and technology, and education, and the depth of the industrial chain involved is extremely extensive. Behind this is bound to produce many international competitions, corporate competitions, and character attack stories. Therefore, the "Core History" program aims to review the development history of the global semiconductor industry, outline the relevant context and outline, so that audiovisual readers have a deeper understanding of the origin and current situation of chips in various countries and regions, have a more intuitive impression of the overall industry, and have more inspiration for the future development of semiconductors in China and even the world.