Why be considerate? (Seeking follow-up)

Rao Huiling, along with Yu Bei, Luo Yao, and others, set off early for Fuzhou, where Sanhua Company was located.

Upon landing, they saw Director Lin from Dongtou waiting to pick them up.

Director Lin, a veteran of over twenty years in the business world, didn't mention anything about previous issues when he saw the Huaji group.

After a brief greeting, he got straight to the point, "Director Rao, Director Yu, are you sure your EDA is usable?"

"Our own factory has already started using it."

Huaji's consistent approach was to use their products internally first, and only promote them after successful internal adoption.

After completing the data migration, Haixin, Huaji's chip manufacturing plant, began its operations, directly using the existing logic diagrams and circuit layout designs.

Luo Yao's user interface design was simple and clear, significantly lowering the learning curve for the drafters.

It was easy to learn and smooth to use. In particular, several modules, such as the power consumption analysis tool and lithography OPC, could completely outperform Synopsys, according to the feedback from the chip drafters.

"Director Lin, you'll know once you try it." Rao Huiling's confidence stemmed from Luo Yao; if his software didn't meet her requirements, she would never have been so sure.

Although Pangu EDA could be forcefully pushed by Huaji through connections, as a tool, if it couldn't gain user recognition, forceful promotion would ultimately lead nowhere.

Whether Pangu EDA could survive depended entirely on the market.

"Alright, let's go immediately. Sanhua's Zhao Pei hasn't slept well these past few days. After the incident, Zhao Pei called me looking for a solution."

"I really didn't expect Synopsys to cause trouble for Sanhua over a complaint."

"It seems you were right before, these foreigners only see bigger profits and have no regard for relationships!"

Rao Huiling and Yu Bei felt a hint of annoyance at Director Lin's words. If you think so highly of foreigners, why wouldn't they rip you off?

Luo Yao glanced at Director Lin and asked confusedly, "Why should there be regard for relationships?"

"Synopsys and companies like them are betting that Chinese enterprises won't dare to fall out with them."

"Chinese enterprises rely on them for survival and cannot survive independently. Based on this alone, the other party can easily dictate prices."

"If you think they don't dare, it's because you see yourselves as consumers."

"The idea that the customer is God is what you advocate, but only God has mercy. It's normal for companies like Synopsys not to have it, isn't it?"

"Can't you see it's because your brain isn't working well enough?"

Rao Huiling and Yu Bei almost burst out laughing.

God having mercy, but Synopsys and companies like them not!

Luo Yao's sarcastic remarks were infuriating, but he was speaking the truth!

Talking about relationships with a pack of hungry wolves is either foolish or stupid!

Could they really expect Synopsys and other foreign companies to lend a hand, considering the difficulties faced by Chinese chip enterprises in their development?

Director Lin's face was a mixture of colors, red and white, and he had never felt so stung.

He just couldn't find any words to refute.

Damn it! What is this kid even here for!

Finally arriving at their destination, the tormented Director Lin got out of the car ahead of everyone else.

Rao Huiling took the opportunity to say to Luo Yao, "You called Director Lin stupid again, so your salary will be deducted."

Luo Yao blinked and said seriously, "But I remember you told me not to say the sentence 'How did he become a senior executive when he's so stupid' in front of Director Lin. I didn't say it just now, so the condition for salary deduction isn't met."

One must have evidence to act; what's the point of talking without it?

In any case, Rao Huiling didn't actually intend to deduct Luo Yao's salary, so she just gave him a couple of instructions and dropped the matter.

Inside Sanhua Company.

The entire office building was eerily silent, devoid of any signs of life, resembling an empty building.

A thin, haggard woman led a few people out.

After introductions, everyone learned that the woman was Sanhua's General Manager, Zhao Pei.

"Director Rao, Director Yu, as you can see, we've temporarily halted operations. We can't complete any of our current orders, and foreign clients are even asking for cancellations. If this continues, we really won't be able to hold on."

"We originally planned to purchase from Cadence and Siemens, but neither of them has finalized anything, and it seems they don't want to cooperate with us."

"Today marks the company's fifth year; is it going to fail under my watch?" Zhao Pei's voice held a hint of tears. She couldn't afford to wait any longer; every extra day meant more losses.

If the losses continued, Sanhua could declare bankruptcy.

Rao Huiling walked over to comfort her, "Director Zhao, please don't get too upset. We've brought the EDA, and we can test it on-site."

"Please follow me this way." Although Zhao Pei had her doubts, thinking that self-developed EDA might not be reliable, she had no choice but to try it as a last resort.

When they arrived at the drafting room, they saw five people struggling with something.

"No, we can't use any of the functions, and we can't bypass the access verification."

"What should we do! We can't use anything, are we going to be unemployed? It's almost the end of the year..."

Before they could finish, Zhao Pei walked in, "No one will be unemployed. I will do my best to ensure it."

The five people hurriedly stood up and called out "General Manager Zhao" sheepishly.

"We need to install the new EDA software now. You all cooperate with Director Rao on the testing."

New EDA software?

The draftswoman saw confusion in the other person's eyes. Could it be that they had purchased EDA from Cadence?

Hadn't Cadence confirmed cooperation yet?

"Director Rao, are there any requirements for the computer configuration?" Zhao Pei asked worriedly.

"Any standard drafting computer will do, no special requirements," Rao Huiling said before turning to Luo Yao.

"Luo Yao, you install and debug the equipment. The other draftswomen can go prepare the logic diagrams and circuit layout diagrams first."

The two draftswomen went to get the blueprints. When they returned, they saw Luo Yao opening the EDA interface, which surprised them.

"Pangu? What kind of EDA is this? Is it a new version released by Cadence?"

Luo Yao ignored the two draftswomen and continued debugging his system.

"This is our company's self-developed EDA software. You can try it out first." To protect Luo Yao's safety, Rao Huiling couldn't tell them that Pangu's developer was Luo Yao. These people hadn't received any confidentiality training, who knew if they would leak information.

"By the way, how long does it take you to draw this set of diagrams?"

"About a day," one of the draftswomen replied, her eyes fixed on Pangu's operation interface.

"That's too long. On Pangu, you'll only need about two hours to finish it." Luo Yao glanced at the logic diagram and circuit layout diagram in the other person's hand, thinking that for just a memory chip, why would it take so long?

Two hours.

That was definitely bragging.

Some people in the room couldn't help but have this thought.

They all looked at Luo Yao, inevitably doubting how reliable he was.

"An engineering document is very large when opened, and there are also power consumption and other tests. EDA software can't possibly react that quickly!" a tester retorted.

"We'll know if we try," Luo Yao said expressionlessly.

The testers looked at Zhao Pei. Zhao Pei knew she had no choice, with so many people waiting to earn a living, she nodded, "Start drawing."

Seeing Zhao Pei agree, the draftswoman immediately began drawing.

One of the draftswomen sat in front of the computer and, after a brief look at Pangu's interface, knew how to operate it.

Following the blueprint, she continuously dragged the components she needed onto the engineering interface, then placed them in their respective positions, and finally routed the wires.

An hour passed.

After all the wiring was completed, the draftswoman quickly opened the power consumption and other testing tools to start the tests.

In just about half a minute, the test results were out!

"How is this possible? So fast?"

"Even Synopsys's detection speed has never been this fast!" The draftswomen gathered around the computer in amazement.

Behind them, Zhao Pei and Director Lin were already stunned.

The entire system was as smooth as if it had been installed on a new computer, and the testing tools were so fast that it was hard to believe Pangu EDA had actually tested the entire engineering design!

"Xiao Li, are the test results correct now?" Zhao Pei anxiously stepped forward to ask.

"Director Zhao, they are all correct. This circuit diagram is actually for LP Generation 1. We drew it with Synopsys at the time, and Synopsys's results were also like this. However, it's strange that..."

Zhao Pei asked nervously, "Strange what?"

"When Pangu EDA calculated the power consumption ratio, it found one more issue than Synopsys: signal flip rate."

"Synopsys at the time didn't find the signal flip rate issue, which caused the HCI effect in LP Generation 1, and the integrated circuit aging time was ten times faster than we estimated."

"That's why we recalled the LP Generation 1 chips at that time."

"Look, the system still has the records of this accident." Xiao Li said as he opened the computer next to him and brought up the fault records of LP Generation 1.

Everyone crowded around to look and indeed found the problem of the HCI effect in LP Generation 1 recorded there.

"In other words, Pangu EDA's power consumption detection tool is even more powerful than Synopsys!"

After reaching this conclusion, Zhao Pei quickly grabbed Rao Huiling's hand and said, "Director Rao, is Pangu EDA developed by you independently?"

Rao Huiling glanced at Luo Yao, who was standing by the computer observing the situation, and said with some pride, "It was developed by our people. The architecture and algorithms are all independently developed and have no relation to the EDA of the three giants."

Zhao Pei couldn't hide her excitement. After confirming the situation with the draftswomen, she said, "Director Rao, we'll produce a small batch of chips first to see how they perform. How much is your EDA software?"

"Is it a one-time purchase or a monthly payment plan?"

Rao Huiling remembered that this matter hadn't been discussed with Luo Yao yet, so she used the excuse of calling headquarters to take Luo Yao out of the Sanhua building.

"Luo Yao, Director Zhao is very satisfied with Pangu right now. It seems like Pangu's first official customer."

"How do you plan to price it?"

"I don't mind." Luo Yao thought that Huaji had already rewarded him with 200 million, so the franchise fee for the official agency would definitely not be lower than that.

"However, Pangu's pricing must be lower than that of the three major EDA giants."

"We want all chip companies in China to be able to use our own software!"