Shockingly, a counterfeit factory has produced a 3-nanometer chip.

Chapter 423 Online Interviews

I want to attend the foundation's review committee interview in person.

Professor Zhou was also invited over.

With Li Jiahui and Chen Mingyong both overseeing the project, just how competent are these overseas experts? Let's take a look.

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12 month 28 number.

The online interviews officially began, marking the start of a new arms race based on human technological reserves. However, Transsion, through its various calculations, emerged as the biggest winner.

The first interviewee was James Wilson, 42 years old, a PhD in physics from MIT. According to the information Wang Hua had prepared, this person could be poached.

After all, his resume is incredibly impressive: 35 SCI papers, 23 authorized patents, and three Intel Highest Technical Achievement Awards.

When Shen Fei saw the information, he had ulterior motives and planned to poach him directly.

Wilson was very enthusiastic after connecting via video, but he remained respectful despite his enthusiasm.

Moreover, Shen Fei seemed to be able to tell that this Mr. Wilson was genuinely interested in telepathy, as if he were looking for a job rather than for some kind of spy project.

"Mr. Wilson, your resume is outstanding."

Shen Fei flipped through his resume again in front of the camera and nodded once more.

At the time, the American "intermediary" on the other end of the video call was monitoring this unique interview. After seeing that Shen Fei was satisfied, the other party also breathed a sigh of relief.

After all, this is a top-tier talent!

"I see you've worked at Intel for so many years and won many awards."

We have no connection with Intel. As a researcher, why are you interested in Transsion Future today?

Given your income at Intel, you shouldn't need this part-time income. So what's making you want to join our program?

Although the "agent" next to him was starting to get nervous, Wilson's smile didn't disappear; he still smiled and said:

"Because basic science is the foundation of any discipline, based on the current public information, I have discovered a project about quantum optical chips."

To be honest, it was this project that attracted me.

Mr. Shen, you must have heard of Moore's Law, right?

Shen Fei nodded. As someone working in the industry, he had certainly heard of this famous name! But telepathy wouldn't be affected by Moore's Law because he had a cheat code!

Upon seeing Shen Fei's response, Wilson became increasingly agitated, his words seemingly carrying a hidden meaning:

Intel's research and development direction is becoming increasingly conservative.

I have proposed several improvement plans for extreme ultraviolet (EUV) luminescence technology in the past two years, but they have been rejected by headquarters three times.

Furthermore, my proposal for basic research on carbon-based wafers was also cancelled.

They believed the risks were too high, the investment too large, and the return cycle too long.

But I think this direction is right.

The Future Foundation is a great idea, so I want to make a contribution to the semiconductor industry.

If I discover any promising talents, Mr. Shen, you wouldn't mind if I poached them, would you?

The "real estate agent" who had been on edge instantly relaxed upon hearing the last sentence. Thank goodness...

He almost got stabbed by people from Intel.

Shen Fei simply smiled upon hearing this and pointed to the screen: "Mr. Wilson, it seems you came here with a purpose!"

"Mr. Shen, you should understand that there is an old Chinese saying, 'No one gets up early without a reason!'"

Since we've chosen to join, it must be for a certain purpose. The question is, are you willing to agree to this purpose?

Shen Fei didn't say anything, he just nodded.

Li Jiahui, who was standing to the side, smiled and said, "With so many projects, we definitely can't keep up."

If Intel can accept certain projects, then of course it is possible, after all, this would be of great help to our entire semiconductor industry!

However, Mr. Wilson, I still need to ask you a question to confirm whether your contribution outweighs your ulterior motives.

Wilson nodded without refusing... because he knew perfectly well that the other person understood what he meant!

After all, if there hadn't been an agent nearby, he would have been excitedly discussing with Lee Ka-fai the innovations of Transsion's quadruple exposure technology.

He had proposed a similar idea to Intel, but the cost and yield of quadruple exposure were too low, so it was also rejected.

"In your 2012 paper on the detection of defects in extreme ultraviolet lithography eye templates, you proposed a machine learning-based optical proximity effect correction method."

Has that method been validated on an actual production line?

Wilson frowned slightly; the difficulty of the question had suddenly increased.

So he adjusted his posture slightly, found a more comfortable position, and began to explain in detail the engineering implementation details of the method. Of course, he didn't talk about the specific technology, but reported some ideas and parameters on the actual production line.

All of these are public or semi-public information.

After speaking for about 5 minutes, Li Jiahui also confirmed that the result was similar to what they had deduced, so there should be no fabrication.

Finally, Li Jiahui nodded to Shen Fei...

The agent on the other end of the phone also clenched his fist and gave a nice gesture.

What he didn't know was that Li Jiahui's success wasn't just passing the interview, but rather that he was 80% confident he could poach Wilson.

After a brief pause, Professor Zhou, who was standing next to me, asked a question: "Your solution actually has a limitation. For structures with linewidths below 20nm, the error rate will increase significantly."

How would you solve this problem?

Mr. Wilson, please don't overthink it. We're doing basic project research. Every investment in the semiconductor industry starts at 10 billion, which is the largest amount of money involved. So we must consider it carefully. Can you ask a little more details?

If you don't want to answer, that's fine.

Wilson did pause for a moment on the other end of the phone, not because he couldn't answer, but because he hadn't expected the other party to have read his paper to this extent.

After all, many people on his team didn't understand. For the first time, he felt the value of a kindred spirit, except that this kindred spirit was in China.

And he also has his own tasks... This... Since ancient times, loyalty and filial piety have been difficult to balance.

"I haven't solved this problem myself."

However, I have a preliminary idea: if we combine multi-layered eye membranes and adaptive photosynthesis algorithms, we might be able to control the error within an acceptable range.

This requires further experimental verification, but our company does not support it.

After Professor Zhou took off his glasses, he glanced at Wilson and nodded to Shen Fei.

"That's a good answer."

It's not because your solution is perfect, but because of the limitations you acknowledge.

Okay, scientists knowing where their boundaries lie is very helpful for future investments.