Big Bosses Everywhere

Before Klassen came to ISSCC, he heard that Hu Zhengming's students were going to talk about the optimization of MOSFET models, and his curiosity was immediately filled.

Because Zhou Xin was an entrepreneurial star in the entire Silicon Valley from last year to this year, Klassen had also heard about it.

After hearing about Newman's name and deeds, Klassen sent an email to Hu Zhengming to confirm whether Newman was his student.

After receiving a positive answer, Klassen thought that Zhou Xin would drop out of Berkeley soon like Bill Gates.

As a result, the other party not only did not drop out of school, but also gave a paper lecture at ISSCC.

Of course, there will be many scholars at the entire ISSCC conference, and they will be distributed in different rooms. During the seven-day conference, nearly two hundred papers will be presented at the conference.

It is not difficult to simply speak about your own paper. What is difficult is the overall paper, that is, the one that is spoken in front of all participants. There are close to two hundred papers. In the end, only a few papers have this opportunity.

"Chenming said you are very talented in academics. I believe you will soon surpass us old guys.

Well, I am an old guy and Chenming is still very young.

The world belongs to young people, and every time I attend ISSCC, I like to listen to young people’s reports the most, which makes me feel as if I have become younger.”

The salary offered by Intel is at most a little lower than that of ZTE, but with Taylor here, his career development will definitely be smoother than imagined.

He can be considered your senior." Another white man came over from the side and gave Hu Zhengming a simple hug.

I don’t know most of Zhou Xin, but there are a few who have been active from 1998 to 2018.

This is the importance of connections. If you don't study for Hu Zhengming's PhD, there will be no way to meet these top experts.

You can also interpret it as a coincidence."

I am envious of Chenming for having such an outstanding student. If I had not chosen to work after graduating from Berkeley with my PhD, I would have stayed at Berkeley to teach.

I think Newman is in good shape, achieving financial success first and then pursuing academic success."

"You should be the richest and youngest among the researchers present." Taylor said: "I have read the information of all the participants.

Let me introduce myself first. My name is Stuart Taylor. I was also a PhD student in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley.

Zhou Xin: "Hello, nice to meet you."

It’s just that the irreversibility of time makes each of us cherish our research career even more.

Then you might be my student now." Taylor teased.

Before the two bosses left, Zhou Xin said, "Can you leave me an email address? The company under my name will have products in the future. I hope you can try them out and give me some suggestions."

Taylor shook hands with Zhou Xin and left.

Klassen added: "Luck is also ability. I think you have to be willing to see things like this happen.

RF Micro Devices is Lenovo's 2011 Best Supplier.

Taylor has worked at Intel for a full twenty years. In 2020, Taylor was still working at Intel and has always been Intel's chief technical expert.

Zhou Xin didn't know how old Klassen was. He could only judge from his appearance that he should be about the same age as Hu Zhengming, or at most five years older.

"Me too, please remember to leave a note in the mailbox." Klassen did not refuse Zhou Xin's request.

After leaving, Hu Zhengming and Zhou Xin met several acquaintances one after another, either big figures in academia or experienced practitioners in the industry.

You look to be about the same age as my mentor, but my mentor never shows age in front of me."

Dr. Klassen joined Philips within two years of graduation and has been working for Philips ever since, from the director of the IC Research Center to the vice president of management and then to the executive vice president of Philips Semiconductors.

He also got to know Taylor later in life, and met Taylor more than once when he and Hu Zhengming attended academic conferences.

He knew that the other party was being modest, so he smiled: "I also hope that I can stay young forever.

"I didn't say it was bad.

Hu Zhengming felt helpless that his friends kept teasing him, and he quickly said: "Okay, I have to take Newman to prepare.

No wonder Chenming always looks proud every time he talks about you."

"Chenming is indeed very ambitious. He is obviously only two years younger than me. I have already thought of retiring at Philips Semiconductor, and he has started his own business.

"Ask Chenming. Chenming has my email address and ask him to send it to you," Taylor said.

When Zhou Xin graduated with his Ph.D., Taylor extended an invitation to him and asked him if he would like to come to Intel.

Klassen showed an apologetic expression: "I also have a paper to talk about. Unfortunately, our time conflicts."

The career lifespan of senior executives is much longer than that of ordinary employees, especially senior executives who have been working in the technical field. As long as they want to work, they can work until they are eighty years old.

Zhou Xin would ask almost everyone to leave an email address for him.

You have just turned twenty and are already ahead of all of us in some ways.

TriQuint Semiconductor is an integrated circuit company whose main business is high-performance radio frequency modules, components and foundry services. It later merged with RF Micro Devices, and the new company after the merger was called Qorvo.

Almost his entire career was dedicated to Philips.

He is also the chairman of the ISSCC technical committee and the chief technical expert of TriQuint."

"Is this Newman? I have always heard Chenming talking about you. He told us that you are his outstanding disciple.

Even for R&D personnel, fifty-four is the end of a golden career.

As the chairman of the technical committee this year, Taylor obviously didn't have time. "I won't disturb you. I wish you good luck, Newman."

Some wrote the email address directly in Zhou Xin's notebook, while others asked Hu Zhengming to send it to Zhou Xin.

Hu Zhengming introduced Zhou Xin: "Stuart Taylor, when I was in the last year of my Ph.D. at Berkeley, he was in his first year of Ph.D. at Berkeley.

Only when the need for food and clothing is met, without the need for money, can we be more likely to achieve top results.

Klassen is now fifty-four years old, not too old in terms of either industry or academia.

He will soon talk about the optimization of MOSFET models at Venue A. If you are interested, you can come and listen."

After Stuart Taylor left TriQuint, he worked at MXIM for a few years before switching to Intel.

In terms of mental age, I am more than two years older than Chenming."

Zhou Xin: “This is the result of a combination of ability and luck.

Zhou Xin indeed thought so in his heart.

No one refused Zhou Xin's request.

Zhou Xin was very happy to have met so many big shots, and at least he had established preliminary contacts.

If I want to recruit people later, I have a direction.

For example, Taylor has been Intel's chief technical expert since 2003. He could have stopped Taylor before he left for Intel.
Chapter completed!