In the chip war in 2020, Huawei has become the focus. However, we rarely know that as early as 2003, China invested heavily in research and development in the field of chips, but because of one person's fraud, the chip industry has been stagnant for 13 years. This once glorious project turned out to be a shocking **!
In 2001, a high-achieving student named Chen Jin returned to China from the United States and cooperated with Shanghai Jiao Tong University to establish Hanxin Laboratory. He threatened to let China have high-end chips!
In just a few years, the Hanxin No. 1 project has made remarkable progress and attracted the attention of the entire industry.
In 2003, Hanxin No. 1 was successfully developed, and a chip with high performance, low power consumption and complete intellectual property rights was launched.
In less than a year in the next year, Hanxin successively launched Hanxin No. 2 and Hanxin No. 3. This was followed by the launch of Hanxin No. 4 and No. 5 a year later.
This R&D speed is beyond the reach of the donkeys of the production team.
The Hanxin project is known as breaking through the bottleneck of China's chip manufacturing, and Chen Jin's name quickly spread throughout the scientific research community, and the hats of national honors and scientific research heroes are one after another.
However, **is**, paper can't contain fire, and all this glory and aura soon came to naught.
In 2006, an anonymous whistleblower exposed the fraud of Hanxin No. 1.
It turned out that Chen Jin purchased Motorola's chip in 2002 and manufactured the "Hanxin No. 1" by grinding out the logo and replacing the logo.
Chen Jin defrauded up to 1.1 billion yuan in scientific research funds, which also led to the stagnation of the chip industry for 13 years. The consequences of this stagnation are far-reaching to this day.
This revelation aroused the attention of the investigation team, and an in-depth investigation was launched into Chen Jin's fraudulent behavior.
The investigation team revealed the truth about Hanxin No. 1 through three detection methods.
First of all, the chip of Hanxin No. 1 was replaced with the original Motorola chip, and the two were verified to be consistent through performance tests. Second, perform an address test to detect the presence of a built-in ID address. Finally, the traces of the worn surface are examined through a magnifying glass, revealing the entire **.
Chen's academic background has also been the focus of the investigation, and his direction of study in the United States has nothing to do with chip design.
And Chen Jin himself chose to flee to the United States after the matter was revealed, leaving behind a lot of chicken feathers and countless questions. I heard that he also opened several listed companies later.
Because when he was exposed, the law here was not very sound, so he did not receive any substantive punishment, but lived a very nourishing life in the United States.
Now, although he is still mixed in the chip industry, he has changed from a R&D worker to a behind-the-scenes investor.
The lesson of this story is profound. The field of scientific research needs not only talent and innovation, but also integrity and responsibility.
At present, China's chip industry is in a critical period of development, and in the face of the challenges of globalization and the threat of technological blockade, the ability of independent innovation is particularly important.
Through this, we have learned from experience, continuously completed the scientific research management and supervision mechanism, encouraged real innovation, and resolutely cracked down on scientific research misconduct to ensure the healthy and sustainable development of science and technology.