Chapter 480: A Word Awakens the Dreamer (Please Subscribe)

Old Xu said to Academician Ni and Professor Wang Qinsheng happily:

"Academician Ni, President Wang, the front-end technology of your Panda EDA system has many advantages in simulation and device combination, and some single technologies are even stronger than Synopsys. It's a pity that you have such good technology, but you just lack a good integrated system, as well as a large number of application scenarios and platforms..."

Old Xu was once the general manager of the chip design department of Cadence, and he knew the situation of the entire EDA industry in the world.

He is indeed a leading figure in the EDA industry. His words hit the nail on the head, and Academician Ni and Professor Wang Qinsheng, president of the company, could not help but admire him secretly.

If roughly divided, the EDA market can be simply divided into three parts: front-end technology (including simulation and device combination of Verilog, etc.), back-end technology (chip layout and routing), and verification technology.

After the global EDA market melee three years ago, Synopsys basically monopolized the front-end technology, Cadence basically monopolized the back-end technology and verification technology, and other EDA companies had a small market share. Another giant, Mentor Graphics, mainly focused on PCB design.

The four Chinese programmers who first jumped out of Cadence to found Avant! Pioneer launched ArcCell, an EDA back-end technology layout and winding product that competed with Cadence.

Professor Wang Qinsheng said happily: "In that case, Mr. Xu, the technologies of our two companies should be complementary in some aspects. We have a lot of room for cooperation, right?"

Academician Ni also smiled and said: "Mr. Xu, we have recently used Cadence's Cell ensemble and your company's ArcCell. Your ArcCell technology has surpassed Cadence's Cell in many aspects. ensemble. Just like a car, your body frame is very similar to Cadence, but you have developed a better engine to make this car full of power, so Cadence is jealous and wants to strangle you in the cradle! "

Old Xu laughed and said, "Academician Ni, your metaphor is very vivid. Mr. Wang, we do have a lot of room for cooperation. Front-end technology, Verilog and other simulation and device combinations are our weaknesses. At present, our Avant! Pioneer company is speeding up the development of the third-generation Apollo program, integrating some of the most advanced front-end technologies, hoping to surpass the products of Cadence and Synopsys in the future and become a front-end and back-end EDA giant! Some of the front-end technologies currently possessed by your Panda EDA system are urgently needed by us..."

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The daytime inspection and communication found many common points for cooperation, which made both parties feel very happy.

The dinner was arranged at Quanjude Roast Duck Restaurant at No. 30 Qianmen Street. Li Xiaofan prepared Maotai and Beijing Erguotou, and everyone drank very happily.

At around nine o'clock in the evening, after dinner, Academician Ni and Professor Wang Qinsheng said goodbye and left first.

Li Xiaofan, Yang Feiyan and others accompanied Lao Xu to a nearby folk music bar called Nianhua for a short visit.

The professional singers in this folk music bar are indeed well-deserved. As soon as they start to sing, everyone can immediately immerse themselves in the world of music, as if all the troubles and trivialities in the outside world are instantly thrown away.

Nianhua Bar is one of the most popular folk music bars in Beijing. It is crowded almost every night, and you have to call in advance to reserve a seat.

Simple guitar and percussion,

accompanied by mellow singing,

always remind people of the vast fields

and the unpolluted sky

always make people miss the rays of sunset sprinkled on the way home...

The charm of folk music lies in its true color without any embellishment, just like the yellow of the land is the purest color.

The beauty of snowflakes lies in their white color, not in the colorful ones…

The Taiwanese folk songs covered by the singers in the bar, such as Chyi Yu's "Olive Tree", "Country Road", and Liu Wenzheng's "Late", seemed to bring back the time to Lao Xu's youth in Taiwan.

When Lao Xu sang along with the singers after drinking, his eyes were wet.

When the most popular song "My 1997" by Ai Jing sounded, Li Xiaofan raised his beer bottle and clinked it with Lao Xu and said:

"Lao Xu, the exciting 1997 is coming soon, and Hong Kong is about to return to the embrace of the motherland. How about it, do you feel comfortable returning to the embrace of mainland China?"

"Yes, it is true! I don't know why, I can sleep well after leaving that damn place in the United States. I slept very well here last night..."

Last year, Deputy Prosecutor Julius Finkelstein led the FBI and others to raid the headquarters of Avant! Pioneer, which left Lao Xu with a psychological shadow. He had a subconscious fear in his heart, fearing that he might be taken away by surprise like this one day...

At this time, Li Xiaofan said to Old Xu:

"Mr. Xu, your lawsuit against Cadence is full of uncertainty. At present, your Avant! Pioneer company is currently working hard to develop the third-generation Apollo program. Aren't you afraid that these achievements will fall into the hands of others in the future? Will your current efforts become someone else's wedding dress in the future?"

Li Xiaofan's words were like a small bomb thrown into Lao Xu's heart, stirring up a huge wave.

A word awakens the dreamer!

Before, in order to deal with the lawsuit of Costello and others from his old employer Cadence, Lao Xu spared no expense and spent a lot of money to form a luxurious defense dream team.

In the United States, money makes the devil go, and these top business lawyers in the San Francisco Bay Area helped Lao Xu launch rounds of scorched earth campaigns. Lao Xu also hired Mark Fabiani, a famous media consultant who helped Clinton through the Whitewater crisis, to launch an advertising war.

This seemingly powerful lineup, although it effectively blocked the attack of Costello from Cadence, was only a block and delay.

Xu knew that after all, Avant! was the one who was wrong, and Cadence never intended to let it go.

In the first half of this year, under the advice of lawyers, Avant! rewrote the suspected infringing code using a "clean room" method, and planned to name the new generation of products upgraded from the original ArcCell Aquarius.

Xu and his team tried their best to wash away the lawsuit and the charges, and claimed that Avant! was committed to solving customers' most difficult problems with more advanced ultra-deep submicron technology.

Xu even used the media to shout to Costello of Cadence: We hope that Cadence can put the legal dispute behind us, and everyone can compete fairly in the open market!

But Costello and Cadence, who could not swallow this bad breath, believed that Aquarius was just a renamed version of ArcCell, and continued to pursue Avant! and Xu.

At present, since the civil lawsuit was initiated at the end of last year, Cadence has spared no effort to seek the support of the court and began to demand a ban on the sale of Avant! Pioneer's related EDA products.

Julius Finkelstein, the deputy prosecutor who favors Cadence, even said that if Lao Xu and Avant! Pioneer do not plead guilty, he will not rule out filing a criminal lawsuit with the court in the future...

In the previous life, the direct disputes and contradictions between the two companies and the mutual attacks became more and more serious and escalated. This deputy prosecutor Julius Finkelstein did this a few months later and filed a criminal lawsuit with the local court.

For Lao Xu at the moment, this criminal lawsuit is the most terrifying. The civil lawsuit can only be settled by paying money. If the criminal lawsuit fails, you will have to go to jail. If you go to jail in the future, you may end up with nothing, all your efforts, wealth and reputation will be gone!

Li Xiaofan's words once again hit the heart of the seemingly powerful Lao Xu.

"Mr. Li, do you have any good suggestions?"