Born in the war, Huang Lingyi was determined to serve the country at a young age
In 1936, Huang Lingyi was born in Nanning, Guangxi, into a family of senior intellectuals. His family was well off. His father was the founder of the Guangxi Museum and he was knowledgeable. Yuan Bo, whose mother once worked at the Guangxi Chemical Research Institute. If it were in a peaceful era, Huang Lingyi would have had a very happy childhood. However, the 1930s was a turbulent era, and Huang Lingyi was born at the beginning of the Anti-Japanese War.
As the scope of the war continued to expand, the enemy troops gradually penetrated into the hinterland, and countless Chinese families were devastated by the war. Huang Lingyi’s childhood life was not stable. In order to avoid the enemy’s attacks, she She often fled with her parents, and the ruthless war claimed countless lives. Huang Lingyi once watched her compatriots being hit by enemy artillery fire. The cruelty of war will always be engraved in her mind. This is an indelible period. memory.
After the end of the Anti-Japanese War, the lives of the Chinese people gradually stabilized and their living standards further improved. Huang Lingyi also entered the school. She studied hard, had excellent grades, and had a strong interest in mathematics, physics and chemistry. Huang Lingyi once In her memoirs, she wrote that it was precisely because of the founding of New China and the continuous development of the motherland's economic level that she was able to study carefree in school. Huang Lingyi's innocent heart for the motherland prompted her to establish the great ideal of serving the motherland since she was a child.
In the early days of the founding of New China, there was a lot of waste waiting to be done, and the country also focused on cultivating scientific and technological talents to prepare for the development of high-tech industries. Huang Lingyi graduated from Huazhong Institute of Technology with honors in 1958. Her science scores were highly praised by her teachers. She then went to Tsinghua University for further study in the semiconductor major. At that time, Tsinghua University's semiconductor major was a new discipline created by the motherland to develop science and was widely recruited. Outstanding graduates from various universities.
In 1960, Huang Lingyi successfully completed her studies at Tsinghua University. Her research on semiconductors became more in-depth and thorough. Her solid academic foundation and pursuit of dreams gave Huang Lingyi the confidence to develop in the semiconductor field. and breakthroughs. Then she returned to her alma mater and established the country's first semiconductor laboratory while teaching and educating people. Although the laboratory environment was simple, Huang Lingyi and her team were full of enthusiasm, and eventually semiconductor diodes were successfully developed.
Huang Lingyi’s super talent in the field of microelectronics attracted national attention. In 1962, Huang Lingyi entered the Institute of Computing Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. In August 1965, the Second Institute of Computer Science came into being. This was China's first chip research team. The talented Huang Lingyi was entrusted with an important task. She was responsible for developing semiconductor transistors. This was a challenge and a test for Huang Lingyi. Her fighting spirit High-spirited and conducting research in the laboratory every day.
After painstaking efforts, he successfully developed a semiconductor transistor, and then embarked on a difficult journey of chip research and development
The research on semiconductor transistors is much more difficult than the development of semiconductor diodes. Rushing to the forefront of research at night, she and her team strengthened their confidence and determined to complete the task as quickly as possible. Finally, under the leadership of Huang Lingyi, the semiconductor triode was successfully launched in less than a year. In August 1966, my country independently developed The space computer was successfully launched.
In 1973, the Chinese Academy of Sciences decided to develop a large-scale general-purpose computer. As a carrier on integrated circuits, chips are widely used in various fields and are of great significance to the development of national science and technology. Countries around the world have invested a lot of money and effort in chip research, especially developed countries such as the United States. They have continued to make breakthroughs in the field of chips by virtue of their own advantages, and the research and development results of chips are also confidential.
In order to develop a memory with stable performance as soon as possible, Huang Lingyi and her team worked day and night in the laboratory. Of course, Huang Lingyi knew that this was an arduous task and a great project. Racing against time is also a race against yourself.
For the honor of the motherland, Huang Lingyi led the team to explore bit by bit, and finally successfully developed the memory. The chip they developed was about to reach the world's advanced level, and won the National Science Conference Major Achievement Award in 1978.
Huang Lingyi beat time, but lost to reality. In 1984, when there was a breakthrough in transistor research and development, the Chinese Academy of Sciences held a discussion on the research of large-scale integrated circuits. At the meeting, Huang Lingyi firmly stated that computing The institute's chip research work was crucial, but the final result of the meeting was to end the large-scale integrated circuit project. Because the Chinese Academy of Sciences was short of funds and could not support the chip research work, Huang Lingyi could only accept the result heartbrokenly. That day she burst into tears. Several years of research efforts seem to have lost their meaning.
Under the arrangement of his superiors, Huang Lingyi and his team members obeyed the arrangement and were transferred to work in other departments. However, Huang Lingyi still cared about China's chip development in his heart. In 1989, 50-year-old Huang Lingyi was invited to attend the International Chip Exhibition held in the United States. She saw chips from many countries on display.
Advanced chips from European and American countries almost occupied the focus of the audience, but they did not see Chinese chips on display. They only saw a few Chinese people who came to visit and study. At that moment, Huang Lingyi felt extremely excited. Touched, because she knew that in 1963, my country's integrated circuit research level was almost in sync with foreign countries, but now there is such a big gap. From that day on, Huang Lingyi regained her fighting spirit and determined to design domestically produced high-level chips to fight for the honor of her motherland. .
Concentrated on the development of chips, joined the "Loongson Research Group" to develop real Chinese chips
In 1990, Huang Lingyi devoted herself to developing various integrated circuit methods. She led the team to develop various types of integrated circuits. Her chip was also patented, and at the International Invention Fair held in Nuremberg, Germany, in 2000, the Chinese chip won the silver medal. This made her very happy, but it also triggered her to think more. Huang Lingyi wanted to develop a more practical Stronger, higher-tech chips.
The power of an individual is limited, but the power of a group is powerful. In 2002, the 66-year-old Huang Lingyi met Hu Weiwu, a professor at the Institute of Computing Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the chief designer of Loongson. He graduated from the Department of Computer Science of the University of Science and Technology of China. , has a strong interest in computers, and at the same time, he is as determined as Huang Lingyi to make a real "Chinese chip".
Hu Weiwu’s original intention to enter the Institute of Computing Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences was because he heard that the Institute of Computing Technology would develop computers. However, when he entered, he discovered that he had not caught up with the times and the Institute of Computing Technology no longer manufactured computers. . It can be said that Hu Weiwu missed the era of computer manufacturing, but he waited until the genius scientist Huang Lingyi of that era.
When Hu Weiwu heard that teacher Huang Lingyi was about to retire, he resolutely invited Huang Lingyi to join the "Loongson Research Group" to participate in chip development. Huang Lingyi was also moved by Hu Weiwu's belief in realizing China's "chip freedom" It's been her dream all along.
The "Loongson Research Group" was established in 2001 under the organization and preparation of Hu Weiwu, with the purpose of realizing independent innovation of Chinese chips. After joining the "Loongson Research Group", Huang Lingyi was attracted by this group of people with great dreams and Infected by young people with strong beliefs, she has always regretted the chip development work she missed due to funding interruptions, but Huang Lingyi firmly believes that she can succeed this time.
Long-term high-pressure work made Huang Lingyi's body weak. However, Huang Lingyi was always worried about the progress of the Loongson chip. She was so worried that she resolutely rushed to the forefront of research. The treatment formula is the best tranquilizer in her eyes.
Loongson chips came out one after another, and China's chip technology steadily improved
On August 10, 2002, "Loongson 1" was successfully developed, ending the history of "coreless" Chinese computer series , this makes Huang Lingyi extremely happy, but she knows that compared with Western developed countries, this is just the beginning. In order to make China's independently developed chips reach the world's advanced level, Huang Lingyi's team continues to move forward, pioneering and innovating, and develops "Loongson 2" "It has also been put on the agenda.
In 2003, just when Huang Lingyi’s team was in the initial stage of developing "Loongson 2", the ruthless "SARS" broke out. People all over the world were at a special moment in the fight against SARS, and the country's economic operation was also affected. In order to complete the task on time, Huang Lingyi's team gritted their teeth and persisted.
In 2005, "Loongson 2" was successfully developed. The Loongson series set a precedent for the external licensing of my country's computer core technology and achieved huge economic benefits, which provided strong funds for Loongson's subsequent research and development. Support also shows that the Loongson series has a certain market share in the global market.
Compared with the development path of "Loongson 1" and "Loongson 2", the technical difficulty of "Loongson 3" has increased significantly and has experienced many failures. But in order to prevent foreign capitalists from monopolizing the Chinese chip market, higher-level chips must be developed.
In 2018, "Loongson 3" was successfully developed. 82-year-old Huang Lingyi proved that China's chip technology has reached a new level, opening up China's chip market and saving our country trillions. At the same time, the birth of "Loongson 3" has also protected my country's high-speed rail, Beidou navigation, etc., making domestic technology a barrier to protect the motherland, and getting rid of the chip constraints of developed countries such as Europe and the United States.
Chip manufacturing is known as the "heart of the modern economy." Mastering chip technology will grasp the pulse of the information industry. Huang Lingyi realized her long-cherished wish to further get rid of the control of China's chip industry by developed countries such as Europe and the United States. It also proves China’s scientific research strength. In January 2020, Huang Lingyi became the winner of the CCF Xia Peisu Award. She has been fighting for the development of my country's chip technology her whole life.
A small chip embodies China’s cutting-edge scientific research strength. Although China’s chip development path is not smooth, with the dedicated efforts of our scientists, it has gradually caught up with the production level of developed countries. With the road at their feet and their aspirations in their hearts, the younger generation of scientists has gradually grown up. In the future, China's chip research and development road will surely bring together all the heroes and become more and more brilliant.
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[1] "Huang Lingyi: Dedicated his life to "China Core"", Times Post, March 16, 2021.
[2] "Improving the independent innovation capabilities of domestic chips", Economic Daily, July 19, 2021.