In recent years, the United States has continued to put pressure on Huawei, which has caused heavy losses to Huawei's chip industry, and the entire Chinese chip industry has also been severely hindered.
However, while we are extremely indignant about the United States’ suppression of Huawei, have we ever thought about it?
In fact, many years ago, in our country’s chip scientific research, there was a person who committed major fraud, which even chilled the hearts of the Chinese people!
This is the "Hanxin" scam that caused a sensation back then!
So, what exactly is the "Hanxin" scam? Now, let me tell you slowly.
First, let’s briefly introduce the protagonist of the “Hanxin” scam: Professor Chen Jin, dean of the School of Microelectronics of Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
Chen Jin, a native of Fujian, China, was born in 1968.
When he was in college, Chen Jin studied at Tongji University. After graduating from college, Chen Jin went to the United States to study and received consecutive master's and doctoral degrees from the University of Texas at Austin.
After receiving his doctorate, Chen Jin immediately joined Motorola in the United States and was responsible for chip design.
Because Chen Jin was very outstanding in his subsequent work, he won the company's "Outstanding Achievement Award" bonus and crystal trophy twice in a row.
In 2001, Chen Jin returned to China and became a highly educated returnee.
At that time, the country attached great importance to highly educated returnees, so Chen Jin quickly joined Shanghai Jiao Tong University and was responsible for establishing the Shanghai Jiao Tong University Chip and System Research Center.
But no one expected that in this position, Chen Jin would carry out a major chip research fraud in 2003!
On February 26, 2003, an unprecedented press conference was held in Shanghai.
All major official units in Shanghai, as well as a scientific team composed of many well-known academicians and leaders of the "863 Project" integrated circuit task force, were all present.
Why is this conference so grand?
That’s because a scientific research result that “shocked” China and “shocked” the world was born at Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
This famous scientific research achievement is the "Hanxin No. 1" developed by Chen Jin.
What was so "powerful" about the "Hanxin No. 1" at that time?
According to official information, "Hanxin No. 1" is designed using the internationally advanced 0.18 micron semiconductor process. It contains 2.5 million devices and has an internationally advanced 32-bit processing core. Can be calculated 200 million times.
After simultaneous testing by many experts, they agreed:
"Hanxin No. 1" has very outstanding performance and is very close to the internationally advanced chip technology. , even surpassing international advanced products in some aspects.
Such "huge" scientific research results must of course be taken seriously.
With extensive official reports, "Hanxin No. 1" was once called a domestic initiative and a milestone in China's microelectronics field. It also became another Chinese project after the "two bombs and one satellite". A great pride.
Chen Jin, the inventor of "Hanxin No. 1", soon became famous throughout the country.
Soon after, Chen Jin was promoted from an ordinary professor to the dean of the School of Microelectronics of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and became a "Yangtze River Scholar" that many young talents strive for but are always unable to obtain.
In addition, a variety of dazzling honorary titles and related positions also come one after another.
For example, he is the director of the Chip and System Research Center of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, the director of the Information Security Chip Research Institute of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, an expert on integrated circuit design in the field of information technology, a leading figure in Shanghai technology entrepreneurship, etc.
Chen Jin applied for a number of national patents with the help of "Hanxin No. 1", and also used this to defraud a large amount of scientific research funds allocated by the state.
After launching "Hanxin No. 1", Chen Jin took advantage of this shareholder momentum and launched "Hanxin No. 2", "Hanxin No. 3" and "Hanxin No. 4" one after another. .
According to relevant statistics, from "Hanxin No. 1" to "Hanxin No. 4", Chen Jin not only won countless honors, but also defrauded hundreds of millions of dollars in total. National Scientific Research Foundation.
However, no matter how glorious Chen Jin is on the surface, it is still difficult to cover up his despicable conduct of major scientific research fraud.
On January 17, 2006, the "Hanxin" scam was finally exposed, and the incident came to light.
On January 17, 2006, an anonymous netizen posted on the Shuimu Tsinghua Forum of Tsinghua University, revealing that Professor Chen Jin, dean of the School of Microelectronics of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, had committed major academic fraud.
This post quickly attracted everyone's attention. With the joint intervention of netizens and the media, the official quickly entered the investigation process of the incident.
One month later, on February 18, 2006, after multiple investigations, the official finally announced the results of the investigation: Chen Jin’s "Hanxin No. 1" fraud was basically true.
The jaw-dropping scams in the history of China’s chip industry have also been revealed one by one.
According to official investigation results, Chen Jin’s “Hanxin” series of chips have engaged in serious fraud and deception.
About three years ago, on February 26, 2003, the "Hanxin No. 1" released by Chen Jin at a press conference was not the result of Chen Jin's own scientific research.
In fact, the "Hanxin No. 1" that was touted by everyone at the time as the so-called "Chinese chip milestone" was actually purchased by Chen Jin from the United States and hired someone to sandpaper the original logo on the surface of the chip. It is polished off and then "developed" with the "Hanxin" logo added.
So in essence, this chip is still an American product, but the logo on it has been changed to the "Hanxin" logo.
"Hanxin No. 2" is designed and processed by Hanxin Company based on the customized DSP soft core commissioned by an American company. "Hanxin No. 2" does not possess core technology, it is just a very simple OEM product.
"Hanxin No. 3" is a simple expansion based on "Hanxin No. 2" without any substantial innovation. Hanxin's claim that "Hanxin No. 3" has reached the international high-end level is purely fabricated and fabricated.
"Hanxin No. 4" also seriously exaggerates the facts and is seriously inconsistent with the "major innovation" described by Hanxin itself. It is a real fraud and deception.
From "Hanxin No. 1" to "Hanxin No. 4", Chen Jin seriously deceived relevant state units, many academicians and experts, as well as the Chinese media and the public through deception. .
Chen Jin’s chip scientific research fraud not only defrauded him of countless honorary titles and senior positions, but also defrauded him of hundreds of billions of national scientific research funds.
This is a chip scientific research fraud incident with huge impact, which has brought immeasurable negative impact to the development of China's overall chip industry.
After the investigation results of the incident came out, Chen Jin was severely punished by Shanghai Jiao Tong University and relevant national units.
Chen Jin’s position as dean of the School of Microelectronics of Shanghai Jiao Tong University and his professorship at Shanghai Jiao Tong University were all revoked by Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
The Ministry of Science and Technology terminated all of Chen Jin’s scientific research projects and banned Chen Jin from applying for scientific research projects in the future;
The Ministry of Education also canceled Chen Jin’s responsibility for many people The coveted title of "Yangtze River Scholar" disqualified him from enjoying special government subsidies.
The National Development and Reform Commission also canceled the high-tech industrialization project that Chen Jin was responsible for, and recovered a large amount of scientific research funds allocated to him over the years.
In an instant, Chen Jin fell from the much-anticipated scientific research star to the bottom and became a reviled counterfeiter.
The magnitude of the change and the speed of transformation are really jaw-dropping.
For a long time, Western countries, led by the United States, have implemented strict technological blockades against China.
The chip industry is particularly serious.
In the past decade or so, Huawei, under the leadership of Ren Zhengfei, has achieved great results in the chip industry.
However, since the Sino-US trade war began, the United States has begun to increase its suppression and sanctions on Huawei.
Affected by the U.S. Department of Commerce’s ban, many large international companies that have cooperated with Huawei have begun to terminate cooperation with Huawei and gradually draw a clear line with Huawei.
The chip industry that Huawei has finally established has been greatly hindered by this.
However, while we are indignant at the United States' suppression and sanctions on Huawei, are we even more chilled by the actions of Chen Jin and others?
Like Chen Jin’s “Hanxin” scam, for the sake of their own honor and interests, they do not hesitate to commit fraud and seriously deceive the country, the media and the public.
This point really makes people even more indignant!
Should we be more vigilant about the "Hanxin" scam incident?
In addition, we should also have a good understanding of our own scientific research mentality.
How come Chen Jin and his ilk were able to deceive so many relevant state units, as well as many academicians and experts, in full public view?
One of the important reasons was that the scientific research mentality at that time was very impetuous.
Because the United States has long suppressed China’s chip industry, the country is very eager for independent chips.
It is precisely because of this that once someone announced that they had developed a high-end independent chip, academicians and experts also relaxed their vigilance and did not conduct further detailed inspections.
However, no one expected that Chen Jin would be so bold and commit such extremely serious chip scientific research fraud that shocked everyone.
If the whistleblower had not been exposed in time, Chen Jin and others would have been deceived for how long.
Scientific research is a rigorous and serious undertaking that requires long-term success, and there is no room for impetuousness or falsehood.
Therefore, our chip scientific research path is bound to be very long-lasting and arduous, and we need to be fully aware of this.
Chen Jin’s “Hanxin” scam was a very serious fraud in the history of China’s chip industry. Because of this incident, the enthusiasm for localization was gradually extinguished.
There are many reasons why Chen Jin and his ilk are able to commit chip scientific research fraud in full view of the public, and deserve our deep reflection.
Finally, I have to say it again: Chen Jin’s chip scientific research fraud is actually more chilling to the Chinese people than the Americans’ suppression and sanctions on Huawei!
I hope this can serve as a lesson in the future.