Source ｜ Yi Zi Zi’s Sword (yigongzidejian )
Author ｜ 衣 公子
Xie Xied and Zhang Zhongmou left the MIT campus at about the same time, but with two completely different feelings.
Xie Heide transferred to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and successfully obtained a doctorate after studying hard for 2 years. The news of the founding of New China excites her, but the Korean War has broken out, and the United States has hindered the return of scientific and technological talents. It wasn’t until the famous scholar Needham came forward to guarantee that Xie Xide, the later “mother of Chinese semiconductors”, went around and returned to the motherland.
In contrast, Zhang Zhongmou’s road to school has not been so smooth. Zhang Zhongmou was born in Ningbo, Zhejiang. After completing his master’s degree at MIT, his application for a doctorate was rejected. As a young man, he regarded it as the biggest blow in his life. Standing in front of a list without his own name, the years of self-esteem and self-confidence had suddenly disappeared. His ten-year book career was suddenly interrupted. Why face a newly married wife.
One person is full of expectations, and one person is lost. Two people who departed from the same campus eventually devoted their lives to the semiconductor industry, and splicing the two people’s very different life experiences together is the story of the entire Chinese semiconductor.
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Mt. MIT’s fall from the ranks of MIT has always been the shadow of Zhang Zhongmou’s heart, and he can’t bear to look back, but after many years, his view suddenly turned 180 degrees, and he regarded that drop as the luckiest thing in his life.
Zhang Zhongmou, who was rejected for studying, was forced to look for a job helplessly, and he successively came to the offer. Ford’s job offer was the most desirable to him. At that time, Ford was in the middle of the sky and was among the top ten companies in the world. Zhang Zhongmou as MIT Machinery