The President of National University of Science and Technology cried during the graduation ceremony. Zhou Qi | Question | Principal

On July 1, the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences held the 2023 graduation ceremony and degree awarding ceremony. When talking about the deeds of Professor Huang Lingyi, a researcher at the Institute of Microelectronics who passed away not long ago, Principal Zhou Qi cried.

Principal Zhou Qi said, "Recently, Professor Huang Lingyi, a researcher at our Institute of Microelectronics, left us. In order to solve the national chip bottleneck problem as soon as possible, she has remained steadfast at the 'Loongson' R&D Center in her eighties. She said, 'My greatest wish in this life is to crawl to the ground and wipe away the shame on our country.' Every time I think of this sentence, tears flow down my face."

In the following speech, Principal Zhou wore a choked nasal sound and occasionally wiped his nose and tears.

"Go to the place where our country needs it the most, I hope you start towards the problem!" Zhou Qi sent a message to graduates: Your responsibility should be to lead and build new fields and tracks, and to become soldiers who will no longer be "choked" by others in the future.

Zhou Qi said——

I don't know if my classmates have thought about what are the real problems in China? Our economy is the second largest in the world, but the core problem of being large but not strong, bloated and bulky lies in our weak innovation ability.

We must be soberly aware that the world and national conditions are undergoing profound changes, and the key core technology is a vital tool of the country, which cannot be obtained, purchased, or obtained. For China, technological innovation is no longer just a development issue, but also a survival issue.

Who should bear the mission of technological innovation and the heavy responsibility of high-level technological self-reliance and self-improvement?

I hope that graduates of the University of Science and Technology of China can take the example of the older generation of excellent scientists, find their main direction of attack from the practical problems faced by economic and social development and national security, and strive towards the most urgent and urgent problems. We must never let the invisible hands of the "bottleneck" stop our development, and never let the barriers of core technology become an insurmountable gap on our path to becoming a strong country.

I hope you will continue to propose new concepts, ideas, and methods that truly solve problems, and strive to cultivate yourself as a "pathfinder" in the technological "no man's land";

I hope that in solving technological problems, you will become pioneers who want to do things, can do things, and can accomplish things. You will also become a new force who dares to take on responsibilities, is willing to take on responsibilities, and is good at fighting tough battles;

I hope that in the future scientific research path, you will become the main force in researching and solving real problems, not exaggerating, not seeking fame and reputation, and not aiming too high, becoming "doers" who talk less and do more.

"Mother of Chinese Loong Core"

Huang Lingyi

According to the obituary issued by the Institute of Microelectronics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Comrade Huang Lingyi, a retired cadre of the Institute of Microelectronics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and a member of the Communist Party of China, died at 5:00 on April 20, 2023, at the age of 86.

Huang Lingyi is known as the "Mother of Chinese Loong's Dragon Core". In her 80s, she is still fighting for the frontline of scientific research and breaking the western technology blockade to study "China Core". She once said, "My greatest wish is to crawl on the ground and wipe away the shame on my motherland."

Born in the midst of war

Aspiring to serve the country at a young age

In 1936, Huang Lingyi was born in Guangxi, and as a baby, she experienced the hardships of displacement. Due to experiencing the despair of shattered mountains and rivers, witnessing the panic of the people who were struggling to make ends meet, Huang Lingyi planted a lofty ambition in her heart to save the nation and serve the country.

After reaching adulthood, Huang Lingyi was admitted to Huazhong University of Technology with excellent grades. In 1958, she graduated with excellent grades and was recommended to study semiconductor at Tsinghua University.

At that time, Tsinghua University was one of the few schools to offer a semiconductor major, which meant that she embarked on a journey of striving for the rise of Chinese technology at this moment. She walked this way for 60 years.

Shocking the heavens and earth in a silent place

In 1960, Huang Lingyi, who had achieved success in her studies, returned to her alma mater and began working in teaching and research. Her research on semiconductors has been refined to become more in-depth and thorough. While teaching and educating, she also created the first semiconductor laboratory in China. Under extremely harsh conditions, she finally developed China's semiconductor diodes, which were earth shattering in silence.

In 1962, Huang Lingyi was transferred to work at the Institute of Computing, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

In 1965, in order to break through the bottleneck of "two bombs and one satellite", the country began to establish the Second Department of the Computer Institute, specializing in projects such as microcomputers and transistors. This is China's first chip research team. In the face of a shortage of data, equipment, talent, and materials, she led the team to put in a lot of effort and successfully developed semiconductor transistors, and then embarked on a difficult journey of chip development.

In 1966, China's self-developed space computer was successfully launched.

In 1973, the Chinese Academy of Sciences decided to develop large-scale general-purpose computers. As a carrier on integrated circuits, chips are widely used in various fields and have important significance for the development of national science and technology.

Huang Lingyi and her team are breaking through step by step in order to develop a high-performance and stable memory as soon as possible. The chips they developed are also about to reach the world's advanced level. In 1978, they won the National Science Conference Major Achievement Award.

As of 1984, substantial progress had been made in transistor research and development, and China's integrated circuit and chip development had infinitely approached the world level.

Crawling on the ground, wiping away the humiliation of our motherland

In 1989, Huang Lingyi was invited to participate in the International Chip Exhibition in the United States. In the vast venue, she ran all over the booth but did not find any Chinese company.

Huang Lingyi wrote in her diary, "A dazzling array of non domestic products, tears streaming down her eyes." She also publicly said, "My greatest wish is to crawl to the ground and wipe away the shame on my motherland."

In 2001, at the age of 65, Huang Lingyi had already entered retirement. At this time, Professor Hu Weiwu of the Chinese Academy of Sciences issued a gathering order to build Chinese chips to the whole country. He personally found Huang Lingyi and invited her to work on chips together. Faced with difficulties such as insufficient funding, Huang Lingyi resolutely chose to join the Longxin R&D team and became the project leader.

On August 10, 2002, China's first general-purpose CPU, "Dragon Core 1," was successfully developed. Although there was a significant performance gap, it truly broke the history of domestic computers having no cores available.

With the unremitting efforts of Huang Lingyi and his fellow chipmakers, a large number of domestically produced high-performance chips such as "Longxin 3" have emerged. The Fuxing high-speed railway has achieved 100% localization, and advanced military equipment such as the J-20 has been equipped with phased array radar, replacing China's own "heart dirty". The Beidou satellite has also been equipped with Chinese chips, completely breaking the Western technological blockade.

Over the course of more than half a century, from diodes to "dragon chips," Huang Lingyi used his youth and sweat to help China break free from the situation of having no chips available.

"Don't let the 'bottleneck' hinder our development"

We still need to double our efforts!