"I'll take a look!"

Hearing the news, Chen Shen, Academician Liu and others immediately walked to the side of the inspectors.

The computer is showing the exported microscopic image, which is nothing else, but carbon nanotubes that look exactly the same.

These tiny carbon nanotubes are like bricks, which are laid on top of the substrate according to the pre-set shape, forming a special but regular geometric pattern.

Chen Shen looked at this image, although he didn't know if it was consistent with the design plan of Academician Liu's team, but through the image law composed of carbon nanotubes on the substrate, he intuitively felt that there should be no problem with this experiment.

The result was just as he expected.

After Academician Liu saw the image, he first rejoiced with the others, and then buried his head in the image, observed for a long time, and announced in an impassioned voice: "Judging from the current comparison results, there is no error in the assembly of carbon nanotubes, which is completely consistent with our previous design plan!" ”

Whoa!

Everyone else at the scene immediately applauded.

"It's really bubbled out!" Deng Ziming stood in the crowd, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and felt that his heart was surging.

Even he, an authority on NDA nanotechnology, finds the results too exciting.

Who would have thought that the core process of the chip could really be designed in advance, and then thrown into a pile of solutions to soak it?

Such technological progress was unimaginable to him before.

What he didn't dare to imagine was that this experiment was actually successful in the first attempt!

This shows that this technical idea is different from other nascent technologies, and it is now very mature.

As said before, if this experiment can be successful, it means that the problem of industrialization is no longer big.

At this time, everyone's eyes unconsciously fell on the plasma etching machine at the other end of the site, and another substrate had been placed inside for processing.

"If there is no problem with the experiment over there, then we will overcome the two most critical processes of carbon-based chips." Following everyone to the engraving machine, Chen Shen said softly.

Academician Liu heard it and said softly: "Indeed, the two most critical processes of carbon-based chips are the purification and assembly of carbon nanotubes, and the processing of nanopatterns......

If carbon-based chips are regarded as a house, then the purification and assembly of carbon nanotubes is to select suitable bricks and then use them to build a house, and the processing of nanographs is equivalent to installing water and electricity for the house.

This is the key to whether the chip can form transistors, if it can't be done, no matter how many carbon nanotubes are piled together, it will only be carbon nanotubes, and there is no way to calculate without forming a source and drain.

In the past, nano pattern processing was completed by lithography machines, and if they could bypass the lithography process through the ideas and solutions provided by Chen Shen, then the production process of carbon-based chips could be said to be completely in their hands.

Everyone stood in front of the etching machine, all feeling that their hearts were beating a little fast, as if they were waiting for the verdict of fate.

Finally, the substrate inside was automatically sent out of the machine after processing, and the engineers immediately stepped forward to remove the substrate.

"Hurry up, send it to the testing area, and we'll see the results right away!" Academician Liu couldn't wait to say, he followed closely behind the engineer who sent him for inspection, like a shepherd driving sheep.

After a simple processing of the substrate, it is sent to the testing table, and the microscopic images are displayed on the computer, and everyone's attention is immediately grabbed.

Everyone is glued to the computer screen, and as long as the etching pattern they design is detected on it, then the next step will be successful.

Chen Shen was looking at the screen on the ground, compared to Academician Liu and Professor Deng Ziming, who were much more nervous than him, the provider of the technology, and the two of them breathed so heavily that they looked like they had just run a thousand meters.

Soon, the test results are displayed on the screen.

Academician Liu pulled away the engineer who was operating, and was the first to come to the screen to watch, Professor Deng Ziming was second, Chen Shen was squeezed into the third place, and the others could only stand behind and stretch their necks to find a suitable angle.

The image on the screen shows that there are many patterns of different sizes of dots or lines on the substrate, which are completely invisible to the naked eye, and their specific shapes can only be seen under the instrument.

These locations are used to place the special metals needed to construct the source and drain.

"How's it going?"

The researchers huddled in the back craned their necks, unable to see the details on the screen, and could only come out to ask.

Academician Liu looked at the size of the graphics automatically measured on the screen, and made a comparison to make sure that this was consistent with the size they designed, then patted his chest and turned his head to announce: "No problem, our printing machine has successfully defined the pattern on the substrate, and processed the perfect nano pattern under the processing of the ion etching machine!" ”

"Your hard work has been in vain!"

After saying that, Academician Liu stepped aside and gave the researchers behind him a chance to observe, and he pulled Chen Shen aside alone.

"How did you come up with this plan? Professor Deng and I have been working on carbon-based integrated circuits for decades, and we haven't even touched your ass! Academician Liu looked at Chen Shen and was already shocked by him in his heart.

He and others had been studying things for decades, and it turned out that Chen Shen, a person who seemed to have nothing to do with carbon-based chips, only took a very short time to come up with a mature plan, how could he not be surprised.

To use an immature analogy, it's like a doctor of literature suddenly publishing the Grand Unification Theory, how can it not be shocking?

Chen Shen said calmly: "It's just that I had this idea and inspiration by chance. ”

Although now he can say that he has achieved fame, his mentality has not swelled, and he clearly knows that this achievement is systematic, not his.

Although he also has the strength to make various modifications to the results of the system, he is ultimately standing on the shoulders of giants.

Academician Liu didn't know what he thought, but he was humble, "If you have ideas and inspiration, you have to be capable!" ”

"The 14nm solution you designed is now basically determined to be a feasible mass production solution, are you interested in continuing on the road of carbon-based chips in the future? If you have it, maybe the process of carbon-based chips will double next year! ”

Chen Shen hurriedly shook his head, this is not growing food, where is the good thing of doubling a year, if this is the case, the silicon-based chip will not be sung and declined every year.

"After the mass production of 14nm carbon-based chips, it is enough for the time being, and with the basis of the 14nm solution, it is not difficult to improve the process to produce chips with lower processes, so I may not focus on this anymore."

Academician Liu was a little disappointed, "Also, there should be a lot of things on the side of Crimson Storm." ”

Chen Shen touched his head, wanting to say that there was nothing going on over there in Crimson Storm now, but after thinking about it, it was better to continue to maintain this misunderstanding.

Otherwise, how could he, the founder of technology, be at ease and comfortable in the institute?