Chapter 216: Lasers and Lenses!
"Little brother, Neutron Star Technology called us, I guess there are already countermeasures, right? Can you briefly reveal it? Mr. Lei asked quietly.
"I heard you've developed your own Gemini architecture? I don't know if ...... is authorized," He Tingbo, chief engineer of HiSilicon Semiconductor, also asked.
She had been curious about this architecture for a long time.
Even if the design cannot be OEM by the most high-end foundry, they will choose to have another way out, anxiety and a sense of crisis, which is engraved into the corporate culture of the entire company.
"You'll all understand when you'll see you later!" Jiang Zhenwei didn't want to say more, so he actively led the way ahead.
"Gemini architecture? Neutron Star has invested tens of billions of funds, not to obtain the authorization of the four mainstream architectures, but to choose self-development? Several semiconductor representatives who had never heard of this kind of architecture glanced at each other and hurriedly asked He Tingbo.
Huawei has close cooperation with Neutron Star, so it gets the most news.
Anyway, it has already arrived at the Neutron Battle Star, and someone will definitely talk about it in a while, so Yu Chengdong did not hide it.
"Gemini star architecture, this is the chip architecture self-developed by the Micro Integration Department of Neutron Star Technology, I heard that they have designed a very powerful chip on this basis......"
"Oh? How powerful? ”
"Under the same process, can it surpass more than half of all chips in the world?" Jiang Zhenwei turned around and said with a smile.
"However, the difficulty lies in the manufacturing process, and we are not as good as foreign countries in the manufacturing process, which means that this architecture can only be temporarily in the middle of the range now."
Moore's Law has not gone to the limit, the performance of each generation of chips is advancing by leaps and bounds, and if this chip of Neutron Star Technology enters the market, it will definitely not be comparable to the top chips.
If one day, users who are used to using Snapdragon 3 suddenly return to the era of Snapdragon 2, it will definitely be inappropriate.
Players who play games will definitely be furious when they suddenly find that they can't bring their newly bought mobile phones.
However, now domestic mobile phones are basically mid-range, and some are even producing feature phones, so the requirements for chips are not too picky.
Because now is the most fierce time in the competitive market, countless mobile phone manufacturers have appeared, and the most important thing is to win the market share, and when it stabilizes and cultivates a group of loyal fans, it will slowly enter the high-end.
Now domestic manufacturers no longer have to worry about the threat from Apple and Samsung, because they do not have Andromeda and their market share is declining, which is the best time for Neutron Star Technology to seize the market with its own chips.
"Of course we would like to work with Neutron if we can, but ...... Is the supply coming? Shen Wei, one of the founders of VIVO, asked.
With so many manufacturers, the high, medium and low-end chips purchased every year add up to at least tens of millions, hundreds of millions, and the number is still rising.
As if by acquiescence in their hearts, these mobile phone manufacturers chose to expel foreign brands as soon as possible.
With what expulsion? Nature is something that is not available abroad - Andromeda.
The configuration of the mobile phone is not as good as others, so use the software to make up for it.
Will Neutron Star Technology always provide them with Andromeda support? Most of the people who came thought it was unlikely, so what could be done to continue the alliance?
Nature is profit!
"If the Gemini chip meets the standard, we will not be stingy with orders...... "Huang Zhang, founder of Meizu, thought for a moment and said.
The group chatted with each other, and finally arrived at the Neutron Battlestar's Extreme Precision Department Chip Laboratory.
The huge interior space is snow-white, covered with high-precision instruments, and at a glance, it is all about integrated circuit manufacturing equipment.
These equipment are basically the top equipment that can be manufactured in China by purchasing from Hucheng Microelectronics, China Micro Semiconductor Equipment, and Jingcheng Microelectronics Equipment.
Neutron Star engineers are constantly debugging and changing to make these devices meet the parameters.
However, as far as the lithography machine is concerned, it is several generations behind foreign countries.
......
"You've all arrived?" Zhong Zixing took off his mask and goggles, revealing a pair of bloodshot eyes.
He, Professor Xu Zhihai and several students have been adjusting the lasers and beam correctors in the lithography machine.
Among them, the standard of the light shield is easy to achieve, that is, to block the brightness of the light as much as possible, and project the smallest range of light through the small holes in the light bar, which is very difficult, but it is not impossible to complete.
But in terms of laser light sources and lenses, it is at a loss.
"Brother Zhong, what are you ......" Rebus was taken aback when he saw Zhong Zixing's current appearance.
His face was pale and bloodless, and his eyes were bloodshot, as if he had stayed up for many days in a row with severe insomnia, and his whole spirit looked a little sluggish.
"Nothing." Zhong Zixing moved his mouth and chewed the candy in his mouth.
As soon as he started thinking, he couldn't stop at all.
Now on the domestic Internet, because of the Weibo from the stick, it has caused an angry scolding, and many people are pessimistic, because it is really too difficult in the semiconductor field.
Most people think that Neutron Star Technology will lose this war, after all, no matter how strong Andromeda is, it is only developed from the basis of hardware, and tens of billions of dollars have been invested in semiconductors, and there is no news until now.
Although such a discussion does not affect those who understand the psychology at all, no one is optimistic that Neutron Star Technology can break through.
Compared with China, the stick is as excited as chicken blood, the more it talks, the more excited it becomes, and even the whole world, as if the whole world has to surrender to the great first country of the universe, otherwise Samsung can subdue anyone.
As for the skill of living in one's own imaginary world, the stick may be invincible in the universe, and no matter how good the imagination of a writer, it is far from being matched.
"Mr. Zhong, I have admired the name for a long time......"
"Mr. Zhong, long time no see!"
More than a dozen chip and mobile phone manufacturers greeted each other.
"We should also pay attention to our bodies when engaging in research and development, we all know that neutron stars have been under a lot of pressure recently." Lei Zongdao.
Zhong Zixing could only smile in return and did not explain. Could it be that he is immersed in R&D and is as addicted to games as ordinary people?
"Everyone sit down first, the hospitality is not good, forgive me!"
"Mr. Zhong, we have cooperated for so long, let's not talk about it, Huawei came this time mainly to purchase Neutron Star's EDA software......" Yu Chengdong got straight to the point.
EDA is the most upstream and high-end industry of IC design, and there is no more high-end technology product than EDA in IC design.
And Neutron Star's EDA Huawei has tried, and the strong one is unmatched.
"There is also a Gemini architecture, and some chips are ......," He Tingbo added.