Chapter 286: Testing the Lithography Machine
The Chinese Academy of Sciences, the most high-end scientific research institution in China, is located in the optical laboratory in Yanjing. There are a lot of experts gathered here.
Wu Qianyu, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Science and Technology, also brought engineers from the Ministry of Science and Technology here.
Today, Academician He Wanming brought a prototype of the lithography machine that is about to be put into production from Qingci Technology. They carried out test work on this machine.
The performance of this machine will affect the strategic layout of the Huaxia chip industry led by the Government Council.
He Wanming watched as the tightly packed lithography machine was carried to the dust-free laboratory next to it.
He said with emotion: "I have been paying attention to the research and development project of Qingci Technology lithography machine, but I didn't expect their research and development progress to be so fast.
Prototypes have been built now, and it's only been a long time. I remember to develop the etching machine, and with their decades of technology, it took two more years to develop it. ”
"Times are different, now as long as the foundation is laid. Products can be manufactured quickly.
One is the progress of materials science, and now many new materials have been developed, and a new material can solve problems that can never be broken through before.
The other is the advancement of processing technology, and now intelligent CNC machine tools and 3D printing technology can easily process complex parts. At that time, we were working on a piece of equipment, and we also needed a grade 9 fitter to process parts by hand. ”
Standing in the middle of the crowd, a gray-haired old man said. He is Mr. Ou Jingyu, the developer of the first generation of lithography machines in China.
At that time, I only looked at the information published by foreign countries, and groped for it alone in a poor and white situation. It solves the problem of whether there is a lithography machine, and allows the country to produce a large number of industrial chips such as single-chip microcomputers.
Wu Qianyu said with a smile: "Let's take a look at the performance of this lithography machine, no matter how fast or slow the research and development speed is, the most important thing is to be able to process high-quality chips." ”
He Wanming nodded and smiled: "That's how it should be, there's no need to think too much about it now." Start testing this lithography machine now. ”
Then He Wanming began to instruct the staff to test this lithography machine.
After the box is thoroughly cleaned with special tools, the robot sends it to the dust-free workshop.
The robot then opens the box, revealing the lithography machine inside.
Seeing the appearance of this lithography machine, someone immediately muttered: "The appearance of this lithography machine is too ordinary, it is a large box with thin iron sheets, and there is no sense of science and technology at all." ”
The robot then puts the prepared semi-finished carbon-based semiconductor into the inlet of the lithography machine.
I saw that the lithography machine started immediately, and the box began to unfold. Above the lithography machine, as if a flower was in full bloom, a bracket unfolded.
He Wanming introduced: "This is the most important component of the processing chip, superimposed laser emitter, which uses elastic metal as the skeleton and consists of 13 laser emitters. With the control of the lithography machine system, the chip can be processed at any angle.
This system is developed under my leadership, and it can definitely reach the world's advanced level. It's not just processing that we're preparing to carbon-based chips. Even seven-nanometer silicon-based chips are no problem. ”
"Lao He, don't boast about your achievements. Start the lithography machine quickly, everyone can't wait. He Wanming's colleague urged.
"Good, good. I'm going to start the lithography machine right now, it's fast and I can't see anything. It is still ready to test the performance of the processed chip. Academician He Wanming immediately agreed to him.
He then took out the remote control and began to remotely control the lithography machine to start. Set the standard for chip processing.
I only saw the raw materials and finished chips constantly entering and exiting the lithography machine, and the prepared raw materials were processed in a short time.
Wu Qianyu saw that the lithography machine had already processed the smart chip.
She smiled for the first time in a long time. This basically confirms that the lithography machine has been successfully developed.
The impact of this device on the country is too much. Even if the smart chip is not successfully processed. But having a lithography machine in hand is also a great achievement.
Finally, I saw that the lithography machine successfully processed the chip. Everyone applauded enthusiastically.
Wu Qianyu said with a smile: "The processing speed of this lithography machine is really fast, and we can now test the performance of the lithography machine and its processing chips separately." ”
After she finished speaking, several scientists and engineers standing next to her were eager to try, ready to select a few smart chips that had just been processed for testing.
The project they are testing does not require the chip to be packaged.
When He Wanming heard this, he immediately stopped their actions and said, "Why are you so impulsive? The chip also needs to be packaged and activated before the test can be carried out.
Of course, there are many chips processed, and if you don't test the overall chip performance, you can also choose the chip to test first. ”
Then He Wanming took out a small box and put it next to the chip. He said to the crowd: "People who test the overall performance of the chip, don't be too anxious. The chip has not yet been packaged, and when the chip is packaged, the chip is mounted on this small box. It will be automatically written into the boot program, otherwise the chip will be a scrap. ”
After hearing this, everyone understands that this should be a means of patent protection for chips by chip R&D companies.
Wu Qianyu stepped forward first and chose a chip. The chips are all the same, they have just been machined from the lithography machine, they have not been packaged.
It's just a dark carbon-based original chip, and special equipment is needed to package them, integrating some internal circuitry and external pins. This is the complete chip.
There was a scientist who picked up the chip and said, "The chip I chose does not need to be packaged, and the main thing is to test the performance of carbon-based transistors." ”
With the actions of this scientist, there are a lot of people who mainly test the performance of the chip construction.
They directly selected the smart chip without packaging and walked quickly to the laboratory to test it.
After they finished selecting the chips, a staff member took the chips away for packaging work. The packaged chip is activated again
They distributed the chips to people in various units and asked them to test the performance of the chips.
The intelligent chip was processed, and He Wanming did not let this lithography machine idle. Instantly change its working mode.
Processing of international first-class chips, seven-nanometer silicon-based chips. The selected processing scheme is the microstructure researched by Loongson International.
He Wanming, Wu Qianyu and others summarized the data here.
There are many ways to test the performance of a chip. Soon the news will be in their hands.
The basic structure of a smart chip, a carbon-based transistor is three times more powerful than an ordinary silicon-based transistor. Power consumption has been reduced by 30%.
The basic performance of other chips also exceeds that of silicon-based chips in a wide range.
Carbon-based chips have been tested, and there is also good news. Its performance is not inferior to the top international chips.
There is also a strong compatibility, which can be compatible with most software and hardware.
In particular, carbon-based chips have hardware intelligent circuits. It has changed the way conventional chips judge data. On this chip, artificial intelligence programs can be better developed.
He Wanming took the silicon-based chip that had been packaged in his hand again. After testing, this trajectory chip has also reached the international mainstream level.
This lithography machine passed their test perfectly.