Chapter 29: The Potential of Carbon-Based Chips
Xia Guo, Kyoto, Science and Technology Division, Director's Office!
Geng Ye frowned and looked at the report, and said in his heart, "Hey...... These people, oh, see the interests and do not consider the national level at all. ”
In the past six months, the domestic chip market has gone crazy.
ASML has invested in several chip manufacturing companies, which have greatly reduced the price of low-end chips, shortages of high-end chips, and increased prices.
"These companies are all chip manufacturing companies in Xia Guo, and they do it."
"Although it can get a lot of benefits, it is not good for the entire chip market in Xia Kingdom."
Geng Ye said helplessly: "However, it's not good for me to meddle in their affairs, hey......"
"It would be nice if we had our own high-end chips, and we wouldn't be troubled by these foreigners."
At this time, the red landline on Geng Ye's desk rang.
"Huh?" Geng Ye frowned slightly when he saw the red phone ringing.
Know that the red phone won't ring until there's an emergency.
He didn't dare to slack off, quickly picked up the phone, and said, "Hey, I'm Geng Ye!" ”
"Director Geng!" Qu Guangfu's voice came from the phone: "I am Qu Guangfu, chairman of Xiaxin International. ”
Geng Ye asked, "Is there something wrong?" ”
"Director Geng, our chip research has been successful, and Academician Ye has developed a lithography machine that can manufacture 12nm carbon-based chips."
"What?" Geng Ye leaned forward slightly, his eyes widened in shock, and he said in disbelief: "Are you talking about a lithography machine that can make 12nm carbon-based chips?" ”
"Not a 22nm chip, not 28nm? And 12nm? ”
Qu Guangfu said loudly: "Director Geng, it's 12nm, you heard it right, it's 12nm." ”
"And it is a carbon-based chip, and the performance of 12nm carbon-based chips is ten times stronger than that of 12nm silicon-based chips."
When Geng Ye heard this, he was shocked and exclaimed loudly: "How is this possible, you didn't lie to me? ”
"Director Geng, how dare I lie to you, if you don't believe it, you can come to me to check."
"Okay, you wait for me." Geng Ye said, "I'll go tomorrow." ”
"Director Geng, I am waiting for you!"
After hanging up the phone, Geng Ye thought for a moment, then picked up the phone and dialed some people's numbers.
Geng Ye made more than 30 calls in a row.
All day, he was on the phone in his office.
It's as if you're telling someone about it.
and asked someone to go to Xia Xin International with him tomorrow.
"No matter what you do tomorrow, give me a resignation, even if your wife gives birth, you have to give it to me."
"It's important, you have to come."
"I'm on my plane early tomorrow morning, and we'll meet at Modu Airport."
“……”
The next day, in the afternoon!
At the entrance of Xia Xin International Research Base!
Ye Fei, Qu Guangfu and some directors of Xia Xin International stood at the door and waited.
After a long time, a white bus drove up and stopped at the entrance of the research base.
Then, a group of people came down from above, led by Geng Ye.
This group of people are all academicians in the fields of chips, lithography machines, computers and materials in Xia Guo.
In academia, stomping on a foot can make a person tremble in their field.
And now they're all here.
Qu Guangfu greeted him with a smile and said, "Director Geng, welcome!" ”
"Everyone, welcome, welcome to Xia Xin International Research Base."
After Geng Ye and Qu Guangfu shook hands, they walked towards Ye Fei.
"Academician Ye, hello, long time no see!"
Geng Ye said and stretched out his hand.
Ye Fei shook hands with Geng Ye with a smile and said, "Director Geng, hello! ”
Geng Ye said: "You really developed a lithography machine that can make 12nm carbon-based chips? ”
When the people who followed Geng Ye heard Geng Ye's words, they all stared at Ye Fei silently and worriedly.
Ye Fei said: "Yes! ”
When Geng Ye heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and then said excitedly: "Can the lithography machine make a 12nm chip?" ”
Ye Fei took out a chip the size of a fingernail from his pocket and said, "This is the 12nm chip made by the lithography machine." ”
Geng Ye carefully took the chip from Ye Fei's hand and held it in both hands, like the most precious treasure in the world.
The rest of the people also wanted to get close to Geng Ye and watch the chip in Geng Ye's hand.
"Get out of the way, get out of the way." Geng Ye saw everyone approaching, and hurriedly said, "Don't get too close." ”
When everyone heard this, they immediately stopped.
Geng Ye looked at Ye Fei and asked, "This is a carbon-based chip?" ”
Ye Fei said: "Yes." ”
"I've heard that its performance is ten times stronger than that of silicon-based chips at the nanometer level."
"Yes!"
"Hiss......" Hearing Ye Fei's words, Geng Ye gasped in his heart.
He didn't believe Qu Guangfu's words, but he believed Ye Fei's words.
Geng Ye handed the chip to Ye Fei, waved his hand and said excitedly: "Let's go, go and see the lithography machine developed by Academician Ye." ”
The crowd walked inside in a mighty manner.
Moments later, they entered the Institute of Lithography Machines.
Ye Fei took them into the laboratory where the lithography machine was located.
Ye Fei pointed to the lithography machine in the laboratory through the glass and said, "Director Geng, this is the newly developed lithography machine. ”
"The lithography machine can manufacture 12nm carbon-based chips, with a daily output of 480,000 chips, and 400,000 chips per day after removing loss."
Geng Ye nodded, this speed was very ordinary.
This is true for almost all lithography machines, producing 480,000 chips per day and 400,000 chips after removing losses.
Of course, they do not pursue speed in lithography machines, but only the quality of the chips manufactured.
At this moment, there are five researchers in the lab wearing hazmat suits.
Ye Fei said into the microphone: "Start the lithography machine and start working." ”
The researchers were soon able to spin up the lithography machine.
In the blink of an eye, a chip was made.
The researcher took the chip to the test, and then walked over with the chip and the parameter table, and handed them to Geng Ye.
After reading the parameter table, Geng Ye said in surprise: "It's really ten times the performance of silicon-based chips!" ”
The man who came with Geng Ye said: "Director Geng, in terms of performance, this chip is even better than the 5nm silicon-based chip, and it can be used in all the fields needed now." ”
"Hmm!" Geng Ye nodded and said excitedly: "Now our country is finally no longer trapped because of chips." ”
"That's right!" Geng Ye looked at Ye Fei and asked, "Academician Ye, which countries are the parts of the lithography machine you developed imported from?" ”
Without waiting for Ye Fei to speak, Qu Guangfu smiled and said: "Director Geng, speaking of which, Academician Ye is really powerful, and the lithography machine he developed is completely domestically autonomous. ”
"Not only is the technology completely domestically autonomous, but even all parts are completely domestically autonomous."
"These parts, our Xia Kingdom can produce through machines."
"The technology and parts are completely domestically produced and autonomous?" Geng Ye looked at Ye Fei in astonishment.
Ye Fei said: "Yes! ”
When everyone heard this, the surprise in their hearts could not be expressed in words.
Originally, they were very surprised that Ye Fei had developed a lithography machine that could manufacture 12nm chips.
After that, the chip manufactured by the lithography machine developed by Ye Fei was ten times more powerful than that of the same nanometer chip.
This was even more surprising to them.
And now I have heard that the technology and parts of this lithography machine are completely domestically autonomous.
All parts can be produced by machine.
That is, their lithography machines will not be blocked by foreign countries at any level.
Qu Guangfu smiled: "It's nothing, do you know what the materials used to make carbon-based chips are?" ”
Among the people who followed Geng Ye, one of them was a member of the School of Materials of the Xia Academy of Sciences.
They have been working on lithography machines and chips all along.
The academician said: "It's graphene. ”
"Yes." Qu Guangfu said with a smile: "It is graphene, a raw material for the synthesis of high-purity graphene and C72 carbon nanotubes, which is made into graphene sheets. ”
"The lithography machine is photoetched on this graphene chip to create a 12nm carbon-based chip."
Someone exclaimed: "This means that we have the upstream materials and midstream manufacturing of the chip, and the rest is only the downstream application." ”
"Yes." Qu Guangfu nodded with a smile: "And this upstream and midstream are all developed by Academician Ye with his own strength!" ”
Everyone looked at Ye Fei in amazement.
He is only 28 years old, but at the age of 28, he single-handedly allows Xia Guo to have the upstream and midstream of chips.
And the downstream has always been quite strong in Xia Guo's technology.
This means that Xia Guo has a very complete chip chain.
Moreover, the quality of the chips developed by Ye Fei is the highest in the world.
Much better than the quality of the world's best 5nm chips.
Geng Ye clenched his fists fiercely and said excitedly: "Okay, very good, our country finally has a complete chip chain, and it is also the best quality chip chain in the world." ”
"With our country's chips, Western countries will not be able to catch up for more than ten years."
Ye Feidao: "Yes, unless they can discover high-purity graphene and develop a mass manufacturing method for carbon nanotubes." ”
"In addition to these, we also need to develop carbon-based chips."
"It will take at least 10 years for them to get to where we are today."
Geng Ye said with a smile: "This is really feng shui in turn, our chip technology was not as good as them before, and the gap with them was ten years, and now they are ten years behind our chip technology, haha......"
Everyone smiled and nodded.
Ye Feidao: "In the past ten years, our chips will not stand still, but will grow rapidly." ”
"Theoretically, carbon-based chips are a thousand times more powerful than silicon-based chips."
"And the chips we have developed now are only ten times the performance of silicon-based chips, and we still have 990 times the room for growth."
When they heard this, they were astonished.
Someone exclaimed, "There's still so much room to grow? ”
"Yes!" Ye Feidao: "Moreover, I am talking about the comparison of carbon-based chips and silicon-based chips at the nanometer level. ”
"On nanoscale chips, there are also 7nm, 5nm, 4nm, 3nm, 2nm and 1nm chips."
"However, the real field of carbon-based chips is not on nanoscale chips."
"It's on a picometer chip."
Everyone gasped in their hearts, and they knew why carbon-based chips are called the brains of quantum computers.
The growth space of carbon-based chips is terrible.
The chip developed by Ye Fei now has not yet crossed the threshold of carbon-based chips.
After stepping into the threshold, it was a picometer chip.
Such chips can only be used by quantum computers.
Geng Ye said: "We don't need to think so far, we have enough chips now." ”
"As for the longer term, that's all later, let's settle the immediate matter first."
"Hmm!" Everyone nodded slightly.
Geng Ye looked at Qu Guangfu and said, "Qu Dong, when will mass production be realized?" ”
Qu Guangfu said: "Our company is planning mass production, and strive to make Xia Guo no longer lack cores within ten years." ”
"Good!" Geng Ye said: "If there is any demand, just mention it to the country." ”
"I will!" Qu Guangfu said with a smile.
Geng Ye looked at Ye Fei and said, "Academician Ye, your contribution is indispensable, your research has solved the biggest problem that our country has been plaguing, and the country will not forget you." ”
Ye Fei smiled: "This is what I should do." ”
(End of chapter)