Chapter 585: Its better to ask for money than this
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Fan Shoushan never thought that it would be possible to see such a breakthrough paper today. It is really shocking.
Opposite me, the old man nodded with a smile and said, "The relevant papers are here. I will release them to you after the discussion is completed."
Hearing this, Academician Fan Shoushan's face immediately showed joy.
The thesis is really finished!
But who wrote this paper?
Is it that person? I haven't heard that he has continued research in physics recently. At the International Congress of Mathematicians, that person once publicly said that he was studying the unification of the strong and weak electric forces.
Under such circumstances, there should be no time to study condensed matter physics, right?
But apart from that person, he honestly could not think of any other top physicist in China who could complete the research on the generation mechanism and characteristics of topological states in just half a year.
Although this is just a continuation of the grand unified framework theory of strongly correlated electrons, the difficulty is not low.
After thinking and hesitating for a moment, Academician Fan Shoushan couldn't help but ask: "Can I ask who wrote this paper?"
As a leader in the field of carbon-based chips, he clearly understands various confidentiality agreements and regulations, and should not have asked such questions.
But he couldn't help it.
Just because the study of the generation mechanism and characteristics of topological physical states has a great impact on condensed matter physics and the quantum field.
Although the letter in my hand does not contain a detailed narrative essay, it is enough to get a glimpse of some key points and understand the whole story.
Carbon-based materials may become the core of quantum computers. How can he, a leader in the field of carbon-based chips, not care about this?
Hearing this question, the old man smiled and said: "The paper was written by Academician Xu, but it has not been verified, but I think with his character he will not release anything that he is not sure of."
The old man didn't care about these things. Although confidentiality was important, it was also targeted.
For these few people who are here today, sooner or later they will know who wrote the paper.
After a pause, he continued: "I would like to trouble you to make a trip today, mainly because I want to ask everyone for their opinions."
"Are some of the technologies mentioned by Academician Xu in his letter, such as carbon-based chips and quantum computers, possible to implement? If so, how much time and investment will be required?"
Once there is a breakthrough in chip technology, it will have an unpredictable impact not only on China, but on the entire world.
China's electronics industry started late. In terms of silicon-based chip manufacturing technology, it can only keep catching up with those Western countries and continue to pay for backward technology, paying a huge price for this.
If they can redefine the most fundamental and core technology of the electronics industry in a direction with greater potential and future, if they can first establish their own advantages in carbon-based chips or quantum computers...
There is no doubt that China will be able to take the lead in this field and formulate its own standards, thereby allowing those Western countries that originally led in the chip field to catch up and achieve true overtaking in corners.
But the stakes in this matter were too high, and he also needed more professional opinions and suggestions.
Hearing the old man's inquiry, Fan Shoushan pondered for a moment and then said: "As Academician Xu said, we can all see the potential of carbon-based chips and quantum computers, but again, this is an unknown road."
"Although we have made great breakthroughs in the research and development of carbon-based chips, and have achieved breakthroughs that theoretically enable high-level integration, but in fact we are still far away from true commercialization."
"If we integrate Academician Xu's theory on this basis to construct a 'Majorana Zero Energy Module' and realize the creation and manipulation of topological qubits, I cannot give you an accurate answer.
Because I don’t know the answer either.”
"but....."
After a pause, Academician Fan Shoushan continued: "No matter whether it can be done or not, I think it is necessary to try."
"Whether it is carbon-based chips or quantum computers, they are technologies that can redefine the electronics industry."
"Originally, we opened up two routes, one to research carbon-based chips and the other to research quantum computers. We need to invest separately in both."
"But now Academician Xu's work has helped us integrate the two. If his theory is correct, it is entirely possible for us to use carbon-based materials as the core of quantum computers."
"Compared to the previous separation, I think it is more worthwhile to invest in new areas after integration, and I also recommend investing."
Hearing this, the old man nodded.
This is indeed a good method. If the investment funds of the two routes are allocated to one route, even if only a small part of the original ones are concentrated, more funds can be brought to the new route.
It has always been their traditional habit to concentrate their efforts on big things.
After chatting for a while, after seeing off the two academicians in the chip field, the old man looked up at Yuan Zhouli, the leader of science and technology, and said, "What do you think?"
After thinking for a while, Yuan Zhouli said cautiously: "Before, I have learned about some developments and changes in the field of information technology. Carbon-based chips and quantum computers are indeed the two most popular fields, but judging from statistics,
, these two fields are highly 'hyped'."
"In 2018, Microsoft reported that it had made "significant" progress in carbon-based chip research, but until now nothing has been seen. Including ourselves, the research progress on carbon-based chips is actually
It’s not as exciting as what the outside world spreads.”
"As for the advancement of quantum computers, judging from the data currently obtained, the progress is not as good as that of carbon-based chips."
"Relatively speaking, the prospects for these two project areas are not very optimistic at the moment."
"If I were to give my opinion, I think it might be better to organize a small team to test the waters first based on Academician Xu's paper while maintaining a stable investment in silicon-based chips."
Compared with the two academicians in the chip field, he gave a more cautious suggestion.
It's not that he doesn't want to overtake others in the chip field, but as a leader, he has more things to consider.
After listening to Yuan Zhouli's words, the old man nodded.
It is undeniable that this is indeed true.
Nowadays, they have kept up with a certain pace in the field of silicon-based chips. Although the seven-nanometer process chips are not yet comparable to TSMC's two-nanometer and three-nanometer processes, the key is to remain safe.
If you continue to follow up, I won't say that you will definitely gain a lot, but if you are self-sufficient, not to mention top-level chips, there should be no big problem in being self-sufficient in high-end chips.
It is indeed risky to invest funds and efforts in another field where the prospects are not very optimistic now.
Although he did not doubt that person's ability, the key point was that judging from the letter, he also stated that he would not have much energy to devote to the chip field for at least one or two years in the future.
I have to say that this time it really gave him a difficult choice.
On one side is the tempting overtaking in the chip field, on the other side is investment and more reliable silicon-based chips that may have no future.
For this reason, I might as well write to him directly asking for money as before.
