Chapter 986: Subverting the entire semiconductor industry!
For a chip, its manufacturing principle is known to the whole world.
In layman's terms, it is nothing more than designing and planning the circuit diagram first, then extracting high-purity silicon crystals from the sand, cutting them into wafers, then coating and etching, and finally integrating tens of billions of transistors in an area the size of your finger.
, and cut into individual chips.
But in the entire process, the technical difficulties and cutting-edge equipment involved are the key core.
For example, the purification of single crystal silicon requires a single crystal silicon growth furnace, the design of chip circuits requires EDA software, the engraving of transistors requires a photolithography machine, etc.
Among a series of technical and equipment problems, the most difficult one is the photolithography machine.
The more sophisticated the chip, the higher the requirements for the photolithography process, which also means the higher the requirements for the photolithography machine.
Especially for 7-nanometer chips, only the EUV ultraviolet lithography machine of ASML in the Netherlands can do this photolithography process.
It goes without saying that the manufacturing of EUV ultraviolet lithography machines is technically difficult.
For countries with non-Western interest groups, as long as you still need to use chips, then the lithography machine is a threshold that cannot be bypassed no matter what.
Especially for the United States, it has failed to control the entire semiconductor field and control the development of other countries.
But now, at this product launch, a technology that can prepare chips without a photolithography machine suddenly appeared?
Looking at the technology displayed on the big screen, the press conference almost became excited.
The technology that can prepare chips without a photolithography machine is like a thunderbolt for the semiconductor manufacturers present, especially for representatives from TSMC, Samsung, ASML and other manufacturers.
If the initial release of carbon-based chips was a devastating blow to semiconductor manufacturers such as Intel, Qualcomm, AMD, and Nvidia, it would not matter to foundries such as TSMC, Samsung, and ASML.
After all, the preparation of chips always requires foundries. Perhaps SMIC, as the first company to produce carbon-based chips, can take a lot of orders, but other foundries will also be allocated resources.
They are companies that truly master production equipment. They not only master various equipment for chip processing, but also master the core cutting-edge photolithography machines.
But now, it's their turn to panic!
Staring at the big screen on the stage, TSMC Vice President Hou Yongqing couldn't help but swallow. His pupils under his glasses were slightly dilated, and his fingers under his suit could not help but tremble.
It turns out that what China wants to do is not to replace silicon-based chip-related industries with carbon-based chips.
What they...want to do is to subvert the entire semiconductor industry!
Not only the ecological chain of silicon-based semiconductors, but also the upstream production materials, they have to hold it all in their own hands!
If the production of carbon-based chips still requires photolithography machines, then whether it is the United States or TSMC, they can use this to negotiate with them.
At least, they can use cutting-edge photolithography technology and a complete processing industry to force Xinghai Research Institute to open up the carbon-based chip and carbon-based semiconductor industry chain, allowing them to join in and get a share of the pie.
But what if a photolithography machine is no longer needed to produce chips?
This is a scary thing for both TSMC and the entire semiconductor industry.
Xinghai Research Institute, or China... is building a new world of carbon-based chips, and the silicon-based semiconductor industry will be abandoned by them.
This big ship of the era not only loses the position of established semiconductor companies such as Intel, Qualcomm, and AMD, but also loses the position of their semiconductor foundries.
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At 11:30 in the morning, the carbon-based chip product launch conference officially ended.
Although Xinghai Research Institute has prepared lunch and banquet in the hotel, it is obvious that not many semiconductor manufacturers chose to participate in this event.
Almost all the manufacturer representatives who participated in the press conference quickly walked out of the venue as soon as the report meeting ended.
Some want to quickly return to the corporate headquarters to report relevant work, some want to talk to the senior officials at Xinghai Research Institute, and some even want to talk to Xu Chuan...
Inside and outside the venue, many media reporters attending the press conference were also looking for people to interview.
After all, there were so many presidents and vice presidents from top semiconductor manufacturers present at the carbon-based chip product launch conference that it would be basically impossible to interview them.
But it is a pity that at this moment, few presidents or executives are willing to be interviewed. Even if the media reporters put the microphone to their mouths and pursue the interview, it is difficult for them to stop for a moment.
Of course, there must still be people willing to be interviewed.
For example, Liu Fengxun, the president of SMIC, happily accepted interviews from media reporters.
"Mr. Liu, when will carbon-based chips be fully marketed and officially commercialized?"
"Hello, Mr. Liu, what is the cost of carbon-based chips? How does it compare with silicon-based chips?"
"Hello, Mr. Liu, is it true that carbon-based chips no longer need a photolithography machine to prepare them, as you said at the press conference?"
"Mr. Liu..."
Liu Fengxun, the president of SMIC, who was blocked in the venue, looked at the media reporters who surrounded him, listened to the various questions that seemed to be competing for time, and answered each one with a smile on his face in a "friendly" manner.
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"As for when carbon-based chips can be fully marketed and officially commercialized, I can tell you that it can be done now! At least we have prepared a mature series of memory chips, the Longzang Generation Series, and its excellent performance is believed to be what everyone said at the press conference.
I have also seen it, and it can be said that it completely crushes Micron Technology’s UMCP5 model flash memory products!”
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "As for the cost of carbon-based chip products, I do not deny that the current cost of carbon-based chips is indeed a little higher than traditional silicon-based chips."
"But for a newly emerging industry, this is an inevitable problem. Whether it is high-quality carbon nanotube materials, the scale of the industrial chain, even the preparation technology of carbon-based chips, or even the size of the market, it will all affect
The cost of carbon-based chips.”
"Just like mobile phones more than ten years ago, for most ordinary people, they are expensive luxuries that only rich people can afford. But now, we can say that almost everyone has one.
Even people in their 80s and 90s can now buy mobile phone products at will."
"And I believe everyone has seen the excellent performance of carbon-based chips. If it uses the same level of manufacturing technology, its performance will far exceed that of traditional silicon-based chips. Even if the price is slightly more expensive, I believe the market will do it."
Make a choice."
"Of course, we are also optimizing and adjusting the production process of carbon-based chips. We believe that we will soon be able to reduce the cost of preparing carbon-based chips."
"As for whether carbon-based chips no longer require a photolithography machine to prepare, I believe that in the future, we can communicate with the 'laminated weaving engraving technology' to prepare low-nanometer chips! This is also our goal!"
"I can stand here and guarantee that in the next three years, SMIC will invest at least 10 billion every year in the research and development and optimization of carbon-based chip technology!"
"..."
Perhaps out of joy, or perhaps out of some pride and bragging, the president of SMIC answered every reporter’s interview question one by one.
After all, we have been targeted by those unfriendly Western interest groups for so long, and today we finally have the opportunity to be proud of ourselves in the field that the other party is best at. How can we not 'show off' our country's technology and strength more?
...
When the product launch of the carbon-based chip ended, the video of the scene was quickly spread to every corner of the world through the Internet.
It was obvious that those who were shocked by this product launch were not just the manufacturer representatives who attended the launch, but also countless ordinary people and consumers who were paying attention to the launch.
Carbon-based chips are actually real!
Moreover, Xinghai Research Institute has also produced a memory chip on site that is fully capable of commercial use, which is simply unbelievable!
After the video of the product launch was leaked, relevant news reports quickly became a hot search topic on major platforms.
[Holy shit, a carbon-based chip was really made!?]
【Awesome!(roaring)】
[Carbon-based chip? Oh my god, is SMIC so awesome? Did you actually come up with this? 】
[It’s not SMIC, it’s the Xinghai Research Institute led by Sichuan God.]
[????No, when did Mr. Sichuan God go to research chips? I haven’t heard of it at all!]
[I didn’t believe it at first, but if you say it was Sichuan God who did it, then I will believe it!]
[And carbon-based chips don’t require a photolithography machine! They completely bypass Laomi’s customization! It’s so powerful!]
[Hahaha, laugh! I remembered that a large number of experts and scholars said that carbon-based chips are impossible to achieve? Now people? Where are people? If you are not sick, take two steps and squeak! Does your face hurt now? Bang bang
It’s making a noise!]
[Isn’t a product launch a place for bragging? Who doesn’t know how to brag about the concept of carbon-based chips? You don’t need a photolithography machine yet. Let’s learn more about semiconductors before talking about it. 】
[Ah, right, right! You know better than the big guys who attended the press conference. There are many CEOs of Intel, AMD, Apple, Samsung and other companies that you boast about. You should sit in their seats.]
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As the news spread to the Internet, discussions about carbon-based chips and semiconductors quickly occupied the top of the hot searches on major online platforms like a single spark that can start a prairie fire.
Almost all netizens who saw the news couldn't help but click on the relevant news reports, and even couldn't help but comment or give a like or something in person.
Carbon based chips!
This has been discussed for N years and is considered to be China's overtaking technology in the field of chips. In the past ten years, this technology, which has been denied by countless people and thought to be unworkable, has successfully worked!
This made almost all Chinese people feel deeply surprised at this moment.
Of course, there is more pride!
Those Western countries that have been deeply involved in the field of semiconductors for decades have not been able to do things. They have done it, and they are still in the cutting-edge technology field of chips. Isn't this proud enough?
For a time, almost the entire Chinese population was looking forward to the arrival of the carbon-based chip era.
Along with the Dragon series smartphones, PC computers, routers and other products previewed by Warwick at the press conference, people are looking forward to it.
In any case, no matter whether there are still people who continue to secretly smear carbon-based chips, or whether there are still people who can't eat grapes and say sour grapes...
In short, carbon-based chip technology is completely popular!