Great Country Academician

Published on 2024-11-20 23:45 | VIP Chapter

When the three-dimensional carbon nanotube array technology was demonstrated, the huge product launch conference was already filled with shock, surprise, astonishment and other shocking emotions.

Some believe it, and some doubt it.

After all, the three-dimensional carbon nanotube array technology is too advanced for the current research in the field of carbon-based chips.

When others have not even completed the most basic single-walled carbon nanotube stacking array technology, you suddenly come up with a more advanced three-dimensional array technology. It is indeed difficult for people to believe whether it is true.

At the product launch conference that can accommodate thousands of people, there are constant noisy discussions, and almost everyone is discussing the feasibility of this technology.

Even Intel President Pat Gelsinger, who has come to his senses, is thinking about whether this technology can be applied to silicon-based chips.

After all, compared with two-dimensional stacking technology, the performance improvement brought by three-dimensional array technology to chips is huge.

Although this requires redesigning the circuit diagram and related functions, it is undoubtedly worth it if the function and performance of the chip can be improved several times on the original basis.

However, Gelsinger soon gave up this idea.

There is no other reason. Silicon-based chips and carbon-based chips are two completely different things.

The three-dimensional properties of carbon nanotubes are properties that single-crystal silicon rounds do not have. Although it is not impossible to force a three-dimensional array, it requires changing the entire preparation process.

From wafer preparation to photolithography mask, to circuit design and semiconductor deposition, even wafer cleaning and testing need to be changed. The cost is too high and the gains do not outweigh the losses.

If it is before the maturity of carbon-based chip technology, they can also choose to invest part of the funds to try to develop technology in this direction.

After all, the field of silicon-based semiconductors is their world, and with the gradual failure of Moore's Law, semiconductor manufacturers around the world are also eager to find new ways out.

If this road is feasible, I believe there will be countless capital for them to choose, invest, and participate.

But now. It's impossible.

With the maturity of carbon-based chip technology, anyone with a discerning eye can see where the future is.

Perhaps silicon-based chips will not withdraw from the world's mainstream stage in a short time. After all, it takes time for carbon-based chips to grow.

But with the development of the times, carbon-based chips with better performance will sooner or later replace silicon-based chips and establish a huge market and ecological chain belonging to them.

And capital will also withdraw from the silicon-based chip market.

It is not an exaggeration to say that whoever runs slowly will die.

At least in places like the stock and securities market, it undoubtedly has such influence.

In this situation, if you still want capital to invest in the field of silicon-based chips, don't even think about it.

Even Intel itself will only quietly invest money in the research and development of carbon-based chips, rather than continue to develop the potential of silicon-based chips.

Looking at the scene that was almost completely boiling, Fu Zhijie, who was standing on the stage, also adapted more and more, and the initial restraint and tension had disappeared at this moment.

After all, it was now the turn of the people in the audience to be nervous.

Taking a deep breath, he continued to host the product launch conference.

The three-dimensional carbon nanotube array technology is indeed a killer in the field of carbon-based chips, but they have more than one killer in their hands.

With a smile on his lips, his eyes fell on the faces of the top semiconductor manufacturers sitting in the front row, and he continued to speak.

"Here, I can represent the carbon-based chip laboratory under the Xinghai Research Institute to make our plans public."

"Before July 10 next year, we will definitely develop a carbon-based chip that can integrate 10 billion transistors, which will be comparable to the high-end chips currently on the market!"

"And on July 10, 2028, that is, three years later, we will definitely rely on carbon-based chips and carbon-based semiconductors to establish a complete industrial supply chain."

"Mobile phones, PCs, tablets, automotive chips, routers, industrial control chips."

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On the stage, along with Fu Zhijie's speech, PPT pictures were constantly projected on the big screen behind him.

What was presented to everyone was the carbon-based chip laboratory's vision for the future! But it made all the people in the silicon-based semiconductor industry present panic.

This is a brand new ecological chain, and it can be said that it is an ecological chain that steps on the corpse of the ‘silicon-based ecology’.

For many semiconductor manufacturers, whether it is Intel, AMD, Qualcomm, or Nvidia, the reason why they can travel around the world and earn tens of billions, hundreds of billions, or even trillions of wealth from other countries is that they rely on the complete ecological chain built around silicon-based chips.

Now, a new challenger has emerged.

And this challenger is far more powerful than they expected.

In three years, carbon-based semiconductors will be fully promoted to all industries. No one will doubt whether China can do it.

As long as the performance of carbon-based chips is strong enough, it will sooner or later erode the market of silicon-based chips and replace them.

And it is obvious that these Chinese are not ready to invite them to enter this new world together.

There is no place for them on the big ship of this era.

This is what makes all silicon-based semiconductor manufacturers on the scene panic and even fear.

When Fu Zhijie brought the strategic goals of Xinghai Research Institute to the eyes of everyone present, the scene was silent at first, and then was drowned out by various noisy sounds.

Some people were muttering to themselves that this was impossible, while others looked at the chip planning plans on the big screen that covered almost all electronic products. Some people couldn't help but applaud, looking forward to this new development. The king of the age has arrived.

Of course, some people have different views on the product launch of carbon-based chips.

For example, sitting in the front row of the venue at this moment, Sanjay Mehrotra, CEO of Micron Technology, was squinting at the speech on the podium with a hint of sarcasm in his eyes.

In his opinion, China at this moment is more like a bluff, trying to use the card of carbon-based chips to completely disrupt the silicon-based semiconductor industry chain and ecological environment.

In fact, Hua Guo or Xinghai Research Institute have not made actual carbon-based chips at all.

At least it is impossible for them to make a carbon-based chip that can compete with the seventh-generation Intel Core I series. Even if Professor Xu Chuan signed the paper in the "Exploration" journal, there is no such possibility.

After all, the energy and semiconductor industries are two completely different fields. He never believed that one person could be omnipotent enough to make major breakthroughs in all fields.

Not to mention today's extremely advanced technology in the 21st century, even in the ancient times of the 18th century, such talents did not exist.

Of course, as the president of Micron Technology, he has enough confidence and even arrogance to view this product launch this way.

Because Micron is one of the world's largest manufacturers of semiconductor storage and imaging products.

Especially in the development of semiconductor storage, it can be said to be the world's top. The 3D NAND storage technology developed by their company ranks first in the world with the number of innovative layers of 176 and 232 layers.

However, unlike other semiconductor manufacturers, it is often not forced to do so, but chooses to be a pioneer in the US semiconductor industry.

Many people may be thinking, will cutting off the supply of memory products have any benefit to Micron?

After all, for a company that sells products, doesn’t it only make money when the products are sold? If you cut off your own debt, won't you cut off your own means of making money?

But Micron is obviously not a fool. It wants to use the entity list to restrict other foreign companies, and then propose an exemption list to Congress.

In this way, it can continue to supply goods, while other foreign companies still cannot sell to Warwick, which is equivalent to them being alone.

Micron is such a company that is extremely unfriendly and even looks down upon here, but is extremely eager to rely on this market.

It is naturally unwilling and does not want to see a breakthrough in carbon-based chip technology.

But Fu Zhijie, who was standing on the stage, had no idea about all this.

If he knew what the CEO of Micron would think like this, he would probably be happy.

Because what they are going to show next is the ‘carbon-based memory chip’!

On the stage, taking advantage of the warm atmosphere, Fu Zhijie announced that he had entered the live demonstration session in front of all the semiconductor manufacturers, invited guests, and media!

Although carbon-based chips have not yet been applied to electronic products such as mobile phones and PCs, this does not mean that they do not have physical demonstrations!

If you just make a few PPTs and then hold a press conference to disclose the various performance indicators of the carbon-based chip and praise its excellence, but do not show the physical chip.

I believe that with the attitude of the Western media, the other party will question this issue in a big way when the meeting ends.

At Fu Zhijie's signal, the staff at the venue who had already been prepared walked onto the stage with two chips and an experimental storage tester.

While the staff were installing the equipment, Fu Zhijie introduced with a smile: "Perhaps even now, there may still be many people present who do not believe that we have prepared a fully functional carbon-based chip."

"So here, I will show you one of our latest achievements, Xiongxin series, Longzang generation memory chip, to represent the carbon-based chip laboratory!"

“This is a memory chip prepared using multi-dimensional memory cell storage technology!”

"Compared with traditional 2D NAND, 3D TLC memory chips use multi-dimensional parallel and vertical stacking of carbon nanotubes to increase the number of storage layers, thereby achieving higher storage without increasing the chip area. capacity."

“Moreover, based on the superior physical properties of carbon nanotube materials, it has also achieved a qualitative leap in reading and writing speeds.”

“Not only does the durability be very good, but it can also withstand a large number of read and write operations, ensuring high reliability and stability in data centers and server environments.”

"And its low-latency characteristics enable tasks such as database operations and real-time analysis to be performed efficiently, making it an ideal choice for building high-performance enterprise-class storage systems."

After briefly introducing the Longzang generation memory chip, Fu Zhijie swept his eyes across the venue, smiled slightly, and continued:

"OK! Without further ado, let's take a look at its performance!"

"Oh, right."

As if he remembered something, he turned around when he was about to give up his identity, looked at the audience, and then added.

"This time, the comparison test of Longzang 1st generation memory chip is conducted with Micron Technology's enterprise-level LPDDR5 DRAM-based universal flash storage (UFS) multi-chip package product UMCP5 model!"

When Fu Zhijie's voice fell, there was an uproar at the scene.

Micron's UMCP5 model memory chip was actually used by Xinghai Research Institute as a comparison product for carbon-based chip Longzang 1st generation memory chip.

You know, this is Micron's first LPDDR5 DRAM-based universal flash storage (UFS) chip. Although it is a product of 2020, the performance of UMCP5 memory chip is not bad today and is not outdated.

Its memory bandwidth is as high as b/s, which can provide mobile users with a seamless and instant experience even when processing large amounts of data.

And compared with LPDDR4, while the power consumption is reduced by nearly 20%, it can allow more than 5,000 erases and writes, which multiplies the number of erasable times and data volume of the device without reducing device performance.

In addition, uMCP5 also integrates 96 layers of stacked 3D NAND flash memory, providing up to 256GB of storage capacity, and supports UFS 3.1 interface, further improving storage performance and durability

Especially for the mobile phone industry, UMCP5 storage chip is a revolutionary product.

It integrates memory and storage in a compact package, significantly improving the performance and efficiency of smartphones.

And its appearance effectively solves the problem of large space and high power consumption of memory and storage in traditional smartphones. By integrating memory and storage in one chip, it greatly saves space and power consumption, and improves the overall performance of the device.

The first generation of Longzang series carbon-based storage chips, choosing such a "powerful" competitive product to compare at the press conference, can't help but make everyone present feel a "trouble" atmosphere, and everyone is excited.

The only one with an ugly face is Sanjay Mehrotra, CEO of Micron Technology.

One second ago, he was sure that Xinghai Research Institute could not have produced a mature carbon-based chip. The next second, the other party took his most proud product to the stage as a contrast foil.

This made him feel humiliated, and his face was like being slapped, and it instantly turned red.

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