Great Country Academician

The hot topic of carbon-based chips is set off by the end of silicon-based chips.

Especially for giants in the field of memory chips such as Micron Technology, Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, Toshiba, and Western Digital, they have been pushed to the brink of life and death.

It is no exaggeration to say that in the next era of change, if they take a wrong step, then even if they are as huge as the world's top 100 companies, they will sink into the seabed of silicon-based semiconductors in an instant.

The United States, California.

In a conference room at the headquarters building of Western Digital, the president Steve Milligan, with a tired face and gloomy eyes, retracted his gaze from the projection screen.

Although he did not go to China in person to attend the product launch of carbon-based chips due to some other important matters, it does not mean that he, the president of Western Digital, will miss this meeting.

Through the live broadcast forwarding of the American media stationed in Jinling, he and the executives of Western Digital, who were thousands of miles away, watched this product launch conference that attracted global attention.

And the result. It can only be said that it was worse than they expected.

Originally, they expected that the first companies to be seriously impacted should be Intel, Nvidia, AMD, Apple and other CPU/GPU manufacturers.

After all, what China has been lacking the most is cutting-edge processors and server chips. Even if carbon-based chips are real, the other party should focus on conquering these areas.

As a result, no one expected that the first to be impacted by the launch of carbon-based chips was the insignificant storage chip field.

After scanning all the executives present in the conference room, Steve Milligan knocked on the table, focused everyone's attention, and spoke with some difficulty.

"Everyone, you have all watched the product launch of carbon-based chips, let's talk about your ideas."

"If you have any good ideas, be sure to bring them up."

In the conference room, you look at me and I look at you in the strange silence, and no one dares to stand up and express his position first.

Faced with innovative products and technologies such as carbon-based chips, silicon-based chips can be said to have no room to fight back.

After all, even if there is competition, it is based on the basis of similar levels.

Just like their technological development in the semiconductor field and China's technology in the semiconductor field more than a decade ago, there is no competition between the two.

Just like in the past, they were able to rely on the advanced technology and huge advantages in the silicon-based semiconductor field to establish an unbreakable semiconductor alliance, thereby obtaining monopoly resources and benefits from other countries.

In the face of the huge performance gap, the other party has no choice at all.

And now, when technology is updated and changed, the seemingly unbreakable alliance they have established, the monopoly wall is already in danger and crumbling.

In the conference room, Goldberg, vice president and chief engineer of Western Digital, pinched his nose with a headache and said.

"I suggest taking the initiative to follow up on the technical research in the field of carbon-based chips."

After a slight pause, his eyes fell on the people in the conference room, and finally shifted to the screen that had just played the live broadcast of the product launch conference, and then said.

"I believe everyone has just seen the advantages of carbon-based chips in the field of memory chips. As a comparative product of Micron Technology, it is no exaggeration to say that the Longzang chip almost completely crushes its opponent."

"The data transmission rate of up to 25.76Gbps is enough to prove the potential of carbon-based materials in the field of storage. This is a value that silicon-based materials can hardly catch up with anyway. After all, the physical properties of silicon-based materials themselves limit its height."

After hearing the advice of the chief engineer, Steve Milligan nodded and said, "It can be used as an option, but this road may not be so easy to take in a short time."

"What we need now is a solution that can solve the problem in a short time."

Indeed, studying carbon-based chip technology is a good choice.

After all, the potential of carbon-based materials was fully demonstrated at this product launch conference, especially in the field of memory chips where they are good at, and they have already seen the real thing.

But the difficulties in this are far from being so easy to solve.

Not to mention other things, the technical difficulty of high-density integrated carbon nanotube arrays alone is enough to block them from this new world.

Except for Professor Xu from Xinghai Research Institute, no one in the world has heard of anyone who can make a breakthrough in this area.

They are still having people research the paper "Methods of Highly Dense Carbon Nanotube Arrays Based on Carbon-based Semiconductor Materials!" in "Exploration·Materials Science".

But it is obvious that the core problem of this carbon-based chip is not so easy to solve.

Even if everyone sitting here today believes that they will master this technology in the end.

But how long will it take for this day, no one can give an answer.

Even Goldberg, even if it is just an estimate, can't give a time.

At this moment, the silence in the conference room was broken.

David Andrew, who is in charge of marketing, rubbed his forehead with a headache, raised his hand and said.

"Perhaps we can lobby Congress to ban the other party's products from being sold in the United States, as well as our allies in Europe, Japan, South Korea and other regions under the pretext of national security or dangerous products."

"But if we want to ban the sale of carbon-based chips, our own capabilities alone may not be enough. We need to join forces with other memory chip companies and jointly propose to Congress."

After hearing the vice president's proposal, Steve Milligan thought for a moment, nodded, and said.

"What you said does make sense. Facing carbon-based chips, if we cannot unite, sooner or later we will be defeated by China one by one and take away our market and share!"

"As for uniting other memory chip companies, it is the easiest thing."

"I believe that our allies are having the same headaches as we are about the advent of carbon-based chips, not just memory chips, but also Intel, Qualcomm, Apple, etc., and they should not reject our proposal."

"At least join forces to block the market for carbon-based chips. There is no problem at all."

Although the market is determined by products, this is only the rule under a free market.

Now, it is clear that they cannot allow carbon-based chips to enter the free market to compete with silicon-based chips.

Through the ecological chains and barriers they have established in the semiconductor field over the past century, there is absolutely no problem in uniting to ask the government to provide competition protection.

If these giant companies in the semiconductor field collapse, it will also be a heavy loss for the authorities.

After all, the semiconductor industry chain has always been one of the core means for the authorities to control other countries.

And relying on the semiconductor industry, the funds they earn from overseas every year are measured in trillions of meters of gold.

If such a huge market collapses, it will be unacceptable to any country.

Therefore, Steve Milligan can be sure that as long as semiconductor manufacturers like them unite to put pressure on Congress, the relevant policies will inevitably be implemented.

In the conference room, someone made a suggestion, and naturally someone followed the suggestion.

I saw another executive say: "Rather than directly blocking carbon-based chips from entering our local market, I recommend using it as negotiation capital."

"you mean"

"That's right!"

"We can unite with other allies and countries, in the name of national security or other reasons, to require Xinghai Research Institute to disclose patents and related technologies and prove that carbon-based chips are not harmful to electronic products before they are allowed to enter the market."

"I believe there will be many allies willing to support us. Not only the European Union, Japan and South Korea, but also neutral countries and regions in Russia, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia will stand by our side by default."

"Even if it doesn't happen publicly, it will be silent by default and the two will not help each other!"

"After all, if China is really willing to disclose the technology and patents related to carbon-based chips, it will also be good for them."

"If Xinghai Research Institute is unwilling to disclose relevant technologies and patents, it will not be too late to join forces with other blockade-related markets."

"And this is not forced by us. For safety reasons, as long as the other party can prove his innocence, we can also open up the market!"

In the conference room, when hearing this executive's suggestion, the atmosphere suddenly became very lively.

Indeed, compared to directly blocking carbon-based chips from entering their local market, it is more in their interests to use the market as a condition and require the other party to release the related technologies and patents of carbon-based chips.

We must know that the United States, the European Union and other allied countries and regions unite, and the market accounts for at least half of global trade activities.

Using such a huge market as a condition for negotiation and exchange, unless the other party is really determined to give up such a huge market, the situation will be beneficial to them anyway.

Meanwhile, on the other side.

Jinling, International Convention and Exhibition Center.

The carbon-based chip product launch conference has ended. Looking at the crowd starting to leave, Xu Chuan also stood up and walked toward the exit with Mr. Ren from Warwick who was sitting next to him.

His eyes fell on the big screen at the press conference. After taking a look at the title of the concluding report conference, Ren Zhengfei smiled and said: "After this press conference is over, we will be busy."

Xu Chuan smiled and said, "I hope, it would be great if everything goes well."

After a slight pause, his eyes fell on the representatives of the semiconductor manufacturers who were leaving, and then said:

"Although carbon-based chips are indeed better than silicon-based chips in terms of performance, don't underestimate these people. After decades of accumulation, these silicon-based semiconductor manufacturers still have quite a deep foundation. Be careful with them. counterattack."

Ren Zhengfei laughed and said: "Don't worry, Academician Xu, when carbon-based chip technology breaks through, silicon-based semiconductors are destined to come to an end!"

"If we cannot control the market even though we have mastered more advanced technology, wouldn't our breakthrough be in vain?"

"As for counterattack."

Smiling, he continued: "Their methods are just a few, and we have already thought of a way to deal with each of them!"

As Warwick, which has been dealing with these opponents all year round, it can be said that it is very clear about the methods of those silicon-based semiconductor manufacturers.

After so many years, the other party's methods have come and gone.

What bans their products from being sold in the United States in the name of national security? What controls the upstream of the chip industry and bans the sale of high-end chips or cutting-edge photolithography machines? Or is it tariffs, trade protectionism, etc.

In the past, these methods were indeed very useful and effective.

After all, they control the cutting-edge semiconductor ecological industry chain and can choke the most critical ones at any time, forcing them to surrender or lose the market.

But now, when carbon-based chip technology has made a comprehensive breakthrough, if you use these methods again, it depends on whether we still ignore you!

You know, the performance and potential of carbon-based chips far exceed that of silicon-based chips.

In another year of development, when they have mobile phones and other electronic products using the latest carbon-based chips, what will silicon-based chips do to compete with them?

Perhaps the United States may unite with other allies to prohibit the sale of carbon-based chips and related products under "national security" inspections within a short period of time.

But if they can persist for a while, can they persist for a lifetime?

The market will always favor better products, and this is a rule that no one can change.

If they really choose to do this, it will be a situation that this side is more willing to see.

After all, how the Qing Dynasty became the past is just there.

Moreover, even if it is a ban, can they ban their allies?

Carbon-based chips are a much larger market than silicon-based chips. It is so huge that it not only replaces silicon-based semiconductors, but also cannot be fully consumed by China alone.

They can control the core technology and upstream industries of carbon-based chips, and establish their own new rules, technical barriers and voice.

But those industries and markets in the middle and lower reaches are destined to be allocated.

And as long as they raise their fingers, whether it is Intel, Qualcomm, or even unique companies such as Apple and Samsung, they will rush over to cooperate with them.

After all, in the era of carbon-based chips, only through cooperation can they have a chance to survive.

If you still choose to stick to the silicon-based semiconductor industry chain and refuse to accept new technologies, then the lessons learned from Nokia and Motorola are right in front of you.

For the entire silicon-based semiconductor alliance, the collapse from within is the most fatal!

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