There's a black hole inside me

December 6th.

Black Hole Chip Software Inc.

Wei Ming took some time today to inspect this subsidiary that he had not visited for nearly a year.

The reason why I came here today is because the "Black Hole Lingyun 2.0" chip design software (EDA) has been developed. After Longyao Company purchased several sets of them and tried them, they found that they are safe and reliable and can meet the design needs of chips with processes of 5 nanometers and above. It can be 100% Replaced foreign EDA software and immediately purchased 10,000 sets.

At a price of 100,000 per set.

Immediately afterwards, Blu-ray Company also purchased 5,000 sets, preparing to completely replace the original EDA design tools.

Including the predecessor Lingyun Software Company, it took a total of more than two years and nearly three years for Ling Chao to finally lead the team to create EDA chip design software.

This process consumed him endless energy and brainpower. Not only did he lose most of his hair, but he also turned most of his hair gray. For his own image, he wore a white sports cap all day long, making him look energetic and energetic.

In the company office area.

Walking past rows of employees sitting in front of computers working at their desks.

Or around a computer displaying a software interface.

Ling Chao introduced at the side and said:

"Mr. Wei, in fact, according to the normal process, a mature and reliable EDA software will take at least five to ten years and more than one billion dollars invested every year to mature it. We work overtime desperately, even if we work in two shifts, it will take three It takes more than a year to develop EDA software that reaches the world's advanced level, and it is almost impossible to shorten this process.”

"But it only took us one year to cover the 28nm and above processes."

“We did it in less than a year to cover 5 nanometer and above processes.”

"We are also confident that we will be able to cover the more advanced processes such as 3 nanometers and 2 nanometers next year! It will not hinder Longyao's design of chips. In the field of EDA tools, we will become the strongest player in the country and have the ability to provide coverage. EDA design software for all processes.”

"In only two or three years, we have completed the 20-30-year technological development journey of Western EDA software companies, and the total cost invested is less than one-tenth of theirs."

"Mr. Wei, do you know why our efficiency is so fast and the cost is so low?"

Ling Chao blinked and asked a little showily.

"By working overtime every day?"

Seeing that many employees had obvious dark circles under their eyes, Wei Ming thought for a while.

"This kind of industrial design software is useless if you work overtime."

Ling Chao shook his head, put his hand on a unique and square chassis, and said with a mysterious smile: "This 'Siyuan Third Generation' super AI computer provided by Hanwuji Company is our secret weapon, and it is this computer The supercomputer with extremely strong AI computing power has improved our EDA software development efficiency by ten times and reduced the cost by ten times. It is a magical weapon and has helped us a lot.”

"AI supercomputer?"

Wei Ming suddenly became interested, stretched out his hand to touch it, and asked curiously: "How can such a small computer have such powerful capabilities?"

"This is just a separate unit. The main body in the computer room is a cabinet as big as ten refrigerators. It has a computing power of more than 1 billion times, which is equivalent to one percent of the most advanced E-class supercomputer."

Ling Chao said: "In fact, EDA chip design software is difficult to say and easy to say. It is easy to use. On the one hand, it adopts modular ideas to reduce the design workload of chip circuits. The other is to automatically find bug to avoid short circuits.”

"The core thing is to solve the short circuit problem that may occur."

"In the past, whether there would be a short circuit in the chip circuit required engineers to check one by one and make simulation chips for verification. As a result, the larger the transistor size, the more complex the circuit, the more problems that may occur, and the more brain cells the engineers will die. ”

"Now this problem has been solved by the 'Siyuan' super AI computer. Any short circuit problem, even if there are more than 1 billion lines in the chip, can be verified within a few seconds, and it will not take long for tens of billions of circuits. , Unless it is a 2nm chip with a scale of hundreds of billions of circuits, it will be a little more laborious and take several hours to debug...but it can still handle it at this stage."

Wei Ming said: "I heard that the 2-nanometer chip produced by Titanium Collection integrates 50 billion transistors the size of a fingernail. It is not difficult to achieve a scale of 100 billion. You should find a way to increase the computing power of this AI computer, right? "

"Indeed, the computing power must be increased to more than 10 billion times to meet the needs."

Ling Chao suddenly remembered something and said immediately: "Mr. Wei, Hanwuji Company is currently developing the 'Siyuan Fourth Generation' AI supercomputer with stronger computing power. Their company seems to know that our group can produce superconducting materials. Ask me if I can "We cannot provide a batch of superconducting thin wires and integrate them into their AI chips. Combined with Longyao's five-nanometer foundry, not only the chip performance will be improved several times, but the energy consumption and heat generation will also be significantly reduced."

"The 'Siyuan Fourth Generation' AI supercomputer that will be launched by then will have a performance that can reach more than 10 billion times, meeting our EDA software development needs."

"And AI supercomputers have a very wide range of applications. Not only EDA, the 'Xuanyuan Architecture' being developed by Li Yi's team can also use AI supercomputers to speed up the research and development progress and save costs. By then, we will purchase five or ten AI supercomputers. It will definitely speed up all aspects of the group’s business!”

Wei Ming's eyes lit up.

The application prospects of AI supercomputing are very broad. Like an efficiency multiplier, things that were originally extremely complex can be made simpler. It can be said that super computing power is used to replace a lot of brain power, making employees work as efficiently as possible. Exponential improvement.

"Let's do this. Send an acquisition request to Hanwuji Company. If it agrees, we will acquire it wholly and change its name to Black Hole Supercomputing Company. If we don't agree, we can also cooperate. The AI ​​supercomputer will continue to place orders. There is no need to force others."

Wei Ming said.

"Okay Mr. Wei."

Ling Chao nodded and thought of another thing: "Mr. Wei, a total of 15,000 units of the 'Black Hole Lingyun 2.0' software have been sold, with a revenue of 1.5 billion, but they should not sell too many in the future, and they will charge a software update service fee every year. , this market is really not big.”

"So many employees are very concerned about how to calculate the profit margin of software products? How to calculate the bonus for this year's annual meeting?"

His words made many employees prick up their ears and stop typing on the keyboard.

"You have indeed worked hard this year. I see that many of you have panda eyes. It should be caused by working overtime every day."

Wei Ming thought for a while, then waved his hand and said: "To reward your efforts and dedication, all the 1.5 billion earned from selling software will be given to you as bonuses. The group will not take any of it!"

"Mr. Wei, are you telling the truth?"

An employee next to him couldn't sit still and immediately stood up to ask.

The surroundings were extremely quiet, and everyone raised their ears to confirm.

"a man of his words!"

Wei Ming waved boldly.

"Oh oh oh~"

"Long live the boss!"

"The bonus is 1.5 billion, and each person can receive an average of 500,000."

"The extra class this year was not in vain!"

"Mr. Wei, I love you!"

The office area suddenly boiled and turned into a sea of ​​joy. The employees were jumping and jumping so much that the people downstairs thought there was an earthquake.

…

During lunch.

Ling Chao, who was sitting across from him, asked Wei Ming his opinion on the recent uproar that Huaxin International was sold to Sanxin Company in a package at a low price of only 10 billion.

"I would rather give it to a friend than to a brother."

Wei Ming sullenly shook his head: "Even in the 21st century with the rise of China, such country-haters and traitors still exist in large numbers. I have to say that this is a tragedy."