Chapter 1047 Ten Million per Square Millimeter!

Carbon-based Chip Institute.

This is already the first time Lu Zhou has come here.

However, unlike usual, standing here this time, he can clearly feel that the atmosphere here is different from the past.

how to say?

Although when he came here before, it was more or less because of similar purposes, such as some progress in research, but this time the difference is that he can clearly see from the eyes of those researchers that the Long March has finally come to an end The joy and the relief of disappointment...

At the same time, he could clearly feel that the root of all this was all because of that thin piece in his hand that was no bigger than a thumbnail, square in shape, and completely black.

"That's it."

After carefully handing the chip to Lu Zhou, Professor Wu Tianqun looked at it and introduced excitedly, "Longteng 1000, the first prototype chip of the Longteng series! It is also called Longteng No. 1! The specific performance parameters are the ones you mentioned earlier. As you can see, the 28nm process technology we are currently using has successfully increased the integration level from 3 million transistor units per square millimeter to 10 million!"

"According to the needs of our friends, our preliminary positioning of this Longteng No. 1 chip is to serve mid- and high-end servers, and the target is the Intel Xeon X56 series chips. Although we have no paper data on integration and manufacturing process It is slightly inferior to them, but with the superiority of carbon-based transistors in physical properties, I can say without exaggeration that we have already left them half a block away in terms of performance data!"

Using plain language as much as possible, Professor Wu Tianqun told Lu Zhou the performance characteristics of this chip.

Although the density of 10 million transistors per square millimeter is nothing compared to Intel, which has achieved an integration level of 100 million. But carbon-based transistors and silicon-based transistors are two different things, and they cannot be completely generalized.

Taking the benchmark Xeon series chips as an example, depending on the model and product positioning, the integration level is about 50 million. However, in horizontal comparison, Longteng 1, which has just achieved the integration level of 10 million, can already be used in In terms of performance, it beats the Xeon X-series chips with higher integration!

It can even be said that such an achievement has been achieved with an integration level of only 10 million, which happens to be what makes him most proud. Because this happens to show that their technology has a wider room for improvement!

Wait until they develop the integration and process to the same level as the carbon-based chips currently on the market...

I'm afraid the whole industry has to call them daddy from the bottom of their hearts.

All in all, although the technology has just started, the performance of the Longteng 1 chip has initially demonstrated the superiority of carbon-based chips.

Whether it is the highest power consumption of 20w, or the clock frequency of 3.7GHz, or the superiority of carbon-based transistors in physical properties compared to silicon-based transistors, they all gave Professor Wu Tianqun the confidence to say this in a positive tone.

After listening to Professor Wu Tianqun's statement, the expression of interest on Lu Zhou's face became more and more intense.

Although he doesn't know much about chips, and his contributions to this project are mainly focused on the theoretical level and the improvement of SG carbon materials, but from Professor Wu Tianqun's popular description and excited expression, he can still intuitively feel that How awesome is this technology.

Looking carefully at the faintly visible engraved texture on the surface of the chip in his hand, feeling the light-as-a-feather texture, Lu Zhou couldn't help but let out a compliment.

"So light!"

Compared with the texture and weight of a silicon-based chip, this thing is as thin as a piece of paper... No, it's better to say that it is the same thing as a piece of paper from the perspective of chemical elements.

Professor Wu Tianqun smiled and said: "This is also one of the advantages of carbon-based chips. Our weight per unit volume is even less than half of that of silicon-based chips of the same volume!"

In fact, it's not just light and paper-like.

Playing with the chip in his hand, Lu Zhou suddenly discovered that this thing can be bent at a small angle quite miraculously. And when he removed the force applied to both ends of the chip, the whole chip returned to its original straightness like a spring...

Like a piece of hard shell paper.

At this moment, Lu Zhou suddenly realized something.

"I'm just holding this thing...is it really okay?"

Professor Wu Tianqun smiled heartily and said, "That's no problem. This thing is already a product on half the assembly line. The unit price is so low that you might not believe it when I tell you. Even if you break it, I still have a bunch of it here, no in the way."

Hearing this, Lu Zhou finally felt relieved, and his index finger and thumb made him stronger.

He was curious as to where the limit of this chip was.

As the force applied to both ends of the chip continued to increase, finally, when the bending angle reached more than 20 degrees, the jet-black chip finally broke from the middle and broke into two pieces.

Seeing the slightly surprised expression on Lu Zhou's face, Professor Wu Tianqun continued.

"Our chips are mainly made of SG series materials, which perform well in terms of bending resistance. I believe you know more about this than I do. But... I still don't recommend breaking this thing like this. Generally speaking, bending In the case of folding, it will still affect its current transmission effect."

"I just gave it a try," Lu Zhou threw the wreckage of the chip into a special recycling bag, then looked at Professor Wu Tianqun, and said with emotion, "I didn't expect that I haven't been here for so long, and you can't even industrialize it." problems are solved.”

Professor Wu Tianqun said modestly: "The problem of industrialization is mainly solved by the people from HiSilicon and the Institute of Semiconductors of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. We mainly focus on carbon-based transistors and specific integration processes."

Lu Zhou nodded, and then asked: "If the situation is optimistic, when will it be put into production?"

Professor Wu Tianqun thought for a while and said: "According to the feedback from HiSilicon, production can be realized as soon as the end of the month... In fact, they are more anxious than us. Foreign semiconductor manufacturers are becoming more and more unruly. The U.S. government’s policy is suppressing, and I talked to their chief technology officer about this issue, and they are now counting on our carbon-based semiconductors to take them to a big fight internationally.”

Hearing the second half of the sentence, Lu Zhou raised his eyebrows, and couldn't help but smile and said, "I think they won't be disappointed."

Professor Wu Tianqun laughed and said: "That is inevitable! I am quite confident about the power of our technology and the strength of our Jinling Institute for Advanced Study!"

After a while in a carbon-based lab-on-a-chip,

Lu Zhou, who returned to the dean's office, thought for a while, and finally decided to call the Science and Industry Bureau first—that is, Director Li who had just left from him.

The phone connected after three rings, and Director Li's voice quickly came from the other end of the phone.

"Hello? What's the matter?"

Lu Zhou: "There is indeed something."

Although the words "call me if I have something to do" were indeed said by me, but Lu Zhou called me as soon as I left, which still made Director Li speechless for a while.

Nima, can't you just say something face to face?

I have to wait until I get in the car before calling.

"Why didn't you say something just now? Tomorrow, I'm going to the high-tech park for a meeting, and I'll come to you tomorrow—"

"It's about Dragon One, that carbon-based chip—"

Before Lu Zhou could finish his sentence, Director Li was shocked and immediately changed his words: "Where are you now?"

Hearing the urgent voice from the other end of the phone, Lu Zhou smiled and said softly.

"...Still in my office."

"Wait for me, I'll be there soon...Xiao Li, turn around! Go back to the Institute for Advanced Study!"

"But the meeting over there in the high-tech park is still an hour away—"

"Stupid! The meeting is more important than Professor Lu's affairs!"

"yes……"

In a messy ending, the phone hung up.

Sitting on the office chair with a slightly dumb expression, Lu Zhou who came back to his senses immediately shook his head with a smile and threw the phone on the table.

Dragon One has already been made.

According to Professor Wu, there shouldn't be many problems in terms of production. The Jiangcheng Semiconductor Industrial Base and the entire fifth largest semiconductor industry group are all serving this carbon-based chip project.

All supporting facilities have been prepared even before the start of the project. Warwick HiSilicon, which is moving from chip design to the upper reaches of the semiconductor industry chain, also has enough motivation to do the best in industrialization.

The only thing to consider now is how to play this card.

The index finger tapped lightly on the table. After thinking for a moment, Lu Zhou finally shook his head.

Forget it, this problem is a headache for people who think about it, so we should discuss it with professionals.

Thinking of this, he picked up his phone again and called a number that he rarely used.

In fact, this number will remain in his address book, which is a little strange to him. He almost forgot exactly when he added it.

"Hello? Boss Wang?"

"Well, it's me."

"We have already made the chip you ordered."