Chapter 1052 Lion or Hunter

Since the end of the International IC Design and Technology Conference, the entire global semiconductor industry has been in a precarious state.

Carbon-based chip technology breakthrough!

Traditional silicon-based chips may completely withdraw from the stage of history!

Throughout the weekend, executives from Intel, Qualcomm, and countless semiconductor companies spent anxiously, fearing that the new week would come and they would lose their jobs due to layoffs.

But at this moment, a piece of "good news" came suddenly, which made many people breathe a sigh of relief.

The paper on carbon-based integrated circuit technology was withdrawn by IEEE.

And the reason is to fabricate experimental data!

This accusation can be said to be quite serious.

Although many people feel that this matter is a bit strange, there are only a few people who doubt the truth after all.

In particular, authoritative conferences in the industry, such as the top conference under IEEE, have relatively strong credibility. The vast majority of practitioners in this industry, the first channel to obtain information in the industry is through the search function of the literature database. The top journals and top conferences in various fields under IEEE are the focus of their tracking of the latest achievements.

Even IEEE thinks this technology is unreliable, presumably it should be true.

After all, they are obviously more willing to believe in IEEE than a mere Warwick HiSilicon.

Almost immediately after the "carbon-based chip" paper was withdrawn, discussions on this topic on Facebook became lively.

【…I have said long ago that the carbon-based chip is just a balloon that has been blown into the sky. There are so many excellent semiconductor companies in the world, including Intel, Qualcomm, and AMD, who have no idea when researching this thing. Progress, on the contrary, a company engaged in chip design suddenly jumped out, clamoring to lead the future of the industry, do you believe it? 】

[Hua people moved this thing to IEEE, which is an insult to the word academic honesty! I think it is necessary to find out who submitted the manuscript for that paper in the first place. 】

[But why would they do this? Knowing that we only need to try to expose their lies. 】

[Ghost knows? Isn't what those Chinese people love to do most is bluff and blackmail? Maybe they want something special out of us for their ulterior and nefarious plans. 】

【Hey, it seems that even Professor Lu will be negligent sometimes...】

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Intel Corporation headquarters.

Whether it is a semi-open office or a cubicle in a public office area, it is busy with people coming and going at the moment.

Being in such a highly competitive enterprise will more or less cultivate a keen sense of smell. If carbon-based chips really shake the decades-old semiconductor industry and Intel's hegemony in this industry, obviously there won't be so many people here.

In order to appear more important at this critical moment, and to make it not me who was cut off, everyone is trying to make themselves look more busy regardless of whether they have something to deal with or not.

There were hurried footsteps outside Mayberry's office.

Hearing the knock on the door, Mayberry, who was sitting at the desk reviewing the documents in his hand, frowned slightly and said.

"Please come in."

"IEEE actually agreed to withdraw the manuscript," a young assistant in his twenties said in an unbelievable tone as he knocked on the door and walked in from outside the office, "...it's unbelievable that IEEE people are so talkative. "

Although he was the one who was in contact with IEEE, he did not expect that this seemingly impossible task would be easily settled after less than ten sentences from his own mouth.

However, compared to the surprise and disbelief on the assistant's face, after hearing the news, Maybury just pushed down the glasses on the bridge of his nose, and the expression on his face didn't even change much.

"It's nothing unbelievable. There are many people in the association who belong to us. Of course they are on our side at critical moments. Not to mention, this is still pressure from both the industry and the White House. If you are unwilling, you have to withdraw the manuscript.”

After hearing the second half of the sentence, the expression on the assistant's face was slightly moved.

"...The White House also made a move?"

Mayberry nodded.

"After all, this is about our hegemony. In a sense, the White House is more anxious than us."

New energy vehicles are not a core industry in the United States. With the big stick of controlled nuclear fusion holding the neck, the White House may shrink back after weighing the pros and cons, sacrificing Tesla, a small fish that is not very obedient.

But on issues such as semiconductors that are related to the core interests of the United States, the White House will not make concessions anyway.

This involves not only tens of thousands of jobs and a trillion-dollar market, but also the hegemony of the United States in the high-tech field.

And it's not about the future, it's about the present.

Do you think that China imports the most oil and food every year?

No, it's chips!

Mayberry knew very well that the White House couldn't turn a blind eye when things had gotten to this point.

It doesn't matter if they are half a step behind in controllable fusion technology, and it doesn't even matter if they lose the space race, but if they lose their position in the core industry of semiconductors, which is almost at the top of the entire high-tech industry chain, their losses will not only be It's just as simple as the financial reports of several high-tech companies.

What is more likely to happen will be the complete defeat of the United States in the entire high-tech field. And the chain reaction that this may cause is unbearable for all of them.

In fact, the bleakness of Nasdaq has, in a sense, heralded such a future.

After all, in a capitalist country, the capitalists' sense of smell is always the most sensitive. And the stock market, in a sense, can barely serve as a barometer of the economy.

Therefore, neither the White House nor those industry giants standing at the top of the industry chain will allow such things to happen.

Not quite understanding the optimistic expression on Mr. Mayberry's face, the assistant hesitated for a moment before speaking.

"However, Huawei HiSilicon's product launch is still planned to be held as scheduled. Even if we remove his paper from IEEE, what can we do?"

"Industry ecology, what is industry ecology, my dear assistant," said Maybury patiently, "what do you think is more likely to happen when a single lion tries to enter a hunting ground where another pride of lions inhabits? If they Put away their claws and behave a little more docilely, maybe they can get one or two bones to survive, but now instead of doing this, they are still grinning at us."

Having said that, Mayberry sneered, and turned the pen in his hand.

"I admit that what they come up with is very strong, and it is also very attractive to our downstream partners in the industry chain. Even if they are willing to quit and share their patents and technologies, I bet our CEO Mr. Swan It will definitely be taken at any cost.”

"However, sometimes it is not only technology that determines the competitiveness of a product in the market, but also a series of issues including compatibility and industry influence. Don't forget, this ecosystem was established by us from the very beginning! "

Although it is true to say so, is HiSilicon who appeared at the report meeting with a carbon-based chip really just a lion?

As a member of the entire ecosystem, a foreign lion really can't change anything. Even if he has stood at the top of the food chain, his pride in front of his kind is nothing at all. If you can't integrate into this group that inhabits other ferocious beasts, let alone the right to hunt, you are already quite lucky not to be bitten to death.

but……

What if they were hunters with guns?

The assistant still had a puzzled look on his face, but it was obvious that Mr. Maybury didn't intend to continue discussing this issue with him, and threw a signed document in his hand.

"Our Mr. Swan will take care of these things. It is enough for those of us who are engaged in technology to improve the technology. Give you a task, send it to our R&D center, and hand it over to the person in charge there. "

"Carbon-based...integrated circuit project?"

Glancing at the surprised assistant, Maybury said succinctly: "Since they have proved that this way is feasible, I believe we can too."

After sending his assistant away, Mayberry stretched out on the office chair and took a sip from his coffee cup.

In ten minutes it will be lunch break.

He just finished dealing with the establishment of the carbon machine chip project, so he decided to take a break.

Thinking of this, he turned on the computer while drinking coffee.

Then, just as he opened his browser and logged into his Facebook account, a message forwarded by a colleague caught his eyes.

The pupils contract instantly.

Almost as soon as he saw the news, he almost sprayed his coffee on the screen.

Jinling Institute for Advanced Study launched the comprehensive academic journal "Future"!

The editor-in-chief is...

Lu Zhou!