Carbon-Based Chip Research Institute.

This is 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 so?

Although when he came here in the past, it was more or less for similar purposes, such as making some progress in research, but this time the difference is that he can clearly see the joy and relief of the completion of the Long March in the eyes of those researchers......

At the same time, he could clearly feel that the root of all this was all because of the boxy and black sheet in his hand, which was no bigger than a thumbnail.

"That's it."

After carefully handing the thin slice to Lu Zhou's hand, Professor Wu Tianqun looked at it and excitedly introduced, "Longteng 1000, the first prototype chip of the Longteng series!" Also known as Dragon One! The specific performance parameters are what you saw earlier, and the current 28nm process technology we use 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 initial positioning of this Longteng No. 1 chip is to serve mid-to-high-end servers, and the benchmark is Intel Xeon X56 series chips. Although we are slightly inferior to them in terms of integration and process data on paper, with the superiority of carbon-based transistors in terms of physical properties, I can say that we have left them half a street behind in terms of performance data! ”

In plain language as much as possible, Professor Wu Tianqun told Lu Zhou about the characteristics of this chip in terms of performance.

Although the density of 10 million transistors per square millimeter is nothing compared to Intel, which has been able to achieve an integration level of 100 million. But carbon-based transistors and silicon-based transistors are two different things in their own right, and they can't be completely generalized.

Taking the benchmark Xeon series chips as an example, according to the different models and product positioning, the integration degree is about 50 million, but in horizontal comparison, Longteng No. 1, which has just achieved the integration level of 10 million, can already outperform the Xeon X series chips with a higher level of integration in terms of performance!

It can even be said that the integration level of only 10 million has achieved such results, which happens to be what he is most proud of. Because this just shows that there is still a broader room for improvement in their technology!

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

I'm afraid that the entire industry will have to call them dad from the heart.

All in all, although the technology has just begun, the performance of the Longteng No. 1 chip has initially demonstrated the superiority of carbon-based chips.

Whether it is the maximum power consumption of 20W, or the clock frequency of 3.7GHz, or the superiority of carbon-based transistors over silicon-based transistors in terms of physical performance, Professor Wu Tianqun has the confidence to say this sentence in an affirmative tone.

And after listening to Professor Wu Tianqun's statement, the expression of interest on Lu Zhou's face became stronger and stronger.

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, from Professor Wu Tianqun's popular description and excited expression, he can still intuitively feel how awesome this technology is.

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

"It's so light!"

Compared to the texture and weight of a silicon-based chip, this thing is as thin as a piece of paper...... No, rather, from the point of view of chemical elements, it is the same thing as paper.

Professor Wu Tianqun smiled and said: "This is also one of the advantages of carbon-based chips, our weight per unit volume is not even half of the same volume of silicon-based chips!" ”

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

Playing with the chip in his hand, Lu Zhou suddenly found that this thing can be quite magically bent at a small angle. And when he removed the force exerted on the two ends of the chip, the whole chip returned to its original straightness like a spring piece......

It's like a piece of hard-shell paper.

At this moment, Lu Zhou suddenly realized something.

"That's what I'm holding here...... Is it really okay? ”

Professor Wu Tianqun smiled heartily and said: "This is no problem, this thing is already half an assembly line product, and the unit price is so low that you may not believe it when I say it." You're just broken, and I still have a bunch of them here, out of the way. ”

Hearing this, Lu Zhou finally put his mind at ease, and his index finger and thumb made his strength even greater.

He was curious about what the limit of this chip was.

As the force exerted on both ends of the chip increased, finally, when the bending angle reached more than 20 degrees, the pitch-black chip finally shattered from the middle and broke into two.

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

"Our chips are mainly made of SG series materials, and the performance in terms of bending resistance is still good, I believe you know more than me. But...... I still don't recommend breaking this thing like this, generally speaking, in the case of bending, it will still affect its current transmission effect. ”

"I'm just giving it a try," Lu Zhou threw the remains of the chip into a special recycling bag, then looked at Professor Wu Tianqun, and said with emotion, "I didn't expect that I hadn't been here for so long, and you even solved the problem of industrialization." ”

Professor Wu Tianqun modestly said: "The problem of industrialization is mainly solved by HiSilicon and the people from the Institute of Semiconductors of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and we mainly work 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 moment and said, "According to the feedback from HiSilicon, it will be put into production by the end of the month at the earliest...... In fact, they are more anxious than us, foreign semiconductor manufacturers are becoming more and more unruly, and there is also the policy suppression of the US government, I talked to their chief technology officer about this, and they are now counting on our carbon-based semiconductors to be able to take them to do a big job internationally. ”

Hearing the second half of the sentence, Lu Zhou's eyebrows raised a slight arc, and he couldn't help but say, "Presumably they won't be disappointed." ”

Professor Wu Tianqun laughed and said, "That's inevitable! I am still quite confident in the power of our technology and the strength of our Jinling Institute for Advanced Study! ”

After a while in the carbon-based chip lab,

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 him.

The phone rang three times and it was connected, 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 yourself if you have something" was indeed said by yourself, Lu Zhou called as soon as he left on the front foot, which still made Director Li speechless for a while.

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

I had to wait until I was in the car before calling.

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

"It's about Longteng One, it's that carbon-based chip-"

Before Lu Zhou could finish his sentence, Director Li's whole body was violently agitated, and he immediately changed his words and said, "Where are you now?" ”

Hearing the eager voice on the other end of the phone, Lu Zhou smiled in his heart and said softly.

“…… Still in my office. ”

"Wait for me, I'll be there in ...... Xiao Li, turn around! Back to the Institute for Advanced Study! ”

"But there's still an hour left for the meeting at the high-tech park—"

"Stupid! The meeting is important, or Professor Lu's business is important! ”

"Yes......"

In a messy tail, 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 his phone on the table.

Dragon One has been made.

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

All the supporting facilities have been prepared even before the project starts, and Huawei HiSilicon, which is marching from chip design to the upstream of the semiconductor industry chain, has enough motivation to do the best in industrialization.

The only thing to consider now is how the card should be played.

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

Forget it, people who think about this problem have a headache, so it's better to discuss it with a professional.

Thinking of this, he picked up his phone again and dialed a number that he didn't usually use.

In fact, it's a little strange that this number will stay in his address book. He had almost forgotten when he had added it.

"Hello? Boss Wang? ”

"Well, it's me."

"The chip you ordered, we've already made it."