Since the end of the International Conference on Integrated Circuit Design and Technology, the entire semiconductor industry around the world has been on a precarious brink.

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 their days in anxiety, fearing that when the new week came, they had lost their jobs due to layoffs.

However, at this moment, a sudden "good news" came to many people, but many people were relieved.

The paper on carbon-based integrated circuit technology was retracted by the IEEE.

And the reason is to fabricate experimental data!

This accusation can be said to be quite serious.

Although many people think that this is a bit strange, there are only a few people who will doubt the truth.

Especially for the IEEE summit, which is an authoritative conference in the industry, the credibility is still relatively strong. 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 summits in various fields under the IEEE are the focus of their tracking of the latest achievements.

Even IEEE thinks this technology is unreliable, so it must be true.

After all, they are clearly more willing to trust IEEE than just a Warwick HiSilicon.

Almost as soon as the paper on "carbon-based chips" was retracted, the discussion on this topic on Facebook became lively.

【…… I have long said that the carbon-based chip is a balloon that has been blown into the sky, including Intel, Qualcomm, AMD, so many excellent semiconductor companies in the world, have not made any progress in the research of this thing, but a company doing chip design suddenly jumped out, shouting to lead the future of the industry, do you believe it? 】

[The Chinese people moved this thing to IEEE, which is simply an insult to the word academic honesty!] I think it's important to find out who wrote the paper in the first place. 】

But why did they do it? Knowing that we only need to try to debunk their lies. 】

[Who knows? Isn't what those Chinese people love to do most is bluff blackmail? Perhaps they want to get something special from us to carry out their ulterior evil plans. 】

[Hey, it seems that even Professor Lu will be negligent......]

……

Intel Corporate Headquarters.

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

In such a highly competitive enterprise, you will more or less develop a sensitive sense of smell. If carbon-based chips really shake the stability of the semiconductor industry for decades and shake Intel's hegemony in this industry, there is obviously no need for so many people here.

In order to appear more important at this critical moment, and in order to make the person who was laid off not himself, everyone is trying to make themselves look busier regardless of whether there is something to deal with at hand.

Outside Mayberry's office, hurried footsteps could be heard.

Hearing a knock on the door, Mayberry, who was sitting at his desk reviewing the Chinese documents in hand, frowned lightly and spoke.

"Please come in."

"IEEE actually agreed to retract the manuscript," said a young assistant in his twenties who knocked on the door and walked in from outside the office, in a tone of disbelief...... It's unbelievable that the people at IEEE are so good at talking. ”

Although he was the one who came into contact with IEEE, he didn't expect this seemingly impossible task, and he easily negotiated it after less than ten words of conversation.

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

"It's not incredible, there are a lot of people in the association who are our people, and of course they are on our side at the critical moment. Not to mention, this is still pressure from both industry and the White House, even if they are reluctant in their hearts, they have to withdraw the manuscript to me. ”

When he heard the second half of the sentence, the look on the assistant's face was slightly moved.

“…… The White House also took a shot? ”

Mayberry nodded.

"After all, it's about our hegemony, and in a sense, the White House is more anxious than we are."

New energy vehicles are not the core industry of the United States, and they are held by the big stick of controllable nuclear fusion, and the White House may back down after weighing the pros and cons and sacrifice Tesla, a small fish that is not very obedient.

However, on an issue related to the core interests of the United States, such as semiconductors, the White House will not make concessions under any circumstances.

This involves not only tens of thousands of jobs and a market of hundreds of billions of dollars, but also US hegemony 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 grain every year?

No, it's a chip!

Mayberry was well aware that things had come to this point, and the White House could not afford to turn a blind eye.

It doesn't matter if they are half a step behind in controlled fusion technology, or even lose the space race, but if they lose their position in semiconductors, a core industry that almost stands at the top of the entire high-tech industry chain, their losses will not be as simple as the financial reports of a few high-tech companies.

What is more likely to happen will be a total rout of the United States in the entire high-tech field. And the ripple effects that could result from this are beyond the reach of any of them.

In fact, the bleakness of the Nasdaq is already a harbinger of such a future in a sense.

After all, in capitalist and capitalist countries, the capitalist's sense of smell is always the most sensitive. And the stock market, in a sense, can barely act as a barometer of the economy.

Therefore, neither the White House nor the industry giants at the top of the industrial chain will allow such a thing to happen.

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

"But the Huawei HiSilicon product launch event is still going to take place as scheduled, even if we take his paper out of IEEE, what will we do?"

"What do you mean by industry ecology, my dear assistant sir," said Mayberry patiently, "what do you think is more likely to happen when a lone lion tries to enter the hunting ground where another group of lions live?" If they had retracted their claws and behaved meekly, they might have survived with a bone or two, but instead of doing that, they were grinning at us. ”

At this, 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 partners in the downstream of the industrial chain, and even if they are willing to retreat and share their patents and technologies, I bet our CEO, Mr. Swan, will do whatever it takes."

"However, sometimes it is not only the 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 built by us from the very beginning! ”

Although it is true that this is true, is HiSilicon, who appeared at the presentation with a carbon-based chip, really just a lion?

As a member of the ecosystem, an alien lion really can't change anything, even if he is already at the top of the food chain, but that pride in front of his kind is nothing. If you can't fit into this group of other beasts, let alone the right to hunt, you will be lucky not to be bitten to death.

But......

What if they were hunters with guns?

The assistant still had a look of confusion on his face, but it was clear that Mr. Mayberry did not intend to continue the discussion with him, and threw a signed document in his hand.

"These things will be handled by our Mr. Swan, and it is enough for those of us who are engaged in technology to do a good job in technology. I'll 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 projects? ”

Glancing at the surprised assistant, Mayberry said succinctly, "Now that they've proven that this path is working, I'm sure we can too." ”

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

Ten minutes from now, it's time for the lunch break.

He had just finished handling the matter of the carbon machine chip project, and decided to take a break for a while.

With that in mind, he turned on his computer as he sipped his coffee.

Then, just as he opened his browser and logged in to his Facebook account, a message from a peer came into his eyes.

The pupils constricted instantly.

Almost as soon as he saw the news, he almost didn't take a sip of coffee on the screen.

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

The editor-in-chief is......

Lu Zhou!