Chapter 181 Extraordinary Master is on sale
"Yuan Guang, good news, according to the news I got, Nikon will join this project soon, and the person in charge they sent is Tominaga Junji, and now Shen Haiwei Compared with the electronics guys, Mr. Tominaga’s attainments in the field of topological semi-metals will definitely allow him to understand what we want and how to achieve our goals faster than them." Liang Mengsong was very excited.
China’s topological semi-metal chip production line is still located in the southwest, not in Shenhai. In China’s national-level planning, the production of topological semi-metal sheets is top secret and is China’s future technological advancement. One of the leading aces in the world.
Therefore, the science and technology park originally planned for room temperature superconducting and photolithography factories has been expanded to a large area. The production line of topological semi-metal is already in the process of construction. In the future, the production of chips based on topological semi-metal will also be expanded. Part of it is in Mianyang.
R&D will be moved to Mianyang, and Liang Mengsong has already moved to Mianyang to work.
The national level has provided policy support to Mianyang one after another, causing the housing prices here to rise against the trend when the capital city of Shu was plummeting. Before the project was fully implemented, housing prices were already ahead of the curve.
After hearing this, Chen Yuanguang asked: "Tominaga? Who is that?"
Nikon did know that the unlucky guy was killed by the European and American forces in the field of lithography machines.
When he was in college, he often saw the tragic past of neon semiconductors on public accounts, and Nikon was definitely a classic case.
“He has always been committed to applying topological semi-metals in the chip field, but the direction he chose is memory chips.
Before I was selected to participate in the topological semi-metal chip manufacturing project, I felt that the term was somewhat familiar when I heard it. Later I remembered that it was in 2014, when I was still in a lawsuit with TSMC.
At that time, while I was teaching in Korea, I was helping Samsung conquer the 14nm process. TSMC was obstructing us in various ways, and we were dealing with lawsuits from TSMC in 4v, the federal government and Korea.
For a period of time, I was unable to handle specific work due to this pressure. I happened to be teaching in Korea, so I participated in a lot of academic conferences.
I went to Neon to attend an academic conference hosted by Tominaga. The reason why I was particularly impressed was because the venue they chose for the conference was inside a nuclear power plant.
They applied to Tokyo Electric Power Company for the Kashiwazaki Energy Hall of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant to host academic conferences.
The theme of Tominaga's academic conference was superlattice thin films, but they chose the wrong direction. The superlattice thin film they chose seemed to use chalcogenide compounds.
But Tominaga’s accomplishments in the field of topological semi-metals are beyond doubt, and his participation will make our subsequent work much smoother. ”
Not only because of this reason, but also because the chip manufacturing process was only 14nm at that time. The vast space brought by immersion and EUV made semiconductor manufacturers not so urgent to replace silicon base with new materials.
< br>Only neon companies hope to use this method to achieve overtaking in corners
Liang Mengsong was deeply impressed by Tominaga, who was very passionate at that meeting and explained the research results with his hair flying to the sky. .
After hearing this, Chen Yuanguang nodded: "With him as the bridge between us and Nikon, it will definitely go smoothly.
But we cannot completely rely on Nikon. We still have to urge the people of Shenhai Microelectronics to improve the lithography The machine continues to advance, and at least this year the 28nm process lithography machine must be produced.”
Whether it is him or Liang Mengsong, everyone has the same desire, to push the chip manufacturing process forward as much as possible.
Currently, the 7nm topological semi-metal chips produced using a 28nm photolithography machine through a process similar to double exposure are already equivalent in performance to traditional 1nm chips.
This is a huge breakthrough, but they have not used the 7nm lithography machine allocated to them by China.
The reason is simple. SMIC has very rich experience in using 28nm lithography machines for at least five years. Everyone knows its process, internal structure, and upstream and downstream supplier component parameters very well.
Familiarity is the prerequisite for transformation.
The 7nm lithography machine has not been used since it was bought by Hongxin. It was purely for decoration and later moved to many places. To this day, ASML no longer provides follow-up maintenance services. This equipment is just for them. A black box.
The arrival of Nikon is undoubtedly good news. Nikon has advanced its process to 3nm, and Nikon is the original manufacturer, so you don’t have to rely on your own guessing.
In Liang Mengsong’s view, after Nikon enters the market, Shenhai Microelectronics can put it aside and start working on 3nm. 28nm domestic lithography machines are not so important.
Shenhai Microelectronics is advancing slowly at its own pace. His idea is not to participate. As a supporter of economic globalization, Liang Mengsong is not enthusiastic about national production.
"Yuan Guang, our energy is limited. In fact, there is no need to spend more energy on Shenhai Microelectronics.
Before, everyone had no choice, but now that there are choices, Shenhai Microelectronics is not important. "
Chen Yuanguang said: "I am mainly worried that Neon will regret it later. Shenhai Microelectronics can help us have the initiative."
Liang Mengsong said: "I also understand this truth, but I listen. Speaking of the cooperation model, Nikon will share all technical information
If Nikon is unable to continue to cooperate with us due to some international factors in the future, then instead of counting on Shenhai Microelectronics, it would be better to count on the technical data left by Nikon to start a new business. ”
In his opinion, Shenhai Microelectronics is mud that cannot support the wall. He knew this truth three years ago.
Because Shenhai Microelectronics started promoting domestic lithography machines in 20 years It will be delivered next year, and it has not yet been delivered in 2024.
And during this period, Shenhai Microelectronics’ chaotic management problems are clearly visible in the cooperation of topological semi-metal chips. Engineers often change people in the middle of the cooperation. The new engineers have to spend time to adapt again. The yield rate of their own 90nm domestic lithography machines is simply unsatisfactory. It is no longer a small problem, but big problems continue.
Efforts are not proportional to benefits.
What’s even worse is that if the engineers are not good enough, it’s easy to handle. They don’t mind slowly training the team and getting used to it. Liang Mengsong did it slowly like this whether he was at TSMC, Samsung or SMIC.
The biggest fear is that the management is not good. Shenhai Microelectronics is a state-owned enterprise, and it cannot be changed if the management is changed.
So Liang Mengsong’s plan is to simply try another company in the future, as long as it is a Chinese company.
It just so happened that he met his junior fellow student named Zhou Xin when he was in Shenhai. He did a good job in starting a business, and he happened to be very interested in photolithography machines, so it was better to recruit him to start a new business.
Replacing silicon-based topological semi-metals will be a long process, in which a large number of opportunities will be born, and a large number of semiconductor companies will be spawned in China. This is the consensus of practitioners.
It’s just that the entire upstream and downstream sectors are still in a confidential stage, and the participants are mainly state-owned enterprises. It will definitely be gradually liberalized in the future.
Big A is also looking forward to it. Analysts and investment institutions from all walks of life are looking forward to when Topological Semi-Metal will start cooperating with private enterprises to relieve the current situation. By then, the semiconductor sector will usher in an unprecedented Quotes.
Chen Yuanguang has heard about the situation of Shenhai Microelectronics: "If they can't do it, we can't completely leave Shenhai Microelectronics alone.
In any case, they are the best in the field of lithography machines. Chinese companies, let them mix with Nikon after Nikon enters the market
Don't say they are Shenhai Microelectronics, just say they are our staff. We must bring the team out. ”
Unlike the previous Ark Chip, which was launched with great fanfare, the Huawei Mate Extraordinary Master Edition was quietly launched on Huawei’s official store.
Twenty thousand units per day, released at ten o’clock in the morning, and there is only one version. 32G+1T, priced at 29,999 yuan
There was no press conference, and there was not even a hot search. The outside world only found out after netizens found out about the release of Huawei Extraordinary Master. br>Among the parameters, Ark 100 is what netizens are most concerned about
The entire article does not mention satellite communications, Xuanwu Architecture, Kunlun Glass, the propaganda focuses of the previous generation of extraordinary masters.
There is only a picture of the Ark chip, and then some text description:
Using a new topology semi-metal chip, the 7nm process is equivalent to the traditional silicon-based chip 1nm, achieving top technology, for You deliver an extraordinary experience.
No additional explanation is needed, it is enough for users to place orders without any thought.
Consumers who entered Huawei's official website at ten o'clock that day were all blessed, because they had five minutes to buy Huawei's Extraordinary Master.
When public opinion ferments tomorrow, it will disappear in no more than a second every day.
“What’s going on? Why is it on the shelves without even a press conference?”
“The price of 30,000 yuan is exactly as I expected, which is twice as much as the previous generation of Extraordinary Master. "It's more than twice as much"
"I want to support domestic products, but I can't buy it. Xiaomi is trying to fool Huawei, right? Who can buy it if 20,000 units a day is enough?"
"This price is real?" It’s expensive, but the 1nm chip is also really good. Is there any review video? Where are the Digimon?”
All major social media are making noise. The release of Huawei equipped with domestic 1nm chips is an absolute big event. As a result, we only saw the release of the Extraordinary Master, and no one saw the real machine.
A digital blogger with millions of fans posted a video channel:
“My phone exploded after I woke up today, and all the groups were asking, did everyone grab the Extraordinary Master?
People in the group who grabbed orders are as proud as winning the lottery
I know everyone wants to see our first-hand review, but Huawei really didn’t give us a review machine this time. We were not notified before it was put on sale
I have arranged for my friends to buy second-hand ones on Xianyu. Second-hand transfer orders are really expensive. I hope that after our review video comes out, you can give us a one-click three-way link to help us recover some losses. ”
Huawei Extraordinary Master is on sale, and those who have grabbed it are directly resold on Xianyu. The starting price is 10,000, the second is 10,000, and the second is 20,000. There are people buying it.
I almost grabbed it. Make money.
Every day these days, the sales go out in seconds, and even Huawei’s official website is crowded.
Major digital bloggers arrange team members to go to the card points to see if they can grab it. , on the other hand, go to Xianyu to buy second-hand products and let the heat sink in.
(End of this chapter)