Chapter 270 The times have changed because of me!
Google feels very incredible about the sudden appearance of quantum leap, and even has some doubts about the authenticity of this matter.
This feeling is very similar to the feeling when Xingchen Technology just released the Xingchen OS system.
However, the current Xingchen OS system is already a very mature mobile phone system. Although there is only one Warwick mobile phone using the Xingchen OS system, everyone knows that the Xingchen OS system is the best to use. A mobile phone system.
There are already many mobile phone companies that are in the process of or even have completed in-depth customized research and development of the Star OS system. They may abandon the Android system at any time and choose to install the Star OS system.
Once this happens, the Star OS system will soon become the most used mobile phone system, replacing the previous position of Android system in the mobile phone system industry.
Because Xia Guo now accounts for about half of the world’s mobile phone shipments, and coupled with Apple’s own IOS system, the remaining mobile phone system market is actually very small.
When Google learned more about quantum leap, their surprise became even stronger.
Although Quantum Leap was released a few days later than White Eagle Quantum Computer, the two quantum computers are still considered products of the same generation, and the gap is still very obvious.
Whether it is computing speed, operating power consumption, or requirements for the stability of the operating environment, Quantum Leap is superior.
What's more, Quantum Leap has entered the application stage, and White Eagle is just a test product. It can only perform some very basic calculations, which is not very helpful in solving practical problems.
At this time, a member of Google's team responsible for developing quantum computers suddenly discovered a hidden detail.
"Impossible... The quantum volume of Quantum Leap is smaller than our White Eagle. How can it have such a high computing speed? Unless, the chip manufacturing process it uses has reached... ”
Thinking of this, he immediately picked up the pen and made calculations.
Due to the confidentiality of information, Star Technology has not released all the detailed data of quantum leap, and many key aspects have not been disclosed to the public.
But if the analysis and computing power are strong enough, other hidden data can be derived from these public data.
After some careful calculations, he finally arrived at the chip manufacturing process for quantum leap.
“If the data released by Xingchen Technology are true... the chip manufacturing process used by Quantum Leap will be at least 14nm.”
After hearing this conclusion, many people still I didn't immediately realize what the problem was.
“The 14nm process technology is still an achievable level based on the current chip processing level in the world.”
"This time we did not use the most cutting-edge chip process technology, because quantum chips are different from ordinary computer and mobile phone chips. To be conservative, we just used the previous generation chip process technology. If we can use the same technology as quantum leap With the same chip manufacturing technology, it is possible to catch up with quantum leaps in computing speed, or even surpass it.”
This inference restored some people’s confidence, but the content of the subsequent chat quickly made it so. Their mood came to an abrupt end.
“Haven’t you found the key to this matter? Previously, various chip processing companies have stopped cooperating with Huawei and Xingchen Technology. Even so, they can still successfully use 14nm. Today’s world "The most cutting-edge chip manufacturing technology."
Only after hearing this person's words did everyone realize the importance of the problem.
“You mean...Warwick’s photolithography factory already has the ability to manufacture chips using the 14nm process?”
"Yes, although this may not be the only result, it is the most likely result. Even if they have stored enough chips before, it will take a lot of effort to process a quantum chip with a 14nm process. Powerful technology is what it takes.”
“Their photolithography factory has entered the application stage so quickly? It seems that Huawei mobile phones will soon use their independently manufactured chips!” br>
The chip business is not Google's main business, and the success of the Warwick lithography plant does not seem to have any direct impact on Google.
But if you think about it carefully, this impact is actually very huge.
The success of the Warwick Lithography Factory allows other Xia Guo mobile phone manufacturers to no longer have to worry about being stopped from supplying chips, and can safely use the Star OS system to replace the already disadvantaged Android system.
This will have a serious impact on the entire Western technology industry.
Because Warwick has not released the latest news about the lithography factory, this impact is only potential, but it undoubtedly planted a time bomb that may explode at any time.
Google quickly informed several other technology companies about this matter, and it immediately attracted their attention.
It is not a secret that Warwick built a photolithography factory, but they do not believe that Warwick has the ability to manufacture chips on its own so quickly.
However, after discussion, they still felt that this matter was not as urgent as they imagined.
"If you just have the ability to manufacture chips, this is not a particularly scary thing. The chips required for a quantum computer are very limited, which is fundamentally different from commercial chip manufacturing."< br>
In fact, this inference is very normal, because in the initial chip processing, the yield rate of the chip is difficult to guarantee.
Even very mature chip processing companies like Samsung and TSMC, when they first process higher process technologies, it is difficult to ensure that the processed chips have a high yield rate.
This will make it difficult for chip manufacturing companies to make profits and even risk losses.
For companies like Warwick, which conducts chip manufacturing research from scratch and uses a new chip manufacturing method such as photolithography factories, it is undoubtedly more difficult to process.
Even if it is possible to manufacture chips with very high process technology, it is probably only possible to accidentally select a good chip from hundreds or even thousands of chips.
Such a yield rate is completely unfeasible for commercialization and cannot have a huge impact on the chip market. At most, it can only be used in a very small number of expensive equipment.
However, the next news released by Warwick Company quickly shattered this suspicion in their minds.
Warwick Corporation officially released their next-generation chip on their official social platform.
This chip was named Kirin 950. It used the best 14nm process technology on the market at the time and was in the leading position in the mobile phone chip industry in terms of performance.
In addition to this being a self-developed chip, Warwick will also complete the chip production itself.
Warwick will mass-produce this chip in the near future. At the same time, this is also the first 14nm chip on the market to achieve mass production and process technology.
This kind of news well proves Google’s previous inferences, and at the same time breaks the rumor that the chip produced by Warwick’s photolithography factory has a low yield rate.
Being able to achieve mass production of chips at least means that Warwick's photolithography factory will not suffer serious losses. Otherwise, every chip processed will increase the economic pressure on Warwick.
Ning Chen very tacitly took advantage of the publicity effect of "Xuehai" and added to the popularity of the news. Soon, the news spread around the world and attracted widespread attention from people around the world.
“I really didn’t expect that Warwick Company would realize independent chip processing technology so quickly. I had doubts about the plan of Warwick Photolithography Factory before, but now it seems that this is really a company that can overtake in corners. Solution. ”
“It’s amazing, we have actually achieved the 14nm chip manufacturing process. Now we no longer have to worry about those foreign companies stopping supplying our chips.”
"Self-developed domestic mobile phone system, self-developed chips... I don’t know how many surprises Star Technology and Warwick will bring us in the future."
After the news spread, A new wave of repercussions soon followed.
The stock prices of many foreign chip companies fell severely after the stock market opened the next day.
This shows that the news of Huawei’s release of Kirin 950 has severely reduced people’s confidence in other chip companies.
The technology of the photolithography factory will completely change the pattern of the chip industry. Even if the chip supply from foreign companies is lost, it will not have any impact on Xia Guo's technology industry.
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In the evening, in his study, Ning Chen listened to Xiaozhi's news report.
This is the latest function developed by Ning Chen for Xiaozhi, which can quickly bring Ning Chen any news he wants to know.
Ning Chen was not surprised by the drop in the stock prices of these foreign chip companies. After all, the news about the lithography factory was indeed shocking and directly changed the pattern of the entire industry.
“I feel that in the previous generation, the Kirin 950 only used chips with a 16nm process technology. It seems that the emergence of photolithography factories has also directly upgraded the process technology of this chip.”< br>
In the past few years since he was reborn in this world, Ning Chen has changed too many things. It can be said that this world has already moved in a completely new direction.
At this time, Ning Chen suddenly remembered something.
"After I completed the design of Quantum Leap, the system did not prompt me with any task completion information... It seems that in the eyes of the system, Quantum Leap is not considered a large-scale equipment of D level or above."
Such a result was also expected by Ning Chen. After all, compared with the previous Galaxy quantum computer, Quantum Leap was only a partial improvement, and the gap between the two quantum computers would not be more than one generation.
In the system rating, Galaxy only received an F-level rating from the system. Based on this calculation, Quantum Leap cannot be rated as a D-level anyway.
In order to further confirm his conjecture, Ning Chen said in his heart:
"System, evaluate what level of equipment Quantum Leap is?"
[Quantum Leap is being evaluated...]
[The evaluation has been completed, Quantum Leap is an E-class device]
After receiving the system’s response, Ning Chen also felt that this rating was still relatively high. objective.
"E-class... It seems that I have to find a way to design a more powerful device."
Ning Chen does not want to continue exploring the field of quantum computers for the time being. , the quantum leap has almost exhausted Ning Chen's inspiration for quantum computers. Even if the power consumption issue is not considered, it will be difficult for Ning Chen to design a higher-level quantum computer.
Just when Ning Chen was thinking about which direction to design, he received a reminder from Xiaozhi.
[Master, Xiaozhi has detected a piece of valuable information, which may be very important to the master. Do you want to read the information immediately? 】
"Well, let's read it."
Ning Chen didn't know which field of information Xiaozhi was referring to, but out of trust in Xiaozhi, Ning Chen Chen did not refuse Xiaozhi's reminder.
Immediately, this news appeared in Ning Chen's mind.
The moment he saw the news, Ning Chen was also a little surprised.
"It was actually Wang Junlong who sent the message?"
In the past two years, due to busy work, Ning Chen has had less contact with his cousin Wang Junlong.
However, Ning Chen's feelings for Wang Junlong have not changed, and he still treats Wang Junlong as his own brother.
In the message, Wang Junlong said that he had started an internship, and the internship location was in Bincheng.
Wang Junlong's teacher learned that Ning Chen was Wang Junlong's cousin. He hoped that Ning Chen would have time to help them solve some mathematical problems and was willing to pay accordingly.
After reading the news, Ning Chen’s attitude was quite positive.
Now Wang Junlong is close to completing his master's degree. Due to professional reasons, Wang Junlong does not need to continue studying for a doctorate. Instead, he is preparing for employment and has already started an internship.
Wang Junlong majored in shipbuilding and ocean engineering. Ning Chen felt that most of the problems encountered by Wang Junlong’s teacher were related to ship problems.
In the design of ships, there is a lot of mathematics-related knowledge, and some problems are difficult for even shipbuilding professionals to easily solve.
"If it's just a matter of this level... shouldn't Xiaozhi remind me specifically?"
Based on past experience, things of this level will only have a higher priority at most, and will not It's not worth Ning Chen's special attention.
But soon, Ning Chen figured out the key.
"I see... Xiaozhi wants me to try to design in the direction of the ship. In this case, there is a chance to complete the task of this system."
Since Xiaozhi is the system It is also a relatively normal thing that the product can convey some hidden information about the system tasks to Ning Chen.
Thinking of this, Ning Chen immediately replied to Wang Junlong.
(End of this chapter)