radicalducati Chapter 641
Chapter 641
The dream of the Chinese people is not over yet.
Looking at the dream chip that they have been dreaming about, it is right in front of them.
Lei Jun and the CEOs of many technology companies couldn’t help but breathe fast.
During the period of blockade by the Western Alliance, they were worried every day, and they wanted to dream about where to get chips.
Now, Longguo has finally developed its own high-end lithography machine and established a complete industrial chain.
This is a great joy for all domestic semiconductor technology companies!
Like a treasure, carefully holding the chip in his hand and rubbing it, Lei Jun’s eyes were full of enthusiasm and joy that could not be concealed.
After swallowing his saliva, he couldn’t help but ask:
“Commander Shi, Director Su.”
“What is the current daily production capacity of our quantum chip?”
As soon as Lei Jun said this, the CEOs on the scene instantly became alert.
Everyone shifted their hot eyes from the chips in front of them to Su Mo and Shi Yanzhou.
When they visited the chip production workshop just now, they only saw one lithography machine in operation.
So this also means that Longguo should have only one 0.5 nanometer quantum lithography machine so far.
But for the extremely huge Longguo market, the output is definitely far from enough.
Under the expectant gaze of everyone, Su Mo replied:
“If we produce this 0.5nm quantum chip, we can produce about 600,000 chips a day.”
“If we produce 4nm chips at the same level as the West, we can produce about 3 million chips a day.”
After hearing Su Mo’s words, the CEOs on the scene fell into deep thought.
Lei Jun nodded thoughtfully, and gradually calmed down from the enthusiasm just now.
If according to the data given by Su Mo, 3 million 4nm chips can be produced every day, then the output is indeed very high.
Because using traditional EUV extreme ultraviolet lithography machines to produce the same 4nm silicon-based chips, the daily output is only about 600,000.
With this calculation, the production efficiency of quantum lithography machines has increased by five times compared to traditional extreme ultraviolet lithography machines!
But, the same thing!
The population of Longguo is too large, and the market demand is too large!
Although the output of 3 million chips per day for a quantum lithography machine sounds like a lot, it is still a drop in the bucket in front of the huge Longguo market!
You know…
Last year alone, Longguo imported 479.5 billion chips from the Western Alliance, worth 2.538 trillion Longyuan!
The rice company alone consumed a full 11.5 billion chips!
The reason why this number is so huge is that Longguo is extremely dependent on imports in the field of chips.
Another major reason is that many people may have a misunderstanding that a mobile phone only needs to use one chip.
But in fact, a mobile phone needs to use many chips.
These include SOC chips, battery chips, storage chips, sensor chips, driver chips, audio chips, RF chips… and so on.
Take the rice Note 10 Pro, which is a flagship smartphone from a few years ago.
Its CPU uses a 6nm process “MediaTek Dimensity 1100” chip.
At that time, the purchase price of this chip by major manufacturers was about 500 Longyuan.
But in addition to this 6nm chip, the other components of the rice Note 10 Pro also used 113 chips.
Added together, this smartphone uses a total of 114 chips.
And this is still the level of several years ago.
As mobile phone performance continues to improve, a smartphone will now use more chips.
Of course…
The most valuable and technologically advanced part of a mobile phone is always the main chip on the CPU.
All the chips on other components combined are not as valuable as the main chip.
Otherwise, the cost of a mobile phone chip alone can reach tens of thousands, how many people can afford it?
At this time…
Looking at the CEOs in the audience lost in thought, some are still writing and drawing on their notebooks.
Obviously, they are all calculating how many times the production needs to be increased to meet the huge demand of the Dragon Country market.
And… I have to share
How many chips can be obtained to solve the urgent problem.
In this regard, Su Mo and Shi Yanzhou, who were sitting in the leadership seat, did not interrupt.
As the top and second-in-command of the Longguang project, they had already calculated the account clearly.
The result is…
If you want to fill the chip gap of Longguo in a short time with the output of this quantum lithography machine alone.
That is completely a pipe dream, there is no possibility at all!
In the final analysis, the population and market demand of Longguo are too huge!
Even if each person eats only 1 catty of pork per month, that is 16.8 billion catties a year!
A commercial pig is calculated at 200 catties, and it will take 84 million pigs.
The same is true for lithography machines. If Longguo wants to achieve self-sufficiency in chips.
Then the 0.5nm quantum lithography machine responsible for manufacturing high-end chips will require at least nearly 100 units.
In addition, a large number of DUV lithography machines are needed to produce low-end chips with low precision requirements.
The DUV lithography machines for producing low-end chips are not as difficult as EUV extreme ultraviolet lithography machines.
Longguo has already mastered this, and as long as it is willing to spend money, it can be produced in large quantities.
But the quantum lithography machine… although it has been successfully developed now.
But the assembly and debugging of this thing is much more complicated than the traditional EUV extreme ultraviolet lithography machine.
According to Su Mo’s calculation, it is estimated that it will take about a month to produce the second one.
Although the speed and efficiency will definitely be improved after the scientific researchers have rich experience in assembly and debugging.
But… at least it is impossible to achieve in the short term.
In the case of lack of experience at the beginning, it is a good thing to avoid mistakes and delays.
The Zhengcheng lithography machine park, which was built with huge investment, can supply three lithography machines for assembly and debugging at the same time.
But because there is an extreme shortage of scientific researchers in this area, the other two workshops are empty.
According to Su Mo and Shi Yanzhou’s calculations, if they want to train a group of talents in this area and let the three assembly and debugging workshops start working at the same time, it will take at least half a year.
In other words… within this half year.
Zhengcheng Photolithography Machine Industrial Park can only assemble and debug 6 photolithography machines at most.
Therefore…
Considering various factors, even if Longguo has a quantum photolithography machine that is far ahead of the world.
But if they want to achieve self-production of high-end chips, they have to wait at least a year.
This is also the main reason why Su Mo and Shi Yanzhou called all the CEOs of technology companies to hold a meeting here.
Because they want to use the sharp blade of quantum photolithography to give the chip alliance a heavy blow in the next semiconductor counterattack!