From Almighty Scholar to Chief Scientist

Chapter 310 "Friends" Asmail and TSMC who were drawn for comparison

As Lin Xiao said, "We have mastered the X-ray", light spots suddenly began to appear on the big black screen behind, and gradually, these light spots became clearer and clearer, until finally, these light spots An "X" outline is formed.

This animation is very cool, and it brings a very good sense to the people present. At the same time, this press conference is also broadcast live on the Internet, and any netizen can come in and watch it.

The X-lithography machine has attracted the attention of many netizens before, so even if they don't understand this professional machine, there are still netizens coming in, and there are still many.

In the live broadcast room, there are already more than 20 netizens watching, and the barrage in the live broadcast room is also constantly brushing.

"Ohhhhhhh! 』

"Come on, come on, this opening animation is too cool! 』

"Ah ah ah!Lin Shen!Ah ah ah ah ah! 』,

"Show-show-way, don't be so excited when you see Lin Xiao, if you want to learn from me, Lin Shen, I will give you monkeys!" 』

"Lin Shen is so handsome! 』

"Don't be Lin Shen, call Master Lin!" 』

There are more than 20 netizens, and the barrage is also posted quickly.

After all, this press conference is a press conference to witness the rise of Huaguo again!
Every netizen wants to see their lithography machine with their own eyes, how excellent it is!

Of course, in the excitement of the netizens in the live broadcast room, the press conference was also going on, and the "X" on the big screen became clearer and clearer. Obviously, this represented their lithography machine, which used X-rays as the light source Yes, of course, this is also their lucky name for the lithography machine, it is called X, or XI, which means a generation of X lithography machine.

In addition, the audience present also included fellow lithography machine manufacturers, such as people from Asmer, as well as people from Nikon and Canon. In fact, before the press conference started, the X-ray project even invited them to send people to attend.

Seeing this scene, although they are still expressionless, they all feel very envious in their hearts. As for the reason for their envy, it is also very simple. They don’t know how much money they spent and how much they invested in researching EUV and DUV light sources. Funds, especially in order to increase the output power of the light source, they have spent a lot of thought, especially in the research of EUV light source, Asmer, who is the sole monopoly, has a lot to say.

The time and money they spent on the EUV light source in the first place almost made them skip the ticket.

On the other hand, the X-rays selected by the X-ray project are almost equivalent to picking up ready-made ones.

Because the development time of X-ray light source is nearly half a century earlier than that of EUV light source.

After Roentgen discovered X-rays in his research in 1895, people quickly realized that this thing could be used in medical treatment, so the research on X-rays has not stopped since then, so the X-ray project is to pick up The off-the-shelf ones are absolutely right.

Such a sense of gap made the people from Asmail below think more and more bitterly, and finally snorted coldly: "It's just a lucky guy."

Of course, Lin Xiao on the stage didn't hear what this person said. If he knew, he would only laugh a few times, and then let it go.

At this time, in the animation on the big screen behind, the X became more and more clear. However, at this time, people can find that the lines of this X are full of various lines, just like carved patterns , Of course, for the people present in many industries, they all know that this pattern should be the circuit of the chip.

And then, the animation started to move, the original X began to enlarge, and finally it was like passing through the X. At this time, a gray-black thing appeared in the video, and the people on the field saw it and immediately recognized it. This is the RDX lens, a sci-fi item that was considered impossible before its birth, and immediately caused a sensation in the world after its birth.

When seeing this thing, those who don't know its technical difficulty will only call 666 at most, but those who know how difficult this material technology is, have different expressions on their faces at this time, such as exclamation, these are basically domestic Then there are people with complicated faces, admiration and jealousy. This kind of people naturally come from colleagues like Asmail.

If the light source of the X-lithography machine is used off-the-shelf, then this RDX lens is definitely an incredible miracle in their eyes.

Scientists in Huaguo were able to produce this incredible material, just like the KBBF laser crystal back then.

But the KBBF laser crystal can still be understood scientifically, but the RDX lens, they don't even know how it was made.

Simply incredible.

Therefore, they have to feel a little admiration or even jealousy. Why didn't they master this technology first?

And the picture on the stage was enlarged again, passed through the RDX lens, and the angle of view gradually zoomed out, and the whole picture of the X-ray machine appeared in front of everyone.

A square machine, the whole body seems to be able to tell people, and on its shell, a silver-white X is engraved on it, adding a sense of mystery to this machine representing the world's top technology.

At this time, Lin Xiao also smiled and said, "Alright everyone, this is our X-ray machine."

"It uses an X-lithography machine and adopts a digital mask method, which is commonly referred to as a maskless technology, and then passes through the RDX lens to achieve precise chip engraving."

Lin Xiao said: "As for how good our X-lithography machine is in terms of performance, I won't talk nonsense with you, just upload the data directly."

"First, in terms of production efficiency, our X-lithography machine can process 285 pieces of 12-inch silicon wafers per hour on average. Compared with the latest EUV lithography machine from Asmer in the Netherlands, our production efficiency is higher than theirs. As much as 40.00% higher."

As soon as the data came out, everyone in the industry sat up one after another, with shocked expressions on their faces.

The production efficiency of X-lithography machine is so high?

Although according to the theory, the X-lithography machine should indeed be more productive than the EUV lithography machine, but now this is a bit too outrageous.

Especially 40.00% higher than the EUV lithography machine.

Of course, Lin Xiao's operation of comparing with the "friends" on the spot, especially when the "friends" were still present, so many people turned their attention to Asmail's people, wanting to see their reaction.

Apparently, the face of the person in charge of Asmail's coming here was darkened.

But Lin Xiao didn't even look at it. They invited Asmail to come over, didn't they just want to slap him in the face.

You didn't sell me in the past, but now I have built something better than you, why don't you let me show it off?
Lin Xiao continued: "Second, because the X-rays we use are not easily absorbed by other objects like EUV light sources, it can be said that as much power as we give it, it will be as much power when it reaches the silicon wafer. energy, which means that our X-lithography machine is more power-efficient than EUV lithography machine!"

"An EUV lithography machine consumes about 24 kilowatt-hours of electricity in 203 hours, and TSMC, the world's number one chip foundry, consumes [-] billion kilowatt-hours of electricity according to existing data. , which is equivalent to paying tens of billions of yuan in electricity bills a year."

"And our X-lithography machine only consumes 24 kilowatt-hours of electricity in [-] hours!"

Speaking of this, Lin Xiao smiled slightly, "Actually, it's not difficult to understand. The CT machine that also uses X-rays in the hospital consumes an average of 10 kilowatt-hours of electricity per hour, and only 240 kilowatt-hours of electricity per day. The output power of the light source of the lithography machine is relatively high, coupled with the power consumption of other components, so the power consumption is [-] degrees per day."

"This is one tenth of the EUV lithography machine!"

As Lin Xiao said this, the people at the scene once again exclaimed.

One-tenth the power consumption!
What a huge improvement!
In the field, the eyes of representatives from TSMC suddenly flashed. Obviously, they were moved.

Although Lin Xiao’s words did not mention that their total power generation includes the combined power generation of EUV lithography machines and DUV lithography machines, but that’s the case. X-lithography machines consume 3000 degrees of electricity a day. It is still what they urgently need. As long as they have an X-ray machine, they are estimated to be able to save hundreds of millions of dollars in electricity bills every year, and if this is counted, it is equivalent to their net profit.

However, in addition to the above two advantages, there are obviously other advantages, "In addition to the above two points, I believe everyone should also be able to easily guess the third advantage of the X-lithography machine, that is, the X-ray machine it uses. The wavelength of light is only 3.56nm!"

"I believe that friends from chip foundries here should be very clear about the use of such a wavelength!"

The people from the foundry below all nodded.

Shorter wavelengths mean fewer steps can be used to make chips.

Like a 5nm chip, two EUV lithography machines are required to form a production line for production. Because the EUV light source is 13.5nm, it is impossible to produce a 5nm process chip with one exposure, so two exposures are required.

As for the 3.56nm X light source of the X-lithography machine, if you want to produce 5nm chips, you only need one lithography machine to form a production line. Similarly, this also means that the process required for the production of a single-chip chip is shorter, and the same , the power consumption is lower, and the cost reduction is even more.

Thinking of this, the chip foundries present couldn't help but want to quote and place orders.

However, they held back for the time being and asked after the press conference.

Of course, like the press conference, the live broadcast room was already boiling. Every time Lin Xiao mentioned the advantages of an X-lithography machine, the barrage would explode once.

"In my lifetime, I can only hear that we have surpassed foreigners in high-tech, and even in the field of lithography machines that we have been restricted for a long time. At this time, I can only feel excited and moved."

"Tears, really tears, seeing this scene, I feel so happy, and I really want to cry"

"What are you crying for? Laugh!Lin Shen has a good hand in comparing friends and merchants, compared with those who sell mobile phones next door, right?This wave directly exploded! 』

"Why did the director switch the screen?Who is this gringo?look like a dead man'

"Looks like it belongs to Asmer, I'm afraid it's going to be a pain in the ass because of Lin Shen's words."

"Hahaha, you used to ignore us, but today you can't afford it! 』

"I'm so happy, where's Ni Meng? 』

"What the hell are you Asmail?Didn't we say before that we couldn't make a lithography machine?Are you angry now? 』

"..."

The netizens in the live broadcast room were extremely excited. How can we not make them excited seeing Asmail's people like this?

Back at the press conference, Lin Xiao on the stage still did not stop at this time, and continued to talk: "The above are the advantages of our X-lithography machine."

"So, now that our lithography machine has been introduced, it's time to introduce the next project."

"And the next project is our 5nm process technology."

"This process, we named it the X5 process."

Speaking of this, Lin Xiao smiled slightly, and continued: "Also without talking nonsense, let's directly introduce the degree of improvement in chip performance under our technology."

"Currently, we only have the Kirin 9000 chip in cooperation with Huawei, but in the past, Huawei's Kirin 9000 chip was manufactured by TSMC."

"Then, let's compare the gap between the Kirin 5 chip under the X5 process and TSMC's N9000 process."

"Beforehand, these chips are brand new."

As Lin Xiao said, the expressions of the TSMC people off the stage suddenly changed. Why did they run on Asmail just now, and now it's their turn again?

Could it be that their X5 technology can still be compared with them?
And everyone in the audience, at this time, also had such doubts in their hearts.

Can the 5nm process of the X-ray plan be better than that of TSMC?

This……

And just when everyone was wondering, performance comparison data appeared on the big screen behind Lin Xiao.

Afterwards, everyone in the audience was breathless, showing a look of shock.

The smile on Lin Xiao’s face was as usual, and his tone was very flat: “Compared from the three aspects of CPU, GPU, and NPU, the Kirin 5 chip based on the X9000 process has an average performance improvement of more than 5% compared with TSMC’s N18 process!”

"At the same time, we also used GEEKBENCH5 for running points. According to the actual measurement, under our process, its single-core running score reached 1200, which is 5% higher than the old version of TSMC's N20 process! The multi-core running score has also increased by 20% !"

"In addition, everyone here should know that when designing chips, you need to take into account the process parameters of the chip foundry. That is to say, the design of Kirin 9000 should be more suitable for TSMC's N5 process, but not our X5 process."

"So, I believe that if the Kirin 9000 is designed based on our technology, the degree of improvement is far more than this. I believe that it will be 60%, or even 70%, and more!"

"So, let me say something here, in the future, we will welcome any other chip design company in the world to hand over your chips to us for production."

"Because only the chips born here are the best chips!"

Lin Xiao opened his hands and announced with great confidence.

And almost all the audience from Huaguo showed excited expressions, and then stood up one after another, applauding warmly.

This is the first day for their Huaguo semiconductor industry to really roar to the world!
(End of this chapter)