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Chapter 2302 Material Upgrade, Straight Forward

In fact, the layout and structure of all chips are the same, but some areas on them are blocked because they are not up to standard, resulting in the chip being downgraded. I7 is downgraded to I5, and downgraded to I3.

According to the latest research results of Yiyuan Zhizao, the 10nm process of carbon-based tubes can achieve the performance of silicon-based 7nm or even higher-level 5nm chips. If this research result is true, it means that the DUV lithography machine can complete the work of the higher-precision EUV lithography machine, greatly reducing the processing difficulty of chip manufacturers, and the corresponding new product costs will be further reduced.

Of course, this also means a revolution in the entire chip field. We no longer need chips with more complex circuits. Instead, simpler circuits will be able to achieve performance requirements. The chip anxiety created by Western countries in the world can be cured immediately.

"This technology has been used in the printers in our factory to mass produce chips. Recently, European and American countries have blocked our chip manufacturing equipment, so we chose to make this technology public."

"If you have any needs, you can visit our factory. We are not asking you to buy our equipment. We are still under the ban. We can provide patents and corresponding parts appropriately. In the laws of Europe and the United States, these are constantly violating regulations, and you can declare them."

"Our company's R&D center is developing the second-generation carbon-based materials. If any company has the strength to cooperate with us, we will not hesitate to share technology. Huawei has cooperated well with us in recent years. You can cooperate with them appropriately."

"The core technology information cannot be shared for the time being, but the materials can. Everyone is in China, and I am temporarily abroad. I cannot meet with you face to face. Please forgive me. Mr. Lu Jinqiu will meet with you in China soon. Everyone is welcome to develop this technology together. Thank you!"

There was no dragging of words. Ji Donglai was just that carefree. He left after a few words, and the rest of the group started a meeting.

Everyone was shocked. Ji Donglai had already adopted carbon-based technology. This was not just an order of magnitude improvement, but a qualitative leap. It was clear that the other party had not made any achievements in the past few years, but had already surpassed them.

If Yiyuan Zhizao opens up all its chips for sale, and their 5nm can match our 2nm, how can you play? What if you can't beat them? Join us! We all want to make money, why bother with money?

Ji Donglai announced this matter internally, but it was soon made public on the Internet and self-media, especially today when the chip war has reached a fever pitch.

While the whole world is pouring all its efforts into this small control center, even Europe is now making attempts in this regard. ASML, an unknown small company, has become a high-tech company with a market value of trillions of dollars in just a few years because of the needs of some big countries.

By continuously upgrading its equipment, it has monopolized all paths of chip manufacturing technology.

I can say responsibly that you can investigate Microsoft and Intel in the whole world, but you do not have the ability to investigate ASML because there is only one such company.

Placing more transistors on a chip and building more complex circuits requires orders of magnitude lower spacing, which requires higher-precision lithography machines.

As a higher-precision chip manufacturing equipment, EUV lithography machines have undoubtedly become the standard for the entire industry. Both Samsung and TSMC are cooperating with this company to complete their own industrial upgrades.

Ji Donglai directly avoided the monopoly of this domineering equipment company by upgrading the materials, just like Nobel invented TNT, and armed wars could be eliminated from the stage of history.

The group of people who were cursing Ji Donglai for monopolizing the machine tool industry just now fell silent collectively, because: they didn’t understand!
"Xiao Ping, I have a mission for you. Go to Central Asia to interview Ji Donglai. You must get first-hand information. This matter is very important to us!"

The top female host of a large domestic TV station was called into the office by the station director. On the table were plane tickets and itinerary.

At present, the country is actively competing for various high-end chips. Almost all technology companies have invested hundreds of billions of RMB in them, and the leading companies have all announced that they have begun developing high-end chips.

With the opportunity to get Ji Donglai at this time, you can imagine the ratings.

Xiaoping did not dare to delay and immediately took her team to Central Asia. After various twists and turns, the other party finally entered Ji Donglai's office. At this time, the other party's face turned pale.

"Have some water. We're not in a hurry for the interview. I just happen to have some things to deal with. When you're done resting, just call my assistant Xiaohong!"

Looking at the other person's expression, Ji Donglai smiled and nodded. Ran Bo closed the door of the inner office. Through the glass door, the host could clearly see Ji Donglai making a phone call. Someone also appeared out of nowhere behind Ji Donglai and brought documents to Ji Donglai for his signature.

It was the other party’s first time entering such a high-tech company, and he didn’t have enough eyes to watch.

"Girl, take a break. The ergonomic chair will give you immediate physical therapy. Please relax and don't panic. Xiaohong is at your service!"

Just as the other party was surprised, the chair Xiaoping was sitting on moved slowly. The host was very surprised. The next moment her feet were dragged up, and then the whole chair slowly turned into a bed.

Soothing music began to play, Xiaoping slowly lay down on the chair, and then her back began to be massaged, with a down quilt draped over her body.

Head massage, neck massage, abdominal massage, lower body fixed, upper body twisting, whole body twisting... Xiaoping had never felt so comfortable before. Before she knew it, she fell asleep. After an unknown amount of time, she slowly woke up and smelled the aroma of food.

"Wake up, let's eat something together. You media workers are very tired, let's eat together. Your colleagues are being entertained by my men. We don't have a lot of delicious food here, please forgive me!"

Xiaoping was very surprised to find that Ji Donglai had already lit a stove in front of her. There was boiling tea leaves in the middle and various delicious foods were placed around it. Ran Bo was also sitting next to her.

The chair under her rose slowly, and everything was automatically removed. Xiaoping felt that the fatigue all over her body disappeared.

Xiaoping took the food handed to her by Ji Donglai and took a small bite. It was very delicious.

The stomach-warming tea was very delicious. After taking a sip, Xiaoping felt particularly refreshed. Ji Donglai was drinking wine and did not pour any for Xiaoping.

"If you have any questions, you can ask them now. There are cameras over here. I don't like particularly formal interviews. You can do whatever you want with the video later. The original video will be given to you. For some scenes that are not convenient to broadcast, you can just keep our audio. No problem!"

Five minutes later, Ji Donglai raised his wine glass and pointed it at Xiaoping.

Ji Donglai has been very busy with work recently and doesn't want to waste too much time on this kind of interview. If there hadn't been so many public opinion wars breaking out in the country this time, Ji Donglai wouldn't even bother to pay attention to it.

In the age of self-media, lies are everywhere, but some people are willing to believe these cheap and free things and launch attacks and confrontations against organizations that are not at their level.

Xiaoping looked around and subconsciously pulled her skirt. She didn't know where the camera was. She even looked at her chair subconsciously. Ji Donglai did not explain.

"Ahem, Mr. Ji, I came to interview you this time to verify a few things with you. The first thing is about Xinyu Machine Tools. You know there are a lot of discussions about Xinyu Machine Tools in China recently. Some people say that the design of Xinyu Machine Tools is very unhuman. All you need is a technician who can draw and a machine tool. When designing the linkage of Xinyu Machine Tools, why did you let the technicians and the machine tools work directly, ignoring the on-site operators?"

Although Ji Donglai said that there was a camera here and the perspective could be switched later, Xiaoping still didn't dare to eat. Due to her professional sensitivity, the other party directly took out the inscription book while Ji Donglai was still drinking and eating.

Seeing Xiaoping's look, Ji Donglai poured himself a cup of tea.

"Before answering this question, I would like to discuss a question with you. Which group of people do you think will be eliminated first by the current AI models? There is no need to hide it. Ordinary people should know a lot of things. You are also a public figure and you need to tell the truth to the public."

Sitting upright, Ji Donglai asked Xiaoping with a smile, and Xiaoping felt a little embarrassed.

In traditional interviews, the other party acts as the attacker and takes the initiative during the entire interview process. There are very few people like Ji Donglai who take the initiative.

In addition, Ji Donglai's company is now abroad, and Xiaoping thought about the current hot words on the Internet.

"They should be low-end workers. Now our country has unmanned driving, unmanned sweeping robots, and various unmanned equipment. I think they should be these people, right?"

Whether it is right or not, the key is to first build a group of talented people in your team.

Xiao Ping is very strategic in the media department, and Ji Dong came to see that the other party smiled.

"Wrong. It's the college students who are doing low-level technical work. Those who look after the machines are basically college graduates. I can say responsibly that once AI large models become popular, they will be the first to be eliminated. In Yiyuan Equipment Manufacturing, from the design department directly to the machine tool linkage, the college graduates in the middle will have no jobs."

"In the past, we had to input programs to call the machine tools, but now we don't need to do that. The machine tools are visualized, and technicians in the technical department can use cameras and remotely call programs. So we can completely ignore this group of people in our design, because you are destined to be eliminated."

Ji Donglai's words were very impolite. The hourly rate of a CNC machining center is RMB 200 per hour, which is an unspoken rule in the industry.

Twenty yuan of the money had to be given to the machine attendant, which was the default industry practice in the past.

Because workers can adjust the position and direction of the processed parts at any time, now there is no need for them. As long as the program is set up and a visual camera is added, the whole process can be unmanned, and naturally these workers are not needed at all.

(End of this chapter)