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Chapter 394: The turning point in the history of chips, the whole world is following Longxing Group
"It turns out that big guys can also use words to argue with each other. I thought it was just a matter of drinking a cup of muddy wine and laughing away all the hatred."

"The pattern? It's just hype from marketing accounts. Real business wars are often plain and simple!"

"That's right, never be fooled by appearances. The boss is also a human being, and humans have seven emotions and six desires. But I have to say that Morenkov is too much of a clown. He has to jump around!"

"From what we saw just now, we can tell that the big guys in the international semiconductor chip field are all in the same camp. The only way for us Dragon Country entrepreneurs to have a chance of survival is to unite as a group."

"unity is strength!"

The audience had sharp eyes. As the algorithm library of the 3D Mark testing software was blown up, Chen Xing and Zhou Hongwei also proved their innocence with their hard power.

Shenzhen press conference site.

After the "anti-counterfeiting" episode, Chen Xing quickly adjusted his state and looked at the time on his sports watch. It was now half past ten.

If the rhythm of an ordinary person was disrupted, perhaps the entire press conference would be affected, but Chen Xing is not an ordinary person. At least he works harder than ordinary people.

Since he had memorized the manuscript by heart, he only needed a moment to adjust himself and regain his state of mind for the press conference. He improvised:
“The climbing process will not be smooth sailing. Difficulties and obstacles will come at any time, but as long as we have a strong heart, any setbacks will be conquered, just as Caesar said in the battle report sent by the Battle of Pharsalus: I came, I saw, I conquered.”

The sound was transmitted through the microphone to the entire press conference.

After less than half a second of silence, the user audience and the CEOs of local companies in Longguo could not help but applaud.

"I came, I saw, I conquered", no sentence is more applicable to the semiconductor chip industry in Longguo.

From EDA software and low-level instructions to chip raw materials and lithography machines, Longguo’s enterprises used to have almost nothing.

seen.

Nature needs to conquer it!

And now, Huaxia Chip interprets what "I conquer" means in the most intuitive, simple and crude way.

“La pa pa——”

The applause was like a downpour, so loud and powerful, and coupled with the spring drizzle, it continued for half a minute.

Kuke, Morenkof, Peter Winninck, Maeda Hidetsugu, Kobayashi Rokuro, Zhang Miao and others who had just stood up to confront each other felt so ashamed in the face of deafening applause that they wished they could find a hole in the ground to crawl into.

The most outrageous thing now is that they don’t know how the 7-nanometer chip can achieve 3 trillion operations per second.

Apple's chip research and development team is a world-renowned team of top scientists. They can achieve 1.7 trillion operations per second under the same nano process. This puzzled not only Kueck and Morenkof, but also chip experts around the world who were watching the live broadcast.

"The episode is over."

Suddenly, Chen Xing spoke again.

All of a sudden.

The slightly weakened applause died down immediately.

Chen Xing put the remote control in his left hand, then reached into his pocket with his right hand, took out the Huaxia chip sealed with resin material, and solemnly announced: "Let us take a closer look at the world's first 7-nanometer chip with a three-dimensional integrated circuit design."

"Three-dimensional?"

"What? Three-dimensional?"

"3D integrated circuit design chip?"

The words fell.

Kuk, Morenkof, Zhang Miao, and all the big names in the semiconductor chip field were all excited.

Ren Guofei was even more stunned, muttering to himself: "It's actually chip stacking technology. No wonder a chip can have twice the performance of a chip with the same process. It turns out to be stacking technology!"

“What is stacking?”

Lei Bushi couldn't help but ask.

He has no experience in semiconductor chips and has only a vague understanding of the so-called chip technology, only a general idea.

"Is it amazing? This technique?"

Luo Hao asked the same question.

"This technology is not new. It is generally used in storage chips. The so-called 32G, 64G and 128G just depend on who stacks the higher. But I have never heard of this technology being used in SOC system-level chips." Ren Guofei's eyes flickered, as if the door to a new world had been opened.

"this!"

"Is this... so awesome?"

Lei Bushi, Luo Hao, and even Wang Fu could not help but be surprised.

What does it mean to be far ahead?

This is called being far ahead!
Ku Ke, who was sitting in the first row, was stunned on the spot, shaking uncontrollably. No one knew what he was thinking, but the only thing that was certain was that the SOC system-level chip stacking technology would definitely open another door in the chip field.

Not only Kuk, but also Morenkoff, Zhang Miao, Peter Winninck, Hidetsugu Maeda, and Rokuro Kobayashi all showed shock in their eyes. If the Chinese chip really used stacking technology, then it could explain why a chip with the same nano-process could perform more than twice the number of operations of its competitors.

……

And at the same time.

the other side.

Imperial Dragon Academy.

Qu Cheng, who was staring at the live broadcast room, felt a chill spreading from his tailbone all the way up to his intuition the moment he heard the word "chip stacking technology". Countless ideas emerged in his mind.

This is equivalent to a martial arts master whose skills have stagnated for decades suddenly meeting a sweeping monk, who, with just a few words, causes his realm to improve.

“Stack!”

"We were all wrong!"

"The current direction of chip development is not nano-processing, but stacking technology!"

Qu Cheng grabbed Liu Dongsheng's collar. He was so excited that he was shaking all over. The latter responded with equal excitement: "That's right, stacking, it's stacking. The general direction of future chip development should not be nano-processing, but stacking!"

"Instead of conquering the quantum tunneling effect, it is better to take the upward stacking approach. What a genius idea!" Wang Hai, who is also an academician, couldn't help but give a thumbs up and praise.

These chip academicians have devoted their entire lives to Longguo's semiconductor chips. They thought they would not be able to overtake others in their lifetime, but Longxing Group has brought them the possibility and even provided a general direction.

The limit of silicon-based materials is 7 nanometers?

So why bother pursuing the goal of conquering 5 nanometers?
By using stacking technology to pursue performance, 7-nanometer chips can achieve 2 or even 3 times the performance of ordinary chips.

Qu Cheng, who had two big bags under his eyes but a bright look, waved his hand and said without hiding his excitement: "Hold a meeting immediately. The project of conquering the quantum tunneling effect needs to be put aside. We need to turn around urgently and make the stacking technology the world's top level!"

“What about the project funding?”

Liu Dongsheng asked.

Wang Hai chuckled, stretched out his right hand, put his five fingers together and said, "Of course I want them all!"

"That's right!"

Qu Cheng nodded and responded: "We have to apply for special project funds, because money is the basis of research and development. We also need to urgently change the direction of chip research and development!"

at the same time.

The United States across the ocean.

Major well-known chip research institutes.

Top foreign chip experts and Chinese chip experts all opened their eyes wide, and some even held their heads in disbelief.

"Stacking Technique!"

"Oh my God, Longxing Group actually uses three-dimensional integrated circuits to design chips. How did their engineers solve the heat dissipation problem? This is impossible!"

"The SOC system-level chip uses stacking technology, which is equivalent to two chips, or even three or four chips combined. Their heat dissipation and power supply are both problems. This is simply a miracle. This is simply incredible. Could it be that God has favored Dragon Country again?"

"They are creating miracles! They are making history, oh my god!"

It’s not that they haven’t thought about using stacking technology on SOC system-level chips, but they have failed after many attempts.

Why did it fail?

Two reasons, heat dissipation and energy supply!

Let’s talk about the heat dissipation issue first.

Chip stacking technology is equivalent to building a house. One layer is one chip, and three layers are equivalent to three chips.

The energy consumption of chips currently on the market is generally in the range of 12-20W. If this value is multiplied by three, even if the lowest power consumption of 12W is used, the operating power consumption will reach 36W.

What does 36W of power consumption mean?
Let’s put it this way, Qualcomm’s famous “Fire” Dragon chip 810 has a power consumption of 20W, which many mobile phones cannot withstand.

When a chip with a power consumption of 36W is running, it is not just warm, but extremely hot. It may directly burn out the motherboard!

The most critical thing is that since the three-dimensional chip is stacked, the heat generated by the operation of the integrated circuit will continue to accumulate in a small space and is difficult to dissipate, which is more likely to affect the service life of the chip.

In addition to heat dissipation issues, circuit energy supply is also a big problem.

Since the design is similar to that of building a house, electricity can only be transmitted from bottom to top like a house. In addition to the problem of how to connect, there is also the issue of energy consumption of the transmission circuit, which invisibly increases the power consumption of the chip operation, making the heat problem more serious.

It’s not that foreign chip experts haven’t tried, but that they don’t have the ability to solve it.

Two SOC system-level chips running at the same time must control the power consumption below 19W, which is more difficult than killing them.

This is also why chip stacking technology is only used in memory chips, rather than SOC system-level chips. The latter is a collection of multiple chip modules. If they are run as two-in-one, the power consumption is really no joke.

Charles, the chief chip engineer of Qualcomm and leader of Group 2 of the US Chip Laboratory, is now touching his chin. His expression is a little dull, and even his eyes are dull.

However, his brain was completely opposite to what he showed. At this moment, his brain was thinking at a speed of 300 yards per hour, wondering how the engineers of Longxing Group solved the heat dissipation problem.

The 7-nanometer chip can achieve 3 trillion operations per second, which only proves that they have indeed conquered chip stacking and provided unlimited development space for this technology.

Next to him is a Jewish chip engineer named Rochebuelle, who is one of the top ten chip experts in the United States and the designer of Apple's A10 neural engine bionic chip.

He looked solemn and muttered to himself, "Who is the engineer who designed the Huaxia chip instead of following the conventional thinking to conquer the nano-process and study three-dimensional stacking?"

"What a crazy chip, what a crazy idea. I need a Chinese chip to unlock all its mysteries."

Another American engineer agreed.

They gathered here with the purpose of developing semiconductor chips with stronger performance and higher nano level.

Because the originally unbreakable and airtight world semiconductor chip structure has become fragmented under the impact of Chen Xing's Longxing Group, they must re-establish their chip hegemony.

But tonight they discovered...

Wrong direction!

They got their research direction wrong!

Instead of studying chip nanotechnology and overcoming the quantum tunneling effect, it is better to overcome heat dissipation and functionality and use chip stacking technology to manufacture three-dimensional integrated circuit chips.

Silence is Cambridge tonight.

When the three-dimensional integrated circuit chip design concept was announced, experts in the semiconductor chip field around the world realized that they were going in the wrong direction, or in other words, they were going in the wrong short-term direction. In the long run, there is no problem in conquering the nano-process, but if they want to see quick results, stacking technology is the new direction.

...Longgang, Shenzhen.

The scene of the autumn press conference.

After Chen Xing demonstrated the Huaxia chip, he silently pressed the remote control, and the LED screen behind him switched again, showing the technology needed to manufacture this chip.

Distributed Heat Transfer Technology

Efficient Electrical Interconnection Technology

《High Precision Stacking Technology》

《Warp bottom grinding technology》

Redundancy design and error detection and correction techniques

The screen was full of technology bubbles surrounding the Chinese chip in the middle. Ku Ke had unconsciously stretched his neck, wanting to see it more carefully, because some of the technical fonts were too small for him to see clearly.

Qualcomm CEO Morenkof was even more stunned. The complexity of Chinese chips was far beyond their imagination.

However, he suddenly thought that if he applied for a technical patent, the specific principles needed to be made public, and then he might be able to "borrow" from it, and they would be able to quickly create a three-dimensional integrated circuit SOC system-level chip.

But what he could think of, Gao Zhengqian couldn't think of? Even if Gao Zhengqian couldn't think of it, could Chen Xing, the decision maker, not think of it?
Chen Xing on the stage glanced at the LED screen behind him, walked back to the center of the podium calmly, glanced at the semiconductor chip business leaders in the first row, smiled and said:
"The technical bubbles displayed on the LED screen at this time are the result of the hard work of our chip engineers day and night, so I made a bold decision, which is not to apply for a technical patent and not to disclose the principle to the public."

"hiss!!!"

The audience was stunned for a moment.

Not applying for technology patents?
Aren’t you afraid of being conquered by foreign countries and register first?
For a while.

Audiences across the Internet were talking about it.

"What's going on? You said earlier that the engineers were working day and night, but now you say you won't apply for a patent?"

"You don't understand, right? To apply for a technical patent, you need to disclose the technical principle, which can be checked by everyone. It's like exposing it in exchange for a patent right of 10 to 20 years."

"If you are absolutely confident in your technology and think that no one can overcome it in a short period of time, it will be better to do so, because the opponent does not know the technical principles and can only start from scratch, which will greatly increase the difficulty of overcoming it. If the technical principles are made public, they can easily draw inferences from one example and develop new technologies."

“This… feels so risky!”

"It can only be said that risks and opportunities coexist. If you want to suppress foreign technological development as much as possible, you must use extreme measures!"

"That's right! We can't let the foreigners copy it!"

Just as the audience said, Chen Xing made this decision after careful consideration and after seeking Gao Zhengqian's opinion.

He doesn't want his three-dimensional integrated circuit chips and fast charging technology to be "borrowed" by the whole world, but he can't do anything about them because others have circumvented the content of your patent application and redesigned the results.

From zero to one is difficult, but from one to two is a natural thing.

It was precisely because of the experience that Chen Xing decided to give up the so-called patent protection, so that those experts who were spying on the technology could not understand the principles. Even if it was delayed for a year, Longxing Group could complete the preemptive layout again during the one-year gap.

Of course.

And the most important point.

That is, you have no way of knowing whether the other party will immediately copy it and use it for non-commercial purposes after the principle is made public.

When Morenkov heard that Chen Xing would not apply for a patent for the technology and would not disclose the technical principles, he felt guilty and looked away, and was afraid to look at Chen Xing again.

If it were discovered that Qualcomm's baseband chips had stolen the DSP multi-core architecture, they would probably be ruined.

Chen Xing didn't pay much attention to Morenkov's little movements, because this kind of clown was not worthy of his attention at all.

After announcing his decision, Chen Xing pressed the remote control.

The LED screen switched and the specific parameters of the Huaxia chip appeared. He also began to introduce: "Our chip adopts a 1+3+1+3 core architecture design, with two large cores with a main frequency of 3.0GHz, two medium cores with a main frequency of 2.4GHz, and four small cores with a main frequency of 1.8GHz."

"In daily work, the algorithms built into our chips will automatically allocate work cores based on different user needs and scenarios to ensure smooth operation."

"Let's demonstrate it with a real machine."

Chen Xing took out the Geek X2 from his pocket, reconnected the LED screen and demonstrated: "For example, if I open King of Glory now, you can see that the notification bar will automatically enter the game mode. At this time, our first big core will be activated to ensure that our game can run."

"We still have time now, so I'll play a game of Honor of Kings for everyone to see. We have cooperated with Penguin Company to optimize the special channel. By the way, everyone can judge whether my gaming skills are good enough for a professional game."

"Hahaha--"

Chen Xing's final joke caused laughter to break out again at the press conference. Even Xiao Ma Ge couldn't hold it in and laughed with his head down and his hands covering his mouth.

Chen Xing is a professional player?
I guess he's the designated champion.

Although the professional league of Honor of Kings has just started, city competitions and college competitions are already being planned.

"I didn't expect Brother Chen to be so humorous. He even talked about playing professionally."

Lei Jun couldn't help but tease.

Hearing this, Luo Hao also smiled and continued, "That's called having a sense of humor. If he really plays professionally, we'll probably have to join him, too."

"If you are interested, how about I organize an entrepreneur league for you?" Xiao Ma Ge had lost control of his facial expression, and his whole face was filled with a smile that was visible to the naked eye.

"I'm almost seventy, I can't play anymore."

Ren Guofei directly refused.

It would be big news if anyone knew that a 70-year-old man was conquering the canyon.

While everyone was talking, Chen Xing had already started his game.

There is no need to talk nonsense about whether a gaming phone has good performance. You only need to play a game to know the specific situation.

"This is the game with the highest frame rate and the highest image quality. We can see that after entering the game, the frame rate is stabilized at 60 frames, which is the highest frame rate of Honor of Kings at present."

Chen Xing explained while playing.

The hero he uses is Luban No. 7.

Normally he seldom plays games, so the reason he started a game at the press conference was not only to test the overall performance of the phone, but also to indirectly promote Honor of Kings. If the game revenue increases, he can also benefit from it.

"First skill missile, sweeping fire."

"This hero can strafe with 4 normal attacks."

"Second skill: Missile."

"It's time for a team fight. Everyone, pay attention to the frame rate above me to see if there are any frame drops."

Chen Xing's actual demonstration fully illustrates what it means that real gold is not afraid of fire, and it is clear at a glance whether it works or not.

In the audience, people including Kuo Ke, Lee Jae-yong, Ren Guofei, Lei Jun, and Luo Hao all took note. It turned out that a press conference could be held in this way and that targeted publicity could be carried out in this way.

And at the same time.

Weibo information platform.

The entry "Chen Xing actually tests Geek X2" has been pushed to the top of the hot search list, and netizens keep clicking on the entry and being amazed by the game screen in the live broadcast room of the press conference.

When you click into the live broadcast room of the press conference, the style of the barrage is even more novel.

"This anchor has some talent. He can fight two people at the same time and even kill them. I feel like he can really become a professional player!"

"This anchor works so hard. Others sit down to play, but he stands up to play games. And while playing, he also introduces some things that I can't understand. I want to give him gifts, but forget it. I just wish him to make tens of millions soon."

"Chen Xing: Thank you so much!"

"Anchor, I sent you a plane, why don't you thank me?"

"Chen Xing: Thank you for your kindness."

The spontaneous memes of netizens made the popularity of the live broadcast room soar. Perhaps Chen Xing would not have expected that when he was playing games, the number of viewers would exceed 500 million simultaneously, which is an insurmountable milestone in the live broadcast industry.

As the game time reached ten minutes, Chen Xing did not bother to play, but continued to demonstrate: "After playing for ten minutes, the frame rate of our Geek X2 is still stable. This is what everyone has seen with their own eyes, but!"

Suddenly, he changed the subject and announced, "We can also break through the frame rate, activate the second big core, and add exclusive optimization to reach 90 frame mode, so you can play the game more happily!"

Chen Xing opened the external performance button on the right side of the phone.

All of a sudden.

The frame rate has changed.

The originally stable 60 frames became 90 frames.

The already smooth graphics become even smoother as the frame rate increases, and each hero's spellcasting and attacking movements become silky smooth.

"This is a special optimization we have made in cooperation with Penguin. Geek X2 will be one of the first phones to enable 90fps mode."

Chen Xing announced it in a high-profile manner.

Gaming phones are definitely bound to games. Currently, Honor of Kings, which is popular all over the country and has over 100 million daily active users, has become the best choice.

As the 5V5 team battle began, the phone, which had broken through 90 frames, remained stable. There was no frame drop during the 30-second team battle, and the performance was very strong.

"Victory!"

As the victory voice message appeared, the opponent's crystal base exploded directly. After the actual machine demonstration, Chen Xing did not pause for a moment and continued at his own pace: "Fourteen minutes of game, zero frame drops, this is the performance we provide to users."

“Awesome!!!”

“Mr. Chen is awesome!!!”

"What an incredible performance! Is this the next generation of the geek series?"

The audience was already cheering. Chen Xing smiled as he silently disconnected the phone from the screen. Then he asked, "What's your ideal price range for this phone?"

"5999!"

"6999!"

"Trust me, 7999!"

Listening to the cheers from the audience, Chen Xing shook his head and said jokingly, "Did your money come from the wind? Why do you keep guessing the price will be over 6000 yuan?"

"All right!"

He walked to the right side of the podium to avoid blocking the view of the LED screen, then gently pressed the remote control in his hand and revealed the answer: "We will not keep you in suspense and directly announce the final selling prices of the three Geek X2 models with different configurations."

Next second

The LED screen behind Chen Xing switched, and the global sales prices of three Geek X2 models with different configurations were presented to everyone.

4+64G memory, Geek X2 standard version, 4299 yuan.

4+128G memory, Geek X2 advanced version, 4599 yuan.

6+256G memory, Geek X2 top-end version, 5399 yuan.

(End of this chapter)