Rebirth of Hong Kong Island, leading the technology war

Chapter 239 Is this a 14 nanometer chip?
Anyway, as long as Huayao is mentioned, the others will no longer be sleepy.

They started talking again, all at once.

"Huayao's chips? Impossible! Can Huayao still produce chips now?"

"Huayao can design chips, but production is impossible."

"That's right. Hua Yao should only have half a breath left now, right? He's almost dead."

"I think the information must be wrong! Director, how about you confirm it again? Don't make a mistake."

"Hey, the boss is blurry-eyed. His myopia may have worsened. He needs another pair of glasses."

"I say, don't underestimate Huayao. Haven't you heard that Huayao recently released a new mobile phone? And it's a flagship phone."

"…Oh my god! Is this true? Huayao is still releasing new phones? I don't know how this company died."

"Hua Yaoyao's phones are no longer selling, so it's useless to release more new phones."

"But Huayao's mobile phones are still very popular in China. They are not as bad as you think."

Dong Shaoyang waved his hand to quiet them down, and said, "This chip was indeed made by Huayao. It should be delivered by ten o'clock. We need to do the test run process as soon as possible. The higher-ups need it very urgently. We will try to get it done in two days."

A Chinese colleague asked, "Boss, I don't understand why we have to test Huayao's chips? They are supposed to be making logic chips, right? They are not the same as what we do."

Others echoed.

The so-called logic chip is actually the CPU, central processing unit chip.

CPU is also the core chip used in mobile phones and computers.

GPU chip is an image computing chip. Both are important for computers and mobile phones, but the most important one is the CPU.

There are also storage chips, which are what the public calls memory and solid-state drives.

Although these categories are all called chips, they are completely different in design and follow different functional routes.

As we all know, Eagle NVIDIA designs GPUs, while Huayao's HiSilicon Semiconductor has great achievements in CPUs, so there is indeed no competition between the two.

But the people from Eagle Weida obviously only have a vague understanding of Huayao's chips.

You should know that Huayao’s latest Kirin processors all have integrated GPU functional modules, which means they have an all-round design team.

But that was in the past. Things are different now. Huayao’s Haixi Semiconductor is very ambitious and wants to dabble in all chip fields.

Dong Shaoyang said: "You don't understand this. This chip is the first computing chip launched by Huayao. It is specially used to support artificial intelligence computing power. It is in competition with our products."

After hearing this, everyone looked at each other in surprise, finding it incredible and difficult to understand.

"Is Huayao so powerful? It can even make computing chips."

“They should be able to make the chip, but I’m afraid their level is not good enough.”

"That's right, it should be OK to use, but it's definitely not comparable to our products."

"Don't you find it strange? Huayao is already in such a bad situation, how can it still produce chips? There is no point in testing a chip that cannot be mass-produced."

"How do you know they can't make it? What if they do? Wouldn't we be caught off guard?"

"The performance is too poor and it can't be sold."

"I think we should not be too careless. Huayao is not a simple company."

"Why are you talking so much? We should just do whatever our supervisor tells us to do."

Dong Shaoyang smiled and asked everyone to stop chatting and complete the preparations as soon as possible.

Testing chips is not that simple. It requires a long process and uses a lot of instruments, equipment and software.

After all, the performance of a chip includes many aspects, not just computing power, but also stability, durability, power consumption, heat dissipation, etc.

The testing department is basically composed of experienced people, so the preparation work was done quickly and was completed in less than half an hour.

At this time, someone came in. It turned out to be Rick Zhang.

Rick Zhang is also of Chinese descent, but he is a first or second generation, and his parents are from mainland China.

Rick Zhang grew up in the Lighthouse Country, so his Chinese is very poor and he can barely communicate. If he is asked to write Chinese, it will be difficult. He is lucky if half of a sentence is correct. He is not as good as a primary school student in China.

Of course, Rick Zhang doesn’t care about his Chinese proficiency since he won’t need it anyway.

Rick Zhang is now in charge of the external liaison department. The so-called external liaison means contacting Eagle Weida branches and departments in other countries of Blue Star. Any matters must first go through Rick Zhang.

Therefore, Rick Zhang plays the role of the chief steward in Eagle Weida and is an important person who is highly trusted.

Even if Rick Zhang is not yet a senior executive at Eagle Weida's headquarters, he is highly likely to be one.

Rick Zhang walked up to Dong Shaoyang and said, "You should be ready, right? The chip will be delivered soon. It will take about half an hour."

Dong Shaoyang nodded: "Mr. Zhang, everything is ready. As long as the chip is delivered, we can start the testing process immediately."

Rick Zhang said: "You'd better make sure it's done carefully so that nothing goes wrong."

"Don't worry, nothing will go wrong. We are all veteran employees in this department."

Rick Zhang smiled faintly: "Manager Dong, this chip is different. The test results must be very accurate. You must have a correct work attitude and don't be arrogant. Do you understand?"

Dong Shaoyang glanced at Rick Zhang, without saying anything, and could only nod silently.

Dong Shaoyang also knew that although Rick Zhang did not behave in an out-of-character way on the surface, he actually looked down on people like them who came from mainland China and often said bad things about them behind their backs.

But the strange thing is that Dong Shaoyang does not hate Rui Kezhao. Instead, he feels that there is indeed something wrong with his background. To put it bluntly, he is a little inferior.

It was all because Dong Shaoyang's own parents didn't wake up early and try their best to abandon all the empty things and come to the Lighthouse Country to receive the sunshine.

But it is not too late now. Dong Shaoyang successfully stayed in the Lighthouse Country through his own efforts and found a pretty good job.

As long as he continues to work like this for another two or three years, he will definitely get a green card. Dong Shaoyang feels that by then he will be able to bring honor to his family.

No matter how weird Rick Zhang was, Dong Shaoyang was always very polite to him and obeyed his orders.

Dong Shaoyang asked: "Sir Zhang, if those chips are Huayao's sample chips, do they have the ability to mass produce them?"

Rick Zhang said calmly: "Well, I heard that Huayao has already started mass production."

Dong Shaoyang was stunned: "Mass production? How did they do that?"

"Who knows? That's why I'm waiting for you to test it. We must get an accurate result."

"Could it be possible that they cheated in manufacturing?"

"That's hard to say. It is said that this chip was designed by Huayao according to the 14-nanometer process, but they probably can't achieve this level, and it will probably not be possible in the future. Currently, Huaxin International is the strongest chip manufacturing company in China, but it can only achieve nanometers."

"Mr. Zhang, do you mean that Huayao's computing chip is manufactured by Huaxin International?" Rick Zhang laughed: "Of course, besides Huaxin International, which other company in China is capable of manufacturing such a chip?"

This is true. Although mainland China has been developing chip manufacturing processes in recent years, progress has been very slow, and many so-called semiconductor manufacturing companies are just empty shells.

Huaxin International is one of the most promising companies among them.

Moreover, Huaxin International was founded by people from Island Bay Province, so it is more reliable and can now achieve a 14-nanometer process.

"But does Huaxin International have the guts to do this? Aren't they afraid that we will cause trouble for them?"

The so-called "we" is actually the beacon country.

Dong Shaoyang didn't think there was anything wrong with what he said. Although he is still a Chinese, he unconsciously brought it into the side of the Lighthouse Country. It can be said that he jumped too high.

Rick Zhang sneered with a look of disdain: "If Huaxin International dares to do this, it will definitely be hit harder. By the way, can you confirm whether it is Huaxin International's manufacturing process?"

Dong Shaoyang nodded: "It should be possible to find it. Every semiconductor manufacturer has its own unique mark, and Huaxin International is no exception. What's more, Huaxin International uses ASML's lithography machine, which has fixed production traces and is easy to identify."

"That's good. Don't waste time. I hope to see your test report as soon as possible."

"We will. By the way, I don't understand why the top management attaches so much importance to Huayao's chip? Do they really think it can threaten our products?"

Rick Zhang said, "You know that Mr. Huang is always very cautious and will not be careless with any opponent. This chip is a computing power chip produced by Huayao. Even our specialized computing power chip has not been made yet, but they have come out first. They must have come up with a result before we can do it."

"I understand, Sir Zhang, we will definitely do our best and will not let Mr. Huang down."

Rick Zhang waved his hand, said nothing, and left the testing department.

A moment later, the legendary Huayao computing chip was finally delivered.

The chip was contained in a suitcase.

This box is amazing and has extremely strong protective capabilities, but it is not made of metal.

The outer shell is almost entirely made of carbon fiber, and the inside is made of soft insulating material, which is also specially made.

This box is very suitable for transporting semiconductors and there are almost no problems.

However, this type of box is expensive and is generally only used to transport very important chips.

Dong Shaoyang was a little surprised. Is this chip from Huayao worthy of being shipped in such a high-specification box?

Other colleagues came over and were amazed at the expensive box.

You know, although they come into contact with chips every day, they rarely see such high-standard protective boxes.

"Oh, this really thinks highly of Huayao, to use such a good box."

"That's right, the price of this box should be much more expensive than the chip, right?"

"However, the chips should have been shipped from mainland China. It's really too far, so it would be safer to use a better box so that nothing goes wrong."

"You're really flattering Huayao. It's not worth it."

"I'm already curious about the quality of the chip inside."

"Do I need to ask? It must be a terrible thing!"

Although everyone kept making sarcastic remarks, Dong Shaoyang felt that what they said made sense.

If the computing chip made by Huayao is confirmed to be manufactured using a 14-nanometer process, it certainly cannot be considered very sophisticated.

You know, advanced process chips below 10 nanometers can already be very small, and 14 nanometers is one or even two times larger. After all, the process technology is relatively backward, and the chip needs to be made larger in area to fit more transistors to ensure that the power consumption does not exceed the standard.

Just as Dong Shaoyang was about to open the lid of the box, someone entered the testing department.

When everyone saw it, they immediately stood in awe, because it turned out that the big boss had come.

That’s right, it’s Brother Huang Ren.

Brother Huang Ren is not only the boss of Yingwei Da, but also the founder and even the spiritual leader.

Without Brother Huang Ren, Yingwei Da would not exist.

In fact, many people joined Yingwei Da because of Huang Ren’s reputation.

This is especially true for the Chinese, who almost worship Huang Renxiong as an idol.

In fact, this is very normal. There are many Chinese people in the Beacon Country, and there are many elites among them, but there are still very few who can establish a company and develop it into a world-class technology giant. It can even be said that only Brother Huang Ren has done it.

In a sense, Brother Huang Ren is a role model for Chinese people.

So when Brother Huang Ren appeared, the employees with Asian faces, including Dong Shaoyang, were the first to feel respect for him.

Dong Shaoyang hurriedly greeted Brother Huang Ren and accepted his instructions.

Huang Ren waved his hand and looked at the box on the table: "This contains Huayao's chips, right?"

"Yes, Mr. Huang, it was just delivered."

"Okay, open it and see what the chip is like."

Brother Huang Ren came over first and seemed very curious about what Huayao’s so-called computing power chip looked like.

In fact, any experienced semiconductor technician can roughly judge the level of a chip by its appearance.

Of course, it is impossible to be 100% accurate, but at least the appearance can serve as a reference.

After some fiddling, Dong Shaoyang finally opened the lock and slowly opened the lid of the box.

Everyone's attention was focused.

Soon, everyone saw the chip inside.

There are five chips in total, which are placed in five grooves inside and are perfectly protected.

Everyone, including Brother Huang Ren, was stunned.

Because these chips are very small, even smaller than a fingernail, they can be said to be the smallest chips available today.

To be inappropriate, it even looks smaller than NVIDIA's most advanced GPU chip.

For such a small chip, if it is manufactured using the 14nm process, not many transistors can be placed in it.

Brother Huang Ren took a closer look and immediately felt something was wrong.

Brother Huang Ren is a technical person and has a keen eye.

He quickly asked someone to find a pair of insulating gloves, put them on, carefully placed a chip on the palm of his hand, and turned it over to the back, which was the pin side.

This layout is absolutely amazing!
(End of this chapter)