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Chapter 492 New progress of WPG carbon-based chips! Deliberately making things difficult for Mr. An? Just tell me if you want funding!

The results of the two joys were as excellent as ever, allowing General An to maintain his undefeated record!
As for the great victory over the fighting nation and the foreigners?

Definitely next time!
At around nine o'clock in the morning, the two had a quick breakfast at the Aman Resort & Spa, and then An Wuyang led the foreigner to tour this thousand-year-old ancient city.

The little foreigner has been in Shanghai all year round, so she doesn’t know much about the capital.

The two spent the whole morning walking around the streets, letting the little foreigner experience the authentic life of the old people in the imperial capital.

It’s a pity that An Wuyang can’t learn the authentic ‘AUV’, otherwise it would be even more authentic!
While An Wuyang and the foreigner were walking around the streets, the Carbon Change team was busy.

The success of the lupus project team stimulated the carbon change team. Logically speaking, the remuneration they received was actually slightly higher than that of the lupus project team.

However, the results of the Carbon Change team’s project are still a long way off!
The concept of carbon-based chips has been proposed a long time ago, and the big plan is to replace silicon-based chips and become the development direction of the next generation of chips in the future.

It’s a great vision and leaves a lot of room for storytelling.

But actually.
Anyone who believes it is an idiot!
Apart from seeing the news, you won’t see any news about carbon-based chips anywhere else, right?
The hypocrisy of carbon-based chips is even more outrageous than nuclear fusion.

Although nuclear fusion is often joked about as "the eternal fifty years", in fact, if you really understand it in depth, you will find that the research and development of nuclear fusion has actually been progressing steadily.

That is real progress, and there are also research and development directions and application prospects.

As for carbon-based chips
Is there anything else besides the goal slogan of 'breaking the monopoly of silicon-based chips'?
It seems like nothing is happening!

Each carbon-based chip research and development team is working independently and is self-sufficient.

Based on the progress of carbon-based chips, saying "progress" is an insult to the word "progress"!
For example, as early as 2019, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Bald Eagle actually produced a "carbon-based chip" that contained carbon nanotransistors.

but!

What can this so-called 'carbon-based chip' do?

The MIT team used it to do the classic 'Hello World' programming.

That's it!

Some people who don’t know the inside story may think that silicon-based chips also started with the 'Hello World' step and gradually reached their current highs.

So can carbon-based chips also follow this path?

But the answer is no!
Because MIT used the idea of silicon-based chips to make carbon-based chips, the carbon-based chips they made are simply equivalent to replacing silicon-based transistors in the existing silicon-based chip field with carbon nanotransistors.

This kind of "carbon-based chip" that uses the design of silicon-based chips cannot give full play to the advantages of carbon-based chips. Instead, it will be constrained by the framework of silicon-based chips and will not be able to surpass silicon-based chips.

After all, this path is the path that silicon-based chips have taken. Even if new materials are used, the ultimate limit is just the framework built by silicon-based chips.

As for the new carbon-based chip theory.
Xia Guo is currently doing this. Theoretically speaking, according to mathematical calculations, under the best and ideal circumstances, the performance of carbon-based chips can even be ten times that of silicon-based chips made with the same process, and the energy efficiency advantage can even reach a thousand times.

Of course, this is just the best mathematical calculation result under theoretical circumstances.

But theory is always just theory.

The truth is that last year the Imperial Capital Court and Imperial Capital University cooperated to establish a carbon-based chip development program, but that was all, and there were no further news reports.

As for Mizuki University
Mizuki University has stopped investing in the Carbon Change Team this year, do you understand?
If An Wuyang had not taken over the Carbon Change Team, the Carbon Change Team would probably have gone their separate ways.

Now the Carbon Change team has been stimulated by the lupus project team next door. They are eager to produce some results, even if it is just a little bit.

As long as there is a little bit of result, it will at least be worth Wugengtian’s investment, right?
Shuimu University.

Carbon Change Team Laboratory.

Tan Jinming asked, "Yuanjie, have we finished analyzing the experimental data we did the day before yesterday?"

Ma Yuanjie responded, "It's still under analysis."

"Bosheng, do you have any ideas about how to achieve orderly arrangement of high-purity carbon nanotubes?" Tan Jinming asked Niu Bosheng again.

Niu Bosheng responded, "I already have some ideas, but they still need experimental verification."

"What do you think?" Tan Jinming asked again.

Niu Bosheng did not hide anything and said, "I have thought of a new purification process. We can disperse and purify the polymer multiple times to prepare a carbon nanotube solution with a purity of more than 99.99999%."

"We then use ultra-high purity carbon nanotube solution, assemble through dimensionality restriction, and then prepare neatly arranged high-density carbon nanotube arrays on silicon wafers," Niu Bosheng explained.

"According to my calculations, with this new process, we can arrange about 200 carbon nanotubes on a scale of one micron," Niu Bosheng added.

"If we use this high-density carbon nanotube array as a basis, we may be able to prepare carbon nanotransistors with top-gate field effect to form small integrated circuits." Niu Bosheng explained the future development direction.

"If all these ideas can be realized, we will have completed the transition from carbon nanotubes to small integrated circuits, which is equivalent to a breakthrough from 0 to 1." Niu Bosheng said while suppressing his joy.

For any thing, going from 0 to 1 is the most difficult!

If we put it in the pharmaceutical industry, the process from 0 to 1 is original drug.

The process from 1 to 2 is generic drugs.

Now you can understand the difficulty from 0 to 1, right?
After listening to Niu Bosheng's words, Tan Jinming couldn't help showing a surprised expression, "You are really good!"

"Do you have any ideas about this new purification process?" Tan Jinming continued to ask.

Niu Bosheng shook his head. "There is no specific idea yet. Let's brainstorm together."

"But." Niu Bosheng hesitated.

Ma Yuanjie continued, "I guess what you mean is that even if we solve the corresponding new purification process, the cost of producing high-purity carbon nanotubes is still an astronomical figure, right?"

"Yes." Niu Bosheng responded with a sigh, "What we need are single-walled carbon nanotubes. I estimate that the production cost per gram will not be less than 10,000 yuan."

"In addition, after we prepare single-walled carbon nanotubes, we need to further purify them repeatedly, which requires very high costs. I estimate that the processing cost will not be lower than the preparation cost." Niu Bosheng added.

"We spent 1 yuan to produce gram of high-purity carbon nanotube solution, which was equivalent to completing the first step of preparing raw materials." Niu Bosheng sighed.

"Then we need to use dimensional restricted assembly to generate neatly arranged high-density carbon nanotube arrays, and then use this high-density carbon nanotube array as a basis to make carbon nanotransistors with top-gate field effect, and further form small integrated circuits. All of these cost money!" Niu Bosheng added.

"What's more important is that we don't even have a budget quote because we have never done it and we don't know how much it will cost to do it," Niu Bosheng sighed.

"One more thing, these are just my current ideas. I don't know how many problems I have to overcome to realize them." Niu Bosheng himself felt that his ideas were difficult to realize. Tan Jinming smiled and said, "Spend money if you want! We have found a golden thigh now. The budget given by Wugengtian is very sufficient. I will report the situation to General Manager An right away."

"Yuanjie, Bosheng, the next task is to finalize the new purification process. Notify everyone that from now on, everyone must be prepared to work overtime. Unless it's a big deal, just work overtime!" Tan Jinming ordered.

"Yes!" Niu Bosheng agreed.

"Okay, I'll notify you right away!" Ma Yuanjie replied.

In the carbon change team, Niu Bosheng is the second-in-command. He is both a workaholic and a technology fanatic. This time, Niu Bosheng even proposed a new purification process.

Ma Yuanjie is the third in command. He has an optimistic personality and usually assists Professor Tan Jinming in managing the team.

Ma Yuanjie sent the message directly in the Carbon Change team work group.

'Ma Yuanjie: @Everyone: From now on, everyone needs to work overtime under normal circumstances, and cannot take leave without a suitable reason.'

'Ma Yuanjie: We are going to do something big next! '

'Ma Yuanjie: @Niu Bosheng: Lao Niu has proposed a new process solution, and we now need to overcome the technical difficulties of this new process.'

'Ma Yuanjie: The lupus project team next door completed a breakthrough in less than two months, and we cannot fall behind.'

'Ma Yuanjie: Does anyone have any questions?'

'You Yingxia: Got it!'

'Xue Shiyi: Got it.'

'Tang Jun-ha: No problem.'

……

……

Employees of the Carbon Change team all said they had received it.

It’s just overtime. It’s not like there’s no overtime pay at 5 a.m., right?
What workers hate about overtime is that their boss takes their off-get off work time for free.

The overtime pay given by Wugengtian is very generous, and the guys in the Carbon Change team can't wait to work overtime every day.

There’s nothing fun to do after get off work anyway, so why not stay in the company and work overtime to earn some money?
Near noon, Tan Jinming compiled the new purification process and future research directions into a book and sent it to An Wuyang.

An Wuyang was touring the imperial capital with a foreigner. After receiving the message from Tan Jinming, he quickly checked it.

When An Wuyang saw professional terms such as "dimensionally restricted assembly", "preparation of neatly arranged high-density carbon nanotube arrays", and "top-gate field effect", he was overwhelmed.

Are these things something that he, a college student at a second-tier university, should understand?
Please!

Wugengtian is a company in the pharmaceutical industry. The knowledge An Wuyang has been exposed to since childhood is more in the medical field, rather than in the computer industry, let alone knowledge in the field of carbon-based chips.

He could only say that he could recognize every character in these names, but sorry, he really couldn't understand what they meant when put together.

So, An Wuyang directly replied to Tan Jinming's message.

"Are you safe?"

When An Wuyang sent a question mark, it was not because he had a problem, but because he felt that the other person had a problem.

What the hell is Tan Jinming doing?

Send him the technical information?
What is he looking at?
"Brother Tongzi, are you there?" An Wuyang couldn't help but ask the Happy Life System in his heart.

"I don't understand this thing, shouldn't it sting?" An Wuyang asked again.

"I've read so much basic physics knowledge and watched so many popular science videos about physics. I've even taught myself quantum mechanics. Shouldn't I get to learn some?" An Wuyang complained.

However, the Happy Life System seemed to freeze at the critical moment and there was no response at all!
good good!
An Wuyang's heart died again!

After seeing the question mark sent by An Wuyang, Tan Jinming immediately called An Wuyang.

Since An Wuyang has time to reply to messages, that means he has time to answer calls, right?
An Wuyang answered the call from Tan Jinming and spoke first, "Professor Tan, what did you send?"

Tan Jinming immediately began to explain, starting with the new purification process, then explaining how it would develop in the future, the corresponding ideas, and what effects could be achieved in the end.

"As long as we can make small integrated circuits through this route, we will have completed the breakthrough from 0 to 1. In the future we can continue to make large integrated circuits, as well as ultra-large and extremely large integrated circuits," said Tan Jinming.

"Speak human language!" An Wuyang complained.

Tan Jinming hesitated slightly, thinking about how to explain it in a way that would be easy to understand.

"If we regard the process of producing CPUs and GPUs as building blocks, and each transistor as a building block, our current research in the field of carbon-based chips is about how to make a qualified building block," explained Tan Jinming.

Tan Jinming continued, "The new purification process we have proposed is equivalent to finding a production process for building blocks."

"We now need to try to implement this method, and then find a way to make the building blocks neat and standard, so that we can further stack the building blocks, and then let the building blocks match each other, and finally form a small integrated circuit." Tan Jinming explained in detail.

"The so-called small integrated circuits can actually be regarded as computer processors that were once outdated," added Tan Jinming.

"Speak to the point." An Wuyang continued to instruct.

Tan Jinming responded, "These will cost a lot of money, and they will need to cost a lot of money."

"If you want money, just tell me directly. Don't beat around the bush. You've been talking for a long time and I still don't understand, but as long as you are doing the right thing, there will be no shortage of research and development funds." An Wuyang reminded.

"I will arrange for another 400 million yuan to be transferred to your carbon-based transformation project at 5 o'clock in the morning. I hope you can achieve some results." An Wuyang reminded him.

"Please rest assured, Mr. An, we will definitely work hard!" Tan Jinming responded sincerely.

"Is there anything else?" An Wuyang asked.

"No more." Tan Jinming answered honestly.

"Then I'm going to continue playing. You guys work hard. If you can really make some achievements, I won't treat you unfairly." An Wuyang promised.

Although he already knew the result in advance, An Wuyang would still give these people some encouragement.

Maybe this is the instinct of being a boss?
(End of this chapter)