From Almighty Scholar to Chief Scientist

The X5 process mentioned by Lin Xiao, is this really a 5nm process?

Suddenly, they thought of what Lin Xiao said, "the real 5nm process", could it mean...

"Did they really do it in full compliance with the 5nm gate length standard?"

The real 5nm process means that the grating length of the transistor is 5nm.

If this is true...

The chief technology officer of TSMC felt a kind of deep inconceivable for a while. If this is really the case, then I am afraid that they all have to achieve the N1 process, that is, the 1nm process based on their virtual standard nomenclature, in order to be able to compete with them. This X5 process is compared.

But the N1 process, for them, still has at least many years to start research and development. The 3nm process they plan has a gate length of only 14nm, and there is still a gap of 5nm from 9nm!

At first he thought it was impossible, but he thought that the wavelength of this X-lithography machine is 3.56nm. It is obviously easier to do this than they use EUV lithography machine.

This is equivalent to saying that his guess is very likely to be true!

At this moment, the chief technology officer was caught in a state of doubt about his life.

What was different from his sluggishness was the continuous applause around him.

The excitement belongs to the mainlanders, and he has nothing.

……

At the same time, the live broadcast room of the press conference was even more lively. As Lin Xiao began to introduce their craftsmanship, after comparing the data, the netizens who watched the live broadcast showed that they won the championship more than the LOL Huaguo team. Even more exciting.

Especially now the number of online viewers has risen from the original 20 viewers to more than 100 million.

More than 100 million real netizens saw the data given by Lin Xiao that beat TSMC's process, and their blood was already boiling.

Anyone in the mixed machine circle will be interested in chips, and as long as they are interested in chips, they often ridicule Samsung's technology and feel that TSMC is awesome.

As a result, now, they actually have a more powerful craft, and suddenly, they only feel that spring is coming.

"Xiong up! 』

"too strong! 』

"Blast again!What Asmail, Canon, Nikon, what TSMC, Samsung, take them all directly, five kills! 』

『Little JMC dares to fight against others?straight up

"We are number one!" 』

"Lin Shen: There is no one who can fight! 』

"Holy shit, how many Kirin 9000s were produced?Is this considered Kirin 9000s?When will Warwick start selling mobile phones? 』

"Awesome 666! 』

"Lin Shen is too strong!In this life, I only serve Lin Shen alone! 』

"Who dares to disobey God Lin?Get him! 』

"..."

The barrage seems to be able to fill the entire screen, and every netizen vented their aggrieved feeling that they were not as good as outsiders.

This day, every netizen will always remember it!

Chapter 3 The Genius of Geniuses

The conference site.

The excitement of the Chinese people was in stark contrast to the silence of representatives of companies like Asmail.

On the stage, Lin Xiao looked at the reactions of everyone in the audience, with a calm smile on his face, but the same joy in his heart.

The grievances of the past will all become the past in the present.

He let out a long breath, and then he said with a smile: "Okay, everyone, today's introduction to the two important achievements of our X-ray project will come to an end."

"Next, it's time for questions. If you have any questions, you can ask them now."

Lin Xiao stood on the stage, looking at everyone below, waiting for someone to raise their hand.

However, the people below were all stunned. Lin Xiao, the chief designer, answered the question himself?

And it seems that he still intends to face the problem alone.

Aren't you afraid of some malicious questions?

Of course, since Lin Xiao dared to stand on the stage, it obviously showed that he was not worried about these things.

Immediately, many people below became interested, and many reporters present also became interested. They already had a lot of questions they wanted to ask.

Ever since, in the auditorium, many hands were quickly raised.

Among them is the chief technology officer of TSMC.

Lin Xiao on the stage glanced at the people who raised their hands, and finally pointed to the chief technology officer, and said with a smile, "Come on."

After the chief technology officer stood up, he asked with a full Kojima accent: "Mr. Lin, I am Huang Hui, chief technology officer of TSMC, and I have two questions I would like to ask you."

After hearing the questioner declare his family name, everyone present couldn't help but startled.

TSMC CTO?

It turned out that the friend businessman Lin Xiao mentioned just now was also there, and he was even the chief technology officer, which is interesting.

What questions will he ask?

And Lin Xiao smiled and said, "Ask."

Huang Hui nodded, and then said: "First of all, I would like to know the sales date and price of your X-lithography machine? When can our foundries start ordering?"

Hearing Huang Hui's words, all the Hua people present laughed.

This clearly shows that they are greedy.

Although their X-ray machines do not need to seek the approval of people from these individual regions and foreigners, it is still a refreshing thing for them to see this scene.

But Huang Hui has nothing to say about this. It’s not a shame to make money. If all their EUV lithography machines are replaced with X-lithography machines, their annual profit will increase by ten figures, or in US dollars.

Regarding this question, Lin Xiao smiled and said: "We haven't made a decision on this aspect, but in the future we will separate these two technologies and run them separately, one is engaged in the production of X-lithography machines, The other one will be engaged in the chip foundry business, so if this is taken into account, our X-lithography machine will first satisfy our chip foundry company.”

"As for other details, you'd better ask about the news you want after the establishment of these two companies."

Huang Hui's face suddenly showed disappointment.

If the X-lithography machine satisfies Huaguo's foundry first, God knows how much it will cost, and maybe they won't sell it to them by then!

And this is very possible. With the 3.56nm wavelength of the X-lithography machine, coupled with the advantage of not needing a mask plate, and their chip technology advantages, he seems to have seen the scene where TSMC’s profits suffered a huge loss. up!

Originally, he thought that the birth of the X-ray machine would be a blessing for them!

Thinking of this, he became more and more worried, and then he also asked the second question: "Thank you Mr. Lin for your answer, so what I want to ask now is the second question, the real 5nm process you mentioned just now , does it refer to the gate length?"

When he asked this question, he immediately stared at Lin Xiao closely, he wanted to make sure whether his guess just now was true.

And of course, not only the people from TSMC, but also other companies such as Samsung, Asmer, and even the representative of Intel from the United States are also keeping a close eye on Lin Xiao.

Intel has its own chip factory, but they have only produced their own chips, and technically speaking, the 12nm process used by their current 10th generation CPU has better performance than TSMC's 7nm process in terms of final performance. , so Intel is also a top chip factory in the world, but they don't accept OEMs.

Prior to this, Intel has always shown contempt for the technology of foundries such as TSMC and Samsung. Moore is one of the founders of Intel Corporation.

However, the X5 technology announced by Lin Xiao is really beyond their imagination. Even though they only use their own factory to produce their own chips, what if the guy from the massage parlor finds this Huaguo company as an OEM?

As a feud, Intel, which has squeezed toothpaste in 2022, absolutely does not want the voice of "AMD-yes!" to appear on the market again.

In this way, under the attention of so many manufacturers, Lin Xiao smiled slightly and said: "Yes, our X5 process, the real 5nm process, is a process with a gate length of 5nm!"

At any rate, it was the technology that he spent 45 truth points to redeem. If he can't reach this top level, it would be a real loss.

As for saying it directly, there is no problem at all, because after they take out the chips they produced, others can test it casually to know whether it is true or not, so there is no need to hide it at this time.

And as he announced it, representatives of companies such as TSMC and Intel all showed expressions of disbelief.

This is actually true!

The guess was confirmed, and Huang Hui felt as if he was hit in the heart.

He opened his mouth and murmured, "This... makes no sense..."

He raised his head suddenly and asked, "How did you solve the leakage problem? Did you use surrounding gate transistors?"

Lin Xiao smiled, "I don't need to explain this question to you, because it's useless to explain, so, Mr. Huang, please sit down, I need to answer the next question."

It's useless to explain?

Huang Hui was a little puzzled, but Lin Xiao asked him to sit down now, even though he was a little unwilling, he finally sat down.

Then, Lin Xiao asked Asmail's representative to stand up.

His first two questions were directly asked by the two biggest competitors. This also made everyone present admire Lin Xiao's self-confidence. Of course, they were also amazed by it. This is the advantage of technology!

If you have the technology, you will have confidence, so naturally you don't have to worry about any questions your competitors will ask.

However, the representative of Asmer obviously showed some malicious intentions, and he asked: "Mr. Lin, I am the Chief Technology Officer of Asmer, when you introduced your X-ray machine just now, did you I haven’t introduced the stability of your lithography machines, how long can they support the operation? What is the life expectancy? Can they work continuously for a month? Please don’t evade this question.”

Lin Xiao smiled, "Our lithography machine has only been checked once since it was turned on, and it has been running continuously without any downtime. In addition, our X-ray light source does not have to worry about air pollution. The presence of impurities, the wavelength of X-ray is enough to ignore any ordinary impurities, unless you want to say that there is a lead plate with a thickness of 1.5mm floating in the air, so, if it is not for the purpose of contaminating the surface of the wafer and ensuring stability, we are not even going to Keep the vacuum inside the lithography machine."

"So, I believe that in terms of stability, it should be better than the EUV lithography machine."

The people present couldn't help laughing.

Asmail's representative's face sank, and then his eyes became playful again, and asked: "So, how do you respond, our former president leaked the confidential facts of our EUV lithography machine to you? According to my knowledge You know, in your official media announcement, the main technical difficulties of the X-ray machine were all solved by you alone, but now it seems that this is not the case, and no matter what, one person can solve so many different problems. Field problems, even a genius is impossible."

"As a matter of fact, we, Asmail, have been researching and developing the X-lithography machine for many years. Many technologies about your X-lithography machine belong to our technology. You are a thief in a grandiose manner. , is it a little shameless?"

As soon as this question was asked, the audience was in an uproar.

The Chinese audience began to scold.

"Gringoes get out!"

"You guys directed and acted on your own, and you actually have the nerve to come over and touch porcelain?"

"shameless!"

And in the live broadcast room, after someone translated these words on the bullet screen, there was a quarrel in the live broadcast room, and every bullet screen cursed.

"How dare you put gold on your face, that's what Asmail is like."

"Technology is not good, courage is commendable"

"How shameless! 』

"..."

Under the excitement of the crowd, everyone is also looking forward to how Lin Xiao will respond next.

Whether in the studio or on the spot.

In a position in the front row of the auditorium, Ma Gaoliang also frowned. Before, they felt that there was no need for a questioning session. Even if a questioning session was arranged, other professionals could answer the questions, but in the end Lin Xiao said that he would answer the questions himself. , They can't persuade them, they can only let Lin Xiao go.

And since Lin Xiao intends to answer these questions by himself, he must face these deliberately difficult questions.

In this regard, they can only expect Lin Xiao to give a good answer.

At this moment, the smile on Lin Xiao's face on the stage has not changed at all because of the question of the person in front of him.

Then, he said calmly: "First of all, about your former president leaking the secrets about the X-ray machine to me—"

Lin Xiao showed a puzzled expression on his face: "The technology I solved includes an ultra-precision polishing technology, but isn't your ultra-precision polishing technology handed over to Zeiss? Could it be that your president still Stealing Zeiss company secrets?"

"In addition, I also solved the problem of the RDX lens. If you can make it, you still need to stand here and ask me? Probably you have already built an X-ray machine."

"As for the dual-table technology, oh, it looks like it's a secret that you can leak, but your former president revealed it to us while poaching the experts in our X-ray program who were responsible for overcoming this technology. confidential."

"Is there something wrong with him or something wrong with you?"

Lin Xiao shook his head, showing a look of "this person is hopeless", and then continued: "In addition, I also agree with what you said, a genius really cannot solve so many problems by himself."

"But you may overlook the special value of genius among geniuses, and unfortunately, I am."

"So what you think is impossible, I can do."

"Thank you, next."

"..."

Chapter 311 Prepare them to lose the market