From a university student to a chief academician

Chapter 232 The Potential of Carbon-Based Chips

Xia Guo, Kyoto, Science and Technology Department, Director's Office!
Geng Ye looked at the report with a frown, and said in his heart: "Hey...these people, they go after seeing the benefits, and don't consider the national level at all."

The domestic chip market has gone crazy for the past half year.

Several chip manufacturing companies invested by ASML have greatly reduced the price of low-end chips, and the shortage of high-end chips has increased prices.

"These companies are Xia Guo's chip manufacturing companies, and they do this."

"Although it can gain a lot of benefits, it is not good for Xia Country's entire chip market."

Geng Ye said helplessly: "However, it's not good for me to meddle in their affairs, hey..."

"It would be great if we had our own high-end chips, and we wouldn't be troubled by these foreigners."

At this time, the red landline on Geng Ye's desk rang.

"Huh?" Geng Ye frowned slightly when he saw the red phone ringing.

Know that the red phone will only ring unless there is an emergency.

He didn't dare to neglect, picked up the phone quickly, and said, "Hi, I'm Geng Ye!"

"Director Geng!" Qu Guangfu's voice came from the phone: "I am Qu Guangfu, the chairman of Xiaxin International."

Geng Ye asked, "Is there something wrong?"

"Director Geng, our chip research has been successful. Academician Ye has developed a lithography machine that can produce 12nm carbon-based chips."

"What?" Geng Ye leaned forward slightly, his eyes widened in shock, and he said in disbelief, "You mean a lithography machine that can produce 12nm carbon-based chips?"

"Not 22nm chip, not 28nm? 12nm?"

Qu Guangfu said loudly, "Director Geng, it's 12nm. You heard me right, it's 12nm."

"And it is a carbon-based chip. The performance of a 12nm carbon-based chip is ten times stronger than that of a 12nm silicon-based chip."

Geng Ye was startled when he heard this, and exclaimed loudly: "How is this possible, you didn't lie to me?"

"Director Geng, how dare I lie to you, if you don't believe me, you can come to my place to check."

"Okay, you wait for me." Geng Ye said: "I will go tomorrow."

"Director Geng, I look forward to your arrival!"

After hanging up the phone, Geng Ye thought for a while, then picked up the phone and called some people.

Geng Ye made more than 30 phone calls in a row.

During this day, he was on the phone in the office.

It seems to be informing someone to explain this matter.

And ask someone to go to Xiaxin International with him tomorrow.

"No matter what you have to do tomorrow, just decline it for me. Even if your wife has a baby, you have to come for me."

"This is very important, you must come."

"I have an early morning flight tomorrow, and we will gather at Modu Airport."

"..."

The next day, afternoon!
The entrance of Xiaxin International Research Base!

Ye Fei, Qu Guangfu and some directors of Xiaxin International stood at the door and waited.

After a long time, a white bus drove over and stopped at the entrance of the research base.

Then, a group of people descended from above, with Geng Ye leading the way.

This group of people are all academicians in the fields of Xia Guo chips, lithography machines, computers and materials.

In academia, people who stomp their feet can make their fields tremble.

But now they are all concentrated here.

Qu Guangfu greeted him with a smile, and said, "Director Geng, welcome!"

"Everyone, welcome, welcome to Xiaxin International Research Base."

After Geng Ye and Qu Guangfu shook hands, they walked towards Ye Fei.

"Academician Ye, hello, long time no see!"

Geng Ye stretched out his hand while speaking.

Ye Fei smiled and shook hands with Geng Ye: "Director Geng, hello!"

Geng Ye said: "Have you really developed a lithography machine that can manufacture 12nm carbon-based chips?"

When the people who followed Geng Ye heard what Geng Ye said, they all stared at Ye Fei silently and anxiously.

Ye Fei said: "Yes!"

Hearing this, Geng Ye breathed a sigh of relief, and then said excitedly, "Can the lithography machine produce 12nm chips?"

Ye Fei took out a fingernail-sized chip from his pocket and said, "This is a 12nm chip made by a photolithography machine."

Geng Ye carefully took the chip from Ye Fei, and held it in both hands, like the most precious treasure in the world.

The rest also wanted to get close to Geng Ye and watch the chip in Geng Ye's hand.

"Get out of the way, everyone out of the way." Seeing everyone approaching, Geng Ye quickly said, "Don't get too close."

When everyone heard this, they stopped immediately.

Geng Ye looked at Ye Fei and asked, "Is this a carbon-based chip?"

Ye Fei said: "Yes."

"I heard that its performance is ten times stronger than that of silicon-based chips at the same nanometer level."

"Yes!"

"Hiss..." Hearing Ye Fei's words, Geng Ye gasped in his heart.

He didn't believe Qu Guangfu's words, but he believed Ye Fei's words.

Geng Ye handed the chip to Ye Fei, waved his hands and said excitedly: "Go, go and see the lithography machine developed by Academician Ye."

Everyone walked in mightily.

After a while, they entered the lithography machine research institute.

Ye Fei took them into the laboratory where the lithography machine was located.

Through the glass, Ye Fei pointed to the lithography machine in the laboratory and said, "Director Geng, this is the newly developed lithography machine."

"The lithography machine can produce 12nm carbon-based chips, with a daily output of 48 chips. Excluding loss, 40 chips can be obtained per day."

Geng Ye nodded, this speed is very ordinary.

The speed of almost all lithography machines is the same, with a daily production of 48 chips, and 40 chips after removing losses.

Of course, they do not pursue speed for lithography machines, but only pursue the quality of the manufactured chips.

At this moment, there are five researchers in protective suits in the laboratory.

Ye Fei said into the microphone: "Start the lithography machine and start working."

The researchers quickly started the lithography machine.

In the blink of an eye, a chip is fabricated.

The researcher took the chip for testing, then came over with the chip and parameter sheet, and handed them over to Geng Ye.

After reading the parameter list, Geng Ye said in surprise: "The performance is really ten times that of silicon-based chips!"

The man who came with Geng Ye said: "Director Geng, in terms of performance, this chip is better than a 5nm silicon-based chip, and it can be used in all required fields."

"En!" Geng Ye nodded and said excitedly, "Now our country is finally no longer trapped by chips."

"By the way!" Geng Ye looked at Ye Fei and asked, "Academician Ye, from which countries did you import the parts of the lithography machine you developed?"

Before Ye Fei could speak, Qu Guangfu smiled and said, "Director Geng, when it comes to this, Academician Ye is really amazing. The lithography machine he developed is completely domestically produced and independent."

"Not only is the technology fully domestically produced, but even all parts are fully domestically produced."

"These parts can be produced by machines in Xiaguo."

"The technology and parts are completely domestically produced?" Geng Ye looked at Ye Fei in astonishment.

Ye Fei said: "Yes!"

When everyone heard this, the surprise in their hearts could not be expressed in words.

Originally, they were very surprised that Ye Fei had developed a lithography machine capable of producing 12nm chips.

Afterwards, the chip produced by the lithography machine developed by Ye Fei turned out to be ten times more powerful than the same nanoscale chip.

This surprised them even more.

And now it is even heard that the technology and parts of this lithography machine are completely domestically produced and independent.

All parts Xia Guo can be produced by machines.

That is to say, their lithography machines will not be blocked by foreign countries at any level.

Qu Guangfu said with a smile: "It's not a big deal, do you know what is the material for making carbon-based chips?"

Among the people who followed Geng Ye, one of them was a member of the Materials Academy of Xiaguo Academy of Sciences.

They have been developing lithography machines and chips.

The academician said: "It's graphene."

"Yes." Qu Guangfu said with a smile: "It is graphene, the raw material for the synthesis of high-purity graphene and C72 carbon nanotubes, and it is made into graphene sheets."

"The lithography machine is to lithography on this graphene sheet to produce a 12nm carbon-based chip."

Someone exclaimed: "That is to say, we have the upstream materials and midstream manufacturing of chips, and the rest are only downstream applications."

"Yes." Qu Guangfu nodded with a smile: "And the upper and middle reaches were all developed by Academician Ye with his own strength!"

Everyone looked at Ye Fei in amazement.

He is only 28 years old, but at the age of 28, Xia Guo has the upper and middle reaches of the chip by himself.

Downstream, Xia Guo's technology has always been quite strong.

That is to say, Xia Guo has a very complete chip chain.

Moreover, the chip quality developed by Ye Fei is the highest in the world.

It is much better than the 5nm chip quality with the best chip quality in the world.

Geng Ye clenched his fists tightly and said excitedly: "Okay, very good, our country finally has a complete chip chain, and it is the best quality chip chain in the world."

"With our country's chips, Western countries will not be able to catch up in more than ten years."

Ye Feidao: "Yes, unless they can discover high-purity graphene and develop a mass-manufacturing method for carbon nanotubes."

"In addition to these, carbon-based chips must be developed."

"It will take at least ten years for them to achieve our current technology."

Geng Ye laughed and said: "It's really a turn of events. Our chip technology was not as good as theirs before, and there was a ten-year gap with them, but now their chip technology is ten years behind ours, haha..."

Everyone smiled and nodded.

Ye Feidao: "In the past ten years, our chips will not stand still, but will grow rapidly."

"Theoretically, a carbon-based chip can perform a thousand times better than a silicon-based chip."

"And the performance of the chips we have developed is only ten times that of silicon-based chips, and we still have 990 times the room for growth."

Everyone was shocked when they heard this.

Someone exclaimed: "Is there still such a big room for growth?"

"Yes!" Ye Fei said, "And, what I'm talking about is the comparison with nano-scale carbon-based chips and silicon-based chips."

"On nanoscale chips, there are also 7nm, 5nm, 4nm, 3nm, 2nm and 1nm chips."

"However, the real field for carbon-based chips is not in nanoscale chips."

"It's on a picometer-scale chip."

Everyone gasped, and only then did they know why a carbon-based chip is called the brain of a quantum computer.

The growth space of carbon-based chips is terrible.

The chip that Ye Fei has developed now has not yet crossed the threshold of carbon-based chips.

After crossing the threshold, it is a picometer-level chip.

Such chips can only be used by quantum computers.

Geng Ye said: "We don't need to think so far, we have enough chips now."

"As for the longer term, that's a matter for the future, let's solve the immediate matter first."

"En!" Everyone nodded slightly.

Geng Ye looked at Qu Guangfu and said, "Director Qu, when will mass production be achieved?"

Qu Guangfu said: "Our company is planning mass production, and strives to make Xia Guo no longer lack chips within ten years."

"Okay!" Geng Ye said: "If you have any needs, just ask the country."

"I will!" Qu Guangfu laughed.

Geng Ye looked at Ye Fei and said, "Academician Ye, your contribution is indispensable. Your research has solved the biggest problem that has plagued our country. The country will never forget you."

Ye Fei smiled and said, "This is what I should do."

(End of this chapter)