The black technology empire started with a debt of one billion

America February 2017, 1.

Brian Krzanich asked Glenn Hinton to gather all engineers to evaluate the Xingtian 2 generation.

Because they haven't seen the real thing and don't understand the situation of Xingtian 2nd generation, they can only evaluate it through the parameters given by Orion, but the parameters of Xingtian 2nd generation still shocked everyone.

"Head, before I saw the real thing, I suspected that they made up this parameter. How can 28nm accommodate so many cores? Even if it really accommodates so many cores, how big is this chip? And its power consumption is so small. It’s only 45 watts, and this parameter is not logical at all.” Nasu Henriquez looked at Glenn Hinton and said.

"This 1GB level three cache is simply unreasonable. How can it be possible to use so much cache? Needless to say, this parameter is definitely false." Another engineer, Virgil Schack, said.

"No, I think this design makes sense. This may be a more advanced unified memory architecture. If the system files are directly cached on it, will the system's running speed be doubled?" Glenn Hinton looked at it Asked several people.

Of course, caching the system directly in the level 3 cache is Glenn Hinton's personal conjecture. As for what such a large cache is used for, he also has certain conjectures.

But the engineers present felt that Glenn Hinton was right.

If the system files are cached directly in the level 3 cache, the system running speed can be increased by at least 2 times or even higher.

In the early days when solid-state drives were not yet popular, some people developed a memory software in order to improve the running speed of the system. Through this software, the memory was made into a virtual hard disk, and then the system was installed on the virtual hard disk made of memory.

Reading data directly from memory is nearly ten times faster than reading from hard disk.

If Deep Blue Technology puts certain modules into the level 3 cache, it can definitely greatly improve the system running speed.

In other words, it is still possible for a chip designed in this way to surpass 28nm with 14nm. The only disadvantage is the chip size and power consumption.

"So how do they control the size and power consumption of the chip?" asked Balco Murray, sitting across from Glenn Hinton.

"Although China can't produce cutting-edge photolithography machines yet, they can handle the packaging machine. The chip volume can be solved through 3D packaging. They must use 3D packaging technology to solve the volume problem. Maybe they will The packaging technology can also reduce power consumption.

The Xingtian chip itself is a low-power chip, and it is normal for them to control it at 45 watts. ” said Glenn Hinton.

Everyone was surprised when they heard Glenn Hinton's explanation. 3D packaging can indeed solve the volume problem, and China's packaging technology is not lagging behind.

Deep Blue Technology is likely to solve the chip size problem in this way.

"What the boss said makes sense." Gil Shake nodded.

"I'm going to report this to the boss. You can use the idea I just mentioned to design based on the I7 8900K, add 1GB of level 4 cache to it, and put some system files on the level 4 cache to run. Look at this. Can the design improve the running speed of the chip?" Glenn Hinton got up and left the office after saying this.

The engineers present also began to take action after hearing Glenn Hinton's words.

If Cao Mang knew the content of their chat, Cao Mang would definitely say that Glenn Hinton was definitely the Son of Destiny, because the level 2 cache of Xingtian 3 was indeed used in this way, but he was only half correct.

If you want to further improve the performance of the chip, you must integrate the memory into the CPU. The memory integrated into the CPU is called priority memory, which is used to run programs with higher priority. Programs with lower priority are run in external memory.

If they just add a large cache to the CPU, the improvement will only be about 10%. And if they want to enjoy this large cache, they will have to make magical modifications to the system, which involves far more work than they imagined. is much more complicated.

Although the Orion ladder list will display chip information, it will not tell you detailed information.

Office of the President of Intel.

After Glenn Hinton came over, Brian Krzanich immediately asked him to sit down.

"How's your assessment?" Brian Krzanich asked.

"Boss, we think it is indeed possible for Deep Blue Technology's Xingtian 2 to achieve this performance." Glenn Hinton said.

"Reason." Brian Krzanich asked calmly.

"First of all, Deep Blue is ahead of us in chip architecture design. This can be seen from Xingtian 1 generation. The same ARM architecture Xingtian is twice as leading as Fruit A10X. In addition, I suspect that they have made a breakthrough in packaging technology. They should use more advanced 3D packaging technology.

Only by stacking the chips together and using more advanced 3D packaging technology can the size of the chip be reduced.

Solving power consumption through packaging technology is a very common method in the semiconductor industry. ” said Glenn Hinton.

"You go back and write an evaluation report for me, and send it to me before two o'clock." Brian Krzanich said.

"Okay, boss." Glenn Hinton nodded.

Brian Krzanich sent a message to Semiconductor Association board members that an emergency meeting had been called after Glenn Hinton left.

In the blink of an eye, it’s 2:[-] in the afternoon.

Brian Krzanich turned on his computer and logged into the Semiconductor Association's online conference room. At this time, all the board members participating in the meeting had already logged into the online conference room.

“Last night, the president of Deep Blue called me and warned me that if we don’t lift the restrictions on HMBSR and KOS, they will enter the PC market to compete. You should have received the report I sent.

If Deep Blue Technology really enters the PC market, we will lose the entire Chinese market within a year, and we will lose the entire Asian market within two years.

By then, not only the CPU field will be hurt, but also the graphics card and memory fields will be hurt. This will be an unprecedented disaster.

At that time, the entire financial system will be brought down by the semiconductor industry, and a new round of financial crisis will definitely come at that time.

Desi, I hope the Semiconductor Association will lift the restrictions on Deep Blue Group. ” said Brian Krzanich.

"Su, how true is Brian?" Desi Lucifergues didn't really believe Brian's words, so he asked Aunt Su, who was also a member of the council.

"I have asked the R&D department to conduct an evaluation before this. The authenticity of this report is very high." Aunt Su replied.

"Huang, have you evaluated this report?" Desi Lucifer asked Lao Huang again.

"The feasibility is over 90%." Lao Huang replied.

Sanjay Melotra was shocked when he heard the conversation between several people. He must not lift the restrictions on Deep Blue Technology. Once the Semiconductor Association lifts the restrictions on Deep Blue, Micron will fall immediately.

He finally sold the Huaxia packaging factory, and Micron was able to recover as a result, and memory orders have just picked up due to restrictions.

If the Semiconductor Association lifts restrictions on Deep Blue at this time, then his previous efforts will definitely be in vain.

However, Sanjay Melotra did not know that he had been betrayed by Sanjay Melotra and Aunt Su.

It won't be long before the cracked version of BIOS will be circulated on the Internet. By then, Micron's memory will not be sold. For them, Micron will die if it dies, as long as their products sell well.

From the perspective of businessmen, they hope that memory manufacturers such as Micron will fail. When memory manufacturers such as Micron fail, they can take the opportunity to acquire these manufacturers. With memory technology, they will have more confidence to deal with Deep Blue.

"Desi, we cannot lift the restrictions on Deep Blue. Once we lift the restrictions on Deep Blue, the entire memory industry will collapse." Sanjay Melotra said hurriedly.

"If Deep Blue enters the PC field, in addition to CPUs, they will also make graphics cards. I would like to ask everyone here, who is Deep Blue Technology's opponent?" Lao Huang asked.In fact, Lao Huang and Aunt Su are the ones in the entire association who are least willing to see Deep Blue Technology enter the PC market.

why?
Why not Brian Krzanich but the two of them?
Because both companies produce graphics cards, you must know that not long after Deep Blue released Magic Eye, 99% of companies used Magic Eye to develop games.

Once Deep Blue Technology produces graphics cards, they will not even have the ability to resist. You must know that graphics cards do not necessarily require the latest technology. Even 28 nanometers can produce very powerful performance.

他们上一代的旗舰显卡GTX980就是用28纳米制造出来的，GTX980跟他们现在的旗舰1080TI性能也只是相差了25%。

However, the production and R&D costs of the two are very different. What's more, now that Orion exists, the R&D cost of the chip has dropped by 60%.

If Deep Blue Technology enters the PC market, they will have no ability to resist.

In the past, they could cooperate with engine companies and manipulate Deep Blue's graphics cards in terms of game optimization, but now everyone uses Deep Blue's engine for development, which means that only Deep Blue limits them and they do not have the possibility to limit Deep Blue.

What's more, their next-generation products have already used Deep Blue Technology's acceleration instructions.

If the two parties fall out and Deep Blue stops licensing them, they will really have no tears left to cry. Even if Deep Blue does not stop licensing them, it will be very uncomfortable if their graphics cards are not optimized.

This is why Lao Huang jumped out to object in the first place.

"Desi, if you lift the restrictions on Deep Blue, Deep Blue will erode the entire market step by step, and we will not even have a chance to resist." Sanjay Melotra said with an anxious expression.

"Sanjay is right, let's end this matter." Desi Lucifergus said after thinking about it.

Sanjay Melotra was relieved to hear Desi Lucifergas' decision.

China time on July 2017, 1.

Xingwei Computer Company in a certain computer city in Shanghai Computer City.

Niu Fushan is a technician at Xingwei Computer Company. The salesperson has not yet opened orders early in the morning, so he is very free in the morning. Usually he will visit the forum and learn computer knowledge.

A post on the forum caught his attention.

[Crack Intel and AMD restrictions, you can use HMBSR and KOS by slightly modifying the bios. 】

The person who posted the post explained in detail how Intel and AMD restrict HMBSR and KOS, and also included how to modify the bios to support HMBSR and KOS. In addition, he provided a one-click modification software.

You only need to load the motherboard's Bios file into the software to achieve one-click cracking.

After reading the entire post, Niu Fushan immediately borrowed a Gigabyte motherboard from the warehouse.

Gigabyte motherboards have dual BIOS technology. Even if one BIOS is damaged, it can be restored from the other BIOS.

As for plugging HMBSR memory and KOS hard disk into the new motherboard, there is no need to worry about whether it will burn the motherboard.

Replacing HMBSR memory or KOS hard disk will not be recognized at best.

After Niu Fushan downloaded the bios from the Internet, he immediately used the software on the forum to crack the bios.

Niu Fushan then connected the HMBSR memory or KOS to the new motherboard. When he pressed the switch, the motherboard did not sound an alarm. Three seconds later, the startup screen appeared on the LCD monitor.

"Damn it, it really works." Niu Fushan said in surprise.

Then he took out the dark blue MAX from his pocket, took a photo of the motherboard and sent it to the forum. In addition, he also shared the relevant information in chat groups and Weibo.

Mordu Computer City technician chat group.

"Lao Niu, are you finally willing to replace your broken computer with a new one?"

"Lao Niu, how do you get the H310M? If you want to buy it, just buy the Z370 and get the I7 8900K."

"Take a closer look at what kind of memory this is."

"Damn it, this is not Colorful's HMBSR memory."

"Damn it, it's not that the new generation I3 doesn't support HMBSR memory and KOS hard drive. How on earth did you do that?"

"You can go to Chiphell and have a look and you will know. Forget it, I will send you the link directly. Someone has cracked the manufacturer restrictions and supported it after cracking the BIOS."

Then Niu Fushan sent the forum link to the group, and the message quickly spread in the group. Major websites also frantically forwarded the message. The cracking incident soon became known to everyone in the industry.

Deep Blue Technology Industrial Park.

Deep Blue Semiconductor Sales General Manager's Office.

Because Intel and AMD have restrictions on HMBSR memory and KOS hard drives, Shang Shaoyu has had a lot of free time in the past two days.

Shang Shaoyu sat in front of the computer with his legs crossed, smoking a cigarette and watching the Moon Walk Alone.

"Ring~Ring~Ring"

Just when Gangzi appeared, the dark blue MAX placed on the table rang.

【Colorful Wu Nanfang】

"Mr. Wu, why did you call me when you had time?" Shang Shaoyu pressed the pause button and picked up the phone and asked with a smile.

"Mr. Shang, I want to place new orders for those previously canceled orders," Wu Nanfang said.

"Mr. Wu, what's going on?" Shang Shaoyu asked in confusion.

Wu Nanfang canceled a large part of the orders due to Intel and AMD restrictions. He could understand the cancellation of the orders, but Wu Nanfang suddenly called and said that he wanted to place another order, which confused him.

"I sent you a link on Deep Blue Chat. You can click on it and see for yourself. You can quickly help me get the contract and have the warehouse deliver the goods to me this afternoon." Wu Nanfang said.

"Okay, I'll hang up first." Shang Shaoyu hung up the phone after finishing speaking.

Then he opened DeepBlue Chat to check the link sent by Wu Nanfang. When he saw the content in the link, he was shocked. He just wanted to shout awesome to the master in the forum.

Through the content of the post, he learned that Intel and AMD only imposed restrictions on the BIOS and did not impose restrictions on HMBSR memory and KOS hard drives on the CPU. It is impossible to completely restrict HMBSR memory and KOS hard drives.

In other words, HMBSR memory and KOS hard drives can be sold for at least one to two years. (End of chapter)