Minke's black technology

Chapter 128 Brand New Structure

The person in charge of tape-out is a military chip manufacturer hired by the relevant department. Although they are not well-known in China, their experience in chips is solid. They are considered top-notch domestically, and even if they are placed in the international arena, they are also first-class.

At least they have been exposed to a wide variety of chip designs, which are much better than those who specialize in the production of commercial chips, especially the dismantling and imitation of military chips in many countries, and they are very familiar with the current development direction of chips.

In their own words, there are no chips in the world that have not been seen!

"Which chip company's design is this!" asked the supervisor in charge of tape-out.

"What's wrong? Is there a problem?"

Xie Linger felt a little puzzled. In her opinion, even if the AI ​​chip is different from ordinary chips, its basic structure should come from the same source. Simple tape-out should not be difficult for this military chip research and development institute.

"I have never seen such a chip structure scheme!"

The director of chip research and development saw Xie Linger's puzzled expression, so he explained: "This is a brand new structure, which is completely different from the current international mainstream chip design. If you want to tape it out, you have to follow the process on the design drawings you provided. It may be easy to say but it is not that simple to rearrange the tape-out steps.”

Xie Ling'er felt a little confused when she heard this: "The tape-out can't be done?"

"It's not that it can't be done, but the price is very high!"

The director of chip research and development carefully looked at the parameters of the design drawings, estimated in his heart and said: "I think the chip you gave should be 27nm technology, and it will cost about 1 million yuan to develop the chip. Having said that, your chip Why did you choose to use 27nm? Not to mention that this level of chip technology is about to be eliminated, and the specifications are not in line with international practices? It's really strange..."

"So can you take orders and do it?"

Xie Linger did not explain the source of the design plan to the other party. After all, the Meow Star Laboratory is considered a sensitive department in China. Even if it is a private enterprise laboratory, if the plan comes from Li Maoye, it may be another black technology.

The director of chip research and development stretched out his hand: "I will do it for the money!"

The tape-out fee of 1 million seems really scary, much higher than ordinary chips.But this is a brand-new process design process, even if Xie Linger wants to bargain, she can't find any problems.

The amount of money was a bit beyond expectations, so Xie Linger hurriedly called Li Maoye to ask Li Maoye, and the money would arrive immediately after getting permission.

"Are you sure you want to tape out according to the above design?"

The head of chip research and development was also shocked by the arrogance of spending a lot of money, and couldn't help but confirm it again, so as not to create a useless chip after the tape-out was successful.

"You don't have to worry about this, just follow our requirements." Xie Linger replied.

Of course, she can't follow the tape-out all the time. After she arranges things properly, she will immediately hand them over to the people below her to follow up. She only needs to report the progress of the tape-out every day. Anyway, professional things have already been done by professionals. Just sit and wait.

The efficiency of this chip research and production institute is also very high. When the money is in place, people will be arranged to do it immediately. They don't ask what the chip with this strange structural design is used for. They follow the design drawings step by step to complete the process steps. .

However, when the AI ​​chip tape-out was successful, the head of chip R&D felt a little strange: "The yield rate is 100%? There is no problem at all! Is this because our employees are skilled, or is the chip design plan provided by the other party awesome?"

No one could give him an answer to such a question.

After the tape-out was successful, the head of chip research and development had people conduct routine tests to see what level of computing performance the chip could achieve.

A total of 10 chips were produced, each of which was tested, and the results were astonishing. These 27nm chips can actually exceed the computing level of 5nm chips!
"Is there a mistake?" The head of chip research and development couldn't believe that these data were true, which simply violated the scientific common sense he had learned, as if someone told him that the sun came out from the west.

"Report to the supervisor! After we got the data, we repeated the test three times for each chip, and the results were the same."

Of course, the people in the research institute will not make low-level mistakes. They also know the general situation of the calculation data of ordinary chips, but what happened in front of them is really outrageous. The 27nm chip is actually higher than the 5nm chip?
It is really incomprehensible!
The head of chip research and development couldn't explain this phenomenon either. After thinking about it, he felt that this matter was weird, especially because the chip design was tapered by a layman like Xie Linger, and usually not only acquaintances would find I came to ask him for help, but in the end...

"Wait! This kind of chip structure has never existed before. Could it be the result of secret research and development by the relevant department?" The chip research and development supervisor thought that he had accidentally come into contact with the truth, but he didn't dare to ask Xie Linger for confirmation.

"Everyone, don't spread this matter to the outside world!"

The director of chip research and development said to the people present: "Even if someone asks, you must not speak out without my consent, understand?"

After getting everyone's reply, the head of chip research and development turned his attention to the design pattern. He thought about the value contained in this chip structure. If the CPU chip and graphics card chip can be redesigned according to this chip structure plan, then Isn't it bypassing the patent fortress of Western countries?
So a bold idea kept churning in his mind.

……

Li Maoye didn't care about the small episodes of these tape-outs at all. After getting the chip from Xie Linger, he immediately burned the underlying AI command program into it. In addition to the unique structure of these chips, they also need specific programs to run. A certain level of AI intelligence.

Moreover, once this chip is successfully burned, it cannot be modified again. This is a means to prevent the AI ​​program from being tampered with.

"Get ready together, only owe the east wind!"

Li Maoye put all ten chips into the box and installed them, planning to install the AI ​​chips and use them after the lab boys finished building the robots.

But a phone call messed up his plans.

"Someone from SMIC is looking for me? Is there anything urgent?"

Li Maoye felt a little strange, he had no contact with the other party at all, how could he have important matters to discuss?When I asked the other party, I couldn’t explain clearly. Sometimes I asked him if he understood chip design, and sometimes I asked him if he had time to go to Shanghai.

"No time!"

For this kind of inexplicable invitation, he has always refused to give good impressions to the other party, especially this phone number is basically only known by acquaintances, and he does not understand why the other party will know.

I thought this was the end of the matter, but unexpectedly the problem became more troublesome.

(End of this chapter)