From all-round academic master to chief scientist

"I guess Warwick is planning to invest in the X-ray project? 』

"Who knows?" Warwick is now the company that needs chips the most in the world, right? Lin Shen is also the chief architect of the X-ray project. The two of them were talking secretly, and there must be something important. 』

"I think this secret conversation is very suspicious. If it was really a secret conversation, how could the news be spread out so easily? 』

"It seems that it makes sense. The Dingguang Research Institute is now at the forefront of all domestic research institutes, and the things it studies are relatively advanced. It is basically a confidential unit. How can it be leaked so easily? It's secret"

"But, having said that, it seems that the X-ray project has not announced their progress for half a year, right? Could it be that this conversation with Warwick was related to their progress? 』

"Don't make random guesses. No matter how we guess, we might as well wait for others to announce the news. I believe Lin Shen will not let us down."

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This incident attracted the attention of many people.

After all, the X-ray project has been silent for a long time, especially since the Shan Tianbo incident, basically no news has been heard.

At this time, netizens thought that Shan Tianbo's departure would directly make it difficult to carry out the X-ray project.

Including later Lin Xiao ran over and proved a Hodge conjecture, which made many people think that Lin Xiao had chosen to give up, so he returned his attention to mathematics.

But now that there is news suddenly, many people who have been disappointed can't help but have fantasies at this time.

As a result, Lin Xiao's scarf account received a lot of "visit" inquiries from netizens.

However, to the disappointment of all netizens, Lin Xiao was still a dragon without any response on his neck.

Therefore, netizens can only give up and look forward to hearing good news one day.

However, Lin Xiao did not respond. Although the netizens who supported him were disappointed, they did not say anything. However, at this time, many discordant remarks took advantage of this moment and began to spread all kinds of unpleasant words.

"Haha, don't hold out hope. There has been no news for several months. What can't be explained? I used to brag about the X-ray project and the RDX science fiction material, and then there was no sound after one person left? Do you still want to build an X-ray lithography machine? I’ve been dreaming about it all day long.』

"It's just that Chinese people like to brag. They start bragging before things are successful, and then they become mute when something goes wrong. Now that Warwick is looking for Lin Xiao, aren't they just like the same people starting to cherish each other?" After 5G was launched, they boasted about 5G and talked about being the leader of 5G. However, they stopped as soon as they were sanctioned. Now this bullshit X-ray plan is also the same. What they said before was so awesome, but now there is no sound. Can you learn from others? Foreign country? How about bragging after success? 』

"..."

A bunch of malicious comments suddenly appeared, and the viciousness of the words made everyone who read these comments feel extremely disgusted.

"Damn it, my blood pressure went up after reading these idiotic comments. I almost didn't have a cerebral hemorrhage. What kind of person is this? He tries to belittle things that are good for the country. Now the country is being set up by people from abroad. Then Just to be sarcastic again, it’s difficult to go through the procedures for renouncement of nationality for 250 yuan, right? 』

"What's the difference between this kind of person and half a million people?" What is there to say to someone like this who is still kneeling? 』

"There are really strange people every year, especially this year. Do you know the significance of the success of the X-ray project?" Let me tell you one thing. When domestic memory sticks were not yet available, foreign manufacturers such as Samsung were either flooded or burned down. Then one memory stick rose to six to seven hundred yuan, and several memory sticks Just use a graphics card, but after the domestic memory modules came out, do you think any foreign manufacturers have done this kind of thing?

As long as the X-ray project succeeds, everyone will have the opportunity to use cheaper chips in the future, and the price of each mobile phone may be reduced by hundreds of yuan because of this. The most important thing is that we will no longer be controlled by foreign countries.

I have every reason to believe that people like this who are still bad-mouthing are traitors or foreign spies. Only this kind of people do not want our country to be better."

"I totally agree with the person above. This kind of person only dares to bully Lai Lai online. If he let me know the way to his house in real life, he would have to be admitted to the hospital tonight."

"..."

A war of words broke out on the Internet, but this is obviously normal for the Internet.

Of course, the reason for such a war of words is that the general discernment and self-confidence of the Chinese people are gradually building up.

Otherwise, if we were still in a society where public knowledge was rampant more than ten years ago, most of the people involved in this kind of quarrel would probably be the ones who thought that the X-ray plan was not feasible.

Of course, perhaps it is the people's gradually building self-confidence that has led foreign forces to change their past methods of using public knowledge to infiltrate, and instead use today's various methods to provoke social conflicts.

Nowadays, the method of provoking conflicts by taking advantage of the lack of follow-up of the X-ray project has obviously been used by these foreign forces.

As for who these foreign forces are, it is unknown.

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White House.

Office of the President.

"Have the intelligence agencies found anything about this matter?"

the president asked the secretary of state.

And what he asked about was about Warwick's X-ray plan.

The Secretary of State sighed helplessly and said: "Not at the moment. Warwick's confidentiality is relatively strong, and we have not found any actions on the X-ray project."

"The only thing we know now is that the location where the X-ray project is carried out, that is, the Dingguang Research Institute, has built a first-class dust-free workshop. This type of workshop is specially prepared for integrated circuits at the micron level and below."

The president suddenly frowned.

Hua Guo’s X-ray project specially built a first-level dust-free workshop?

Are they going to start making chips?

"Tell me, what does this mean?"

The Secretary of State replied: "This is not something we should worry too much about, because our intelligence points out that their first-level dust-free workshop has been built since the beginning of the Light Project, so this does not mean that they Building this workshop means they have succeeded.”

"The only thing that puzzles me is that after they built this workshop, we observed that more freight vehicles entered the Dingguang Research Institute. Especially among the freight vehicles, many of them were transporting key components. special vehicle."

"In addition, during the recent period, we have observed that many special freight vehicles have entered the Dingguang Research Institute. According to confirmation, they include etching machines produced by their China Microelectronics Company."

The president looked confused, "Etching machine?"

"Etching machines are the second most critical equipment in semiconductor production. Even in recent years, the cost of purchasing etching machines by chip foundries has exceeded that of photolithography machines. And the etching machines produced by their Huawei Semiconductor Company are technically They are also world-class, we cannot impose restrictions in this regard, and they have mastered key patented technologies."

The Secretary of State said: "However, this makes me confused. If their X-ray engraving machine has not been built yet, why do they buy an etching machine?"

The Secretary of State also frowned deeply.

Could it be that Lin Xiao was deliberately taking advantage of this to deceive them?

Let them think more?

The president was silent for a moment, and then asked: "Do you think it is possible that they have built the X-ray lithography machine they are talking about?"

The Secretary of State immediately shook his head: "This is impossible. They can't be so fast. It's like they haven't announced that they have successfully built a double workbench technology."

"What if they hid the news?" the president said.

The Secretary of State still said: "This probability is very small. Every time their X-ray plan has a major breakthrough, they will definitely announce the news in time, especially the dual workbench technology. Once they succeed, they will definitely announce it immediately, and then from there In response to the doubts from the outside world, after all, due to the departure of their important scientist named Shan Tianbo, they have encountered a lot of doubts from the outside world."

But the more the president heard what the Secretary of State said, the more he felt uneasy and said, "Are you sure? This matter is related to our global strategy."

The Secretary of State patted his chest and said with a smile: "Don't worry, my Mr. President, I can guarantee with my position that they will not be able to build a complete photolithography machine in a short time."

Seeing the Secretary of State's assurance, the President said no more and nodded: "Then I hope your judgment is correct until our Plan C is successfully implemented."

The Secretary of State nodded and said very relaxedly: "Of course, please rest assured. Even if we take a step back, even if they really build it, they will not have the corresponding production process to make good use of their light." Keji, this matter is not that easy."

"Yeah, that's true."

The president nodded. Indeed, as the Secretary of State said, there is still the most critical production process. If they don't solve this matter, what if they build a photolithography machine?

But after their Plan C succeeds, all this will no longer be a problem.

…

In addition to the White House, there are many foreign forces paying attention to this incident. For example, Asmail is also very concerned. Of course, like the Secretary of State, there are also many people who do not believe that the X-ray plan can succeed so quickly. .

No one would think that the X-ray plan could continue normally after losing one of its generals.

But no one would have thought that the X-ray plan was still going ahead and had reached the final stage.

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October 1st, today is the National Day in 2022.

People who have entered the holidays have started their own entertainment, traveling, partying, and clubbing. Without the worries of the epidemic, society is still thriving.

At the same time, Dingguang Research Institute, a first-class dust-free workshop.

Unlike the workshop a month and a half ago, when the workshop was still very empty, this time, the newly added "furniture" almost filled the workshop.

These new "furniture" are naturally the machines that are indispensable in the chip production process that Lin Xiao purchased.

Etching machines, particle storage machines, oxidation furnaces, deposition equipment...

Various equipments such as these make the entire workshop look a lot more upscale.

At this time, in a relatively empty place in the workshop, Lin Xiao stood at the front, and what he faced were everyone in the X-ray project.

Facing so many people present, he raised a loudspeaker in his hand and said: "Today is our first official tape-out."

"Similarly, it will also be the first day when our lithography machine is officially turned on."

"And starting from today, we will dedicate to the country the first chip we made ourselves!"

"I won't say any more nonsense. Everyone, go back to your posts and start your first job!"

Everyone present responded excitedly: "Yes!"

Then, they quickly dispersed and went to their respective posts, preparing to start their first tape-out.

Tape-out is a key step in chip production. Simply put, it is the trial production of chips.

Of course, generally speaking, tape-out is for chip design companies. Whether the designed chip can achieve the expected performance is very important to the chip design company. Failure to tape-out means that they have to redesign the chip.

Lin Xiao and the others are obviously not designing chips now. After all, the Kirin 9000 they are about to produce is a very successful chip. Their tape-out is to verify whether their production process can produce chips.

Of course, Lin Xiao was very confident about this.

Soon, everyone stood at their posts, waiting for the order to start the machine.

At this time, Lin Xiao was already standing next to the main switch.

Next to him, Yang Kaiping, Chen Yuanchun, Kong Huaan, etc., everyone looked at Lin Xiao.

Wait for him to pull the most critical switch.

Lin Xiao closed his eyes, and after a moment of waiting, he pulled up the switch in his hand.

All equipment in the workshop is powered on.

Then, the staff standing at their respective posts began their work.

A silicon wafer is evenly coated with photoresist, then put into their X-ray lithography machine. It is transported to the workbench through a robotic arm, and then scanned, and then photolithography begins.

Invisible and colorless X-rays, carrying huge energy, pass through the RDX pure silicon crystal lens and shine on the photoresist.

Those X-rays turned into 3.56nm knives, carving nanometer cities on the plain silicon wafer.

Numerous nano-tall buildings have been "digged out". If you look at it from an atomic perspective, then this is probably a cyberpunk city.

And if you look at it from a human perspective, a technological creation that represents the crystallization of all human wisdom is born.

Likewise, this is also a 100% domestic chip.

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