From all-round academic master to chief scientist

As Lin Xiao said "We have controlled the X-ray", the originally black big screen behind him suddenly began to appear light spots, and gradually, these light spots became clearer and clearer, until finally, these light spots became Forming an "X" outline.

This animation is very cool and brings a good sense to the people present. At the same time, this conference is also live broadcast online, and any netizen can come in and watch.

The X-ray lithography machine has attracted the attention of many netizens before, so even if they don’t understand this kind of professional machine, there are still netizens coming in, and there are many of them.

In the live broadcast room, there are already more than 200,000 netizens watching, and the barrage in the live broadcast room is also non-stop.

"Ohhhhhhh!" 』

"Come on, this opening animation is so cool! 』

"Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah! Lin Shen! Ah ah ah ah ah! 』、

"Show-show-way, don't be so excited when you see Lin Xiao. If you want to learn, just learn from me. God Lin, I will give birth to a monkey for you!" 』

"Lin Shen is so handsome!" 』

"Stop talking about God Lin, call me Master Lin!" 』

There are more than 200,000 netizens, and the barrages are flowing very fast.

After all, this press conference is a press conference that witnesses the rise of China again!

Every netizen wants to see with their own eyes how excellent their lithography machines are!

Of course, amidst the excitement of netizens in the live broadcast room, the press conference was also going on, and the "X" on the big screen became clearer and clearer. Obviously, this represented their lithography machine, which uses X-rays as the light source. Of course, this is also their lucky name for the lithography machine. It is called X, or it can also be called X-I, which means a generation of X-ray lithography machine.

In addition, among the audience present, there are also colleagues from photolithography machine manufacturers, such as people from Asmail, Nikon and Canon. As the three giants of photolithography machines, it is impossible for them to miss this conference. , In fact, before the press conference started, X-ray Project actively invited them to send people to attend.

Seeing this scene, although they were still expressionless, they actually felt very envious in their hearts. As for the reason for their envy, it was also very simple. They didn't know how much money they spent and invested in studying EUV and DUV light sources. Funds, especially in order to increase the output power of the light source, they spent a lot of effort, especially in the research of EUV light sources. Asmail, as the sole monopolist, has something to say.

The time and money they spent on the EUV light source were just short of delaying their purchase.

On the other hand, the X-rays used in the X-ray plan are almost as good as off-the-shelf ones.

Because the X-ray light source was developed nearly half a century earlier than the EUV light source.

After Röntgen discovered X-rays in his research in 1895, people quickly realized that this thing could be used for medical purposes, so the research on X-ray sources has not stopped since then, so the X-ray plan is to pick up Ready-made is also absolutely correct.

Such a sense of disparity made the people below from Asmail think more and more bitterly, and finally snorted: "He's just a lucky guy."

Of course, Lin Xiao on the stage did not hear what this person said. If he had known about it, he would only laugh a few times and then laugh it off.

At this time, in the animation on the big screen behind, the X became clearer and clearer. However, at this time, people could find that the lines of the , of course, for people in many industries present, they all know that this pattern should be the circuit of the chip.

Then, the animation started to move, and the original X began to enlarge, and finally it was like passing through the This is the RDX lens, a material that was considered impossible before its birth. After its birth, it immediately caused a sensation in the world as a science fiction item.

When seeing this thing, people who don't know how difficult the technology is will only shout "666" at most. But people who know how difficult the material technology is will have different expressions on their faces at this time, such as surprise, these are basically They are people from the country, and then there are people with complex expressions, admiration and jealousy. Such people naturally come from colleagues like Asmail.

If the light source of the X-ray lithography machine is used off-the-shelf, then this RDX lens is absolutely an incredible miracle in their eyes.

Chinese scientists were actually able to create this incredible material, which is just like the KBBF laser crystal back then.

But the KBBF laser crystal can still be understood scientifically, but for this RDX lens, they don't even know how it was made.

It's incredible.

Therefore, they had to feel a little admired or even jealous. Why didn't they master this technology first?

The picture on the stage was also enlarged again, passing through the RDX lens, and the angle of view gradually zoomed out, and the full view of the X-ray engraving machine appeared in front of everyone.

A square and square machine, the whole body seems to be discernible with light, and on its shell, a silver-white X is engraved on it, adding a sense of mystery to this machine that represents the world's top technology.

At this time, Lin Xiao also smiled and said: "Okay everyone, this is our X-ray engraving machine."

"It uses an X-ray lithography machine and adopts a digital mask method, which is generally a mask-less technology, and then passes through the RDX lens to achieve precise engraving of the chip."

Lin Xiao said: "As for how excellent the performance of our X-ray lithography machine is, I won't talk nonsense to you and will go directly to the data."

“First, in terms of production efficiency, our X-ray lithography machine can process an average of 285 12-inch silicon wafers per hour. Compared with the latest EUV lithography machine from Asmail in the Netherlands, our production efficiency is higher than theirs. As much as 40 percent higher.”

As soon as this data came out, everyone in the industry sat up one after another with shock on their faces.

The production efficiency of X-ray lithography machine is so high?

Although previously based on theory, X-ray lithography machines should indeed be more productive than EUV lithography machines, this is now a bit too far-fetched.

In particular, it is more than 40% higher than that of EUV lithography machines.

Of course, Lin Xiao's operation of comparing with the "friends and businessmen" on the spot, especially when the "friends and businessmen" were still present, caused many people to turn their attention to Asmail's people and want to see their reaction.

And obviously, the person in charge of Asmail coming here had a dark look on his face.

But Lin Xiao didn't even look at it. They invited Asmail over just to slap him in the face.

You didn't sell it to me before, but now I've made it better than you, and you don't want me to show it off?

Lin Xiao continued: "Second, because the X-ray we use is not easily absorbed by other items like the EUV light source, it can be said that the power we give it will be the same when it reaches the silicon wafer. energy, which means that our X-ray lithography machine is more energy-saving than EUV lithography machine!"

"An EUV lithography machine consumes about 30,000 kWh of electricity in 24 hours. According to existing data, the world's number one chip foundry, TSMC, has a total power consumption of 20.3 billion One kilowatt-hour of electricity is equivalent to paying tens of billions of yuan in electricity bills a year.”

"And our X-ray lithography machine only consumes 3,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity in 24 hours!"

Speaking of this, Lin Xiao smiled slightly, "In fact, this is not difficult to understand. The CT machine that also uses X-ray in the hospital consumes an average of 10 kilowatt hours of electricity per hour, and only consumes 240 kilowatt hours of electricity a day. And our X The light source output of the lithography machine is relatively high, plus the power consumption of other components, so the power consumption per day is 3,000 kilowatt-hours.”

"This is one-tenth of the EUV lithography machine!"

As Lin Xiao said this, people at the scene were amazed again.

One-tenth the power consumption!

What a huge improvement!

In the field, the representatives from TSMC suddenly flashed their eyes. Obviously, they were moved.

Although Lin Xiao's words did not mention that their total power generation includes the joint power generation of EUV lithography machines and DUV lithography machines, but even so, the X-ray lithography machine consumes 3,000 degrees of power a day. It is still what they urgently need. As long as they have X-ray lithography machines, they are estimated to be able to save hundreds of millions of dollars in electricity bills every year, and this is equivalent to their net profit.

However, in addition to the above two advantages, there are obviously other advantages. “In addition to the above two points, I believe everyone can easily guess the third advantage of the X-ray lithography machine, which is the The wavelength of light is only 3.56nm!”

"I believe that friends here from chip foundries should know very well what the use of such wavelengths is!"

The people from the foundry below all nodded.

The shorter wavelength means fewer steps are needed to make the chip.

For example, 5nm chips require two EUV lithography machines to form a production line for production. Because the EUV light source is 13.5nm, a 5nm process chip cannot be manufactured with one exposure, so it requires two exposures.

If you want to produce 5nm chips using the 3.56nm , the power consumption will be lower, and the cost will be reduced even more.

Thinking of this, the chip foundries present suddenly couldn't help but want to make quotations and place orders.

However, they held back for the time being and waited until the press conference was over before asking.

Of course, just like the press conference, the live broadcast room was already abuzz. Every time Lin Xiao mentioned the advantages of the X-ray lithography machine, the barrage would explode.

"In my lifetime, I can hear that we have surpassed foreigners in high-tech, even in areas where we have been restricted, such as photolithography machines. I am only excited and moved at this time."

"I'm in tears, I'm really in tears. I feel so happy when I can see this scene, and I really want to cry."

"Why are you crying? Start laughing!" Lin Shen is very good at comparing his business with other merchants. He is comparing himself with those selling mobile phones next door, right? This wave was a direct blast! 』

"Why did the director switch the screen?" Who is this gringo? Looks like a dead person'

"It seems to be Asmail's. I'm afraid it will be uncomfortable to death if the forest god talks about it."

"Hahaha, you used to be indifferent to us, but today you are beyond your reach!" 』

"I'm so happy. Where's Ni Meng?" 』

"Are you Asmail? Didn’t we say before that we couldn’t build a photolithography machine? Are you angry now? 』

"..."

The netizens in the live broadcast room were extremely excited. Looking at Asmail's appearance, how could they not be excited?

Back at the press conference, Lin Xiao on the stage still did not stop and continued to talk: "The above is the advantage of our X-ray lithography machine."

"So, now that we have finished introducing the lithography machine, it's time to introduce the next project."

"The next project is our 5nm process technology."

"We named this process the X5 process."

Speaking of this, Lin Xiao smiled slightly and continued: "Without any nonsense, let's directly introduce the improvement in chip performance under our technology."

"Currently, we only have Kirin 9000 chips that we cooperate with Warwick. In the past, Warwick's Kirin 9000 chips were manufactured by TSMC."

"Then, let's compare the gap between the Kirin 9000 chip under the X5 process and TSMC's N5 process."

"Let me state in advance that these chips are brand new."

As Lin Xiao said, the expressions of the TSMC people in the audience suddenly changed. Why did they squeeze Asmail just now, and now it's their turn?

Could it be that their X5 technology can actually be compared with them?

And everyone in the audience also had such doubts in their hearts at this time.

Can the 5nm process of X-ray plan be better than TSMC’s process?

this……

Just when everyone was surprised, performance comparison data appeared on the big screen behind Lin Xiao.

After that, everyone in the audience stopped breathing and looked shocked.

Lin Xiao's face was as smiling as ever, and his tone was very calm: "Compared from the three aspects of CPU, GPU, and NPU, the Kirin 9000 chip based on the X5 process has an average performance improvement of more than 18% compared to the TSMC N5 process!"

"At the same time, we also used GEEKBENCH5 for benchmarking. According to actual measurements, with our process, its single-core running score reached 1200, which is 20% higher than the old version of TSMC's N5 process! Multi-core running scores are also improved by 20%. !”

"In addition, everyone here should know that the process parameters of the chip foundry need to be taken into consideration when designing chips. In other words, the design of Kirin 9000 should be more in line with TSMC's N5 process, but it is not in line with our X5 process."

"So, I believe that if the Kirin 9000 is designed based on our process, the improvement will be far more than this. I believe it will be 60%, or even 70%, and more!"

"So, please let me say something here: In the future, we will welcome any other chip design company in the world to hand over your chips to us for production."

"Because only the chips born here are the best chips!"

Lin Xiao opened his hands and declared with great confidence.

Almost all the audience members from China showed excited expressions, and then stood up one after another and applauded warmly.

This is the first day that the Chinese semiconductor industry truly roars to the world!