The rise of nanometers

In fact, Intel's 32nm Core i7 was officially launched on the market in January this year.

At this press conference in July, the Core i7 released is an improved version of the 32+nm level.

After Huang Xiuyuan made the call, he went directly over the wall on his laptop and found the video of Intel's press conference.

Intel President Paul Otellini's expression at the press conference was both excited and exaggerated, as if he had a winning ticket.

"Gentlemen! Ladies! After seven months, our company has once again innovated chip technology to further improve the performance of Core i7..."

At the end of the press conference, Paul Otellini clenched his fists: "We will launch 28-nanometer process chips at the end of this year. Silicon Valley is still the core of the world's semiconductors. Other immature technologies will not become mainstream in the next twenty years." ."

Obviously, the last words are to remind investors in the market, and also to disparage China Semiconductor, headed by Suiren, showing that Silicon Valley, led by Intel, still has the most advanced chip technology in the world.

Jiang Hailin, who was staying in Texas, also came to Huang Xiuyuan's office at this time.

"Chairman, Intel is coming hard, do we have to respond?"

Huang Xiuyuan's eyes remained calm and he said calmly: "Let the bullets fly for a while, the toothpaste factory still has a lot of technical reserves."

"Oh? Isn't 28 nanometers their limit?"

Huang Xiuyuan, who knows some details about Intel, explained: "The technology they reserve should be around 22-24 nanometers, and it is estimated that they are currently developing around 16-18 nanometers."

"Isn't that similar to us?"

The Dragon Totem of the Suiren series currently has a chip processing accuracy of about 20 to 22 nanometers, and the design accuracy of Fuxi's CPU chip is also based on a precision of 20 to 22 nanometers, not 40 nanometers as speculated by the outside world.

Although the transistor processing speed per unit time of the 20- to 22-nanometer-level Zhenyi-2 is only about 46% of that of the Zhenyi-1, it is barely qualified when used to produce chips.

The 14- to 16-nanometer level ZY-3 entered the research and development stage three months ago.

After integrating domestic precision instrument companies, Suiren's R\u0026D strength in precision instruments has achieved unprecedented expansion.

Although there are still many problems during the research and development process, the progress of research and development is basically on the same level as the process accuracy of photolithography.

Huang Xiuyuan, who was very sober, reminded Jiang Hailin: "Don't underestimate the other party. After all, he is a semiconductor giant that has accumulated decades of experience. A centipeded insect can die but not freeze."

"I, Yelang, have become arrogant. It seems that we need to conduct an internal training and exchange on guarding against arrogance and impetuosity, so as not to be careless and give Western Semiconductor an opportunity to take advantage of." Jiang Hailin felt a little ashamed after saying this.

Huang Xiuyuan smiled and said: "I am very happy that you can wake up. As the management of a company, you don't have to be technical or eloquent, but you can't be arrogant."

"Thank you, Chairman, for your teaching."

Just as he was about to say something, his phone rang. When he looked at the number, it was Zhang Weixin's call.

"Hey, Wei Xin, is this Intel's business?"

"Yes, Chairman, do we want to respond?"

"It's not necessary. Let them be arrogant for a while, relax their vigilance, wait until our CPU chip comes out, and then beat these guys to death."

"I see."

Huang Xiuyuan changed the topic: "By the way, where is the design progress of the Fuxi chip?"

"It has reached about 83%. The first draft should be completed in September or October."

"Yeah! I heard that Xuedong fainted due to anemia?"

Zhang Weixin, who was on the other side of the phone, smiled bitterly and replied: "Yes, Mr. Lu worked too hard about what happened last night. He hasn't had a day off for more than half a year. Sometimes he works until two or three in the morning. I have tried to persuade him several times."

"Leave it to me!" Huang Xiuyuan also knew that he was the only one who could persuade Lu Xuedong.

After hanging up the phone, he immediately called Lu Xuedong and scolded Lu Xuedong first.

Then he ordered the Security Department to implement mandatory breaks for those researchers who worked excessive overtime to avoid death from overwork.

Although the overtime pay of the Suiren Department is very high, researchers are even more valuable. The number of domestic semiconductor talents is not as good as that of the United States, so they must be cherished even more.

After making the call, Huang Xiuyuan leaned back on his chair and thought about some details of the semiconductor industry.

Although there are official purchases and five major purchases promoted by the Suiren Department, he still needs to prepare more to make the development of the domestic semiconductor industry smoother.

He estimates that according to the timetable for Fuxi chips, it will not be officially launched for sale until at least March next year.

This year's Android phones are also gradually developing and growing. The market for Nokia mobile phones will suddenly collapse. This year is the last glory of Nokia mobile phones.

The sudden exit of a generation of dominant players in the mobile phone field is something that many people did not expect.

Huang Xiuyuan has long prepared a large number of smartphone design plans. Many of these design plans are based on best-selling models of later generations.

Now that everything is ready, all that's missing is the CPU.

the other side.

The results of Intel's press conference also had a huge impact.

The most obvious impact was that the Silicon Valley technology stocks sector in the Mi stock market all rose to varying degrees that day.

Among them, Intel's closing price changed from the previous decline and surged 21.6% from the previous day.

Another big impact of this incident is that those voices on the domestic Internet that are optimistic about and support Dongfang Chip are showing signs of rising again.

In particular, the New Blue Blog, which is known as the trash can, and those well-known big Vs, suddenly became excited collectively and began to give advice and secretly follow the new semiconductor system of the Suiren system.

As the public opinion base of the Suiren faction, the Time Blog was also not to be outdone, and both sides criticized each other on the Internet.

However, the well-known big V, who has been taught a lesson many times, has learned the lesson this time. Those comments and blog posts do not dare to name names, but resort to insinuations and eccentricities.

He also deliberately pretended to be a fan of the Suiren series, causing fights and stirring up trouble on the Internet, thus ruining the popularity of the Suiren series.

In the face of this poisonous scheme, time information does not have many good methods.

The International Semiconductor Club has also been making waves recently. TSMC announced for the second time that it has successfully developed 28nm chip processing technology.

Then Samsung Electronics also announced that it has conquered 28-nanometer chip technology.

Oriental Chip, which previously obtained 32-nanometer chip technology, suddenly fell one generation behind the international level. Moreover, even before the industrial park was completed, it fell behind by one generation.

Who knows how many nanometers International Semiconductor will develop when Dongfang Chip is officially put into production.

Although Intel has vowed to increase its technical and patent support for Dongfang Chip, anyone with a discerning eye knows that the technology provided for Dongfang Chip is definitely at least one generation behind.

But Liu Hongyi had no intention of turning back. From the moment Oriental Chip was established, he could only go all the way to the dark side. Recently, he has been desperately trying to find connections, hoping to get support and open Oriental Chip as soon as possible.

It's just that although various places are covetous of the economic benefits of Dongfang chips, they dare not take over.

The end of July is not over yet.

Intel's chip technology and the debt crisis of the West Continent Alliance are being discussed on the Internet, but another thing has not been noticed.

That is, the world's three largest iron ore suppliers, BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto and Vale, are almost on the verge of collapse.