Future super intelligent system

Chapter 101 Chip Development Pressure
Liu Fan took a rare and leisurely stroll in the mountains, and took out his mobile phone when he was almost in a good mood.

Click on the system APP, and the text will appear immediately:
"mission completed

The task reward "Illustration of the Whole Process of Chip Manufacturing" has been distributed, please check it in time.

Task summary: Infinite potential brings infinite possibilities to human beings, and artificial intelligence also brings infinite possibilities to human beings. "

Liu Fan looked at the task summary and pondered it carefully. This seemed to be the first time that the system task summary directly mentioned artificial intelligence. What does this system have to do with artificial intelligence?
All the way back to the hotel, Liu Fan didn't figure out anything. After taking a shower, he turned on his phone to check the task rewards.

Clicking on "Chip Production Process Explanation", still has a familiar sense of ritual. After spending several hours flipping through more than 100 pages of content, Liu Fan couldn't help frowning.

The task reward this time is very similar to the first reward I got, "In-depth Application of Big Data Processing", both of which belong to knowledge rewards, but the difference is that "Illustration of the Whole Process of Chip Manufacturing" teaches knowledge through diagrams. It is more straightforward to give a big framework and continue to learn basic mathematics.

But the chip involves too much content, from design to process to materials, etc. Although "The Whole Process of Chip Manufacturing" will teach me this knowledge in a very straightforward way, I still have to do some related work. Learning the basics of learning is like learning the nine-nine multiplication table. You must first recognize the numbers.

In addition to needing to learn by himself, there is another problem with this reward that Liu Fan needs people. Before, the system went directly to the smart factory to build lithography machines, but this time it is no longer possible to make chips, whether it is chip design or In terms of craftsmanship, there must be a team to do this, and if you do it by yourself, you won't be able to make a chip until you die.

Liu Fan stayed in the hotel for three more days and made a simple analysis of "Illustration of the Whole Process of Chip Manufacturing" before returning to the company.

After parking the car and going upstairs, when I saw the company, I felt like a world away.

The training during this period was really hard.

"Mr. Liu!" As soon as they entered the company, the front desk stood up to say hello. Xu Jing, who was busy at the front desk, and the other two employees turned their heads to look at Liu Fan. Everyone's eyes were a little dazed.

At this time, Liu Fan has changed greatly from appearance to temperament, and he is like a different person.

"Where's Sun Xia?" Liu Fan stepped forward and asked with a smile.

Everyone was still a little dazed and no one responded for a while. Xu Jing was the first to come to her senses and pointed to the reception room, "Waiting inside."

"Okay." Liu Fan nodded and went straight to the reception room, "Brother Sun."

Sun Xia, who was looking at his cell phone, looked up and was also stunned. His brows gradually wrinkled, "What have you been doing for the past two months?"

"Going to study."

"Did you go to Huaguo Mountain to study?"

"." Liu Fan found a suitable seat and sat down, "Don't talk about that, why are you so anxious to find me?"

"What else can I do?" Sun Xia pretended to be angry, "Didn't you tell me to talk to me about the chip in the golden autumn? It's almost winter, Mr. Liu."

"November hasn't passed yet. Huawei has been so anxious about chips recently, what's going on?"

Sun Xia's face slowly darkened, "According to reliable sources, Intel, Google, and Apple are about to jointly invest in the acquisition of AIBrain."

"AI Brain?" Liu Fan recalled, "The company that makes AI applications for mobile phones and robots is awesome?"

"That's right." Sun Xia paused for two seconds, "Except for the three of them, Samsung vaguely mentioned in an interview recently that the latest AI chip will be released soon."

Liu Fan didn't feel much when he heard Sun Xia say that the three companies acquired AI Brain, but when he heard Samsung's AI chip, he immediately linked the acquisition, "Are they making big moves in AI chips?"

"It's hard to say, it's just a guess now." Sun Xia frowned even tighter, "You also know that the Cambrian of our National Chinese Academy of Sciences took the lead in deep learning processors when IBM ordered wrong skills. After that, they never let go of this matter.

Over the years, we have always claimed to rely on AI chips to overtake cars in corners, and the media has also promoted it very hotly, but we all understand a truth. In terms of traditional CPUs, GPUs, and DSPs, the gap between us and them lies in that. Over the years, they I have never given up on researching how to efficiently carry deep algorithms on traditional chips.

Once they can achieve any technological breakthrough, our AI chips will probably be overtaken before they even have time to overtake.What's more, our own AI chips also have great limitations due to the limitations of the chip's process and design level. For example, our Kirin chip only uses the public version of the ARM architecture, which makes it difficult for us to surpass Apple and Samsung.

Let me tell you something that is both funny and unlucky. Google claims to release TPU4.0 next year. "

Liu Fan was taken aback, "TPU4.0? Their TPU3.0 has not yet explained what is going on. Is Google playing with the market?"

"Whether he is playing the market or not, this is a signal. We managed to achieve some good results in AI chips, which also gave us a little say in the global chip market. If they really A blow to an absolute advantage will have a huge impact on the development of the entire Huaxia chip, especially for the stimulation of everyone's confidence, which is a terrible thing."

When Sun Xia said this, the two fell into silence at the same time. After a while, Sun Xia said, "Mr. Ren said that the only thing we can do at this time is our own strength. This is why I have been anxious to see you. No matter how smeared by the western media, everyone in the industry knows the level of AI technology of Wood Dragon Technology, so we sincerely ask you to help us optimize the algorithm. We can’t compete with them in the semiconductor industry, so let’s take what we can Compete against them to expand as far as possible!
Mr. Liu, no matter what the reason was, I have been waiting for you for more than two months. Let’s talk about this matter today. "

"Don't worry, I won't run away this time. I'm going out to study during this time, for the development of chips in our country." Liu Fan asked after a reassuring sentence, "The optimized ARM architecture that HiSilicon is currently using Can you show me, can you help me to ask."

"This" Sun Xia showed a difficult expression, "I really can't answer you on this matter."

"Then ask first." Liu Fan patted Sun Xia on the shoulder, "Tell the person who has the decision-making power that Wood Dragon Technology has a better chip architecture, and ask him if he is interested."

Sun Xia, who was struggling, was startled suddenly, "Are you serious?"

Liu Fan didn't answer, but smiled meaningfully.
(End of this chapter)