From black technology to super engineering

California, Silicon Valley.

As the only giant still taking the IDM route in the field of high-end chips, intel still maintains the world's top fab-although it has been n+++ in the past few years, but with the mass production of EUV-based 4nm process this year , as well as the verification of 3nm and the perfection of 1.8nm technology... This means that this vicissitudes of life giant has once again radiated vigorous vitality and competitiveness in the face of the future.

In order to maintain competition, intel will never let go of any chance that may change the world.

The acquisition of medical electrode company TTD in the first half of the year is evidence.

Management has long been aware of the prospect of "chip materials" like GTRGD.

Therefore, after the acquisition of TTD, the process department of the fab will carry out joint chip integration and process breakthroughs with several EDA partners.

But... the progress is indeed a bit slow.

Because from the very beginning, everyone has no idea.

The only thing that can be referred to is the circuit design provided in the paper published in the field of materials.

It wasn't until June, after a "Yip's equation" came out from the theoretical physics community, that Intel obtained the real idea and principle of integrated design from the equation.

...

"God is fair."

Carter, the process engineer in charge of mixing chips, took a sip of coffee and returned to his workstation. He smiled and said to his colleagues beside him: "Anyone must be under Ye's equation to complete The design of hybrid circuits, including EDA, also includes manufacturing processes."

"No, if God is fair, it's up to me to discover the equation."

Carter shrugged with a smile, and then coughed lightly to remind his colleagues.

Because the team boss came, he seemed to have a bad face.

"Meeting."

With the sound of BOSS, a group of engineers lazily walked towards the meeting room.

After half a minute.

Black looked at the silent engineers.

Just now, he shared with you a report from the mainland branch, which briefly described a general-purpose hybrid chip code-named JZ03, and also attached a website address.

After opening this extremely simple website that only has Chinese pages, what comes into view is a picture of the press conference.

Even though the vast majority of people present could not understand Chinese, they could still understand it. This company called Jizhi Technology was going to hold a press conference on October 6th.

The released products include hybrid chips, EDA for designing chips, and artificial intelligence.

In the Internet age, it is true that many news are difficult to distinguish between true and false, but it is also very easy to verify the authenticity of a news. It only needs a little cross-validation to be sure, unless the joint research centers of the two mainland schools cooperate with Jizhi Technology to make fakes, otherwise, there will be no problem with the news.

Since the news is all right, there is only one problem left.

"Can anyone tell me how they did it?"

Everyone remained silent.

"Where did this Jizhi Technology come from?" Carter raised his head and looked at the boss: "Why didn't I hear any news?"

"Who should I ask this question?" Blake frowned slightly, and asked back: "No matter where it came from, our focus should be how they did it."

"No, sir." Carter clicked on the screen, trying to find some clues in the company introduction.

But unfortunately, this website is very crude, and there is no introduction of the company's organizational structure at all-it is even more perfunctory than a fraudulent website.

"I don't think a technology company that has never heard of it half a year ago can independently complete the full production of chips, even if the hybrid chip does not have high requirements for the process." Carter continued to analyze: "They must have chosen a foundry. ——Then who will this foundry be?”

Following Carter's analysis, everyone looked at him.

"You mean, the foundry in mainland China took the lead in completing the process?"

"Very likely. If you don't mind, I'll call and ask."

While speaking, Carter took out his mobile phone.

After silently calculating the time difference, he dialed the number.

After a while, a smiling voice came from the phone, as if anticipating what he was going to ask, the voice on the phone said directly: "Brother, if you want to ask about the hybrid chip, my answer is no comment."

Carter scolded: "Really you?"

"No comment."

"When will you announce it?"

"No comment."

"I, day, you, lord!"

Carter paused word by word, and cursed out this sentence taught by the other party himself, expressing strong emotions.

At this moment, a Chinese engineer sitting at the end raised his head.

"I found it."

"A website that searches for company registration information in mainland China shows that one of Jizhi Technology's shareholders is called YeMing."

Hearing this name, Carter was taken aback, and then his buttocks were on fire, and he got up instantly.

This name is too familiar to him.

"Ye-Equation?"

The engineer from the island nodded reluctantly: "It should be."

In a brief silence, everyone looked at Black.

The discoverer of other people's materials and formulas ended up in person, how do you think they did it?

"God is not fair."

...

...

October fourth.

Although it is already close to 9 o'clock in the evening, Jizhi Technology is still brightly lit.

A group of people in the marketing department are working overtime to prepare for the press conference two days later.

"Ye Ming! Look, Musk advertised for us!"

Qu Jing opened the glass door with one shoulder, broke into Ye Ming's office, and was very excited with her mobile phone. She didn't look like an office director at all.

After more than half a year of expansion, Jizhi Technology has gradually moved on the right track.

The specific performance is that the area of ​​the office has expanded, the number of people has increased, and the company structure has been improved.

Now that the office area has increased, Ye Ming's office is naturally indispensable—although he seldom comes to the company, he is one of the bosses and the actual CTO—of course there is a new word called chief scientist, which must be given to the company. He has a separate office.

Ye Ming looked up from the computer.

When he came to the company today, he mainly communicated some details of the press conference with the colleagues in charge of the press conference face to face, and at the same time finalized the PPT.

"Musk advertised for us?" Ye Ming felt a little strange when he heard it, and looked at the phone with a smile: "Is it on Twitter?"

"Hmm! Some fans asked under his Twitter if he still voted for the one billion yuan, and then he replied to the fans, saying that he was going to spend one billion dollars to acquire Jizhi Technology."

"puff!"

Ye Ming laughed instantly.

Well, this is in line with the philosophy of Mr. Richest Man and his usual joking style.

And from the perspective of communication, this is indeed an advertisement for Jizhi Technology in disguise.

"It's good, but it's a pity I didn't receive the message." Ye Ming smiled and handed the phone back, and looked outside again: "It's almost nine o'clock, why are you still working overtime?"

"If you don't go, they are embarrassed to go."

"...Let them get off work quickly, and I will go back right away."

"What about you? I will send you off later?"

"Then trouble sister."

Watching Qu Jing go to announce her get off work in high spirits, Ye Ming exhaled lightly.

Although he said that he came to work in the company, he discussed the details of the press conference with his colleagues.

But the vast majority of time is wasted in email exchanges.

I don't know who leaked his mailbox. He has received too many emails about Ye's equation and hybrid chips these days.

More than half of these emails came from various medical schools and hospitals across the ocean.

They're all here for the chips.

——Jizhi Technology has released rumors that the JZ23 general-purpose hybrid chip is temporarily classified as a medical device, so it has not yet obtained an export license.

Therefore, these units that need GTRGD the most will come to the door in person, planning to use the channel of academic exchange to obtain first-hand chips.

Well, that's fair enough.