my return to life

Otherwise, Miao Wei would be too idle to coordinate five banks to lend 150 billion to Frontier, and Fang Nian would not even ask about the interest, and would agree to it.

As Fang Nian has always expressed, society is not black and white, but gray.

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The continuous drizzle for several days made the whole city of Shanghai seem to be covered with a thin layer of mist.

It is a more uncomfortable resurgence day.

Of course, this is also relative.

It seems that Mr. Fang can't feel the discomfort and stickiness brought by this weather.

In the blink of an eye, it is already late March.

On Monday afternoon, Mr. Fang, who finished today's class, walked into the front office and stood in front of the window with his hands behind his back, watching the rain and fog outside.

Quite a leisurely taste.

"..."

After a while, Wen Ye came up to break the silence: "Mr. Fang, why don't you listen to the report now?"

That's right, it was Wen Ye who called Fang Nian into the front office.

Fang Nian nodded slightly.

Wen Ye cleared his throat: "It's like this, Bai Ze has completed the tape-out verification of the server CPU, and the first test-level server CPU is available."

Hearing this, Fang Nian looked back at Wen Ye, and walked back to his work station: "Tell me carefully, I remember that many projects should be completed this month."

Seeing this, Wen Ye opened the folder and reported in an orderly manner.

"This server CPU adopts the CB12 instruction architecture, including the latest Ex64 instruction set. On the basis of the "unfinished" architecture, it borrows part of the "beginning" architecture, reasonably designs 8 cores, and adopts SMIC's 40nm process tape-out made;

After only one tape-out, it successfully passed the actual verification;

However, the performance in all aspects is not very impressive, but according to relevant tests, the big CPU project team believes that such a CPU can provide enough and rich measured data..."

Hearing Wen Ye pause, Fang Nian shook his hand: "Let's finish talking."

Wen Ye nodded slightly, and continued to say: "Last Friday, the first phase of the civil engineering project of Guiyang Data Center passed the inspection and acceptance, and the installation and commissioning of the server unit can already begin."

"..."

"Shenlong 211 tape-out passed last Thursday, and Shenlong 511 tape-out passed. The performance is not up to standard. After adjustment, the second tape-out will be carried out..."

"..."

"The wafer test line officially started trial production at the beginning of the month. The yield and stability of the lithography machine are not ideal, and certain adjustments are needed;

According to reports, it is expected to conduct trial production of 65nm process next month. "

It seems that Fang Nian will have doubts. Speaking of this, Wen Ye specially added a few words: "DUV immersion lithography can actually support lithography up to 7nm process;

According to the professor in charge of the wafer test line:

The traditional international semiconductor technology blueprint defines the lithography process technology node is the minimum metal pitch.

According to a Rayleigh formula: CD=K1×(λ/NA), reduce the wavelength λ, increase the numerical aperture NA of the lens, and reduce the comprehensive factor K1, so that the photolithography process can be continuously evolved.

DUV laser light source has been stagnant at 90nm wavelength since the late 193s;

However, someone proposed a new solution, a very simple method in engineering, adding 1mm thick water on the wafer photoresist, the water can refract the light wavelength of 193nm to 134nm, and then achieve half-period 65nm;

Anyway...

The professors in the wafer laboratory are very confident that they can break through to 65nm lithography in a relatively short period of time. It may be a little longer after that, but it will not be too long. "

Wen Ye finished speaking according to the script in one breath, and Wen Ye continued to explain without pausing.

"Although the research and development of EUV lithography led by Yuwu Laboratory is progressing very slowly, due to various technologies acquired from European and American countries, etc.;

It is very helpful to promote the research and development of DUV lithography machines. "

"..."

In the end, Wen Ye concluded: "As of now, these projects have achieved definite results."

"The actual experiment of Shengyu's 4G networking solution that Xiaogu is responsible for still needs a little time, and it should be completed by the end of April."

After Wen Ye finished speaking, Fang Nian pondered for a while: "That is to say, DUV lithography, which Wu Wu doesn't pay attention to at all, is progressing rapidly. In the last quarter of last year, 70 billion was invested, and in the first quarter of this year, another billion or so was invested. EUV progress slow?"

"It can also be understood in this way." Wen Ye replied helplessly, "The accumulation of EUV in domestic units, whether it is Wuwu or the coordination unit, can be called 0."

Fang Nian smacked his lips: "It's really a bit of a surprise."

Then Fang Nian glanced at Wen Ye, and changed the topic: "But Wen Mi, you don't even understand the scriptures?

If the DUV lithography machine in the laboratory is hardened, it can produce 65 nanometers now, but the yield rate will explode without adjusting the lens and other hardware, which is nothing more than multiple illumination. "

Wen Ye: "..."

She couldn't help but slander: Do you think everyone knows everything just like you big (B) guy (T)?

Fang Nian didn't want Wen Ye to answer, and asked himself: "Is there a more specific report on Shenlong 511's failure?"

Wen Ye replied: "There is an explanation in Su Zifeng's complete report that the performance index of Shenlong 511 is twice that of Shenlong 1, but in fact it is not so good. After actual verification in the laboratory, it is found that there is no problem with the structure, but There is room for optimization.”

Fang Nian hummed, and then asked, "Where's the server CPU?"

Wen Ye replied: "Compared with mainstream server CPUs, such as Intel Xeon E5 series, the single-chip performance is far behind;

Strictly speaking, although it is also a desktop-class CPU, the performance requirements are not at the same level, and the use environment is also very different, so Bai Ze can actually be said to have zero foundation;

Therefore, Bai Ze's large CPU team very much hopes that this CPU can be used in an actual environment to collect more actual data for R&D and design. "

"..."

After listening to Wen Ye's words, Fang Nian was silent for a moment before slowly opening his mouth: "How much has the big CPU project team invested in R&D so far?"

The average person doesn't prepare these numbers.

Fortunately, Wen Ye is not an ordinary person. She knows exactly what Fang Nian wants, so she reports without hesitation: "The two academicians of the big CPU project are both from the Academy of Sciences. Their style... how should I put it, is very frugal." ;

Not so sensitive to the concept of time, and there has been no results, and I am a little cautious in all aspects;

So so far, the large CPU project team has only spent 2.1 million on research and development. "

Fang Nian frowned and looked at Wen Ye: "Huh? Didn't I rearrange it?"

Wen Ye bit the bullet and said: "Mr. Fang, this is a confidential project, and you have explained that Su Zifeng cannot be involved for the time being;

We have also supervised many times to achieve the current progress efficiency;

Of course, there is also the reason that part of the current research is based on the White Dragon series, which does not require much funding;

The efficiency of this tape-out is relatively fast. "

Fang Nian thought about it, and decided: "You go to Luzhou yourself, and have a talk with the frontier leaders in Luzhou;

Investigate Su Zifeng's performance on the spot, and open this project to her if appropriate;

Get my point across, coming to Frontier is not for them to show money saving tips! "

The finance department approved 25 billion, the first batch arrived at 15 billion, and the second batch has not been moved yet, but this thing is so annoying, it actually cost 2.1 million, and it can come up with a high-performance CPU with chicken feathers.

Wen Ye quickly nodded in response.

Fang Nian added: "Now go and confirm again, can they confirm the stability of this CPU."

"..."

Wen Ye hurried to make a call.

A few minutes later, he came over to report: "Academician Han made a guarantee to ensure stability!"

Hearing this, Fang Nian no longer hesitated: "How many servers are there in Luzhou Frontier Data Center?"

"Fifteen thousand." Wen Ye replied.

Fang Nian said: "How about this, the CPU usage of the [-] servers that went online, a small amount in the Luzhou data center, and a large amount in the new data center in Guiyang."

"It is calculated according to the amount of server usage. For example, if the single-chip processing performance index of a planned server is 10, and the single-chip processing performance of our own model is 2.5, then use 4 chips instead;

Anyway, Guiyang has not yet started the installation and debugging, and some motherboard orders can be modified. Doesn’t the server’s motherboard support a maximum of 4 CPUs?

In short, it is necessary to ensure that the performance indicators of a single server do not decline. "

Wen Ye confirmed: "Is it okay for the ratio between Luzhou and Guiyang to be 1:9?"

"2:8, the number of samples is a little more balanced, so it is convenient to refer to the experiment." Fang Nian confirmed.

The frontier data center in Luzhou is more important. In fact, replacing [-] servers is a limit, and [-] servers is even more radical.

But time waits for no one, who knows how many iterations will be needed to be eligible to be put on the table.

In the end, Fang Nian emphasized: "Tomorrow you go to Luzhou early in the morning, I need an efficient team, not a bunch of cautious engineers who have no creativity or imagination!

In a word, I hope to hear that the big CPU project team dares to use the name of planning before August!

Instead of what it is like now, a CPU that doesn't even deserve to have a name! "

"Understood!" Wen Ye said seriously.

Then she heard Fang Nian's soft grunt.

"The frontier is not very strong yet, so there is this kind of order to leave the office, alas..."

"Basic science has too many restrictions and is too backward, and the necessary confidentiality measures are necessary. I really set up obstacles for myself."

"Ugh……"

Wen Ye's heart sank.

As a cutting-edge CEO, she also has a lot of failures.

Thinking about it, Wen Ye gritted her teeth lightly...

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PS: Wow, I can say good night earlier today~

Chapter 807 Frontier Money

"Have you discussed it behind your back, and you are going on a business trip?"

Fang Nian leaned on the small wine rack in the living room, and asked.

It's rare to go to the front office, and when I got home, it happened to be the end of get off work, and I saw Lu Weiyu packing her suitcase, saying that she was going on a business trip tomorrow.

Lu Weiyu took the time to answer: "What are you discussing behind the scenes? Is anyone else going on a business trip?"

"I'll go to the office in the afternoon and arrange for Secretary Wen to go to Luzhou tomorrow morning." Fang Nian pursed his lips and said casually.

Lu Weiyu just laughed: "Then Xiaogu, Sister He, Mr. Wu, and Mr. Bai have all gone on business trips sooner or later, so how could they have something to do with discussing behind the scenes?"

Fang Nian said helplessly, "All right, all right, where are you going?"

"Go to Chang'an first and then go to Rongcheng." Lu Weiyu replied.

Then I added two sentences: "Taotie ② has been established for a while. I have to go and see for myself. Materials are too important for our cutting-edge hardware research and development, especially the 梼杌 and wafer test line."

"Now we have to add a victory."

"Taotie does not yet have a suitable CEO. Even in the information age, distance still creates certain obstacles."

"..."

Listening to Lu Weiyu's orderly arrangements, Fang Nian found himself a little speechless.

Although everyone is not yet able to take up the post of director, they are becoming more and more subjective, and they can arrange their work independently when they are ready.

On the other hand, Fang Nian, the actual controller, didn't know where Gu Yu, Wu Fucheng, Bai Congee, and Guan Qiuhe went and why.

She didn't even know Lu Weiyu's business trip plan and destination tomorrow.

Lu Weiyu seemed to have known for a long time that Fang Nian didn't understand anything, so she glanced at Fang Nian and said, "Xiaogu went to Hainan to supervise the Shengyu Xisha communication service testing team nearby."

"Sister He went to Pengcheng, half for Dangkang, half for Frontier. There is a candidate for CEO who is quite good in all aspects. Sister He stopped by to have a look."