Military industrial hegemony

Chapter 1116 28 Transistors in a Chip

"Of course I know the meaning of the word chip, and it is precisely because I know its meaning that I made up my mind to do this." Jiang Chen looked at Lin Xiaonan and said.

"However, you know that this is a bottomless pit. It is impossible to achieve results in a short period of time, and it requires a lot of manpower and material resources. Generally speaking, projects like this, or super-large projects, are led by the state, and enterprises have no This ability. Even if it is capable, it is very rare." Lin Xiaonan met Jiang Chen's serious expression.

"Hey, calm down, calm down, let's talk about something slowly, don't be so nervous." Dongzi on the side greeted quickly when he saw that the atmosphere was not right.

Hearing this, Jiang Chen also felt that he had gone too far just now, so he leaned back on the sofa, relaxed his body and said to Lin Xiaonan, "You can ask for anything, and I will do my best to satisfy what I can."

Lin Xiaonan shook his head and said, "With our current technology, we can only develop and manufacture chips from scratch, and there is basically nothing we can learn from."

"Then start from scratch." Jiang Chen looked at Lin Xiaonan and said, "Perhaps starting from scratch is also an advantage and opportunity."

The fat man next to him looked at Lin Xiaonan and said, "No, is it so difficult to develop this chip? Also, what is this chip?"

Facing everyone's curious eyes, Lin Xiaonan sighed and said, "The English word for chip is chip,

It is a general term for semiconductor component products.It is the carrier of integrated circuits, which is divided into wafers.Of course, a chip can also be regarded as an integrated circuit, which generally refers to all electronic components, and is a circuit module that integrates various electronic components on a silicon board to achieve a specific function.It is the most important part of electronic equipment, undertaking the functions of computing and storage.The application range of integrated circuits covers almost all electronic equipment for military and civilian use. "

"Of course, although a chip is also a special kind of integrated circuit, there is still a difference between the two. We often use the two words "chip" and "integrated circuit" together, for example, in our usual discussion topics Among them, integrated circuit design and chip design have the same meaning. Chip industry, integrated circuit industry, and IC industry often have the same meaning. In fact, these two words are related and have differences. Integrated circuit entities are often in the form of chips Existence, because integrated circuits in the narrow sense emphasize the circuit itself. Integrated circuits focus more on circuit design and layout, while chips emphasize circuit integration, production and packaging. In generalized integrated circuits, when it comes to industries, it is especially important to distinguish In other industries, it can also contain various meanings related to chips."

"However, chips also have their unique features. In a broad sense, any semiconductor circuit board manufactured using ultra-integrated technology for microfabrication can be called a chip. However, everything has its own special features. There are circuits. For example, semiconductor light source chips, mechanical chips, electronic gyroscopes, biological chips, etc. What we just mentioned are chips in a narrow sense. Do you still remember the silicon wafer factory we mentioned before? It is single crystal silicon, one of the important materials used to make chips."

"No, isn't the monocrystalline silicon produced in that silicon wafer factory used to make semiconductor transistors?" Dongzi asked with some doubts when he heard the words.

"Hehe, that's right, it is used to produce semiconductor transistors. This does not conflict with the chip. Because the core basic components in the chip are composed of semiconductor transistors made of single crystal silicon. In 4004, Lao Mei's The technology giant Intel released its first microprocessor 4004. The size of the 1 is only 8/1 inch x 16/2000 inch, and it contains more than 386 monocrystalline silicon transistors. By 27.5, Intel Since the advent of the 4004 microprocessor, the number of transistors contained in it has reached 100, which is more than [-] times the number of transistors in the original [-]. This means that each transistor made of single crystal silicon is hundreds of times smaller than a hair It's like the technical difficulty of embroidering a world map on a strand of hair or copying a Xinhua dictionary." Lin Xiaonan explained with a smile at everyone.

"This..." Everyone fell into panic, and they didn't even think about what kind of technical level this was.Even Nicole, who is a little more knowledgeable and calm, opened her mouth, which shows the impact of this explanation on her.

Seeing everyone's surprised expressions, Jiang Chen slightly knocked on the table and said with a smile: "Actually, it's not as scary as you think. Although this is the most advanced technology in the world, it is also a cutting-edge technology that is emerging. But since people If we can manufacture it, why can’t we? We lack something compared to them. I think there should be a lack of everything, the only thing missing is confidence or self-confidence. I believe in you, and I also believe that we will be able to manufacture the first piece of our country. Come out with your own chip."

Hearing Jiang Chen's words, everyone nodded slightly, and then focused their attention on Lin Xiaonan.Seeing this, Lin Xiaonan smiled wryly at Jiang Chen, "We can make chips. If you ask me to do research and be in charge of computer research, I can do it too, but I can't do it in terms of the operation of this subsidiary. You should do it yourself." Find someone."

Jiang Chen smiled and waved his hands and said, "There's no need to find someone else. I'll be the CEO of this branch, and I'll be responsible for the application development in this area. You only need to be in charge of scientific research."

Hearing this, Lin Xiaonan looked at Jiang Chen Daotou: "It's great that you are responsible for it yourself. But this is a long-term scientific research project. We don't know the future, and we are not sure what difficulties will arise. Besides, we There is no guarantee that it will succeed in the end, so you have to be prepared in your heart."

Jiang Chen nodded with a smile: "I know the R&D risks in this area, but I trust you. I also know a little bit about chips. I think the main technical difficulty of chips lies in the integration and manufacturing process. I think we can go in several steps, not necessarily catching up with them in one step. We can conduct research in this area at the same time. On the one hand, we can study the nano-manufacturing process, and on the other hand, we can study the chip. The composition and design of the internal integrated circuit, etc. At the beginning, we don’t have to do the same as others, we can make a nano-small one, we can make a big one first, and then slowly shrink the integration, and then develop step by step.”

When Lin Xiaonan heard Jiang Chen's words, he thought about it for a while, and then said to Jiang Chen, "This is indeed a brand-new research and development idea. In this way, I will go back and discuss this with my teacher and Mr. Zhu. You have a feasibility report. In addition, the research salary in this area is a very large project. We must not have enough people at present, and we need a lot of talents in this area. In addition, there are still a few experts in this area in China. You need to figure out a way to invite them all here."

Facing Lin Xiaonan's gaze, Jiang Chen pondered for a while and then smiled and said, "No problem. In terms of talents, I can delegate power to you. You can recruit people yourself according to your needs. We handle the necessary administrative management, and other In addition, I will let the human resources department find a way to increase the introduction of talents in this area. As for the experts you mentioned, you will give a list later, and I will ask people to hire them. If not, I will personally come to the door and try my best to bring you here."

Regarding this, Lin Xiaonan smiled and said, "Okay, nothing to say, I will continue with this job."

(End of this chapter)