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Chapter 161 Do you want to surpass the world? (seeking a monthly ticket)
Meng Wanzhou personally notified each of the meetings this time by phone, skipping the assistant and directly notifying the top leaders of each company, telling them to keep quiet, and just come by yourself according to the time and place.

After arriving at the venue, everyone looked around at each other and found that there were obviously fewer people than the last meeting. Some people also found that some of the companies that they had communicated in private did not seem to come this time, and this was a little mysterious The operation is also very strange, and it is inevitable to whisper:

"Isn't there a round of notifications before? Why are you notified to come again?"

"I don't know, didn't you even give me the information? I'm a little disappointed with the 12-nanometer one, but thinking about it, it's already a big improvement for our company. I was about to start working, and suddenly I was called over again."

"Me too, and it's very mysterious. I don't want to tell anyone, including the companies on the previous shortlist, don't contact them. Just come by yourself. I don't know what I'm up to."

"Also, did you find out that there are several companies that don't seem to be here, such as the 'Sike Electronics', I have met their bosses, I remember they are on the list, why didn't they seem to come this time? "

"It's true. Not only him, but several other companies seem to be absent. Could it be that they are unable to come because of something?"

"I don't know, their people are here, let's talk after listening."

Jiang Fan pushed open the door at this moment, walked to the main seat and sat down, and scanned the people in the conference room with a smile. This is the real core of this alliance, and it is whether there can be a breakthrough in the chip this time. The essential.

He smiled and looked at the crowd and said, "Everyone, hello everyone, we meet again. I think many people will be very surprised. Isn't the plan finalized and the technical information released and ready to start? Why did you suddenly call everyone together again?" ?
That's because the previous plan was just a cover, and the manufacturing information of the 12nm chip released before is not what we really want to do.

What we are going to do this time is chips over 12 nanometers that can truly compete head-on with similar international companies. "

After he finished speaking, he asked his assistant to turn on the projector and connect it to the computer.

Jiang Fan's words made the participants slightly startled and muttered inwardly.

Can it compete with international manufacturers?Is it a 10nm chip?Although in essence 10nm is still a bit worse than others, but it has entered the 10nm category, which can barely be regarded as the same order of magnitude, and the leap from 14nm to 10nm is technically a normal step forward.

Or some people have a bolder idea. Will it be 7nm? 7nm has always been a clear cut. It is a watershed that divides high-end in the ordinary sense and high-end in the true sense. It can span from 10nm to 7nm. , It seems that it has only advanced by 3 nanometers, but the field of application has suddenly broadened a lot.

The threshold of countless application scenarios, including the Internet of Things, is the 7-nanometer chip. The new market that this seemingly small leap can actually bring can even exceed trillions.

At this point, it can really be said that it has reached the international leading level, and it is just a line away from the most advanced 5nm abroad.

As for whether Jiang Fan is talking about 5nm chips?No one thinks this way, because it is unrealistic to jump directly from 14nm to 5nm, spanning three generations, just for fun.

So some people are secretly discussing in private, guessing whether the young Mr. Jiang will release 10 nanometers or 7 nanometers later.

After the assistant connected the computer to the projector, Jiang Fan opened the document, and the name of the opened folder shocked everyone:

'2nm chip technical documentation'.

Two. Two nanometers?Just kidding, the most advanced foreign technology is only 5 nanometers, and the one they are working on is only 3 nanometers. You said you want to make 2 nanometers?

The higher you go, the more difficult it is to increase by 1 nanometer. As wearable devices and other Internet of Things devices become smaller and smaller, the economic benefits they can bring are incalculable. Every reduction of 1 nanometer is one The new era is a redefinition of human life.

Then Mr. Jiang said that he would directly leap from 14 nanometers to 2 nanometers?

"Well, Mr. Jiang, didn't you add a 2 in front of the 1?" Someone still couldn't help asking, but the others didn't say anything, but they thought so too.

Jiang Fan looked at the name of the folder on the computer, then turned his head to look at the name of the folder projected on the projector, looked at the person who asked the question, and answered without knowing why:
"No less, just 2 nanometers."

Jiang Fan was so calm that he even felt that the other party's words were inexplicable, but they were like turbulent waves in the hearts of those present.

They are really going to do 2nm chips!

This is not competing with other international manufacturers. You should change what you said just now, saying that after we do a good job, we will crush other global manufacturers by the way.

Among them, Zhang Rujin was the most surprised. He also came to participate in the conference today as a plenipotentiary representative of Zhongxin International.

For the previous 12nm chip plan, although he felt that there was nothing wrong with taking it step by step in a down-to-earth manner, but thinking of the other party’s previous birth of Panda EDA, he faintly felt that this matter was not that simple. With the courage and courage they showed before, I'm afraid it's not just as simple as just wanting to move forward by 2 nanometers.

Sure enough, he soon received a second invitation, saying to keep quiet and go to the meeting together.

He is looking forward to the result of this meeting, especially when Jiang Fan said that he wants to make a chip that can compete with the world, he has vaguely guessed whether it is 7 nanometers or even 5 nanometers. will be very amazing.

But when Jiang Fan really showed what he was going to do and confirmed it, even he, the semiconductor godfather who had been dealing with chips all his life, was surprised.

Skip 3 nanometers and go straight to 2 nanometers. Ordinary people don't even dare to imagine this, but they have already put all the technical information in front of them.

Catching up, did it come so fast?This is something I have never done in my life.

Zhang Rujin was a little excited, but as a rigorous engineer, he was still eager to see the actual content inside.

Under everyone's expectant eyes, Jiang Fan opened the information. Before he came, he had asked young people for knowledge patches related to microelectronics technology, micro-electromechanical systems, integrated circuit design and other chip-related knowledge systems around 2030, so he started to explain. It's also effortless.

He gave an overall overview explanation, and made some in-depth interpretations of some of the core technologies.

For example, the light source, ASML's EUV lithography machine is the world's best lithography machine, and its light source comes from Xymer with a wavelength of 13.5nm.

But this 13.5nm is actually obtained from multiple reflections of 193nm. Simply put, it is to use a 250W carbon dioxide laser to bombard the falling metal tin droplets. After two consecutive bombardments, it can heat and excite EUV plasma. body, so as to obtain light with shorter wavelength.

This process requires bombardment of 5 droplets per second, and a metal tin droplet is only 20 microns in size, which is equivalent to the difficulty of accurately shooting a flashlight light from the earth to a coin on the moon.

The mirror inside the EUV lithography machine is made by German Zeiss, which only reflects 13.5nm light. There are 40 layers in total, and the appearance of each layer is very smooth.

However, because EUV light is easily absorbed by the air, 30% of the light intensity will be lost every time it is reflected. After a short operation, only 2% of the light intensity will be left in the end, so the EUV lithography machine can be said to be a power-hungry beast. .

In addition to power consumption, EUV lithography machines also consume a lot of water, because the bombardment of metal tin droplets will release energy, so 4000 liters of water are needed for cooling every second, and the factory environment is also very strict, and 30 liters of water have to be purified per hour. cubic meters of air.

Based on the above points, you can feel how difficult it is to build an EUV lithography machine.

However, Jiang Fan’s technical information has improved this part. By making the light source space into a vacuum ion state, the loss of the light source in the process is reduced. The state effect can reduce the wavelength of light to a certain extent each time, so that light with shorter wavelength can be obtained faster, which reduces the difficulty and obtains better precision.

In the cooling system, a composite liquid is also added to the water to make the cooling effect better, thereby improving the overall performance.

Following Jiang Fan's explanation, everyone was dumbfounded that there is such an exquisite design, but they all suddenly realized when he said it.

And they suddenly realized that if every module can achieve this level of improvement, then 2nm chips are really not impossible.

The project has not yet started in essence, but everyone present has the urge to celebrate after seeing the dawn of victory. Is the spring of China's high-end chips really coming?

Jiang Fan waved his hand to appease the already overjoyed people, and explained the overall plan and arrangement.

Finally, he particularly emphasized the principle of confidentiality, on the one hand for the ongoing negotiations, and on the other hand to prevent opponents from stumbling in the process.

The whole is to adopt a segmented work process, the core materials, information and plans are only in the hands of a few reliable people, and then the tasks are split down, and each department or person does its own work.

None of them could see the whole picture, or they all thought they were working on developing 12nm chips.

But in the end, what they did was assembled with all the equipment and processes that can complete 2nm high-end chips.

Because there are still missing materials, Jiang Fan divided the whole plan into two stages. In the first stage, the existing materials are used to complete the design and manufacture of 2nm chips. There are relatively few technical materials that need to be supplemented to complete this.

Then, after completing all the technical information, the design and manufacture of the 2nm chip will be completed.

Because the subsequent sales itself also requires differential pricing of products at different levels, so these two products will not be wasted.

After talking about this, Jiang Fan looked at everyone and emphasized again: "The confidentiality work must be done well, especially not to those companies that are on the list but did not come to the meeting this time. You can understand what I mean. ?"

When everyone heard Jiang Fan's words, they already vaguely guessed something, and they all focused on it. They were very clear about this matter, including the significance of this alliance.

If your own carelessness or negligence affects the success or failure of the whole thing, I am afraid that someone will knock on the door to check the water meter the next day.

(End of this chapter)