The world's richest man started by developing gutter oil

"Mr. Han, I need some time to think about it. I'll call you back after I think about it." Zhu Xiaotong said after three minutes of silence.

"No problem. This is my business card. If you figure it out, give me a call then." After saying that, Han Chen returned to his desk and took a business card and handed it to the other party.

"Mr. Han, if there's nothing else to do, I'll go back first," Zhu Xiaotong said.

"Okay." After saying this, Han Chen stood up and saw Zhu Xiaotong out of the office.

September 2013, 9, China time.

Two months have passed in the blink of an eye.

Deep Blue Fab.

The Deep Blue Wafer Factory is located less than one kilometer away from the Deep Blue Automobile Factory. Unlike the Deep Blue Automobile Factory, the Deep Blue Wafer Factory has a high wall. The entire wafer factory is surrounded by a four-meter-high wall.

There are barbed wire fences and various anti-climbing iron bars installed on the top of the fence. The barbed wire fences on the fence are not ordinary barbed wire fences. These barbed wire fences are high-voltage electric wire mesh. They are connected to dozens of 380V high-voltage pulsers.

The purpose is to prevent people with evil intentions from climbing over the wall and entering the Deep Blue Fab.

A lamppost is installed every five meters three meters away from the fence. Each lamppost is equipped with 4 cameras and a drone gimbal. The drone on the lamppost will patrol every half an hour. , it can be said that the security level of Deep Blue Wafer Factory is comparable to that of domestic military bases.

Building No. 1 of Deep Blue Wafer Fab.

Yin Zhengbang, Han Chen, Ni Lao, Shen Chengjun and Brother Yi stood in front of a photolithography machine.

"Xiao Han, what is the production capacity of your lithography machine? How many nanometer chips can it produce?" Ni Lao asked curiously.

Mr. Ni didn't know that Deep Blue Group had independently developed an X-ray lithography machine until he came to the wafer factory.

Han Chen didn't tell him about this when he invited him. He just told him that he had a big surprise for him and hoped that he could fly over from the capital.

"Mr. Ni, our lithography machine is different from the lithography machines on the market. Our lithography machine uses X-rays as the light source, so our wafer processing speed will be slower than the DUV lithography machines on the market. A lot, ours can only process up to 12 wafers per hour.

However, our cost is much cheaper than that of photolithography machines on the market. Our cost is less than one-tenth of theirs. We can make up for the lack of speed with quantity.

In addition to being cheap, our lithography machine is much simpler to upgrade than other lithography machines outside. Without counting R&D costs, each of our upgrades only requires tens of thousands of soft coins.

It is expected that we will be able to upgrade these existing lithography machines to 4 nanometers in April next year.

In addition to low upgrade costs, our lithography machine also has advantages that other lithography machines on the market do not have.

Our lithography machine does not need to make chip masks. It only needs to import the chip drawings into it for production. In addition, our power consumption is lower than that of DUV. Our power consumption is about 60% of DUV.

In addition, the yield rate of our photolithography machine is about 400% higher than that of DUV when producing large-area chips.

This means that the cost of our chips is only half that of other factories.

In addition, we have also installed solar panels on the roof of the factory. These solar panels can provide 1/5 of the factory's power needs. After these solar panels pay back, our costs can be reduced by another 1/8. "Han Chen introduced.

"These lithography machines of yours use X-rays?" Mr. Ni asked in surprise.

"Yes, in fact, this technology was not developed in our laboratory. We just improved this technology. This technology was actually developed by Soviet scientists. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, this technology was sealed , I bought it by chance," Han Chen said with a smile.

"So that's it." Mr. Ni said relieved.

"Xiao Han, I don't know much about technology. How do you compare with TSMC?" Brother Yi asked curiously.

"Our production capacity is on par with TSMC, but their technology is not as advanced as ours, and their costs are not as low as ours. I dare say our factory is the most advanced in the world," Han Chen said.

"Are you saying that the output value of your wafer fab can be compared with TSMC?" Brother Yi said in surprise.

"Yes." Han Chen nodded.

At this time, Shen Chengjun, who was standing aside, was already happy. He didn't expect that Han Chen's wafer fab was so awesome. This was a huge political achievement for him.

"Xiao Han, you didn't just ask me to come here because you wanted me to visit your factory." Brother Yi smiled.

"Brother First, there will definitely be many commercial spies coming to spy on our factory in the future, so I want to apply for a gun license from the city to protect the wafer factory. Our wafer factory carries the hope of the entire Chinese semiconductor industry. "Han Chen said with a serious face.

Brother Yi did not speak but turned to look at Mr. Ni aside. Because he was not an authoritative expert in this field, he could not just take whatever Han Chen said.

"Xiao Han's wafer factory does carry the hope of the entire Chinese semiconductor industry. I will report this matter to my superiors after I go back. You only need to submit an application to the higher-ups." Mr. Ni replied.

"Okay." Brother Yi nodded.

Later, Yin Zhengbang took Han Chen, Ni Lao, Shen Chengjun and Brother Yi to visit every production link of the wafer factory.

"Xiao Han, have you stocked up on enough photoresist and fluorinated acid now?" Mr. Ni asked.

"Mr. Ni, we produce the photoresist ourselves. Our photoresist is more advanced. Even the production of 3-nanometer chips is no problem. Fluorinated acid is currently being studied and is expected to be implemented by the end of next year. It has been mass-produced, and the fluorinated acid reserves are enough for 5000 million wafers," Han Chen said with a smile.

"Oh, I didn't expect that we at the Academy of Sciences have been researching for decades and haven't figured it out yet, but you guys have figured it out in three years." Mr. Ni said with a sigh.

In fact, China's lithography machines were ahead of the world a few decades ago, but some mistakes in decision-making gave the Americans an advantage. Otherwise, the Americans would not be able to dominate the semiconductor industry.

"Mr. Ni, if we really want to write it, we have to thank the Soviet Union. If it weren't for the ideas of those scientists, we wouldn't be able to make it." Han Chen said with a smile.

"You kid is getting an advantage and acting like a good boy. How do you plan to operate next?" Mr. Ni asked.

"Of course we will launch our new product as a surprise to those who have blocked Deep Blue." Han Chen said with a smile.

"Xiao Han, China's semiconductors will depend on you from now on." Mr. Ni said in a deep voice.

"Don't worry, Mr. Ni," Han Chen said.

"Xiao Han, we've seen what we need to see in the factory. I'll make a report for you in the afternoon. If there's nothing else, I'll go back first." Brother Yi said after checking that the hands of his watch had reached 11 noon.

"Brother Yi, I still have something to ask you for help with," Han Chen said.

"What's the matter?" Brother Yi asked confused. "The number of employees in Shenlan Group is increasing, and our offices are no longer enough. I hope the city can grant me two more plots of land, one for building an employee community and the other for building an office building. , It’s best for the office building to be close to the Entrepreneurship Park,” Han Chen said.

"No problem." Brother Yi nodded.

"I'm sorry to trouble you, Brother Yi." Han Chen said.

at the same time.

A recruitment information from Deep Blue Group caused heated discussions among netizens.

This time, Deep Blue Group is recruiting talents in aerodynamics, mechanical engineering, materials engineering, computer science, materials science and engineering and other majors.

Normally, recruiting this type of talent is not a big deal. What really arouses heated discussion among netizens is the remarks in the recruitment notice.

[The main job of this recruitment is rocket development, and those with relevant experience in rocket development will be given priority. 】

"Deep Blue Group wants to go to heaven and recruit engineers to develop rockets. What is Deep Blue Group trying to do? Is it transforming into a military industry?"

“It’s no surprise that Deep Blue Group will bring us new surprises in two years’ time.”

"I just learned how to launch rockets. I will submit my resume later."

"The salary offered by Deep Blue is really high. An ordinary researcher earns 30,000 yuan a month, a team leader earns 50,000 yuan a month, and a chief engineer earns 100,000 yuan a month. This salary is much higher than that of the space center. Deep Blue Is this to poach the country?”

"It's not normal for private companies to pay more, but are rockets really something that private companies can play with? This thing could cost tens of billions, or even hundreds of billions."

"Actually, there are many private aerospace companies abroad. There are no private ones in our country due to national conditions. Besides, ordinary companies can't do this. As mentioned above, it would cost tens of billions to just do it. Do you think ordinary people will? Are you going to invest in this thing?”

"In fact, private capital has entered the dual-use field of aerospace as early as 11, but foreign capital is not allowed to establish rocket research and development companies in our country."

“I just don’t know whether Deep Blue Group is recruiting so many engineers to develop military products or civilian products.”

After bidding farewell to their first brother, Han Chen and Mr. Ni returned to Nantian Pioneer Park.

At this moment, Han Chen and Mr. Ni were sitting at the tea table drinking tea in the president's office.

"Xiao Han, I didn't expect you to give me such a big surprise this time. With these lithography machines, we won't be afraid of others getting stuck." Mr. Ni picked up the teacup and took a sip, smiling happily.

"It's good that Mr. Ni was not frightened by my surprise." Han Chen said with a smile.

"I'm scared, but I'm just not scared." Mr. Ni said.

"Mr. Ni, how is the development of the Luban architecture going?" Han Chen asked.

"Although the Luban architecture is similar to ARM, the Luban architecture is slightly more complex. It is expected that the finished product will be available next year. Do you plan to merge the Luban team?" asked Mr. Ni.

"No, I plan to maintain their independence. Pangu can be merged. It's not time for Luban to come out." Han Chen shook his head.

"Are you planning to launch Pangu on the market?" Mr. Ni said.

"Yes, but I don't plan to publicize it to the outside world. As long as I don't tell the enemy, they won't know, so everyone will think it is Android. When the enemy discovers Pangu, we will announce Pangu's existence to the outside world. Before that, we will Let’s accumulate users first,” Han Chen said.

"You are really a thief. If your enemies knew about it, they would probably cry to death." Mr. Ni said with a cheerful smile.

"There's nothing I can do. They forced me to do this. They cut off my chip just after I started making this dark blue phone," Han Chen said.

"I will tell the Pangu team about this when I get back." Mr. Ni said.

"Thank you, Mr. Ni." Han Chen said after serving Ni Laoman tea again.

September 2013, 9, China time.

Tantai Lingling and a group of subordinates sent Han Chen a lot of prototypes of new products.

The appearance of the new generation of all-in-one computers has become thinner and lighter than the previous generation. In order to solve the problem of chip heat dissipation, designers of the previous generation of all-in-one computers could only design the body larger to reserve more space for the radiator.

This generation of all-in-one computers uses a CPU independently developed by Deep Blue. Deep Blue's CPU generates 50% less heat than Intel. In addition, Deep Blue's CPU does not require north and south bridge support, so the heat generated is naturally much lower than Intel's platform.

Tao Sanming's R&D team named this chip Butianshi 2013. Butianshi 2013 adopts a 1+3 core design. The large chip has a high performance core frequency of 2.8GB. The big core does not support the turbo frequency function. The small core The frequency is 2.2Ghz and supports Turbo Frequency technology. The frequency can reach 2.6GB in Turbo frequency state.

大小核心的缓存是一样的，1级缓存是56K，2级缓存是128K，3级缓存是512K，四颗核心共享32M的4级缓存。

Regardless of the low core frequency of Butianshi 1M, the performance is 5% higher than Intel's third-generation Core I3770 ​​70.

GPU集成了集成孔宣ari100显卡，ari100显卡频率是1.2Ghz，拥有765个流处理器，性能比GTX580快了2倍。

Because the Butianshi 2013 packaging machine is not yet in place, the Butianshi 1UM still uses the SOC packaging mode, so the Butianshi 1UM does not have integrated video memory, and the design team added 8GB of external video memory for it.

This configuration is the top version of the new generation of all-in-one computers. The R&D department has also produced two castrated versions. The first castrated version is missing a small core and the level 32 cache has been reduced from 16MB to 2MB. The version directly castrates 16 small cores, and the level 8 cache is also reduced from MB to MB.

The GPU has also been castrated to a certain extent, but the GPU is not as powerful as the GPU castration, and the performance is only reduced by 10% and 20%.

The three versions correspond to Intel's three series of products: I7, I5 and I3.

内存方面低配版的内存是16GB+256GB固态硬盘，中档配置是16GB+512GB固态硬盘，高档配置则是32GB加512GB固态硬盘。

一体机尺寸分为22寸、24寸还有27寸三个版本，低配的只有22寸一个版本，中档配置只有24寸一个版本，高档配置有24和27寸两个版本。

Han Chen plans to price the low-end version at 3999 soft sister coins, the mid-range version at 4999 soft sister coins, and the high-end versions at 5999 and 6999 respectively.

So how much do these all-in-one machines cost?

The highest-end all-in-one machines cost 1984 and 2132 respectively, the mid-end version costs 1854, and the low-end version costs 1796.

I believe many people are curious why the cost difference between the low-end version and the high-end version is only so small?

Because the cost of self-produced chips is very low, if calculated according to the market price, it will not be this price. According to the market price, the low-spec version will cost 1000 yuan, the mid-spec version will cost at least 1500 yuan, and the high-spec version will cost at least 2000 yuan. . (End of chapter)