Super Copy of Great Power Technology

The topic of postgraduate study came to an end here. To avoid a dull moment, Academician Wang started a new topic, "I heard that your Rockchip wafer factory has mastered the graphene chip technology and even produced finished products. Is it true? How is the performance of graphene chips? Is it as good as predicted?"

"When I was testing the EUV lithography machine at Rockchip Fab, I heard that the workshop next door was trying to produce graphene chips. Has it succeeded so quickly?" Academician Qi was also very interested in this topic and asked.

Although the fact that Reda Foundry has mastered the graphene chip production technology has not been officially announced, employees have not been required to keep it strictly confidential. Now, Reda Group is fully replacing office computers with graphene processors. As more people know about it, some seemingly plausible news has been leaked. Academician Wang originally studied chip design and manufacturing, and his students and old friends are all over the domestic chip industry, so it is not surprising that he can hear some news.

"Rockchip has indeed mastered the graphene chip production technology, but it is not yet mature and the yield rate is a bit low. Graphene chips have low heat generation, low power consumption, high frequency, and excellent performance, which is better than everyone speculates. Take the M2, a graphene processor we are currently producing, for example. It uses a similar architecture to the M1 processor, but its CPU performance is dozens of times that of the latter, comparable to the top server CPU, and its integrated graphics card performance is much stronger than the current flagship graphics cards. Computers using the M2 processor can easily run current 3A game masterpieces, and the power consumption is only about a quarter of the latter."

"Graphene chips are so powerful, doesn't that mean that once graphene chips become popular, all existing silicon chips will be eliminated?" Academician Wang found it difficult to accept this for a while. After all, he has been studying silicon chips for his entire life. Now someone suddenly tells him that silicon chips are outdated and will soon be eliminated. How can he accept this?

"It's not the case that they will be eliminated. At least in the field of analog chips, silicon chips still dominate. As for flash memory chips, graphene chips cannot be implemented on them at present. In fact, the manufacturing principles of silicon chips and graphene chips are similar, and many technologies are universal. Today's chip designers and chip production engineers can adapt to graphene chip design and production work with a little learning." Qiao Ruida told the truth about the situation of graphene chips and persuaded Academician Wang tactfully.

Academician Wang was not the only one who was frightened at the scene. Academician Qi was also frightened and asked nervously, "Do we need a photolithography machine and an etching machine to produce graphene chips?"

The team led by Academician Qi's main research and development projects are photolithography machines and etching machines. If these two machines no longer exist in the future chip production system, they will be on the verge of unemployment.

"Photolithography machines are still needed, but they are structurally different from traditional photolithography machines, and the processing light source is also different. Etching machines are indeed no longer needed because graphene wafers are too thin to be etched. This is also the reason why flash memory chips cannot be produced using graphene wafers at present."

"That's good. As long as there is a need for lithography machines, there will be a place for us to demonstrate our capabilities."

In the next hour, Qiao Ruida chatted with the two academicians about graphene chips, and finally promised to give them a few computers equipped with graphene processors, and then left the office. Before parting, Academician Qi mysteriously handed Qiao Ruida a file bag and told him to open it after returning home. No one knew what he was doing.

Qiao Ruida returned to the teaching building and just happened to hear the bell for the end of get out of class. Well, it was not easy to come to a class, and I wanted to show my presence in front of the teacher and classmates, but I missed it perfectly. Qiao Ruida had to go against the flow of people, run upstairs, return to the original classroom, and get his backpack and books back. Then he rode his bicycle to the entrance of the first cafeteria, waiting for his girlfriend and sister to come and have dinner together.

Half an hour later, on the way back to the courtyard, Du Qingqing noticed the file bag on the center console of the car, picked it up curiously, and asked, "Honey, what's in this file bag?"

"This file bag was given to me by Academician Qi. I'm not sure what's inside it." Qiao Ruida turned on the car's automatic driving function, turned his head to look at the file bag in his girlfriend's hand, and said.

"Academician Qi, which Academician Qi? There is no academician with the surname Qi among our Peking University academicians, right?" Qi is not a common surname. If there is an academician with the surname Qi in Peking University, Du Qingqing would not have not known about it.

"He's Academician Qi Jinzhong, who developed the EUV lithography machine. He's from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, not our Peking University. It's normal that you haven't heard of him. Open it and take a look. I'm also curious about what's inside."

Du Qingqing followed the instructions, unsealed the silk thread, opened the file bag, and poured it out. The first thing that appeared in front of the two was a bright red invitation. When she opened the cover, several lines of beautiful handwritten fonts appeared in front of the two.

Dear Mr. Qiao Ruida:

Thank you for your concern and support for my country's lithography machine industry, which has enabled the EUV lithography machine to be successfully developed in a short period of time, laying a solid foundation for the development of my country's integrated circuit industry. After discussion with our company, we decided to establish a Guoke Precision Company based on EUV lithography machine, mainly for the research and development and production of lithography machines. After being approved by the superiors, it has been approved. We sincerely invite you to visit the company's office building on October 10 and participate in our opening ceremony.

Details of the celebration activities are as follows:

Date: October 10

Time: 10:00am
Location: Zhongguancun Integrated Circuit Industrial Park, Building C, Room xx

Activity content: Opening ribbon-cutting ceremony, customer exchange meeting, etc.

We know that starting a business is not easy, and the research and development of lithography machines is even more difficult. We cannot do without your cooperation. We are honored by your presence. We look forward to your visit!
Sincerely,
Salute! Guoke Precision Company
December 2013, 10

"Guoke Precision Company, which makes photolithography machines, seems to be a strong state-owned company. Why did they invite you to join them when they opened their business?" Du Qingqing asked curiously.

"Didn't the invitation letter say that I helped them a lot in the development of the EUV lithography machine? Inviting me to attend their company's opening ceremony was exactly what they meant. I don't know if you still remember that about two years ago, I took a drawing and technical data of the EUV lithography machine and handed it to Academician Wang. That data, after several twists and turns, finally reached Academician Qi. It was with the support of that drawing and data that Academician Qi and his team were able to overcome various difficulties in just two years and produce such an advanced and mature EUV lithography machine."

"Now that you mentioned that, I have some impression. I didn't expect that a piece of technical information I casually sent out two years ago would actually hatch a unicorn company that masters EUV lithography technology two years later. Hey, there seems to be something else in this file bag."

Du Qingqing picked up the file bag again, took out a few folded A4 papers from it, opened it, and found that it was actually a document for the free donation of company shares. The entity to be donated was the soon-to-be-listed Guoke Precision Company, and the recipient was Qiao Ruida, with a share of 30%. At the end of the document was the bright red seal of Guoke Precision Company, and only the signature of the recipient was blank. As long as Qiao Ruida signed his name, the document would be legally binding, and he would become one of the major shareholders of Guoke Precision Company.

"Wow, that's really generous. A piece of technical data in exchange for 30% of the shares of a quasi-giant company. This is a good deal." Du Qingqing exclaimed in admiration.

"That's really generous. It's good to have shares in this Guoke Precision Company. I was just wondering who should be in charge of the production of graphene chip equipment. I've decided. It's you, Guoke Precision."

A full set of graphene chip production equipment, especially the photolithography machine, contains too many parts and involves too many industrial categories. Even if the Ruida Group is involved in many fields, it is impossible to make a photolithography machine on its own. Unless Qiao Ruida risks exposing his gold finger and supplies various core components to the group, there is only a slight possibility. However, Qiao Ruida will certainly not do such a thankless task.

Foreign lithography giants, whether ASML in the Netherlands or Canon in the island country, all adopt the strategy of global procurement, integrated supply chain, and unified assembly. The lithography machine parts they produce come from major industrial powers around the world. For example, the EUV lithography machine that ASML is developing has a lens from Zeiss in Germany, a light source from Cymer in the United States, and a duplexer from TRUMPF in Germany. Less than 10% of the components are actually produced by ASML. If there is any country in the world that can handle the entire lithography machine on its own, it must be China, because only China has all the industrial categories classified by the United Nations. This is also the reason why Qiao Ruida previously submitted the lithography machine drawings and technical data through Academician Wang. Only when the state takes action and integrates the research and development strength and production capacity of major domestic scientific research institutes, state-owned and private companies, can it be possible to produce such a complex machine as the EUV lithography machine.

The same is true for the current graphene chip production line. Only by cooperating with the state, or with Guoke Precision, can we get all the graphene production equipment in the next two to three years and prepare for the subsequent graphene chip explosion.

Qiao Ruida opened the glove box, took out a pen, and signed his name at the end of the document. Qiao Ruida then added another company to his holdings, and Ruida Group's foundation became even stronger.

"Do you want to attend the opening ceremony of Guoke Precision Company?" Du Qingqing waved the big red invitation in front of Qiao Ruida and asked.

"Since I have become a shareholder of Ruida Precision, this is the opening ceremony of my own company. Of course I have to go. Not only that, I also have to prepare a big gift for them."

"What kind of gift?"

"Keep this secret for now, otherwise there will be no surprise."

Nothing happened that night. The next day, there was no class at school. After Qiao Ruida drove Du Qingqing to Peking University, he drove to Ruida’s headquarters.

"Boss, good morning!" "Boss, good morning!" "Boss, have you eaten?" As he walked along, he was greeted by many people, and Qiao Ruida nodded in response. After entering the chairman's office, Qiao Ruida found that on the desk, in addition to the documents he needed to deal with today, there were two white packaging boxes, one large and one small, with images of a mobile phone and a laptop printed on them. Qiao Ruida pressed the call bell and called in his assistant Yu Shuwan, who was working outside the door, and asked, "Where did this phone and computer come from?"

"Oh, Mr. Qiao, these two electronic devices were sent by Mr. Zhao from Reda Technology yesterday afternoon. He said they are new products to be released at the autumn new product launch next week. They sent a sample for you to take a look at first."

"So that's how it is. I see. You can go out and continue working."

After sending the assistant away, Qiao Ruida unpacked the two products and first took the Xiaoda second-generation mobile phone in his hand and played with it for a while. In order to reduce costs, the appearance of the Xiaoda second-generation mobile phone is still mediocre. The front is a 6.0-inch LCD water drop screen. Although the physical buttons are cancelled, the chin of the screen is still a bit wide. The frame is made of aluminum alloy and has been frosted, which slightly improves the texture of the phone so that it does not look so cheap. On the frame of the phone, in addition to the traditional volume +- keys, a fingerprint recognition module is also integrated on the power button. As for the side fingerprint recognition and the back fingerprint recognition, which one is better and more convenient, it depends on personal usage habits. Unlike the previous generation of Xiaoda mobile phones, this generation of Xiaoda mobile phones has cancelled the 3.5 headphone jack, so that the phone has better integrity and its waterproof ability has reached the IP68 level.

Turning to the back of the phone, the three huge cameras in a vertical row are particularly conspicuous. But if you look closely, you will find that only the top main camera is large enough, and the two cameras below have holes as small as a needle tip, which are just for the sake of numbers. The so-called large size is just an illusion created by the black glass cover around the camera. But this is understandable. It is basically impossible for a mobile phone to take into account both performance and photo effects at a price of 100 yuan.

Qiao Ruida pressed the power button, and a familiar boot animation flashed by. Since it was a test machine, there was no such thing as power-on registration, password input, fingerprint recording, etc. When the screen lit up again, it had entered the main screen interface of the Kaitian system. Opening the phone settings interface, I checked the phone information. The memory was only 6G, the body storage was 64G, and there was only one SIM card slot on the body, and a TF card could not be inserted for expansion. (End of this chapter)