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Chapter 1398 A Gift to the World (Second Update, Please Subscribe)
Silicon Valley.

From the moment the car entered Silicon Valley, Li Yian was more moved.

This is "Silicon Valley".

There are many Silicon Valleys all over the world.

At least in another world, there is one in the United States, and even the Soviet Union has their Silicon Valley. As for a certain village, it was once called Silicon Valley. Even India has a so-called "Silicon Valley".

But except for the one in the United States, the development of other countries is unsatisfactory.

And what about the valley in front of us?
It’s “Silicon Valley”!
But will it grow into a true "Silicon Valley"?

Who created Silicon Valley?
There are many different opinions, but one thing is certain: the emergence of Silicon Valley benefited from the booming demand among the people.

In fact, in the beginning, it was corporate decisions that dominated the course of the electronics industry. In the first one or two years, more than 85% of the research and development of electronic products was funded by NBC. Even until ten years ago, nearly two-thirds of the research and development costs of electronic equipment came from direct investment by companies.

From semiconductors and transistors to computers and airplanes, NBC's R&D investment has greatly promoted the advancement of these technologies. The cost of each electronic computer developed by Chu Ze was as high as millions of dollars, and later even as high as four or five million dollars. Without NBC's funding, it would be unimaginable to raise funds for such a large-scale scientific research project.

At that time, transistors were extremely expensive, which limited their commercial application. Without the purchase of the electronic computer industry, it is difficult to imagine the subsequent development of this industry. For a long time, all transistor production products were sold to the military for the manufacture of electronic computers. It was precisely this demand that supported the research and development of transistors. At that time, NBC did not care about the price, they were more concerned about whether the performance of the transistor was reliable.

Thanks to the official support, there have been great advances in electronic technology. With the adoption of new processes, the price of transistors has continued to decline and quickly became very cheap. It is also with the help of cheap transistors that Borneo, as a rising star, has been able to sweep the field of home appliances.

The prosperity of the home appliance industry allowed companies to invest more money in the development of transistors and later integrated circuits. The large amount of capital and personnel investment, coupled with the ever-expanding market, led to the rapid development of the electronics industry.

Ultimately, all of this led to the electronics industry represented by Silicon Valley. In the past few years, they have developed new electronic computers, made them available to thousands of companies, and developed the world's most advanced integrated circuits.

The fierce market competition has brought about technological progress in the electronics industry that far exceeds that of traditional industries.

“Is this Silicon Valley?”

Nancy, sitting in the car, looked around curiously, but there seemed to be nothing special.

"Correct."

Li Yian nodded and said:

“This is Silicon Valley.”

Nancy asked curiously:
“Then why is it called Silicon Valley?”

“Because of silicon!”

"Silicon? What is that?"

As expected of a liberal arts student, Li Yian was not even willing to explain when faced with such a question. He just responded casually:
"Silicon is God's gift to mankind! Well, glass is also a type of silicon."

"Silicon? Glass? Is it important?"

Looking at the confused woman, Li Yian couldn't help but sigh, no wonder she kept causing trouble for Iron Man...

Is silicon important?

important!

In fact, the more you understand the semiconductor industry, the more you will find that silicon is really an immortal thing.

In the process of developing transistor integrated circuits, humans tried all elements and found that only silicon could be used.

In other words, God has gifted silicon with everything it can do. Integrated circuits have enjoyed a golden age for decades, and some problems have not yet occurred, and no one knows that they have been spoiled by silicon.

At first, people chose germanium. However, when the sun shone in the summer, the radio in the car broke down because the germanium semiconductor became ineffective.

For this reason, from the very beginning, Li Yian focused on silicon and solved the problem of silicon crystals bit by bit.

Finally, everything here was accomplished... and Silicon Valley is the embodiment of everything. Can a miracle be accomplished here now?
This is destined to be a place where miracles happen!

Just a few hours later, in Silicon Valley, Li Yian saw a miracle.

In other words, seeing the future, the "Li's Law" he proposed is being verified here.

Although the law was only a hypothesis when it was proposed, at this moment, facing the chip in front of him, Li Yian saw not only an integrated circuit, but the verification of the law.

It is the door to the future!

So much so that he said in surprise:
"Its manufacturing process is 30 microns, right?" Although in another world we are used to hearing about manufacturing processes of more than ten nanometers or even a few nanometers, compared to those chips, such chips are simply not worth mentioning.

But for this era, it is an existence that far transcends its time.

"Yes, sir. This is the most advanced chip in the world. Our laboratory has just successfully manufactured it. However, because the yield rate is too low, it cannot be mass-produced yet. Currently, we have only provided a few dozen samples. However, Space Exploration Technologies Corporation has purchased a batch for testing."

Products must not only be produced, but also sold. This is the real business, and that is why Zhang Jinglai emphasized this.

Although it cannot be mass-produced, there is no problem as long as the price is high enough. As the sponsor and purchaser of high-tech, the government is not so sensitive to the cost of technology; on the contrary, it is quite sensitive to the performance of the product, which is conducive to improving the accuracy of the product.

Because of this, the government always has the most advanced and cutting-edge technology, including SpaceX, and they are willing to invest money in new technologies.

Of course, I am willing to pay a high price for this high-performance chip.

While stressing that the chip has entered the “market”, Zhang Jingye added:

"But we are confident that we can achieve mass production in the next ten months. As you said, the number of transistors that can be accommodated on an integrated circuit will double approximately every 18 to 24 months, and its performance will also double."

When mentioning "Li's Law", Zhang Jingye noticed that His Excellency looked at the processor with a very serious expression.

Is this a chip?
Of course, although the 30-micron process and more than 6000 transistors do not make a big thing, considering the need for heat dissipation, this processor can definitely be described as "big, black and crude".

But at present, this is not as simple as black technology, it can even be said to be alien technology!

Of course, this is also the area where we are currently most advanced than European and American countries. Perhaps, in many mechanical fields, we are still lagging behind traditional industrial countries in Europe and the United States, but in the field of electronics industry, we are already truly far ahead.

This is the chip that people are thinking about!

Looking at the chip in front of him, Li Yian felt more emotional deep in his heart.

"Yes, this is... Li's Law. Every 24 months, the number of transistors will double, which means that the performance of integrated circuits that can be purchased with one dollar will double every 18 to 24 months. Hmm..."

After a brief pause, Li Yian straightened up and said:

"This also means that personal computers will become more and more advanced and cheaper. Perhaps it won't be long before cheap personal computers enter thousands of households and become an indispensable part of ordinary families..."

Not just ordinary families, but the entire society.

After Wang An launched the personal computer, many startups launched personal computers, but they were all too expensive.

But this is nothing. Many high-tech products are extremely expensive when they are first launched. However, with the advancement of technology, the prices of those high-tech products will continue to decrease, and eventually even become very cheap. This is an inevitable result of development.

"Sir, I believe this day will come. We will soon be able to produce more advanced and cheaper microprocessors."

"Well, I look forward to seeing that day."

Li Yian smiled, and then started chatting with Zhang Jingye and other employees of the company, mostly about the design and production of integrated circuits.

Now that the projection lithography machine has just been put into use, its performance needs to be further improved, and there are also subsystems that need to be improved, such as photoresist, packaging and other raw material processes.

The improvement of these technologies and processes is the problems encountered by enterprises in the production process. In order to seize the market and reduce costs, they will go all out to solve these problems. This is the inevitable progress brought about by market competition.

Just leave everything else to the market. We will eventually solve all problems. Even if Silicon Valley cannot solve them, European and American companies will solve them.

After all, market demand and profits stimulate everything. When combined, they are like a nuclear reactor, constantly stimulating the development and progress of hormones.

Many times, the development and progress of technology is like this, and it is not necessarily developed by official will.

It is because of the market, because of the market demand. It is the demand from the market that stimulates everything and stimulates innovation.

This is of course also the reason for the success of "Silicon Valley", because from the very beginning it has been following the market and developing under the stimulation of the market.

On this day, Li Yian was visiting Silicon Valley. He not only visited integrated circuit design and production companies, but also visited several materials companies.

After all, materials are the foundation of the development of integrated circuits. Without first-class materials, it is impossible to have first-class chips.

There are always some surprises during the visit, and such surprises cannot be experienced when visiting other places.

Perhaps in other places, we can see large-scale industrial enterprises, but what about the future?

This is the future!
(End of this chapter)