The Immortal Warrior: From Reverse Engineering to Forging Swords for the Country

Chapter 69: The aerospace system that waits for rice to cook

Zhang Zhipeng accompanied Zhao Bingkun to Factory 618.

Because of the heavy snow, this road was more difficult to walk.

I didn't arrive at Factory 5 until 618 o'clock in the afternoon that day.

Zhao Bingkun took a look and said, "Okay!" Even at this hour, the machines in the factory are still roaring, creating a busy scene.

Zhao Bingkun said to Zhang Zhipeng: "Compared with the last time I came here, this factory is more energetic!"

"Xiao Zhang, this is all your fault. Without you, Factory 618 would not be able to be revitalized."

Zhang Zhipeng said with a smile: "I have done my best. However, the credit belongs to everyone."

The snow in the mountains is heavier, and the cold is stronger than in the city. Even the temperature is several degrees lower.

However, all the roads in the factory area have been cleared, and there are several weird snowmen piled on the roadside.

Lin Zijian learned that Zhao Bingkun was coming and greeted him at the roadside early.

Seeing Zhao Bingkun, he laughed loudly and said: "Haha! Leaders are welcome to come over to inspect and guide the work!"

Zhao Bingkun said with a smile: "Comrade Zijian's energy and energy are obviously different! How is it? Is your work going well?"

Lin Zijian said: "Thanks to the leaders and the great help of Comrade Zhipeng, everything went very smoothly. Our factory has completely come out of the trough, and it is prospering day by day. If the factory is good, I am in a good mood."

Lin Zijian and Zhang Zhipeng accompanied Zhao Bingkun to inspect the chip workshop of Loongson Company.

The workshop is still a lively scene.

Production debugging is still ongoing.

Zhang Zhipeng introduced Zhao Binkai's current work situation.

"Director Zhao, now the production line has basically been debugged."

"Small-scale mass production is already underway."

"However, now we are also encountering some problems."

Zhao Bingkun said: "What's the problem? If you need my coordination, just tell me."

Zhang Zhipeng said: "There is a river in this mountain, but the water in the river is not too much."

"Our chip production requires a lot of pure water."

"Today, there is no problem with small-scale production, but once the scale of production increases, the consumption of freshwater resources will be quite huge."

“The water treated by the original water plant of Plant 618 may not be enough.”

"So, we now have an urgent problem to solve: building a larger pure water treatment plant, which will be of great help to us in expanding our production capacity in the future."

It is a well-known fact that chip manufacturing requires large amounts of pure water.

The most water-consuming link is the process of producing silicon wafers. Secondly, in the chip manufacturing process, in order to ensure the quality of the chip, a large amount of pure water must be used to clean the surface of the chip to ensure the quality of the chip. Moreover, it is required during the production process. Wash and rinse multiple times.

Take TSMC, the world's largest chip foundry, as an example. It consumes up to 15 tons of pure water every day, which is the daily water consumption of a city of people.

Of course, Zhang Zhipeng has also considered this issue.

When he inspected Factory 618, he discovered that there was a stream in the valley where the factory was located.

Factory 618 has its own water plant, which can produce more than 1 tons of tap water every day for production and drinking. Moreover, it still has room to increase production, with the limit being about 2 tons per day.

If the two production lines set up by Loongson Company in the 618 factory area are operated at full capacity, they will require more than 6 tons of water per day, which is barely enough at present.

But after the subsequent expansion of chip production scale, it will be a bit stretched.

Zhang Zhipeng said: "We originally wanted to try drilling deep-water wells, but the groundwater level here is obviously relatively low, and deep-water wells are not easy to drill. This is also a problem."

Zhao Bingkun nodded and said, "This problem is indeed a bit tricky."

Zhang Zhipeng said: "Of course, if the chips produced by our Loongson Company are only supplied to national defense and important industries, I think this production line will be fully operational in the future, and the production volume will be almost enough."

"But if it is to be supplied to the civilian field, the production scale must be expanded."

"Also, I believe that chip production will still take the path of military-civilian integration in the future."

"The money earned from the civilian market is used for military purposes, which allows us to have more funds for research and development." "The research and development of chip technology is very expensive."

Zhao Bingkun said: "No, I will talk to Qin Province and ask them to provide you with a water pipeline and build a water plant directly on the Wei River. The pure water produced will be directly transported to you through the pipeline. How about it?"

The method Zhao Bingkun said is effective.

But, it's very expensive.

This is also the main reason why Zhang Zhipeng raised this issue for Zhao Bingkun to solve.

Zhang Zhipeng smiled and said: "That's good!"

"Thank you, Director Zhao!"

"I'm afraid this project will take at least one or two years to complete, right?"

Zhao Bingkun said: "I'll let the relevant departments make an assessment. Anyway, you don't have to deal with this matter. I'll urge them to start doing it as soon as possible! It can't affect the production of chips!"

Zhang Zhipeng smiled happily: "Thank you again, Director Zhao!"

Zhao Bingkun asked: "Are there any difficulties?"

Zhang Zhipeng said: "There is nothing else to do, huh! I hope that when our chip products start to be supplied in large quantities in the future, the payment can be faster."

Zhao Bingkun laughed and scolded: "You don't have to think about this problem!"

"Can the country still lose money from you?"

"You should tell me the time to start mass production first. I don't think everything is done now?"

“It feels like we should be able to start mass production at any time!”

Zhang Zhipeng said: "The production line has been completed."

"However, the yield rate is still a bit too low now, only about 30 percent."

"So, we are exploring improvements. We strive to increase the yield rate to more than 80%!"

"At the same time, employees also need to be retrained for a short period of time."

"So, we set the time to start mass production around the fifteenth day of the first lunar month."

"The Chinese New Year is coming. The employees have been busy for a long time and they all want to take a break. I can't be too harsh, can I?"

Zhao Bingkun nodded and said, "You are right!"

"Let me ask you, how did you spend that 100 million?"

"Are there enough flowers?"

Zhang Zhipeng blinked and said, "You should know very well that Comrade Guo Zaijie is in charge of the accounts!"

Zhao Bingkun chuckled and said, "What I'm asking is whether you have enough money to spend and whether there are any big expenses in the future. You guys are really saving money on your money!"

"As of today, there are still more than 4 million on the books!"

Zhang Zhipeng immediately became vigilant: "Director Zhao, it is our ability to save money."

"You can't think about that little money!"

"If you think about it, we made almost all the equipment ourselves. If we imported all the equipment, even if we could import it, it would cost more than ten times, right? It would also be a waste of time."

Zhao Bingkun smiled and said: "I'm just asking. Don't worry, it's an investment from our Science and Technology Commission. How can you take it away?"

"That money is entirely up to you! As long as it is spent on business, I support it!"

Zhang Zhipeng said: "Then we are going to give out some bonuses before the Chinese New Year. They will be given out according to the size of the contribution. The one who made the biggest contribution will be given 5,000 yuan. Do you think it will work?"

Zhao Bingkun said: "You have saved so much money for the country, so it is natural that you should be given some bonuses! It's up to you. As long as it's not excessive, it's totally fine!"

"Well! Now many important departments in the country are waiting for your chips! Especially in the aerospace industry, they are waiting for rice to be ready. Hurry up!"

It is an indisputable fact that aerospace requires a large number of chips. In a space rocket, a main control computer is needed to calculate the orbital flight attitude and communicate with the ground to receive ground instructions. This requires the use of a large number of sensors and microprocessors. A high-quality CPU is also required.

Therefore, what Zhao Bingkun said is not an exaggeration.

(End of this chapter)