No technology can be invented for no reason. Although genius scientists may be able to speed up the development of technology, genius scientists also need to spend money.
It can be said that all human technological progress is made by spending money. Jiang Yan Hai seems to be doing scientific research very quickly, and it doesn't seem to cost much.
But is this really the case? Not really.
A very simple thing, just like last time, Jiang Yan Hai was going to a research institute near Yangcheng to have video contact with Professor Liu Professor Hu. At that time, the entire research institute was in a state of complete lockdown, and all scientific research activities were suspended. Holidays should be taken, rest should be taken, and things that should be implemented behind schedule were implemented behind schedule.
These all cost money! When some research is stopped for a day, the power of the computer alone is a large number.
And Jiang Yan Hai can use any supercomputer it wants, even directly using the strategic reserve. Doesn't the strategic reserve cost money? These are all money.
Therefore, scientific research does not save money, it is just that the efficiency here at Jiang Yan Hai is higher. Others may produce an effect with 10,000 yuan, but Jiang Yan Hai may produce an effect with 100 yuan.
But this hundred yuan also needs to be spent.
Warwick is what it is today not because of how strong their scientific researchers are, but because they are willing to invest.
What is the concept of throwing away a company worth 100 billion every year? How many companies in the country have a market value of more than 100 billion?
"Well, these are easy to talk about. Let's speed up the progress. In fact, the design of the chip and the matching with the system, etc., probably have a pattern..." Jiang Yan Hai said with a smile.
Of course, they are all talking about silicon-based chips, and the ultimate performance of silicon chips has not yet been squeezed out.
The next step after 3 nanometers is 1 nanometer, and it is possible to even break through the limit of nanometers and reach a few tenths of a nanometer.
What is the concept of a few tenths of a nanometer? It's the size of an atom! This means that in the future a transistor will be as big as an atom.
But is this technology the limit? No, even Nanobots can exist, which is nothing.
Therefore, there is no limit to technology. Think about how a star several times larger than the sun will eventually shrink into a black hole with a diameter of several centimeters, and you will understand how amazing matter is.
After entering the research institute in Warwick, Jiang Yan Hai stopped talking to the bosses, because talking to them would have no effect on the upcoming research. He directly asked these researchers for the next-generation design drawings of Kirin series chips.
This is the 3-nanometer level Chip Design drawing. In fact, the entire drawing is already very complete. If it were not for Jiang Yan Hai, they would probably have entered the tape-out stage. If the tape-out is successful, it means that the chip is successful.
Of course, successful tape-out does not mean that the chip is perfect. There are chips with design defects, including heat generation, energy consumption, power and other aspects.
This is also the reason why many chips are of the same series and architecture, because in this case, although these chips are constantly improving, the performance of the same chip can also be continuously optimized by them.
But in China, all companies can only choose to overtake in corners, including Warwick, because they have too little reserves in this area.
Think about when the first IBM in the United States was founded? Companies including Intel have been around for decades.
But what about domestically? When was the first real chip company founded?
The difference between the two is too big, and there is a huge lack of experience alone. This is why Li Ruo Bai chose to work directly on new materials and new structures.
Because the limit of silicon crystal materials is about to be reached, the current silicon crystal materials may still be used for 20 to 30 years, but if they have achieved results in new materials and new structures at the same time, these 20 to 30 years will be enough for them to reach the forefront of the world.
In this aspect, they have an advantage, at least for many new materials that the companies next door do not have.
Jiang Yan Hai did not choose to delay. After checking out the new generation of Kirin chips, he said directly, "Your Kirin's 3-nanometer design is still based on the architectural design of the previous generation Kirin chips. Regarding this aspect, I probably have some ideas for improvement, and you can record them together."
It is inevitable for Huawei to adopt a series architecture. They cannot directly design a new architecture and a new chip from scratch like Li Ruo Bai and others, because the purposes of both parties are different.
Warwick's idea is very simple. They want to put it into use quickly, but Li Ruo Bai is responsible for the national strategic plan, and the support between the two parties is naturally different.
However, although Warwick's Chip Design is not as simple and efficient as the Jiang Yan Hai, and has made progress in various aspects such as energy consumption, the performance gap is not big.
At least users can't actually feel it.
Jiang Yan Hai is constantly putting forward some suggestions for improvements that it has discovered before, while engineers at Warwick are constantly verifying. Some verifications can be simulated directly on the supercomputer, while some require successful tape-out and comparison with previous chips to conduct various extreme tests to obtain the latest data.
If it were in the past, the speed of the second test method would be very slow, because we did not have our own photolithography machine before, but it is different now.
3-nanometer lithography machines are being produced in China at a crazy speed. It can be said that OEM companies such as TSMC and even Samsung are already looking to purchase 3-nanometer lithography machines.
Regarding orders in this area, domestically, they naturally accept all comers. Not only do they accept all comers, but they also charge prices as low as cabbage!
ASML Company 7 nanometer lithography machine costs US$100 million. Sorry, we only sell it for US$80 million, 3 nanometers.
And the data on yield rate and other aspects are definitely not bad! These are all top international data.
80 million US dollars is a bargain price!
No one in the world can beat this price.
Although ASML Company has been constantly trying to speed up its progress, according to the data analysis of Er Dan, it will take at least a year and a half before they can come up with a mature 3-nanometer process lithography machine.
But for a year and a half, the daylilies have been cold, okay?
In fact, not long after the Xiaomi mobile phone went on sale, the Ministry of Commerce next door had quietly revoked all regulations on the embargo on chips and lithography machines.
But if Jiang Yan Hai remembers it correctly, not long ago, the domestic Ministry of Commerce issued the latest relevant bill. The export of 3-nanometer lithography machines is strictly prohibited, but I can sell it.