Chapter 369: 400 Million Kilometers per Hour
Just as a group of scientific researchers were busy around a nano-scale white lithography machine, importing the lithography program into the CNC panel.
Chen Jue on the side was carefully looking through the chip design drawings sent by Lin Weiguo.
These cutting-edge chips that integrate CPU and GPU are the result of the hard work of the Institute of Optoelectronics. Any one of them, taken for tape-out, is enough to support any technology company on the market to become a unicorn in the industry.
Due to the poor hardware equipment, the design drawings of these chips have been lying in the database of the Institute of Optoelectronics and cannot be mass-produced.
It was not until they met Chen Jue, a being who was almost like a creator, that their realization became possible.
However , after seeing the information data storage capacity of the bird and insect script recorded in the imperial seal, these transistor circuit designs, which often cost tens of billions of units, seemed a bit bloated in Chen Jue's eyes.
"It's a pity that I still don't understand the operating principles of these bird and insect scripts, otherwise I could break the semiconductor design standards established by the West." Chen Dezhong muttered to himself.
After working for a while, Lin Weiguo and his companions began to activate and start the entire white lithography machine according to Chen Jue's instructions.
As a well-prepared wafer was inserted into it, yellow lights lit up in the entire underground fortification, and the lithography system inside the machine began to operate, and everyone's heart was lifted.
"Officially start the lithography tape-out!"
"The program self-check is normal!"
“20%…40%…”
Along with a few beeping reminders, a countdown showing the progress appeared on the CNC panel.
It's just that the number jumps too fast, almost jumping by 20% every second.
In just a blink of an eye, the first wafer covered with chip matrix came out hot from the output port on the side of the machine.
Such a terrifying lithography speed made everyone around the machine feel their scalps tingling.
"How come it's so fast?"
“Even if the top-level EUA lithography machine processes a wafer, it will take at least 12 seconds!”
"We have increased the accuracy by 50 times, which is equivalent to concentrating the computing power of 50 chips on one chip. The number of transistors on a single wafer has increased by more than 10,000 times. It should take at least ten minutes." Several researchers from the Institute of Optoelectronics discussed in shock.
"I know! Look at this animation. This machine uses multiple light sources to work together, which means there is more than one photolithography lens doing the exposure!"
"This efficiency is terrifying! One machine is almost as good as hundreds of EUA lithography machines produced by ASML!" A young researcher exclaimed, pointing to a simulation animation on the CNC panel.
"What? Multiple light sources working at the same time?"
"Aren't you afraid of band interference?"
"So, the efficiency of this machine is equivalent to that of several TSMC factories in Taiwan?"
Seeing the wafers being spit out from the machine, Lin Weiguo and his group were so excited that they couldn't help themselves.
You know, TSMC's chip production capacity ranks first in the world.
The entire factory is equipped with 80 of the latest EUA lithography machines, which can produce 14 million 12-inch wafers per month.
If the chips are cut according to the specifications of Kirin 9000, it would be equivalent to a monthly production of 600 million chips of this type.
In order to support such a huge production capacity, TSMC consumes more than 20 billion kWh of electricity each year and has recruited as many as 50,000 employees.
However, once this nano-scale lithography machine is put into production, it will be equivalent to tying up several TSMCs and then hanging them up and beating them!
When a chip engraved above was cut out for computing power testing, the computing power exceeded that of all high-end chips on the market, which made the entire underground fortification cheer.
Even Zou Ying excitedly hugged Chen Jue's arm and shook it continuously.
"Finally...finally broke through the western blockade!"
"I will never be strangled by chips again!"
"It's time to replace all our supercomputers with new chips!"
“This is the real flower core!”
You know, China spends hundreds of billions of dollars every year importing high-end chips from abroad, which is enough to match the annual GDP of a backward province.
Once high-end chips are priced very low, it will save the entire flower-growing industry a huge amount of financial expenditure!
Of course, the role of nano-lithography machines is more than just that.
Once these high-end chips are put into the commercial market, the performance of personal PCs will be greatly improved, and countless computer-related fields such as scientific research units such as bases, supercomputers, aerospace equipment, fighter jets, missiles, etc. will be affected. It can be said that one move will affect the entire body.
This is also the reason why Chen Jue stayed in the base temporarily, trying to manufacture this nano-scale lithography machine.
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The testing of the nano-level lithography machine is still proceeding in an orderly manner. After a short period of carnival, the group of researchers from the Institute of Optoelectronics brought by Lin Weiguo have all started their work.
The production of chips not only involves the core step of wafer taping with a lithography machine, but also involves subsequent cutting, packaging, and extreme environment testing of the chips.
As for Chen Jue, after he gave detailed instructions on all the uses of the nanolithography machine, he was taken by Zhong Deyuan who had hurried over to another information room full of digital display screens.
On the large screen covering the entire wall, a complex encrypted signal sent from the other side of the ocean was being analyzed.
In addition, the real-time dynamics of the feedback point outside the solar system can be vaguely seen in the background.
"Mr. Zhong, are you saying that this unidentified signal source is moving towards the earth?" Chen Jue scanned the complex information display screens with a look of surprise.
"Yes! Just after we received the transmission of the five-pillar device, the unidentified signal source had already advanced 800 million kilometers into the solar system. If the other party had not continued to send signals to the earth, we would not have been able to measure the real-time distance." Zhong Deyuan said solemnly.
"We have traveled more than 800 million kilometers in less than two hours. This should be close to one-third of the speed of light, right?"
"A spacecraft that can reach a speed of over 100 million per hour, it seems that this group of aliens has quite advanced technology!" Chen Jue shrugged half-jokingly.
"Although it has not yet reached sub-light speed, according to the current trend, this unknown signal source will reach the earth in just one week."
"Being able to travel at one third the speed of light, I'm afraid the entire Earth's technology is ahead of it..." Zhong Deyuan sighed, hesitating.
The deep feeling of powerlessness in the face of alien civilization is self-evident.
After all, humans have only just sent people to land on the moon.
Compared to an alien civilization that can travel across galaxies, the technological gap here is enough to make people feel despair just thinking about it.
"One third the speed of light?"
"If I'm in outer space without air friction, I should be able to achieve it with my current level of practice, or even exceed it." Chen Jue touched his chin and began to think.
At this moment, the screen on the wall that was analyzing the encrypted signal suddenly popped up the result, and then a signal simulation diagram marked with Eagle Country Area 15 was automatically generated from the screen.
"Boss, we've figured out the source of the outgoing signal! It's from several high-powered radio telescopes in Area 15!"
"The encrypted signal they repeated contains our human genetic code and the spatial coordinates of the earth!" A staff member who was concentrating on operating the computer took the microphone in front of him and reported.
When Mr. Zhong heard this, his eyes suddenly turned dark and he almost fainted from anger!
According to the Dark Forest Law, an immature civilization like the Earth fears most that its spatial coordinates will be captured by others.
By doing this, the American people are acting as a guide for the alien civilization, and in the process, they are also giving away the most core information about the composition of human beings for free.
As long as that alien civilization is a little more powerful and develops some biological weapons targeting human genes, it is estimated that the human species can be wiped out and enslaved in minutes.
Even Chen Jue couldn't help but shake his head after hearing this news: "So, the Eagle Country guys want to rape the earth... No, should it be people?"
