Chapter 421 5nm Chip Technology
At a tin mining area in Pakistan, the Umbrella representative shook hands with the original tin mine owner. The original tin mine owner smiled meaningfully and said:
"Now that the handover is complete, is your company interested in further cooperation?"
The owner of this tin mine is a representative of a large mineral company.
Faced with the power of Umbrella to annihilate the Kangaroo Navy, and with the willingness to spend money, these Western capitals that are deeply rooted in Pakistan also know how to make choices.
For them, all they care about is profit!
As for the position of Da Piaoliang itself, or the position of other capitals, they don’t care.
They themselves may even be controlled by a certain organization group.
But for its own interests, it still doesn't mind cooperating with Umbrella!
"How do you cooperate?"
The ghost employee was wearing a vest of Indian descent, with a nose ring and tattoos.
At this time, the inquiry was also conducted calmly.
At present, the company's expansion is going smoothly. In fact, for the major new mining areas, Umbrella just needs a channel and way to obtain resources.
Machines and employees don’t need to make much adjustments, just continue production!
However, everything produced at that time will need to be digested internally by Umbrella first.
"We also know that your company is under sanctions and embargo, but we have a way to get special authorization. If your company is willing to cooperate, we can register a new company in Kangaroo to specifically deliver some sanctioned materials to your company. Except for chips, everything else is easy to deal with, especially minerals. We are still somewhat confident in this regard. Of course, the quantity cannot be too exaggerated, and the price will be a bit more expensive..."
Hearing this, the old ghost of Umbrella did not feel very surprised.
As a diligent old ghost, he has four identities and works 24 hours a day.
Among the people that the four identities have come into contact with, there are already several who have hints similar to the one in front of me.
Big beauty is big beauty, capital is capital!
Even if it is an organization, it is actually just a relatively loose alliance.
Perhaps in terms of fundamental stance, the two sides are still in a hostile state, but it will definitely not prevent them making money!
"You can contact the company directly. We will not refuse this kind of cooperation as long as the quotation is suitable. You can call this number."
He handed over a card with no special markings very skillfully. It only had a phone number and email address on it, and the two parties had completed the connection.
Now that industrial machine tools have been stockpiled for such a long time and are still undergoing self-updating and iteration, Umbrella’s main task is to collect some raw materials.
In fact, don’t underestimate the simplicity of the words “raw materials”.
But in fact, there are still many processes from ore to materials that can be used directly!
Each one is an industrial chain!
At least with the current scale of Penglai City, there will be corresponding factories, but they are mainly for the future exploitation of seabed resources.
In terms of quantity demand, it will definitely be met by the factories currently built on land and some acquired steel mills.
In order to save space utilization in Penglai, it would be better to directly transport parts and processed raw materials up there before expanding again .
Therefore, we will naturally welcome this kind of cooperation.
Not afraid of the quantity exceeding Umbrella's digestion range.
If Penglai cannot handle it, it can really throw it to the factories in Mexico and Pakistan, turn it into commodities, and then continue to expand its soft influence.
While spending huge amounts of money, you can also continue to withdraw some of it to complete circulation and delivery.
At least for now, even we are subject to sanctions, we can still save a lot of tedious work with the help of the existing global trade platform, and we can quickly complete accumulation and lay the foundation.
If it weren't for the help of global trade, if it weren't for the orders from major shipyards, if it weren't for the industrial machine tools obtained before the sanctions, Umbrella would not have been able to achieve its current success so quickly!
This is the benefit gained from the combination of magic, technology, trade and capital!
Umbrella is a monster that parasitizes modern industry and global trade and is hatched by magic...
Originally, the beautiful sanctions combined with the embargo were both a bluff and could form an excuse at a critical moment.
A large number of cargo ships are transporting goods to Penglai. Are they ignoring our sanctions?
Immediately seize!
However, after Umbrella directly wiped out Kangaroo's fleet, everything was naturally peaceful and nothing happened.
Oh, so I really don’t take it seriously…
Then let’s just take our chances.
In contrast, Da Piaoliang, who has a wealthy family, is more worried that her own fleet will be hit by missiles that suddenly appear from nowhere.
This is the best way to make a small profit with a big investment.
It doesn't mean that you have to win, but you can feel the actual pain and feel that the cost-effectiveness is not worth it!
However, after Intel, Qualcomm, Apple, Nvidia, and AMD almost simultaneously announced that their own 5nm chips had been successfully taped out in the wafer fab, it immediately attracted a new round of global attention!
Last time I was just bragging, saying that with the EUV lithography machine, we can achieve this technology, but I didn’t expect it to be so fast!
It seems that they have been secretly planning this for a long time.
"Jumping directly from the 14nm process to the 5nm process can be said to be a qualitative leap, a leap that positively breaks Moore's Law!"
The fruit spokesperson gave a high-spirited explanation at their new product launch conference .
We directly opened up a new track, abandoned DUV, and achieved this by relying on EUV lithography machines.
In terms of EDA software design, with the support provided by Umbrella, their design work has become easier, simpler and more efficient!
Umbrella's advantage in lenses also makes the EUV lithography machine more efficient than the original ASML design.
However, the extremely high power consumption of EUV lithography machines and some data on yield rate still make the output and cost of the latest process chips somewhat problematic.
But at least the tape-out has been completed, and the real thing has been produced!
You have to know that the previous 14nm process chips have just become mainstream and are still the most cutting-edge technology.
But now we have made a big leap to 5nm process!
It has completely disrupted normal business succession behavior!
Simply based on the number of transistors, the unit density has increased nearly three times!
And because there is a more suitable EDA software, multiple collaborations are like adding wings to a tiger.
Other companies also spoke out following the fruit industry’s lead.
Wave after wave, the heat continues to rise.
This can be regarded as a cleanup of the previous public opinion storm.
"I can proudly announce that the computing power of our latest NVIDIA flagship card has surpassed Skynet."
The speech started by Nvidia's Huang caused a burst of exclamations.
Nvidia's own GPU has always had its own advantages in computing power.
In the 2003 Terminator, Skynet's computing power was only 60 teraflops. Their latest 1090 computing power has reached this level, which is definitely a terrifying improvement.
Even the announcements from AMD and Nvidia can be regarded as the main force of their chip factories!
Because today's mainstream supercomputers usually use AMD Bulldozer architecture chips for combination.
With this level of technological change, supercomputers are about to usher in a revolutionary upgrade!
According to the traditional Moore's Law, the semiconductor industry has cyclical ups and downs, and the updates and iterations of supercomputers also have traces to follow.
It doesn't mean that we start tinkering with a new chip every time it comes out, but we have our own trajectory and rhythm.
But this time it’s different. The improvement this time is so much greater.
In order to cope with the pressure from Umbrella, the original plan and business rules were directly broken.
The potential of 14nm chips has not been fully tapped yet, and the subsequent 10nm and 7nm processes have been skipped directly, reaching the 5nm level!
In the original business practice, this is quite undesirable, it is a huge waste and a lot of profit is lost.
However, in order to target Umbrella, this operation was carried out abruptly.
This leap is really too big.
The improvement is too huge!
Although no names were mentioned.
But if several chip factories released them at the same time, anyone with a discerning eye would know that they were targeting Umbrella.
After Umbrella defeated Kangaroo, it wanted to put the brakes on him and suppress Umbrella's momentum!
So as to avoid being mixed up with the winning trend and buying things everywhere.
It is also equivalent to reminding the world again that this company is still under sanctions.
Don't take sanctions lightly!
