"Is it worth it to spend such a large price on this kind of chip?"
"We can only achieve 0.22 micron lithography accuracy. The more integrated transistors, the greater the energy consumption. How to solve the problem of softening?"
"Yes. In this way, the heat dissipation of the YJ-0506 chipset is a big problem, which may cause unstable chip performance."
The engineers think that Academician He's request is unreasonable.They can complete the design and production tasks, and the actual use value of the YJ-0560 chipset is not great.
Hearing this, Xu Zhenming frowned, scanning everyone's faces.
"This project must be won. How did the Americans complete it?" He secretly guessed the design of the American early warning aircraft chip, and his eyes fell on the faces of He Changlin and Yanbo.
Yanbo kept blinking, as if he had an answer.
He Changlin drew sketches in his notebook, as if he was conceiving a plan.
Neither of them was discouraged, thinking that this kind of problem should be solved.
"My colleagues, I have a suggestion regarding the manufacturing of the YJ-0560 chipset." After looking around, Xu Zhenming decided to express his views.
Although he is a layman, he knows what the 9701 project is for.Since the manufacturing accuracy of domestic electronic products has been synchronized with that of the Americans, Yiming Group will definitely be able to produce chipsets that meet Academician He.
Otherwise, how did the U.S. accomplish this work?,
On this point, Xu Zhenming is super confident.He told all the engineers present that after Yiming Group has obtained four KrF lithography machines, the chip manufacturing progress has reached 0.12 microns.
Do not underestimate this progress. Americans and islanders spend a lot of research and development funds for this progress, and they are still using the fourth-generation ArF lithography machine to achieve it.In another time and space, the immersion lithography technology was proposed by the employees of Wanwantai Electromechanical Company and took the lead in completing the process technology research.
Now, Yiming Group has completed FinFET and immersion lithography two process technologies. As long as there is a ready-made lithography machine, Foundry's process level is leading the world.
Therefore, Xu Zhenming believes that with 0.12 micron chip manufacturing technology, it is possible to make low-energy AI chips.If this technology is applied to the 9701 project, it can at least help the Chinese early warning aircraft project surpass the United States in some aspects.
"So, colleagues must consider the problem with new ideas." At the end, he smiled and joked with the engineers in the conference room.
Hearing these words, Yanbo's eyes brightened, "This YJ-0506 chipset has something to do with it! The chip manufacturing accuracy reaches 0.12 microns, and we can double the number of integrated transistors. What's the point of adding some artificial intelligence instruction sets? "
"That's the truth. We can add a dozen artificial intelligence instructions to the instruction set."
"Well... If my team is responsible for designing the YJ-0560 chipset, with the assistance of Longteng EDA software, the chip design can be completed in one month."
"The design of the YJ-010970 chipset and YJ-02501 chipset is simpler. In this way, we can also add some dynamic memory to these three sets of chipsets."
When the engineers were reminded by Yanbo, their thinking suddenly became active.
They are all very excited, their eyes gleaming with wisdom, and they put forward their own design ideas and ideas.
As a result, this discussion will enter a hot state.Everyone forgot about the lunch time, and stopped discussing until more than three o'clock in the afternoon.After lunch, everyone continued to work, discussing the details of chip design, assigning tasks, and making design schedules.
After some discussion, the three chipset design cycles of the 9701 project have been determined.The time for the formal completion of the design is the end of September, and a mature plan can be put out to tape out before September 30 at the latest.
This time point is similar to the transformation cycle of four KrF lithography machines, and will not delay the tape-out process of the chip at all.
Therefore, Xu Zhenming is very happy.After the meeting, he walked out of He Changlin's laboratory in the dark night, took out his mobile phone and called Gui Changshu to announce the good news.
"What? There will be a technical exchange meeting tomorrow morning? Your actions are very fast. Okay, hahaha." Gui Changshu's excited laughter came over the phone.
He told Xu Zhenming that he really didn't expect Yiming Group to respond so quickly."I decided to arrange more R&D tasks for you in the future." In the end, the old man happily wanted to give Xu Zhenming a big gift.
At around 9 o'clock in the morning of the second day, in the confidential meeting room of He Changlin's laboratory, Gui Changshu and Academician He led a group of uniformed researchers. They were already seated in the meeting room, waiting for the meeting room to start.
The theme of today's meeting is the 9701 project design plan technical exchange meeting, and it is also the technical plan review meeting.At this meeting, once the He Changlin team's proposal has passed the design, they can begin the design process.
At a quarter past nine in the morning, Xu Zhenming saw that Yanbo was ready, so he picked up the microphone.
"General Gui, Academician He, and leaders, we will start the technical exchange meeting on the 9701 project now, discuss it early and finalize it early." Xu Zhenming gave a simple opening remark and handed the microphone to He Changlin.
He Changlin has no courtesy at all. He mentioned the design bill of his team. "Leaders, according to your request, we designed the YJ-0506 chipset into an AI smart chip. Now I will introduce the AI chip. Principle, if you have any questions, please advise."
As he spoke, he nodded towards Yanbo.
Yanbo got the instructions and clicked on the PPT file to show the architecture principle of the YJ-0506 chipset.In addition to the general-purpose ASIC instruction set, there are more than a dozen artificial intelligence instruction sets to showcase.
Seeing this scene, Academician He and his team members were stunned and shocked on the spot.
"What's the matter? We didn't ask for this kind of design?"
"AI chip? Is there such a chip in the world? Isn't artificial intelligence all practiced through software programming?"
"I heard it right? Are there such AI chips in the world now?"
For a moment in a daze, there was a buzzing discussion in the conference room.
Academician He and their team members, you look at me, I look at you, look stunned.
They did not expect that Yiming Group Company would come up with this design method, which was beyond their expectation.In fact, they are not prepared to make the YJ-0506 chipset have this kind of artificial intelligence instruction set.
Therefore, they made a loose sentence in the task book, which caused the situation today.
"Xu Dong, the team of your group company can really complete this kind of AI chip design?" At the end, Academician He coughed a few times, smiled and asked Xu Zhenming.
It is said that AI chips are rare in this idea, and Americans have this kind of conjecture, but they do not have this ability to realize it.But in another time and space when Xu Zhenming came back, China has many such AI chips to serve mobile phone manufacturers, which is not a big deal.
Therefore, Xu Zhenming nodded without hesitation, "Our company now has 0.12 micron process technology. It should be easy to design and manufacture an AI chip."
He introduced to Academician He that after obtaining the 0.22 micron process technology, Yiming Group recently obtained four state-of-the-art KrF lithography machines. It is very easy to come up with the 0.12 micron process technology.
"Maybe, we can still come up with process technology below 0.1 micron." At the end, Xu Zhenming smiled and explained the reason.
It is said that the process technology below 0.1 micron is not simple, it can be called nano-level.To achieve such precision chip manufacturing, the current technology of the United States is not enough.
After listening to this introduction, Gui Changshu burst into laughter, "Okay, Xu Dong. Academician He has an oolong, but you are forcing a world-leading AI chip design. In my opinion, this oolong will be our future It can happen every day."
"Hahahaha..." Hearing this, the meeting room suddenly burst into laughter.
Seeing this scene, an engineer in uniform under Academician He felt a little embarrassed.
He drafted the technical documents for Yiming Group.He is an expert in artificial intelligence software, specializing in artificial intelligence algorithms.Because of negligence, he actually thought the artificial intelligence project of the 9701 project was written into the document.
This was the result of intense discussions among Xu Zhenming and others.
And now, Gui Changshu is joking with him, how could he be embarrassed?
"Xu Dong, I support your plan. Once this 9701 project chipset is put into actual use, our country will create an era." At this time, Academician He first expressed his opinion on behalf of the Changgong Group, expressing his support for the Yiming Group. AI chip design scheme.
"Dear leaders, this kind of AI artificial intelligence program, the energy consumption of the chipset is a bit large, how to deal with the heat dissipation? Will it have a great impact on our 9701 machine?" At this time, a technician under Dean He Put forward different opinions.
For his question, He Changlin's team was well prepared.
Yanbo clicks on the PPT file to display the technical solution on the next page.According to the computer version schematic shown on the technical solution, they used a circulating water cooling design.
Because the 9701 project needs to have a waterproof design, computer boards generally have to be waterproofed, and the issues of energy consumption and heat dissipation must be paid special attention.He Changlin and others provided this kind of design scheme, which is particularly novel and there is no problem in theory.
The focus below is the manufacturing cost of the 9701 three sets of chipsets.
"Money is not a problem, you can just give me the product."
At this time, Gui Changshu, who represented the leader of the Longgong Group headquarters, waved his hand directly, indicating that he was not short of money.He also told Xu Zhenming that if the performance of these three chips is excellent, Longbow Group will not rule out mass purchases.
After all, this kind of AI chip has just been launched, and there are no Americans.Once this product is installed on the defense equipment of the Longbow Group, China’s defense equipment will surpass the Americans in some respects.
With the existence of this kind of money master, Xu Zhenming is still worried about it."By September 30th at the latest, we will complete the design of the 9701 project." He patted his chest to ensure the design progress.
At this point in the technical exchange, Academician He and his team members have no opinion.
"Xu Dong, your team surprised me. Until now, I can believe why your company dares to work against Americans." Before leaving, he smiled and shook hands with Xu Zhenming.
When it was Gui Changshu's turn, the old man grabbed Xu Zhenming's right hand and held on.
"When will my 1809 project be ready?" He kept asking Xu Zhenming.Asked over and over again, obviously the pressure above is relatively high.
But the 1809 project is different from the current project. Xu Zhenming cannot make changes rashly, insisting that the design work must be completed in accordance with the normal rhythm."It will be around October 15 at the earliest. We have to be responsible for the national project." Xu Zhenming explained with a wry smile.
"Hey..." Gui Changshu shook his head helplessly, and got into the returning car.
On this side, Xu Zhenming did not leave, but followed He Changlin to the YM-PLC project laboratory.
The current YM-PLC project has changed the person in charge, not the Li Xiaoguang who wants to change jobs.
Li Xiaoguang still left, but he dared not stay in Asia.
He was planning to go to Wanwantai Electrical and Mechanical Company to earn a high salary.But because the legal department of the Yiming Group had reminded him many times, he didn't dare to play with fire and had to go to the United States for a period of transition.
Chip design and manufacturing have been updated very quickly. If Li Xiaoguang leaves the industry for more than five years, can he keep up with this rhythm?Looking at the new person in charge who was doing the experiment, Xu Zhenming couldn't help feeling worthless for Li Xiaoguang, "This person is abolished."
Immediately, he put this idea aside, and followed He Changlin to a brand new YM-PLC."How is the situation now?" Xu Zhenming asked He Changlin.
"It depends on the model. The performance of the MMX model of YM-PLC is no different from that of international brands such as Siemens and Mitsubishi. The manufacturing cost is about 10% lower than those of foreigners. The general model of YM-PLC has better performance than Delta Electronics. PLC is much stronger, and the manufacturing cost is about 20% lower than them."
He Changlin took out two brand new PLCs and handed them to Xu Zhenming while introducing the situation.
"Eh? You guys did a great job." Xu Zhenming was surprised when he heard this.
He did not expect that just by changing a project leader, the YM-PLC project would achieve great results.This seems a little weird.Thinking of this, he looked at He Changlin unexpectedly and deeply.
At this time, He Changlin smiled bitterly and shook his head, "I designed these two PLCs myself. These people are designing derivative PLCs."
This is almost the same!
Xu Zhenming knows He Changlin's background, after all, he is a scholar who has won the American computer industry award.
Of course, He Changlin in this time and space has no chance to accept the award.
He is working for Yiming Group, can the Americans give him bonuses?
Throwing this idea aside, Xu Zhenming immediately took out his mobile phone and called Dai Jiahong of the Xiangnan Electric Machinery Factory.
"Dai Gong, the PLC project of our group company has been successful, what shall we do next?" After the call was connected, Xu Zhenming told Dai Jiahong the good news.
Dai Jiahong is the person in charge of technology and can arrange for the PLC samples produced by Yiming Group to enter the laboratory for testing at any time.Once these samples are qualified by the railway department, Yiming Group will wait to count the money.
Therefore, Xu Zhenming still has some small expectations for this project.
"Is it worth it to spend such a large price on this kind of chip?"
"We can only achieve 0.22 micron lithography accuracy. The more integrated transistors, the greater the energy consumption. How to solve the problem of softening?"
"Yes. In this way, the heat dissipation of the YJ-0506 chipset is a big problem, which may cause unstable chip performance."
The engineers think that Academician He's request is unreasonable.They can complete the design and production tasks, and the actual use value of the YJ-0560 chipset is not great.
Hearing this, Xu Zhenming frowned, scanning everyone's faces.
"This project must be won. How did the Americans complete it?" He secretly guessed the design of the American early warning aircraft chip, and his eyes fell on the faces of He Changlin and Yanbo.
Yanbo kept blinking, as if he had an answer.
He Changlin drew sketches in his notebook, as if he was conceiving a plan.
Neither of them was discouraged, thinking that this kind of problem should be solved.
"My colleagues, I have a suggestion regarding the manufacturing of the YJ-0560 chipset." After looking around, Xu Zhenming decided to express his views.
Although he is a layman, he knows what the 9701 project is for.Since the manufacturing accuracy of domestic electronic products has been synchronized with that of the Americans, Yiming Group will definitely be able to produce chipsets that meet Academician He.
Otherwise, how did the U.S. accomplish this work?,
On this point, Xu Zhenming is super confident.He told all the engineers present that after Yiming Group has obtained four KrF lithography machines, the chip manufacturing progress has reached 0.12 microns.
Do not underestimate this progress. Americans and islanders spend a lot of research and development funds for this progress, and they are still using the fourth-generation ArF lithography machine to achieve it.In another time and space, the immersion lithography technology was proposed by the employees of Wanwantai Electromechanical Company and took the lead in completing the process technology research.
Now, Yiming Group has completed FinFET and immersion lithography two process technologies. As long as there is a ready-made lithography machine, Foundry's process level is leading the world.
Therefore, Xu Zhenming believes that with 0.12 micron chip manufacturing technology, it is possible to make low-energy AI chips.If this technology is applied to the 9701 project, it can at least help the Chinese early warning aircraft project surpass the United States in some aspects.
"So, colleagues must consider the problem with new ideas." At the end, he smiled and joked with the engineers in the conference room.
Hearing these words, Yanbo's eyes brightened, "This YJ-0506 chipset has something to do with it! The chip manufacturing accuracy reaches 0.12 microns, and we can double the number of integrated transistors. What's the point of adding some artificial intelligence instruction sets? "
"That's the truth. We can add a dozen artificial intelligence instructions to the instruction set."
"Well... If my team is responsible for designing the YJ-0560 chipset, with the assistance of Longteng EDA software, the chip design can be completed in one month."
"The design of the YJ-010970 chipset and YJ-02501 chipset is simpler. In this way, we can also add some dynamic memory to these three sets of chipsets."
When the engineers were reminded by Yanbo, their thinking suddenly became active.
They are all very excited, their eyes gleaming with wisdom, and they put forward their own design ideas and ideas.
As a result, this discussion will enter a hot state.Everyone forgot about the lunch time, and stopped discussing until more than three o'clock in the afternoon.After lunch, everyone continued to work, discussing the details of chip design, assigning tasks, and making design schedules.
After some discussion, the three chipset design cycles of the 9701 project have been determined.The time for the formal completion of the design is the end of September, and a mature plan can be put out to tape out before September 30 at the latest.
This time point is similar to the transformation cycle of four KrF lithography machines, and will not delay the tape-out process of the chip at all.
Therefore, Xu Zhenming is very happy.After the meeting, he walked out of He Changlin's laboratory in the dark night, took out his mobile phone and called Gui Changshu to announce the good news.
"What? There will be a technical exchange meeting tomorrow morning? Your actions are very fast. Okay, hahaha." Gui Changshu's excited laughter came over the phone.
He told Xu Zhenming that he really didn't expect Yiming Group to respond so quickly."I decided to arrange more R&D tasks for you in the future." In the end, the old man happily wanted to give Xu Zhenming a big gift.
At around 9 o'clock in the morning of the second day, in the confidential meeting room of He Changlin's laboratory, Gui Changshu and Academician He led a group of uniformed researchers. They were already seated in the meeting room, waiting for the meeting room to start.
The theme of today's meeting is the 9701 project design plan technical exchange meeting, and it is also the technical plan review meeting.At this meeting, once the He Changlin team's proposal has passed the design, they can begin the design process.
At a quarter past nine in the morning, Xu Zhenming saw that Yanbo was ready, so he picked up the microphone.
"General Gui, Academician He, and leaders, we will start the technical exchange meeting on the 9701 project now, discuss it early and finalize it early." Xu Zhenming gave a simple opening remark and handed the microphone to He Changlin.
He Changlin has no courtesy at all. He mentioned the design bill of his team. "Leaders, according to your request, we designed the YJ-0506 chipset into an AI smart chip. Now I will introduce the AI chip. Principle, if you have any questions, please advise."
As he spoke, he nodded towards Yanbo.
Yanbo got the instructions and clicked on the PPT file to show the architecture principle of the YJ-0506 chipset.In addition to the general-purpose ASIC instruction set, there are more than a dozen artificial intelligence instruction sets to showcase.
Seeing this scene, Academician He and his team members were stunned and shocked on the spot.
"What's the matter? We didn't ask for this kind of design?"
"AI chip? Is there such a chip in the world? Isn't artificial intelligence all practiced through software programming?"
"I heard it right? Are there such AI chips in the world now?"
For a moment in a daze, there was a buzzing discussion in the conference room.
Academician He and their team members, you look at me, I look at you, look stunned.
They did not expect that Yiming Group Company would come up with this design method, which was beyond their expectation.In fact, they are not prepared to make the YJ-0506 chipset have this kind of artificial intelligence instruction set.
Therefore, they made a loose sentence in the task book, which caused the situation today.
"Xu Dong, the team of your group company can really complete this kind of AI chip design?" At the end, Academician He coughed a few times, smiled and asked Xu Zhenming.
It is said that AI chips are rare in this idea, and Americans have this kind of conjecture, but they do not have this ability to realize it.But in another time and space when Xu Zhenming came back, China has many such AI chips to serve mobile phone manufacturers, which is not a big deal.
Therefore, Xu Zhenming nodded without hesitation, "Our company now has 0.12 micron process technology. It should be easy to design and manufacture an AI chip."
He introduced to Academician He that after obtaining the 0.22 micron process technology, Yiming Group recently obtained four state-of-the-art KrF lithography machines. It is very easy to come up with the 0.12 micron process technology.
"Maybe, we can still come up with process technology below 0.1 micron." At the end, Xu Zhenming smiled and explained the reason.
It is said that the process technology below 0.1 micron is not simple, it can be called nano-level.To achieve such precision chip manufacturing, the current technology of the United States is not enough.
After listening to this introduction, Gui Changshu burst into laughter, "Okay, Xu Dong. Academician He has an oolong, but you are forcing a world-leading AI chip design. In my opinion, this oolong will be our future It can happen every day."
"Hahahaha..." Hearing this, the meeting room suddenly burst into laughter.
Seeing this scene, an engineer in uniform under Academician He felt a little embarrassed.
He drafted the technical documents for Yiming Group.He is an expert in artificial intelligence software, specializing in artificial intelligence algorithms.Because of negligence, he actually thought the artificial intelligence project of the 9701 project was written into the document.
This was the result of intense discussions among Xu Zhenming and others.
And now, Gui Changshu is joking with him, how could he be embarrassed?
"Xu Dong, I support your plan. Once this 9701 project chipset is put into actual use, our country will create an era." At this time, Academician He first expressed his opinion on behalf of the Changgong Group, expressing his support for the Yiming Group. AI chip design scheme.
"Dear leaders, this kind of AI artificial intelligence program, the energy consumption of the chipset is a bit large, how to deal with the heat dissipation? Will it have a great impact on our 9701 machine?" At this time, a technician under Dean He Put forward different opinions.
For his question, He Changlin's team was well prepared.
Yanbo clicks on the PPT file to display the technical solution on the next page.According to the computer version schematic shown on the technical solution, they used a circulating water cooling design.
Because the 9701 project needs to have a waterproof design, computer boards generally have to be waterproofed, and the issues of energy consumption and heat dissipation must be paid special attention.He Changlin and others provided this kind of design scheme, which is particularly novel and there is no problem in theory.
The focus below is the manufacturing cost of the 9701 three sets of chipsets.
"Money is not a problem, you can just give me the product."
At this time, Gui Changshu, who represented the leader of the Longgong Group headquarters, waved his hand directly, indicating that he was not short of money.He also told Xu Zhenming that if the performance of these three chips is excellent, Longbow Group will not rule out mass purchases.
After all, this kind of AI chip has just been launched, and there are no Americans.Once this product is installed on the defense equipment of the Longbow Group, China’s defense equipment will surpass the Americans in some respects.
With the existence of this kind of money master, Xu Zhenming is still worried about it."By September 30th at the latest, we will complete the design of the 9701 project." He patted his chest to ensure the design progress.
At this point in the technical exchange, Academician He and his team members have no opinion.
"Xu Dong, your team surprised me. Until now, I can believe why your company dares to work against Americans." Before leaving, he smiled and shook hands with Xu Zhenming.
When it was Gui Changshu's turn, the old man grabbed Xu Zhenming's right hand and held on.
"When will my 1809 project be ready?" He kept asking Xu Zhenming.Asked over and over again, obviously the pressure above is relatively high.
But the 1809 project is different from the current project. Xu Zhenming cannot make changes rashly, insisting that the design work must be completed in accordance with the normal rhythm."It will be around October 15 at the earliest. We have to be responsible for the national project." Xu Zhenming explained with a wry smile.
"Hey..." Gui Changshu shook his head helplessly, and got into the returning car.
On this side, Xu Zhenming did not leave, but followed He Changlin to the YM-PLC project laboratory.
The current YM-PLC project has changed the person in charge, not the Li Xiaoguang who wants to change jobs.
Li Xiaoguang still left, but he dared not stay in Asia.
He was planning to go to Wanwantai Electrical and Mechanical Company to earn a high salary.But because the legal department of the Yiming Group had reminded him many times, he didn't dare to play with fire and had to go to the United States for a period of transition.
Chip design and manufacturing have been updated very quickly. If Li Xiaoguang leaves the industry for more than five years, can he keep up with this rhythm?Looking at the new person in charge who was doing the experiment, Xu Zhenming couldn't help feeling worthless for Li Xiaoguang, "This person is abolished."
Immediately, he put this idea aside, and followed He Changlin to a brand new YM-PLC."How is the situation now?" Xu Zhenming asked He Changlin.
"It depends on the model. The performance of the MMX model of YM-PLC is no different from that of international brands such as Siemens and Mitsubishi. The manufacturing cost is about 10% lower than those of foreigners. The general model of YM-PLC has better performance than Delta Electronics. PLC is much stronger, and the manufacturing cost is about 20% lower than them."
He Changlin took out two brand new PLCs and handed them to Xu Zhenming while introducing the situation.
"Eh? You guys did a great job." Xu Zhenming was surprised when he heard this.
He did not expect that just by changing a project leader, the YM-PLC project would achieve great results.This seems a little weird.Thinking of this, he looked at He Changlin unexpectedly and deeply.
At this time, He Changlin smiled bitterly and shook his head, "I designed these two PLCs myself. These people are designing derivative PLCs."
This is almost the same!
Xu Zhenming knows He Changlin's background, after all, he is a scholar who has won the American computer industry award.
Of course, He Changlin in this time and space has no chance to accept the award.
He is working for Yiming Group, can the Americans give him bonuses?
Throwing this idea aside, Xu Zhenming immediately took out his mobile phone and called Dai Jiahong of the Xiangnan Electric Machinery Factory.
"Dai Gong, the PLC project of our group company has been successful, what shall we do next?" After the call was connected, Xu Zhenming told Dai Jiahong the good news.
Dai Jiahong is the person in charge of technology and can arrange for the PLC samples produced by Yiming Group to enter the laboratory for testing at any time.Once these samples are qualified by the railway department, Yiming Group will wait to count the money.
Therefore, Xu Zhenming still has some small expectations for this project.
