From Almighty Scholar to Chief Scientist

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A scolding war broke out on the Internet, but this is obviously normal for the Internet.

Of course, this kind of scolding war can be started because of the gradual establishment of the common sense of discrimination and self-confidence of the people of Huaguo.

Otherwise, if it was still a society where public knowledge was rampant more than ten years ago, most of the people in this scolding battle would probably be the ones who think that the X-ray project is not good.

Of course, perhaps it is the self-confidence gradually built up by the people that caused foreign forces to change from the method of using public knowledge to infiltrate, and to use various methods today to provoke social conflicts.

Now the way of provoking conflicts with the lack of follow-up voices of the X-ray project has obviously been used by these foreign forces.

As for who these foreign forces are, it is not known.

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White House.

Office of the President.

"For this matter, have those intelligence agencies investigated anything?"

The President asked the Secretary of State.

And what he asked was exactly what Warwick was looking for for the X-ray project.

The Secretary of State sighed helplessly, and said, "Not for the time being. Warwick's secrecy is relatively strong, and we haven't found anything about the X-ray project."

"The only thing we know now is that the place where the X-ray project is carried out, that is, the Dingguang Research Institute, has built a first-class dust-free workshop, which is specially prepared for integrated circuits at the micron level and below."

The president frowned suddenly.

Huaguo's X-ray project specially built a first-class dust-free workshop?

Are they going to start making chips?

"What do you mean by that?"

The Secretary of State replied: "This is not something we should be too worried about, because our intelligence indicates that their first-level clean room has been under construction since the beginning of the light plan, so this does not mean that they Building this workshop represents their success."

"It's just that the only thing that puzzles me is that after they built this workshop, we observed that more freight vehicles entered the Dingguang Research Institute, especially among them, many of the freight vehicles were of the kind that transported key components. special vehicles."

"In addition, in the recent period, we have observed that many special freight vehicles have entered the Dingguang Research Institute. According to our determination, they include the etching machines produced by their China Microelectronics Company."

The president expressed doubts, "Etcher?"

"The etching machine is the second most important equipment for semiconductor production. Even in recent years, those chip foundries have spent more on purchasing etching machines than photolithography machines. The etching machines produced by their Huawei Semiconductor Company are technically They are also world-class, and we cannot restrict them in this regard, and they have also mastered key patented technologies."

The Secretary of State said, "That's what makes me wonder, though, why would they buy an etcher if their X-ray machine hasn't been built yet?"

The Secretary of State also frowned deeply.

Could it be that Lin Xiao deliberately used this to deceive them?

Make them think too much?

The president was silent for a moment, and then asked: "Do you think it is possible that they have built what they call an X-ray machine?"

The Secretary of State immediately shook his head: "It's impossible, they can't be so fast, just like they haven't announced that they have successfully created the double-workbench technology."

"What if they hid the news?" the president said.

The Secretary of State still said: "The probability of this is very small. Every time they have a major breakthrough in the X-ray program, they will definitely announce the news in time, especially the dual-table technology. Once they succeed, they will definitely announce it immediately, and from this Respond to the doubts from the outside world, after all, because of the departure of their important scientist named Shan Tianbo, they have encountered a lot of doubts from the outside world."

But the more the President heard what the Secretary of State said, the more he felt uneasy, and said, "Are you sure? This matter is related to our global strategy."

The Secretary of State patted his chest and said with a smile, "Don't worry, my Mr. President. Regarding this, I can guarantee with my position that they will not be able to build a complete lithography machine in a short period of time."

Seeing the assurance from the Secretary of State, the President stopped talking and nodded, "Then I hope your judgment is correct until our Plan C is successfully implemented."

The Secretary of State nodded, and said very relaxedly: "Of course, just rest assured, even if they really made it, they would not have the corresponding production technology to make good use of their light." Keji, this matter is not that easy."

"Well, that's what I said."

The president nodded. Indeed, as the Secretary of State said, there is still the most critical production process. If they haven't solved this matter, what if a lithography machine is built?

And after their plan C is successful, all of this will not be a problem.

……

In addition to the White House, there are many foreign forces who have paid attention to this incident. For example, Asmail is also very concerned. Of course, like the Secretary of State, there are many people who do not believe that the X-ray project will succeed so quickly. .

No one would think that the X-ray project can continue normally after running away with a general

But no one would have thought that the X-ray project would continue and had reached the final stage.

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October 2022st, today is the National Day in [-].

People who have entered the holidays have started their own entertainment, traveling for tourism, gathering for parties, clubbing for clubs, without the troubles of the epidemic, the society is still thriving.

At the same time, Dingguang Research Institute, a first-class clean room.

Unlike the workshop one and a half months ago, when the workshop was still empty, this time, the newly added "furniture" almost filled the workshop.

These new "furnitures" are naturally the indispensable machines in the chip production process that Lin Xiao bought at the beginning.

Etching machines, particle dormers, oxidation furnaces, deposition equipment...

All kinds of equipment, etc., make the whole workshop look a lot more upscale.

At this time, Lin Xiao was standing at the front in a relatively empty place in the workshop, and what he was facing was everyone in the X-ray project.

Facing so many people present, he raised a loudspeaker in his hand and said, "Today is our first official tape-out."

"Similarly, it will also be the first day when our lithography machine is officially started."

"And starting today, we will present our country with the first chip made by ourselves!"

"I won't talk nonsense anymore. Everyone, go back to your posts and start your first job!"

Everyone present responded excitedly: "Yes!"

Then, they quickly dispersed, went to their respective posts, and prepared to start their first taping.

Tape-out is a key step in chip production. Simply put, it is the trial production of chips.

Of course, generally speaking, tape-out is for chip design companies. Whether the designed chips can achieve the expected performance is very important to chip design companies. Failure to tape-out means that they have to redesign the chip.

Lin Xiao and the others are obviously not designing chips now. After all, the Kirin 9000 they are going to produce is already a very successful chip. Their taping out is to verify whether their production process can produce chips.

Of course, Lin Xiao is very confident about this.

Soon, everyone stood at their posts, waiting for the order to start the machine.

At this time, Lin Xiao was already standing beside the main switch.

Next to him, Yang Kaiping, Chen Yuanchun, Kong Huaan, etc., everyone looked at Lin Xiao.

Wait for him to pull the most critical switch.

Lin Xiao closed his eyes, and after a moment of waiting, he pulled the switch in his hand.

In the workshop, all equipment is powered on.

Then, the staff standing in their respective positions started their work.

A silicon wafer is evenly coated with photoresist, then put into their X-lithography machine, transported to the workbench through the mechanical arm, then scanned, and then the photolithography begins.

The invisible and colorless X-rays, carrying huge energy, pass through the RDX pure silicon crystal lens and shine on the photoresist.

Those beams of X-rays, transformed into 3.56nm knives, carved nanometer cities on the plain silicon wafers.

The dense nano-tall buildings have been "dug out". If you look at it from the perspective of an atom, then this is probably a cyberpunk city.

And if you look at it from a human perspective, a technological creation that represents the crystallization of all human wisdom was born.

Similarly, this is also a 100% domestic chip.

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Chapter 3 and Three X-rays are number one in the world!

Seven forty-five.

At Ma Gaoliang's home, he is sitting at the table at this time, eating with his family, while the TV is on at the same time, and he is watching it.

During this period of time, he naturally watched the news.

As a member of the system and in the Science and Technology Bureau, of course he pays close attention to domestic news.

But today is the National Day, and most of the news that is broadcast is naturally related to the National Day, such as how many tourists have reached, and then there are things like meetings.

Basically no big deal.

But at this time, it also shows that the news has reached the last 2 minutes.

And Ma Gaoliang also thought that today's news basically ended here, and it was time for the two anchors to bow their heads and pack up the manuscripts.

So he lowered his head and took another two mouthfuls of rice. After a while, he heard the anchor inside say, "That's all for today's news..."

However, before the last two "until" could be said, the voice stopped.

And Ma Gaoliang couldn't help being taken aback, thinking that the female anchor was going to work on a loan again, but when he raised his head, he froze.

Because a hand appeared on the screen, and that hand seemed to hand a note to the female anchor?

Seeing this, Ma Gaoliang couldn't help jumping in his heart. Could it be that there is some urgent news?

Of course, this scene can only happen when there is urgent news. After all, it is almost 07:30!

CCTV's set is very stubborn about the program time card, and it is basically impossible to delay the time.

Thinking of this, Ma Gaoliang immediately put down the bowl in his hand, stared closely at the female anchor on the screen, and looked forward to the news she was about to tell.

At this time, although the female anchor was very surprised, she quickly took the note, looked down, and then suddenly showed a look of surprise, then she raised her head, facing the camera and said: "Now insert a piece of paper. Urgent news, just now, my country's X-ray program officially produced the first 5nm chip! It is reported that the chip is the Kirin 9000 chip under the name of my country's Warwick Hayes Company, and it is now an X-lithography machine independently developed by my country Reproduction achieved!"

Speaking of this, the female anchor showed a professional smile that was no longer the same as before, but a sincere and excited smile.

"Please let us pay tribute to every scientist in the X-ray project! At this point, we can announce that our country's semiconductor field has risen again!"

……

At this time, Ma Gaoliang in front of the TV was already stunned.

what is this?

They just made the chip?

Lin Xiao didn't reveal any information to him before?

Beside him, his wife looked at the news and said in amazement: "Yo, this is really made? This X-ray project is quite powerful. Didn't everyone on the Internet say it would never be made?"

As she said that, she turned to look at her husband again, and asked, "Eh? Old horse, didn't you pay attention to the X-ray project before? Do you know about this?"

"I don't know anything."

After Ma Gaoliang replied, he got up directly, and then took out his mobile phone to call Lin Xiao.

Soon, the phone was connected.

Before Lin Xiaoxian could speak, Ma Gaoliang couldn't wait to say: "Master Lin, why didn't you tell me that you succeeded?"

Lin Xiao's laughing voice came from the opposite side: "Isn't this just planning to give you a surprise!"

Ma Gaoliang said helplessly: "Your surprise is really a bit sudden."

"But then again, how did you find out so quickly?"

"I happened to be watching the news. It was all over. I thought it was over, but they suddenly interrupted an urgent news, and then they talked about you."

Lin Xiao suddenly realized: "Let me just say, we only notified CCTV 10 minutes ago, I didn't expect their response to be so fast."

"Ten minutes ago?" Ma Gaoliang was taken aback, and asked, "You mean you succeeded 10 minutes ago?"

Lin Xiao on the other end of the phone showed a smile on his face: "Strictly speaking, we have produced 12412 chips three hours ago, and then tested all of these chip circles. Until ten minutes ago, we The test results have been obtained, and the yield rate is 95%.”

"95% good product rate? What level?"

"TSMC's 5nm chip yield rate was about 80% two years ago, and it should be 90% this year. Ours is 95%, which is 5% higher than them."

Lin Xiao's tone was light, but Ma Gaoliang could also hear the hidden excitement from it.

Yes!

Who is not excited?