Chapter 417 Expert-Level Reproduction
The more impatient Zhong Qiang became, the more disgusted Xing Baohua felt.
Apart from Zhong Qiang, he didn't know who else to look for at the General Trade Center.
To save face for this party and that party, there's been no news about the nearly 8 billion yuan in funding for the time being.
Xing Baohua hung up the phone, thinking to himself, "This lesson isn't enough!"
Actually, there was another person he could contact, Director Xue, but that person's position was too high, and Xing Baohua felt it wasn't worth bothering him for such a trivial matter with the General Trade Department.
Moreover, it's not that the General Trade Bureau is refusing to pay; they just have a habit of dragging their feet. This has been a long-standing problem and has become a standard practice.
Xing Baohua decided to wait a little longer. He still had many things to deal with, and the huge sum of money from the General Trade Center could only be put aside.
At that moment, the lithography factory called him and asked him to come over.
Without knowing what happened, Xing Baohua assumed that they had encountered some difficulties and temporarily put aside his work to go to the lithography factory.
The lithography plant was the most expensive and least productive of all Xing Baohua's projects, but he had to persevere because of his deep-seated belief.
When he arrived at the factory, someone was already waiting for him and led him to the testing workshop.
At this time, there were no fewer than twenty people gathered here, including Professor Li and several unknown senior experts.
Among this group of people, some were people Xing Baohua knew, and some were people he didn't. But when they saw him coming, they took the initiative to make way for him and let him get closer.
When Professor Li saw Xing Baohua arrive, he smiled and said to him, "Ahua! Come and take a look."
Xing Baohua quickened his pace and saw that the large lithography machine was currently parked.
But when I saw a wafer on the exposure platform, I was delighted.
Professor Li then said, "After the equipment upgrade was successful, we started trying tape-out yesterday. As of today, we have produced thirteen 8-inch wafers and successfully replicated 1,178 chips. The average yield rate is around 75%."
Xing Baohua's face lit up with surprise, as if she were a completely different person.
The gap between us and foreign countries, which was more than 20 years, has been narrowed to within five years.
The 386 and 486 are a hurdle! Xing Baohua believes that Intel has already produced the 486 chip, but it hasn't gone into production yet.
One is a 32-bit chip, and the other is a 64-bit chip.
Think about it, ten years ago we still had 8-bit chips.
Xing Baohua believes that as long as he has a 64-bit architecture diagram, he can also produce a lithography machine that he has developed himself.
Xing Baohua asked excitedly, "What's the highest precision you can achieve, down to how many micrometers?"
“0.9 micrometers,” one of the older experts said.
Professor Li introduced Xing Baohua, saying, "This is Professor Qi from Tsinghua University, an expert in optoelectronics. Professor Qi played a key role in the successful upgrade of this equipment."
Xing Baohua quickly stepped forward, grasped Professor Qi's hand, and said, "Thank you very much, Professor Qi. I'm a little too excited to speak, but thank you anyway."
"You're too kind, Director Xing. If it weren't for your willingness to invest so much money regardless of cost, and for bringing in an advanced lithography machine from Philips for our reference, to be honest, we might not have found a way in less than ten years," Professor Qi said modestly.
Then, Professor Li showed Xing Baohua another wafer.
At this point, the wafer wasn't encapsulated, and Xing Baohua didn't have a magnifying glass with him, so he couldn't see anything. However, the yellow, purple, and orange colors on the wafer were quite beautiful.
"This is the GPU core fabricated based on the GPU architecture diagram you provided. There are only 113 of them," Professor Li said, looking at the wafer in Xing Baohua with a fascinated gaze.
"It's enough for experiments. After cutting, there's no need for packaging; we can start production once the test data is available," Xing Baohua said excitedly.
Then, turning to Professor Qi and the others who were developing the equipment, he asked, "How many upgraded lithography machines can be produced per month?"
"With the current manpower and resources, it would be good if we could build one machine every two months." The speaker was the person in charge of the lithography machine.
"From now on, all old equipment will be upgraded to produce new equipment, codenamed Shenzhou-1. In addition, I will allocate another 30 million yuan as a reward for the lithography plant. Professor Li, please compile a list and distribute it accordingly."
"Thank you," Professor Li nodded in response, while Professor Qi was a bit dumbfounded. It was just a public relations project, right? A little reward would have been fine, but why did the thought of 30 million yuan make him shudder?
They were instructed to keep it confidential, and everyone signed a confidentiality agreement.
If the replica 386 meets the requirements, then we'll make an exact replica.
Think of how much money Xing Baohua saved!
Most importantly, Xing Baohua was able to use the 386 chip in many electronic devices. While Europe and America used genuine 386 chips, other overseas regions could sell counterfeit chips, passing them off as genuine.
Besides being used in computers, the 386 can even be used as a microcontroller in other electronic devices.
Using a 386 as a microcontroller is currently a luxury. However, as production volume increases, the price will become very low.
The lithography machines imported from Philips continued to produce the 286 as a deceptive tactic. Most outside institutions were aware that the US had imported this equipment.
But they don't know the true productivity and manufacturing capacity of rice.
We have the equipment, but what we lack is an architect.
This kind of job is in short supply all over the world.
One is to cultivate talent, and the other is to continue to recruit.
Overjoyed, Xing Baohua had someone quickly call the city hotel to reserve tables for all the factory's key staff to celebrate this victory.
He then had the graphics core cut into individual chips and packaged separately. Xing Baohua carefully placed them in his briefcase.
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