Chapter 1694 Overtaking (Part 1)

This news seems really inconspicuous. It is such a big piece of tofu news. It seems that even the media itself doesn't care much. It's just that there is a suitable positive news to fill the blank of the page, which is insignificant.

Speaking of domestic chips, this news is no longer news. Loongson started the project as early as 2001, and successfully taped out in 2002. Last year, Loongson-2 successfully taped out. Of course, there is also the farce of Hanxin. Anyway, it is not a rare thing about domestic chips. You have heard many stories before and after. I really don’t think this is a breakthrough.

Many "smart people" know this news when they see this news. It must be that a certain project team has cheated on the funds. Now that it has reached the project review stage, it is necessary to produce some results and report to the higher authorities. That's why there is this tofu block news of the introduction.

Even some specific people who pay special attention to this industry will smile slightly after reading it. Really, if a major breakthrough has been made, it must be the headlines, and leaders at all levels must inspect and care about it. Various achievements have won this award and that award. I wish everyone in the world would know about it. Will it be so unknown?

Domestic production should be domestic, but it is estimated that it has achieved the level of chip manufacturing in Europe and the United States in the 1970s and 1980s, and achieved a breakthrough in domestic zero. It can barely be regarded as a small step in technological development, filling the gap in the country. The real level is really not good to write about, so it can only be perfunctory. Of course, the project should be regarded as a success. The domestic production line is not easy! Worthy of encouragement, make persistent efforts and strive for greater success!

After reading it, everyone simply left this news behind, a news that doesn't deserve much attention at all, isn't it?

Without people paying attention, all the technicians involved in this matter in a certain top-secret factory area in Gusu were trembling with excitement at the moment.

The domestic production line is true. The fab already exists in China. What is lacking now is actually the lithography machine. And the first domestically designed lithography machine was also manufactured by Guo Tailai.

In the past, everyone had to consider the manufacturing capacity when designing, but before designing this time, all designers were told that they could get rid of the limitation of manufacturing capacity and design according to the highest specification technical indicators. Although everyone was puzzled, the complete design was started according to the requirements.

Of course, before some technological breakthroughs, even the highest specification design still has its limits. The designers are very clear about this, but everyone is still very happy, and finally they can imagine without restrictions and dance without shackles.

After the design came out, except for the chief designer, everyone else was actually very nervous. Just looking at this design, the machining dimensions of the parts must be jaw-droppingly precise. Moreover, it is not enough to process it, it has to be assembled to be considered perfect. Can such a design really be produced in China?

"Yes!" The chief designer is more confident than many people: "Don't forget, there is a manufacturing master in our country. At present, the limit tolerance of his hand-crafted parts is within ten nanometers, and it is also the most precise processing in our country." Manufacturer and assembler of equipment!"

"Mr. T?" Everyone in the project team was surprised. But apart from being happy, everyone was also shocked. Is Mr. T's price really affordable by this project team?

This project team is top-secret. All those who can enter the project team have undergone strict selection, investigation and political review. There will never be any problems, so letting them know the identity of the manufacturer is not a violation of the rules. Besides, when Guo Tai comes, he will definitely It is to come here for on-site assembly, and it is always necessary to meet everyone. As a world-class celebrity, Guo Tailai's identity cannot be concealed, and letting designers know who is ultimately responsible for manufacturing and assembly can also greatly increase their confidence.

After returning to Gusu in October, it took Guo Tailai a full month and a half to complete all the parts of the lithography machine in the studio. During this period of time, except for pretending to sharpen the mirror when playing videos with others, Guo Tailai spent all the rest of his time manufacturing lithography machine parts, and even stopped the construction of several ultra-high-precision manufacturing machines. , hit the lithography machine with all its strength.

Recently, the whole world has been buzzing because of Guo Tailai's purchase of AMC theaters. No one would believe that Guo Tailai would come here at this critical moment to start assembling the lithography machine.

Everyone in the project team finally saw Guo Tailai's strength on the spot.

Five senior assembly fitters, all in the prime of life, worked for Guo Tailai, and Guo Tailai assembled the lithography machine one by one from scratch. While assembling, Guo Tailai orally explained the precautions during assembly, various testing methods, and debugging methods, and there were at least five project team members around to record at any time. Although the five senior assembly fitters were all older than Guo Tailai, none of them contradicted him in the slightest. They followed Guo Tailai's requirements little by little, and while assisting Guo Tailai in assembly, they were also constantly learning.

At the beginning, Guo Tailai showed his hand, without using any tools, he directly reported several accurate dimensions, and after several torque data accurate to three digits after the decimal point, the five senior assembly fitters no longer had any unconvinced thoughts.

Even so, with the help of skilled senior assembly engineers, Guo Tailai still spent a whole week assembling that lithography machine. The next step is to debug the overall operating system, and Guo Tailai will not be used for the time being.

It took another two days to debug the system, and then the first tape-out was started.

Because it is only testing the performance of the lithography machine, no new chip design is used, and the mature 8088 chip is used directly for the tape-out test.

Originally, the project team planned to use the 150nm process for testing first, but Guo Tailai strongly demanded to go directly to the 90nm process.

Hearing this request, everyone in the project team was horrified. The 90nm process is the level of the new Xeon chips. Although this lithography machine is designed with the highest precision, can it work?

The tape-out process went smoothly, and a batch of chips seemed to be produced easily. This shows that at least the lithography machine is still operating normally.

The test results made everyone ecstatic. This batch of 8088 chips produced by the 90nm process is very perfect and fully meets the requirements of various chip tests. Microscopic observations also confirmed the size of the process, which also means that this lithography machine can really produce chips with a 90nm process.

As soon as the test results were announced, everyone in the project team burst into cheers. This level can be said to be the world's advanced level, right?

"What's there to cheer about?" Guo Tailai shook his head for a while, and faced the chief designer who was staring at him with wide eyes, he directly asked, "Go ahead, try the 45nm."

"Are you sure?" Even the chief designer was not calm this time, and looked at Guo Tailai dumbfounded for a while.