C400 Crystal Cutting Machine
C400 Crystal Cutting Machine
Qin Guan mentioned Moer's law. This was the deduction of the semiconductor engineers in Y Country in 1965. It was very simple, but it was widely spread. In short, as time went by, the number of integrated crystal tubes on the A.I. Chip would increase, and at the same time, the price would become cheaper and cheaper.
This law was established in Western World, but in Han Country, that was not necessarily the case. This was because Han Country's industrial foundation was weak, and there were not enough engineers.
"What you said sounds good." Elder Wang said, "Do you know the manufacturing process of our A.I. Chip? Do you know that we're going to use Lithography Machine? Our current highest level of equipment can only reach ten micrometers. "
10 micrometers was already the highest level on our side. There was a gap between them and foreign countries, but Elder Wang had no choice. He was researching the chip, not the Lithography Machine.
"I can modify the Lithography Machine to reach the precision of 1 micrometer." Qin Guan said, "Although you definitely don't believe it now, I think you can let me try."
This person, could it be that he really had the ability? Elder Wang was curious in his heart. If this person was speaking nonsense... Elder Zhu wouldn't be so clueless, right? Bringing such a person here, if what the other party said was true... He just couldn't believe it.
This had already exceeded his expectations.
"If there is an old equipment in the factory, you can try it." Elder Zhu said at this moment.
The factory was built by Elder Wang in the past. It was near the Semiconductor Research Institute. At the same time, after the research and development of the key projects in Elder Zhu's hands had been completed, he became the director of the 1109 factory once again, responsible for converting the design into the product. He dealt with production lines all the time.
Upon hearing Elder Zhu's words, Elder Wang thought for a moment and said, "We have an unused cutting machine over there. If you are really capable, fix that cutting machine for me first."
Elder Wang would not waste any time. After saying this at the door, he went back and continued to study the design of the chip.
The people of the Han Academy of Sciences were awesome!
Elder Soong and Elder Tu didn't have anything to do with each other. Both of them knew that... Elder Wang was too busy. In fact, they had a lot of things to do. However, they knew that Qin Guan was even more powerful than them, and that he would be able to follow Qin Guan here. However, Elder Wang had no idea.
In Elder Wang's eyes, the current Qin Guan seemed to be a guy who only knew how to boast.
"Qin Guan, don't be angry. This is Wang's temper. He is busy too." Elder Zhu said, "He has taken up the responsibility of the national key scientific research project. There are too many things he needs to do."
"It's fine." Qin Guan said, "Elder Zhu, take me to the 1109 factory to take a look. Didn't he say there is a cutting machine? I fixed it for him."
Now, Elder Wang thought that Qin Guan was a liar. Once the cutting machine was fixed, Elder Wang would definitely pay him a visit. Of course, he wouldn't hold a grudge. It was the perfect time to talk to him about the development of the chips in the country!
A cutting machine? He had seen this when he was wandering around in the lathe cemetery. In a while, he would be able to showcase his skills.
"Come, let's go to the 1109 factory to take a look." Since there was no meeting between the higher-ups, he decided to take a stroll around the area.
Qin Guan knew about the cutting machine. Well, have you eaten hot pot mutton? When they were eating the hot pot mutton, they would eat mutton slices. This mutton slice was cut by the cutting machine, and the large piece of meat would be cut into pieces.
And in the manufacturing process of the A.I. Chip, this was also a similar step.
The A.I. Chip's initial source was sand. Not bad, very cheap sand. Its scientific name was silicon dioxide, and the silicon was the most important semiconductor material. It was one of the most suitable materials to create modern large-scale integrated circuits.
It was not easy to turn silicon dioxide into silicon, especially when it required a high purity. This was the purification of silicon.
During this process, the raw silicon would be melted. And then... Put it in a huge quartz furnace. He then placed a crystal seed into the furnace so that the silicon crystal could grow around the crystal seed. Until it formed a near-perfect silicon crystal.
Finally, he took out the silicon material from the high-temperature container by rotating and stretching. At this time, a cylindrical silicon ingot was produced.
Generally, the diameter of the silicon ingot was 200 mm.
This silicon ingot was the same as a steel ingot. It was the first material to be made. The next step was to cut this silicon ingot into pieces and call it a crystal circle. This crystal circle was truly used for the manufacturing of the chip.
At the same time, the thinner this piece was cut and the less materials were used, the more chips could naturally be produced. At the same time, the surface of the slice also needed to be processed to ensure that the surface was absolutely smooth. After that, it would be checked to see if there were any distortions or other problems.
Therefore, the cutting machine was also an important part of the A.I. Chip's manufacturing process. This was much more difficult than cutting mutton slices.
Compared to the treatment they received in Han Academy of Sciences, the difference was like heaven and earth. When they arrived at the 1109 factory, they were immediately warmly welcomed by Director Ma of the General Industrial Department of the factory.
"I heard that you are coming. We welcome you all very much. Now, please change into your clothes. After walking past the filter room, you can go to the factory area to take a look." Director Ma was quite enthusiastic.
This place belonged to a high-tech factory, so the factory must be absolutely clean. They had to change into working clothes that were connected to their bodies, and even their hair was tightly wrapped. Then, they were sucked in for a few minutes in a room filled with dust. Then, they walked into the factory.
"We are now mainly producing integrated circuits, the chips used in our 150 computers. They are produced in our factory." Director Ma also changed into the same clothes and walked. At the same time. He introduced them to each other.
They were able to produce computers in China, but compared to those in other countries, the difference in technology was... A few of the people present felt that the project they were working on... They urgently needed the advanced Domestic Chip.
"The one in front is the one we have repaired many times but was unable to repair." Director Ma said.
Director Ma was naturally happy when he heard that someone had come to repair the cutting machine for them. They had repaired it many times, but they couldn't repair it. Now, there was only one cutting machine in the factory. If that one was broken again, the factory would be paralyzed.
However, these people didn't look like them.
Under the situation of the outside blockade, Han Country could only rely on their own strength. The cutting machine in front of them was made by Han Country itself.
"Our cutting machine can cut the silicon ingots into 3 mm thin slices." Director Ma said, "The cost of this thin slice is quite high."
3 mm? Qin Guan shook his head. "That, everyone can go to other places to take a look. I need to be quiet and see how to repair it."