Chapter 1014

"Because all the materials that can go to this stage have corresponding advantages, which materials may become the next generation of chip materials after further breakthrough, so these materials that have passed multiple rounds of screening are the key research objects of our laboratory, and the material companies are also stepping up their further research on these materials.

However, we are still focusing on the company's superior materials, such as graphene materials, carbon nanotube materials, and some composite materials doped with metal materials or other materials.

We hope to make substantial progress in the research of these materials, solve the manufacturing technology of 2 nanochips, and further solve the related technical difficulties of 1 nanometer

Liu Lishuang is very familiar with these data, so he introduced the relevant data to his boss without stumbling. From the data, it is not difficult to see why the company invests more than 5 billion US dollars in research and development funds in the chip laboratory every year.

This is still the reason for the internal circulation of many related resources. For the research of such a variety of new materials, without the help of numerous laboratories in the material company, it would not be enough to double the investment amount, not to mention the parts needed for the research and development of chip manufacturing equipment such as lithography machines.

In the field of optics, there are optical laboratories to help share research and development, and laboratories of intelligent equipment companies are also responsible for tackling key problems in other kinds of component technologies. Otherwise, these three-tier laboratories will not be able to complete the research in the whole chip field.

"Well, if you try more, there will always be surprises. Anyway, the company has this advantage. If you don't use it, it's a waste." Lei Tian Tang said with a smile.

Liu Lishuang also nodded with a smile. It is true that the linkage effect between the company's laboratories is also an important reason for the company's related technologies to make breakthroughs from time to time.

After randomly selected some projects in the research and development experiment, Lei Tiantang said with a satisfied smile: "generally speaking, the progress is pretty good. Although the 2-nanometer technology has not been completely broken through, I believe it is not a big problem to solve these problems in the future.

And you have done a very solid job in the pre research of 1 nanometer technology, which is very good. It is not so much publicized as those laboratories that dare to announce our breakthrough in 1 nanometer chip manufacturing technology just after a little bit of experimental results.

I don't know how many difficulties need to be overcome from the discovery in the laboratory to the large-scale production. I may fall into the pit in the middle of the way. I don't know whether the person in charge of those laboratories is really stupid or pretending to be stupid. But I think the possibility of using this method to pull investment is the greatest! "

When it comes to Lei Tiantang, he can't help shaking his head and laughing. We should know that up to now, not only foreign but also domestic laboratories have announced that they have broken through the related technology of 1 nanometer chip. In addition, more than 10 laboratories have publicized this.

The earliest one announced it even before the infinite gravitation group entered the field of chip research and development. It has been more than five years, and it has not been followed for such a long time.

It is estimated that after a lot of hype, they find a place to sell the laboratory and flash, or the investor can't stand the huge investment for a long time, but there is no substantial progress and the investment is interrupted, so it goes bankrupt? Anyway, there is no latest trend of these laboratories in the past year or so.

When he heard his boss say this, not only Liu Lishuang laughed, but also the researchers working nearby.

"That's no way. After all, not every laboratory can have no upper limit on R & D investment as the laboratories of our company.

In addition, we do our own research in this area, and it is clear that the chip technology is moving towards the technology limit. Not every company has the technology reserve and R & D system like ours.

Moreover, every step forward requires a huge amount of R & D capital. Not everyone can maintain the annual R & D investment of tens of billions of US dollars, but we can't see the income. For many profit seeking investors, such investment is not cost-effective, so it's not strange to do half the journey! " Liu Lishuang said with a smile.

Before the manufacturing process reached 28nm, every progress in manufacturing technology could make chip manufacturers make huge profits. Many chip companies made huge profits in those years.

However, after the manufacturing process reaches 1416 nm, the cost of the chip will rise with the progress of technology. When Intel first developed the 14 nm manufacturing process, it was reported that the cost of the mask was $300 million, and the cost of the latter technology would be greatly increased every time it was improved.

The reason why the new manufacturing process is expensive, on the one hand, is due to the high R & D cost and low yield of the new process, on the other hand, it is also because of the high price of photolithography, etching machine and other equipment.

Therefore, even if the advanced manufacturing process is technically mature, the high mask cost will make customers think twice before choosing the most advanced manufacturing process.

The relatively small number of customers will make it difficult to share the cost with huge output, and eventually slow down the development and commercial application of advanced manufacturing technology.Therefore, the low-end 7-nanometer technology and the medium and high-end 5-nanometer manufacturing process in the world are considered by some industry insiders to be very dynamic and will continue to be used for several years. The 4-nanometer technology of infinite gravity group is the best chip technology put into the market in the world.

But isn't it important to look at more extreme chip sizes? No, it's still important - it's proof that we can use new materials to make smaller transistors to further improve the function and efficiency of computers.

However, the key is that the huge R & D investment and uncertain future earnings make many investors unable to bear the pressure and give up after half of their work. Unless it is the state-level laboratory or those corporate laboratories controlled by consortia, it is difficult for many investors to bear the feeling of throwing a lot of money into the water.

That's why outside researchers envy researchers working in the infinite gravitation group. There is no upper limit of R & D investment and various advanced research equipment and conditions, and the treatment is even more eye-catching. Such a research environment is just like paradise for all researchers who are interested in the development of scientific research field!

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