Chapter 77： biochip

Taihua Biochip Research Center.

Do not! After being acquired by Xingyao Technology, it has been renamed Xingyao Biochip R&D Center. It is located in Haicang District, Ludao Island, in the Biomedical Industry Institute.

After signing the contract and going through the relevant handover procedures, Li Yi couldn't wait to come here to discuss the technology he needs with the R&D personnel in the laboratory.

The conference room of the laboratory building.

Li Yi sat in the chair of the conference room, with the director of the central laboratory - Jiang Changyong, the director of the laboratory - Zhang Peng, the technical director - Wang Hongmin, the quality director - Zhang Dongping, and a group of R&D engineers, a dozen people gathered for a meeting, everyone Look at the technical data and study the feasibility of the project.

Xingyao Technology acquired the R&D center and held a meeting with the new boss. Before the researchers could adapt to this change, everyone was uneasy and worried about their personal positions, salaries, and research projects after the R&D center was acquired by Xingyao Technology. change.

You know, Li Yi held a meeting for the first time. He didn't say a few words. A lot of research projects were arranged. Everyone focused on the documents and fell into deep thought. think.

As a researcher engaged in development, the most joyful thing for them is to discover a new technology direction.

The technical information provided by Li Yi and the new type of chip structure made them infatuated. Looking at the information, they began to think deeply.

The quiet needle drop in the conference room could be heard, except for the sound of pages turning over documents.

The development time of the biochip field is very short. It has only been more than 30 years since the 1990s. Biochips, also known as protein chips or gene chips, originated from the relationship between DNA hybridization probe technology and semiconductor industry technology. combined crystals.

Compared with the silicon-based chip semiconductor industry, there is not even a fraction of the funds invested in this field of biochips. Therefore, the development speed of this industry is not as developed as that of the silicon chip industry.

The complete silicon chip manufacturing chain has nine core equipment, lithography machine, oxidation diffusion machine, thin film deposition equipment, lithography machine, glue developing machine, etching machine, ion implanter, CMP polishing equipment, testing equipment, as long as there are If one is stuck, the entire chip production system will be interrupted.

Nine kinds of high-precision equipment are combined together to form a complete production line, and then a small chip can be produced. Without any one piece of equipment, the entire production chain will be paralyzed.

In addition, there is a washing machine.

1 mm = 1000000 nm, 5 nm = 0.000005 mm, there will be many kinds of impurities in such a thin gap that need to be removed non-destructively, each production link will add new impurities to the gap, only the cleaning machine needs extremely high precision, Once the cleaning accuracy does not meet the requirements, the yield rate will be disastrous.

It can be said that the manufacturing process of silicon chips has reached the peak of human technology.

However, what does a biochip have? How can it compete with such a powerful silicon chip industry?

As they browsed the content of the data, they seemed to see the future of biochips.

In the data, another chip architecture is designed, which is not the binary used by the silicon chip. The biochip is no longer an imitation of the silicon chip. A multi-layer algorithm similar to the multi-layer biomolecular chain is applied, which is called the point-dimensional system.

A point kernel connects countless dimension ends. Compared with the simple binary conversion times, this architecture is extremely complicated.

This binary arithmetic logic is more like a simulated neuron that actually imitates the human brain.

A neuron in the human brain has tens of thousands of dendrites, and at least thousands of dendrites. Each neuron may be connected to thousands of other neurons. Tens of billions of neurons are twisted together, exponentially power level. must be connected together to form a sophisticated and intelligent human brain.

The incredible underlying design, if tens of thousands of neural points can be placed in this biological chip, then the computing power network it spreads can be comparable to any mainstream silicon-based chip.

"Why don't you talk? What do you think? Can this kind of biological manufacturing material be made?" Li Yi looked at the silent crowd for a long time and couldn't help but ask.

The manufacturing materials of this biochip were selected by Li Yi from the library, and he chose the most easy-to-develop black technology, such as more complex quantum group chips, photon flow chips, ..., etc. Humans can play with the current level of technology.

Li Yi made a detailed investigation to understand that the Taihua Biochip Research Center has the technical foundation and detailed technical documentation guidelines. The development of biological materials for this biochip should not be a problem.

Why did everyone fall into silence on the side of death after they took the data files, and there was no movement for a long time.

Listening to Li Yi's question, Wang Hongmin, the technical director, quickly replied: "Mr. Li, we have no technical reserves for the properties of the biological materials described in the data, and we need to develop them. However, there should be no problem. We have mature biomolecular self-assembly technology. This project is not very difficult.”

Hearing this, Li Yi couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief: "That's good!"

"Mr. Li, how does a biochip with this structure carry out command control? Is its operating mechanism right or wrong?" Jiang Changyong, director of the central laboratory, looked up at Li Yi and asked in confusion.

Hearing this, all the researchers raised their heads and looked at Li Yi expectantly, waiting for his confusion.

After reading the content of the information, they are all thinking about this problem. The biochip provided by Li Yi has a novel structure and has great prospects for computing power. However, the underlying language that drives this chip is a big problem.

The bottom layer of computer hardware is binary logic. Therefore, using the computer language of 0 and 1, the chip can be driven to perform operations.

This biological chip is different. It adopts another subversive system model. The point is the core, the dimension is the secondary, and multiple dimensions work together. There are countless possibilities. Its structure is open and there is no The underlying computing language that matches it has no control over it at all.

Hearing this, Li Yi smiled and introduced: "You don't need to worry about this. The matching underlying language is being developed. When the required biological materials are produced, we are conducting field tests."

Everyone nodded silently, believing it in doubt.

"If there is no problem, this R&D project is finalized. You can assign tasks and complete them as soon as possible!" Li Yi looked at them and instructed.

"Mr. Li, do we still have scientific research projects on hand? Should these be suspended?" Zhang Peng, director of the laboratory, looked at Li Yi and asked.

"Yes! It's all stopped. We will do our best to conquer this project and give you a one-month deadline. If you can get it out in one month, we will give you three times the project's bonus. Three days earlier, the bonus will be increased by 10%." Li Yi looked at the crowd. solemnly promised.

Hearing this, everyone's eyes lit up, and they couldn't help but be full of energy.

Soon, the mobilization meeting was over, and everyone couldn't wait to get into the laboratory and start R&D experiments.