Just when everyone was discussing the authenticity of carbon-based chips and doubting "Exploration" and Professor Xu, he began to violate his own academic principles in order to promote the development of China's chip field.

Xinghai Research Institute once again released a piece of news, which attracted the attention of the entire semiconductor industry and even the world.

That is, the carbon-based chip laboratory under the name of Xinghai Research Institute will officially hold a press conference in a week and disclose the latest products they have developed in conjunction with Warwick, SMIC and other companies.

That is the finished carbon-based chip of the ‘Xiongxin Series’!

When this news was released, the entire world felt as if it had experienced a magnitude 10 earthquake, with violent shaking spreading across the globe.

If we say that the two papers related to carbon-based chips released by the journal Discovery have shaken the foundation of the industrial building of silicon-based semiconductors.

Then the finished carbon-based chip is undoubtedly like a bomb buried in the building of the semiconductor industry that is enough to destroy it.

Of course, using bombs to describe this may not be so accurate.

To be honest, carbon-based chips are more like a brand-new building built next to the silicon-based semiconductor industry building.

This brand-new building is higher and stronger than the old silicon-based semiconductor building in terms of functionality, performance, potential and other indicators.

Therefore, in the future, both capital and industrial chains will gradually be transferred from old silicon-based buildings to carbon-based buildings.

This is the general trend and the unstoppable wheel of the times!

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At the same time, on the other side of the Pacific Ocean.

In the United States, south of the San Francisco Bay Area, a metropolitan area in northern California, is the Santa Clara Valley, where high-tech industries gather.

It also has an even more famous name, ‘Silicon Valley’!

This is the first place in the world to research and produce silicon-based semiconductor chips. The headquarters of high-tech companies such as Intel, Apple, Google, and Yahoo are all located here. In just a few decades, Silicon Valley has emerged from the

A large number of technology tycoons.

In the past, this place was undoubtedly one of the most prosperous and lively areas in the entire United States. There were more than 1,500 computer companies, and countless migrant workers or white-collar elites worked in this small valley, making it full of prosperity and excitement.

lively.

However, today, this bustling city is full of depression, depression, worry and other emotions.

Even if you occasionally see some pedestrians on the road, most of them are in a hurry, and their faces no longer have the smiles of the past.

For those who work here, whether they are white-collar elites or ordinary wage earners, they will more or less keep an eye on news about science and technology, especially the Internet, semiconductors and other related industries.

Especially now that the news of the launch of carbon-based chips has made a big fuss all over the world, there is no reason why this group of 'elites' working in Silicon Valley should lag behind.

Especially when it comes to their work and income, they will only care more about the changes and progress of things than others.

For example, James Duke, who is working at Oracle, holds a copy of the "Discover" journal in his hand at the moment, and it is in pure Chinese, and he is reading it carefully.

Although Oracle moved its headquarters from Silicon Valley to Austin, Texas as early as 2020, it still has multiple offices here.

Sitting next to James Duke, his colleague Wilder Reginald glanced at the journal in his hand, his eyes focused on the devil-like text symbols.

"High-performance carbon-based chips based on high-density integrated carbon nanotube arrays!"

"What is this?"

His eyes fell on the cover of the journal. Wilder Reginald, who did not understand Chinese, looked at James Duke who looked serious and asked curiously.

"Discovery Journal."

James Duke replied without raising his head.

"That journal made by Professor Xu from China?" Wilder Reginald asked in surprise.

"Well, this is the latest issue of "Exploration General Journal"." James Duke nodded and said, "It's the one about the most popular carbon-based chip in recent days."

"When did you become interested in chips?"

James Duke smiled, raised his head and said: "The storage and design of databases are also linked to semiconductor chips. It does not hurt for us to learn more about the developments in cutting-edge fields."

He wasn't very curious about this Wilder Reginald. The Duke in his memory was such a person, but... his eyes fell on the "Exploration" journal, and he asked curiously.

"By the way, this is pure Chinese, right? You can actually understand those devil-like words?"

James Duke smiled and said: It's okay, although I can't fully understand it and there are still some words in it that I can't understand, but generally it's quite interesting."

"Although I haven't seen a specific actual chip yet, judging from some of the data and information published in this paper, carbon-based chips may be more suitable for database storage than silicon-based memory chips."

After a slight pause, he added: "Or excellent."

"This chip made of carbon nanotubes is superior to silicon-based materials in terms of electronic control performance, which means it can transmit information faster."

"The spatial structure of carbon nanotubes is far more complex than silicon-based transistors carved by photolithography machines. In theory, it has stronger storage capacity."

"If we follow the data published in "Exploration·General Journal" and according to my calculations, in terms of the performance of non-volatile memory chips, the performance of carbon-based memory chips may be 3-5 times that of silicon-based chips."

Hearing this number, Wilder Reginald asked in surprise: "Are you sure?"

Before James Duke could answer, he quickly muttered to himself: "How is this possible!"

"3-5 times the performance of silicon-based memory chips, do you know what this concept is?"

Taking a deep breath, Regino looked at James Duke with a questioning look, and then said: "Moreover, I just heard yesterday that the experimental data in "Exploration General Journal" may be fraudulent."

Duke smiled, closed the journal in his hand, and said: "The corresponding author of this paper bears the name of Professor Xu Chuan. With his academic reputation and credibility, compared to those questioning rumors,

I still prefer to believe the former."

"What's more, it's still in the critical field of semiconductors."

"I think the companies that least want to see a breakthrough in carbon-based chip technology are companies like Intel and AMD that control the silicon-based semiconductor industry."

"This is their lifeblood. With their influence, if they want to push the media to write some articles on the experimental data of carbon-based chips, I am afraid that no media can refuse."

"What's more, maybe there is some intention from the authorities behind this."

Looking at the Discovery Journal in his hand, James Duke had a smile on his lips: "Moreover, in just three days, the carbon-based chip laboratory under the name of Xinghai Research Institute will officially hold a product launch conference to disclose their research and development.

The latest finished carbon-based chip.”

"If it is said that the data is fake, it cannot be hidden from everyone."

Breakthroughs in carbon-based chip technology are not good news for Intel, AMD, and even the US government, which dominate the entire silicon-based semiconductor industry market.

If China wants to enter this market, no matter what they do, even if they choose to develop carbon-based chip technology, they will inevitably usher in a series of semiconductor manufacturers such as Intel, Qualcomm, AMD, etc., and even the entire Western interest group in the early stage.

of suppression.

In the most popular terms, a fight is necessary.

The current smear campaign against the "Explorer" journal and questioning the falsification of experimental data in papers published in "Explorer General Journal" are just the first wave of tactics.

This is one of the core rights to speak in the high-tech field, and it is also a power change among countries around the world.

Changes in power are often accompanied by conflict and bloodshed.

Of course, this is viewed from the two huge perspectives of silicon-based semiconductors and carbon-based semiconductors, and even the old Western interest groups and the new rising China.

From his personal perspective, not only did he not panic, he even had a hint of hope.

After all, if carbon-based chips really replace silicon-based chips and become the mainstream, then it will be inevitable to develop a huge market around carbon-based chips.

And if he can understand the situation of carbon-based chips clearly and seize the opportunity in the future, with his ability, it should not be a problem to establish a related database company around the new field of carbon-based chips.

Most importantly, he also knows some Chinese and Chinese.

This has great advantages for preliminary work.

With some thoughts in his mind, James Duke took out his mobile phone from his pocket and searched for flights to China.

For the silicon-based semiconductor industry, this may be a fatal blow, but for him personally, this may be a missed opportunity that he will never encounter again in his life.

Of course, he also had to find a way to get a ticket for the carbon-based chip product launch conference.

I heard that the upcoming meeting is by invitation only, which may be a bit troublesome for him.

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In fact, James Duke was not the only one who had similar ideas.

When Xinghai Research Institute announced its carbon-based chip product launch, air tickets to Jinling from all over the world immediately sold out.

Many people who didn't even get direct flights chose to buy flights to Shanghai or other cities and then transfer.

For example, Apple's President and Vice President Tim Miller arrived as early as the day after the news of the product launch came out with two other executives of the company and several core R&D personnel of the "XDG Discovery Design Team"

China.

They hope to take advantage of this gap to contact senior executives of Xinghai Research Institute or Huawei, SMIC and other companies in advance to obtain more information about carbon-based chips.

Although Apple has always relied on a strong brand image and a complete self-developed system, A series chips and M series chips have become popular in the mobile phone and PC markets, and their market value once reached 3.5 trillion yuan.

, setting a record for the world’s most valuable company.

But both A-series chips and M-series chips are based on the silicon-based semiconductor industry.

If the silicon-based semiconductor market collapses, they may die slower than other silicon-based semiconductor manufacturers, but their end will definitely not be much better.

However, what disappoints everyone is that in recent days, whether it is Xinghai Research Institute, Warwick, or SMIC and other companies, they have refused to meet with them.

This can't help but make people feel a little panicked.
To be continued...