"Mr. Cheng, this is the "Supplier Selection Research Report" submitted by the Technology Department. The final selection suggestion of Mr. Xu's team is that for the desktop PC and server chips we plan to purchase this year, it is better to purchase domestic chips above 3nm, but 2nm is better.

Yes, it is recommended to choose foreign ones, which are more cost-effective and more stable." The secretary said and put the report on Cheng Zhiping's desk.

"I got it." Cheng Zhiping motioned to the secretary to leave first, while he slowly turned over the report. As he looked at it, he couldn't help but sigh.

In the past ten years, Xia Guo's chip technology benefited from "dream chip materials", which enabled the performance of domestic chips in the 7nm process to easily surpass the highest-end 5nm chips from foreign manufacturers, and the price was less than one-tenth of the latter.

.And the release of "Qiguang EDA" has also made the design of domestic chips no longer a bottleneck, and can continue to design excellent chips in various subdivisions.

With super performance, ultra-low price, and targeted design, Xia Guo's chip industry has developed rapidly. In less than three years, it has occupied Xia Guo's mainstream market and has made great strides in the international market.

The proportion continues to rise, making it difficult for major foreign chip manufacturers to sleep and eat, and is in dire straits.

Later, because of the "Technology Mutual Benefit and Complementary Exchange Platform" in the "Planet Shield Plan" five years ago, Xia Guo exchanged the full set of "Zhurongzhiguang" fast reactor nuclear fission power generation technology for a full set of advanced 2nm lithography machine technology, making

Xia State's chip industry once again ushered in a big leap, and at its peak, it even occupied 70% of the international market share.

However, the technical foundation of international chip manufacturers is extremely profound. In the past two years, they have completely cracked the secret of "dream chip materials" and can produce chips with the same cost performance.

Better cost management capabilities and quality control capabilities have enabled Intel and AMD to gain strong competitiveness in the latest 2nm chips, especially in server chips and desktop PC chips, which are even more expensive than Xia Guo's competing products.

5% lower.

Don't underestimate the mere 5%. For many IT industry giants who place large orders, it is a huge cost that is necessary to save.

Moreover, Xia Guo has not yet fully digested and absorbed the full set of 2nm lithography machine technology. Currently, in terms of production capacity, quality control, and yield rate on 2nm chips, there is indeed a gap with the top international manufacturers.

Therefore, in this report, chief engineer Xu Zhenpeng prefers to choose products from top international manufacturers for 2nm chips. After all, they have more advantages in terms of cost performance and quality.

From an emotional point of view, Cheng Zhiping is naturally more inclined to choose and support domestic chips, but he must fulfill his duties in his position. As the general manager of a large electronic information industry group in Xia State, Cheng Zhiping is considering his desktop and laptop computers.

, when selecting chips for servers and other equipment, the cost difference must not be ignored.

Cheng Zhiping sighed softly and was about to sign the word "agree" on the report when the phone suddenly rang. It was Chief Engineer Xu Zhenpeng calling.

"Mr. Cheng, please let me know the report we submitted this morning." Xu Zhenpeng's voice was a little excited, and he was obviously in a very uneasy mood.

Cheng Zhiping was a little surprised. Xu Zhenpeng was usually silent and rarely saw him so excited. Could it be that there were major errors or omissions in this report? But logically speaking, there would not be. Xu Zhenpeng was careful and cautious in his work, and could even be described as meticulous.

Such flaws are unlikely to occur.

"What's wrong? There's something wrong with the content inside?"

"No, the external environment has changed. That report is probably out of date! Just thirty minutes ago, Xiaxin International suddenly held a press conference and launched ten models suitable for desktop PCs and servers.

The first-generation Shenguang quantum chip' series also announced that a quantum chip suitable for mobile phones will be launched within one year!"

Cheng Zhiping sat up straight: "What did you say? Quantum chip?" He thought he heard wrong and asked subconsciously.

Everyone knows that quantum chips are the general trend in the future, but quantum chip technology is not mature yet and has always only existed in laboratories. It is also bulky and can only be used in supercomputer systems at most, and is not suitable for personal computers and servers.

on the Internet, let alone on a mobile phone.

"It is indeed a real quantum chip! And it is a small quantum chip that can be put into commercial use! It can stably realize 100,000-level quantum computing!"

100,000-level quantum computing!?

Cheng Zhiping was completely stunned.

What is this concept? You must know that the most advanced quantum chip announced in the world is the 5120-bit superconducting quantum computing chip launched by IBM a year ago. The quantum computer "Condor" launched from this chip easily surpassed

It surpasses the 10 billion petaflops of traditional supercomputing leader "Frontier" and reaches 100 billion petaflops per second.

Even according to IBM's most optimistic prediction, it is quite remarkable to be able to launch a relatively stable 10,000-bit quantum chip within five years. However, if you want to reach the commercial threshold, you still need a 30,000-qubit level to have sufficient commercial performance-price ratio——

The main reason is that the size of the quantum chip is too large, and all supporting software and hardware systems must be customized, and the cost is too high.

Now the quantum chip launched by Xiaxin International can directly reach the level of 100,000 qubits?

Cheng Zhiping swallowed: "Is it really commercially available? How big is the size? Will the entire computer system ecosystem have to be restructured?"

"The size of the current 'first-generation Shenguang quantum chip' is indeed not advantageous. It is about three times larger than the current ordinary chip, but it can be easily connected to the current mainstream motherboard system using a converter, and there is no need to restructure the entire

System ecology! If this solution is adopted, the overall performance of the current mainstream 2nm chip will be about five times higher."

Cheng Zhiping was so shocked that he couldn't speak. Xu Zhenpeng continued to say excitedly: "Of course, if you want to give full play to the performance of the 'first generation Shenguang quantum chip', it is best to redesign the production supporting motherboard and memory.

, storage and other hardware! Xia Xin International has provided a complete set of design plans and also stated that it will be licensed to cooperating manufacturers for free for research and production!"

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The more Xu Zhenpeng spoke, the more excited he became, and his speech speed increased unknowingly: "As for the operating system, there is no need to worry, we will hold a press conference with Xiaxin International

There is also 'Longteng Zaitian Software Technology Co., Ltd.', the manufacturer of the Qing Ning operating system. They said that the latest version of the Qing Ning operating system can support the 'Shenguang Quantum Chip'!"

Cheng Zhiping finally came out with a few dry words in his throat: "Price... where's the price?"

“It is 10% lower than the current international mainstream 2nm dream chip! Judging from the data at the press conference, it is really cost-effective. The only worry is that Xia Xin International’s production capacity cannot keep up. However, in the press conference

Having said that, the number of quantum chips in the warehouse exceeds 10 million! Hey, no wonder Xiaxin International has been reducing the production of Dream Chips since last year. At that time, the industry thought they were being defeated by international giants, but they did not expect to free up production.

Produced the 'first generation divine light quantum chip'..."

Cheng Zhiping couldn't listen to Xu Zhenpeng's next words. A 10% cost reduction, and it was domestically produced, was enough to tip the balance in his mind towards the "first generation divine light quantum chip"!

After he came to his senses, he immediately sat down and used lip language as instructions. Soon the computer screen showed the live online broadcast of Xia Xin International's new product launch conference.

The number of online viewers has exceeded 200 million! And Xiaxin International’s stock price continues to soar at an alarming rate!

Obviously the whole world was completely shocked by this press conference without any warning!

Cheng Zhiping stared closely at the big screen, wanting to hear which institute designed such an epoch-making quantum chip, but he did not find the answer until the end of the press conference. Faced with reporters' questions, Xia Xin International

The spokesperson just smiled and avoided answering this key question.

But Cheng Zhiping knows that no matter where the quantum chip is developed, after today's press conference, the entire era will be different.

The international chip market will soon usher in a major earthquake. Traditional chips, even the old-era chips called "dream chips", will soon withdraw from the stage of history, and the future will definitely be dominated by quantum chips!

As the only country that has mastered commercialized small quantum chip technology, Xia Guo will become the biggest winner in the world!

"It's amazing..."

Cheng Zhiping murmured to himself, and then quickly made up his mind to get the Shenguang quantum chip for testing as soon as possible. He wanted to lead the group and be the first to take advantage of the quantum chip "crab"!

…

Just as Cheng Zhiping guessed, Xiaxin International's press conference was like a boulder thrown into a calm lake. The whole world was messed up. Countless countries and multinational companies held meetings overnight, urgently and anxiously discussing responses.

policy, and the news media in Xia State frantically published various proud news headlines:

"The shocking Shenguang quantum chip press conference! The beginning of a new era!"

"Breaking the record! The smallest general-purpose commercial quantum chip is released!"

"my country announces the launch of the world's first commercial quantum chip!"

"The information age has entered a new era! The era of quantum chips dominating the world is coming!"

"Xia Guo! Xia Guo! Xia Guo! The new quantum chip era is pioneered and led by Xia Guo!"

There was a lot of cheering and discussion on the Internet. Countless people were proud of themselves and also speculated on who was the real "father of quantum chips." Domestic research institutions related to quantum chips were quickly "picked up".

Among them, the "Ling Ning Quantum Computing Laboratory" under the names of Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun has attracted widespread attention.

Unfortunately, although the "Green Lemon Quantum Computing Laboratory" has been established for more than ten years, it has released almost no results in the past five years, not even news. As for Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun, they have focused on pure research in the past few years.

It is really difficult to associate theoretical research and teaching with quantum chips. Therefore, although many people have turned their attention to the "Ling Ning Quantum Computing Laboratory", they eventually returned to the "Ling Ning Quantum Computing Laboratory" that has enjoyed unlimited success in the past ten years.

Xia Xin International.

Most people speculate that the "first-generation Shenguang quantum chip" should be a joint venture between Xia Xin International's self-research team and several well-known domestic quantum chip laboratories, such as Xia Science Academy's Quantum Science and Technology Innovation Institute, Petal Chip Research Institute, etc.

Researched.

…

When the whole world was in great shock because of Xia Xin International's press conference, Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun had just finished two undergraduate "Question and Answer" special classes and were walking hand in hand under the respectful eyes of the students.

Return to the school road to the "Chief Scientist Building".

The phone vibrated, and the news of Xiaxin International Press Conference popped up in a faint light.
Chapter completed!