In the Kaiweisi Hotel, there is a large luxurious box and a large dining table for 12 people. Zhou Xing greets his subordinates with a smile on his face, and they bring their eldest female companions to the table.
Now, the engineers have finally understood that they have fallen into a very big "pit". Their chairman, Zhou Xing, is a skilled man who "eats people without spitting out their bones" and is a workaholic. To work, every ounce of mental and physical energy must be squeezed out of the body.
Get a lighter job
The engineers thought for a moment and then gave up quickly. First, they could not find a better company than Xingyao International Welfare. Second, they could not learn from working under such a skilled person as Mr. Zhou. Less new knowledge and improved skills. Third, when they are young, it is the time to endure hardship. They should not choose ease.
After much deliberation, they had to grit their teeth and get on with this job. So, if they didn't take the opportunity to get back their money, how long would it take
The engineers vented all their grievances on the exquisite delicacies on the dinner table, as if they wanted to overwhelm Zhou Xing, eating and drinking with open stomachs, and at the same time, they did not hesitate to invite the family members around them to join them.
Zhou Xing smiled happily and joined the army grabbing food.
If you want to use someone, you must first touch their heart.
It was just a banquet, and Zhou Xing was not short of money.
The task deadline is only two years, and time is tight. The most important thing at the moment is to catch up on the research and development progress of AI chips.
Zhou Xing has a thorough understanding of software knowledge in the field of artificial intelligence. Now, he is planning to conduct research on artificial intelligence hardware and develop an AI chip suitable for smartphones, smart robots, smart homes, and other fields, combined with smart software The system allows electronic products to have the "smart" capabilities of "fake" artificial intelligence.
Artificial intelligence is the hottest technology field today. In September last year, chip giant Intel announced the development of a dedicated chip for artificial intelligence technology. Google said it would independently develop a new chip to support artificial intelligence. IBM is designing a chip TNH based on the brain structure. Apple, Microsoft... technology giants are designing new AI chips and developing artificial intelligence.
Major technology giants are actively deploying in the field of artificial intelligence. If they release AI chips before these giants do, and then cooperate with other publicity plans, they should be able to achieve the mission requirements.
Zhou Xing was thinking about the plan in his mind while eating the delicious food.
After finishing the banquet and instructing the administrative secretary to deal with the aftermath, Zhou Xing took the lead in leaving the hotel.
Returning to the Bauhinia Rose Garden, Zhou Xing entered the virtual laboratory as soon as he returned to his room.
An empty virtual laboratory, chip tester, signal tester, power analyzer...all kinds of electronic instruments and equipment, densely packed.
Zhou Xiaozhi wrinkled his little face and floated in the air, staring at the several instruments operating below, monitoring the all-round test data of the AI chip.
"Boss, you're here!" As soon as Zhou Xing appeared, Zhou Xiaozhi floated in front of him, with a happy smile on his face.
"Well, how's the test result?" Zhou Xing asked impatiently.
"Boss, the computing power of the AI chip has met your requirements, but the energy consumption and heat dissipation are not up to par." Zhou Xiaozhi's face fell, and he looked at Zhou Xing unhappily.
"Well! What's the situation with energy consumption and heat dissipation?" Zhou Xing was slightly darkened and sighed as if he expected it.
"The energy consumption is still 35% short of the requirements you set, the heat dissipation is far from meeting your requirements, and the chip's operating temperature increases by 47%-65%." Zhou Xiaozhi reported to Zhou Xinghui.
Integrating 30 billion transistors on a chip the size of a fingernail can certainly improve the overall computing performance of the chip and greatly reduce energy consumption. However, after a huge number of transistors are powered on and operated, the problem of heat dissipation is an unsolvable problem.
In 1965, Intel co-founder Gordon Moore once proposed the famous Moore's Law: the number of components that can be integrated on a semiconductor chip will double every 12 months.
Over the years, the chip industry has basically developed according to Moore's Law. About every 18 months, the performance of the chip can be doubled.
Today, this famous Moore's Law is about to hit the ceiling. When the photolithography machine for processing chips reaches 5 nanometers, the atomic barrier of silicon-based chips will be an insurmountable hurdle.
"Xiaozhi, let's abandon silicon-based materials and use new materials for development." Zhou Xing gave an order to Zhou Xiaozhi.
"Well, boss, Xiaozhi recommends: graphene." Zhou Xiaozhi nodded understandingly and recommended to Zhou Xing: "Compared with silicon-based materials, graphene has extremely high interceptor speed and electron migration speed. Using graphite The main frequency of chips made from vinyl can reach 300GHz, the heat dissipation and energy consumption are 67% higher than that of silicon-based chips, and the running speed is estimated to be more than one million times that of silicon-based chips."
Graphene chip
Hearing this, Zhou Xing smiled bitterly. He had thought about this direction. However, the mass production of graphene is a big problem. Graphene is a single-layer two-dimensional carbon atom structure. Currently, the national products are only a few hundred grams per year. , yes, the unit is grams. No matter how rich you are, you can’t buy enough, let alone popularize it.
Do we want to casually develop a mass production process for graphene
Zhou Xing frowned and was troubled. In the development and application of new technologies, materials are often a huge limitation. Once one problem is solved, a new one will arise.
"Xiaozhi, do you have any other new materials to recommend?" Zhou Xing asked Zhou Xiaozhi tentatively.
"Boss, if graphene doesn't work, Xiaozhi recommends using molybdenum material to make chips. The semiconductor properties of a single layer of molybdenum material are better than silicon materials. It is only 0.65 nanometers thick. In steady state, it consumes 100,000 times less energy than traditional silicon transistors. It is more suitable for manufacturing smaller semiconductor chips than graphene." Zhou Xiaozhi recommended to Zhou Xing.
"Molybdenite?" Zhou Xing frowned. This mineral was very unfamiliar to him and he had no knowledge reserve in this area.
"Yes, boss, do we want to start the experiment?" Zhou Xiaozhi looked at Zhou Xing eagerly with a smile on his face.
Under Zhou Xing's unintentional training, Zhou Xiaozhi became very interested in various experiments, especially the research and exploration of new things.
"No rush, wait a minute, I'm going to read a book to learn more about this material." Zhou Xing stroked Zhou Xiaozhi's little head and comforted him.
"Oh! Boss, when can you come back!" Zhou Xiaozhi pouted and asked unhappily.
"Five or six hours, I'll do it as soon as possible. You can study it first. Wait a minute and we'll see who knows more." Once he started studying, Zhou Xing couldn't give a definite time and quickly changed the topic.
"Okay! Let's compete." Zhou Xiaozhi's eyes lit up and he nodded with high morale.
"Well, then I'm leaving!" Zhou Xing smiled slightly and said goodbye to Zhou Xiaozhi. Before he finished speaking, the figure disappeared in the laboratory in a hurry.