When Koch first saw the new "SilverLight" microarchitecture, he knew that Intel was going to steal the limelight from this International Integrated Circuit Design and Process Conference. However, after seeing Huawei's HiSilverLight carbon-based chip technology, all of his original thoughts were instantly overturned.
Not to mention taking the limelight of an IEEE conference.
The second the report ended, the news about the "Dragon One" and "carbon-based chip" flew out of the lecture hall and into the ears of all the industry insiders.
Immediately after, a sensation like a magnitude 8 earthquake spread throughout the semiconductor industry.
Huawei had made a major breakthrough in carbon-based chip technology!
The first Dragon One series of chips based on carbon-based chip technology would be used in high-end servers, targeting the Xeon series of chips from the industry leader, the toothpaste factory!
News came in one after another, and each one of them was so explosive that he was overwhelmed for a while.
At the same time, the stock market's reaction was beyond everyone's expectations.
Intel, which had just launched the "Silver Light" architecture, not only did its stock not soar to the sky, it was even smashed to the ground by this sudden black swan …
Everything happened so suddenly that he was caught off guard.
Even though Koch, the vice president of Qualcomm, had considered another possibility, which was that there was no carbon-based chip at all, or that Huawei was too optimistic and misinterpreted the email from their partners.
But all of these were pinned on a very small probability — — — — — —
Which was, Professor Lu didn't even look at the thesis that was named as the corresponding author.
However, this was obviously impossible.
Intel wasn't the only company that was hit by the black swan. Qualcomm, AMD, and even the entire semiconductor industry were hit by this sudden change.
Everything happened so suddenly.
There was no warning before the report began.
Many people didn't even know that the Jinling Institute for Advanced Study had such a project. Most people only vaguely heard that China was building the fifth largest semiconductor industry cluster, that Huawei was no longer satisfied with chip design, and that they were beginning to venture into the upstream of the industry chain.
However, no matter how he thought about it, he couldn't connect this information to carbon-based chips.
The chain effect caused by the collapse of the semiconductor industry quickly spread to the entire NASDAQ. Pessimism spread from the mobile phone, PC, and server industries to all high-tech stocks.
No one thought that Intel, Qualcomm, and other chip giants in the upstream of the industry chain, their strong positions were actually pried open by a chip that was as light as paper overnight.
Even the foundation of the global semiconductor industry was crumbling …
Jinling Institute for Advanced Study.
In the dean's office.
The CEO of Huawei, Wang Zhengfei, sat on the sofa and drank some tea. He couldn't hide the joy on his face. He smiled and began to talk to Lu Zhou about what happened in the semiconductor industry over the past few days because of his thesis.
"Our HiSilicon Sales Department has been ringing off the hook for the past few days. Some calls have even reached my office."
Huawei's HiSilicon sales strategy was to first satisfy Huawei's internal orders, then domestic orders, and finally overseas sales according to the market.
Judging from the current demand gap, Huawei's demand for chips alone was enough for the Jiangcheng semiconductor industrial base to order until the end of the year.
Even if other people wanted to buy it, they might not be able to.
However, this didn't prevent downstream manufacturers from looking forward to this chip.
Especially the 20W maximum power consumption, as well as the excellent heat dissipation performance of the carbon-based chip. Even several well-known domestic supercomputer centers called. They didn't ask about the price, they just asked when they would have it.
Lu Zhou knew what it was like to have his phone ringing off the hook, so he spoke with empathy.
"Thank you for your hard work."
"What hard work?" Wang Zhengfei waved his hand and smiled. He said, "I'm just worried about a lot of things, but I can't compare to you scientific researchers."
Lu Zhou: "I'm fine, Professor Wu is mainly responsible for this project."
Wang Zhengfei: "Speaking of which, Professor Wu is about to become an academician, right?"
Lu Zhou nodded and said, "Yeah, I recommended him, so it shouldn't be a big problem."
Wang Zhengfei smiled and said, "If you say it shouldn't be a big problem, then it really shouldn't be a problem. I was going to ask if there was anything I could help with, but it seems like I was overthinking it. "
Lu Zhou smiled and paused for a second.
"Speaking of which, there's something I don't understand."
Wang Zhengfei put down his teacup and said, "Oh? Looks like I'm lucky enough to answer Academician Lu's questions. Ask away. "
Lu Zhou: "What's the point of submitting the thesis to the IEEE conference?"
Wang Zhengfei wasn't surprised that Lu Zhou would ask this question. He smiled and said, "Before we open the floodgates, we usually measure the pipeline pressure first. We submit the thesis before the product launch to test the reaction of the industry. If there are any problems, we can make adjustments in advance. Also, we've been working behind closed doors for the past two days, so no one knows we've been working on this.
"It's like everyone thinks you're working on fourth-generation nuclear power technology, but you've been working on it for a year and a half, and then you suddenly say controllable fusion has been solved. Without any foreshadowing, the entire industry may not be able to accept it, and even your business partners may not believe you. "
Lu Zhou frowned and said, "Why do we care about them?"
Wang Zhengfei patted his knee and said, "Good question, we really don't need to care about them! The downstream manufacturers will find out sooner or later that we're holding a treasure, but it'll take a lot of time. After all, this isn't nuclear fusion, we can still have fun behind closed doors. Not to mention, we're not just relying on this to make money, we're also going to redefine the entire semiconductor industry and break the technological barriers of western countries. "
This isn't just about the chips. If we want to do this, we have to catch them off guard. Before they can react and encircle and intercept us, let's throw out a series of punches. We won't give them any chance to prepare! "
Lu Zhou raised his eyebrows and asked, "Oh, really? What's the pressure test result? "
Wang Zhengfei smiled and said, "It's completely within expectations! I'm afraid the entire semiconductor industry is waiting for us to put the real thing in front of them. The next step is to respond to their expectations and hold a product launch. What do you think, Academician Lu, do you want to go up and say a few words? "
Lu Zhou shook his head and said, "I'm not interested, I've already done enough reports. Also, like I said, I'm only doing theoretical work, I don't know much about your chips. You should find someone else to do the product launch. "
"Haha, actually, you're overthinking it. You don't have to say anything, and I dare say that we won't have to worry about no one buying our chips." Wang Zhengfei laughed. After pausing for a moment, he took a step back and said, "Then it shouldn't be a problem for us to visit the site, right? It's in Jinling, you don't have to travel far. "
Lu Zhou hesitated for a second and spoke.
"… Okay then."
It was fine to visit the site, not to mention it was in Jinling, so it wasn't a big deal.
Suddenly, Lu Zhou's phone began to vibrate.
Wang Zhengfei took out his phone from his pocket and looked at Lu Zhou apologetically.
"Wait a second, it's a work call, I'll take it."
Lu Zhou: "Do you need me to leave for a second?"
"No, no, it's fine."
The phone call lasted for less than half a minute.
The old man only said "hmm" and "I see." His expression changed between surprise and thought-provoking several times.
Lu Zhou looked at Wang Zhengfei, who hung up the phone.
"I guess it's some good news?"
Wang Zhengfei put his phone back in his pocket and coughed as he said, "That IEEE meeting took down our thesis."
As soon as he said this, the two of them suddenly looked at each other. After exchanging glances, they smiled at the same time.
One of them smiled awkwardly.
As for the other one, his smile was a little sly.
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