After the layoffs, I became a tech godfather

Chapter 182 The second product: It helps wafer factories improve both performance and production capacity!
"No, that's not right! Absolutely not right!"

Huang Renxun slammed the table and drooped his face. "Even if the performance can be improved by Xiaosha, and the adaptation to the boundless system has a bonus, and the performance is higher than ours at the same scale, how do they solve the production capacity problem?!"

Ever since the Kirin 2023S came out two years ago (9000), America has been trying to find out where this chip is made.

To date, Kirin, Ascend, and Kunpeng now have a Moore's Law, and they have all been iterated for several generations, but there is still no definite news, only speculation.

But even if it's just speculation, production capacity is a clear thing - because over the years, there have only been so many lithography machines that can produce high-end chips, which is easy to calculate!
Moreover, Kirin chips have been out of stock, and until now, several versions of the Mate70 series cannot be purchased freely.

Lack of production capacity is no secret at all!

"Could it be that the problem with the lithography machine has been solved?"

Although I have never heard of it, given China's current level of confidentiality, it is impossible to find out where the chip is manufactured, so this possibility cannot be ruled out.

Huang kept tapping the table with his knuckles, gradually calming down and starting to think: "Is it true, or is it just bluffing?"

If other companies were to make such a big fuss, it is possible that they were just bluffing.

But this is Baiju Technology. Not to mention the domestic Xiaosha users, even an opponent like Huang Renxun who wants to skin Hao Cheng alive knows: this is probably true.

"Does it matter whether it's true or not? It doesn't matter at all!" Huang Renxun snorted.
"If I say you are bluffing, then you are bluffing. Let's not talk about China for now, but as for America, as long as investors believe it and give Wall Street a reason, the stock price will go up!"

After muttering something, Huang Renxun shouted, "Tate!"

"Boss!" The man Huang Renxun calls Tate, whose full name is Timothy Tate, is Nvidia's executive vice president, legal expert, company secretary, and a member of the company's think tank.

"Announce to the public that NVIDIA graphics cards fully support the Unbounded system and Bluestar Online games!" Huang Renxun decided to completely ignore the ideas of the New Liberal Party:

"Moore's strongest gaming card. Even if it can rival 4070 and 4080, we still have 4090 and even stronger 50 series! I don't believe we can't get a piece of the pie!"

"But……"

Huang Renxun slammed the table and said, "No buts! We must hold on to the market, even if it means lowering the price!"

NVIDIA does have room for price reduction. In the past, the 4060 cost nearly two thousand yuan, and the 4080/90 even cost over ten or twenty thousand yuan. The 50 series is even more expensive. If you really want to equip a computer, half of the money will be on the graphics card, which is much more expensive than the CPU!

Is the cost very high? It is nothing more than grabbing profits by taking advantage of the monopoly position! Price reduction is nothing more than returning to rationality and returning to competition!
……

Meanwhile, in Linzhou, the press conference was still going on at the Kingdee Sports Center Stadium.

Speaking of which, the game Blue Star Online itself is just a sample of the Unbounded System Game Ecosystem and a part of Xiaosha’s training. Hao Cheng continued:

“So, the foundation of Bluestar Online is this game engine, which we call the Unbounded Game Engine. All AI capabilities and resource packages are open to partners.

"Whether you are an established gaming giant or an emerging startup, we welcome you to contribute to the borderless PC game. And our partner, Moore Technology, also came to the press conference today.

"Let us listen to what happened to them in the past two weeks."

"Let us welcome Mr. Zhang Jian, co-founder and CEO of MooreThreads."

Zhang Jian was sitting in the first row at this moment, looking very excited, because in just a short while, their stocks in major online stores had been completely sold out. This was the first time they experienced the power of Baiju Technology.

Slowly walking to the front of the stage, he began, “Two weeks ago, I couldn’t imagine this day, not even in my dreams.

"The best decisions I made in my life were, first, leaving NVIDIA to found Moore's Thread, and second, coming directly here to Linzhou on the day the Unbounded System was released.

“When the words ‘Moore Thread’ were put on the stage, some people must have felt a ‘jump’ in their hearts. They were both happy and worried – the output of this thing might not be enough!

"Just before I went on stage, within a dozen minutes, our products were all sold out in the flagship stores of major online platforms. This worry may be even greater. Now what I want to say is: enough is enough!"

The PPT behind him made a "bang" sound and wrote two words: "Enough"!
These two words made all the people who were paying attention feel relieved, while Huang Renxun, who was also watching the live broadcast, felt a little nervous.

"How did you do it?" Zhang Jian waved his hand and said, "Today, as a partner, I will reveal the second product of Baiju Technology. This is how we did it."

"Ah?" Many people were stunned - the guest revealed the second product? How did they solve the chip production capacity problem? What exactly was it? Curiosity was immediately piqued.

On the big screen behind Zhang Jian, a background was turning from virtual to real and gradually appeared in front of everyone. It was actually a corner of a wafer factory.

Waving robotic arms, workbenches glowing purple, etching, packaging...

"Where is this? Why are there so many marginal shots? Is there anyone who knows anything?"

"It's good enough that I can show you the edge footage, but do you want to see the confidential process? Do you want me to organize it into a document and send it to you?"

"Just take a look for fun, do you want to snoop into secrets?"

"That's right, what do you want to do? Xiaosha, analyze this person to see if he is a spy!"

It is very difficult to check whether a person is a spy. Sometimes, checking three or five generations of ancestors is useless, because there is a neighboring country, no matter whether it is strong or weak, and at any time, it has never stopped coveting the land of China.

Their people have been hiding for a long time, some even hiding for three to five generations, or even two to three hundred years. If you count back three to five generations, they are all Chinese.

If you don't show any signs of trouble, you won't even notice it.

"Alright, alright, hurry up and watch the press conference. If this guy is the one, he can't get away!" Now with Xiaosha, it's no longer possible to find out information and set the pace without anyone noticing.

The short video has come to an end, and the second product of Baiju Technology mentioned by Zhang Jian has gradually revealed its mysterious veil - Xiaosha (industry-tuned version).

"Finely tuned version? What does that mean?"

"That's right, I haven't heard of it!"

"Is this little sand not strong enough? Can we fine-tune it?"

Many people don’t understand what model fine-tuning means, and they are still wondering, Xiaosha is so strong, does he still need others to fine-tune him?

"Are you stupid? Fine-tuning doesn't mean that at all!" "What does that mean?"

As if knowing that no one understood, Zhang Jian also explained: "Now, the Xiaosha that everyone is using is the universal version. All abilities are universal abilities.

"Xiaosha is very capable, even in the field of chip manufacturing. For beginners or people doing scientific research, it is very useful to let it organize information for you.

"But in the actual chip production process, the wafer factories have their own data, and these data are confidential, so Xiaosha has no way of obtaining them. Xiaosha doesn't care about many production-related parameters, because these things are completely useless except for a few people.

“Training this in the base model is a sheer waste of computing power and resources.

"So what should we do when we need it? That's industry fine-tuning! The so-called fine-tuning means providing Xiaosha with your industry data and knowledge base based on the needs of the industry or yourself, so that the model has relevant professional capabilities."

……

"Oh, so that's how it is. Then lawyer services and software development are also fine-tuned models?"

"You can think so! However, these two uses are more extensive, and Xiaosha is directly integrated into the basic model. However, for chip production——

“First, Xiaosha cannot obtain the relevant factory data for chip production, so there is no way to make fine adjustments. Second, even if it is possible, it is useless for most people.

Even the production data from one factory to another is different. Each factory has different routes and plans, so they are not universal.

"Therefore, each company can fine-tune its own model according to its actual situation."

"So now I think I understand!"

At this time, Zhang Jian continued: "Today's second product is that Xiaosha provides basic capability models for all walks of life, and then you can create your own industry model based on your own data and industry!
"Some people may ask, what are our capabilities? I don't know about other industries, but in the field of chip manufacturing, with the help of Xiaosha's fine-tuning model, the finished chips produced by the 28nm production line are almost comparable to those of 14nm.

"The performance of 14nm chips has almost doubled, and the performance of 7nm chips is comparable to N5 or even N4. On this basis, daily production capacity has also increased to varying degrees.

"And this is not the end." Having said this, Zhang Jian deliberately paused to give everyone room for imagination!
"It has been improved so much, and the production capacity has not only not decreased, but has increased? Is this magic?"

Huawei and the industry chain behind it were the first to explore the use of outdated lithography machines to manufacture advanced chips, but that was based on multiple overlays and sacrificing production capacity.

However, the Xiaosha (chip production - SMIC fine-tuning version) optimization solution not only improved the performance, even doubling or tripling it, it also increased production capacity!
“I can understand the improvement. After all, the previous production lines were built by humans. In terms of precision, AI may be better than humans. But, what the hell is this not the end?”

"That's right, this isn't the end yet? Are we going to heaven?"

How much help does AI provide to industrial production?
In the past, people’s concept of this thing was still limited to indicators such as Industry 4.0, mechanization rate, and automation rate.

But Xiaosha directly optimized every step of the entire industrial production process as soon as he took action.

In response to everyone's doubts, Zhang Jian directly released a set of data: the daily improvement in chip production capacity, and then said: "One thing that makes AI different from other things is that it can be continuously improved.

“The initial improvement is the biggest, but every day that the wafer factory is running, it continuously provides Xiaosha with new data, and Xiaosha will also conduct the next round of analysis, adjustment and training based on the new data.

“So the improvement is small, but it’s ongoing and it never stops.”

Everyone looks at me and I look at you. Everyone knows that AI's capabilities can be improved and enhanced through daily training, but is this really the case when it comes to industrial production?
"Bullshit! I'm afraid Xiaosha is not the only one who can do this! I study the combination of AI and industry, and even the combination is chip production. To be frank, the field I study is computational lithography. Theoretically, this is indeed correct, but the actual operation is completely another matter!
"If it were really that easy to improve, and performance could be doubled at any time, we wouldn't have been restricted to this extent over the years!"

"That's right, Xiaosha is just an outlier!"

"So, the EUV lithography machine has not actually been solved yet. What if it is solved? Wouldn't it be the world's number one?"

"Isn't it going to be solved soon? Hurry up and make a small sand (EUV lithography machine manufacturing fine-tuning version)!"

"Yes, this is the significance of Baiju Technology's second product. Compared with language models, it is more important and valuable to integrate AI capabilities into various industries for training and improvement."

……

Said Cao Cao, Cao Cao.

Zhang Jian finished his presentation, switched to a new page of PPT, and said, "Okay, now let's return the stage to Mr. Hao. Thank you everyone, thank you!"

This page of the PPT just happened to list the first batch of partners of Xiaosha (fine-tuning model): Shanghai Microelectronics, SMIC, Huawei, Moore Thread, Shanghai Silicon Industry (silicon wafers), Changdian Technology (packaging), Kehua Technology (photoresist)...

There are more than a dozen of them, all of which are chip industry and consumables companies.

Hao Cheng came to the stage at this time: "The Xiaosha basic model will be gradually opened to key domestic enterprises and Baiju Technology's strategic partners. I know that many people are concerned about the progress of EUV lithography machines. Let me tell you -

"I do not know either."

"Hahaha! I don't know what you're talking about!"

"However, since this is the first batch, it should be the basic model capabilities obtained together with SMIC, right? In other words, it has been two weeks?"

"That's right, in just two weeks, SMIC's production capacity has improved so much, but there is no progress in EUV?"

"I won't inform you of any progress unless everything is done. This is much more complicated than upgrading the production line. However, with Xiaosha here, it will definitely not take more than half a year!"

"Half a year, that's so long!"

"Half a year is still a long time? Has Baiju Technology spoiled your appetite?"

"Yes, the original product updates in the technology industry were based on years, but now Baiju Technology is based on weeks. I really couldn't react for a while!"

……

"Okay, although I don't know the situation of the lithography machine, I think it won't take too long. Even though Xiaosha's basic ability is not enough now, I can tell you one thing: Xiaosha's ability is constantly evolving."

Finally, Hao Cheng smiled and said, "So, you know what I mean!"

(End of this chapter)