After the layoffs, I became a tech godfather

Chapter 214 Xiaosha is already a veteran in the chip production line
When they thought of this, everyone present breathed a sigh of relief.

Ever since Baiju Technology announced the metacognitive architecture and chip at its winter press conference last year, many practitioners have been worried that the emergence of metacognitive chips will rapidly eliminate traditional semiconductors.

The impact on the entire industry is huge.

You know, although domestic high-end chips are subject to very large restrictions, there are Intel, AMD, Qualcomm, Texas Instruments, etc. in America, and China, except Huawei, has no other chip companies that can show off in the consumer market.

MediaTek can’t be fully counted.

But even so, domestic companies still account for half of the total output value of the entire chip market.

How did they gain this market share? They relied on selling small chips that cost one or two yuan or even a few cents each, and low-end chips with a manufacturing process other than 40nm.

These things have low unit prices, and with such output value, you can imagine how big the scale will be. This is foreseeable.

Once the entire industry collapses, the elimination process will inevitably be accompanied by bloodshed.

And Baiju Technology...

I won’t comment on other things for now, but once the force is exerted, it is extremely powerful.

Therefore, many people are both looking forward to it and afraid of it.

But at this moment, on the projection screen, Hao Cheng released Xiaosha's forecast based on the current industrial situation and Baiju Technology's industrial planning for three, five and ten years:

Three years later, the output value of traditional chips will still be as high as 70%, and after five years, it will be about 50%. After ten years, it will drop to about 20% and finally stabilize, becoming a computing and control aid for metacognitive chips.

"In this case, the impact on the entire industry is not small. There is a ten-year buffer period, so we can slowly transform!"

The problem of exerting too much force has been solved, and we can take it slowly. But some people are still not happy, especially Huwei and SMIC, whose leaders still have a wry smile on their faces.

"After decades of hard work, EUV was finally developed, and the production line process technology has gradually caught up. However, it will slowly be eliminated. I really don't know whether I should be happy or depressed."

An engineer from Huwei shook his head. He was happy that the future belonged to us, but frustrated that we had just been born and saw death. Besides, ten years was not a very long time!
However, Hao Cheng's next words completely dispelled his doubts. Hao Cheng said:

“Please note that I said that traditional chips account for 20% of the total chip market share, but I did not say that the total market share of traditional chips will shrink. These are two different concepts.

“In fact, according to our forecast, in ten years, even if traditional chips only account for 20% of the market share, the total output value will be more than ten times what it is now.

"This is why I attach great importance to existing EUV lithography machines and chip factories. These researches will not be eliminated, but will be more deeply integrated into every aspect of our lives."

A 20% share is ten times the current size.

If this eventually becomes a reality, it means that the total output value of the entire chip industry will be more than fifty times what it is now in ten years.

Even though there were certain expectations for the future, this scale was beyond the imagination of everyone present, and everyone showed shocked looks.

However, Hao Cheng did not pay too much attention to their shock. As he continued his keynote speech "The Core of the Future", he went on to say: "So, where is the main growth pole for these ten times more traditional semiconductor chips?" As soon as he said this, the crowd was no longer shocked. The main growth pole? This was not a keynote speech; it was clearly a secret to getting rich.

The venue fell silent instantly, with everyone staring at Hao Cheng on the stage and the large screen behind him, afraid of missing any details.

"Tell me one," Hao Cheng turned the page of the PPT: "Graphics card——

"The graphics card I'm talking about here refers only to the graphics card, which is the ordinary graphics card used for playing games and doing current design. Things like displaying 3D effects on flat-panel monitors, fiber optic tracking, and water flow effects. As computing power becomes stronger and stronger, the game effects that can be achieved will become more realistic. This is a direction.

"In the future, spatial graphics computing cards will no longer be limited to displaying a flat screen, but a three-dimensional space. This type of spatial computing card will definitely be in a period of rapid development in the next six months to three years.

"This kind of 3D includes 3D in virtual space, such as VR glasses, and 3D in space, such as a house. All the space inside it can be a display device. This type of computing card needs to perform spatial 3D computing to show us a 3D effect.

"In three to five years, display devices will not only be for human eyes and ears to see and hear, but can also be expanded to the five senses such as touch and smell. Immersive three-dimensional perception requires more computing dimensions than three-dimensional.

“Temperature, humidity, smell, taste, touch, etc. need to be restored to perception through calculation, giving people an immersive effect.

"Of course, just as current graphics cards need monitors to display images, these three-dimensional, immersive spaces and five-sense computing cards also need corresponding equipment to provide services. These hardware will definitely involve new materials and new equipment. According to Xiaosha's assessment of the technical progress, it is estimated to take five to ten years."

Such a sci-fi thing, such a timetable, everyone looked at it in silence for a long time.

The three-dimensional computing card, they thought about it carefully and could understand it, because the concept of 3D projection already existed. It was not too much of a leap for Baiju Technology to upgrade and combine it with the three-dimensional graphics card to create a more advanced spatial display device.

However, even if the 3D computing card can calculate temperature, humidity, touch, taste, smell, etc., what kind of equipment can truly convey the perception of these dimensions to people?
A group of people racked their brains but couldn't think of it, let alone realize it. Now they can't even imagine it.

However, even without talking about the subsequent stereoscopic, 3D, immersive, five senses, etc., the graphic card for flat display alone is already a very large market.

Zhang Jian was very happy at this time, because this was exactly the field of Moore's thread and it was also the first step to snatch customers from Nvidia.

At this time, because of the game Blue Star Online, they have already tasted the sweetness and are full of confidence in the future.

The goal of the next stage is -

Zhang Jian looked at the picture on the big screen more seriously than anyone else. This would be the direction of Moore's Thread's struggle from now on.

Hao Cheng also paused for a while to give everyone time to digest the speech, and the big screen switched to the next topic - if you want to do your work well, you must first sharpen your tools. What do we use to design chips?

Many people have the answer to this question in their minds, and that is EDA - electronic design automation tool.

This is even more important and more difficult in the chip design process, because the design is for production, so it must be combined with the production line's process, technology and production conditions at the beginning of the design.

At this time, the first picture on the screen is a picture of the production line. On it, a cartoon character named Xiaosha is bubbling with a bubble: "I am now a veteran on the chip production line. No one knows chip production better than me!"

(End of this chapter)