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Chapter 369 Two Routes

The northern part of Zhongguancun Science City.

Building No. 1, Qingjia Microelectronics.

The black convoy passed through two checkpoints and drove into the not-yet-fully-completed park.

Several gray-white buildings are located on both sides of the road.

Construction vehicles are still entering and exiting the area.

As you approach the core area, the number of barriers, access control systems, and patrol personnel increases significantly.

The design, packaging, software and management teams of Tsinghua University, which were originally scattered across Tsinghua University and several partner organizations, have gradually moved into Building 1.

The actual production lines for wafer manufacturing and large-scale packaging and testing have not yet been built.

At present, Building No. 1 is responsible for system design, sample verification, software adaptation and project management.

The laboratories originally located at Tsinghua University have retained their functions of basic research and teaching.

When Chen Mo entered the hall, Wen Zhixia was already waiting inside the access control.

She was wearing a light gray business suit with a Qingjia official employee badge hanging around her neck.

Deputy Director of the Industry-Research Coordination Department.

"Mr. Chen."

Wen Zhixia handed over the prepared visitor access card, a hint of a smile in her eyes.

Do I need a visitor pass to come to Ching Chia?

"Your long-term rights are still being entered into the new system."

Wen Zhixia clipped the card to his coat for him.

"Please make do with the chief designer today."

Chen Mo glanced at the employee ID card on her chest.

"Is your graduation thesis finished?"

"The defense has been passed."

"The school's departure procedures and graduation certificate will have to wait until June."

"Qingjia has already signed an early employment agreement with the school, and Jingjie and I will be managed as regular employees starting from May 1st."

Chen Mo nodded.

"Congratulations, Director Wen."

Wen Zhixia's cheeks flushed slightly, and she smiled faintly, "It's just a deputy position."

"It's only a matter of time."

The two swiped their cards side by side and entered the dedicated elevator, which led directly to the physical testing area for packaging reliability on the third floor.

Pushing open the heavy-duty airtight lead door, Chen Jing stood hunched over in front of a large thermomechanical analyzer and laser interferometry table.

Over the large white lab coat, an anti-static cleanroom suit was tightly covering her, and all her hair was tucked into her protective cap, leaving only her focused face visible.

Hearing footsteps, she turned around.

"Did Mr. Chen finally deign to come all the way from the school for an incognito visit today?"

"I heard that Qingjia has recruited a great engineer named Chen, so I came here specifically to pay my respects."

Stop with your glib talk.

Chen Jing took off her gloves.

"I am now a full researcher in the Reliability Core Group."

"It has higher privileges than your temporary card."

As she spoke, she deliberately glanced at the visitor pass on Chen Mo's chest.

Chen Mo nodded in agreement.

"Engineer Chen is amazing."

Chen Jing couldn't help but smile.

"How's it going at school?" Chen Mo asked.

"The thesis was nominated for the school-level outstanding graduation thesis."

Chen Jing tried her best to keep her tone calm.

"The college also nominated me for the Kyoto City Outstanding Graduate Candidate List."

"What about Qingjia?"

"Academician Gu said that the Dawn Project has not yet been made public, and many things cannot be included in the application materials for the time being."

"Currently, I am only listed as a key contributor within the organization."

"We will apply for awards once the project is finalized and the results can be declassified."

Chen Jing paused for a moment.

"National level."

In the last four words, she could not hide her pride.

Chen Mo was also happy for her.

"Then I congratulate the great scientist Chen in advance."

"The character '八' (eight) has only just begun to form; one must guard against arrogance and impetuosity."

Chen Jing feigned modesty, but her eyes had already curved into crescent moons.

Wen Zhixia stood to the side, not interrupting the siblings' conversation.

She also completed her graduation thesis.

The paper focuses on the collaborative management of R&D, procurement, and verification stages in large-scale scientific research projects.

The actual experience of participating in Dawn cannot be included in public materials.

She could only abstract all the data and project names.

Even so, the logical organization demonstrated during the thesis defense still prompted several reviewing professors to ask follow-up questions for nearly an hour.

Chen Jing was able to join the core group through her technological expertise.

Wen Zhixia, in her own way, became an indispensable part of Qingjia.

The two young women have long since shed their naiveté from their ivory tower days and have firmly established themselves in this national-level fortress of hard technology.

……

At 10:00 AM sharp, in the core decision-making conference room on the top floor of Building 1.

Academician Gu Shaoting, Professor Wu Huaqiang, Professor Wei Jun, and Professor Liang, a leading scholar in advanced packaging, all sat around a long table.

The engineering verification report for Dawn-1 was laid out before everyone.

After passing the first round of testing, Dawn was not publicly released.

The software team is expanding its compiler, driver, and scheduling tools.

The packaging team is preparing the second batch of engineering samples.

The two strategic users will also receive physically isolated testing facilities to validate scientific computing, data retrieval, and specific artificial intelligence tasks.

The first-generation approach still needs further refinement.

Chen Mo, however, had already brought the next phase of the plan.

Staff members shut down the external network in the conference room.

After the security box was numbered and verified, the two documents were delivered to Gu Shaoting and Wu Huaqiang respectively.

Gu Shaoting looked at the cover first.

"High-bandwidth stacked storage engineering roadmap".

"In-Storage Computing Integration Pilot Verification Plan"

The old man remained calm.

"Two projects at once?"

"These are not two industrial projects of equal priority."

Chen Mo stood in front of the whiteboard.

"High-bandwidth storage has entered the pre-research phase of engineering."

"In-memory computing is being pushed back to the device and array level, starting with the smallest scale verification."

He drew two parallel lines on the whiteboard.

The first line connects the storage die, controller, stacked package, and unified interface.

The second line only contains device arrays, simple computing units, and test circuits.

"Dawn has proven that computing power can be expanded through chip assembly."

"The biggest constraint going forward will be data."

"With the increasing number of computing chips, it's pointless to add more computing units if data is still being repeatedly transported through narrow channels."

Wu Huaqiang opened the first document.

Are you planning to go straight for full-fledged high-bandwidth storage?

"The first phase does not pursue complete autonomy over storage particles."

Chen Mo answered.

"First, use the available memory dies to verify the controller, vertical interconnect, stacked packaging, and thermal management."

"At the same time, we will establish a route for adapting domestically produced particles."

"Once the interface and encapsulation are working properly, we will gradually replace the underlying components."

Professor Liang looked at the timetable at the back.

"Completed the first working module in eighteen months?"

"This is a goal, not a promise of mass production."

Chen Mo said.

"If any of the packaging, yield, or controller requirements cannot be met, the engineering cycle will continue to be extended."

Gu Shaoting nodded.

The young man before them did not become arrogant in the slightest because of the miracle of Dawn One.

This unwavering composure and reverence is the most formidable quality of a technological leader.

Wei Jun opened the second document.

"What about in-store computing?"

"Complete the pilot verification chip within one year."

"First, choose a specific workload."

Chen Mo wrote "matrix operation" on the whiteboard.

"We will not make general-purpose processors."

"There's no rush to compare its overall performance with existing CPUs and GPUs."

"Only verify one thing."

"When data no longer frequently leaves the storage array, how much can the energy consumption per unit of computation be reduced?"

"The results are valuable; continue to expand the array."

"The results were invalid, so the project was halted in the laboratory to avoid being implemented in a full production line."

The meeting room fell silent.

Gu Shaoting flipped through the two documents from beginning to end.

"Where do people come from?"

"The high-bandwidth storage team is led by Professor Wu's team, with personnel drawn from the advanced packaging, controller, and software groups respectively."

Chen Mo said.

"Chen Jing joined the packaging reliability team."

"The in-memory computing initiative is led by Professor Wei, who is openly recruiting talent in device, storage, and circuitry from universities and research institutes."

"Wen Zhixia is responsible for coordinating the nodes of the two routes, but the two projects have separate accounts and permissions."

"We can't mix all the technical data together just to share the equipment."

Wen Zhixia quickly took notes.

Wu Huaqiang asked, "What should we do with the Dawn team?"

"It can't be empty."

"The first-generation product will continue to be handled by the existing engineering team."

"New projects only call upon people who have already completed their phase tasks, and then fill the gaps from outside."

Chen Mo looked at everyone.

"The dawn has not yet truly arrived."

"The next generation of engineering cannot be built on the sacrifice of the first generation of engineering."

After nearly three hours of discussion, the two plans underwent their first revision.

High-bandwidth storage is not directly included in the complete product project initiation.

First, establish three verification platforms: controller, packaging, and thermal management.

In-store computing has been listed as a cutting-edge technology reserve project of Tsinghua Jiayuan.

The initial funding will only cover personnel, equipment, and the budget for two small-scale verification tape-outs.

It is reviewed every six months.

Without reliable data, the next phase of funding will not be automatically opened.

One o'clock in the afternoon.

Gu Shaoting signed his name in the project approval section of both documents.

Wu Huaqiang, Wei Jun, and Professor Liang then put pen to paper.

Chen Mo signed the document.

Following Chenxi, Qingjia has officially entered the pre-research stage with two new technical routes.

……

After the meeting ended, the people in charge of the supply chain did not leave.

The projection screen then displays a different risk list.

In March, the U.S. Department of Commerce imposed export restrictions on ZTE and its affiliates.

Although a temporary license was subsequently issued, the domestic communications and electronics industry saw for the first time how many suppliers could stop shipping with a single restriction.

Huawei has not yet faced the same comprehensive measures as ZTE.

It faces increasing security reviews, project resistance, and supply chain investigations in the US and European markets.

The head of Qingjia Supply Chain reported on each item one by one.

"Of the tools and equipment currently used by Morning Light, nineteen items have a single overseas source."

"Six of them cannot be replaced in the short term."

"High-end EDA functions, some packaging materials, and two types of testing equipment pose the highest risks."

"The existing inventory can support engineering verification, but it cannot support large-scale production in the long term."

The joy in the meeting room gradually faded.

The fact that Dawn has achieved a breakthrough using mature processes does not mean that it has broken free from the entire international semiconductor supply chain.

Designing a chip requires the collaboration of software, materials, equipment, and a foundry system.

If any link in the chain breaks, the sample could remain in the laboratory forever.

"Reclassify the nineteen dependencies according to their degree of impact."

Chen Mo said.

"If a second supplier can be found, verification should be completed within three months."

"For those that cannot be replaced in the short term, establish a safety stock and a joint domestic research team."

"For licensed software and IP, re-verify the contract boundaries."

"Don't wait until the other party stops providing services to find that the data and design documents cannot be migrated."

The supply chain manager nodded solemnly.

……

Four o'clock in the afternoon.

Chen Mo prepared to leave Building No. 1.

Qin Feng stopped him at the elevator entrance.

"Mr. Chen, there's something I need to report."

The two moved into a small, windowless meeting room next door.

Qin Feng placed several photos on the table.

The first picture shows a white sedan parked on the road outside the park.

The second one is a gray minivan.

The two vehicles are registered to different entities.

However, the same man wearing a baseball cap appeared in the photo.

"This person has appeared outside Building 1 three times in the past twelve days."

Qin Feng continued flipping through the photos.

"In addition, someone posing as a headhunter and a supplier inquired with two external partners about Qingjia's recent recruitment, equipment procurement, and personnel relocation."

"The companies used by the other party are all real registered entities."

"The contact information and source of funds are still under investigation."

Chen Mo looked at the photo.

"People from outside the country?"

"It cannot be confirmed at this time."

"It could also be a media outlet, a business intelligence agency, or a competitor trying to poach your talent."

The full performance data for Dawn remains sealed.

The large-scale relocation of Qingjia to the Science City, the additional national funding, and the upgraded security measures could not be completely concealed from everyone.

The more you try to hide it, the more likely it is to attract the interest of certain people.

"Do not engage in any significant activities within the park."

Chen Mo put the photo back on the desktop.

"Continue to record who they contacted and what they asked."

"Don't alert them."

"clear."

Qin Feng put away the materials.

When Chen Mo walked out of Building No. 1, the convoy had already stopped at the bottom of the steps.

He looked up at the road outside the park.

There was nothing unusual about the passing vehicles and construction workers.

The question of which side the person hiding in the shadows belongs to remains unanswered.

Chen Mo did not linger.