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"Because the materials that can go to this step have corresponding advantages, maybe which material can be directly used as the next-generation chip material after further breakthrough, so these materials that have passed multiple rounds of screening are The key research objects on our laboratory side, the material company is also stepping up further research on these materials.

However, we are still focusing on the company's superior materials, such as graphene materials, carbon nanotube materials, and some composite materials doped with metal materials or other materials.

It is hoped that substantial progress can be made in the research of these materials, the 2 nanometer chip manufacturing technology can be solved, and the related technical difficulties of 1 nanometer can be further solved."

Liu Lishuang is very familiar with these data, so he introduced the relevant data to his boss without any stumbling blocks. From the data he said, it is not difficult to see why the company has invested more than 5 billion in the chip laboratory every year. US dollar research and development funds.

This is because many related resources are the reason for the internal circulation of the company. If the research of so many new materials is not assisted by the many laboratories of the material company, it is not enough to double the investment amount, let alone Parts such as lithography machines and other related chip manufacturing equipment are needed for research and development.

In the optical field, there are optical laboratories to help share research and development, and various other component technologies are also assisted by laboratories on the side of smart equipment companies. Otherwise, where can these three-layer laboratories complete the research in the entire chip field.

"Well, there will always be surprises when you try more. Anyway, the company has this advantage. Isn't it a waste to not use it?" Lei Tiantang said with a smile.

Liu Lishuang also nodded with a smile. It is indeed so. The linkage effect between the various laboratories of the company is also an important reason for the company's related technology to make breakthroughs from time to time.

After randomly selecting some projects in the R&D experiment, Lei Tiantang smiled with satisfaction: "Overall, the progress is not bad. Although the 2 nanometer technology has not yet completely broken through, I believe that these problems will be solved later. Not a big problem.

And your pre-research work on 1 nanometer technology is also very solid. This is very good, unlike the labs that just dared to announce that we have broken through the 1 nanometer chip manufacturing technology just a little bit of experimental results.

From the discovery of the laboratory to the large-scale production, I don’t know how many difficulties I have to break through. I may fall into the pit halfway, and I don’t know if the person in charge of the laboratory is really stupid or pretend to be stupid, but I guess The possibility of using this method to pull investment is the greatest!"

Speaking of this, Lei Tiantang couldn’t help but shake his head and smiled. It should be known that up to now, not only foreign countries, even two domestic laboratories have announced the breakthrough of the related technology of 1 nanometer chips, and they all have more than 10 Home has been so publicized.

The earliest one was announced even before Infinite Gravity Group had not entered the field of chip research and development. It has been more than 5 years, and there has been no such for a long time.

It is estimated that after some speculation, the next company was found to sell the laboratory flash people, or the investors could not stand the long-term huge investment but did not make substantial progress and interrupted the investment, so it closed down?Anyway, in the past year or so, there has been no new trend in these laboratories.

When I heard my boss say this, not only did Liu Lishuang laugh, but even the researchers working next to him laughed heartily.

"There is no way. After all, no laboratory can have the same upper limit on R&D investment as our company's laboratory.

Besides, we are also very clear about our own research in this area. The current chip technology is already moving towards the technological limit. Not every company has a technology reserve and research and development system like ours.

Moreover, there is a huge amount of R&D capital that needs to be invested every step forward. Not everyone can maintain tens of billions of dollars in R&D investment every year but can’t see the profit. For many investors who pursue interests, such investment is It's not cost-effective, so it's not a strange thing to run halfway!"Liu Shuang smiled with emotion.

Before the manufacturing process reaches 28 nanometers, every advancement in the manufacturing process can enable chip manufacturers to make huge profits. Many chip companies have made a lot of money in that era.

However, after the manufacturing process reaches 1416 nanometers, technological progress will increase the cost of the chip. When Intel first developed the 14-nanometer manufacturing process, there was news that its mask cost was 300 million US dollars. Each time the technology advances, there will be a substantial increase in cost.

The new manufacturing process is expensive on the one hand because of the high R&D cost and low yield of the new process, and on the other hand because the price of lithography machines and etching machines is extremely expensive.

Therefore, even if the advanced manufacturing process is technically mature, the excessive mask cost will cause customers to think twice when choosing the most advanced manufacturing process.

Relatively few customers will make it difficult to allocate costs with huge output, and eventually slow down the development and commercial application of advanced manufacturing processes.

It is for this reason that the current low-end 7-nanometer technology and mid-to-high-end 5 nanometer manufacturing process are considered by some people in the industry to be very dynamic, and will continue to be used for several years. The 4 nanometer technology of Infinite Gravity Group is The world's best chip technology is now on the market.

But is it important to study the more extreme chip sizes?No, this research result is still important-it proves that we can use new materials to produce smaller transistors to further improve the function and efficiency of the computer.

But the key is that the huge amount of R&D investment and the unclear future income make many investors unable to withstand the pressure and give up unless half of it is done, unless it is a national laboratory or a company laboratory controlled by a consortium. Long-term investment, otherwise it is difficult for many investors to withstand the feeling of throwing money into the water.

This is why researchers from the outside world envy researchers working in the Infinite Gravity Group.There is no upper limit for R&D capital investment and various advanced research equipment and conditions, and the treatment is even more eye-catching. Such a research environment is just like heaven for all researchers who are interested in developing in the field of scientific research!