Scholar’s Advanced Technological System

Los angeles.

The International Conference on Integrated Circuit Design and Technology was held as scheduled.

As a leading event in the field of IC design under IEEE, this is both an academic conference for industry scholars and a stage for showcasing skills to major chip manufacturers.

The boundaries between academia and industry, such as those involving specific fields of application, are not obvious.

It's not uncommon for many scholars to be engineers themselves, for many of them to be reviewers of journals themselves, or even for some bulls to be listed as editors in an IEEE journal while serving as technical directors.

Professor Michael Maybury, standing on stage, is one of the classics.

While serving as Dean of the Intel Semiconductor Research Institute, he also holds the position of Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Intel.

And right now, standing on the stage, he's looking at all the scholars, engineers, business representatives who are here, showcasing Intel's latest consumer-grade processor chips, next-generation nuclear chip graphics cards and other technologies.

Of the many dazzling results, the most notable is undoubtedly its announced new microarchitecture, Silver Light, based on the 7nm process.

Almost as soon as this content was presented on PPT, the parameters and conceptual diagrams listed immediately became the focus of attention!

According to Intel, this “Silver Light” architecture, which will be launched this year - the second half of 2022 - will take the performance of the chip to the next level, building on the "Sunny-Cove” architecture that Intel launched in 19 years! And the new chip that goes with it will be very different in terms of integration and process.

Standing on stage, Michael Maybury stressed with excitement and certainty that this was a leapfrogging technological innovation and that Intel would redefine the future of chip technology… Although everyone was bragging so much every time, Maybury's remarks did surprise and even surprise many people in the face.

It is well known that the 7nm process is close to the process limits of all major manufacturers, and while it is not impossible to achieve 5nm, it is no longer cost-effective.

And down to 5nm, we're facing bottlenecks at the theoretical level, including the limitations of the material itself and the increasingly unnegligible quantum mechanical effects, and it's already difficult to improve the performance of the chip on and off the chip process.

And that's why, in addition to looking for alternative materials, major chip manufacturers are now working outside the process to squeeze the potential of silicon-based chips as far as possible.

Intel's "Sunny-Cove” architecture, which was released in the second half of '19 and has generated a number of insignificant topics in the industry, is undoubtedly one of them.

The Sunny-Cove architecture, based on the 10nm process, directly boosts Intel's Core, Xeon Series chip performance by 66%!

No one is surprised that Intel is able to make such a big breakthrough in the “Sunny-Cove" architecture at 7nm, which has become the same level of "black technology” in the eyes of many industrialists.

Obviously, this academic conference has been completed with a stunt competition from an Intel company.

Sitting underneath the stage, Qualcomm's chief engineer, Derek Wakev, curled his legs and watched his buddy CTO on the stage frenzy, with an enviable look on his face.

“Intel's black technology… Last time I heard from Maybury that they were preparing a big story to subvert traditional architectural designs, I thought they were bragging and I didn't expect them to actually get it out. ”

Sitting beside him, Koch, vice president of Qualcomm, who was also sent to this academic conference, looked at the person on the stage and closed his eyes with envy.

“... Intel's stock is going to fly tomorrow. ”

Though the relationship between Qualcomm and Intel was not so good, he wouldn't mind adding some in his personal name in advance if he could make money.

Meanwhile, Maybury on the stage had already spoken dry tongues and drank on the way through the cups handed over by the staff.

In exactly half an hour, he spent twenty minutes talking to Intel's partners, or potential partners, about -- or “showcasing” -- the new architecture called Silverlight, and the chips that were launched with it.

Even though it is full of tedious bragging and exaggerated rhetoric, no one in the room has deserted.

Everyone knows very well the integrity of this Mr. Maybury.

He may brag, but he will not speak.

Thirty minutes had finally passed, and Michael Maybellion had walked off the podium with a round of applause.

This academic event in the chip industry continues, but it is clear that the entire focus has been completely taken away by Intel.

Returning to Maybury sitting underneath the stage, listening to the implicit voice of discussion and exclamation, he couldn't help but write a few hints of pride on his face.

He enjoyed the feeling.

That's why I came to do this report myself.

Otherwise, such a report would be thrown to the people below, and it would not be impossible.

The presenters on the stage had changed several rounds, whether Qualcomm or Samsung or Apple, and the results produced at that session had been gloomy in front of their "silver light”.

In particular, Qualcomm's technician on stage made him feel even more comfortable when he talked about Qualcomm updating the ARM-V9 instruction set.

As the reporter from Qualcomm stepped down, a Chinese man with glasses walked up to the stage.

That skinny, tall look, plus a decent suit that doesn't show much air, makes people look less like a professor or a high-ranking engineer, but more like an intern or student or assistant.

Ready to take a look at the jokes of the friends and businessmen next to Maybury, when he saw the reporter on stage, his eyes flashed slightly.

Neither the Warwick Hayes logo nor the delicate look on the reporter's face made him feel worthy of taking the time to listen.

Besides, what can an intern tell you by sending an intern to a place like this?

I just don't want to come up and throw this guy away.

And at this point, sitting next to him, Robert Swan, the silent Intel CEO, suddenly said,

“I hear they have recently begun to be dissatisfied with IC design and are upgrading their industries in line with China's policies. ”

This one, naturally, refers to the reporter from Warwick Hayes on stage.

Maybury's contempt did not change, and her eyebrows gently lifted down.

“Oh, with the Chinese ‘high-tech' companies? ”

Robert Swan said, "It's better if you don't take them too lightly. After all, it's like nuclear fusion. We've only touched a little door, and they've fixed the trans-regional grid to our factory door in South-East Asia. ”

Can fusion and chips be a while?

Maybury didn't think he was going to leave his mouth open and obviously didn't take Swan's words to heart.

At this moment, the reporter of the suspected intern standing on stage finally opened his mouth.

Perhaps because he first appeared on such occasions, his expression was somewhat restrictive, he took several deep breaths before calming down and then made a brief opening statement at a steady pace.

Several of the big men sitting in the front row gave the young man the same look of goodwill and encouragement, including Robert Swan and Maybury.

For harmless opponents, their attitude is often sympathetic and tolerant, and even if he cannot hide the contempt behind his eyes, he is at least ostensibly a humble scholar.

This is how adults behave.

No matter how annoying the children find it, they will usually hide their annoyance in their hearts. Instead, they will look at it with a caring eye.

“This project is a collaborative project between us… our Huawei Hayes and Jinling Institute of Higher Studies, which has lasted almost two years. Actually, it was supposed to be reported by their research team, but they gave us this opportunity out of concern about the location of the report and others. ”

That's not a very strong voice, so many people under the stage are not interested in hearing it.

Though the name of the Jinling Institute of Higher Studies attracted a lot of attention, the thought of sending an intern to the stage to report was that almost everyone had the same face.

This also seems to have been noticed.

Looking at the bosses in the front row, they had already focused somewhere else and even started to whisper jokes. The reporter standing on the stage was in a bit of a hurry, so he sped up his speech and went straight to the point.

“Specific details will be detailed in PPT. ”

“This project is about the carbon-based chip we are studying…”

That's just half of what I said.

Suddenly, the reporter standing on the stage was surprised to discover that there had previously been a somewhat uneasy venue and that silence had begun to resemble death.

Also, quiet is some horrible...