Chapter 1047: IEEE summit

Los Angeles.
The International Integrated Circuit Design and Technology Conference was held as scheduled.
As the top conference in the field of IC design under the IEEE, this is not only an academic conference for academics in the industry, but also a stage for the major chip manufacturers to show off their skills.
In such an industry involving specific application fields, the boundary between academia and industry is actually not very clear.
Many scholars are engineers who are working in companies. Many senior engineers in companies are reviewers of the journals. Some Daniels are also technical editors, and they are also editors in an IEEE journal. What a rare thing.
Professor Michael Maybury standing on the stage is a typical one.
While serving as the Dean of Intel Semiconductor Research Institute, he also held the position of Intel Chief Technology Officer (CTO).
At this moment, standing on the stage, he was presenting a series of technologies such as Intel's latest consumer processor chips and next-generation core graphics cards to all academics, engineers, and business representatives present.
Among the many dazzling results, the most noticeable one is undoubtedly the new micro-architecture
Silver Light
announced by it based on the 7nm process technology.
Almost immediately when this content was presented on the PPT, those listed parameters and concept maps immediately became the focus of attention!
According to Intel's description, this set of "Silverlight" architecture to be launched this year-that is, the second half of 2022-will be based on the "Sunny-Cove" architecture that Intel launched in 19th, and will once again bring the performance of the chip Improve one level! And the new chip supporting it will also be greatly different in integration and technology.
Standing on the stage, Michael Mayberry emphasized with excitement and affirmative tone. This is a leap forward in technological innovation. Intel will redefine the future of chip technology ... Although everybody is so bragging, Mayberry The speech made many people's faces surprised, even surprised.
As we all know, the 7nm process is almost close to the process limits of major manufacturers. Although it is not impossible to achieve 5nm, it is not so cost-effective in terms of cost.
At 5nm and beyond, we are facing bottlenecks at the theoretical level, including the limitations of the materials themselves and the increasingly indispensable quantum mechanical effects. It is difficult to improve the performance of the chip in the chip manufacturing process.
It is for this reason that, in addition to finding alternative materials, major chip manufacturers are now beginning to work outside the process to squeeze the potential of silicon-based chips as much as possible.
The "Sunny-Cove" architecture that Intel once released in the second half of 19th and caused a lot of topics in the industry is undoubtedly one of them.
The "Sunny-Cove" architecture based on the 10nm process technology directly improves the performance of Intel's Core and Xeon series chips by 66%!
It is no surprise that Intel can make the process to 7nm, but being able to make such a major breakthrough in the "Sunny-Cove" architecture is already in the eyes of many insiders.
Obviously, this academic conference has completely become a brilliant technology conference of an Intel company.
Sitting under the stage, Qualcomm's chief engineer Derek Wakoff leaned on Erlang's legs and watched the crazy CTO of a friend on the stage with a look of envy.
"Intel's black technology ... Last time I heard Mayberry said that they were preparing a big news to overturn the traditional architecture design. I thought it was bragging. I didn't expect them to really get it out."
Sitting next to him, Kochi, Qualcomm vice president who was also sent to this academic conference, looked at the man on the stage and narrowed his eyes with envy.
"... I am afraid that Intel's stock will fly to the sky tomorrow."
Although the relationship between Qualcomm and Intel is not so good, if he can make money, he does not mind increasing the holdings in his own name in advance.
At the same time, Maybury on the stage had already spoken dry, and halfway took the cup handed by the staff and drank.
For half an hour, he spent twenty minutes telling Intel's partners or potential partners-or "showing off" this new structure named Silverlight, and being accompanied by this structure. Introduced chips.
Even though it was full of boring boastful and exaggerated rhetoric, there was still no one in the entire venue to leave.
Everyone knew the nature of this Mr. Maybury.
He may brag, but he must not speak.
The thirty-minute moment was finally over. With applause, Michael Mayberon strode off the platform.
This chip industry academic event continues, but it is clear that the focus of the audience has been completely taken away by Intel.
Back to Maybury, who was sitting under the stage, listening to the faint voices of discussion and sighing from the side, he couldn't help writing a few hints of complacency.
He enjoyed it very much.
That's why I will do this report in person.
Otherwise, it would not be possible to throw such a report to the people below.
The speakers on the stage have changed for several rounds. Whether it is Qualcomm, Samsung or Apple, the results made at this session of the conference are dim in front of their "silver light".
Especially the Qualcomm technician who took the stage, when he talked about Qualcomm's update of the ARM-V9 instruction set, his expression was embarrassed, which made him even darker.
As the reporter from Qualcomm stepped down from the stage, a Chinese man with glasses came to the stage.
That thin and tall appearance, coupled with a decent suit that does not show much aura, makes people look less like a professor or an engineer in a high position, but rather an intern or student , Assistants and the like.
Maybury, who was going to look at the jokes of friends and merchants next to each other, saw a slight contempt in his eyes when he saw the reporter who came to power.
Neither the logo of Warwick Hayes nor the constrained expression on the speaker's face could make him feel that the next speech was worth his time.
What's more, what can be said about sending an intern to this kind of place?
Nothing more than want to come up and throw this person.
Just then, sitting in the position beside him, Intel CEO Robert Swan, who had not spoken, suddenly said
"I heard that they have recently become dissatisfied with IC design, and are upgrading their industries in line with China's policies."
This they, of course, refer to the speakers from Warwick Haisi on the stage.
The contempt in Maybury's eyes did not change, and her eyebrows were raised slightly.
"Oh? Just those Chinese 'high-tech' companies?"
Robert Swan said in a deep voice: "You still don't take them too lightly. After all, things like nuclear fusion, we only touched a little bit. They have repaired the cross-regional grid to the door of our factory in Southeast Asia . "
Can nuclear fusion and chips be a matter of time?
Mayberry shrugged off, disapprovingly, apparently not taking Swan's words to heart.
At this moment, the speaker who was on the stage suspected of being an intern, finally spoke.
Perhaps because of his first appearance on such an occasion, his expression was somewhat restrained, and he took a few deep breaths to calm down ~ EbookFREE.me ~ and then made a simple opening statement with a steady rate of speech.
The big men sitting in the front row invariably cast goodwill and encouragement on the young man, including Robert Swann and Maybury.
For innocent opponents, their attitudes are often sympathetic and forgiving. Even if they can't hide the slight contempt behind their eyes, at least on the surface he is still a modest scholar.
This is the demeanor of adults.
No matter how annoying bear children feel, they usually hide their boredom in their hearts and instead watch with loving eyes.
"This project is our ... our cooperation project between Huawei Haisi and Jinling Institute of Higher Education lasted almost two years. In fact, it should have been reported by their research team, but due to concerns about the location of the report and other aspects, they Give this opportunity to us. "
That low-spirited voice made many people in the audience uninterested.
Although the name of the Jinling Institute of Higher Education attracted a lot of people's attention, it was only an intern who thought that he was sent to the stage to report, and almost everyone had the same disapproval on his face.
It seems to have noticed this.
The big guys who looked at the front row had already focused their attention elsewhere, and even started to whisper and laugh, the speaker standing on the stage was suddenly anxious, so he speeded up his speech and went directly to the topic. .
"I will explain the details in the PPT."
"This project is about carbon-based chips we are working on ..."
That's just half the story.
Suddenly, the reporter standing on the stage was surprised to find that there was a little restless meeting place before, and when he did not know when it started, he began to be silent like death.
Moreover, the quiet one is a bit scary ...