Was chip design difficult?
It was very difficult! It was so difficult that most countries in the world could not even touch the threshold.
The reason why Lu Yuan could learn the chip design so quickly was all thanks to the super computing power of the superbrain system.
The super brain system helped him record the complete design plans and processing techniques in the database of the chip technology companies and the semiconductor companies, and it also helped him to master them.
With the super computing power of the superbrain system, coupled with his understanding of the future development of chips, he could quickly derive a new chip architecture model.
In the eyes of ordinary people, this was simply a miracle.
Lu Yuan wanted to make games, but it was 2009 after all. Intel's main chip, the I7-860, was still manufactured with 45mn technology. The CPU graphics chips of AMDand Nvidia had just transitioned from 45mn technology to 40mn technology.
Now, whether it was the CPU performance or the CPU performance, they could not meet the hardware requirements of the game that Cheng Yuan wanted to develop.
If the hardware requirements were not met, then what could he do?
Lu Yuan wanted to forcefully increase the speed of hardware development, which was why he came up with the perfect 40mn chip architecture.
Of course, his other goal was to earn money.
The three of them understood Lu Yuan's motive and purpose for doing this. They also believed that Lu Yuan had really designed the perfect 40mn chip architecture.
However, this matter might not sound like much to those who didn't understand, but the three of them were top software engineering students. How could they not understand?
Now, the three of them had their hearts beating much faster than usual.
Hua Yunqing frowned for a long time before saying,""Ah Yuan, based on the relationship between us four brothers, we will definitely support you unconditionally no matter what you want to do. However, your actions have really made me feel uneasy.”
Wasn't it just a mess? Lu Yuan's actions were simply inhuman.
Cheng Song pulled a chair over and sat beside Lu Yuan. He asked seriously,""Yuan, tell me what you plan to do.”
Lu Yuan replied," This chip architecture diagram is my stepping stone. I really don't like the 40mn chip architecture. I will design a 28mn chip. Believe me, the giants in the semiconductor industry will spend a lot of money to buy my design. We can use this money to set up a game studio. At that time, we can start developing games.”
Cheng Song almost fell off his chair. Lu Yuan's words scared him so much that his face turned pale.
"Brother, you really dare to say that. I just convinced myself that you have improved the chip architecture of the 40 nanometres process, and you fast-forwarded to 28 nanometres? Even Bill Gates didn't dare to say that.”
Yang Minghao moved in front of Lu Yuan and sniffed hard.
Lu Yuan said unhappily," Smelling what? Pervert!"”
Yang Minghao said seriously," Let me smell if you drank it. These words are a little too big. If you don't drink it, a normal person wouldn't say it."”
Lu Yuan pursed his lips and said," Damn it, you guys will know that I'm not spouting nonsense when the time comes. Don't worry about whether I can design a 28mn chip architecture or not. Just tell me. If I really can, when I get the start-up funds, do the three of you want to work with me on game development?"”
He himself also felt that this matter was a little fantastical. It was not surprising that the three brothers did not believe him.
Normal people wouldn't dare to boast that they could design a chip architecture with a 28-nanometre technology.
The three brothers looked at each other for a while.
Hua Yunqing said seriously," Yuan, if what you said is true, then we will definitely work for you. Didn't I tell you a long time ago that the four of us have graduated and started our own business? We can't be bothered to look at other people's faces."”
Cheng Song said," Ah Yuan, if you could really design a chip with a 28mn architecture, why would we still make games? At that time, you would be the god of the semiconductor field. Why would you make games or chips? The country would have to thank you."”
He was really a little excited. There were so many of them in one sentence.
Lu Yuan sighed and said," Chip design and processing are two different things. If you can design it, the chip company might not be able to do it for you. Besides, what I designed was only the chip architecture, not the complete chip design. A complete chip design also involves a lot of intellectual property rights and patents. It's easy to step on a mine and not easy to do. I'm confident that I can earn a lot of money from the big companies by relying on this semi-finished architecture design. But if you want me to make the chip myself, brother, do you really think I'm a god?"”
He just wanted to use the computing power of the superbrain system to design a 28-centimeter chip architecture.
Not all of the chips had been designed. The chip manufacturing process was still in the transition stage between 45 and 40 nanometres.
Lu Yuan being able to design a 28-nanometer-process chip architecture was equivalent to forcefully speeding up the research and development speed of the major chip companies.
Not only could he make a lot of money, but he could also improve the performance of computer hardware and lay a good foundation for the games he wanted to develop in the future.
However, to design a complete chip, it would involve the intellectual copyright of the X86 architecture and the patents of many countries. Lu Yuan didn't want to get into trouble.
What he needed to do now was to avoid these minefields and use the exposed public version of the architecture to complete the 28mn chip's architectural design. This small portion of the architecture was not even considered a semi-finished design, but it would give the major technology companies the direction of the 28mn chip development and forcefully accelerate the time for the 28mn chip to enter the market.
This half-finished design was worth a lot of money!
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