People who like astrology often say that purple is the most mysterious color in the world. It is elusive, and it often shows unique gorgeousness and elegance inadvertently.
At this moment, the ultra-ultraviolet light is bursting out from the laser generator. It travels through layers of carefully polished lenses at the speed of light. After repeated refraction and changes, it is finally adjusted to a suitable angle And the energy value, wrapped in a sharp and precise powerful momentum, quickly passed over the silicon wafer.
“Successful! The test run was successful! We etched a wafer with a manufacturing process of seven nanometers!” After confirming the data of the machine, the project engineer announced loudly, followed by thunderous cheers, accompanied by people’s uncontrollable live in tears.
US$3.45 billion is the cost of SMIC’s c1 production line.
After countless efforts and confrontations, and begging grandpa and grandma everywhere, SMIC finally got a third-generation euV lithography machine produced by asml.
However, who would have thought that the situation would take a turn for the worse after that, and the technological war continued to escalate. Before the third-generation asml machine was put into use, Star Technology released the fourth-generation lithography products.
The c1 production line was originally prepared for the third-generation machine, but when the fourth-generation machine of Xingchen Technology was unveiled, Tang Zong and the board of directors of SMIC immediately made a bold decision.
“Fuck asml!” Mr. Tang roared at the board meeting: “When is this? If we don’t give priority to the fourth-generation machine of Star Technology and continue to implement the third-generation plan of asml, we are still individuals! ?”
The director reminded Tang Boyun that the c1 line has signed a contract with asml, and the supporting equipment is also prepared for the third-generation machine.
“Damn the contract!” Tang Boyun yelled, “Losing money according to the price! Let those white-skinned pigs take the money and get out! The c1 line must use the fourth-generation machine of Xingchen Technology! If you give up the newly built c1 line, if we rebuild a production line for the fourth-generation machine, it will take at least half a year, and after half a year, the day lily is cold!”
Who was born on this land and grew up in the Chinese civilization, who has no feelings for family and country.
In this way, the production line originally prepared for euV was forcibly replaced with the fourth-generation machine of Star Technology, and the third-generation machine shipped from the Netherlands was directly thrown in the corner to eat ashes.
Listening to the cheers in his ear, Luo Jia was also very happy, but he didn’t show too much excitement.
There is no success that falls from the sky. The messy rows of camp beds in the corridor outside the main control room are undoubtedly the best proof. Xingchen and the SMIC team have not closed their eyes for more than a month. Food and lodging are all on the c1 line, and after arduous efforts, the one-time test run was successful today. These honest engineers are the biggest contributors.
“Next, we need to solve the problem of tunneling.” Luo Jia said, “Existing silicon wafers are limited by physical properties, and at most three nanometers can be used. If we want to go further, we must use silicene.” Or graphene.”
Tang Boyun calmed down, raised his glasses slightly, and nodded at Luo Jia, “Yes, we finally have 40nm, 28nm, 14nm, and 7nm wires, which can be regarded as equal. The first-class level in the world, but it is not enough to just tie, next, we have to overtake.”
Ordinary consumers may not understand the chip foundry industry. A top semiconductor factory must have a full architecture and a full process.
Although the seven-nanometer process is currently the most advanced in the world, it is also expensive. A sample tape-out costs hundreds of millions of dollars. There are only a few top chip products in the world, such as processors from Intel and Apple, and carriers from Texas Instruments. For the basebands of Huawei and Qualcomm, only these top-level chips are willing to spend a lot of money to adopt the seven-nanometer process.
And some cheap semiconductor products, such as the chips used in old-fashioned radios and tractors for farming, use cheap chips of hundreds of nanometers or even microns.
So, a top-level chip factory needs many production lines to produce products with a full set of craftsmanship. Nano, after all, was originally prepared for the third generation of seven nanometers, and it was only temporarily decided to replace the lithography system.
In the future, SMIC’s c2 line will adopt a five-nanometer process, the c3 line will be two nanometers, the D1 line will be 0.5 nanometers, and the D2 line will be 0.1 nanometers…
In short, Xingchen Technology and SMIC have always been the closest strategic partners. The tough guy team will be stationed in SMIC for a long time in the future to help them build all the next-generation production lines one by one.
Of course, while building the production line, the material center must first take out silicene and graphene. Circle technology has come to the end of history.
Judging from the current situation, Cao Yuan’s graphene laboratory is the most promising. They have reached the stage where they should produce results. After all, it has been almost two years since Luo Jia invited this super genius to study materials. It also spent an incredible amount of money.
“We will be able to produce graphene wafers at the latest during the Spring Festival.” Luo Jia vowed: “Graphene can actually be produced all the time, but the output is very low and the price is too high, so it is not suitable for mass production. “
“A chip made of graphene costs more than one million yuan a piece. As far as we know, his progress is not bad, and it is just around the corner to bring graphene to the price of cabbage.”
Hahahaha~
Tang Boyun is overjoyed. Graphene is a well-known future material. It can be used not only for chips, but also for almost all high-tech products. Once the price is lowered, it can quickly occupy the global market and impact the Western monopoly on advanced materials.
Star Science and Technology has the famous Three Musketeers of Materials Science, Ji Ming, Cao Yuan, and Chao Anbang. It is said that Chao Anbang’s superconducting material laboratory is also making rapid progress, and it may become another world-wide war in the future. weapon.
Luo Jia raised his wrist, glanced at the time and said, “I’m sorry, I have to leave. Today is New Year’s Day, and Star Media has a New Year special column.”
“If that’s the case, Mr. Luo should hurry up and leave it to me. After collecting the data, let everyone have a holiday and celebrate the New Year.”
“Hey, before I know it, another year has passed.” Luo Jia sighed, turning his eyes to the bleak winter day outside the window, “Star Technology has been established for five years, and I am also one year older.”
Puff~
It’s good that Luo Jia doesn’t feel emotional, everyone in the main control room sprayed him when he opened his mouth.
“Mr. Luo, you founded Xingchen Technology at the age of nineteen. Five years later, you are only twenty-four, okay?”
“Yeah, if you all feel old, wouldn’t we all be half in the coffin?”
People are more popular than people. In recent years, people have heard Luo Jia’s name in the news so many times that their ears are almost calloused. Many people imagine him as an old man in the field of science and technology. such as.
But in fact, he is not yet twenty-four years old!
“The beer is ready, what kind of program are you recording? During this time, your private channel has been busy every week. It’s too hard, why don’t you take a break, let’s celebrate today!” Big guy suggested.
It’s hard for them to imagine that Luo Jia manages a lot of things every day, and runs into the studio all day long. Not only does he record his own programs, conduct live broadcasts, but he also acts as a guest host, introducing unknown bigwigs in China’s technology industry to the audience friends. We know each other.
It can be said that Luo Jia has put in 200% of his efforts in publicity. He really hopes that his fellow countrymen in his hometown can understand and love science. Even if they can’t understand complicated formulas, they must at least understand science. The good thing is to be a sensible person who respects science.
Luo Jia smiled and shook his head, “I also want to stay and celebrate, but if we don’t occupy the position of public opinion, we will be occupied by the enemy. Thinking back not long ago, how many **** big Vs took the rhythm and waved the flag for the comprador class , the **** theory that publicity is worse than buying, if we really believe it, there will definitely be no bones left that have been gnawed by people.”
“Xingchen Technology has released the fourth-generation lithography machine, and Huawei launched the extreme survival plan. SMIC forced the fourth-generation machine this time, and the loss is also billions of dollars. Ali’s boss Ma solemnly swore to do his best. Support the scientific and technological circles to compete with the West, and never randomly poach talents in China.”
“Which one of these things is not enough to be written into the history of China’s science and technology? What are the hot searches on Weibo these days? It’s all about Zhiling’s sister marrying a neon person. Why did Sister Ling change to the man’s surname, how many girlfriends the man has dated, these **** things have also been exposed.”
After listening to Luo Jia’s words, everyone felt sour. In this era of entertaining to death, most people only see a scene of singing and dancing, but they forget that the land under their feet is still buried with the blood and bones of their ancestors.
Luo Jia said loudly: “In the final analysis, whether we win or lose this technology war depends on the strength of us science and technology men!”
“We really don’t know how to coax our girlfriends, and we don’t know what elegance is. We wear T-shirts and plaid shirts all day long, carry rustic backpacks, and have straight male aesthetics in our minds. It is true that we are a bit rustic, but There are still a few hard bones in the body! Although we don’t please girls ~Soverse.com~, the stars and the sea are the real romance of men!”
“To say something that girls don’t like to hear, if it’s not because of physical needs, who would be so troublesome to find a girlfriend? In this world, men will always understand men best! Boyfriends are best friends!”
Luo Jia’s words caused the audience to roar with laughter. It’s true. The friendship between men is much stronger than those girls. Of course, many girls at the scene gave Luo Jia contemptuous looks. The leader of the men’s team is really terminally ill, and his honesty is hopeless.
“Okay!” Luo Jia waved to everyone, “Everyone celebrate tonight, shall I join the show and compete for entertainment.”
“Science popularization must be done at any time! You are the cutest men in science and technology. I can’t let you suffer and bleed. No one will know until the end.”
“We need to publicize, scientific things need to be widely publicized!”
“I don’t care at all whether people in other countries care about science, but I hope that our compatriots can think from a scientific perspective, and only by relying on science can the Chinese nation truly rejuvenate and regain the glory of our ancestors !”