Chapter 273: Lithography Factory, This is the Pearl of Industry [Please Subscribe]

Qualcomm building, San Diego, CA, inside the office of the top CEO.

Richardson was leaning back in his boss chair, scrolling through his phone.

As the president and CEO of a global leading company in the electronic technology industry, he should focus on work during working hours. However, due to his preference for family, he would chat with his family in the office whenever he had time.

Sudden.

At this time there was a knock on the door outside.

Richardson put down his phone temporarily, raised his eyes and looked towards the office door.

"Please come in."

Just as he uttered a word, he saw a tall and straight male assistant in a dark suit push the door and walk in.

Holding a sorted document in hand.

When you reach the desk, stop immediately.

Start reporting your work.

"boss."

"Huawei Technology's press conference has ended. At the press conference, they launched their first 5G high-end chip, which caused a lot of discussion in the industry."

Qualcomm is undoubtedly the leader in the chip field. The performance of its released chips is in the first echelon. It is definitely not easy for other companies to surpass it. After all, they released the company's first 5G chip two years ago.

It has absolute advantages in release time and chip performance.

However, we have to admit that Warwick Technology is a strong competitor that needs to be taken seriously.

The company's decision to proactively step out of its industry comfort zone and invest massive amounts of money in developing its own chips is something that similar companies cannot compare to.

Moreover, developing their own chips means competing with Qualcomm for the market, so they must pay close attention to the movements of their competitors.

What's more, Warwick made a big fuss about this press conference.

The content is also kept strictly confidential.

It can be said that not only Qualcomm, but also other chip companies are very interested.

"The development of 5G chips was completed so quickly?" After listening to the assistant's report, Richardson was a little surprised, and then he couldn't help but sighed: "It's really surprising!"

It is no secret in the industry that Huawei plans to develop its own 5G chips, and rumors have been leaked before.

But in his mind, this R&D cycle should be longer.

Not to mention the complexity of 5G chips and the performance they need to achieve, the lack of rich experience alone will take a long time to figure out.

This is reasonable.

Since it is so early now and they have officially announced their own 5G chip, there should be only one possibility if you think about it carefully.

The actual performance of the chip is not that great.

In order to confirm his subjective guess, Richardson did not keep the secret and immediately asked, "Have they released the data of the chip?"

"Have."

The assistant nodded in the affirmative.

Then a slight hesitation flashed across his face before he continued speaking.

"Before the document officially came into effect, they successfully completed the actual testing of the chip. As for the data obtained... Boss, you should take a look at it yourself." At the end, he hurriedly took two steps forward and handed over the document he had sorted out in his hand.

Although Richardson felt a little strange about the assistant's answer, he still reached out and took the file.

After casually flipping through it, my eyes naturally fell on the information above.

His originally calm expression suddenly changed the next second. From his pupils to the expression on his face, he revealed a look of extreme surprise, and even his body subconsciously sat up straighter.

"How can it be?!"

His eyes were full of disbelief.

Because the document contains the actual test performance data of Warwick's 5G chip.

The reason why he suddenly changed so much was that the performance of the chip was almost the same as the main product of their company.

You should know that their company has been deeply involved in the chip field for many years and has rich experience in chip research and development, so it can ensure its own position and firmly occupy a large market share in the world.

It is definitely hard to believe that the first 5G chip launched by Warwick could come from behind and take the lead.

Since the actual performance test was completed before the document officially came into effect, it is basically impossible for false data to exist.

That is to say...

Huawei really has its own 5G chip that is not inferior to theirs.

Faced with such a fact before him, Richardson calmed down a little, then came to his senses, and murmured to himself that he was relieved.

"Fortunately."

"Even if they develop this chip, it will not have any impact on us."

“There’s no need to worry about chips that can’t be manufactured.”

After saying this, he quickly regained his confidence, and there was even a hint of sneer on the corner of his mouth.

There is nothing wrong with what he said.

No matter what level the performance of this chip reaches, it will not cause much waves in the industry. Even the discussion will die down after two days and it is destined to become a thing of the past.

After all, no matter how good a chip is, it cannot be meaningful if it cannot be produced.

Take the majority of users for example, no matter how much they like this chip, they cannot actually use it.

Nature will disappear from the stage as time goes by.

But it must be said that he was indeed feeling somewhat fortunate now, and was very glad that the House of Representatives had issued this restrictive document.

Otherwise, if this chip is really produced by a foundry, it will definitely have a huge impact on their company's products, and may even cause their original market share to be taken away.

The thought stayed here and the matter basically came to an end.

There is no need to pay too much attention to things that are not threatening.

So the next second he looked up at his assistant again and said in a deep voice: "Don't worry about this chip anymore. What we need to prepare is to maximize market share after the situation in the Chinese semiconductor industry eases." When he said this, his eyes flashed with anticipation.

He believed that the restrictions in the document would not exist forever, and when they could no longer insist on compromise, they would still have to look to their company for purchases.

As for Warwick's self-developed chips, there will definitely be no chance for them to enter the market.

"It's the boss."

The assistant answered immediately after hearing this.

Then he took the document again, turned around and left the office.

Richardson looked at his assistant's back, and only after the assistant completely disappeared from his sight did he pick up the phone on the table and continue to scroll through the screen.

……

……

As the press conference came to a successful conclusion, domestic netizens also felt regretful.

They clearly have high-end chips with good performance, but they can't see or touch them. They are more and more eager to see the emergence of domestic extreme ultraviolet lithography machines, which has invisibly added tremendous pressure to the Optoelectronic Technology Research Institute.

Especially after seeing the overseas media’s coverage of this press conference, I felt very uncomfortable with the comments therein.

It is like being pointed at and poked painfully by someone else.

With the fighting power of the majority of netizens, if they had encountered this situation before, I believe they would have launched a strong counterattack long ago without any organization.

Some even climbed over the wall to fight back.

The main point is not to spoil anyone.

But now I can't find any reason to refute it, and I feel powerless.

It’s because they really can’t mass-produce this chip now, and what they said is right.

However, compared to the decadent atmosphere prevalent on the Internet, everyone in the lithography factory in Yanjing Science City is filled with excitement.

Even the corners of his mouth were getting more and more upturned and he couldn't suppress them no matter what he did.

Thursday.

In the afternoon in the lithography factory laboratory, Xu Yuan and Zhao Xiang had serious expressions on their faces, their eyes fixed on the ongoing steady-state micro-beam light source experiment, and they attached great importance to the results.

Although there are many people on the scene at this moment, everyone is operating at their respective positions.

Apart from the sound of the instruments, basically nothing else can be heard.

Because everyone knows the importance of today's overall experiment.

There must be no room for error.

Otherwise, all the efforts made during this period will be like a stone thrown into a river, basically all in vain.

It has been quite a while since the lithography plant was officially delivered and they started the experiment. Especially for the domestic semiconductor industry, it cannot be delayed any longer and the experimental construction of the lithography plant must be completed as soon as possible.

Everybody is still waiting.

As time passed, under the overall command of Xu Yuan, the experiment was finally completed successfully.

All that's left is to wait for the results.

"Xu Yuan."

"Do you think our light source experiment will be successful this time?"

At this time, Zhao Xiang took the initiative to open the conversation and looked at Xu Yuan to ask about the experiment.

A photolithography factory needs to create light sources with various wavelengths and maintain stability so that it can perform photolithography on chips of different specifications at the same time.

If the light source cannot meet this requirement, it will be difficult to ensure the yield rate of the chip.

Leading to increased production costs.

If chip manufacturing is like boiling water, then the photolithography factory is like a long pipe, with hot water at 100 degrees flowing through it and then gradually cooling down. No matter what temperature of water you want, you just need to go to the corresponding cooling area to get it.

This is fundamentally different from the photolithography machine directly and accurately burning to a certain degree.

The experiment conducted today is to confirm whether the pipeline has been successfully built.

If the experiment is successful, the next step is to draw hot water of the desired temperature from the pipeline to complete chip lithography of different specifications.

by that time.

The photolithography factory can then be officially unveiled to the outside world.

Let everyone see which one is the brightest pearl in the industry, the lithography factory or the extreme ultraviolet lithography machine.

In fact, they had conducted an experiment before, but unfortunately the final result was not satisfactory and there was still a gap between the calculated expected data.

Therefore, Zhao Xiang’s worries are normal.

Naturally, Xu Yuan also had high hopes for this experiment.

Don't want problems either.

Otherwise, if we start the research again, I really don’t know how long it will take to realize the lithography factory.

In addition, during this period of time, he has also been paying attention to the situation at the Institute of Optoelectronic Technology. He learned from Academician Luo Yajie that the research and development of domestic extreme ultraviolet lithography machines is not going smoothly.

In other words, if you want to place your hopes on the development of extreme ultraviolet lithography machines, it is highly likely that you will not be able to achieve it.

At least not in a few years.

If we want to solve the current difficulties in the domestic semiconductor industry and have the ability to produce and manufacture high-end chips, we can only rely on lithography factories.

Otherwise, if this continues, China’s development in the 5G field will really lag behind the international level.

However, compared to Zhao Xiang's worries, he seemed quite confident this time and had high expectations for the experimental results.

In addition to the fact that this experiment successfully solved the problem that occurred last time, the progress bar of the lithography factory on the virtual panel in the field of vision has increased significantly again.

It has now reached 80 percent.

It can be said that the company is only one step away from successful R&D and putting the lithography factory into operation.

This also shows.

After the delivery of the high-energy synchrotron radiation light source device, the research and development progress of all their project members was very fast in efficiency.

Otherwise, it would be absolutely impossible to reach 80 percent now.

While his thoughts were working quickly in his mind, Xu Yuan did not let Zhao Xiang worry too much.

He quickly took over the conversation and replied with a faint smile on his lips: "We have successfully solved the problems that occurred in the last experiment, so I am still quite confident this time." This was like a shot in the arm for Zhao Xiang.

really.

Zhao Xiang, who had originally looked quite nervous, immediately relaxed after hearing these words.

"I hope so."

"Now that the overseas documents have officially come into effect, the impact on our domestic semiconductor industry is growing, especially the layout of the 5G field is stagnant."

"Our lithography factory must speed up its progress."

Xu Yuan listened to everything Zhao Xiang said, and then said in agreement: "Don't worry, I believe it won't be long before our lithography factory comes out." After he finished speaking, he gave him a firm look.

What he said was not just empty talk.

Although the lithography factory looks very imaginative and gives people a feeling that it is more complicated than the extreme ultraviolet lithography machine.

But it turns things that you were not good at into things that you are good at.

In addition, without the influence of various patents, the research and development progress will be faster.

What's more, the theory of steady-state microbunching has long been verified.

It's not something illusory.

Another crucial point is that Xu Yuan can lead project members to always stay in the right research direction with the help of the progress bar on the panel.

Avoids a lot of trial and error costs.

Therefore, as long as today's experimental results meet the requirements and this stable pipeline is successfully built, it will not take a few months to carry out chip lithography experiments and produce the first high-end chip in the lithography factory.

Zhao Xiang undoubtedly trusts Xu Yuan very much.

Especially during this period, I have witnessed the precision and advanced thinking shown by the other party in the lithography factory project.

It has already conquered all project members.

Everyone just had admiration in their hearts.

At the same time, I feel very happy and fortunate to be able to join this project.

After all, everyone knows the value of the photolithography factory. As a key national project, as long as it is successfully completed, it will surely win many awards.

Being a member of the project is like adding a thick layer of gold to your resume.

When you are in charge of a project in the future, you will be more likely to gain the trust of others.

The key is that they also learned a lot of knowledge and ways of thinking from Xu Yuan, which will truly benefit them for a lifetime.

Since Xu Yuan has already said so, he is naturally completely relieved.

I even began to look forward to it more and more, hoping to see the lithography factory come into being soon and amaze the whole world.

And immediately after.

While the experimental results were still pending, Zhao Xiang suddenly thought of something.

Then he took the initiative to bring up the topic.

"By the way, Dean Xu, did you see the Huawei press conference yesterday? We now have our own high-end 5G chips, and everyone online is very excited."

When talking about this matter, Zhao Xiang's face was obviously more smiling.

He looked vaguely excited.

After all, with the release of domestically developed 5G chips, once the lithography factory is successfully built, mass production can begin immediately, squeezing out overseas chips from the domestic market in the shortest time possible and accelerating the comprehensive construction of the 5G field.

Xu Yuan was naturally familiar with what Zhao Xiang said.

With such high popularity on the entire network, it would be hard for him not to know even if he is busy with projects.

But it must be said that this is indeed a good thing.

In addition to making up for the shortcomings of domestically developed high-end chips, it also successfully re-energized netizens, which can be said to have swept away the previous decadent trend.

"I saw it on the news. It seems that the first chip to come out of the lithography factory has been found." Xu Yuan took over Zhao Xiang's words with a faint smile on his face.

Zhao Xiang was also very happy to hear that this domestically developed chip would be produced at that time.

Apparently he had the same idea.

As the two were talking, a young man in a lab coat walked towards them quickly.

Before he even got close, he shouted excitedly:

"Xu Yuan."

"Professor Zhao."

"The experimental data report has come out, and the values ​​are all within the expected range."

"Our experiment was successful."

The moment Xu Yuan and Zhao Xiang heard the voice, they turned around almost at the same time, but their eyes were fixed on the documents in each other's hands.

The next second Xu Yuan took the document from the other party and immediately lowered his eyes to check it.

Zhao Xiang also leaned over.

Data does not lie. As the information on the document came into view, Xu Yuan breathed a sigh of relief and handed the document to Zhao Xiang.

"We have finally successfully installed our water heating pipes."

Normally, people jokingly say that building a photolithography factory is essentially like boiling water. Now that the experiment has been successful and the pipeline has been successfully set up, the only thing left is to transfer the water at different temperatures.

As Xu Yuan said this with emotion, Zhao Xiang next to him also finished reading the document.

The tense nerves finally relaxed.

He did not forget to pick up Xu Yuan's words and echoed: "It's not easy to get to where we are today!"

"This is all thanks to Dean Xu and Professor Zhao for solving the problem. Otherwise, we wouldn't have gotten to this point so quickly. We all find it incredible." At this time, the young man next to him couldn't help but say, "It's said that the projects that Dean Xu is in charge of are the most likely to create miracles. Now it seems that this is indeed the case."

"Actually, my contribution is quite limited." Zhao Xiang smiled and waved his hand when he heard that.

He has a very clear understanding of himself.

Although he was the first to propose the concept of steady-state micro-bunching, Xu Yuan played an important role in both the initial theoretical verification and the construction of the lithography factory.

Without Xu Yuan, steady-state microbunching would never have developed to the level it is today.

Xu Yuan listened to everything the two said, but did not continue the conversation on this topic.

He then changed the subject and got down to business: "Now is not the time to celebrate. We need to make a concerted effort to complete the final chip lithography experiment."

For now, the successful construction of this pipeline is indeed something worth celebrating.

This represents research and development into a lithography plant.

There has been significant progress.

But the goal everyone is pursuing is to build a lithography factory that is fully capable of producing high-end chips.

It's not completely finished yet.

In this case, the key is to turn excitement into motivation.

What's more, given the current domestic situation, we are just waiting for this lithography factory to be completed so that we can launch a beautiful counterattack.

Zhao Xiang and the researcher naturally agreed with Xu Yuan's approach and had no objections at all. They immediately expressed their opinions in a resolute manner.

"Dean Xu is right."

"What kind of tasks are to be arranged next? Dean Xu, just give us your instructions."

“I can’t wait for that day to come.”

Xu Yuan already had a detailed plan in his mind. When he heard the two of them say this, he responded with a faint smile on his face.

"I will send you the relevant task arrangements later. According to my plan, the lithography manufacturing experiment of high-end chips must be successfully completed before the end of the year. The domestic layout of 5G cannot be delayed any longer."

"It's Dean Xu."

The researcher next to him was the first to answer after hearing this.

Then, without staying for too long, he said something to them and turned away.

His face was full of excitement.

It was obvious that there was no doubt about what Xu Yuan said.

After all, if the lithography factory is really completed before the end of the year, it will only be a few months away. How can we not be happy?

However, in comparison, Zhao Xiang considers more aspects.

When there were only two of them left in the room, Zhao Xiang's lips moved slightly, as if he wanted to say something. After thinking for a few seconds, he took the initiative to ask.

"Xu Yuan."

"If we want to complete the chip manufacturing experiment before the end of the year, then high-end photoresist..."

At the end of his speech, his voice couldn't help but pause, and he did not try to hide the worry in his eyes.

To ensure the yield rate of chips, high-end photoresist is indispensable, and we must master the technology to produce high-end photoresist.

He had raised this question to Xu Yuan when the high-energy synchrotron radiation source device was just delivered.

no way.

Neon Shin-Etsu refused to sell photoresist to them.

If this problem is not solved, even if the lithography factory is successfully built, chips will not be able to be mass-produced, because the low yield rate will greatly increase the cost of chip manufacturing.

Just because Xu Yuan said that he would solve the problem of high-end photoresist, he didn't go on.

Later, I was busy with the research and development of the lithography factory and had even less energy to take care of photoresist.

So until now.

He doesn't even know what happened to the high-end photoresist.

But now the photolithography factory is about to succeed in its research and development, and domestically developed 5G chips are also waiting to be mass-produced. It will be troublesome without high-end photoresist.

In this situation, he could only ask Xu Yuan about the situation and save himself from worrying.

Xu Yuan was not surprised that Zhao Xiang was concerned about high-end photoresist again. After all, this was indeed very important.

Of course he didn't forget.

For others, if they participate in the research of the lithography factory project, it may be difficult to have the time and energy to do other things, otherwise it will easily lead to a bad situation for both sides.

But this doesn't apply to Xu Yuan.

Being able to enter deep learning state at any time means that his efficiency is destined to be many times higher than others.

You can have enough energy to do other things at the same time.

With the help of the panel progress bar, researching materials is much easier for him than building a lithography factory.

So, relying on his status as an academician of the two academies, he took the lead in inviting materials personnel from Qinghua and Yenching University to join and form a collaborative research team to develop more advanced high-end photoresists based on domestic photoresists.

From time to time he would go over to check on the situation.

Reverse the wrong direction in time and do a good job in taking the lead and steering.

There has been a breakthrough.

The thought stayed here. To reassure Zhao Xiang, he organized his words a little and answered:

"Do not worry."

"With people from the School of Materials Engineering at Qinghua University and Yenching University in charge, the research on domestically produced high-end photoresists is going very smoothly and will definitely not affect this experiment."

"I am still sure of this."

The reason why he spoke with such confidence was not only because the situation was indeed like this, but also that when he was speaking, his eyes were always on the progress bar on the virtual panel, and he saw that it was not far from 100%.

The progress is faster than that of the lithography factory.

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Mission: High-end photoresist technology

Subject: Chemistry

Progress: 89%
Result: Not completed
When Zhao Xiang heard that the high-end photoresist problem that he was most worried about had been properly solved by Xu Yuan, his whole expression immediately relaxed.

"That's good."

"It seems that all we can do now is wait and see."

With a smile on her face, she said something to Xu Yuan, and then they left together.

……

Before the lithography factory project was officially unveiled to the public, it had been kept confidential, and the only thing that the outside world was paying attention to was the lithography machine project of the Optical Strip Technology Research Institute.

Therefore, in the next few months, when all project members of the lithography factory worked overtime to achieve the goal of chip lithography before the end of the year, the outside world was temporarily calm. Except for the increasingly difficult situation of semiconductor-related companies, other fields were not affected.

In the blink of an eye, it is October.

When the week-long holiday ended and everyone just returned to work, Warwick received good news.

2018 10 Month 11 Day.

Thursday.

Shenzhen.

Warwick headquarters building.

In the high-level chairman's office, Ren Guofei was busy working as usual, handling some company matters and documents.

Although the company has successfully released its first self-developed 5G chip, the company's current situation is not good. After all, the company has made so many investments in the 5G field before, but now due to file restrictions, many areas cannot play their due role.

This also makes the company's various tasks more complicated.

As the chairman of the company, he must be in charge at this time.

If even the boss is often not seen, then the other employees in the company will probably have no confidence.

And this is often the most dangerous.

“Do we really have to give up on the 5G field completely?”

Ren Guofei was looking at a data file in his hand at this time. Faced with the downward trend in many aspects of the company, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Even the beliefs I held at that time were shaken.

When this document was previously released overseas, his attitude was very clear.

That is, the layout in the 5G field remains unchanged and continues to be implemented according to the original plan.

However, there is still no hope for domestically produced extreme ultraviolet lithography machines, and the layout in the 5G field is on the verge of falling through, which has caused huge losses to the company.

In this situation, it is not out of the question to consider taking drastic measures.

At least the company can be saved.

Just when Ren Guofei was still struggling with this issue and was temporarily unsure whether to execute it, someone suddenly knocked on the door of his office from outside, temporarily diverting his thoughts.

He stopped what he was doing and looked towards the door.

He uttered two words in a deep voice.

"Come in."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Weifeng pushed the door and walked in. His steps were almost like jogging, and he looked very anxious.

It can be seen that Xu Weifeng rarely behaves like this. When Ren Guofei saw it, his brows slightly frowned and he took the initiative to ask before the other party opened his mouth.

"What happened? Why are you in such a hurry?"

Faced with his boss's questions, Xu Weifeng was too busy to care and hurriedly started to explain.

"Director Ren."

"The Academy of Sciences just sent us a message saying that they would help us manufacture Kirin 5G chips, and invited us to witness it together."

"This is great news!"

When talking about this matter, Xu Weifeng was visibly excited. Even though he was such a high-ranking CEO, it was difficult for him to suppress the joy that kept gushing out of his heart at this moment.

Ren Guofei, who was originally frowning, was also confused after hearing these words.

The expression on his face froze instantly.

Didn't come back to his senses.

It took him three or four seconds to react, and he quickly asked Xu Weifeng for confirmation.

"Is everything you said true?"

"Our self-developed 5G chip is made with 7-nanometer technology. When did the Academy of Sciences develop an extreme ultraviolet lithography machine? Why haven't I heard any news about it?"

"Is there some misunderstanding?"

It was no wonder that Ren Guofei asked about the third company right away. The main reason was that such sudden news would be hard for anyone to accept for a while, and they would subconsciously suspect that things might not be as they thought.

He heard something.

The Academy of Sciences is going to produce 7-nanometer process chips.

This is obviously impossible.

It can be said that he searches and pays attention to news about the domestic semiconductor industry every day.

But we have never seen news that China has successfully developed an extreme ultraviolet lithography machine with the ability to produce 7-nanometer process chips.

What's more, the Institute of Optoelectronic Technology recently issued an announcement that the research and development of lithography machines is still at the 22-nanometer specification, and there is still a long way to go to achieve 7 nanometers. In such a short period of time, even if aliens came, it would be impossible to do it so fast.

So the most likely possibility is that Xu Weifeng had a misunderstanding.

However, Xu Weifeng's next answer made him widen his eyes again.

"Director Ren."

"Everything is true. I have confirmed it with the Academy of Sciences several times. There is absolutely no misunderstanding."

What is certain is that Xu Weifeng would definitely not use this kind of incident to deliberately deceive people. Since his tone was so firm, could it really be a surprise from the sky?

Faced with this completely unexpected situation, Ren Guofei couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

Could it be that the Academy of Sciences has really developed an extreme ultraviolet lithography machine?
But it has never been announced to the public.

possible.

Soon Ren Guofei convinced himself to accept this and believed that the Academy of Sciences had really conquered the extreme ultraviolet lithography machine.

After all, this news is related to the company's future development.

If the Academy of Sciences has really developed an extreme ultraviolet lithography machine and has been deliberately not announcing it before, then once the company's self-developed 5G chips are mass-produced and enter the market, it will definitely firmly occupy the domestic 5G chip market share in a very short time.

Help the company to completely stabilize the situation and build 5G communications in a short period of time.

As the saying goes, risks are often accompanied by opportunities.

At present, the development of domestic 5G chips has been completely locked, but it is also a blank sheet of paper.

The market is not occupied by overseas chip companies.

At this time, we suddenly have the ability to manufacture high-end chips, and the performance of our self-developed chips is not inferior to that of overseas chips. So it will be difficult for overseas companies to enter the market in the future.

With his mind working quickly, Ren Guofei could be said to be a little impatient at this time.

I can’t wait to see the domestically produced extreme ultraviolet lithography machine right now.

Since the Academy of Sciences has taken the initiative to invite me, I will definitely accept the invitation with pleasure.

You should know that this is the first time that China has used its own lithography machines to produce high-end chips.

It can be called a milestone in the semiconductor field.

Being able to be a witness is definitely something to be proud of and commemorated.

The next second Ren Guofei suddenly stood up from his chair and began to give instructions to Xu Weifeng.

"Great."

"Then Weifeng, please have someone arrange the itinerary, and we will set off to Jincheng Optoelectronics Technology Research Institute as soon as possible."

After saying that, he could no longer sit still in the office, so he turned around and walked outside.

At this time Xu Weifeng also reacted quickly.

He quickly reached out to stop Ren Guofei and explained, "Mr. Ren, you are wrong. We are going to Yanjing Science City."

"Yanjing Science City?" Ren Guofei repeated with some confusion.

In his opinion.

Since they have conquered the extreme ultraviolet lithography machine, regardless of whether the previous news on the Internet is true or false, the Institute of Optoelectronics Technology in Jincheng should be the one with the greatest hope of completing this task.

But I didn’t expect that the actual destination was Yenching Science City.

If it was just Yanjing, it wouldn’t be a big deal, after all, the headquarters of the Academy of Sciences is also located in this city.

There is indeed nothing wrong with secretly developing extreme ultraviolet lithography machines here.

But he had some impression of the Science City. From the news reports it seemed that it had only been planned for a few years.

The scientific research infrastructure inside is all newly built.

Some of them are still under construction, and they don't look like places that can develop extreme ultraviolet lithography machines. After analyzing them secretly, I feel that more and more question marks are in my mind.

Xu Weifeng obviously noticed his boss's doubts and then said a more specific name.

"It's the Yanjing Science City. The name of the place is something like the Advanced Synchrotron Radiation Light Source Facility."

After listening to Xu Weifeng's words, I no longer knew the truth of the matter.

Since I am not a professional in the relevant field, I really cannot imagine what special relationship this high-energy synchrotron radiation light source device has with the research and development of extreme ultraviolet lithography machines.

But he didn't dwell on this issue.

Anyway, the Academy of Sciences has already sent out an invitation, and he will naturally know the specific situation when he arrives there.

But it must be said that the direction of this matter did make him very curious about the domestic extreme ultraviolet lithography machines.

"Don't worry about the location for now, just arrange the trip as soon as possible."

After saying this to Xu Weifeng again, his emotions finally calmed down a little.

Upon hearing this, Xu Weifeng naturally responded immediately.

"It's Director Ren."

Because of this sudden surprise, the haze that had originally shrouded everyone in the company dissipated instantly, leaving only eager anticipation.

……

The experiment was successful in June and the so-called pipeline was successfully built. After another four months of hard work, the water collection work at different temperature ranges was finally completed.

Successfully met the formal photolithography manufacturing experiment requirements for chips.

In order to launch the lithography factory as soon as possible and mass-produce self-developed high-end chips to meet market demand, Xu Yuan decisively determined the date of the experiment and invited personnel from the Academy of Sciences and Warwick to witness it.

After all, this great historical moment needs to be remembered.

There is no doubt that for such a big event, leaders from higher levels will definitely be present on the scene.

Because once the lithography factory is successful, it will mean that the country will no longer have any weaknesses in the semiconductor field, will no longer be controlled by overseas parties, and will begin to fully display its skills on the international stage.

Of course, this is also a huge pressure for Xu Yuan, Zhao Xiang and other project members.

Faced with so many people witnessing the event, if the experiment ultimately fails, it will not only be embarrassing but will also be a huge blow to everyone.

It is possible that you will never recover from this.

However, Xu Yuan was very confident that since the experimental date had been determined, the result would definitely be a success.

Since there were only a few days left in Xu Yuan's schedule, after Ren Guofei arranged the company's matters, he took Xu Weifeng and flew from Shenzhen to Yanjing in advance to wait patiently for the experiment to begin.

People like Bai Xinzhou, the president of the Academy of Sciences, were already in Yanjing, so it wouldn't take them long to get to the Science City.

It is also worth mentioning that it is undoubtedly Academician Luo Yajie from the Institute of Optoelectronic Technology.

Although he was in charge of the extreme ultraviolet lithography machine project and had not yet mastered this technology, he knew about Xu Yuan's creative idea of ​​a steady-state micro-beam lithography factory.

And have high expectations for it.

Therefore, when he received Xu Yuan's call and learned that the lithography factory was about to conduct chip lithography experiments, he was stunned at first, not expecting it to be so soon. Then he came to his senses and quickly packed up to prepare for the business trip.

He knows the value of lithography factories very well. In his heart, lithography factories are the real pearls of industry.

If the lithography factory is really successful, then the entire related industry will undergo an unprecedented change. The most important thing is that the extreme ultraviolet lithography machine project of their Optoelectronic Technology Research Institute will lose its value and significance, and there is no need to continue.

From these aspects alone, we can see how much he values ​​​​the lithography factory.

I definitely can't wait to see it.

Soon, on the day of preparing for the lithography experiment, as everyone finally gathered at the high-energy synchrotron radiation source, they became more and more excited and difficult to calm down.

It is worth mentioning that when Chairman Ren Guofei saw Xu Yuan, he thought that Xu Yuan was secretly researching extreme ultraviolet lithography machines.

He still didn't know what kind of giant, a true pearl of industry, would be waiting for him.

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(End of this chapter)