Chapter 274: You promised to research photolithography machines, so you build a factory [ more subscriptions]

"You've given all of us a big surprise. No one expected such an imaginative project, but you're the first to produce results. To be honest, I couldn't believe it when I first received the news."

In the lithography factory in Yanjing Science City, Dean Bai Xinzhou held Xu Yuan's hand and spoke excitedly.

He didn't hide the smile on his face at all the time.

As the president of the Academy of Sciences, although he did not participate in the project specifically, he was under a lot of pressure.

Especially after the overseas documents officially came into effect, we basically received calls from leaders above every week asking about the situation of extreme ultraviolet lithography machines.

It can be said that there is a lot of concern.

Bai Xinzhou had no choice but to respond.

After all, up to now, the research of the Institute of Optoelectronic Technology has not made any obvious progress.

Even if he wanted to report some good news, he couldn't find it at all.

You have to bear it yourself.

More importantly, he did not urge Luo Yajie and bring this pressure to the scientific researchers.

The main reason is that he is very clear about the difficulty of developing extreme ultraviolet lithography machines.

Progress will not come from applying pressure.

On the contrary, it may even have a reverse effect and affect the research progress of the project.

Although turning pressure into motivation is a good thing and can speed up the efficiency of the project, if the pressure is too great, it will be crushed directly. If this happens, it will undoubtedly make the situation worse, which is something no one wants to see.

When Bai Xinzhou first heard Xu Yuan's plan for the lithography factory, his evaluation was basically the same as others.

It can be summed up in four words.

Mind-blowing.

Out of trust in Xu Yuan and with the support of Mr. Yang, the project was approved.

And agreed to renovate the Academy of Sciences' high-energy synchrotron radiation light source facility.

But in his mind, a brain-opening project like this is a completely new direction.

There is no experience to refer to.

No matter how you look at it, the research progress should be slower than that of traditional extreme ultraviolet lithography machines.

Therefore, his focus is usually on the Institute of Optoelectronic Technology.

No matter what needs Academician Luo Yajie has, the institute will do its best to meet and cooperate with him.

But I never expected it.

The final result was so unexpected.

It has been so long since the document came into effect, but there has been no breakthrough progress at the Optoelectronic Technology Research Institute. Not to mention the 7-nanometer lithography machine, even the 22-nanometer process is not mature.

We want to rely on domestic lithography machines to change the current difficulties faced by the domestic semiconductor industry.

It's unlikely no matter how you look at it.

Just when the situation was difficult, good news suddenly came from the Science City Lithography Factory.

Xu Yuan was fully responsible for the lithography factory project.

It is still kept confidential.

As the dean, he doesn't even know what specific progress the research has reached.

Therefore, when he learned from Xu Yuan that the lithography factory had been built and that a 7-nanometer chip lithography experiment was to be carried out, his brain was completely shut down. Even though he was used to seeing all kinds of big scenes, he still couldn't stay calm in the face of such news.

It's really incredible.

For such a creative project, it is no wonder that its progress exceeds that of the extreme ultraviolet lithography machine.

The result told him that he had reached the last step.

There were only a few words left in my mind at that time.

My goodness!

He quickly came to his senses and asked Xu Yuan again and again to confirm that he had not heard it wrong.

So I made arrangements immediately.

Particular attention is paid to today's lithography experiments.

After hearing what the dean said, Xu Yuan was not at all surprised by this reaction.

It's completely normal.

On the contrary, it is amazing not to be surprised.

After all, this is a photolithography factory.

“This is all thanks to the support of the institute and the joint efforts of all members of the project.”

After Xu Yuan and Dean Bai Xinzhou released their hands, he responded humbly with a faint smile on his face.

He did not take all the credit for himself.

Although without him to control the direction, it would be impossible for others to completely complete the photolithography factory in such a short time. But if he was the only one involved, he would still not be able to achieve today's results.

It can only be said that a good cook cannot cook without rice. The more important the project is, the more it requires the joint efforts of everyone.

There is indeed nothing wrong with what he said.

However, just as he finished speaking, before the dean Bai Xinzhou in front of him could speak in reply, he heard a hospital leader next to him take over the conversation and echoed him.

"The fact that we were able to achieve success in the lithography factory project so quickly is, of course, because of Academician Xu."

Bai Xinzhou obviously also agreed with this statement.

He nodded slightly, then continued:

"In short, the good news from your lithography factory is very timely. If the experiment is really successful, with this lithography factory that can mass-produce chips of different specifications at the same time, we will soon be able to fight back in the semiconductor industry and truly overtake the world."

"How about it?"

"How sure are you?"

Bai Xinzhou might have been worried because there were so many people coming to witness it, including many senior leaders.

If the experiment fails, then the question becomes how to end it.

That's why I asked Xu Yuanduo.

It also helps to give you some peace of mind.

When Xu Yuan heard the dean's words, he knew what he meant.

But since they chose to conduct the experiment today and invited so many people to witness it, they must be confident enough. You know, the progress bar on the panel has reached 100%, which is the best explanation.

In a sense, the final outcome was determined when the decision was made to conduct the lithography experiment.

With his mind working quickly, Xu Yuan did not pause for anything.

Then he responded and gave the other party a shot of confidence to avoid worrying too much later.

"Dean, you know me well. When have you ever seen me do something that I am unsure of?"

While saying this, he always had a confident smile on his face, giving people a feeling that he was confident.

really.

After hearing what Xu Yuan said, Bai Xinzhou's smile became wider, and the worry in his heart disappeared in an instant.

"I actually forgot about this. Now that this is the case, I can rest assured today."

After exchanging a few words with Xu Yuan again, they separated and temporarily sat down to rest in the seats next to each other.

There is still time before today's experiment officially begins, and some people have not yet arrived.

Those who come early can only wait patiently.

Just after Xu Yuan finished entertaining Bai Xinzhou, he soon saw a familiar figure walking towards him.

After taking the initiative to meet the progress, he immediately greeted: "Academician Luo."

That's right.

The person who stopped in front of him was Luo Yajie, an academician of the Institute of Optoelectronic Technology.

Responsible for the research and development of domestic extreme ultraviolet lithography machines.

"Congratulations, Dean Xu."

"I was optimistic about your lithography factory plan from the beginning, and now you have really turned the plan into reality."

"Come to think of it, I should thank you for relieving our stress."

Luo Yajie acted like an old friend and spoke to Xu Yuan sincerely with a smile on his face.

What he said were all genuine and sincere words.

The purpose of researching domestic extreme ultraviolet lithography machines is to solve the problem of the country's inability to manufacture high-end chips.

It has no direct relationship with what kind of honor you can get.

Now that he can see that Xu Yuan has successfully developed a lithography factory, which has directly brought domestic chip manufacturing to a new level, he is undoubtedly overjoyed at the news.

Even other project members in their institute were shocked by the imaginative project of the lithography factory.

As for relieving stress, there is nothing wrong with it.

After all, the country already has a lithography factory, so there is no need to continue wasting time on extreme ultraviolet lithography machines.

They can also spare time to participate in research on other projects.

The main extreme ultraviolet lithography machines are overseas products, and their existence is naturally to adapt to the market there.

But the domestic market is different. Now that we have found a research direction in which we are good at, such as lithography factories, we will naturally not follow the path of others.

Xu Yuan had a smile on his face and did not forget to exchange a few words with Luo Yajie.

After the appointment, there will be opportunities to communicate and learn from each other.

As time passed, when most witnesses arrived, the photolithography experiment was getting closer and closer to officially begin.

Just at this moment, Zhao Xiang, looking radiant, walked over.

Before and after approaching, he took the initiative to speak to Xu Yuan:
"Huawei's chairman, Mr. Ren, is here this time too. He doesn't seem to know much about this matter."

"Do you want to go meet him?"

Since Huawei chose to publicly release its self-developed 5G chip under the current situation, Xu Yuan and Zhao Xiang decided to make this high-end chip the first product of the lithography factory.

Therefore, for this chip lithography experiment, we specifically coordinated the relevant work with Warwick.

But I didn’t expect that Ren Guofei would come in person.

But on second thought, this is related to the future development of the company, so it is normal to come here specially to witness it.

Therefore, after listening to Zhao Xiang's words, Xu Yuan hesitated for a moment but finally nodded and agreed.

He had never met this decisive company chairman before.

If there happens to be an opportunity right now, there's nothing wrong in meeting while there's still time.

"Then let's meet."

After saying that, he and Zhao Xiang walked towards where Ren Guofei was.

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As for Ren Guofei and Xu Weifeng, after they arrived at the Science City, they learned from other people's conversations that the domestic extreme ultraviolet lithography machine had not been successfully developed at all.

Instead, it took a different approach and chose other chip manufacturing solutions.

When he first heard the result, he was a little worried and was not sure what this new direction would be like.

It wasn't until I heard that the project leader was Xu Yuan that I instantly became excited.

There is no longer any doubt about this new research direction.

I even finally understood in my heart why the photolithography experiment had to be carried out so soon. It turned out that Academician Xu Yuan was fully responsible for it.

Then everything will be fine.

“It’s incredible that they could even think of building factories to make chips.”

"Only a top genius like Academician Xu can come up with such a bold method. I hope it can really meet the 7-nanometer chip process."

Xu Weifeng was sitting in his seat and speaking with admiration on his face. Ever since he learned about the lithography factory, he had been unable to calm down, as if the blood in his body was boiling with excitement.

Although he is not very clear about the specific situation of the lithography factory, I believe everyone can tell the difference between a machine and a factory.

It is obvious that the technological strength is far superior to that of overseas countries.

For people like him who work in the relevant industry, it is already a huge success for China to be able to develop a lithography machine of the same level as that of Ames, and it is no exaggeration to say that they should be thankful.

But judging from the current actual situation, it seems that we have overtaken others directly.

Even whether the taillights of our cars can be seen overseas is a question that needs to be seriously considered.

Ren Guofei, who was standing next to him, tried to remain calm, but his heart was still filled with turmoil.

With such a lithography factory, which is a true industrial pearl, they will have an absolute advantage in the world, not to mention that it is the first to manufacture self-developed chips for their company.

It will play a driving role in the company's development in this field.

Although I haven't actually seen how a lithography factory works, I have already made the decision in my heart.

After returning to the company, a high-level meeting will be held immediately.

We need to re-discuss and establish the company's subsequent development plan, and take a broader vision.

At least there is no need to give domestic chip market share to overseas companies.

The thought lingered here, and he came back to his senses. He ignored Xu Weifeng beside him and sighed to himself:
"He is worthy of being the youngest academician of the two academies in the history of China. Only such a top genius can find a new way and develop a miracle like a photolithography factory in a short period of time."

"Our country needs a hundred Xu Yuans!"

His words were full of admiration and appreciation for Xu Yuan, and he wished Xu Yuan could exist in every industry.

Just as the two of them were sitting there sighing, suddenly a shout came from far away and gradually approached.

"Director Ren."

"Academician Xu is here."

Although Ren Guofei had never met Xu Yuan offline, he had read a lot of reports about him in the news. When he heard the voice and looked up and saw that the person coming was indeed Xu Yuan, he quickly stood up and walked towards him.

Although he was the chairman of a large company, this identity was really nothing in front of Xu Yuan, so even though Xu Yuan was only in his thirties, much younger than him, he still showed his greatest enthusiasm.

After all, from the perspective of the company alone, if Xu Yuan had not developed the lithography factory, there would be no guarantee of the outcome of Warwick.

"Hello, Academician Xu."

"I've always seen you on the news, and today I'm honored to finally have the opportunity to communicate face to face."

"Especially since Professor Zhao just said that it was you who proposed to use our self-developed chips for photolithography experiments. This is a great honor!"

“We don’t know how to thank you enough.”

Ren Guofei was right. Everyone knew that once the lithography factory was unveiled to the public, it would cause a huge sensation around the world.

As the first chip to come out of a lithography factory, it will surely be mentioned and remembered by everyone.

This means that the chip has already accumulated a deep user base before it even enters the market.

I don’t know how much the publicity and marketing expenses can be compared to.

Xu Yuan had a pretty good impression of Ren Guofei. Faced with the other party's enthusiasm, he extended his hand and shook it, then continued talking with a smile.

"Chairman Ren, you are too polite. If you can insist on developing your own chips, our Academy of Sciences will definitely support you."

"If we really want to thank them, we should provide domestic users and markets with chips with better performance and more affordable prices, so that the outside world can see that our own chips are just as good as those overseas."

"We will work hard in this direction." Ren Guofei took over the conversation and responded.

At the same time, I was thinking that I would donate some funds to the Academy of Sciences after returning to the company.

Especially the Xu Yuan Mathematics Award.

It can also be regarded as a contribution to supporting the development of domestic mathematics.

In the following period of time, Xu Yuan has more important tasks to accomplish, and he certainly cannot stay here and talk to the other party for too long.

After a brief chat, he left for the lithography laboratory.

……

Ten o'clock in the morning.

Xu Yuan and the relevant personnel who came to witness this moment were standing in the room outside the core control room.

Witness the use of a steady-state micro-beam light source to complete EUV lithography on a chip.

As for the specific person in charge of the experiment, Xu Yuan handed it over to Zhao Xiang.

Soon as the experiment officially began, Xu Yuan did not forget to introduce this lithography factory to the people present.

"As you can see, with the help of the steady-state microbunching theory and this advanced synchrotron radiation source, we have successfully built a lithography factory that can operate normally."

"With the help of light sources of different wavelengths in the lithography factory, chips of various specifications can theoretically be produced at the same time."

"It's equivalent to dozens of lithography machines running together."

"Today's experiment is about extreme ultraviolet lithography with a wavelength of 13.5 nanometers, which is used to produce Huawei's self-developed 7-nanometer 5G Kirin chip."

"It can also be used to manufacture 6-nanometer or even more precise chip light sources, which we are currently developing."

“I believe it won’t be long before it can be announced.”

"In the future, photolithography factories must at least be able to stably produce 3-nanometer chips."

"In this experiment, the wafers were provided by China's Huaxin Group, and the photoresist was jointly developed by Qinghua University and Yenching University."

As Xu Yuan finished speaking, many leaders and personnel from the Academy of Sciences present were shocked. They did not expect that a lithography factory could be so much more powerful than an extreme ultraviolet lithography machine.

A solid technological lead.

"Okay."

"It is an honor for the country to have Xiao Xu here."

At this time, as the leader praised Xu Yuan generously, Professor Qinghua, who participated in the photoresist research at the scene, couldn't help but tell everyone about photoresist.

"We were able to successfully develop high-end photoresists that are as good as those of Neon Dongjing Shin-Etsu, thanks to the participation and guidance of Academician Xu."

"If it weren't for Academician Xu's help, we probably wouldn't be able to develop this domestically produced high-end photoresist."

There is no doubt that the professor's words gave everyone a new shock.

It is impossible to imagine that while Xu Yuan was in charge of the construction of the photolithography factory, he still had the energy and time to take care of the research and development of photoresist. Those who don’t know him might think he has twenty-four hours in a day.

The lithography factory has been able to reach its current level in such a short period of time.

No one would think that the research and development of a lithography factory is simple. This idea is either extremely stupid or simply evil.

In everyone's opinion, Xu Yuan must have relied on his own talent and a lot of energy to successfully develop the photolithography factory and reverse the difficulties faced by the country in a timely manner.

But now they heard something. It turned out that Xu Yuan was doing something else besides developing the photolithography factory.

They even mastered high-end photoresist technology.

It is so shocking that one can't even find words to describe it.

After thinking about it, only a few words remain in my mind.

Too perverted.

"Xu Yuan, are you also involved in the research of high-end photoresist?"

Dean Bai Xinzhou was obviously unfamiliar with the news. After he came to his senses, he immediately looked at Xu Yuan and asked.

Originally, the highlight of today was the photolithography factory, and Xu Yuan had no intention of raising the issue of photoresist now, but since it had been mentioned by others, he would not hide anything.

"High-end photoresist is also indispensable in chip manufacturing, and it is related to the yield rate of chips. I happened to have some experience in material research, so I got involved."

After listening to Xu Yuan's words, Bai Xinzhou thought that Xu Yuan did have experience in material research before, so he stopped thinking about it and just regarded it as Xu Yuan's natural talent in the field of materials. But it should be said that Xu Yuan was originally a mathematician.

But he has done so well in cross-border fields that I wonder how many experts in related fields will be ashamed of him.

Although he has been working in this field for most of his life, he is still not as good as cross-border players like Xu Yuan.

"It looks like there will be many awards waiting for you this time."

In the end, Bai Xinzhou said this to Xu Yuan without hesitation, and then focused his attention on the experiment.

After all, today's photolithography experiment is the most important. As for the research and development of domestic high-end photoresist, we can find another time to reveal it in depth later.

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It is worth mentioning that conducting chip manufacturing experiments is not simply performing photolithography on a small number of wafers.

Instead, a batch of chips must be produced at one time.

Only in this way can we determine the chip yield rate through chip testing.

And ensure the accuracy of the data.

For major wafer fabs, the chip yield rate represents the cost of production.

The process of the lithography machine and the quality of the photoresist will affect the yield rate of the chip.

Only when the yield rate is higher, the production cost of the chip will be cheaper.

There is no doubt that the production efficiency of lithography factories far exceeds that of extreme ultraviolet lithography machines.

However, if the chip yield rate is too low, the production cost will increase significantly and it cannot be called a mature project result.

You have to know that high-energy synchrotron radiation sources are big consumers and the cost of operating them is not small.

Only by ensuring a sufficiently high yield rate can the cost-effectiveness be brought to the ultimate level.

Therefore, when the chip lithography production process began, everyone was quite nervous.

Very much looking forward to the final result.

Even Ren Guofei was a little uneasy and seemed a little nervous.

no way.

The cost price of the chip determines the cost of foundry production.

As time passes by.

At lunchtime, even though Xu Yuan had the food prepared and delivered in advance, only a few people had an appetite to eat, perhaps because of their mood.

I'm afraid I won't be in the mood to eat until I see the final result.

However, among everyone, Xu Yuan was a complete exception. He not only took the initiative to eat the prepared meal.

And the appetite is very good.

Mainly compared to everyone's anxiety, he knew very well what the final result would be.

So there is nothing to worry about.

On the contrary, people like Bai Xinzhou who are familiar with Xu Yuan felt reassured when seeing this scene. After all, as the project leader, the more relaxed Xu Yuan looks, the more confident he is.

Soon it was evening and the number of chips originally scheduled to be produced was finally completed.

The next step is to wait for the final chip test results.

"Xu Yuan, what do you think the yield rate of chips manufactured by the photolithography factory can reach?"

Perhaps because there was some free time while waiting for the results, Bai Xinzhou suddenly walked towards Xu Yuan and asked this question with a smile.

At present, there is no need to worry about the ability of lithography factories to produce 7-nanometer process chips.

It is not an exaggeration to say that it can be officially announced to the public now.

The announcement that China has successfully acquired the ability to manufacture 7-nanometer chips came as a surprise to many netizens.

Therefore, the only thing we really care about is the chip yield rate.

Ren Guofei, who was sitting not far away, was obviously very interested in this question.

I couldn't help but consciously turn my attention over there.

Facing Bai Xinzhou's question, to be honest, Xu Yuan has no way to come up with an accurate number now.

After all, there is no way to infer the specific chip yield rate by relying on the progress bar, and we can only analyze it based on various situations.

The thought stayed here. He thought for a moment and said:

"Dean."

"From the current perspective, our lithography plant has many advantages over extreme ultraviolet lithography machines."

"In addition, I am also very confident in our high-end photoresist. I am a little more confident that the quality should be better than Shin-Etsu, and at the same time the cost price is lower, so there is no problem in the chip yield rate exceeding 90%."

Because of the gallium nitride material issue, Neon Shin-Etsu used its own high-end photoresist to put a lot of pressure on the domestic market.

We must get this place back.

Therefore, when he was developing domestic high-end photoresist, his goal was to achieve better quality and lower cost.

The main product is a product that crushes Shin-Etsu in all aspects.

Normally speaking, the pursuit of higher quality will lead to uncontrolled cost increases.

It is definitely not an easy task to eliminate all the shortcomings and only keep the advantages.

The difficulty of its research and development can only be described as rising in a straight line.

It takes more time and lots of experimentation to finally find a satisfactory formula.

But it doesn't require much trouble for Xu Yuan.

With the help of the panel progress bar, you can effectively avoid meaningless trial and error.

Find the correct result and complete the calculation as quickly as possible from countless permutations and combinations.

With this advantage, and with the help of Qinghua and Yenching University, we assisted in research and development.

This was completed just before the final experiment in the lithography factory, so it was just in time.

As for what he said in response to Bai Xinzhou, there was no exaggeration in it.

The photoresist currently used in lithography factories is strictly speaking superior to Shin-Etsu's products in terms of quality, and the key is that its production cost is quite low.

After listening to Xu Yuan's words, Bai Xinzhou learned that the chip yield rate could reach 90%.

His face was immediately filled with smiles.

"I still trust your words very much. It looks like we can officially announce it tomorrow."

"The majority of netizens have been waiting for this news."

"Also, we will have a celebration banquet tomorrow night. We must celebrate properly this time."

Just as Bai Xinzhou and Xu Yuan were talking with smiles, Ren Guofei also heard Xu Yuan's answer.

I was also shocked.

"The chip yield rate is over 90 percent, and the cost of photoresist is lower than that of Shin-Etsu. Perhaps the cost of domestic chip foundry will be lower than that of other overseas wafer fabs."

He considered a lot on the way here, including the cost of OEM.

We are even prepared for the domestic OEM unit price to be higher than overseas.

But now he heard something.

It seems that the domestic unit price is lower.

If this is really the case, then even overseas chip companies may choose this as their OEM production option.

Until we gradually take over the global order market, the scene will be amazing.

However, although he thought of this, he didn't say much.

Just trying my best to control my emotions.

Another half hour passed.

Just when everyone started to get anxious, someone suddenly shouted in surprise.

"coming!"

Upon hearing this, everyone immediately looked in that direction and saw Zhao Xiang jogging towards them.

And he was holding a document in his hand.

Suddenly everyone's eyes were focused on it, and some even couldn't help swallowing.

Zhao Xiang was naturally very excited at the moment. He walked straight to Xu Yuan without any hesitation and handed him the documents in his hand.

"Xu Yuan."

"This is the chip test result report, please take a look."

Although Xu Yuan had imagined this scene more than once, he still couldn't hide his excitement when it actually happened.

After taking a deep breath, he reached out and took the report from Zhao Xiang, opened it and read out the data results.

"After testing, our chip yield rate is 96 percent."

Almost as soon as Xu Yuan finished speaking, except for Zhao Xiang who already knew the result, everyone else couldn't help but gasp and were extremely surprised by the data.

Because according to data released by several overseas wafer fabs, a yield rate of 96 percent has already been surpassed.

This data, combined with the efficiency of the lithography factory and factors such as the cost of photoresist, is undoubtedly an all-round dimensionality reduction attack.

You should know that before this, China was still facing the dilemma of being unable to produce high-end chips. It took a lot of effort to develop and manufacture extreme ultraviolet lithography machines.

Now, thanks to a photolithography factory, we have not only caught up with the international level.

And directly surpassed the lead.

There is a time in a running competition where you have clearly surpassed your opponent and reached the finish line, but you cannot stop and continue to run a long way ahead.

If only an extreme ultraviolet lithography machine was developed, perhaps everyone would be able to accept it calmly.

There won't be much of a reaction.

But now I really can't control my mood.

After a brief period of brain freeze and silence, the entire room erupted in deafening cheers.

Even leaders who were over sixty years old cheered like the young people.

"We succeeded."

"Ninety-six percent, oh my god!"

"Xu Yuan!!"

"Xu Yuan!!"

……

Later on, the only sound that reached his ears was Xu Yuan's name.

If there hadn't been so many leaders present at the scene, the young project members would have lifted Xu Yuan up and cheered in celebration.

The lively atmosphere lasted for nearly three minutes. When the cheers gradually subsided, Bai Xinzhou found an opportunity to smile and talk about another important thing.

"Now that we have successfully acquired the ability to produce high-end chips, it is time to announce it to the public and give everyone a surprise."

"Those guys overseas are still waiting for us to compromise."

"I will contact all the major official media outlets and make an official report on the photolithography factory tomorrow morning."

However, Bai Xinzhou had just finished speaking when he heard a leader next to him express a different opinion.

"We shouldn't be the only ones who know about this happy news. We should share it with the public as soon as possible."

"I suggest that we report it on the news broadcast tonight, and then spread the news to the whole world tomorrow morning, so that everyone will know who will be the real pearl in the semiconductor industry in the future."

After saying this, he turned his gaze to Xu Yuan and took the initiative to ask for Xu Yuan's opinion.

"What do you think of this decision, Academician Xu?"

Xu Yuan naturally had no objection when he heard this. Although there was less than an hour left before the news broadcast, for something of this magnitude, there was naturally no problem with a temporary emergency broadcast.

"I have no opinion."

So with Xu Yuan's nod, this matter was immediately arranged.

……

……

6:50pm.

Yanjing.

East Third Ring Road.

Inside the headquarters building that is shaped like a pair of big pants, two news anchors, a man and a woman, have already taken their seats in a studio, making final preparations for the daily news broadcast that is about to begin.

But at this moment, the door of the studio was suddenly pushed open from the outside.

This instantly made the program director's face darken.

"How many times have I told you that at this time..."

Barging in right when the show is about to begin can easily cause a broadcast accident.

Many people will be held accountable then.

But just as he was about to curse, he instantly wilted when he looked up and saw that familiar face.

The words became a familiar name when they came to my lips.

"Director?"

The director who broke in did not respond, but quickly walked to the two hosts with a script.

Said to the male host:

"Well-off."

"We have an urgent news item to be inserted today. It will be placed at the front of today's news. You will be the one to report it later. There must be no mistakes."

The host known as Xiaokang had no objection and immediately took the manuscript from the director.

At the same time, his expression became extremely serious.

As a senior professional news anchor, emergency news like this are not uncommon.

But it is absolutely rare to see Master come here in person and be so nervous.

So while there was still some time before the broadcast, he immediately began to carefully check the contents of the manuscript.

Then a hint of shock suddenly appeared in his pupils.

But as a professional host after all, he quickly adjusted his expression.

Not long after.

When the time came to seven o'clock in the evening, as the familiar melody sounded, the daily news program officially began on time.

After the two hosts finished their opening remarks and announced the date, the camera turned to the male host.

"Today we have a special news report for you. Today, the high-energy synchrotron radiation source in Yanjing Science City has successfully achieved the manufacturing of 7-nanometer chips."

"This marks that we have completely mastered high-end chip manufacturing technology and are no longer affected by overseas influences."

"This experiment was led by Xu Yuan, an academician of the Academy of Sciences, who used the concept of steady-state micro-beams to create a lithography factory..."

……

Finally, after reporting on the situation in the lithography factory for ten minutes, the original content of today's news ended. There is no doubt that today's news will take at least forty minutes.

Although the report was quite detailed, it was a little too late due to time constraints.

The picture only contains a few photos of the lithography factory.

There are no related videos.

For middle-aged and elderly people who like to watch the news, it may feel a bit boring and difficult to understand.

Well known.

In recent years, with the development of the Internet, smart phones and computers have gradually become popular.

The number of people who are still willing to watch TV has dropped significantly.

And the remaining main user groups are basically middle-aged and elderly people who have developed habits.

So when someone shared this matter with excitement on Tieba and Penguin group.

Almost without exception, everyone else was skeptical.

Think it's too outrageous.

So much so that even those who like to lurk in the group couldn't help but speak publicly when faced with such news.

"Where did you hear this rumor? We haven't even developed a high-end lithography machine yet, and you're telling me that we've built a lithography factory and successfully completed a 7-nanometer chip manufacturing experiment?"

"I guess you made up this joke yourself, Lithography Factory. I really admire your imagination."

"Don't even look at it, it's absolutely fake."

"Today is not April Fools' Day. This is not funny, kid."

"I can only say that he has a very creative mind."

"Forget about the photolithography factory. It's already amazing to be able to handle the extreme ultraviolet photolithography machine."

"Brother, who gave you the confidence? I wouldn't dare to brag like this."

……

The group members who happened to see this news on TV were naturally angry when faced with so many people’s doubts.

However, he was so happy that he forgot to record it with his mobile phone and could only type out his rebuttal.

"What I said is absolutely true. It was reported in the news today that the project leader is Academician Xu Yuan."

"The location of the photolithography factory seems to be in Yanjing Science City. It sounds very impressive. If anyone doesn't believe it, just go find the news yourself. I guess there will be news on the Internet soon."

"Anyway, we now have mastered high-end chip manufacturing technology."

When the group members saw that what the other party said was very convincing and even mentioned Xu Yuan, the main force in the group, their original doubts began to waver.

So they left the penguin group and searched for relevant information on the Internet, after all, if it really made the news.

Such a big thing will definitely appear on the hot searches.

But the fact is, in just two or three minutes, more and more voices of support appeared in the group.

In the end, it directly overshadowed the questioning comments.

From the messages sent in the group, one can fully understand how everyone feels at the moment.

"Fuck, this seems to be true."

"I saw it too."

"It's amazing! Academician Xu really built a photolithography factory."

“Although I can’t understand it, it’s really strong.”

"No wonder Xu Shen didn't participate in the lithography machine project. It turns out that he already had a solution. If he couldn't build a lithography machine, he would just build a lithography factory. This is an incredible idea."

"For such a long time, there was no news at all. It was not until the experiment was successful that the news was slightly leaked. This is really a good secret."

"Everyone, go check it out online, it's already trending."

"Why are there only a few photos? Why don't the official media provide more detailed information?"

……

(End of this chapter)