Chapter 276: Overseas Company Defense Breakdown Moment [Please Subscribe]

Ames' main business is selling high-end lithography machines, and it has business dealings with all wafer fabs in the world. Because the most advanced extreme ultraviolet lithography machines manufactured by the company are irreplaceable, there is basically no need to worry about a lack of lithography machine orders.

However, things have changed a bit now.

Because of the sudden emergence of photolithography factories, the advantages they had no longer existed.

The first and most affected are the wafer factories and Ames.

If other chip companies choose to cooperate with lithography factories and lose market share, lithography machines are likely to gradually exit the stage.

This is definitely something Ames doesn't want to see.

It was because Kajedi thought of this that he convened an emergency meeting and contacted the people at the wafer factory.

Take timely response measures.

Maintain the original market share as much as possible.

After all, among the global chip-related companies at present, only Warwick Technology has chosen to cooperate with lithography factories, so the situation is not too bad.

Even if lithography factories intend to occupy the global market, it will take time.

Things were originally quite peaceful at Ames today, as no one expected the situation to suddenly take a turn for the worse.

As soon as Kajedi's order was issued, the entire company was instantly filled with a tense atmosphere.

Even those who had taken leave and were not in the company had to return to work urgently to attend the company meeting.

While Ames was about to be in chaos because of the issues at the lithography factory, the situation at Dongjing Xinyue was not much better and was even more confused.

……

Since the advent of low-cost, high-quality gallium nitride materials, Shin-Etsu has basically given up its research on gallium nitride materials.

After all, the R&D costs are there, and there is no guarantee that the gallium nitride materials produced will have more advantages, so naturally we will not continue to increase the sunk costs.

What's more, in the current semiconductor materials industry, many manufacturers choose to purchase gallium nitride devices from China.

It is also very difficult for latecomers to seize the market first.

Who lets others keep the cost price there, unless there is a breakthrough in technology.

Otherwise, there would be no lower cost price.

Therefore, in this situation, Shin-Etsu can only focus more on high-end photoresists in which it has an advantage.

In recent years, with the continuous development of the chip field, the global demand for high-end chips has increased day by day. Many wafer fabs have had to increase the number of lithography machines to ensure that chip manufacturing orders are completed on time.

Relatively high-end photoresist is also indispensable.

In this regard, Shin-Etsu has an absolute advantage and can ensure a higher chip yield rate.

Therefore, it is very popular among wafer fabs.

in the afternoon.

In the Tokei Shinetsu headquarters building, the president, Keita Takezawa, was kneeling beside the tea table in his office, immersed in tasting the freshly brewed tea.

"Sachiko."

"Your tea art is getting better and better. I like it very much."

He picked up the teacup in front of him and brought it to his mouth again. He tilted his head back to drink all the tea and put down his arms. Then, Keita Takezawa looked at the female secretary in front of him, and a chrysanthemum-like smile appeared on his wrinkled face.

The female secretary called Sachiko picked up the teapot and poured another cup for Keita Takezawa.

"Thank you, President. It's my honor."

The tone of your response should be as respectful as possible.

Keita Takezawa has been in a good mood recently. As the issue of gallium nitride materials has passed, the company has completely accepted this failure.

Naturally, there is a lot less pressure.

In addition, the cooperating wafer fabs are planning to increase the purchase amount of photoresist next year, so we finally have some good news.

But just as Keita Takezawa picked up the teacup and was about to put it to his lips to taste it, he was suddenly interrupted.

There was a sudden sound of a door being pushed open, and a subordinate named Haratani Shinobu, dressed in a suit, suddenly rushed in.

I don’t know if it was because I was too anxious, but I even forgot to knock on the office door.

One can imagine how Keita Takezawa felt when he saw his subordinate being so unruly in front of his female secretary.

His brows frowned instantly.

"go out."

It was obvious that Shinobu Haratani was still immersed in her own affairs and did not notice that the president was in a bad mood at the moment. Under such circumstances, she still had no intention of leaving.

The next second he quickly explained: "I have something important to report to the president..."

However, before he could finish his words, he was interrupted again by Takezawa Keita's voice.

"I told you so."

"Don't you know you have to knock before entering my office?"

This time, Haratani Shinobu finally came to his senses. Although the expression on his face was still extremely anxious, he finally stood at attention with his legs together, leaned over and responded respectfully.

"Hi!"

Then he turned and left the office, closed the door, and raised his hand to knock on the door again from outside.

After seeing this scene, Takezawa Keita nodded to show his satisfaction. After picking up the teacup and taking a sip, he looked over and uttered two words.

"Come in."

The voice just fell.

Then he saw Haratani Shinobu standing beside him.

It can be seen that Haratani Shinobu is indeed very anxious, and this time he did not explain as he did before.

Instead, he chose to get straight to the point.

"President."

"This morning, the Huafang Academy of Sciences held a press conference and officially announced the research and development results of the photolithography factory."

“Announced that it has mastered high-end chip manufacturing technology.”

Shinobu Haratani was originally in charge of gallium nitride material technology at Shin-Etsu. Later, because the company lost its competitive advantage, he was transferred to other departments by Keita Takezawa to be responsible for the photoresist business.

Because high-end photoresist is one of Shin-Etsu's flagship products, we need to pay special attention to it.

We certainly don’t want something like what happened with GaN technology to happen again.

Otherwise, no matter how senior he is, he will probably be forced to leave the company.

All business operations were proceeding according to his expectations, and almost no bad things happened during this period, which made him gradually relax.

But I never expected that such a thing would happen.

No one was optimistic about Huafang's self-developed extreme ultraviolet lithography project. In the end, it failed to produce an extreme ultraviolet lithography machine, but instead directly produced a lithography factory that could be described as a dimensionality reduction attack.

It was completely beyond everyone's expectations.

For this reason, when he just got the news, and saw that the project leader was the recognized genius Xu Yuan, he immediately felt his heart pounding.

So I immediately searched for information about the photolithography factory.

It didn't matter if I just took a look at it, but after watching the entire press conference, I was completely stunned in my seat.

I couldn't quite accept what I saw.

Others were researching photolithography machines and building runways, but Xu Yuan just built a large playground.

It's no different from flipping a table.

In particular, the introduction of this lithography factory says that its efficiency is comparable to that of dozens of lithography machines running at the same time, and it can also produce chips of various specifications, with the potential to produce 3-nanometer process chips.

No matter how you look at it, it is much better than traditional lithography machines.

Cooperation has been announced in key Huawei technologies, and Huawei's self-developed 7nm 5G chip is being produced. Apparently, the situation is completely true.

There is no false advertising.

Although it is hard to imagine how Xu Yuan accomplished this mind-blowing project.

And it only took such a short time.

But the facts are the facts, and all they can do is accept them.

As a senior executive in the relevant industry, he still has the necessary industry sense.

It only takes a little thought to realize the huge impact that the emergence of lithography factories will have on the semiconductor industry.

It is no exaggeration to say that this is an industry change.

It is equivalent to Ames and wafer fabs, which will face a huge opponent.

Although these two companies didn't take it too seriously before.

As Shin-Etsu is also part of the chip manufacturing process, it will naturally be affected.

Take TSMC, the world's largest chip manufacturer, for example. If their foundry orders decrease, their purchases of high-end photoresists will also decrease.

In this case, regardless of whether the president already knows about this matter, he must come over and report it quickly.

Keita Takezawa was busy drinking tea today and obviously did not pay attention to the major events happening in the industry. After hearing what Shinobu Haratani said, his expression still showed confusion.

After all, everyone knows about lithography machines, but not many people know what a lithography factory is.

So I subconsciously asked:
"What lithography factory? Who else said they have mastered high-end chip manufacturing technology?"

"The photolithography factory is the project that Xu Yuan has been in charge of. They have found a new way to produce high-end chips in addition to extreme ultraviolet lithography machines."

"A press conference was held this morning, and it was announced that Huawei Technology will produce self-developed chips for it."

Shinobu Haratani explained the matter quickly, and then took out his mobile phone from his pocket, found the live video of the press conference and handed it to Keita Takezawa.

"President, look."

Although Keita Takezawa is not from a technical background, he is obviously good enough to be in this position. He has mastered several mainstream languages, so it is not difficult for him to understand the content of the press conference in the video.

At this point, Keita Takezawa also realized the seriousness of the matter.

He immediately stood up and walked to his office desk, took the phone handed to him by Haratani Shinobu and checked it carefully.

As for the female secretary Sachiko, she quietly put away the tea set and left on her own initiative, leaving the two of them to talk in detail.

At the beginning, Keita Takezawa was able to manage his facial expression and looked relatively calm.

But as time went by, I couldn't hold it anymore.

Obviously, no one expected that the lithography factory developed by Xu Yuan would be so much more powerful than traditional lithography machines.

Nearly another ten minutes passed.

After watching the entire video, Keita Takezawa raised his eyes again, with a complicated expression on his face.

"genius."

“What a genius idea.”

“Why don’t we have scientists like this?”

“It’s such a shame.”

He sighed for a long while, without any hesitation in praising Xu Yuan.

When no one in the outside world believed that it would be possible to successfully develop an extreme ultraviolet lithography machine on their own, Xu Yuan came up with a bold and brilliant idea to directly build a huge lithography factory.

The current dilemma was successfully resolved.

Create new miracles again.

It is said that miracles are called miracles because they cannot be replicated.

But it doesn't seem to work for Xu Yuan.

Recalling Xu Yuan’s previous contributions in various fields, everyone would involuntarily praise him.

I wish my country could have such a genius.

After all, Xu Yuan is still young at only thirty-something years old, which means he can continue to work in the field of scientific research for decades. No one knows what impact he will have on human civilization by then.

At this time, Haratani Shinobu next to him couldn't help it, and immediately took the initiative to interrupt and remind him.

"President."

"With the advent of this lithography plant, the chip orders from Taiwan Electro-Mechanical Corporation may show a downward trend."

"So should we reduce the production of our photoresist?"

High-end photoresist is not easy to produce, and Shin-Etsu's annual output is limited.

Sometimes it can't even meet the needs of the wafer fab.

So the cost price is not low.

Because the demand from the wafer fabs has increased this year, they can only find ways to increase production.

If the situation is stable, then there will be no problem. However, if the emergence of photolithography factories really leads to a decrease in chip foundry orders from other wafer fabs, then their high-end photoresists may also be in trouble.

It might cause considerable losses to the company.

In this case, you must make a careful decision and come up with a suitable response plan as soon as possible.

After hearing what Haratani Shinobu said, Keita Takezawa finally came to his senses.

Realizing that their current situation was not very good.

As an important link in the entire chip manufacturing process, everyone will be affected if new revolutionary technologies suddenly emerge in the industry.

It is unlikely to completely extricate oneself.

At this time, Keita Takezawa rested his arms on the desk, looking deep in thought.

As it stands, directly reducing the output of high-end photoresist is obviously not a good solution.

But it certainly won't work if it's just a failure in your hands.

The thought stayed here, and soon an idea appeared in my mind.

The next second he said in a deep voice:

"Although the photolithography factory is a new direction for chip manufacturing, it also requires high-end photoresist to ensure the yield rate. Perhaps we can reach a cooperation intention with them."

At present, the other party has successfully solved the problem of being unable to manufacture high-end chips with the help of its lithography factory.

The documents that were previously in effect naturally lost their meaning.

If we still refuse to cooperate at this time, it will only lead to a downturn in the overseas market.

If they could cooperate with the lithography factory, it would be a good thing for Shin-Etsu.

After all, he knew very well that although the other party used a lithography factory to completely replace the traditional extreme ultraviolet lithography machine, high-end photoresist was still a weak point and its quality could not compare with their Shin-Etsu products.

They knew that using their own low-end photoresist would increase production costs.

Being able to purchase Shin-Etsu's high-end photoresist should not be a cooperation that would be rejected in any way.

But before Keita Takezawa could think about the next step for his idea, he saw Shinobu Haratani directly gave a negative answer.

"President."

"I'm afraid they won't use our photoresist."

"Why?" Takezawa Keita wondered.

"I didn't have time to tell you just now, but in addition to successfully developing a photolithography factory, Xu Yuan also solved the problem of high-end photoresist, and they said that their photoresist can achieve a yield rate of 96 percent." Haratani Shinobu said this weakly, knowing very well in his heart what this meant.

Next second.

Keita Takezawa was also shocked.

He slammed the table and immediately stood up from his chair.

"What did you say?"

"Ninety-six percent yield rate!"

When he asked the question, his pupils seemed to have an earthquake, even bigger than the reaction of the lithography factory just now.

And there is nothing we can do about it.

Traditional photolithography machines have alternative technologies, and the company that will be most affected will definitely be Ames. Their Shin-Etsu only produces high-end photoresists, so they may be able to survive the crisis if they think of ways.

For example, he proposed to cooperate with the lithography factory.

But now I am told that in addition to photolithography factories, there have also been new breakthroughs in the field of high-end photoresists.

This is directly aimed at their Xin Yue.

The key point is that the opponent’s chip yield rate is even higher than their high-end photoresist.

Don't underestimate even a few percent difference. Producing so many chips every year is a terrifying feat.

The key is that if the other party's photoresist enters the global market again, their living space will be further squeezed until they completely withdraw from the market and abandon the high-end photoresist field.

With a lot of thoughts flashing through his mind, soon Takezawa Keita seemed to have thought of something else.

Without waiting for Haratani Shinobu to respond, he asked another question.

"So how much does their high-end photoresist cost to produce? Have you published any data on this?"

His idea is not that complicated. If they want to ensure such a high chip manufacturing yield, the production cost of photoresist must be high, so they still have an advantage. They can rely on cost price to try to maintain their original market share.

However, the idea is beautiful, but the reality is very cruel.

It was obvious that Haratani Shinobu had thought about this matter, and when asked, he had no choice but to give an unacceptable answer.

"The other party did not clearly announce the price, but at the press conference, Xu Yuan personally stated that the cost of the photoresist they developed was very low."

After hearing everything that Haratani Shinobu said, Takezawa Keita immediately seemed to have lost all his strength.

He sat back in his chair, like a deflated balloon.

The quality is better than their products, and it can guarantee an amazing yield rate of up to 96%. The price seems to be more favorable as well. It is completely targeted at their products in every aspect.

One can imagine how people would choose between these two products if they were put on the market.

It is obvious that Xu Yuan had already considered this issue when he decided to develop the lithography factory.

It has to be said that this incident gave Keita Takezawa a completely new understanding of Xu Yuan.

It is clear that they have developed a photolithography factory in such a short time from the release of the document to now, but they have also been distracted by the development of high-end photoresist. It is incredible no matter how you look at it.

There seemed to be only one explanation left.

That is, Xu Yuan had already had a plan for a photolithography factory long before.

The situation has come to this point so quickly, and the House of Representatives is responsible for this. If it weren't for this restriction document, the other party might not have developed high-end photoresist and the imaginative photolithography factory so quickly.

After all, most of the time, for scientific researchers, pressure is equal to the motivation for research and development.

However, Keita Takezawa is the president of Shin-Etsu after all, and he has seen many ups and downs. He will definitely not give up on himself because of the current situation and give up the idea of ​​reversing the situation.

Soon.

He adjusted his mindset and came up with new ideas.

"The situation we are facing is not too bad at the moment. We are definitely not the only ones who are anxious now."

"The situation at Ames and the wafer factory is not going to be any better."

"At least the wafer factories that cooperate with us will never choose to purchase high-end photoresists from other companies."

“We still have the market share.”

The emergence of this lithography factory will affect all companies related to the entire traditional chip manufacturing process. So everyone will definitely work closely together, so there is no need to worry too much in the short term.

After hearing what the president said, although Haratani Shinobu wanted to say something, she finally held it back after moving her lips slightly.

He just nodded and agreed: "The president is right, the market is still in our hands now."

Keita Takezawa was very satisfied with Shinobu Haratani's performance, and his mood was finally a little better than before.

At this moment, the office door was knocked again.

Although he was a little impatient, Keita Takezawa finally looked at him and responded.

"Come in."

As soon as he finished speaking, Sachiko pushed the door open and came in.

His hands were empty, obviously he didn't bring anything with him.

As soon as I walked to the desk and stopped, I heard Keita Takezawa asking.

"What's wrong Sachiko?"

"President."

"Just now, Ames sent an invitation. Their president, Mr. Kajedi, invites you to attend the International Chip Summit."

The secretary, called Sachiko, answered questions truthfully when asked.

When this reached Keita Takezawa's ears, a big question mark immediately appeared in his mind.

After thinking about it, I can't think of any recent international summits.

After thinking about it, he subconsciously asked: "When?"

"The day after tomorrow," Sachiko answered without hesitation.

This result made Keita Takezawa even more puzzled. He was sure that there would be no international chip summit the day after tomorrow.

At this time, Haratani Shinobu realized something and interrupted in time:
"The sudden convening of an international chip summit by Ames may be related to this photolithography factory."

"It's possible." Takezawa Keita nodded and said, "It seems that I have to go now."

Just now he was thinking about stepping up cooperation between upstream and downstream companies, but he didn't expect that Ames would hold an international chip summit, which obviously coincided with his idea.

I'm afraid that the people invited this time are all cooperative enterprises.

Thinking of this, he immediately told Sachiko: "Reply them immediately and tell them that I will be there on time."

"It's the president."

Sachiko nodded when she heard that, then immediately turned and left.

When only Keita Takezawa and Shinobu Haratani were left in the office, Keita Takezawa uttered another word.

"You will go with me then."

Faced with the task assigned by his boss, Shinobu Haratani naturally had no reason to refuse.

……

……

The global discussion on lithography factories is still ongoing. Even some well-known scholars and experts in related fields have publicly analyzed the situation online and speculated on the subsequent situation in the semiconductor industry.

Will lithography factories occupy the global market, or will a confrontation between traditional lithography machines and lithography factories be formed?

In short, the developments of related companies in the industry are under everyone's attention.

Among them, Ames, as the leader in lithography machine manufacturing, is undoubtedly the focus of attention.

Under such circumstances, AMS suddenly took the initiative to hold an international chip summit in the industry and invited so many related companies to participate, which naturally attracted the attention of all parties. And the list of invited companies was basically all overseas companies.

The purpose of this summit is self-evident.

It is obvious that they want everyone to unite and deal with the lithography factory together.

This should have been a dangerous signal, but when the news spread back to China, the majority of netizens were excited and happy.

Not only has it successfully become a hot search on the website platform, but the comments in the comment section of the related topic are even more interesting.

"I never thought that we would be confronted by so many companies one day, and we are still lagging behind in the semiconductor industry by many years."

"What do you know? The more scared the enemy is, the more it shows that our lithography factory is indeed powerful."

“I can only say it’s very impressive.”

"I went online to see the list of participants, and they are all leading companies in the chip field."

"Our lithography factory is so awesome that it scares people like this."

"I just like the drama of picking on all of them. Traditional lithography machines will be phased out of history sooner or later."

"Even if we can't get overseas chip orders, we can still gradually have an impact by stabilizing the domestic market. I believe the final outcome will be no different."

"It is only now that the lithography factory has accepted the order from the Warwick family. It will be amazing when the power is fully turned on."

……

Compared to the liveliness on the Internet, Xu Yuan is enjoying the weekend with his family.

Currently, the Science City lithography factory is already in operation, mass-producing Huawei Technology's self-developed 5G chips, and cooperation with Huaxin International and other domestic companies is also underway. When chips of different specifications are produced at the same time, the number of chips coming out of the lithography factory every day can be said to be a very large number.

Its production capacity is definitely not comparable to that of other wafer fabs.

As for whether to gradually occupy overseas markets, Xu Yuan did not think too much about it.

After all, he is just a scientific researcher, and his main task is to solve the difficulties in domestic high-end chip manufacturing.

And now this task has been successfully completed.

However, it is certain that the chip manufacturing cost of the lithography factory is absolutely incomparable to other wafer fabs.

No one can say for sure whether overseas chip research and development companies like Qualcomm will be tempted by lower foundry costs.

But for companies and enterprises, they will definitely not go against money.

When that time comes, it will be useless even if Ames holds a meeting every day, let alone one every day.

Unless they and the wafer fabs are willing to reduce costs by losing money and give up their own interests to compete.

However, this approach is not sustainable and may even lead to self-destruction.

that's it.

Two days passed in the blink of an eye.

The temporarily convened International Chip Summit also officially opened in Eindhoven.

morning.

As the opening ceremony ended successfully, Ames President Kajedi was also walking around the venue.

Chat with upstream and downstream supply chain companies.

As for the demands, they are also very simple, that is, everyone’s interests are bound together, and even if the documents are invalid, we will not establish cooperation with the lithography factory.

Companies like Foundry and Shin-Etsu will definitely not reject Ames' proposal.

After all, this does concern oneself.

But chip companies like Qualcomm and Invista have more options to choose from.

They can completely choose to cooperate with lithography factories and have the lithography factories produce their company's chips on a contract basis. After all, judging from the information released by the lithography factories to the outside world, the lithography factories' technology in chip manufacturing is superior to that of extreme ultraviolet lithography machines.

In other words, the chip quality is more guaranteed.

In this case, both AMS and the wafer foundry can only offer discounts on the previous foundry fees.

This ensures the stability of orders.

Otherwise, if the wafer factory has no chip foundry orders, it will not be long before bankruptcy and liquidation.

Finally, after much discussion, we reached a preliminary agreement.

This made Kajedi finally breathe a sigh of relief.

In the subsequent interview session, he also took the initiative to accept interviews from outside media.

For the media at this time, the lithography factory and Ames undoubtedly represent hot topics, and their interviews will definitely be of interest to everyone.

Since there is no way to interview Xu Yuan, it is still possible to ask Kajedi a few questions.

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"Mr. Kajedi, I'm Ryan, a reporter from Reuters. Can I ask you a few questions?"

At the International Chip Summit, Kajedi smiled when he saw the reporters who stopped in front of him and tried his best to appear gentlemanly.

"of course can."

Ryan had received the news before and came to attend this conference specifically for the interview.

He originally thought that Kajedi would refuse the interview, but he didn't expect that he would agree so readily.

After all, the sudden appearance of the lithography factory has severely slapped the remarks that Kajedi had made publicly before. Now that the situation has reversed, it is normal for him to be embarrassed to show up.

But since the other party has no such considerations, he will definitely not miss the opportunity for such an interview.

So he organized his words a little and asked the questions he had prepared earlier.

"Mr. Kajedi."

"Will the Chinese research on the photolithography factory have any impact on Ames?"

"Our extreme ultraviolet lithography machines have been tested in the market. I believe users will make the right choice, so I don't think they will affect us at Ames." Kajedi showed basically no hesitation and answered directly.

Ryan took advantage of the situation and asked a new question as soon as the other party finished speaking.

"May I ask what Mr. Kajedi thinks of this photolithography factory?"

"The lithography machine is the correct research direction, but due to technical limitations, they chose a shortcut. I personally do not agree with this behavior. Developing a lithography factory is a destruction of the global semiconductor industry."

The meaning of Kajedi's answers was very simple. First, he placed the lithography machine at a commanding height.

They also emphasized that Xu Yuan was unable to develop an extreme ultraviolet lithography machine, so he turned to develop a lithography factory, intending to point out that the lithography factory was not as technologically advanced as their Ames' extreme ultraviolet lithography machine.

Finally, the lithography factory was accused of destroying the global semiconductor industry.

The reporter did not say anything about Kajedi's answer, but ended the interview after politely expressing his gratitude.

On the same day, the report based on this interview was officially released as the front page of Reuters.

When faced with Kajedi's public slander of the lithography factory, some people overseas may support him, but the situation is different when the news is reported back to China and forwarded by official media.

You know, these days, because of the emergence of photolithography factories and domestic high-end photoresists, netizens finally have a sense of pride.

With his spirits lifted, his whole body seemed to expand a lot.

I am very proud of my own lithography factory.

After all, even an ordinary person, after understanding the lithography factory, can know that it is the lithography machine that crushes the others.

The most important point is that it is very suitable for domestic conditions.

Now they are being publicly slandered, which is definitely intolerable. Everyone is indignant and has expressed their attitudes.

Some people even went over the firewall and followed the official website of AMS to clear the name of the lithography factory.

"They said before that we couldn't manufacture an EUV lithography machine even if we had detailed blueprints, and now they're saying we've destroyed the global semiconductor industry. This is too shameless."

“Extreme ultraviolet lithography machines were powerful in the past, but can a single machine now compare to a factory?”

"Knowing that their own lithography equipment has lost its competitive status, they can only resort to such unpresentable means."

"I can say this for now. It won't be long before extreme ultraviolet lithography machines are phased out, and the global chip manufacturing market will be dominated by lithography factories."

"In the past, overseas companies have been making money from us. Now it's time to let them see the money-making ability of our lithography factory."

"You built a running track, and we built a playground. I don't need to tell you who is better."

"There's no need to pay attention to them. Anyway, we have our own photolithography factory and our own high-end photoresist. We have formed a complete industrial chain. Whatever happens overseas will not affect us in the future."

……

new week.

Xu Yuan never went to the Science City lithography factory again.

The main thing is that his task has been completed, and the remaining small matters will be no problem with Zhao Xiang and the rest of the team.

In addition, he also saw an interview with Ames President Kajedi on his mobile phone.

But the other party was obviously not worth his time.

I was too lazy to pay attention.

After all, facts are facts, and they will not change because of what some people say.

Kajedi's behavior precisely reflects that the other party has lost confidence in his company's products and believes that the extreme ultraviolet lithography machine is not as good as the lithography factory.

That's why he used criticism of the lithography factory in the interview to cover up his guilty conscience.

Today, Xu Yuan appeared at the headquarters of the Academy of Sciences.

When I walk alone on the road in the Academy of Sciences, I can hear greetings from other people when I meet them.

"Hello, Academician Xu."

"Can you sign an autograph for me, Dean Xu?"

"Xu Yuan."

In response, Xu Yuan nodded slightly and smiled at the other party, being very humble and without any airs at all.

After all, he was already very familiar with this situation.

Just to talk about when I became the youngest academician of the two academies of the Academy of Sciences, no matter where I went, people would take the initiative to greet me, even some senior professors and academicians of the academy.

Now he has developed a photolithography factory and high-end photoresist, which directly solved the problem of difficulty in manufacturing high-end chips in China, which is equivalent to making a huge contribution to the country.

Naturally, I gained more fans in the courtyard.

While he was thinking about this, he saw a familiar boy wearing glasses walking towards him quickly.

It was the assistant to the dean.

When the hospital held an emergency meeting before, it was the other party who took him to the conference hall.

"Xu Yuan."

"You are here to see the dean, right? He is in his office. I will take you there."

The boy walked up to Xu Yuan, stopped, and immediately greeted him with a smile on his face.

When Xu Yuan heard that the dean was in the office, he replied:
"Since you're in the office, I can go there by myself. You can go and do your own thing."

"Okay." The boy nodded without any hesitation.

After saying hello and parting with Xu Yuan, he walked straight towards one of the research buildings.

Xu Yuan must be familiar with Dean Bai Xinzhou's office, so he walked over immediately with ease.

The photolithography factory is a key project assigned to him by the Academy of Sciences. Now that the project is completed, according to the Academy's procedures, he must submit a project completion report. Originally, this kind of thing could be completed very quickly for him, and he only needs to submit it directly online.

But the dean specially asked him to go there.

Although he didn't know what it was, he still sent it all over.

Soon Xu Yuan arrived at the floor where the dean's office was located. When he walked to the door, he found that the office door was not closed.

He stood at the door and raised his hand to knock on the wooden door a few times.

Bai Xinzhou had been in a very good mood these days. When he heard the noise and looked up and saw that it was Xu Yuan coming, he quickly stood up and walked over to greet him warmly.

"Xiao Xu, you're here. What are you still standing at the door for? Come in and sit down."

Even though he was in the presence of the president of the Academy of Sciences, Xu Yuan did not seem to be shy at all.

Hearing the sound, he walked to the sofa and sat down, then took out the project completion report from his briefcase and handed it over.

"Dean."

“This is the final report on the photolithography factory.”

Bai Xinzhou reached out to take it and put it on the table, without any intention of looking at it.

After all, given Xu Yuan's level and the performance of the lithography factory, it goes without saying that no one can find fault with this report.

Then Bai Xinzhou no longer kept the secret and told the story with a smile on his face.

"It's not a big deal to ask you to come here today. I just want to tell you that the institute has submitted the photolithography factory project. I'm sure you and your team will win many awards by then."

“The prize money is also very generous.”

After hearing what Bai Xinzhou said, Xu Yuan nodded and looked happy.

Although he himself does not care much about the award now, and knows that if he needs anything, he can just ask the government and it will be solved, and that he does not need much money at all, for other members of the project, it is still very good to win a national award.

It is beneficial to the individual's future development.

After telling this story, Bai Xinzhou obviously had no intention of letting Xu Yuan leave so soon.

The next second he talked about another thing.

"Oh, I forgot to tell you that the photolithography factory has already received most of the domestic chip orders and is preparing to officially announce the foundry fees to the world."

"As the saying goes, it's impolite not to reciprocate. It's time to let overseas countries feel the plight."

Xu Yuan is very clear about the foundry fees of lithography factories. If he really announces it directly to the public, it will be difficult for overseas chip companies to refuse, and the impact on the wafer factories will definitely be huge.

Thinking of this, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, knowing that the counterattack against the semiconductor industry has just begun.

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(End of this chapter)