64. Chapter 64 What the hell is this single crystal furnace?
Chapter 64 What the hell is this single crystal furnace?
In the following period of time, although Dahan Silicon Industry and Silicon Technology did not have a formal communication from beginning to end, the two sides were secretly competing with each other and frantically accelerating the research and development process of the single crystal furnace.
”Part No. 2589!”
In the assembly workshop of Dahan Silicon Industry, Kang Chi was installing each part in an orderly manner.
He didn’t even need to look at the drawings, and he just blurted out the part numbers one by one. And the ten part-time assistants only needed to go to the corresponding warehouse to transport the boxes to the assembly workshop according to the part numbers Kang Chi said,
Then unpack, hand it to Kang Chi, and clean the packaging, as simple as moving bricks on the construction site! Of course, if there are large parts that cannot be lifted by one person or even need cranes to lift, Kang Chi still needs them to help install them. Among these ten migrant workers, half of them are responsible for lifting on the construction site. Therefore, after a few days of familiarity, they can basically operate these installation equipment skillfully.
As the parts are successfully installed one by one, a single crystal furnace with a diameter of five meters and a height of eight meters gradually takes shape.
Its appearance looks like a large oil drum with several windows installed.
If you only look at the surface, no one can imagine that the cost of this thing is as high as tens of millions, let alone how complicated its internal structure is.
The feelings of several migrant workers during this period may be the same as Fang Qiming’s mood when he helped Kang Chi build the lens production line.
While feeling awe, they are also full of curiosity and respect for Kang Chi.
…
While building the single crystal furnace, Kang Chi did not forget to call the “special action team” from time to time.
While discussing problems with them, he appropriately put some pressure on them to create the illusion that he was a little anxious.
As for the key components, he did not slack off, often going deep into the work of each group to help them make plans and promote the overall progress of the project to the greatest extent.
However, no matter how fast Dahan Silicon Industry progresses, they are still the newcomers who have built from scratch.
Compared with companies like Silicon Technology that already have semi-finished single crystal furnaces and only need to improve the structure, the speed is still a beat slower.
”Good news! Domestic silicon wafers have made a major breakthrough, and Silicon Technology has successfully conquered the 12-inch single crystal furnace!”
On March 8, Women’s Day, a piece of news quietly appeared in the semiconductor industry media.
Because the popularity of the “Queen’s Day” hyped by e-commerce companies is too high, this heavy news was firmly pressed in the industry and did not break the circle.
Although the news did not break the circle, it caused a lot of discussion in the industry.
At present, there are dozens of companies in the world that can manufacture 12-inch semiconductor silicon rods.
But only Shin-Etsu Chemical and Ruishi Kovacs can truly manufacture single crystal furnace equipment!
But starting today, the situation will be completely changed!
This will be an important milestone in the localization of silicon wafer manufacturing equipment! It is also the first major victory of the domestic semiconductor industry after the Chinese New Year.
”Sure enough, Silicon Letter still has to make silicon wafers!”
”After all, it is an old silicon wafer company with deep enough technical accumulation. It is normal for quantitative changes to lead to qualitative changes. It is normal to achieve such a major breakthrough.”
”Well… No, who is this Fang Qiang? Why don’t I see Yan Hui’s name?”
”Ah? Let me take a look… Hey, it seems that there is really no name? What’s going on?”
These industry insiders quickly smelled something unusual from the news, and then through searching, they finally found an inconspicuous piece of news in the announcement of Silicon Letter Technology.
“Dr. Yan Hui resigned as Chief Technical Advisor of Silicon Technology for personal reasons?”
The announcement was made on February 25, the day before the Lantern Festival.
So industry insiders who had a relationship with Yan Hui called to inquire about the situation. Yan Hui simply replied in unison:
He was not feeling well and needed to rest for a while. He did not participate in the subsequent development of the single crystal furnace and was unaware of the technological breakthrough.
In addition to caring about his health and letting him rest and recuperate, his friends were more sighing.
After all, Yan Hui had worked so hard in the field of silicon wafer research and development for so long, but he fell ill at the most critical moment, and his peach was picked by his subordinates…
How big a blow was this to him?
At the same time, the Ministry of Science and Technology also received the SiliconAfter receiving the application report of Silicon Technology, an expert group was immediately arranged to start the process of review and verification of the results.
If everything goes well, Silicon Technology can win nearly 500 million yuan in special subsidies with this single crystal furnace technology! Compared with the joy in the industry, Dahan Silicon Industry seems a little gloomy.
After the news that Silicon Technology took the lead in making a technological breakthrough spread in Dahan Silicon Industry, everyone’s work passion suddenly subsided by more than half.
This news not only means that Dahan Technology, which is currently focusing on single crystal furnaces, will not be eligible for special subsidy funds, but also falls into a passive situation in the subsequent division of the market cake.
Even…
Whether Dahan Silicon Industry can make a single crystal furnace or not, it still has to draw a big question mark.
Now, let alone ordinary team members, even several team leaders are full of worries about the company’s prospects.
At this critical juncture, Kang Chi couldn’t reveal anything to them. He could only say a few words of encouragement to them, and then let them be depressed for a while.
Fortunately, most of the key components have been conquered, and the remaining few have roughly figured out the direction. It is estimated that all the components can be manufactured in a week at most.
The rest depends on the assembly progress.
As the saying goes, do the whole show. After comforting everyone, Kang Chi summoned the special operations team and was furious with them, complaining that their progress was too slow. After so long, they still haven’t thoroughly understood the drawings and come up with effective project plans…
”You don’t expect me to study the production plan of each part, or even help you make it? Then what’s the use of me having you?”
Looking at Kang Chi with a gloomy face, several people felt aggrieved.
Although they were all technicians who had participated in the research and development of single crystal furnaces, those research and development projects either failed or they had never been exposed to the core technology. It was extremely difficult for them to fully understand the drawings given by Kang Chi in such a short time.
In the final analysis, it was because they were not good enough.
Given a specific part drawing, they might be able to analyze it clearly and propose a feasible manufacturing plan. However, if they were given a complete principle design drawing and asked to disassemble the parts, they would be completely confused.
If they were given enough time, they might be able to slowly grind out something and gradually complete the promotion from technician to researcher. However, in reality, they did not have the time to improve themselves.
Thinking of this, Hu Wenjun suddenly had an idea and felt that this was a good opportunity to turn the tables!
Anyway, their tasks at Dahan Silicon Industry have basically been completed. Why not take this opportunity to resign directly on the grounds of limited work ability and get out of the job?
However, when Hu Wenjun took the lead and tactfully said that he was not qualified for the job due to his limited ability, Kang Chi suddenly changed his attitude and tried his best to retain them, constantly emphasizing their importance to Dahan Silicon Industry.
Anyway, he refused to let them go.
Hu Wenjun was worried that his intention to run away was too obvious and would arouse Kang Chi’s suspicion, so he didn’t want to be too tough, so he had to give up the matter temporarily.
After the appeasement work was done, Kang Chi returned to the assembly of the single crystal furnace as if nothing had happened, which made the employees feel puzzled and restored their morale to some extent. —— Pingjiang City.
The expert group sent by the Ministry of Science and Technology arrived in Pingjiang on the third day after receiving the application from Silicon Technology.
After passing the technical review of the drawings, they personally checked the equipment again to confirm whether the independent research and development rate of the equipment met the standards.
Afterwards, the engineers of Silicon Letter Technology successfully pulled out a 12-inch single crystal silicon rod in front of the expert group in eight hours.
After a simple surface polishing, the purity of the silicon rod was confirmed to be 11 nines using professional instruments for on-site testing!
The scene was immediately filled with thunderous applause!
Members of the expert group congratulated Liu Xingdong.
Liu Xingdong was happy when he suddenly found that the leader of the expert group, Wu Lihong, was still looking at the design plan with a frown on his face, so he couldn’t help but walk over and asked, “Does Academician Wu have any questions?” Wu Lihong raised his head, glanced at Liu Xingdong, and then shook his head and said, “The principle of process design is very clever, and the results of on-site testing also meet the standards. I haven’t found any problems here for the time being, but…”
”But what?”
Liu Xingdong was most afraid of hearing this word…
”But I think that whether it is a donkey or a horse, it still needs to be pulled out for a walk.I just found out after walking, so my suggestion is that you should first cut and polish this silicon rod, and then we will distribute the silicon wafers to different wafer factories and laboratories for final lithography verification. ”
Liu Xingdong was relieved after hearing this.
The purity has obviously reached the standard, what else can be the problem?
”Academician Wu is still thoughtful, so let’s do as you say. ”
Although Liu Xingdong was unhappy, he still agreed and quickly issued new instructions to various departments.
So the expert group stayed in Pingjiang for another day. On the third day, the freshly baked silicon wafers were packed in sealed boxes filled with nitrogen.
Then the expert group took them and flew to companies and institutions with wafer manufacturing capabilities such as SMIC, Huahong, Lianwei, and the Institute of Microelectronics Technology of Suzhou University.—— [Item: Floating Belt Monocrystalline Silicon Smelting Device]
[Manufacturer: Dahan Silicon Industry]
[Item Level: 1]
[Experience: 0/10000]
[Item Status: Intact]
[Analysis Item: No Analysis Item]
[General Experience: 308]
[Mastery Points: 24.2】
As Kang Chi excitedly installed the last part, the familiar panel finally popped out! In fact, he had already completed an assembly last night, but for some reason the panel did not pop out.
So Kang Chi carefully checked the drawings and equipment again, and indeed found that there was something wrong with one of the installation steps.
Fortunately, after today’s disassembly and assembly, the panel finally popped out.
This made Kang Chi sigh again, this system is so damn easy to use, and it can also automatically detect equipment problems! If this is used to build airplanes and rockets, wouldn’t it be possible to achieve a 0% accident rate?
Well, it’s hard to say,
Some accidents are not necessarily caused by equipment problems, such as accidental factors such as airplanes hitting birds.
”Mr. Kang, is this all right? ”
More than a dozen migrant workers surrounding Kang Chi always felt unreal when they saw that Kang Chi had finally completed the installation of this big guy.
Although they didn’t understand this thing at all, they knew that Dahan Silicon Industry invested 100 million just to make this thing.
When Kang Chi asked them to come as temporary workers to help with the assembly, they thought Kang Chi was joking.
No one would have thought that less than a month later, Kang Chi really completed the research and development and manufacturing of a 100 million project with their assistance…
It felt a bit magical.
”It should be fine. We will know the details after the experiment… Thank you for your hard work during this period.”
Kang Chi smiled at them: “Remember to go to the finance department to settle your salary later, and you don’t have to come tomorrow.”
”Well, thank you, Mr. Kang. ”
When they heard about the salary, the migrant workers smiled immediately, but after hearing that they didn’t need to come over, they felt a little melancholy.
“Boss Kang, um, I want to ask…”
A tanned young man finally plucked up the courage and asked in a low voice: “Are you still hiring?”
Hearing this question, everyone immediately cast expectant eyes at Kang Chi.
They have been working as temporary workers here for a month, and they are very envious of the various benefits of Dahan Silicon Industry.
If they can be transferred to formal workers, it would be too great.
Kang Chi pondered for a moment, and finally shook his head and said: “I don’t have any demand for non-technical positions here for the time being, but after the completion of the second phase of the project, there will definitely be a lot of non-technical positions to recruit.”
“If you want to join Dahan Silicon Industry, you can pay more attention to our recruitment announcements at that time, and I will let the HR give you priority.”
“Well, I see, thank you, Boss Kang! ”
Although Kang Chi did not keep them now, which made them somewhat disappointed, Kang Chi also promised that they would be given priority for non-technical positions in the future.
That’s enough! As these temporary workers left the assembly workshop, Kang Chi summoned all the technical staff to the assembly workshop.
When the employees of Dahan Silicon Industry stepped into the most mysterious assembly workshop of Dahan Silicon Industry for the first time and saw the single crystal furnace standing in the middle, they were all stunned.
”This is… a single crystal furnace? !”
”Has Mr. Kang completed the assembly?”
”Am I seeing right?”
”The single crystal furnace of the floating belt method looks like this?”
”Is it true?”
”…”
Just when the other groups came back to their senses from surprise,When the heated discussion began, one group was still standing there in a daze.
What’s going on? ! Didn’t they say that we are the real hope of Dahan Silicon Industry? What the hell is this single crystal furnace?
The five innocent technicians who made up the numbers were just confused. They didn’t understand why Kang Chi gave them the title of “savior” and then did this behind their backs.
And the other five mice felt a chill from their scalps to their toes, and they couldn’t help trembling all over…
At this time, Kang Chi was very considerate and gave them a meaningful smile.
In the eyes of Hu Wenjun and others, this smile was like a demon crawling out of hell, opening its bloody mouth towards them.
Hu Wenjun subconsciously wanted to run away, but his trembling legs couldn’t move.
At the same time, Liu Xingdong was still thinking about how much support funds the Ministry of Science and Technology would give to Silicon Technology this time.
Suddenly, he received a call from the expert group…
This chapter is still a two-in-one chapter.
(End of this chapter)