133. Chapter 132 A surprise for a whole year
Chapter 132 A surprise for a whole year
After the experiment, the hungry people took off their thick protective clothing and went to look for food happily.
After dinner, Kang Chi returned directly to Pingjiang.
As for Professor He, the 24-hour continuous high-intensity test will continue tomorrow.
If there are no problems, this EUV light source prototype will be sold directly to Daqin Optics at a cost price of 50 million and shipped to Pingjiang for the final research and development of the lithography machine.
Without the light source prototype, Changchun Optics can only complete the mass production of this project as soon as possible, and Kang Chi directly continued to order four units.
When He Yong heard Kang Chi coming up to ask for four units at the dinner, he was completely stunned.
Is he so confident that he can make an EUV lithography machine?
However, thinking of the bet he made with Kang Chi last month, He Yong decided that it would be wiser to agree silently…
Although this project could not bring benefits to the institute and the Ministry of Science and Technology, it was equivalent to making money without having to continue to spend money on research and development, right?
As the biggest contributor to the improvement plan, it was normal for Kang Chi to enjoy this treatment.
Even for Changchun Institute of Light, this was equivalent to Kang Chi paying money to help them support the technical team.
Each R&D and manufacturing personnel, during the production and manufacturing process, should also receive wages and bonuses.
After all, the cost of employing people is also a cost…—— Yanjing, Ministry of Science and Technology.
When Chief Lu confirmed from Zhang Dayuan that the DPP-EUV light source of Changchun Institute of Light successfully completed the 30-minute 500W luminescence test, his expression was distorted with excitement.
“This little guy is going to take care of my surprises for the whole year!”
Zhang Dayuan’s expression was also a bit complicated, and he sighed: “Who said it wasn’t… But I feel a lot of shock.”
”Yeah, that’s true.”
Chief Lu nodded empathetically, and then asked: “Is he going to figure out the remaining technologies of the EUV lithography machine by himself?”
”It seems that he should be.”
”Yeah, that’s right, he is now in a good momentum, I think it is entirely possible to get the lithography machine in one go!”
Chief Lu did not hide his expectations and confidence between his eyebrows,
”How do you think I should encourage him? This is silicon wafers and oil extractors, and now he has also figured out the EUV light source… I think it’s not too much to add another academician to China.”
”Academician?” Zhang Dayuan was a little surprised: “He is only 28 years old this year? Such a young academician… … Is it appropriate. “” When is the age limit? “” I don’t mean this. If you really want to choose him, I can be the first to be a recommender. After all, he is ashamed of his strength and achievements. “Hmm … you also make sense, and you are excited for a while.” Lu Chong groaned for a moment, and then said, “Then help him apply for a Jieqing, and then this year’s youth science and technology award, right?” Land propaganda. ! I can’t make a lithography machine, but I made a screw for the lithography machine. What’s so great about it? It may be a bit exaggerated to compare screws with EUV light sources, but in fact, there are many similar situations on the Internet.
Among them, there may be a small number of public intellectuals with bad intentions, but more of them may be “extreme” patriots who are angry and don’t fight.
The chip war has been going on for so long that even the uncles playing chess on the roadside know about the bottleneck of chips. But if you really ask, in fact, most of them only know the words “Huawei”, “lithography machine”, and “SMIC”.
If you ask him, Huawei’s HiSilicon is a chip design company or a production company,
The bottleneck lithography machine is below what process, SMIC manufactures chips,In addition to the lithography machine, what other equipment and materials are needed, and which ones can only be imported…
I guess few people can answer this question.
Therefore, for most Chinese people who do not understand lithography machines, do not know the importance of EUV light sources, but are eagerly looking forward to domestic lithography machines, premature publicity may have a counterproductive effect.
However, although there was no publicity, the news quickly spread in the semiconductor industry because it was not kept secret.
The first to receive the news was the Shanghai Institute of Optics.
The research funding for their LPP light source research and development project next year was directly cut by 80%.
If there is no major breakthrough in this technical route next year, it is estimated that the project team will have to be disbanded directly…
In fact, the above has been very lenient and given them a considerable buffer time.
After all, there is a DPP light source that can be directly commercialized.
Before there is theoretical proof that LPP has more development potential than DPP, continuing to tackle LPP is a pure waste of resources.
The next company to get the news was Magic City Microelectronics.
As the leader and hope in the field of lithography machine development in China, and the only semiconductor company in China that can mass-produce 90nm lithography machines, they naturally got the news of Changchun Optical Institute’s technological breakthrough as soon as possible.
In addition to being shocked, their first reaction was to immediately purchase an EUV light source from Changchun Optical Institute and start the project development of EUV lithography machines.
As a result, Changchun Optical Institute replied that the earliest delivery date would be the middle of next year.
And the reason turned out to be that Daqin Optics not only bought the experimental prototype, but also directly booked the next four!
In addition to Changchun Optical Institute, they also need one to continue testing and optimizing. This means that if Magic City Microelectronics confirms the order, it will have to wait for the sixth one,
And the price is still 200 million.
Of course, the price of 200 million is not a problem. They don’t know what the purchase price of Daqin Optics is, so they won’t be psychologically unbalanced.
Moreover, Modu Microelectronics is also a state-owned enterprise under the Ministry of Science and Technology. To put it bluntly, it is the Ministry of Science and Technology that pays money to “reward” Chang Chunguang Institute.
In fact, for an EUV lithography machine that costs more than 1 billion yuan, it is not excessive to sell the most critical components for 200 million yuan.
It can even be said to be very affordable.
The key is, what is the point of Daqin Optics ordering five machines?
Shouldn’t they order one first, slowly develop and test it, and really make a prototype of the lithography machine that can reach commercial level, and then order batches for mass production?
“Looking at their posture, are they going to mass-produce lithography machines right away?”
Modu Microelectronics’ chairman Zhu Jiaxing asked the company’s technical consultant Pan Yichang in confusion: “I understand that they are engaged in the research and development of lithography machines, but they ordered so many light sources right away. Aren’t they afraid that the research and development will fail and the equipment will be in their hands?”
”I can’t figure this out either. Maybe Dr. Kang has his own plans…” Pan Yichang smiled bitterly, ”First it was silicon wafers, and now he has EUV light sources… All signs show that he is a scientific madman and a freak. I won’t be surprised at what he does in the future…”
Zhu Jiaxing: “…”
(End of this chapter)