1991 Starting from the core

"That's it, Brother Li." Su Yuanshan finally stopped laughing, lowered his head and took a sip of tea before smiling and said: "As for the expert team, if you said that they have no technology or ability... I don't really believe it."

Li Yinan coughed lightly.

"Haha, don't be dissatisfied - among the people coming this time, which one of them is not a scholar who has been immersed in wireless communications for many years? In terms of basics, any one of them is a big shot. You have to admit this, right?"

Li Yinan did not deny this, nodded and said: "But Mr. Shan, what we are doing is not the basics..."

"Yes, the members of the expert group are mainly because they have stayed in their own fields for too long. In other words, they are not like us who are organized, concentrated, and at all costs to make breakthroughs in specialized fields. So on the surface , they can’t keep up with us. But we can’t think that they are incapable.”

Li Yinan couldn't deny this. Frankly speaking, when he first saw the list of expert group members, he still had some respect - after all, he had only left school a few years ago, and the textbooks he studied back then were all written by these people. But later he found out that the technology these experts came up with was a bit too far... He felt a little disappointed.

"And as a domestic company, Yuanxin... let's put it this way, no matter from what angle, if we give face to the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, then the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications will naturally give us something in return. Don't forget, the mainland market will always be our main market. .”

"Um."

"So, the next exchanges will mainly focus on technology, especially your current technical problems. Discuss them with the expert group, and then carry out joint research based on their respective situations. This is the cooperation that best suits the interests of Yuanxin. .”

"Okay, I understand." Li Yinan nodded, but still couldn't hold it back and said with a smile: "Mr. Shan, but I always feel that... the expert team is not that reliable. We have not taken the road, and they may not be able to Okay."

"Hey! Never mind it, anyway, when it comes to cooperation, everyone depends on their abilities. Whoever contributes more will have a higher say."

…

After seeing Li Yinan off, Su Yuanshan continued to write his thesis, while chatting with Tang Wenjie, who couldn't sleep.

Tang Wenjie's paper was too difficult to submit to the top journal, so he finally chose IEEE Access, which is relatively new and easier to submit. Of course, as expected, IEEE Access successfully passed and was published - perhaps, for IEEE For Access, this will be one of the most important journals it has received, right?

Tang Wenjie is currently conducting further research on the finfet architecture. When Su Yuanshan came to Tang Wenjie, he was learning from his senior brother.

"Mr. Shan, Engineer Zheng is here."

Just when Su Yuanshan and Tang Wenjie were talking about the future 5nm era, Wen Xiaoqian opened the door and said: "When do you think you will be free?"

"Gong Zheng? Is it Zheng Zhenchuan?" Upon hearing this, Su Yuanshan immediately replied "Let's talk later" to his senior brother and then stood up: "Please come quickly."

"Okay." Wen Xiaoqian pursed her lips and left the room with a smile.

Su Yuanshan walked out from behind the desk, opened the bookcase, and selected a jar of the best tea leaves.

As soon as he made the tea, Zheng Zhenchuan, whom he hadn't seen for a long time, pushed the door open and entered.

"Uncle Zheng, please sit down quickly."

"Haha, Mr. Shan, it's so difficult to see you now..." Zheng Zhenchuan held Su Yuanshan's hand with both hands, and the folds on his face were filled with smiles.

Since the lithography machine project team passed the acceptance inspection, Zheng Zhenchuan's team moved away from Yuanxin and returned to Chengguang Institute - the state has added an additional 100 million special investment for Chengguang Institute, plus Yuanxin and Huajing's With help, the "Hongxin Optical Instrument Factory" stall was finally launched.

Hongxin Optical Instrument Factory's current main business is photolithography machines and other optical precision instruments. Zheng Zhenchuan was the first factory director.

Because the acceptance test was abnormally qualified, Hongxin was established and received orders from many domestic wafer fabs including Huajing. For Hongxin, the 0.8 micron process is already a backward product line, but for domestic For other wafer factories that are still using 2-micron processes, these are extremely advanced products.

Therefore, Zheng Zhenchuan has been busier than anyone else in the past six months.

"Uncle Zheng, it's you who didn't come to me." Su Yuanshan undoubtedly respected and liked Zheng Zhenchuan from the bottom of his heart. He smiled and said: "But as I said, if you come to sell products, I won't agree... "

"Hey! That's what you said." Zheng Zhenchuan laughed and scolded: "If I want to make a real sales pitch, are you going to drive me away?"

"That's not possible." Su Yuanshan laughed: "I heard that your orders have been scheduled for the year after next, so I guess you don't have time to pay attention to us."

"It's good to know."

The two chatted for a while. Zheng Zhenchuan picked up the tea cup and took a sip before he became serious: "I came here this time to discuss cooperation with you."

"Well, Uncle Zheng, tell me."

"Although we have received a lot of orders recently, the research and development of next-generation lithography machines has never stopped."

"Well, it should be." Su Yuanshan nodded immediately: "At the beginning of the year, I went to Nikon. Although I didn't visit their production line, I also knew that their technical reserves and products were already two generations ahead of ours - and according to the latest news , at the latest this year, Intel will be able to break through the 0.35 micron or even 0.25 micron process. Once the wafer factory process matures, it means that the lithography machine technology is mature and perfect."

"Yeah..." Zheng Zhenchuan sighed: "It's a lot of pressure, Alexander!"

Su Yuanshan burst into laughter: "Uncle Zheng, you are not someone who is afraid of pressure."

"I'm not afraid, but it's really uncomfortable to feel like I've just seen some signs and then be left so far away again."

"At least we can see each other's shadow now, right? We couldn't even see the shadow before... As long as we chase hard, we can always pull off our pants."

"Haha, that's the truth!" Zheng Zhenchuan said with a smile: "So, when do you think you can bring your team back in Silicon Valley so that you can give us some guidance?"

Speaking of the Silicon Valley team, Su Yuanshan was immediately startled!

He glanced at Zheng Zhenchuan and said hesitantly: "Uncle Zheng, please make it clear...isn't the team in Silicon Valley cooperating with you?"

In order to create conditions for Zheng Zhenchuan and his colleagues to cooperate, Su Yuanshan established an optical experiment center. Then several project teams and laboratories were stationed. Although Zheng Zhenchuan's team has left, other teams are still here.

The technologies of these teams all revolve around lithography machine services. The largest among them is Zhao Kaidong’s light source team.

Zhao Kaidong's team has been cooperating with Lin Benjian's team in Silicon Valley - the two parties have produced many results and have cooperated around the world.

Naturally, Zheng Zhenchuan is also a partner.

But now what does Zheng Zhenchuan mean when he says "pull back"?