If you cheat, money will follow

It's June.

June st.

Children's Day.

The North American Department of Commerce held another press conference.

Announced: From now on, 105 Chinese companies including SMEE, Huahong Semiconductor, China Microelectronics, and Northern Huachuang will be included in the entity list.

It is prohibited from using North American semiconductor technology, equipment, chips, and parts.

The scope expands from North American businesses to global businesses.

Any non-Chinese companies that use North American semiconductor technology, equipment, chips, and parts cannot supply them.

At the same time, at the press conference, the spokesperson further explained.

"The sanctions are imposed because they involve important military and security technical issues."

"However, there will be no embargo on some commercial chips, equipment, and parts."

This time, the sanctions have been expanded from a single company to the entire semiconductor industry.

It’s no longer a precision strike.

It’s about industry coverage.

The purpose is to continue to exert extreme pressure on China Semiconductor.

According to media reports in North America.

Before the sanctions were escalated, Ross, the North American Department of Commerce, continued to explain his views to lawmakers at the Senate hearing:

"Their breakthrough in the semiconductor industry is mind-boggling and disturbing."

"We must take more measures to deal with their further breakthroughs in related technological fields."

"We must use more tools and more law enforcement resources to strengthen export controls."

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs held a regular press conference immediately.

And expressed its attitude on the escalation of sanctions.

"North America should actively correct its wrong practices and stop suppressing and suppressing Chinese companies. We will take necessary measures to resolutely safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese companies..."

In this tense environment and background.

The domestic semiconductor industry is not in turmoil and remains calm.

SMEE has been very busy recently.

We are working hard to produce DUV lithography equipment and deliver orders.

In addition to orders from Huahong Semiconductor, there are also orders from SMIC and Jinghe Integration.

Interestingly.

Foreign foundry companies are also in frequent private contact with SMEE, hoping to obtain DUV supplies.

These foundries include GlobalFoundries, UMC, Tower, Power Semiconductor, World Advanced Technology, etc.

Intel is also quietly contacting them. After being exposed by the media, they spoke righteously.

"We did not supply the other party and did not violate the ban."

No other reason than business.

ASML's DUV requires 6500 million euros, while SMEE's DUV only costs 3000 million US dollars.

If you can save half the money, why not?

ASML is anxious.

Media reported that their CEO complained privately:

"It's very unfair."

"They (North America) imposed an embargo on China out of so-called "national security concerns" and asked us not to sell..."

"However, their own companies are purchasing equipment from the other party (China), and we are abandoned."

ASML CEO is asking the Dutch government for a license.

It is required to export DUV lithography machines to China.

The reason is very good: "They can buy it, why aren't we allowed to sell it?"

"They already have DUV lithography machines, and the embargo is meaningless."

"If we don't have an export license, we will lose the world's largest market and the losses will be unbearable."

"We will go bankrupt..."

SMEE orders are booming.

Natural feedback will be provided to upstream and downstream industrial chain enterprises and extended to related enterprises.

Related companies such as Northern Huachuang, China Micro, Huazhuo Jingke, Changchuan Technology, Huahai Qingke, Jingce Electronics and other related companies have also accepted massive orders and started 24-hour operation.

The entire industry has entered a positive cycle, and profits continue to flow back and forth from the terminal.

This is the meaning of industrial restructuring.

It is also the significance of developing high-end industries.

Jiangzhou.

Leda Pingtouge Research Institute.

In the central garden.

Chang Le and Liu Chaoyang were chatting with a young woman.

"Boss, the prospects for the industrialization of carbon nanotubes are very clear, but the level of industrial preparation has not kept up with the pace." said the female Lang Lang.

Her name is Lin Li.

Three years ago, I took my team members and joined Pingtou Ge Research Institute as a whole.

The main research direction is the industrial preparation of carbon nanotubes and graphene materials.

Lin Li graduated from the School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering at Peking University.

He has been engaged in research on the preparation of carbon nanotubes and graphene from his undergraduate degree to his Ph.D.

During her master's degree, she published a research paper on carbon nanotubes in Nature magazine.

During his doctoral period, he published several papers and became a leader of the younger generation in this field.

After being invited by Liu Chaoyang, after careful consideration, Lin Li led the team to join Pingtou Ge for research.

She is 32 years old.

Four years older than Chang Le, many younger generations look up to him on his academic journey.

"Currently, the mainstream preparation technologies are mainly divided into chemical vapor deposition, arc discharge, laser evaporation, flame, etc. There are many methods..." Lin Li said.

Chemical vapor deposition method deposits carbon atoms on the surface of the catalyst under high temperature and pressure to promote the growth of carbon nanotubes.

In the arc discharge method, in the arc chamber, the anode graphite rod is consumed by the arc, and carbon nanotubes are deposited on the cathode graphite.

Laser evaporation method uses a high-energy laser beam to instantly act on a carbon source to evaporate and form soot at high temperature, which is then condensed and deposited to obtain carbon nanotubes.

In the flame method, a catalyst and a carbon source are used in a high-burning flame to nucleate and rapidly grow carbon nanotubes.

"But these methods have not fundamentally solved the problem." Lin Li further explained:

"Take the chemical vapor deposition method as an example. Although the carbon nanotubes produced are of high purity, their diameter and shape are irregular, which limits their application in semiconductor chips."

"Although the arc discharge method is low-cost, carbon nanotubes are mixed with products such as C60 (a molecule composed of 60 carbon atoms, shaped like a football, also known as footballene), and the purity is not high..."

"Researcher Lin, have you solved this problem?" Chang Le asked.

"Boss, we can't say it's completely solved, but we can see the hope of large-scale preparation of high-purity carbon nanotubes." Lin Li said confidently:

"Our team can increase the efficiency of carbon nanotube preparation by more than ten times through high-concentration dispersion..."

"The starting purity can reach 6 nines, and it has basic application functions."

"Moreover, comparing with previous work, we were surprised to find that by continuously adjusting the components of the high-concentration dispersion, the purity of the prepared carbon nanotubes will be further improved, and they will tend to be more regular and neat."

"Preparation costs and energy consumption are also reduced by 80%."

"Boss, I can conclude that we are heading in the right direction."

"Currently, we are on the eve of industrial mass production, and the next step is dawn."

"Boss, I've seen their preparation method. It's very novel. If you continue, it might be faster." Liu Chaoyang explained with a smile.

"What's the difference between carbon nanotubes and graphene?" Chang Le asked in layman's terms.

"Uh..." Lin Li was stunned for a moment, then smiled:

"They are all carbon. From a conceptual point of view, it can be understood that carbon nanotubes are tubular structures formed by graphene curled in a specific direction."

"Graphene is a planar structure, and the physical properties of the two are different."

"Can graphene be used as a chip?" Chang Le asked.

"Yes, but it needs to be combined with carbon nanotubes." Lin Li continued.

Chang Le wanted to continue asking.

Zeng Xi took his mobile phone and hurriedly ran over from a distance.

"Boss, it turns out you are here to make it easier for me to find you, but you didn't answer the phone."

Zeng Xi gasped and said.

"Oh, I'm learning from Academician Liu and Researcher Lin, so I put my phone on silent." Chang Le smiled and took out his phone to look at it, and was stunned.

Hey guys, hundreds of missed calls.

"What happened?" Chang Le asked.