The price of this 12-nanometer EUV lithography machine from ASML Group in the West to Longguo is 1.3 billion dragon coins!
However, in order to transport this lithography machine to Longguo, at least three large Boeing transport aircraft are needed to transport it.
So the West charged Longguo about 1 billion in shipping and maintenance fees.
And after it was delivered to Longguo, because the installation and debugging took another half a year, more than 100 million personnel installation and debugging fees were charged?
After hearing the words of the person in charge of the Oriental International Chip Group, Qin Chuan showed a smile on his face.
The working principle of the EUV lithography machine is to use extreme ultraviolet light to engrave transistors on silicon boards, so it is called a lithography machine.
Generally speaking, the higher the light energy it uses and the shorter the wavelength, the smaller the engraved transistor.
The smaller the transistor, the more transistors per unit area, the more advanced the chip process, and the stronger the chip’s computing power.
However, it stands to reason that for light source tools like this that emit lasers, the larger the size of the equipment, the more power it can generate.���The higher the quality of the light emitted, the better!
However, all the parts of the lithography machine of the Western ASML Group are miniaturized for the sake of miniaturization.
They seem to have put a lot of thought into miniaturizing this huge device!
“If the size and weight of this 12-nanometer EUV lithography machine are increased by two or three times, the performance of this lithography machine will probably be much higher than it is now!”
Qin Chuan observed the chip production line in front of him in the dust-free workshop, and then said
“Mr. Qin, you are joking!”
“This lithography machine now weighs 200 tons, and our shipping and equipment assembly and debugging fees cost more than 1 billion dragon coins!”
“If the Western ASML Group increases the size and weight of this equipment several times and does not miniaturize the components, wouldn’t the transportation cost of”147″ plus the equipment debugging fee cost tens of billions of dragon coins?”
“Even the shipping cost alone is several times the value of the EUV engraving machine itself!”
“With such high transportation costs, I’m afraid ASML’s lithography machines won’t sell so well!”
The head of Oriental International Chip Group said to Qin Chuan with a smile.
Obviously, different trades are like different mountains. He thought Qin Chuan knew too little about the global chip industry.
After all, ASML’s lithography equipment is delicate and can only be transported by air, and it has to be shipped all over the world to serve chip manufacturing companies throughout Blue Star.
So how can a lithography machine be built in a giant size?
“The Western ASML Group sells lithography machines, so naturally it cannot manufacture large-scale lithography machines!”
“But if our Longguo can manufacture lithography machines, is there a demand for export?”
Qin Chuan looked at the head of the Oriental International Chip Group and asked
“This… Our Long Country can’t even produce enough lithography machines for ourselves, let alone export them!”
“After all, the world’s chip production capacity is extremely low now, and we are the world’s factory!”
“If our Longguo really develops advanced photolithography machines by ourselves, the chip manufacturing companies in our Longguo alone can snatch up all the produced photolithography machines!”
The head of Oriental Chip International Group replied.
At the same time, there was a smile on his face, and he obviously thought Qin Chuan was joking with him.
But compared to him, Qin Chuan’s smile was even bigger!
“If that were the case, things would be much simpler!”
“The Western world and ASML Group have formed all-round and industry-wide patent barriers in lithography and miniaturization technology. Even if we want to develop lithography, we have to spend time on breaking these patents.”
“Since we have no need to export lithography machines, why should we go to so much trouble to develop them?”
“We in Longguo might as well just build a giant lithography factory!”
“If we design and build a high-energy particle accelerator with a diameter of 3 kilometers and an area comparable to that of a small town, wouldn’t the light source it provides be many times better and more stable than that of a photolithography machine?”
“We will then use this as a basis to build an ultra-large integrated chip production and manufacturing super factory… Is there any hope that the production capacity issues of both lithography machines and chips can be resolved?”
Qin Chuan continued to ask.
After listening to Qin Chuan’s words, the person in charge of the Oriental International Chip Group and other executives who accompanied him were all stunned!
Because, according to their professional way of thinking, the plan Qin Chuan said was actually really feasible!
It’s like the Windmill Country sells batteries. If the Dragon Country can’t make the most advanced batteries, can’t it make a large power plant?
After all, our companies are directly manufacturing chips locally, and they don’t need to move!
In physics, light is a kind of electromagnetic wave. According to Maxwell’s equations, electrons will generate and emit electromagnetic waves as long as they are accelerated.
If the electrons are constrained by a magnetic field and allowed to circle in a ring storage device.
Then this circle is accelerated motion, which will continuously radiate electromagnetic waves!
In Mandarin, if you want to emit extreme ultraviolet light, as long as the acceleration of the electrons is large enough and the energy is high enough, it will be fine!
The giant particle accelerator that occupies an area about the size of a small town, the extreme ultraviolet light it produces is much stronger than a lithography machine weighing only two hundred tons!
“No… this……”
“Don’t build a lithography machine, but build a lithography factory directly?”
On the side, the head and many executives of Oriental International Chip Group all opened their mouths wide, revealing an exaggerated expression.
If the plan Qin Chuan said was completely a fantasy, then they would naturally not do so. They might even agree on the surface because of Qin Chuan’s identity, but they all laughed behind his back, thinking that Qin Chuan was daydreaming!
But now, the key to the problem is that the plan Qin Chuan said is completely feasible!
Chips can really be produced by lithography using the lithography factory that Qin Chuan just assumed!
Even according to Qin Chuan’s plan, this lithography factory will be far superior to lithography machines in terms of advanced process accuracy and production efficiency of the chips produced!
Because the two are not products of the same dimension at all!
“Can chips be produced in this way?”
“Why didn’t anyone tell us before that chips can be directly manufactured in photolithography factories?”
The head of the Oriental International Chip Group was immersed in the plan proposed by Qin Chuan and felt very skeptical about life.
Because Qin Chuan pointed out a brand new and smooth road for them in just a few words!
“Don’t limit yourself to the device development routes mapped out by the Western world and their technology companies!”
“Who says that the most advanced EUV lithography machine must look like their lithography machine?”
“Our lithography factory is our Longguo lithography machine!”
Qin Chuan smiled, patted the shoulder of the head of Oriental International Chip Group, and said with a smile
“Chief Engineer Qin, you must stay more time in our Oriental International Chip Group!”
“We have many questions we want to ask you and learn from you, especially about this photolithography factory!”
The head of Oriental International Chip Group said to Qin Chuan excitedly.
Qin Chuan’s thinking in research and development completely shocked them!
So much so that they never expected that the ultimate breaker in the chip industry would end up being an outsider engaged in military research and development!
Moreover, the photolithography factory is not just about having only one idea. There are still many problems in the design and construction process.
For example, the super-energy particle accelerator generates so many electrons at one time, how can they be gathered together?
And if the electrons are too scattered, the light generated will also be scattered.
How can the photolithography factory produce extremely high-quality light sources?
And the light generated by the movement of electrons is complex, and its monochromaticity is not good. It cannot be extremely pure extreme ultraviolet light.
How should these problems be solved?
They all want to ask Qin Chuan for advice!
“There is no need to stay any longer!”
“However, I will develop and solve the design drawings and all technical problems of this lithography factory as soon as possible!”
Qin Chuan said.
If he stayed in the Oriental International Chip Group for a long time, he would waste a lot of time just by entertaining him.
And if he hoped that local companies would solve all the technical problems of the lithography factory and build it, it would probably take several years.
So Qin Chuan was going to return to the Yanjing Coast Guard Bureau immediately to develop a design plan.
Once a mature design plan was completed, the construction of the lithography factory would be carried out through the military or the national powerful departments!
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Yanjing, Coast Guard General Administration.
After returning from the Oriental International Chip Group in Magic City, Qin Chuan immediately began to study and solve the technical problems of the photolithography factory.
For example, the electron beam of the particle accelerator is too scattered!
This is an extremely serious problem for photolithography chips.
To solve this problem, Qin Chuan plans to use a laser array.
After the super-energy particle accelerator is started, it will first produce a series of non-aggregated electrons.
In this case, Qin Chuan first designs a plan to let them enter a laser array.
Then, through the interaction between the laser and the electrons, these electrons are gathered in small clumps at the peaks and troughs of the laser!
In this way, all electrons will be spaced at intervals of the wavelength of the laser to form a stable distribution law!
And a stable distribution law is actually a stable light source!
In addition, Qin Chuan then began to solve the problem of how to effectively control the stable light source and turn it into an extremely high-quality extreme purple light source.
And this is even less difficult for Qin Chuan.
After all, whether it is light-powered charging or weapon systems, the sixth-generation fighter jets of the Coast Guard use high-energy shaped constrained laser beam technology….
As long as Qin Chuan digests and absorbs these technologies, solving the light source problem in the lithography factory will be a piece of cake!
In the following time, Qin Chuan began to enter the stage of full-hearted research and development and design.
Except for resting and eating, he spent almost all his time in the office and laboratory.
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A week later.
Qin Chuan personally invited Commander Zhu of the Navy Headquarters, Commander Huang of the Army Headquarters, and Commander Hou of the Air Force Headquarters to the Coast Guard General Administration.
He was going to discuss and report with them about the photolithography factory.
In Longguo, there are definitely only a handful of people who can bring together the heads of the three services of the army, navy, and air force with just one invitation.
And Qin Chuan happens to be one of them!
Even Director Wang of the Coast Guard General Administration was shocked when he saw Commander Zhu, Commander Huang, Commander Hou and others suddenly gathered at his Coast Guard General Administration.
“”Chief Engineer Qin, you asked us old guys to come together. Is it about the sixth-generation aircraft?”
Commander Zhu asked excitedly when he saw Qin Chuan.
They had heard about the sixth-generation aircraft and related technologies that the Coast Guard was about to release, and they were curious about it.
Especially Commander Hou of the Air Force Headquarters, he stared at Qin Chuan without blinking.
“Sir, yes, but not entirely!”
“In my design, the sixth-generation aircraft’s highly intelligent AI autonomous tasks and combat planning must require enormous computing power support, and even high-performance military chips with a 1-nanometer process are needed to meet it!”
“But at present, our Longguo enterprises naturally have no way to produce this kind of chip!”
“So after visiting the Oriental International Chip Group in Shanghai some time ago, I designed a lithography factory that can produce and manufacture 1-nanometer advanced process chips!”
“At present, I have developed and designed a complete design drawing for this kind of lithography factory”
“In order to ensure quality and speed, I hope that a military enterprise can build this photolithography factory?”
Qin Chuan asked several leaders.
“What the hell?”
“A lithography factory that can manufacture 1 nanometer advanced process chips?”
After hearing Qin Chuan’s words, Commander Zhu, Commander Hou and others were all stunned.[]
At first, they were a little disappointed to hear that Qin Chuan was not looking for them for the sixth-generation aircraft.
But they never thought that Qin Chuan would pull out a trump card!
A photolithography factory that can produce 1-nanometer chip process, this news is really amazing!
Although Western countries have the ability to produce 3-nanometer chips, due to the problem of production line construction, it is estimated that it will take several years for large-scale listing.
In other words, the mainstream chips in the entire Blue Star market are still mainly 5 nanometers!
And now Qin Chuan’s first move is an advanced 1-nanometer process chip, which is absolutely a trump card!
“The news that we are about to have the production and manufacturing capabilities of 1 nanometer chips is amazing!”
“The United States refuses to sell lithography machines to our companies and even forces major chip manufacturers to build factories in the United States to produce the most advanced 3-nanometer chips!”
“The reason they did this is to stump us with chip and computing power issues!”
“After all, whether it is artificial intelligence, AI industry, or even self-driving electric vehicles and future smart factories, all of them require high-computing power chips!”
“But the United States probably never dreamed that, despite all their defenses, they were unable to defend against the Dragon Country’s coast guard!”
“Haha!”
Commander Hou of the Air Force Headquarters said excitedly
“Indeed, after all, let alone the United States, even we could not have imagined that the coast guard would actually research chip manufacturing!”
“But why do we have a lithography factory instead of a lithography machine?”
“Are there any shortcomings?”
Commander Huang of the Army forced himself to calm down from his excitement and asked Qin Chuan
“Chief, our lithography factory is far ahead of the lithography machines in Western countries in terms of chip lithography quality and efficiency!”
“If there is a disadvantage, it might be that it consumes a lot of electricity!”
“After all, the construction area of the lithography factory is comparable to that of a small town!”
Qin Chuan replied
“Waste of electricity?”
“What a shortcoming!”
“After all, who would complain about a money printing machine wasting electricity!”
Commander Zhu said with a smile.
If this lithography factory can really produce 1-nanometer chips, the profits it brings will definitely be even more exaggerated than a money printing machine!
Who the hell would complain about a money printing machine wasting electricity!
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