The Red Era, the Opening University Speech

Chapter 100 The founder of Xiaguo microcomputer

Jiang Weixin and the other two took Li Mu's data sheet and continued their experiment until the next day.

Each of them had bloodshot eyes and excited faces.

Because, they succeeded!

"One week, just one week!" Jiang Weixin looked at the finished photoresist in his hand. Even after dozens of tests, he still couldn't believe it was true.

From the establishment of theory to the start of experiment, it took them only one week to complete the production of KPR photoresist.

"Where is Li Mu? Let's go see the director together." Jiang Weixin came back to his senses and asked.

"Team Leader Jiang, Li Mu came over yesterday after dinner and said he wanted to go home to visit his grandma, so he left first." Lei Jianguo said.

If any researcher in the Semiconductor Research Institute had the same attitude towards research, Jiang Weixin would have cursed him out long ago.

But looking at the KPR photoresist in his hand, he couldn't hold back his smile: "Let him go back, let him have a good rest, we will go and report to the director."

After saying that, Jiang Weixin hurried to find Wang Shoujue.

……

Inside the photoresist laboratory.

Wang Shoujue was discussing the issue of photoresist with professors Huang Xinhua, Lu Qian and others.

With the principles and plans obtained from Jiang Weixin, they have strength in numbers and are making rapid progress.

When the new experimental data came out, Huang Xinhua smiled and said:
"Thanks to Director Wang for coming up with this idea. It not only saves Li Mu from pressure, but also advances the progress of our experiment."

"Haha, that was also inspired by you!" Wang Shoujue couldn't help but laugh.

There is no doubt about whether Li Mu should participate in the industrial research and development of chips.

However, there are significant differences on how to participate.

A group of experts and professors began to unanimously agree that it was correct to follow the model of the Beijing Institute of Technology and not to point it out actively, but to quietly place Li Mu in the core position.

But at this time, Wang Shoujue put forward a new idea, which was to set up a research group with Li Mu as the core, and then their large group would take this group as the core.

This method is perfect, and it can also avoid the problem of some experts and professors being too shocked and unable to keep a straight expression.

After joking, Wang Shoujue's face turned serious again and he said, "Now that we have an idea of ​​the principle, we can't just rely on Li Mu."

"The next experiment..."

Before he could finish his words, he saw Jiang Weixin walking in hurriedly.

"Director, Director." As Jiang Weixin entered the laboratory, he couldn't help but shout twice, causing the researchers who were thinking seriously to frown.

However, the next moment, their frowned eyebrows suddenly raised as they stared wide.

Jiang Weixin said: "We have made KPR photoresist!"

Wang Shoujue, who was about to criticize Jiang Weixin, asked in disbelief, "What, what?"

"KPR photoresist is made." Jiang Weixin handed the test tube forward.

Everyone in the laboratory looked at the transparent and colorless KPR photoresist in the test tube.

"How could it be so fast?" Wang Shoujue couldn't help but gently ask the question in his mind.

This question also lingers in the minds of everyone in the laboratory.

Only Huang Xinhua, Lu Qian, and the experts and professors who had worked at Beijing Institute of Technology, quickly came up with an answer in their hearts: "It must be Li Mu again!"

Jiang Weixin saw that everyone's eyes were on him, and said without hesitation:

"It's Li Mu. Thanks to his theoretical support, we have narrowed down the data range that needs to be tested."

“I just wanted to give it a try, but I didn’t expect it to actually work!”

The speculation was confirmed, and even though many people in the laboratory had expected it, they were still shocked:
"It has only been a short time since the photoresist problem was solved?"

"We have just started the experiment here!"

"At this rate, we will be able to master large-scale integrated circuits sooner or later, and chip industrialization will also be realized soon!"

……

Listening to the commotion in the laboratory, Wang Shoujue took the experimental data from Jiang Weixin and said:

"Comrades, KPR photoresist has been developed, but we still can't slack off."

"This is just the initial model. We must strive to do our best and inject the most powerful 'blood' into our country's chip industrialization!"

After saying that, Wang Shoujue took the lead in testing the various effect parameters of KPR.

Everyone also felt that the first model would definitely not be the best, so they continued to conduct experiments and adjustments intensively.

However, after several experiments, they found that the data that Jiang Weixin initially brought was almost the most suitable formula and measurement, with little room for optimization.

"This Li Mu, his scientific research intuition is totally not like that of a human!" Everyone couldn't help but have the same thought in their mind.

Even the experts and professors who had witnessed Li Mu's talent were amazed.

Wang Shoujue was holding the KPR photoresist, also smiling, and said, "Photoresist, it worked!"

"Comrades, we must continue to work hard to overcome the difficulties of large-scale integrated circuits and chip industrialization as soon as possible!"

……

After Li Mu returned home, he found that the people in the Semiconductor Research Institute looked at him with something strange in their eyes.

As I walked to the door of Laboratory 312, before I went in, I heard a noisy sound coming from inside.

When I pushed open the door, I saw that the small laboratory was crowded with experts and professors including Wang Shoujue, Huang Xinhua, Lu Qian, etc., who were drinking tea and discussing something.

Just as he was about to retreat, the sharp-eyed Jiang Weixin saw him and shouted, "Li Mu is here. Experts, you can ask him any questions you have."

"Li Mu has made great contributions to the success of KPR photoresist!"

Everyone immediately turned their eyes to the door, and when they saw Li Mu, they all smiled.

"Come in, come in, we're all waiting for you." Wang Shoujue walked straight forward and enthusiastically pulled Li Mu to sit on the chair inside.

It is still the very center position, surrounded by 360 degrees without any blind spots.

"Tell us quickly, how did you determine the composition and dosage range of KPR photoresist, and how did you come up with the idea for its preparation?" Lu Qian couldn't help but ask first.

He has been studying polymer chemistry for so many years and understands this subject best. Geniuses may have advantages, but he has never seen such a cliff-like advantage as Li Mu's.

"Has KPR photoresist been successful so quickly?" Li Mu was a little surprised.

Huang Xinhua smiled and said, "Don't pretend. Do you have no idea about the experimental plan you gave me?"

"I just used theory to boldly deduce a more likely measurement data range. As for whether it can succeed and when it will succeed, I am not sure!" Li Mu said with a smile.

Li Mu's face turned serious, he turned to look at Wang Shoujue and asked:

"Director Wang, has the problem with the mask been solved?"

Wang Shoujue wanted to tease him a few more times, but his expression quickly recovered after hearing this and he said:

"The mask is still under research, but we have already found a few eighth-level workers from several factories and are going to have them make a graphic master first."

"Now that KPF photoresist has been successfully developed, it will soon be put into production. The next step is to conduct experiments on the entire process to complete photolithography and packaging with a higher degree of integration."

"Li Mu, the lithography machine you designed may seem a bit primitive, but with a slight upgrade and its potential tapped, it can achieve large-scale integration of more than 1000 transistors." "I'm afraid the time is approaching when we can successfully develop large-scale integrated circuits and make our country's first practical chip!"

At the end, Wang Shoujue's face was full of excitement.

Whether it is large-scale integrated circuits or chip industrialization, it means that Xiaguo’s semiconductor development will enter a new stage.

Although semiconductors are high-tech, no matter how good the technology is, it has to be put into practice.

The industrialization of chips has laid a solid foundation for the implementation of semiconductors.

"That's great!" Li Mu couldn't help but get excited at this time.

"Director Wang, if you have any other tasks, feel free to give them to me."

Wang Shoujue laughed and said, "Leave the rest to us. After all, it's not a groundbreaking study, so it's not that difficult. Just stay in school and study with peace of mind."

At the end, he couldn't help laughing.

Not only him, but even the experts and professors next to him couldn't help laughing.

Li Mu's achievements have surpassed those of professors in many schools.

If the teachers who teach him knew that the students in his class are already "big shots" in the semiconductor industry, I wonder if they would feel pressured while teaching.

"That's fine. I often feel that my knowledge reserves are not enough." Li Mu thought about it and did not insist on staying.

Just now I was a little too excited just thinking about the speed of technological development after the industrialization of chips.

Now that I think about it, I really can’t do all the work.

Anyway, whether he or the Semiconductor Research Institute will do the later things, the time difference is not that big.

As for the ways of the world, you still have to have some knowledge of the human relationships.

……

The crowd did not stay in the 312 laboratory for too long and followed Wang Shoujue to leave to prepare for the first practical chip that would be released soon.

Jiang Weixin and others naturally had to participate in the experiment, so Li Mu was left alone.

With such a good opportunity, of course we must seize the time to enhance our hands-on skills.

He began to try it himself according to the production process of KPR photoresist.

The result was undoubtedly a failure.

Although he was very careful, he still failed to handle some details well.

After seven or eight attempts, I finally made a tube, but there were many problems with the finished product.

"I still have to practice." Li Mu frowned, somewhat dissatisfied with his progress.

Fortunately, no one saw him doing the experiment, otherwise people would probably have come to the conclusion that practical ability is inversely proportional to theoretical talent.

He cleaned all the used utensils and test tubes, completely destroyed the "evidence", and then left the laboratory.

I walked out of the small building and was about to go back to school when I suddenly saw a few researchers walking over with information bags.

And the direction they came from was written in large characters - Archives Room.

"I've been here for so long, but I haven't been there yet!" After seeing this, Li Mu suddenly remembered that the pass in his hand allowed him to borrow information from the archives.

I didn’t dare to go before because I was afraid of being noticed, but now that I’m a member of the research team, there’s no need to worry about that.

Li Mu walked to the door of the archive room, took out his pass, and entered smoothly.

The archive room is not very large, and various materials are placed on rows of iron shelves.

He took a quick glance and saw a file on the development of foreign semiconductors.

When I took it out and looked at it, I found that it contained various journals and magazines. Someone had done a special sorting and summary just a month ago.

The information obtained from the Beijing Institute of Technology Library is half a year behind here.

Li Mu held the documents, looked around, found a table and sat down.

He took out a pen and took notes seriously as he read.

……

After writing about half a notebook, Li Mu leaned back and sighed, "It can't compare to the information Ask gave me!"

The summary from the perspective of future generations will certainly be more comprehensive and clearer than it is now.

Li Mu stood up, stretched his body, gathered the documents together, and prepared to put them back before leaving.

The purpose of taking notes is to increase the credibility of his scientific research results, but there is no need to waste too much time on it.

But just when he turned around, he suddenly found a young man about 28 or 29 years old standing behind him, and he seemed to have been standing there for a long time.

Seeing that he was discovered, he stretched out his hand and said with a smile: "Hello, my name is Wu Xi."

"Hello, I'm Li Mu." He shook hands with the other party politely, feeling that the other party's name sounded familiar.

"Wu Xi, Wu Xi...is it him?" Li Mu muttered the other person's name, and suddenly a name in the semiconductor development history materials flashed in his mind.

He quickly opened the chat page to check, and as expected, it was him.

Wu Xi, one of the founders of Xia Country’s first generation of transistors, transistor computers and microcomputers, is definitely a super boss.

Wu Xi smiled and said, "I've heard a lot about your name. I've heard a lot about your deeds at the Semiconductor Institute."

"I'm just trying to do my best." Li Mu smiled and said lightly.

Wu Xi looked at his expression and couldn't help but smile even more. He was indeed as humble as the rumors said.

He thought for a moment and said, "I saw you taking notes just now so I didn't disturb you. Are you reading materials on semiconductor applications?"

"Yes, now the research and development of the chip has entered the final stage and will be successfully launched soon. It's time to consider how to apply it." Li Mu said with a smile.

Wu Xi couldn't help but admire him when he heard this: "You are indeed a genius. You always think ahead of others."

"What kind of genius is that? He's just following other people's experience." Li Mu said embarrassedly.

"It is also a great wisdom to humbly learn from Emperor M's experience first and then surpass it." Wu Xi smiled and was about to say something else when he suddenly remembered that this was the archives room:

"Let's go out and talk about it."

……

The two came to a banyan tree in the institute's small playground and sat down on a bench.

Wu Xi couldn't wait: "The most advanced country in the world in semiconductors today is the United States. They are currently surpassing us in both technology and industrial scale."

“Although our technology has caught up now, the industry has not kept up at all.”

"For example, in terms of computers, we are still far behind Emperor M. If we want to make up for this gap, I'm afraid it will take more than a short time..."

Listening to his sigh, Li Mu nodded slightly.

Indeed, even if the technology has been achieved, it will take a certain amount of time to transform if you want to apply it.

“So I think we should attach equal importance to technological research and product development and develop the computer as soon as possible,” Wu Xi concluded.

However, Li Mu frowned slightly.

(End of this chapter)