Rebirth began in 2004

Chapter 574

In 2018, a lot of things happened.

The first thing is that Hengtong Group stopped listing.

The main reason is that Chen Wei feels that if Hengtong Group is listed, some information must be announced, and this is something Chen Wei does not want the outside world to know.

For example, how much money does Hengtong Group make, and how much money does it invest in research and development?

After all, the external situation is not very good now.

If you know yourself and your enemy, you can fight a hundred battles without danger!

Chen Wei cannot guarantee that some internal information of Hengtong Group will be kept absolutely confidential, but it is a good thing not to spread some information out.

For example, if the actual amount of Hengtong Group's annual investment in R&D was announced, for some people, the stimulus would be too much.

In addition to Hengtong Group's suspension of listing, in the chip field, Hengtong Technology's chip revenue has increased significantly.

Hengtong Technology's chips use the PHX architecture. The PHX architecture was developed by Han Yufei. Over the years, Hengtong Technology has invested a large amount of money every year to continuously update this architecture.

The PHX architecture has been highly mature as early as a few years ago, and compared to previous chip architectures, the PHX architecture has many advantages.

For example, modular design, low energy consumption, etc.

Another thing is that Huaxin International's 14nm chip process technology has finally achieved mass production.

This point is so important.

After reaching the 14nm process technology, will we not continue to make breakthroughs?

Definitely not!

If we don’t continue to make breakthroughs, who will Shencheng Microelectronics sell its lithography machines to?

In other words, what else is Shencheng Microelectronics doing? It can just make money by just resting on its laurels.

Huaxin International's 10-nanometer chip manufacturing process is currently progressing very quickly and can be achieved without the need for an EUV lithography machine.

In the field of immersive stepper projection lithography machines, Shencheng Microelectronics' technical level has reached the most advanced level in the world.

Now, the only ASML company that can still stabilize the voltage of Shencheng Microelectronics is the EUV lithography machine.

The EUV lithography machine has only just been developed by Shanghai Microelectronics as a prototype, and there are still many problems. It will take a lot of time to officially provide it to downstream manufacturers for use.

Even so, Shencheng Microelectronics also provided a prototype machine to Huaxin International.

After Huaxin International received the prototype, it fed back to Shencheng Microelectronics based on the actual use conditions, and then Shencheng Microelectronics continued to make improvements.

Products must be improved through continuous use.

Everyone knows this.

ASML is now under considerable pressure and is constantly clamoring to supply EUV lithography machines to Huaxin International.

Asmai is scared!

Now facing Shanghai Microelectronics, it only has the EUV lithography machine as its trump card.

In the competition of other types of lithography machines, ASML has begun to fall behind.

Shanghai Microelectronics' revenue has grown extremely fast, and it has won many ASML customers thanks to its high price.

For example, domestic semiconductor companies now basically use Shencheng Microelectronics’ products.

Among them, the largest customer is Huaxin International.

In addition to Huaxin International, other domestic semiconductor companies basically purchase photolithography machines from Shencheng Microelectronics.

Purchasing a photolithography machine from Shanghai Microelectronics means integrating into a complete semiconductor industry chain.

After years of growth, this industrial chain has become quite large, and its technical level is not bad at all compared to its international counterparts, and even slightly exceeds it.

In terms of applied technology research and development capabilities and efficiency, China's scientific researchers are obviously much faster than those in Europe and the United States.

Currently, China's shortcomings in scientific research are mainly concentrated in basic research.

Another point that needs to be explained is that Star University has invited back many tenured professors from well-known universities from abroad.

"Compared to the past, it has become easier to recruit people now, and many people are considering returning to China."

Li Fei crossed her long legs elegantly, with a smile on her lips, and gently stirred the coffee cup.

She came to the Hengtong Group headquarters today to report her work to Chen Wei.

Next, she will work in the human resources department of Hengtong Group, specializing in the introduction of high-end talents.

Hengtong Group has never been able to satisfy its desire for talents.

Just like young people who like beautiful women, they will always remain hungry.

When one day, Hengtong Group is no longer eager for talents to join, it only means one thing: Hengtong Group is doomed.

Yes, it's about to end.

Chen Wei withdrew his gaze from Li Fei's legs. Even though he had played with it countless times, he was still not tired of it.

"It's a normal thing. Now that our country is developing so well, the attraction to talents has greatly increased."

Li Fei: "I think we should not simply target Chinese scientists, but also introduce some other scientists."

Chen Wei pondered for a moment. In the past, the most important thing of Hengtong Group was to find ways to bring back Chinese scientists abroad.

People who went abroad to study more than ten or twenty years ago were basically the best people in the same year.

In the past, China was unable to provide these people with a good research environment, but now there is no such problem.

Funding for scientific research is very tight no matter where you are, but as long as you are capable, there will never be a shortage of funds for scientific research.

Nowadays, many people are returning to China for development, which is proof of this.

Especially for young people, returning to China for development after studying abroad is the choice for most.

Young people have grown up with the country's continuous prosperity and have strong confidence in the country's future.

"As long as talents are used by me, why should I care about anything else. Teacher Li, your suggestion is very good."

Li Fei rolled her eyes at Chen Wei. Didn't anyone mention this suggestion before?

Some things are just hard to say.

Li Fei also knew that Chen Wei didn't trust outsiders deep down.

But in fact, Chinese people and outsiders are all the same.

When it's time to betray, there's no ambiguity at all.

This mainly depends on the individual's moral level. There are scum everywhere, and there is no shortage of "honest people" who abide by the rules everywhere.

For example, on the other side of the Pacific Ocean, honest people are at a greater disadvantage.

There is even a trend of getting more and more disadvantaged.

For many scientists, they just want a stable environment in which they can conduct research.

I really don't want to get involved in all kinds of weird things.

Li Fei came to work at Hengtong headquarters, which did not cause any big disturbance.

Zhao Pan was a little nervous, but he didn't make any move.

After all, she also knew that the relationship between Li Fei and Chen Wei was very unusual.

I heard that Li Fei was Chen Wei's English teacher when he was in high school.

With the arrival of 2019, everything seems peaceful.

People have become accustomed to watching the news every day for entertainment. If they don't watch it, they always feel that something is missing.

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