Technological Hegemony

The actual combat of photoresist was launched overnight under the auspices of Tang Boyun. Luo Jia and Zhang Dongning were also very lucky to be invited to visit the workshop.

The two of them put on white dustproof clothes and stood under the huge exhaust fan.

The fan roared, and it thoroughly cleaned the whole body to ensure that no dust could be brought into the workshop.

Then Luo Jia entered the semiconductor chip production line through another sealed glass door.

It feels a bit like the Parasol virus laboratory in Resident Evil, quite nervous and exciting.

In SMIC's workshop, there are many large-scale equipment and a strong industrial atmosphere.

Nikon, Canon, ASML, Applied Materials, Kelin R\u0026D, Tokyo Electron, all imported machines in the workshop.

Most of the machines and the manufacturers of these machines have never been heard of by ordinary people. However, it is the giants in these professional fields that dominate the top technology and equipment in the global technology industry.

Luo Jia felt deeply that in the field of semiconductor manufacturing, the concentration of giants was beyond imagination, and almost no Chinese companies participated. We are not even followers of advanced technology, and we have not really started yet.

If you want to know which aspect of my country's technology industry is the biggest gap with foreign countries, you can go to SMIC's workshop and you will know everything.

In any case, Luo Jia was very excited to be able to visit the interior of the world's most advanced semiconductor factory.

But the test process is very boring, cleaning, masking, photolithography, cleaning, ion implantation, third cleaning, etching...

Standing in the workshop for several hours, Luo Jia witnessed the complete manufacturing process of the chip for the first time, which can be regarded as a rare experience.

SMIC's semiconductor technology is not the strongest in the world. If it is a factory of TSMC or Intel, its complexity is even more complex.

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When the experiment went through the entire process and a complete semiconductor chip was produced, SMIC was in a state of cheers.

After actual measurement, the photoresist brought by Luo Jia is not bad at all compared with the current world's top products, and even a little bit better.

Luo Jia and Zhang Dongning had breakfast in the staff restaurant of SMIC, and countless people around them were talking excitedly, and Luo Jia and his Star Technology were naturally the focus of everyone's discussion.

"When will you officially supply the goods?" Tang Boyun asked excitedly, chewing on a steamed stuffed bun.

Luo Jia calculated in her heart, "Small batch supply will be available by the end of this month, and the ramp-up of production capacity will be completed, and the official large-scale supply will have to wait until the middle of next month."

Tang Boyun nodded slightly. Industrial production has its objectivity, and the full production capacity can only be finally released after personnel and machinery have been honed.

"It's only a month, we can afford it!" Tang Boyun laughed and said, "After all, we have been waiting for many years for domestic products to be replaced by imports, and it's not too short of a day or two. Would you like me to contact your domestic counterparts for you? "

Luo Jia said with a smile, "That's naturally the best. With your endorsement for the product, colleagues from the Commerce Department will have more confidence when they go to talk."

Tang Boyun said disapprovingly, "It should be, leave this to me, I will call the bosses of the companies in the same industry one by one, and tell them the good news."

"Photoresist is an important basic material in the semiconductor industry. Your technological breakthroughs will definitely be recorded in the annals of history in the future!"

Luo Jia shrugged, "Basic research and development is a lot of effort, but the profit is not high, and even if it succeeds, it's not unreasonable."

"A few days ago my father asked me what I was doing. I said I was engaged in photoresist. My father frowned and said, aren't you a technology company? Why are you still making glue?"

After hearing this, Tang Boyun and Zhang Dongning almost burst out laughing.

But looking back, it's kind of sad.

The basic materials of the technology industry are not understood by ordinary people,

I don't care, Luo Jia is engaged in energy wave wireless charging. Once the product comes out, the world will be excited about it. As for photoresist, only a few people in the industry understand its value.

Luo Jia and his Xingchen Technology, as a private company, are willing to invest heavily in basic material projects, which is really rare.

Tang Boyun said with a smile, "It's true that you don't have a reputation for basic materials, but you can still make money. I know very well that once your photoresist project is fully produced, it will immediately become another cash cow for Star Technology. , you can make a lot of money, so you don’t have to be cheap and act like a good boy.”

Luo Jia smiled and said nothing.

There is no need to hide that business investment is for return, and the greater the investment, the greater the return.

Luo Jia is not engaged in charity. If he has money, he would be a fool if he does not make money. The photoresist produced by Xingchen Chemical will not be more expensive than imported products, but it will never be cheaper.

According to the current development speed and staffing of Star Technology, there will never be enough money to spend. After all, in the high-tech field, any action means an astronomical investment.

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Tokyo, Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.

President Kumaichi Takeda received the latest report from Huaxia Headquarters a few hours ago.

In this note, Huaxia Headquarters received an astonishing piece of news.

Star Chemical, a subsidiary of Star Technology located in Qidong, has completed the research and development of photoresist and is intensively putting it into production.

Moreover, they are negotiating with many domestic display companies and semiconductor companies, and they are preparing to become new suppliers.

"Star Technology again!" Takeda Kuma frowned and muttered in a low voice.

In just half a year, Xingchen Technology has risen like a rocket, and has successively completed four major projects: system optimization, optics, wireless charging, and display, which dealt a heavy blow to the monopoly system of the technology industry led by Japan, South Korea, and the United States.

Shin-Etsu Chemical is also one of the companies that have been severely impacted. Their products in the LCD field are being defeated across the board, and they have reached the point where they will completely withdraw from the market.

Takeda Kumaichi hated Xingchen Technology to the point of gnashing his teeth.

Now, Star Technology has inserted their black hands into the field of chemistry.

Photoresist is one of Shin-Etsu Chemical's most profitable projects, and if it is also replaced by Star Technology, it will deal a heavy blow to them.

Secretary-General Makoto Tanibe knocked on the door and walked in, stood beside Takeda Kumaichi, waiting for the president to show him, he was very nervous, afraid that the president would be furious because of this.

But Makoto Hasebe observed quietly, and found a smile on the corner of President Takeda's mouth. At this time, he can still smile?

Hasebe was puzzled, but he didn't dare to ask.

"Hase-kun." Takeda Kumaichi said, "What do you think is our biggest advantage in the field of photoresist?"

Makoto Hasebe thought about it, "It should be a cooperative relationship. Our club was established in 1926. It has a long history and strong strength. Since the world has a semiconductor industry and photoresist, we have always been the largest in this field. As one of the suppliers, customers trust our products very much.”

Takeda Kumaichi shook his head, "Naive! The reason why Huaxia customers buy our products is not at all out of so-called trust, but because they have no choice."

"Now, there is a local Chinese company that has produced the same level of first-class photoresist. They have no reason to continue to cooperate with us."

Hasebe is terrified, the company has withdrawn from the competition in the LCD field, and if it loses the photoresist field, the loss will be too serious.

The conversation suddenly changed, and Takeda Kumaichi's eyes became sharp.

"Our biggest advantage is actually the cost." Takeda Kumaichi said, "After all, our factory has been in operation for many years, and the equipment and personnel are in an extremely skilled state. At the same cost, we can produce two tons of photoresist. And companies that are new to the industry can only produce one ton.”

Makoto Hasebe was taken aback.

What the president said is indeed true. The cost of an established enterprise with mature production lines and mature technology is by no means comparable to that of a new enterprise.

After relying on photoresists to earn money for so many years, the research and development expenses have already been paid back. The cost of Shin-Etsu Chemical's photoresists is actually very low.

Takeda Kumaichi said lightly, "Not only us, but all the giant companies that have worked in the photoresist industry for many years have costs that new companies cannot match. This will be our killer weapon to suppress new companies."

"Other colleagues, TOK, JSR, Asahi Kasei, have they made any moves?"

Makoto Hasebe hurriedly lowered his head, "There is no action yet, but it is estimated that they have already learned the same information as us, and are urgently discussing countermeasures."

Takeda Kumaichi shook his head slightly, "There is nothing to discuss. The best way to suppress new companies is price wars! Use the price advantage to destroy your opponents in one go!"

"Notice, the company's photoresist products will be fully reduced in price from now on!"

Makoto Hasebe nodded, "President, how much should we lower?"

Takeda Kumaichi narrowed his eyes slightly, "We will reduce the cost price to whatever it is."

Makoto Hasebe was stunned, "As expected of the president! If we sell photoresist at cost price, I believe that any new company entering the industry will not be able to block our price storm!"

It is difficult for those who have not been engaged in business to understand the cruelty and bloodiness of business.

In mid-November, just a week after Xingchen Technology officially entered the field of photoresist, the war officially started!

The three giants in the photoresist field in the United States are Dow Chemical, DuPont, and Huntsman.

The eleven giants in Neon Country, JSR, Shin-Etsu, Tokyo Chemical, Fuji, Sumitomo, TOK, Mitsubishi Chemical, Asahi Kasei, Hitachi Chemical, Nippon Steel Chemical, Sun Ink.

Korea Shuangxiong, LG Chem, Dongjin Chemical.

Italy's last only child in the field of photoresist, Morton Chemical.

All these giant companies that once ruled the field of photoresist launched an extinct price war against the newly born subsidiary of Star Technology, Star Chemical!

What's even more frightening is that Xingchen Chemical has no allies, and this will be a 1VS17, super unequal war!