Technological power starts with upgrading lenses

Daqin Optics, Magic City Branch.

Da da da--

He Yongbin quickly signed his name on a pile of receipt documents, and then handed them to Datang employees who came from Pingjiang to deliver the materials.

"Where's the stuff?"

"It's all here."

The employee of Datang Heavy Industry took out a hard drive and said to He Yongbin solemnly:

"In addition to the design drawings, there is also a system folder inside. Mr. Kang will let you package it into an installation program."

He Yongbin couldn't help but feel a little confused.

The system has been written before the hardware has even been developed?

However, He Yongbin knew that this employee was only delivering goods, so asking him was in vain, so he nodded directly: "Okay, thank you for your hard work. I have asked the administration to book a hotel for you."

"Ah? I'm going back to Pingjiang later, so I'd better check out the hotel."

"So urgent?"

"There is overtime pay..."

"..."

Good guy,

If you take a bus back from a business trip overnight, can it be considered overtime?

He Yongbin was overjoyed,

Could it be that what General Manager Fang said at the meeting after he came over was true?

Just when He Yongbin was in a complicated mood and wanted to go back to the office to take a look at the design drawings on the hard drive, Fang Qiming also came after hearing the news.

Seeing the hard drive in He Yongbin's hand, Fang Qiming couldn't help but asked excitedly: "Did Mr. Kang send the camera drawings?"

He Yongbin nodded.

Soon, the two of them were in front of the screen, each clicking on the drawing with great anticipation.

Then Fang Qiming's eyes lit up.

The overall appearance of this camera is similar to that of an ordinary mirrorless camera, except that it lacks many function buttons, making it look more simple and beautiful.

if everything goes well,

This will be Daqin Optics’ first camera product!

Fang Qiming briefly looked at the size and imagined how it would feel in his hand.

A bit small,

The design direction of Kangchi should be smaller and lighter than Soni.

So the positioning should be entry-level.

As the first product of Daqin Optics, starting from the entry level,

This is also very reasonable.

However, when he saw the size of cmos, Fang Qiming was a little confused.

36X24mm?

135 full frame camera!

What kind of entry level is this? !

For example, Qiming is even more confused.

It's He Yongbin.

There is no other reason,

No matter how hard He Yongbin stared, he couldn't find any trace of their own design in the design drawings of this camera!

what happened?

What about the promised improvements and upgrades?

You can tell at a glance that this drawing is completely different from the camera they made.

So this must have been planned in advance before Mr. Kang acquired them!

Think about it, is it possible to improve and upgrade so quickly?

And let them design a camera first,

It's just Mr. Kang's test for them!

But He Yongbin couldn't figure it out.

How did the answer sheets they handed in reach the ‘passing mark’?

design? performance? work?

That's impossible!

He Yongbin is very self-aware,

so,

The only possibility is efficiency!

It took one month to build the camera from scratch, which actually tested the team's collaboration ability and efficiency.

So Kang is always a person who attaches great importance to efficiency!

If it is true as Fang Qiming said, Daqin Optics does not advocate overtime work, and overtime work will also be paid double.

This kind of corporate culture just proves Mr. Kang's emphasis on efficiency.

So He Yongbin quickly went through the drawings and then turned off the computer.

"Huh? What are you doing?"

Because He Yongbin suddenly sped up and flashed the drawings past, Fang Qiming failed to see the specific design details at all.

Just when he wanted He Yongbin to slow down, the guy turned off the computer directly...

Is this to guard against him, the general manager of Daqin Optics?

Facing Fang Qiming's question, He Yongbin just rubbed his temples gently, and then said calmly while packing his things:

"Go home and rest, recharge your batteries, and start fighting tomorrow."

He Yongbin secretly added: "You can't understand it anyway..."

"..."

The corner of Fang Qiming's mouth twitched, but he didn't say anything for a while.

Speaking of which, He Yongbin is also a bit interesting.

Although he works vigorously and resolutely, he often just gets things done without saying a word, regardless of whether the idea is feasible or not.

Just one word stands out: reckless.

Just like just now,

Without even saying hello, he just turned off the computer.

Working with him, you can never guess what his next move will be...

If this kind of person is allowed to let himself go, no one knows what he can come up with. He is not suitable to be the leader of the project at all.

But if you point him in a direction and restrict his room for performance, his work efficiency will be impeccable...

——

Under the command of He Yongbin, the camera R\u0026D department of Daqin Optics began to operate rapidly the next day.

They quickly disassembled and analyzed the drawings, studied production ideas, and tried their best to reduce manufacturing costs.

In the end, the problems that could not be solved were thrown directly back to Kang Chi.

Not pushy at all.

In fact, there are some problems that they can barely solve if they put more effort into it.

But the solution efficiency is definitely not as high as that of Datang Heavy Industries’ R\u0026D department.

Therefore, He Yongbin's handling method made Kang Chi quite satisfied.

While developing the camera, Kangchi did not drop the lens. This is work that must be carried out simultaneously.

Otherwise, by the time the camera is built, but there is no usable lens, then why don’t you just poop and take the paper with you?

Kangchi directly sent the data of Daqin-Hero mount to Dongyang’s lens design department and asked them to redesign Daqin’s original lens products and change them to Hero mount.

Kangchi has also designed the autofocus module of the lens in advance. While they are changing the opening, they also need to find ways to add this module. If you encounter a problem that cannot be solved, just ask Kangchi directly.

At the same time, Zhang Qing, who was busy promoting the Datang Heavy Industry project in Dongyang, also received another important task from Kang Chi:

Started to establish Dahan Core Technology Co., Ltd.

When many people see this name, they will immediately think of the Hanxin incident that shocked the country.

Kang Chi is also not afraid of avoiding taboos at all.

He was so tough on purpose.

It's like putting the first test of oil-producing insects in Fushun, silently declaring war on the little book that plundered China's resources in Fushun.

He wants to face the shame and uncover the scars that no one dares to uncover in the semiconductor industry.

Then redefine the word Hanxin and completely heal this scar!

Otherwise, this word will always be the weakness of the Chinese people.

The newly established Dahan Core Industry, like Dahan Silicon Industry, is affiliated to Dahan Technology and is a subsidiary company of Longteng Technology Group.

The scale in the early stage will not be very large, with a total investment of 40 billion expected. It will mainly be responsible for manufacturing its own chips and is not ready to take on the foundry business of other companies for the time being.

After all, chips cannot be manufactured directly with equipment. It is safer to build a production line with low production capacity in the early stage and accumulate a certain amount of talents and manufacturing experience first.

Moreover, Kangchi plans to make its own camera graphics cards and the like.

Maybe by then, the production capacity will not even be enough for itself...

The new company finally settled in Gangcheng, which is only more than 200 meters away from the Gangcheng headquarters of Dahan Silicon Industry.

In addition to the convenient supply of silicon wafers, the reason why Kangchi chose Gangcheng was because of an action taken by the leaders of Gangcheng, which made Kangchi place the factory in Gangcheng without hesitation.

They helped Kangchi lay the foundation of the factory in advance!

Ever since the integration of Dahan Silicon Industry and Silicon Information Technology, the leaders of Gangcheng have been worried that Kangchi would shift the development focus of Dahan Silicon Industry from Gangcheng to Pingjiang.

Fortunately, Dahan Silicon Industry’s second phase project has no intention of stopping at all.

Now that the equipment installation in the second phase has come to an end, the official production is just around the corner.

This reassured Mayor Huang a lot.

But then, the news that Datang Heavy Industry settled in Dongyang made them sleepless at night.

Although they don't know the specific investment amount of Datang Heavy Industry, they don't know how Kangchi got the money, and they don't even know what it is made of.

But as long as you take a walk around Guangdi Village in Dongyang, you can feel how big this investment is.

The leaders of Steel City kept thinking,

Compared with Dongyang or other cities, what else is there in Steel City that can attract Kangchi?

They took the initiative to stand in Kang Chi's perspective and pondered Kang Chi's pain points.

Finally, by analyzing the development history of Dahan Silicon Industry and the current situation of Datang Heavy Industry, they believe that what limits the development speed of Kangchi is the construction speed of the factory and the initial start-up capital!

And when they learned through special channels that Kangchi had begun researching chip manufacturing equipment in October this year, they immediately smelled a glimmer of opportunity.

At first, they were worried that Datang was the company used to make chips, but after going to Dongyang for inspection, they immediately dispelled this concern.

Companies that make chips don’t need that much land, and the foundations of factories are also different.

Therefore, Datang Heavy Industry should be a genuine ‘heavy industry enterprise’.

If Kangchi wants to make chips, it will definitely have to build a factory!

If Steel City invests in advance to help Kangchi solve the factory construction problem,

Then when he wants to build a wafer factory, Steel City will definitely be his best choice!

However, building a factory in advance is undoubtedly a very risky thing.

Because the standards of wafer factory buildings are much higher than those of ordinary factories.

Wafer production is very afraid of vibration. If special measures are taken, even if a large truck passes nearby, the vibration caused will affect production.

Therefore, the foundation of the fab must be laid very deep, and many stable and earthquake-proof facilities must be built.

This requires them to conduct on-site inspections and research, and then invest huge sums of money to build it according to the high standards of the wafer factory.

But what if it’s built but Kangchi doesn’t have the lithography machine?

Based on their understanding of Kangchi, the industries he deployed were all technologies developed by himself.

If he can't handle the photolithography machine, he will definitely not build a wafer fab.

What will happen to the factory buildings that have been built according to the high standards of the wafer factory?

For this reason, Mayor Huang made several phone calls to Kang Chi some time ago to check his tone.

Of course, it’s hard for him to put the issue too directly.

Otherwise, it may have the opposite effect and make Kang Chi think that Gang Cheng is kidnapping him by force.

He could only analyze his true thoughts through casual chatting and insinuations.

After basically confirming that Kangchi did have a plan to lay out a wafer factory, he finally made a decision with Secretary Yuan and asked Gangcheng Urban Investment to apply for a loan of 2 billion to build a wafer factory next to Dahan Silicon Industry according to the standards of the wafer factory. foundation!

For economically developed cities, two billion may be just a drop in the bucket.

But for the steel city whose annual fiscal revenue is less than 10 billion, this is undoubtedly a big gamble.

When other cities are spending billions or tens of billions to gamble on special tourist towns, temples, statues, and real estate,

But they found another way to bet on the opportunity of entering the technology industry.

It's very special.

Fortunately, they did win the bet.

When Kangchi decided to build a wafer fab, there were actually two things to consider.

One is Pingjiang and the other is Gangcheng.

It is close to the silicon wafer production base, which facilitates the cooperation between the two brother companies.

When Mayor Huang learned from Kang Chi that he was officially investing in the construction of a wafer fab and asked about Steel City's policies,

Mayor Huang was so excited that his heart almost jumped out of his chest!

This round,

Their Steel City was completely victorious!

Kang Chi was also shocked and surprised to learn that Gangcheng had already laid the foundation for him.

"Did you hire a fortune teller, or did you plant an informant here?"

"How is that possible!" Mayor Huang quickly explained, "Mr. Kang, please don't misunderstand us. We are just thinking about problems from the perspective of investors and helping investors solve their problems..."

Kang Chi thought for a moment.

He recalled the conversation Mayor Huang had called him before, and it seemed that they had indeed discussed the topic of the wafer fab.

It was probably at that time that they started to have some thoughts...

"You can be so considerate, and I have no reason to refuse... How much did it cost to build that foundation? Send me a list later. We will ask the engineer to come over and check it. If the conditions are up to standard, we will buy it at the normal market price." Come down, but if the false height is too high, you won’t be reimbursed.”

"Don't worry, Mr. Kang, we know what we should earn and what we shouldn't earn."

"Well, in addition, this kind of behavior must never happen again. Otherwise, if word spreads, other cities will rush to imitate it, and the consequences will be disastrous..."

"I understand, I understand." Huang Shimao quickly assured, "I won't be an example next time, I won't be an example again!"

In the end, both parties agreed that Kang Chi had asked them to help build it in advance.

At this point, Kangchi's layout and expansion of the semiconductor industry has basically come to an end.

The next main development direction is to change from getting bigger to becoming stronger, and to enter the stage of tough competition with foreign technology giants.

——

It's late December and Christmas is coming soon.

In order to have a happy Christmas holiday, most European M companies will hold year-end meetings and reports before Christmas.

The same is true for ASML this year.

CEO Lao Wen excitedly announced at the summary meeting that ASML achieved net sales of 21.2 billion euros (approximately 156.2 billion RMB) this year, with a gross profit margin of 50.5% and a net profit of 5.6 billion euros (approximately 41.2 billion RMB). ).

Among them, the Chinese market contributed 3.7 billion euros in sales, a year-on-year increase of 18%, accounting for 21% of its total sales, and has become ASML's second largest market.

And this is before they even sell an EUV lithography machine to China!

In the end, Lao Wen confidently predicted to the board of directors that the company's net sales would grow by at least 25% next year.

The source of confidence is the rapid development of China's semiconductor market.

At the same time, when Huaguo cannot buy high-end EUV lithography machines, it does not dislike their old DUV lithography machines at all.

But Eugen Hopkins is not so optimistic.

He directly threw out an "Analysis Report on China's Photolithography Machine R\u0026D Progress" submitted by his subordinates, and retorted: "As far as I know, China's photolithography machine research and development has made considerable progress."

"Modu Microelectronics' 28nm process DUV lithography machine may be mass-produced at any time. In terms of EUV lithography machine, they have also solved the most critical light source problem!"

After hearing this, Peter Wen Ning couldn't help but frowned: "Mr. Hopkins, although I also think that China will be able to break through the technology of lithography machines sooner or later, the time will definitely not be so fast."

"You said that they may mass-produce 28nm lithography machines at any time. This seems to have been a few years ago. Have we seen this lithography machine on the market?"

"As for the EUV light source you mentioned, if it is the one from Changchun Institute of Light, then I have heard of it."

"DPP technical route 500W power? Do you believe it? Those are just rumors, not even confirmed by their own official media."

"This is not the Congress of country M. I don't think it is necessary for you to come up with such alarmist reports to scare your own people. Anyway, the fact now is that the most advanced lithography machine they can produce is only 90nm. It’s just a low-end lithography machine.”

It had been raining for half a month and it finally cleared up. It was the weekend and I wanted to take my daughter out to play.

I wanted to post two chapters at the same time last night, but I didn’t finish it until after three o’clock last night, so I’m a little later today, but I’m just posting two chapters at the same time~