The Pioneer of the Rebirth Era

We spent seven days in Xiangjiang during the National Day. After the holiday, everyone else went back to the Magic City first. Parents need to go back and discipline their children before school starts. Otherwise, they will go crazy during the National Day. If they suddenly go back to school and are restrained, they will definitely become emotional.

Yang Dongxu did not go back to the Magic City with him, but took a boat directly from Xiangjiang to Shenzhen. Dongxu Technology has once again achieved a breakthrough in the chip field.

Now the chips used in Honor mobile phones can be produced independently, and Dongxu Technology's chip design capabilities have also reached the top ranks in the world. Everything seems to be developing in a good direction.

But there is a fatal BUG in it - the lithography machine.

Tunghsu Technology has photolithography machines. Although it is owned by a company jointly established with William and others, there is no problem in saying that this company is Tunghsu Technology.

Because the company's management, operations, and final products are all managed by Dongxu Technology. Even most of the chip products are digested by Dongxu Technology.

However, the lithography machines, which are indispensable at the core of this company, cannot be fully controlled by Dongxu Technology. In fact, since purchasing the lithography machine, while developing its own chips, Dongxu Technology has also been trying every means to develop its own lithography machine.

But the result is that a huge amount of money has gone in, and research and development has never been able to achieve a breakthrough. Let alone manufacturing the most advanced lithography machines, it is currently impossible to even manufacture some backward lithography machines.

In fact, if it cannot do this, it cannot be blamed on Dongxu Technology's own R\u0026D capabilities. The main reason is that China's semiconductor industry is extremely backward. Even after Yang Dongxu was reborn, he tried his best to make arrangements in advance.

But compared with the foundation that the West has developed for so many years, it is still very backward. After all, not to mention it started late, and it cannot compare with the other party in terms of talents, materials, as well as all aspects of technology and supporting facilities.

Now being able to catch up and stand at the world's top level in chip design already shows that Tunghsu Technology is extremely powerful.

But the core things cannot be controlled by oneself. No matter how good the chip design level is, it is still a castle in the air. If others make the slightest move, it will be on the verge of collapse.

For example, as Dongxu Technology Chip Company produces more and more chips and its chip technology becomes more and more advanced, Qualcomm in the United States can no longer sit still.

Therefore, Dongxu Technology encountered great obstacles when purchasing a 25-nanometer EUV lithography machine, which is obviously a generation behind in the world.

ASML has put forward two conditions for selling lithography machines. First, it must stop developing its own lithography machines. Second, it must not design and sell chips below 30 nanometers.

These two requirements are undoubtedly extremely rude, especially the second condition that is simply cutting off Dongxu Technology's future path. And you sold me a 25nm photolithography machine, only to produce chips above 30nm. Is it so shameless?

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And they brought it up shamelessly, what can you do to him?

Therefore, Dongxu Technology is very frustrated. You must know that Dongxu Technology's chip design technology has broken through to the 12-nanometer level. However, it suffers from the lack of corresponding photolithography machines, so the design can only remain on paper. The current production Just a 35nm chip.

This year Intel has launched a 32nm CPU and announced that its next generation products will be released with a 22nm CPU.

You must know that the processor launched by Intel in 2008 still used the 45-nanometer process, which was already the world's top at the time.

According to the consistent face of Western capital, after 45 nanometers, there will be 44, then 43, then 42. Such a shameless cutting of leeks like squeezing toothpaste is a routine operation.

But just two years ago, Intel directly launched a 32-nanometer product with such a huge improvement. You would not believe it if you said it was not targeting Dongxu Technology's 35-nanometer chip.

Can’t you mass-produce 35nm chips?

In that line of work, I will directly update the chip technology to 32 nanometers. You can do it in large quantities and it is cheap, but I am advanced. If you are advanced, you are qualified to harvest, and I will eat meat and let you drink soup. I will even be shameless and not give you any soup. Drink, you go drink cold water.

The announced 22nm product is another major technological step forward, which is the guillotine hanging directly over the head of Tunghsu Technology's chip industry. If Dongxu Technology further improves its chip manufacturing technology, it will directly lead on a large scale.

Not only does the production process enter the era of below 30 nanometers, but it also directly reaches 22 meters and enters the threshold of the more advanced next generation, which will kill you with a stick.

Even if this stick cannot be beaten to death, then let the chip enter the sub-20nm era and continue to fight.

I don’t believe that Dongxu Technology can handle such a combination of punches, not to mention that now they directly block your throat and set a jam on the photolithography machine. As a cook, you only have a knife in your hand. In addition, there are no ingredients for any of them. I don’t know how you cook. If you have the ability, you can cook with air.

"How many nanometer lithography machines can we produce with the technology we currently have?" In the highly confidential small conference room of Dongxu Technology, several experts in the research and development of lithography machines, as well as Ye Rongrong, the executive director of Dongxu Technology, all asked in it.

"45 nanometers, and the yield rate is not high. At the same time, many parts need to be imported from abroad. At present, relevant domestic companies simply do not have the ability to produce these parts." The leader of the R\u0026D room said with a frustrated look.

To be honest, most of Dongxu Technology's chip industry is currently supported by top-notch chip design. The production tool lithography machine is particularly expensive, and the main force of production is still lithography purchased from abroad. Machines, self-produced photolithography machines are simply not available.

The comparison between the two is like the gap between mobile phones many years ago and current smartphones. This is not something from the same era that has no shame to compare with others.

Especially when Intel announced that the next generation of products will reach the 22nm process, this proves that their lithography machines have reached the 22nm level. Otherwise, how can we produce 22nm chips without 22nm lithography machines? .

This is information that was proactively exposed by others. Anyone who is not a fool will understand that they are confident that 22nm will be mass-produced. Then the technology below 20nm must have been mastered, and even the lithography machines have been produced and are ready to be put into use.

This is why after Intel launched the 32nm process and announced that the next generation will be a 22nm process, Tunghsu Technology tried to purchase a 25nm lithography machine from ASML.

In addition to really wanting to buy, there is actually an element of testing in it. The other party's response undoubtedly made Dongxu Technology very frustrated.

The message conveyed by the other party in response showed that I already have a 25nm lithography machine in hand, and even more advanced ones.

So now the gap between Dongxu Technology and others in terms of lithography machines is like a car race. Originally, you could still see the opponent's taillights, and there was still hope of catching up. In the end, who would have thought that someone didn’t step on the accelerator at all? Now that they are serious and just step on the accelerator, how can you catch up and overtake them when you can’t even see their taillights?