But photolithography machines were not so easy to deal with.
Because developing chip technology is different from photolithography machines, a photolithography machine is a very tight and complex piece of machinery, and the lower the nanoter level of the chip, the higher the precision required from the photolithography machine. Such highly precise chanical technology had not yet been mastered by any dostic tech companies to date.
Even national-level research institutions were unable to achieve it.
Yet, Principal Ding claid that their photolithography machine experint project at Mist City Arts and Science University could do it.
"Principal Ding, we’ve been friends for years, you can’t be joking with about this!" Wang Liwu said, sowhat incredulously.
"Mr. Wang, I consider you a friend as well, so of course, I wouldn’t be kidding. The specifics, however, will need to be confird in a eting later. How about I get back to you afterward?"
Ding Yue said, smiling calmly.
"Alright, alright, Principal Ding, please go and confirm as soon as possible. If... if it really is possible, that would be a great mont for our dostic photolithography machines!"
Wang Liwu said, very excitedly.
It’s important to understand that many of Guoxing Technology Group’s photolithography machines, etching machine equipnt, and the like used for manufacturing chips were originally purchased from abroad. But with the increasingly intense suppression from the foreigners toward Xia Country, it has beco difficult now to even want to acquire a photolithography machine.
Without the machinery, what could they use to produce chips?
It was exactly for this reason that Xia Country was facing a severe chip manufacturing crisis today!
"Okay, you wait for my news."
After saying this, Ding Yue hung up the phone.
Then, Ding Yue returned to the eting room.
Looking around the eting room, you could see Tong Yihang, Liu Tiefei, Luo Peng, Su Beilin, Xu Bin, Yang Jie, Ding Xiaoyou, and a group of the most badass personnel from several of Mist City Arts and Science University’s top specialties all gathered here.
"Everyone, please take a seat, we are about to start the eting."
After sitting down in his seat in the conference room, Ding Yue said to everyone, "Each of you here is an elite among elites, a trump card among trump cards of Mist City Arts and Science University. Everyone gathered here is working hard on the photolithography machine experint project, and I have seen your efforts and hardships over these years."
Everyone was very quiet.
"Alright, let get straight to the point."
Ding Yue beca serious and continued, "As everyone knows, our Feiyue Future New Energy Vehicle’s presale was very successful. Now the car factory is nearly completed, and mass production plans are about to be formally implented. However, we only have an order for 200,000 chips from Guoxing Technology Group, but we have nearly reached presales of one million Feiyue Future New Energy Vehicles."
"That ans we still have a huge gap in our chip supply needs."
Luo Peng, the teacher, said.
"Principal Ding, do you an..." Tong Yihang seed to understand Principal Ding’s point.
Short on chips, ant they needed to make chips, and to make chips, naturally required the critically important machine, the photolithography machine.
"Exactly."
Ding Yue imdiately nodded, his face serious as he said, "The photolithography machine experint project has been researched by our university for many years, and we have invested a lot of funds. I think you are all very clear about what step you can achieve, right?"
"Principal Ding, let give a summary."
Teacher Luo Peng, as the main person in charge of the photolithography machine experint project, and also the most authoritative person, stood up to speak.
"Please, have a seat. Tell us while sitting."
Ding Yue imdiately gestured for Teacher Luo Peng to sit and speak.
With a slight nod, Luo Peng sat down and then said, "Principal Ding, we are currently going all out researching a 5 nanoter level process technology for photolithography machines and exploring a 3 nanoter level process. For 7 nanoter level process technology, we also have a grasp, but I think it’s not yet very mature. As for the photolithography machine of 14 nanoter level process technology, we are already able to master its application technology maturely. Manufacturing a photolithography machine of 14 nanoter process technology, I don’t think it’s a problem."
"Good, then you are saying, we can manufacture a 14 nanoter process technology photolithography machine?"
Ding Yue asked with great satisfaction upon hearing this.
"Yes!"
Luo Peng’s response was very definite.
"Photolithography machines for the 14-nanoter process technology present no challenge anymore. It’s the 5-nanoter and 3-nanoter ones that are more challenging, hahaha."
At this mont, Ding Xiaoyou said with a laugh.
Although Ding Xiaoyou was only one of the participants in the photolithography machine research project, she was very aware that her team was very strong. Everyone was a genius, and it was only a matter of ti before they conquered the 5-nanoter, even the 3-nanoter process technology photolithography machines and chips.
"That’s good because our Feiyue Future New Energy Vehicles would be sufficiently equipped with 14-nanoter chips, but we don’t have much ti left, so we need to collaborate closely with Guoxing Technology Group."
Ding Yue nodded.
At this ti, if he were to build a factory to manufacture photolithography machines and then produce chips, that would take a significant amount of ti.
Too late.
Furthermore, although 14-nanoter chips are the mainstream for many electronic devices, in a few years, the 7-nanoter and even the newly released 5-nanoter chips will beco the new norm. So countries have already begun to use the 7-nanoter chips on a large scale.
Like the smartphones from Fruit!
Therefore, Ding Yue had no plans to set up his own 14-nanoter chip factory for the ti being. He had the support of Guoxing Technology Group.
To lay out the semiconductor industry, Ding Yue was ready to take the high-end route. This way, there would be the strength to compete with foreign enterprises.
Like the Als Group, which was excellent at making photolithography machines, and the Island Accumulation Electricity Group, which was strong in chip manufacturing!
Moreover, since starting now would be late for supplying Feiyue Future New Energy Vehicles, Ding Yue was prepared to work with Guoxing Technology Group for the 14-nanoter process technology photolithography machines.
"I agree with this point."
In the eting room, An Yujia was the first to support Principal Ding’s idea.
"Hmm, that is a solution."
Xu Bin also nodded and said, "We provide the technology for the 14-nanoter process photolithography machines, while Guoxing Technology Group provides manpower, material resources, and even financial support. That way, we can quickly start the production of dostic 14-nanoter photolithography machines."
The group realized it was indeed wise to collaborate with Guoxing Technology Group first.
Because when it cos to photolithography machines, Mist City Arts and Science University and Feiyue Group were still in the research phase. Expansion wasn’t so simple.
Think back to the establishnt of the graphene industry; it took almost a year and now the new energy vehicle industry. The car factories had just been completed. If they were to establish a 14-nanoter process photolithography machine industry now, it would take at least another year or more.
But the Feiyue Future New Energy Vehicles couldn’t wait that long.
"Alright, then it’s decided. We will collaborate closely with Guoxing Technology Group on our 14-nanoter process photolithography machine technology. In the future, we will layout in the high-end chip domain. Miss An, you need to start preparing for this part."
Ding Yue saw everyone agreed and turned to instruct Miss An.
"Okay, Principal Ding."
On hearing this, An Yujia imdiately nodded.
"As for the specifics, Teacher Luo Peng, based on the situation, divide our team into two groups; one will be responsible for manufacturing and producing 14-nanoter process photolithography machines with Guoxing Technology Group. The other can continue researching our 5-nanoter level to strive for producing our dostic high-end chips sooner. Do you think splitting into two groups will be too much pressure?"
Ding Yue made the arrangents, then asked Luo Peng.
"I don’t think it will be too much pressure. We have mature mastery over the manufacturing of 14-nanoter process photolithography machines. I will go back and make the necessary arrangents as you’ve instructed, Principal Ding."
Luo Peng thought for a mont and replied earnestly.
Because Luo Peng also felt that this bifurcation strategy suggested by Principal Ding would indeed be more efficient.
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