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Chapter 174

One day two months later, in a university.

Liu Yu is the son of Liu Xiang. He is 18 years old today. He has just entered university and majored in microelectronics. One of his future employment opportunities is in the chip industry.

The reason why he chose this major was also influenced by his father. His father has been in the semiconductor industry for 20 years. Since he was sensible, he has learned many stories about the semiconductor industry from his father.

I know that in my country in 1965, the Chinese Academy of Sciences developed a 65-type contact lithography machine. At that time, the ASML lithography machine giant had not yet been established.

It is also known that in 1980, the precision of the fourth-generation distributed projection lithography machine of Tsinghua University was as high as 3 microns, which was close to the international mainstream level.

And I know that Wuhan No. [-] Radio Components Factory, which was originally the top enterprise in this area in my country, collapsed in a price war with foreign friends, and was finally forced to transform to sell breakfast.

These histories have been told by his father and uncles visiting the house when he was young, and they are almost rotten in his mind.

Therefore, he also had a dream since he was a child, that is to be able to work in the semiconductor industry like his father when he grows up. Of course, he not only wants to be an ordinary employee, but also wants to be the most core research and development module, which can revitalize China's chip industry .

Many people also had dreams when they were young, dreaming of being scientists and astronauts, but when they grow up, their basic dreams have become to earn more money.

But Liu Yu is not. He has been persevering on this road. With his excellent grades, he was admitted to Xidian University with a major in microelectronics. The major ranks among the top five in the country, and he has taken another step towards his dream.

Of course, he usually likes to pay attention to information related to chips and semiconductors. Foreign countries often report good news, but domestically, he does not see too many good results.

In recent months, the development of the domestic chip industry has really inspired him. It is possible to mass-produce 5nm chips, which has reached the most advanced level in the world. In this way, many domestic electronic products can use our own chips. So he was so excited that night that he didn't fall asleep much. He chatted with his roommate at night and joked that it seems that we can't wait for us to save the Huaxia chip industry, and it will rise by itself.

The roommate also joked, it seems that we chose the right major. With the rise of China’s chip industry, more talents in the field will be needed in the future, so they will be very popular when they graduate. It is just around the corner to marry Bai Fumei and reach the pinnacle of life. .

Liu Yu smiled. Compared with his roommate, because of his father's work in this field, he was more proud of this matter.

So what he thinks is that he has finally stood on the same starting line with others, hoping to maintain it and not to be led by others.

After all, he knows that we have not been tied before in history, but so what, it won't be soon led by others, and a high-tech company on his side can only change careers to sell breakfast.

So it's worth being happy to catch up for a short time, but it's meaningless if history repeats itself. He doesn't want to start pushing a car to the side of the road within two years after graduation, thinking about chip wafers, and shouting Sell ​​fried dough sticks and biscuits.

After finishing class today, he habitually checked to see if there was any new news in this regard. After all, there were always good news from the Chip Alliance during this period of time. Let's see if there would be some pleasant news today as well.

As a result, the first item that appeared made his heart tremble: Sanxing chip broke through the 3nm level and has begun mass production.

Liu Yu knows that Sanxing is essentially owned by Eagle Sauce, no matter in terms of equity or top-level control, so it is able to realize the research and development and mass production of 3nm, which has a large part of the credit for Eagle Sauce. It means that the eagle sauce has reached this level.

"Is it so fast?" Liu Yu frowned slightly, thinking to himself.

In the 80s of the last century, it took several years to be defeated at any rate. This time the tie took less than three months. Will it lose its advantage again?
He read the comments below, and he also had a lot of regrets:
"Is this going to be overtaken again? There was an uproar some time ago, and I'm still wondering if I can hold on for a while longer."

"It's a pity. Although we did a good job, the opponent is really too strong. It's an honor to lose."

"The performance of the mobile phone brand on the other side of the ocean is going to improve again. It seems that there have been estimates that 3nm mobile phone chips can directly reduce power consumption to 5% to 15% compared with 30nm, and the performance can also be improved by 30%.

It’s awesome, so many games will not be stuck, and the hot situation will be much better. "

"Hey, a lot of electronic products that can't reach this level will be eliminated, especially in the civilian field. There are better choices. Who would choose 5nm? It's a pity that we finally made a breakthrough. .”

But there are some optimistic ones:
"It's okay, we have upgraded from 14 nanometers to 5 nanometers so quickly, and I believe it will not be too long for 3 nanometers."

"Yes, there are still many application scenarios that are not so sensitive to size performance, and our 5nm still has a wide range of application scenarios."

"This is not necessarily the case. The smaller the size, the more difficult it will be. Moore's Law is invalid in the field of high-end chips. I don't know how long it will take to catch up with this wave."

Liu Yu is generally optimistic about this matter, but it is a pity and worry after all. Unless you overtake others or at least be on the same level as them, otherwise others can take away a lot of your applications even if they just overwhelm you. market.

Especially in areas sensitive to price and performance, such as mobile phones, they are still dominated by others, and they can use various strategies. It is really difficult to overtake.

Liu Yu sighed softly, forget it, this is not something he can control, all he can do is to learn professional knowledge well, maybe one day he can control something in such a battle situation.

He put away his phone and went to eat in the cafeteria. His father, Liu Xiang, seemed very happy two months ago for some unknown reason, and he called him all the living expenses for this quarter, and there was an extra 2000.

He doesn't usually spend money recklessly, so now that he has a lot left in his card, he ordered an extra steak as a small improvement.

After eating, his stomach was full, he took a rest and didn't rush to leave, so he took out his mobile phone to check the news, but the top message made him messy:
'Domestic high-end chips have broken through the 2nm limit, have completed R&D testing, and will start mass production in the near future, which is an epic breakthrough for the entire chip industry. '

(End of this chapter)