Reborn 80s

Connie’s failure in the field of lithography machines has long been doomed!

Since Neon failed in the semiconductor field, it was destined that Connie would also fail in the lithography machine field.

Previously, Neon dominated the global semiconductor market.

However, Neon's share of the global semiconductor market is now declining.

And Neon does not occupy a significant position in the field of semiconductor manufacturing.

Chen Huaiqing clearly realized that Connie's era was coming to an end.

Liu Xinran looked at what Chen Huaiqing wrote on the paper and suddenly realized: "Connie's photolithography machine business will be unsafe if it continues to develop like this!"

In normal times, Liu Xinran really didn't pay much attention to the lithography machine.

Just know that Mota Microelectronics is quite strong in the field of lithography machines, and the lithography machines it produces are at the advanced level globally.

Anyway, Sixiang Technology has never fallen behind when it comes to Chenxing's product upgrades.

Every year, Sixiang Technology releases a new generation of chips, and the performance of the new generation of chips is bound to be better than the previous generation of chips.

Just like on computer chips, Sixiang Technology and Itel are going back and forth.

Although less attention is paid to subdivided industries, there is still a lot of attention to the semiconductor industry.

Neon is collapsing in the semiconductor field!

Yes, it's a rout!

Let’s talk about computers. Neon’s computer brand used to be quite strong.

But now, except for Tianyuan Electronics, other brands are not performing well in the market.

And what’s going on with Tianyuan Electronics?
To put it bluntly, they are Chinese enterprises with neon enterprise brands.

Neon is quite famous globally. It has the second largest economy in the world. Are you kidding me?
After 08, China's global influence has obviously increased by leaps and bounds.

In addition to the promotional role of the Olympic Games, during the economic crisis, the whole world saw China's strong economic strength.

Strength is the basis for gaining the right to speak!

Liu Xinran: "Are you planning to take over Connie's photolithography machine business?"

Chen Huaiqing smiled and shook his head: "No need!"

In fact, Chen Huaiqing had planned to win over neon companies to join forces for warmth, but after thinking about it, it was a bit unrealistic.

First of all, Neon's companies are simply unreliable.

As for acquiring Connie's photolithography machine business, it is not necessary.

Its technology does not have a great promotion effect on Mota Microelectronics.

In this case, with the money from this acquisition, it is better to continue investing in research and development.

"Isn't Connie's photolithography machine business quite strong? You're not even interested!"

Chen Huaiqing: “For us, it’s just useless!”

Or, for anyone, it’s useless!

Connie's lithography machine business is rooted in Neon's industrial system. That is to say, once someone acquires its lithography machine business, it will actually be inseparable from Neon's other companies.

It still has to be built in Neon.

Among the enterprises in China, only Mota Microelectronics may be slightly interested.

But now, Motta Microelectronics is not inferior to Connie in terms of lithography machine design, and is even stronger than Connie.

It’s just because of the horizontal limitations of the domestic supply chain system...

Now Mota Microelectronics attaches great importance to supporting enterprises in the domestic supply chain, but it also actively integrates into the international supply chain.Anyway, it walks on two legs, inside and outside. Even if the supply from abroad is cut off, although it will have an impact, it will not be said to be collapsed all at once.

So now that Motta Microelectronics acquires Connie's lithography machine business, it will not improve itself.

As for seizing the market...

Lithography machines face very few market entities, just a few companies.

Let’s not talk about Mota Semiconductor, they wear the same pants as Mota Microelectronics.

As for companies like Itel, PMC and Samsung...

Itel previously placed many orders for lithography machines to Mota Microelectronics, but now it is obvious that Itel has increased its support for ASML.

For the research and development of EUV lithography machines, Itel and a number of semiconductor-related companies in North America are now betting all their money on ASML.

Connie and Murtagh Microelectronics are excluded.

Regarding the research and development of EUV lithography machines, Mota Microelectronics has already initiated the project. It has been going on for several years. The technical difficulty is indeed very high, but the progress is not without progress.

At this time, the EUV technology route for lithography machines is not the only route.

In other words, there are many technical routes, and you have to find the correct route through research and trial and error.

Although Connie has not entered into the research and development of EUV technology, it does not feel that there are any problems with its current technical route, and it even has great development prospects.

In fact, this is indeed the case. The step-scan projection lithography machine has not yet reached its limit, and there is still a lot of potential to be tapped.

Anyway, as far as Chen Huaiqing knows, the immersive step scanning projection lithography machine seems to be able to manufacture 10nm chips.

As for 7-nanometer or even 3-nanometer chips, EUV lithography machines are required.

So what will the next generation of EUV lithography machines be?

It might be possible to see it only in the 40s and [-]s.

Another point is the physical limits of silicon-based chips.

With the continuous advancement of process technology, humans have repeatedly broken the physical limits of past cognition.

Everyone must know that cognitive limits are not real limits.

Everyone must have had this experience. When doing something, you always feel that you are not good enough and can't do it.

But after actually doing it, it was really done.

There is a difference between self-awareness and self-realization.

My potential is greater than I imagined.

No matter how many times we break the physical limits of cognition, physical limits are real.

Silicon-based chips are about to come to an end, and it’s really unclear whether graphene chips can take over.

In fact, the academic community is already looking for alternative materials, but it is not that urgent yet.

Murtagh Holdings has also funded many basic research project teams to strengthen research in the field of materials.

Liu Xinran: "This thing is tasteless. It is really tasteless and unwilling to be discarded. It makes people confused!"

Chen Huaiqing laughed and said: "Since it is tasteless, then just don't touch it."

Often, if you get one thing, you have to give up something else.

It is impossible to say that everything is necessary.

If you choose something that is useless, there is a high probability that it will end up in your hands later.

Because it's useless, I feel it's useless. If I feel it's useless, I won't care about it. How can I develop well if I don't care about it?
In the end, wouldn’t it become a money-losing product?
As the conference ended, Chen Huaiqing was in no hurry to leave the capital. Except for visiting Mota Microelectronics, he spent most of his time at the pension fund company. (End of chapter)