If you cheat, money will follow

In early November.

Little Chang Jiang, who is more than three years old, is finally going to kindergarten.

With Jiang Xia's help, she put on the long-awaited princess dress.

Still wearing twin ponytails, holding Chang Le in one hand and Jiang Xia in the other, she jumped out of the door.

She had been looking forward to this day for a long time, and she was in a happy mood. She spontaneously sang a song on the way:

"Dad and mom go to work, and I go to kindergarten..."

"I won't cry or make trouble, just call me teacher..."

Chang Le and Jiang Xia smiled unconsciously when they heard Xiao Changjiang's childish singing.

"Dudu, what should I pay attention to after arriving at kindergarten?" Jiang Xia asked.

"I know, my mother has told me to listen to the kindergarten teacher and not cry or make trouble." Xiao Changjiang replied immediately.

"anything else?"

"Also...just get along well with the children and make more friends."

"Why?"

"Because dad said, the more friends you have, the easier the road will be."

"Ha ha……"

She remembered everything Chang Le and Jiang Xia said casually.

New brains are easy to use.

"Dudu, you're so good." Jiang Xia praised.

"I've always been good, Dad, Mom, let's go quickly." Xiao Changjiang couldn't wait.

She shook off Chang Le and Jiang Xia's hands and started running.

With short legs, he ran very fast and was far away in a short while.

"Dudu, run slower and don't fall." Jiang Xia shouted.

"I know, Mom, I will be careful."

And on this day, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Asml officially announced that the full mass production version of EUV, asmlnxe3400C, is on the market.

In 2012, ASML launched the world's first EUV trial product.

In 2016, the first EUV commercial graphics card manufacturing machine, asmlnex3400b, was launched.

The mass production of asmlnxe3400C marks that human integrated circuits have truly entered the era of EUV lithography.

after one day.

North America.

The International Electronic Components Conference, which was originally held at the end of the year, was held in advance.

At the meeting, TSMC announced two things.

The first thing is that the 7-nanometer improved chip based on EUV lithography machine technology is officially mass-produced;

The second thing is that 5-nanometer chips will be officially mass-produced in mid-2019.

Why so fast?

Because, in the process of ASML developing EUV, TSMC invested heavily and participated in the whole process.

When ASML announced mass production of EUV, the EUV machines were actually already in the TSMC factory and ready to run.

These events show that Moore's Law has not ended and will continue to be driven by EUV.

It also shows that the comprehensive sanctions issued by North America more than a year ago finally took effect in a moment.

For this reason, North American officials are excited about it.

Among them, the most exciting one is undoubtedly the omniscient and omnipotent person, Mr. Wang.

Since taking office, he has actually lived a very miserable life.

Because the successive sanctions and bans have become a piece of paper due to the convergence of technology across the ocean.

On the other side of the ocean, the spring breeze is still there, the peach blossoms are still there, and various industries are still advancing at a high speed amidst the spring rain, the scorching summer, and the autumn breeze.

From solid-state battery research and development to new energy policy projects, his series of executive orders have become the object of ridicule among netizens in North America and even around the world.

Now, he can finally feel proud and sing loudly.

On the day of the International Electronic Components Conference, he couldn’t wait to announce the exciting news on Twitter.

He also emphasized:

"When we focused on supporting Amsl and providing technical and financial support, some people opposed it, but we did not hesitate. We were determined and we knew they would succeed."

"No one knows lithography better than me. We have abundant funds, the best partners in the world, and the best brains in the world..."

"They worked day and night for their dreams and never gave up. Now they have succeeded, allowing Moore's Law to continue and making North America great again!"

"This is a great step and no one will forget this day no matter how long it takes."

As if by design, the day after Mr. President tweeted.

Fruit has released its latest chip: A12 Bionic.

Fruit particularly emphasized that this is the first true 7-nanometer chip in the industry.

“To date, the world’s smartest and most powerful chip…”

"It contains a 6-core CPU, a 4-core GPU, and a neural engine that handles artificial intelligence tasks and can process 5 operations per second."

On the third day, Qualcomm showed up.

They also released a 7nm chip, the Snapdragon 855.

Based on the CortexA76 architecture, it can be paired with the Snapdragon X505G modem and is targeted at the top smartphones and other mobile terminals.

Juchang?

There was no response from Juchang, they couldn't respond.

Nowadays, Juchang, which is dominating the global market with solid-state batteries and a variety of core technologies and has secured its top spot in the mobile phone market, is at risk of collapse in an instant.

With repeated exposure using a DUV lithography machine, 7-nanometer chips can indeed be made.

However, after practice, it can only be supplied in small batches and cannot be produced on a large scale.

The mobile phone in Chang Le's hand was made in this way.

Because the repeated exposure technology requires many processes, takes a long time, is expensive, has a low yield rate, and has a very low production capacity.

Magic City.

Chang Le and Mr. Ren came to Huahong Semiconductor together.

Juchang HiSilicon Semiconductor sent a dedicated team to station at Huahong Semiconductor to jointly study and find solutions to get out of the current predicament.

"At present, we are too idealistic." Chang Le shook his head and said:

"I heard Mr. Ren say, do you have stacking technology?"

"Stacking technology can increase transistor density, thereby improving performance." Liang Qingsong said:

"But you can't reduce the size of individual transistors, so energy consumption ratio becomes a prominent issue."

"Moreover, stacking two 14-nanometer chips or 10-nanometer chips cannot achieve the performance of a 7-nanometer chip, but the energy consumption exceeds that of a 7-nanometer chip. It is not ideal for practical applications."

"We still need to give up our illusions. Generally speaking, technology research and development is still linked to each other and progresses linearly. There are no shortcuts." Mr. Ren said.

"Mr. Ren, I see you are in a good mood." Chang Le said with a smile.

"Haha, we have no choice but to smile and face it." Mr. Ren said easily:

"But I still firmly believe that as long as we don't relax our thinking and don't shrink back, we will be able to win."

"Of course, there is no doubt about this. We have no choice but to win, but the process will be painful." Chang Le said.

Then, Chang Le, Mr. Ren, and Liang Qingsong came to SMEE together.

After the official mass production release of asml's EUV, it inspired the fighting spirit of all SMEE employees.

He Rongming said that the engineers voluntarily moved their beds into the laboratory and lived in the office and laboratory all the time except for eating.

A large number of major supplier companies have further strengthened their permanent teams to communicate in real time, communicate R&D details, and exchange information.