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Magic City, Huaxin International!

As the largest and number one chip manufacturer in China, there is no doubt about the importance and status of Huaxin International.

It is no exaggeration to say that Huaxin International has a strategic position in China. This can be seen from its name starting with Huaxin, the core of China!

This is also true. Huaxin International is the only manufacturer in China that has the most advanced photolithography machines, the most advanced chip manufacturing technology and manufacturing capabilities.

Although these advances lag behind foreign countries by four to five generations, others are 3 nanometers, and Huaxin International is still working hard on 14 nanometers, but it is the most advanced in China.

There are not many chip manufacturers in China, most of them are tens or hundreds of nanometers, and 14 nanometers is undoubtedly the ceiling level.

Although Huaxin International's market value is only over 300 billion, well, it can't compare with those mobile phone ODM manufacturers, let alone those major Internet companies with a market value of trillions, but its importance is that those mobile phone ODM manufacturers and major Internet companies are the best. Can't catch up either.

When the market environment is not good, mobile phone ODM manufacturers and major Internet companies can do nothing and work hard on their own. However, if Huaxin International is not in good condition, the country will immediately organize forces to rescue the situation, and there is no room for failure.

At this time, a group of people gathered around Huaxin International's sample line. People from Huaxin International, Zhongzheng Company, and Huake New Materials all sent out capable teams.

Huake New Materials is the boss and the R\u0026D boss personally led the team; Zhongzheng Company is led by Yu Longguang and chip R\u0026D boss Ke Lan; Huaxin International is the host, and the technology boss Meng Song is here.

The chip field seems to be fiercely competitive, with new processes appearing or entering next-generation chips in half a year. However, in the photoresist field, the cycle is very long, and it usually takes one to two years of testing to enter batches.

As a photoresist second only to EUV lines, Arf line photoresist can almost meet the process manufacturing requirements of all chips above 10 nanometers. Therefore, at this stage, Huaxin International actually has no motivation to test a new Arf line. Line photoresist is basically purchased directly from Xiaolijia.

However, when the new Arf line photoresist of Huake New Materials came out, Huaxin International organized the company's core strength to arrange testing, and technical boss Meng Songdu personally followed up.

Not for anything else, just to be able to be independent!

The establishment of Huaxin International did not sprout in mainland China, but came from the island and was separated from TJD, the world's largest chip manufacturer.

Technology and equipment are largely inherited from TJD.

Therefore, regarding technological innovation and material substitution, Huaxin International feels the same as Zhongzheng Company, wishing to replace them all immediately.

Therefore, when Huake New Materials made a request to test their Arf line photoresist, Huaxin International agreed without thinking and arranged to do it as quickly as possible.

Mr. Ke, why do you have time to go there in person today?

Meng Song, the technical boss of Huaxin International, asked Ke Lan with a smile.

Although everyone on the production line was wearing clean clothes and couldn't see each other's faces clearly, with only two eyes exposed and covered by blindfolds, it didn't stop Ke Lan from feeling that Meng Song was talking with a smile.

It seems that photoresist material substitution has been verified, and Lao Meng feels much better.

The thought in Ke Lan's mind changed and he immediately put it aside and replied: Such a big thing as domestic material testing is certainly worthy of my coming to see the scene.

Meng Song said, I think Mr. Ke is drunk and not interested in drinking. His real purpose is to keep up with the research and development progress of your dual-chip stack, right?

Ke Lan immediately asked: Then where is the progress of our dual-chip superposition research and development?

Meng Song was startled. Good guy, you are still so direct. He coughed twice and said: The photoresist material supplier is still in trouble. The photoresist and supporting processes we are currently using are not up to your company's dual stack chip. According to the requirements, after the circuit is engraved, it is easy for the circuit to collapse during the cleaning process.”

After hearing this, Ke Lan suddenly fell into deep thought and said subconsciously: Is it still a problem with the lithography machine?

It's good to have an EUV lithography machine, and it shouldn't be a big problem.

Meng Song shook his head and explained: Our most advanced photolithography machines now use deep ultraviolet light sources, and Arf line photoresist can meet the needs of the process. However, the Arf line photoresist we use at this stage is a wet method. In terms of technology, making a single chip is not a big problem, but making double-stacked chips is prone to circuit collapse. We are still trying to overcome this part, or looking to develop a dry lithography process.

Ke Lan took a deep breath and said nothing.

While the two were talking here, the coating process of Huake New Material's new Arf line photoresist had already begun in an orderly manner on the line body, and the photolithography process had begun.

A few people watched for a while and saw that the process was proceeding normally. Except for the necessary technical personnel to follow up and the people from Huake New Materials to follow up throughout the process, most of them stopped watching the scene, walked out of the workshop, and worked in the conference room outside. While waiting for the results.

The day passed quickly.

In the evening, when everyone who had been working overtime and waiting was praying that everything would go well, bad news came from the workshop.

Dear leaders, the circuit diagram is not clear enough! The resolution is not enough!

Huaxin International's technical staff introduced the situation, stated their judgment results, and then asked: Will subsequent tests continue?

At this time, a group of people from Huake New Materials who came out of the workshop followed them into the conference room, with expressions of loss and frustration evident on their faces.

As professionals, after knowing the result, they also knew that there was no need to conduct subsequent tests.

Sure enough, they soon heard the decisive denial from Huaxin International's technical boss Meng Song: No, the clarity and resolution are not enough, and the wafers produced are not up to standard.

OK!

Seeing the boss speaking, the technician immediately responded and then went down.

In the conference room, the three parties looked at each other. After a short silence, the boss of Huake New Materials cheered up and said with a smile: Thanks to Mr. Meng, Mr. Yu, and Mr. Ke for their strong support. This failure is our fault. If the material performance is not up to par, we will go back and analyze the reasons in depth, formulate improvement measures, and strive to produce improved products as quickly as possible for the next test.”

No one from Zhongzheng Company said anything. Meng Song, the technical boss of Huaxin International, said: Clarity and resolution are due to excessive scattering and diffraction of deep ultraviolet light sources by your photoresist. This part should be given sufficient attention and research.

Yes, we will find a way to solve this problem. The boss of Huake New Materials immediately expressed his position.

At this time, Yu Longguang on the side suddenly said: Mr. Lin, I remember Mr. Zhou from Feiyang New Materials talked about this issue. Looking at it now, it seems that he saw some signs at that time.

this……

Lin Liqiang, the boss of Huake New Materials R\u0026D, was immediately embarrassed when Yu Longguang said this, and he even couldn't get off the stage.

He never thought that the Arf line photoresist they had carefully developed for many years would fail the test this time. After all, there were no problems whether it was big data simulation or empirical calculations.

The boss of Huake New Materials immediately smoothed things over and said, I can't even see it.

Meng Song, the technology boss of SMIC, was a little surprised when he heard this, and asked: Mr. Zhou of Feiyang New Materials, who is it? Are you also a photoresist person?

Yu Longguang's words made him immediately restore the scene in his mind. It seemed that someone saw the problem with the Arf line photoresist tested by Huake New Materials this time and reminded the people of Huake New Materials, but the people of Huake New Materials did not take it seriously. Something happened.

Judging from the fact that the current test failed, the other party does have sharp vision and amazing strength.

Not for making photoresist!

The boss of Huake New Materials immediately replied: The other party only put forward his own opinions on the photoresist material and did not mention our company's Arf line photoresist.

This was also the case, so he felt it was necessary to clarify that when they picked out Huake's new materials, Meng Song could not be mistaken for thinking that they came to Huaxin International for testing even though they knew there was a problem.

Once Meng Song has a misunderstanding, the future of Huake New Materials will be difficult.

Does Mr. Meng know about Feiyang Optics?

At this time, Yu Longguang asked.

Meng Song thought for a while and replied: I have an impression. Is it Feiyang Optics, the company sanctioned by Yingjiang that makes optical materials?

Yes!

Yu Longguang nodded and continued: Feiyang New Materials is the parent company of Feiyang Optics. Mr. Zhou is the founder of these two companies. His name is Zhou Feiyu. He is a young man who is only 28 years old and has extraordinary technical strength.

As he spoke, he also explained what he had just asked Lin Liqiang: Just the day before yesterday, Zhou Feiyu went to Huake New Materials for a technical exchange at my invitation. At that time, he proposed reducing the scattering and diffraction of light by photoresist. . So when you mentioned this issue, Mr. Meng, I was wondering if Zhou Feiyu could see it at that time, but he just couldn't say it clearly?

The boss of Huake New Materials laughed a few times and said, I think it's impossible.

Meng Song was stunned when he heard this.

Ke Lan, the director of chip research and development of Zhongzheng Company, was a little stunned when he heard it. After reacting, he smiled and said: I hope it is true. This is a great thing for us!

Meng Song also reacted and smiled with interest: If it is true as Mr. Yu said, then he is a rare talent.

The other party saw the problem before a material was tested. This is undoubtedly a symbol of strong technical strength. Not to mention the field of photoresist, there are only a handful of such talents.

This matter was revealed in this way, but it left a deep impression on everyone present.

Nanjiang County, Feiyang New Materials Company.

Zhou Feiyu, who had returned to the company to handle matters, received a consultation from Zhongzheng's R\u0026D team on the same day about the new display solution for the new flagship of the M series. However, he did not deal with it immediately, but began to develop another new material.

Tianfeng Chemical and King Materials want to talk to me?

Soon, Zhou Feiyu received two other news reports.

Yes, boss, the calls personally made by Tian Feng Akio, the boss of Tian Feng Chemical, and Michael Roman, CEO of King Materials, look very sincere.

Xiao Weidong replied.

Looks sincere?

Zhou Feiyu raised his brows and said with a smile: I think you are being honest, right? These people believe in strength. Now that they come to worship the mountain, I am afraid that the person who comes here is evil. Maybe they have some evil intentions.

Xiao Weidong nodded in agreement: Indeed, they are the ones who keep their word. Even if they have equal strength, they will still come to fight you. If you can't beat them alone, then fight as a group. Only those who are far stronger than them, they Only then will I sit down and have a serious talk with you.

Zhou Feiyu said: Since they want to talk, let's talk. Let their leader come and talk to me in person.

Xiao Weidong smiled and said, Okay, I'll notify them right away.

At this moment, Xiao Weidong was in a very happy mood.

Since Feiyang Optical's strong support from Nanjiang County, its production capacity has rapidly increased. In addition to satisfying the needs of Hualong and Zhongwei, a large number of shipments have also been shipped to terminal companies and agents, and Wangzhe The price war for materials is also in full swing.

Tianfeng Chemical, which ranks second, can no longer sustain itself and will soon close its optical materials branch. Tianle Materials, ranked third, has also fallen into losses and I believe it will not be able to sustain it for long.

As for King Materials, there is indeed no sign of weakness at present, but Xiao Weidong believes that they, who are used to living a wealthy life, cannot sustain it for too long. He believes that King Materials will be driven out of the domestic market in three months to half a year.

After all, no one wants to trade at a loss, not even users, nor King Material itself.

FY-01 is a polymer optical film whose performance exceeds that of the king material. It is also cheap. Users vote with their feet and have to invest in Feiyang Optics.

As for the low production cost of FY-01, Xiao Weidong thought it was outrageous in his heart. It could actually be even lower than that of his old club Diguang, which is far superior to the king's materials.

Xiao Weidong has calculated that the current real cost of King Materials' polymer optical films should be about 50% higher than the material cost of his old employer Diguang. This is the result of more than half a century of cost optimization.

Under such circumstances, how can King Materials compete with Feiyang Optics?

If you don’t have users, you keep burning money, and your opponents are still making money, how can you win?

So, you, King Materials, vigorously sanctioned us and took the initiative to launch a price war. Now that you are riding a tiger, why don't you come to negotiate with us?

But in Zhou Feiyu's mind, he had another guess: You should talk to me about the electronic grade PI material.

Electronic-grade PI materials are the highlight, and optical materials are just their younger brothers.

You want me to talk to him in person?

After receiving the reply, Tian Toyo Akio was furious at first, but soon calmed down and ordered: Book a ticket for me and leave for China tomorrow.

Michael Roman's attitude was completely different. He was just a little unhappy, and then rejected the proposal, and arranged for Susan Creer, director of global business solutions, to say: Susan, you go to China for me.

Susan Kriere was stunned for a while, but she had no right to refuse, so she had to agree: Okay, BOSS, I will follow your arrangement.

As soon as the two families discussed, Tian Toyo Akio expressed his objection: Mr. Roman, I think you did not truly evaluate the other party's character and strength. Just appointing Ms. Susan to go there will not produce good results, and the other party may even refuse to meet.