Scholar's Cultivation System Panel

"This time they issued a joint statement so quickly and showed such a decisive attitude. They must have received some favorable news." When the conference room fell into silence, an executive sitting on the left said: "Maybe. I plan to put my hopes on the lithography machine developed by the Academy of Sciences."

Allenkov was in a bad mood, and it was the first time this had happened to him as CEO.

Now that I heard someone express an opinion, my mood suddenly calmed down a little and I looked at him.

Hearing all these words, after thinking for a moment, he affirmed and then asked.

"I'm afraid your analysis is correct. During this period, they have been really good at developing high-end lithography machines."

“Do you think we can still keep these orders?”

"It's very difficult to be frightened." The executive shook his head and frowned: "First of all, it is impossible for us to cancel the regulations that have been issued, and it is impossible for the other party to change their mind about purchasing chips."

Although the words revealed a negative attitude, he changed the subject immediately after saying this.

"I still don't think they can produce high-end chips. As long as this condition cannot be met, our position in the semiconductor field will not be affected."

As the words fell, the minds of other people present suddenly became alive and they spoke enthusiastically.

"It is impossible for them to achieve an independent high-end chip manufacturing industry chain. When those manufacturers can't find alternative sources of high-end mobile phone chips, they will definitely choose to sign purchase contracts with us."

"The entire industry chain involves so many companies. How can it be completed in a short time?"

"We certainly cannot revoke the documents released. Since they want to find alternatives, let's see who is the anxious one in the end."

"Even if they develop a photolithography machine, without the assistance of powerful EDA industrial software, the performance of the chip they design will not be high."

If Anrenkov was nervous when he first received the news, he calmed down completely after hearing what everyone said.

Thinking about it carefully, his worries were indeed unnecessary.

Even if those manufacturers issue a joint statement not to purchase chips, the time they can persist is limited.

No matter what, we have to find a way to solve the chip problem.

Otherwise, the company's market value will only continue to shrink and it will be completely defeated in this industry.

Therefore, losing orders is also temporary.

In addition, he and the executive had the same view. It was undoubtedly a dream for Xu Yun to create an extreme ultraviolet lithography machine.

After all, this is the result of many years of research by a large number of scientific researchers, so it is not so easy to study.

If they are still unable to solve the problem of extreme ultraviolet lithography machines, they can only continue to purchase their high-end chips.

What's more, in addition to photolithography machines and photoresists, EDA industrial software for chip design and testing is equally important.

This is equivalent to having double insurance.

Thinking of what Xu Yun had boasted about in the interview, an idea quickly came to his mind.

In any case, in such a short period of time, it is absolutely impossible for the extreme ultraviolet lithography machine to be delivered this year.

I really trust my own judgment on this point.

When Xu Yun is unable to produce an extreme ultraviolet lithography machine, they will be able to use some means to expand their influence.

By then, as long as you have a more relaxed attitude, you will definitely be able to regain the lost orders.

With his thoughts stuck here, he looked around at everyone and said, "ASML has made a decision to send people to Xu Yun's lithography machine project through exchanges and learning. I believe they will expose this beautiful lie."

After expressing their attitude, no one else in the conference room said anything more.

There was no look of worry on his face.

After all, it is also the world's top chip company. Naturally, it will not admit its mistakes until things become reality.

The brief meeting turned from shock to calmness without causing much disturbance.

Anlenkov announced the end of the meeting, and Qualcomm did not take any action after the company executives present left one after another.

The status quo is still maintained online, and there is no public response.

But everyone knows that under the seemingly calm appearance, the global semiconductor field is already full of undercurrents and a storm can break out at any time.

It is very likely that the entire industry will usher in huge changes like the battery market.

As for the time when the storm will break out, it is the date given by Xu Yun in a previous interview.

Now there are only a few months left after all calculations have been made.

In other words, if Jincheng Optoelectronics Technology Research Institute does not successfully deliver its first extreme ultraviolet lithography machine by then, it will be a heavy blow to the entire domestic semiconductor field.

The most important thing is that from now on, you will be more controlled by others.

This has focused almost the world's attention on Xu Yun and the Institute of Optoelectronics Technology.

However, domestic netizens are extremely optimistic about this, and a large number of supportive comments can be seen on related topics.

We are all looking forward to this day.

It seems that as long as Xu Yun promises something, there will be no failure.

Of course, Xu Yun didn't care about paying attention to things online at this time. After returning to Jingzhou City, he first arranged things at home, and then hurriedly took a plane to Jincheng within two days.

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"How is the progress of our project? Have there been any mistakes during my absence?"

February 27, 2021, Jincheng, conference room of the Institute of Optoelectronics Technology.

Xu Yun, who just came back from Jingzhou City yesterday, has quickly recovered his identity as the project leader. As soon as he arrived at the office in the morning, he held a project meeting to sort out the current progress.

Although he trusted the strength of Luo Changhui, Yang Jing and others, he still erred on the side of caution to ensure that no mistakes were made.

In fact, after he used brain overclocking to solve several major problems faced by extreme ultraviolet lithography machines, the research and development of the entire project has been on the right track, which is equivalent to entering the fast lane.

All the people behind the wheel need to do is hold the steering wheel and let it reach the finish line smoothly.

Originally, he didn't need to do anything himself and could spend more time accompanying Chen Shihe.

However, because of the incident with the door frame robot, the enemy was so anxious that he jumped over the wall and used this disgusting method.

As the situation becomes increasingly urgent, we can only find ways to speed up the progress and deliver the first extreme ultraviolet lithography machine as soon as possible.

Especially after Chen Shihe learned about this from the Internet, she also urged him to complete important things first.

At this moment, Luo Changhui, Yang Jing and other core project personnel felt inexplicably relieved when they saw Xu Yun coming back.

After all, it was Xu Yun who solved the problem of the extreme ultraviolet lithography machine. Now that it is left to them to continue to be responsible, it is inevitable that there will be a lot of pressure on them, for fear that the project will not be able to complete the acceptance and delivery on time due to accidents.

But with Xu Yun here, it seems that all difficulties disappear, and even if there is an emergency, Xu Yun can solve it.

As the atmosphere in the conference room became noticeably more relaxed, Yang Jing stood up first to report his progress.

"Professor Xu."

"This is the latest project completion progress, please take a look first."

Then he handed the document to Xu Yun with both hands.

Xu Yun didn't think too much after hearing this. He took it and started reading the contents carefully.

As he expected, the project progress was still progressing step by step during his absence in Jincheng.

No time was wasted.

According to the current progress, I believe it will not take long before the photolithography machine can be completely assembled for testing.

At this time, Luo Changhui next to him also smiled and spoke softly while Xu Yun was checking the documents.

"In order to ensure the progress of the project this time, most of the researchers at the institute did not take holidays for the Spring Festival. I believe that the delivery of the first domestic extreme ultraviolet lithography machine will be completed before autumn."

As his words fell, everyone else in the conference room also looked happy.

Everyone knows the importance of this project. In addition to increasing their qualifications by completing it well, the project team will have no problem winning the National Science and Technology Award.

And this is all thanks to Xu Yun, who is currently sitting in the main seat.

Before Xu Yun was not responsible for the extreme ultraviolet lithography machine project, the institute was already researching lithography machines.

Even a lot of money has been invested in this.

However, the progress is really unsatisfactory, and so far we have barely managed to conquer the 28nm chip.

It is far from overseas 7-nanometer or even 5-nanometer chips.

It is simply impossible to get a voice in the semiconductor field.

But after Xu Yun joined, earth-shaking changes took place. Not only did he take the lead in solving the most important extreme ultraviolet light source, he also successively found the design solutions for the optical projection system and mask, and successfully finalized the first extreme ultraviolet lithography machine.

After all this, no one in the entire institute was not convinced by Xu Yun.

Xu Yun didn't know what everyone was thinking. After hearing Luo Changhui's words, he raised his eyes and turned his head and replied:

"Everyone is really busy during this period. We will take a break after the project is completed."

"I don't want a vacation. Besides, everyone is very excited about the work at hand. They are all holding their breath and want to quickly build the first extreme ultraviolet lithography machine."

"Even if we have a holiday now, I guess no one would want to take a rest." Luo Changhui explained with a smile, worried that Xu Yun would misunderstand.

What he said is indeed true. It is a very rare opportunity for everyone to participate in such a national key project, especially now that we can see the results right before our eyes.

In this case, who would choose to take leave? If the project is completed right after leaving, wouldn't it be a direct loss?

After all, I have been busy for so long, and I must witness the first EUV lithography machine pass the test with my own eyes.

Xu Yun didn't think much, he nodded and looked at everyone again.

"I think everyone should know what has happened recently. Our current situation in the semiconductor field is very urgent. We must advance the delivery time of the first high-end extreme ultraviolet lithography machine as much as possible."

Needless to say, Xu Yun knew that Luo Changhui, Yang Jing and others must also know about the doorframe robot.

Therefore, there was nothing to hesitate, and they immediately expressed their opinions.

"Professor Xu is fully responsible for the project, and all personnel in the institute will follow your arrangements. The more the enemy does not believe that we can build an extreme ultraviolet lithography machine, the more we must let them take a closer look."

"That's right, Professor Xu can arrange it if you need anything."

"Everyone has long wanted to feel proud. They have been bullied in the semiconductor field in recent years."

"Professor Xu has developed high-end photoresist. As long as we assemble the entire photolithography machine here, we can immediately carry out chip manufacturing and testing."

Xu Yun took everyone's performance seriously, especially Luo Changhui, an academician, who also kept a very low profile. He was naturally very satisfied with this. After all, what was needed most at this time was the unity and cooperation of the entire project team.

With his thoughts stuck here, he cleared his throat and continued.

"With everyone's support, I believe the project will be fine, and if nothing else goes wrong, it will definitely be delivered in the summer."

“The past situation of being restricted by others in the semiconductor field will no longer exist.”

"Everyone should still finish their work on time. I will stay in the office until the photolithography machine is assembled. If you need anything during this period, you can come to me at any time."

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The meeting lasted for about half an hour, and everyone's faces were filled with relief.

It can be said that he is confident.

It is worth mentioning that Xu Yun did not rearrange everyone's work.

It can be seen from Yang Jing's documents that everyone has completed their work very well.

There was no emergency.

This shows that the existing arrangements are very suitable.

So just keep things as they are.

In order not to delay everyone's working time, Xu Yun announced the adjournment of the meeting after the meeting was almost completed.

Everyone stood up and left one after another, and soon Xu Yun and Luo Changhui were left in the conference room.

Seeing that Luo Changhui didn't seem to have any intention of leaving, Xu Yun thought that the other party might have something to say alone, so he temporarily stopped his movements and asked the other party actively.

"Academician Luo."

"Do you have any more questions?"

At the meeting, as the project leader, he only focused on work, but privately he had great respect for seniors like Luo Changhui.

Luo Changhui slowly raised his gaze when he heard the shouting, and could see that his somewhat cloudy eyes were slightly red.

Emotions kept boiling in my heart.

After a pause for two seconds, he took a deep breath and expressed the truest thoughts in his heart at the moment.

"I'm really grateful to you, Professor Xu. If it weren't for you, the domestic lithography machine project would still be far away."

"You turned around our situation in semiconductors."

Speaking of this, Luo Changhui felt quite sad. Previously, as the person in charge of the lithography machine project, although he led the team very hard to develop a high-end lithography machine to completely solve the problem of not being able to manufacture high-end chips in China.

However, an ideal is an ideal after all, and there is a huge deviation from reality.

Although a lot of national funds have been spent over the past few years, the lithography machine technology has successfully made progress, but compared with the level of overseas lithography machines, it is simply not at the same level.

It cannot solve the situation in the domestic semiconductor field at all.

He also blamed himself very much for this.

In fact, when Hou Shengchang decided to invite Xu Yun to be the project leader, he was a little unconvinced.

Of course, this does not mean that he is reluctant to be the project leader, but he does not believe that Xu Yun, at such a young age, can really make a breakthrough in the lithography machine project.

Although Xu Yun's performance is very good and he has made achievements in fields such as materials, artificial intelligence, and optoelectronics, the complexity of the lithography machine is absolutely unimaginable.

The total number of parts is in the hundreds of thousands.

However, this thought did not last long in his mind.

After seeing that Xu Yun had a light source manufacturing plan in a short period of time and successfully passed the test, he realized what a right decision the dean had made in specially inviting Xu Yun from Peking University.

Later, Xu Yun successively solved the problems of lithography machines, making the delivery of domestic extreme ultraviolet lithography machines possible.

In addition to admiring and admiring Xu Yun, he was even more grateful.

Especially the incident with the door frame robot during the Spring Festival holiday gave him a new understanding of Xu Yun's terrifying strength.

No wonder Xu Yun was able to win the special prize of the Science and Technology Progress Award alone.

It can be said that he believes Xu Yun's words very much, and the first extreme ultraviolet lithography machine will be delivered on time this summer.

"Academician Luo, this is the joint effort of all of us, and overseas countries will soon see the terror of this force."

The corners of Xu Yun's mouth slightly raised with a warm smile, and his eyes calmly watched Luo Changhui say this, without taking all the credit on himself.

He relied on brain overclocking to solve important problems in lithography machines such as light source projection systems and masks.

But he alone cannot assemble the entire lithography machine, which requires the assistance of project members.

When Luo Changhui heard these words, he was slightly startled at first, and then quickly realized it and put a smile on his face.

Then he stood up and said, "I'm also looking forward to what kind of reaction overseas will have."

"I think it must be very exciting." Xu Yun replied.

After the meeting, everyone quickly got into the mood and cooperated with each other to complete the assembly and debugging of the lithography machine according to their own work content.

In the next few months, the Institute of Optoelectronics Technology stopped publishing any news online and made every effort to speed up the progress of the project. This made the Internet finally calmer than it was some time ago.

However, as this year is about to pass halfway, no news about domestic extreme ultraviolet lithography machines has been released. This has made some manufacturers and netizens start to worry about accidents.

Thinking that if domestic extreme ultraviolet lithography machines cannot be manufactured, then they must accept those terms and continue to purchase high-end chips from overseas companies, so the previously issued joint statement becomes a joke. But there is nothing that can be done about it, other than watching the huge company decline.

For this reason, high-level meetings of major manufacturers are held more and more frequently.

However, since there is really no way to get the latest news, everyone can only wait patiently.

In this way, time quickly entered June. With the joint efforts of all members of the extreme ultraviolet lithography machine project team of the Institute of Optoelectronics Technology, the first domestic extreme ultraviolet lithography machine was finally assembled and debugged.

There is no doubt that this is a day worth celebrating for everyone, and the hard work for such a long time has finally paid off.

However, the news was still kept confidential and was not immediately announced to the outside world.

Because the extreme ultraviolet lithography machine has been debugged and assembled, it is not yet a true success.

The wafers also need to be etched with photoresist for chip manufacturing testing.

Only when the test is successfully completed and the corresponding yield rate is achieved, can this extreme ultraviolet lithography machine truly meet the requirements and can be officially delivered for use.

In order to witness this milestone moment, in addition to all the directors of the research institutes who were members of the project team, Hou Shengchang, the president of the Academy of Sciences, also flew to Jincheng as soon as he got the news.

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