Rewrite the Technological Landscape

Chapter 83 Rebirth is so unreasonable

Meng Qian met Liang Zhiguo and Zhu Weijun this time. The first thing he did was to use their knowledge and understanding of the industry to integrate some of the information he learned from later generations.

After the Huaxia chip incident, many people did not consciously understand some related information about Huaxia chip and the lithography machine industry. Meng Qian was no exception. It happened that Meng Qian himself was interested in this kind of technology industry, and it was possible to understand it. Will be more detailed than most people.

For Meng Qian at this moment, what I learned at that time is very meaningful nowadays is the development history of Asimer and the related history of the lithography machine.

Ames itself is indeed a magical company. His predecessor was a sales company. He only started to enter the field of lithography machine production in 1984. It was decades later than the United States and the neon country. Philips is a springboard, poor and inexperienced.

But he really used 20 years to achieve a perfect counterattack that no one dared to imagine, which is like the cool style of online novels.

At the moment of 2001, the current AMAX has not yet achieved a real counterattack. At this time, ASM has the ability to produce mainstream high-end lithography machines, but it is not better than Nikon, and naturally it is dozens of times ahead of Nikon. Years of accumulated resources, so at this time, the market share of Ames in the entire lithography machine is only 10%, and the boss is still Nikon.

But in a few months, Amers will officially launch the dual workbench system, which is a very influential technology they designed, but the key to really let Ames counter Nikon was in 2002.

In 2002, the 193-nanometer immersion lithography proposed by Lin Benjian, a Chinese who entered TSMC in 2000, completely changed the industry.

The technology proposed by Lin Benjian allowed the lithography machine and the entire chip industry to enter a new era. However, at that time, whether it was Nikon Canon in the neon country or GCA in the United States, this technology was rejected, even according to the memoir. It is said that they threatened Lin Benjian not to promote this technology.

Because they invested too much in the dry method, like Nikon invested tens of billions, if you let him change the technology and invest again, not all the money invested before will be spent, but they can’t prove that Lin Benjian is wrong, so they Hope he shut up.

Under such a background, Ames decisively chose to try Lin Benjian’s technique, and it turns out that he was right.

In 2004, with the launch of Asmar’s first immersion lithography machine, Nikon achieved 157nm dry lithography technology, but in terms of technological innovation, Nikon has fallen behind by a generation.

Since then, Nikon began to be beaten by Asmer.

After that, Nikon was rejected by the United States to join the EUVLLC organization. Nikon was completely defeated in the lithography machine market, and the Asim family’s dominance appeared until 2019. After that, Meng Qian didn’t know what happened, because he was reborn.

So it is obvious that 2002 will be a super important turning point in the lithography machine market. When Meng Qian was reborn, he wanted to dig Lin Benjian directly into his company when he was reborn. It is a pity that he at that time, It is impossible to go to TSMC to dig such a core figure.

Even now it’s impossible.

But 2002 is right in front of me. I can’t dig Lin Benjian by myself, so I have to do something.

“Mr. Liang, I want to ask a question. If there is a technology that can solve the technical bottleneck of the lithography machine we are encountering right now, but this technology is in the hands of our Huaxia people, and it is combined with the technology of the lithography machine made by us Huaxia people. Can a leading technology have a chance to compete with companies such as Arms and Nikon?”

Liang Zhiguo smiled, “Then it depends first on what your technology is. The core of the lithography machine is the light source and lens. If there is a huge breakthrough in the light source and lens, then I believe this technology can bring about. The competitiveness is considerable.”

“What if it is a light source or a lens? And it is the kind of technology that can advance the chip process to 60nm or even smaller.”

“Can the chip be advanced below 60nm? It can be regarded as the next generation of lithography machine technology. If we can really have such a technology and others do not, it can naturally help our China lithography machine industry to carry out a major Transformation, at that time, the key may be whether our technology can support the realization of this technology.”

“Mr. Liang, are our current lenses and photoresist imported?”

“Yes.” Liang Zhiguo responded in a low voice.

He thought that Meng Qian wanted to determine whether China had an independent lens and photoresist, but in fact, Meng Qian was to determine another thing, that is, the United States has not restricted China in this regard. Qian remembers clearly that after the United States founded China Huaxia Electronic Technology Group Co., Ltd. and Shanghai Microelectronics Equipment Co., Ltd. in 2002, it suddenly discovered that China was going to vigorously develop lithography machines, and then immediately moved out of the Wassenaar Agreement to let the relevant core Equipment companies are prohibited from selling to China.

Therefore, in the field of lithography machines, Huaxia is not only unable to buy lithography machines. On the road of independent research and development, Huaxia can not buy core components, such as Zeiss lenses, which are not sold to us.

This **** thing is the most disgusting place. It doesn’t matter if you don’t sell products, it also destroys our R&D environment.

And from Liang Zhiguo’s expression, Meng Qian can be sure that this restriction has not yet begun, at least not with such a strong start.

Basically, everything that Meng Qian wanted to straighten out was straightened out. He began to calculate in his heart that in the past history, before Amers launched the immersive lithography machine, because the level of the overall lithography machine was placed there, China The gap has not been opened too much.

According to Liang Zhiguo’s meaning, the simple horizontal ratio is more than ten years, and the actual ratio is five years. However, after the immersion lithography machine, China has begun to open the gap, and after the next generation, the gap will be even greater.

But it wasn’t just China that was opened the gap. Nikon was directly overturned.

So the China lithography machine industry at this time is just like what Liang Zhiguo said. The overall level is definitely not as good as Nikon and Asmer, but it is not that far out of reach.

So if I can give priority to Lin Benjian’s technology next year, some things may be hard to say, and it’s an advantage to grab Lin Benjian’s technology next year, because from the memoir, Lin Benjian didn’t want to compete with Amers at first. Cooperation, he is not very optimistic about this company.

His goals have always been the neon country and the U.S., but they are not happy.

Therefore, Meng Qian will take the initiative when the time comes. There will be a chance to grab this technology. After getting this technology, as Liang Zhiguo said, China’s biggest problem is whether the technology can support it.

But for Meng Qian, the U.S. has not yet used the Wassenaar Agreement stick in the field of lithography machines. This is an opportunity because he can learn from Ames, and part of the process is outsourced!

Another point is that at this time the lithography machine lens is not the only one of Zeiss, Nikon is still there. For Meng Qian, if Meng Qian is to choose a partner between Zeiss and Nikon, Meng Qian will Choose Nikon without hesitation.

The reason is very simple. The complicated historical backgrounds of China and the Neon Country also make China and the Neon Country continue to be in chaos. For Western countries, they say that by discarding it, they can completely abandon China. There is no money relationship, especially in this era when the Huaxia market has not yet reflected its value.

is the Neon Country instead, he will not be so decisive as they are, because the various exchanges between the Neon Country and China are too dense.

Coupled with the two regions that the East and the West are after all, it is logical for Amers to seek refuge in the United States, but as for the Neon Kingdom, he has always been forced to seek refuge in the United States. He has always been flattery. , Competition belongs to the attitude of competition.

If Meng Qian wants to have achievements that can change the world, he cannot rely on himself, or even on China. He has to learn from China’s One Belt One Road thinking. He needs a technology alliance, even if he pays various costs for it, as long as the alliance’s The biggest right to speak is in the hands of China.

So now Meng Qian’s thinking is very clear. Huaxia now has the basic ability to manufacture independent lithography machines. The first question that UU Reading www.uukanshu.com has to solve is whether or not to start here and how to start. And this is another reason to invite them here today.

After solving this problem, I will go to grab Lin Benjian’s right to cooperate next year. The next step is to see what is missing in the production process and go to the neighbors next door to cooperate.

Then, as long as the first immersive lithography machine can be produced and successfully used, the Huaxia lithography machine will surely usher in an opportunity at that time.

But at that time, the U.S. is likely to come, so this time, his own lithography machine must be as free as possible from dependence on the West. When he moves out of the Wassenaar Agreement to let the Neon Country ban the sale of China, these will be related to himself. Will neon companies that have cooperation or even equity transactions be obedient?

In addition, Meng Qian must learn from the U.S. to be a hooligan this time, and go crazy to apply for patents in the production of immersive lithography machines. If the U.S. wants to suppress China’s own operations, come, sit down and talk about patent infringement. .

Of course, for Meng Qian, his greatest hope is not in the immersive lithography machine. In Meng Qian’s current plan, the immersive lithography machine will definitely encounter various pressures from the United States at that time, but the immersion For itself, for Huaxia, as long as the Huaxia lithography machine can sit on the desktop of the global lithography machine format, that’s enough.

Even in order to fight against the United States, Meng Qian can give Nikon the patent for free. Nikon does not want him to be mentally handicapped, unless the United States intends to engage in China and Neon at the same time.

What Meng Qian wants is to go to the poker table first, because as long as he goes up, Meng Qian’s advantage is that he not only knows what the next generation lithography machine technology is, he also knows that the light source technology of the next generation lithography machine is EUV!

Rebirth, just so unreasonable…