Go to Beijing, SMIC International Building.
This is the headquarters of SMIC. In his previous life, Xu Zhou once came here to give academic reports and discussions.
If we say that the top scientific research team in Longguo, apart from Longke Academy, the rest is the most comprehensive team of SMIC.
In the previous life, due to various technological blockades and technological oppression by the United States, SMIC could only stay in China and missed the golden period of development.
Now that he came here again, Xu Zhou felt a sad mood.
But he quickly dismissed the emotion in his heart.
It will never happen again in this life, and his rebirth must have brought about a new twist.
Dragon Kingdom will break the technological blockade, and SMIC will also ride on the wind and set sail. The future stage must be based on the world, representing Dragon Kingdom to conquer the world.
At this time, Liu Zhongmin took Xu Zhou into the special elevator and went up to an office on the 26th floor.
After entering the door, Xu Zhou saw an old man with gray hair with his back to the door. At this time, he was looking at the calligraphy and paintings hanging on the wall.
Hearing the movement behind him, he turned around immediately.
After seeing Liu Zhongmin, he immediately stepped forward to shake hands happily.
"Minister Liu, please make a trip!"
Liu Zhongmin smiled and shook his head:
"Stop being so polite to me. Your status is more sensitive than mine. Not many people know me, but there are many people who know you."
"Haha, just kidding, I'm almost at the age where I'm about to retire, and these people won't be able to stare at me for a few days anymore."
After saying this, the old man looked at Xu Zhou aside, his eyes revealing great joy.
"Is this Chief Engineer Xu who spoke at today's press conference?"
Liu Zhongmin smiled and nodded.
"Xiao Xu, this is E Liangfei, the chairman of SMIC. Lao E, this is Xu Zhou, the chief engineer of the lithography machine project of our Long Institute of Science and Technology!"
"Hello, Mr. Lin!"
Xu Zhou took the initiative to shake hands. Facing the old man in front of him, he still admired him very much.
It has brains, structure, courage, spirit, and a full sense of national responsibility.
After the Dragon Kingdom was suppressed by technology in the previous life, it can be said that among all companies except the Dragon Kingdom official, this old man fought until the end.
Even if Shangxin was liquidated, he never gave in.
This alone is enough to kill 90% of other entrepreneurs in an instant.
"XCMG is young and promising. I have been watching the press conference just now. Your remarks are very shocking. If there are more talents like you in Longguo now, our future will be much easier!"
"I'm telling you the truth, I'm just doing what the people of the Dragon Kingdom should do."
At this time Liu Zhongmin interrupted and said:
"Lao Yi, don't underestimate Chief Engineer Xu. Strictly speaking, all the designs and principles of the current lithography machine project were completed by Xiao Xu alone. As for us, we are just executors."
As soon as these words came out, Yi Liangfei showed a surprised expression.
He knew Liu Zhongmin's temperament well, and the two of them had been dealing with each other for more than a year or two.
Although this man spoke politely, he was very proud at heart. As one of the top leaders in scientific research in many fields in the country, there were not many people who could admire him enough to take the initiative to introduce him.
And now Liu Zhongmin introduces Xu Zhou like this, which shows that he truly admires him in his heart.
What surprised him even more was the content in the words.
He naturally knew about the lithography machine plan. Not only did he know it, he even knew the key to it.
Longke Academy and SMIC have recently been negotiating the issue of mobilizing several production lines, which is about this issue.
But now Liu Zhongmin told him that the lithography machine was not developed by a team, but by the young people in front of him who completed the research and development alone!
This is simply appalling. You must know that this is not a simple CD player! It’s a photolithography machine!
If this were said by anyone else, he would definitely laugh out loud now!
The Dutch company Asma can produce photolithography machines, but it was developed together with the United States, the Netherlands, Sakura and other countries many years ago. It took a scientific research team of hundreds of people several years to come up with it. The crystallization of technology!
And now, a scientific research genius from the Dragon Kingdom who looks less than thirty has overcome all the problems alone?
Yi Liangfei slowly took a breath of air and looked at Xu Zhou again.
"Sure enough, there will be a person like this in every era, and what he does is destined to go against heaven."
"Haha, right? I didn't believe it at the time. When Lao Zhou brought it over, I almost cursed him..."
The two sat down while chatting.
Xu Zhou on the side was a little embarrassed by what he said, so he could only sit down and take a sip of tea.
After chatting for a while, Yi Liangfei got down to business.
"Minister Liu, actually the reason why I bother you to come here this time is because of an unexpected incident."
Liu Zhongmin looked a little more serious, nodded and said:
"If you have any questions, just say it. We are all old acquaintances."
Er Liangfei sighed and said:
"I know that Longke Academy is now confident in making low-nanometer lithography machines, but have you ever thought that the lithography machine alone means that the chip road is still not fully autonomous!"
"this……"
The two looked at each other in surprise, but Liangfei did not stop and continued talking.
"Chip production, the photolithography machine is only one part of the production process, but don't forget, the chip design and concept update is the beginning!"
"When it comes to this, we have to mention one company! That is the American company Synopsys!"
At this time, Xu Zhou frowned and subconsciously said:
"Synopsys? The leading EDA monopoly company?"
Xu Zhou of Synopsys knew about it, but he never made any breakthroughs in lithography machines in his previous life, so he only paid attention to this area.
At this time, Liangfei nodded and said:
"Yes, it's Synopsys, the leading monopoly company in EDA!"
"Not long ago, we received a call from the United States. Synopsys has determined that it will target our chip...or that it will target the purchase quantity limit of EDA for the entire Longguo market, and the purchase price needs to be renegotiated! "
"And the price... is likely to be more than two or three times the previous price, while adding a series of restrictions."
When Liu Zhongmin heard this, his expression suddenly changed.
"So much difference!"
"Yeah..." Yi Liangfei said with a bitter smile:
"Their goal is not to make money, but to cut off our chip access. Because our chip contract with the United States is currently interrupted, that's why they are targeting the Dragon Country market like this!"
Xu Zhou also frowned tightly at this moment.
Speaking of the entire production process of chips, if we go into details, a chip must be designed from the very beginning.
Chip design is equivalent to the foundation. After the design is completed, it passes simulation testing. Production will not begin until there are no problems in the end.
EDA is a software that must be used for chip design. Synopsys is the world's largest and most popular EDA manufacturer, also called Synopsys. It is a purely American company that specializes in EDA solutions, digital chip design, and information technology. Security services and more.
It can be said that as long as it involves chip design, this company's software EDA is an unavoidable hurdle.
Some people may say that it is just a piece of software. With the functions that others can design, can’t Long Guo develop one by itself?
Indeed, the number of people engaged in the IT industry in Longguo is one of the largest in the world. It is not difficult to simply design a piece of software.
But the reason why Synopsys' EDA has become a necessity is not simply because of this software, but because of its database that circulates in the design field of the entire world.
Once the blessing of this database is lost, the software will just stare blankly.
To use a simple analogy, software is a kitchen that everyone can build themselves.
But the key thing about it is that it controls the supply of most of the raw materials for dishes in the world. Even if you build a kitchen, you still can't make delicious meals without raw materials!
At this time Liu Zhongmin said in a deep voice:
"Their request?"
Yi Liangfei paused, glanced at Liu Zhongmin and Xu Zhou, and finally felt helpless.
"Long Guo publicly apologized for the failure to renew the chip contract, apologized for neglecting Ms. Raimondo, and finally..."
"Accept the contract renewal conditions of the United States!"
"What if we don't agree?"
Hearing this, Liang Fei could only smile bitterly and said:
"Terminate all contract renewals in the Longguo area!"
