Chen Nian didn't lament Zhang Rui's experience for too long - no, it should be said that this was not an encounter for him, but retribution.
Then there is no need to worry.
Therefore, in fact, there was not even a trace of excitement in his heart. He just secretly thought that there should be many situations like him and his family in the country.
When all these people are cleansed, will the domestic economic and financial environment be truly on the right track.
However, this is not something you should worry about.
The group of experts represented by Chen Feiyun will handle it.
The most important thing for him now is to cooperate with the white paper given to him by Chen Guo, to help the country, and to quickly seize the leading position in the space vacated by the United States.
The more positions you can take while taking advantage of the opponent's defeat, the easier future battles will be.
Where to start?
Battery? Rare earth? food?
Just as he was silently planning in his mind, Li Xiang suddenly complained:
"By the way, have you noticed that mobile phones are getting more and more expensive nowadays?"
"As technology develops, it should become cheaper and cheaper. Guess what, when I looked at the mobile phone that day, it actually cost several thousand yuan!"
"There are a bunch of functions that I don't know what they are used for, as if they are taking advantage of me. I don't even know what those functions are used for."
Chen Nian's mind was not here. When he heard his words, he just answered casually:
"There's no way, it's Qualcomm tax."
"Qualcomm tax? What the hell?"
Li Xiang asked inexplicably.
Chen Nian suddenly came back to his senses.
He suddenly realized that there was no such thing as a Qualcomm tax these days.
After all, Qualcomm’s main development now is still in base station chips.
Their business has not yet expanded to terminal products such as mobile phones on a large scale, because smartphones that require powerful chip performance have not yet appeared.
This may be an opportunity.
It's April 2006, and there's still a full year before Apple releases its first true smartphone next year.
If our own company can seize this opportunity and release smartphones first, then it is very likely that we will have the final say in the smartphone market in the future.
And, it means more than that.
For a smart device that will have the most applications, the largest impact, and the highest popularity in the future, its long tail effect is extremely amazing, and the benefits generated by technological fission must also be considerable.
Even its small changes will affect the development of countless related companies.
Just now I was still thinking about which position to choose. Now it seems that the smart terminal market is an important position, isn't it?
Thinking of this, Chen Nian suppressed the chaotic thoughts in his heart and answered:
"Qualcomm is a company. They have many patents and charge a lot of money in the field of mobile phones and communications, so the price of mobile phones has been driven up."
"This is the so-called Qualcomm tax, but this term is not yet popular."
Hearing Chen Nian's words, Li Xiang nodded thoughtfully, and then he asked:
“So in what areas are Qualcomm’s patents mainly located?”
"A lot. Including communication protocols, chips, transmission equipment, etc."
"To put it simply, they can be seen in fields related to communications and intelligence."
"Oh, that means that if we want to bring down the price of mobile phones, we have to kill Qualcomm first?"
"That's too complicated, so forget it. With this size, it might be another mountain-moving project. The mountain-moving project hasn't been completed yet, right?"
Chen Nian frowned slightly, then relaxed.
He shook his head slightly and replied:
"It's not finished."
"However, the scale of this project should not be that big."
"We just need to address the core issues."
"As for taking down Qualcomm, someone will take action."
After bidding farewell to Li Xiang and returning to his residence, Chen Nian immediately sat down at the table and began to prepare his next plan.
Obviously, the "core issue" mentioned by Chen Nian refers to the chip.
But in fact, he wants to go one step further and directly hit the lithography machine.
The reason is very simple. According to the historical experience he gained from his previous life, in the field of chips, the most serious problems we are stuck in are EDA and lithography machines.
EDA, on the other hand, does not involve too many "hard obstacles" in nature.
In other words, it is a direction that can produce results by spending money.
In the final analysis, there is only one most difficult thing, and that is the lithography machine.
Once the problem with the lithography machine is solved, the dilemma of the chip problem can be easily solved.
Because it can not only solve the core chip manufacturing problem, but can also be used as a condition of exchange for more things.
Thinking of this, Chen Nian spread out the white paper and began to write down his judgments one by one.
Objectively speaking, in this era, the development of the domestic chip industry is extremely backward and the prospects are slim.
Although the so-called Hanxin incident was stopped after Chen Nian gained influence because of Chen Nian's status as a time traveler, the weak foundation still makes the development of this industry extremely slow.
A typical manifestation is that SMIC has even built its ninth factory, but its production standards are still stuck at the 300 micron level, not even touching the nanometer threshold.
Under such circumstances, if you force yourself to use a nanometer-level photolithography machine, the likely results will be:
The technology is available, but the infrastructure and craftsmanship are insufficient, resulting in scientific researchers looking at the drawings in disbelief.
To solve this problem, the first thing to do is to bring up the basic technology.
But the problem is that the basic industries involved in chips are too cumbersome and complex. If we break through them one by one, I don’t know how much time it will take.
The best way is to use "flagship projects" to stimulate industrial development.
For a moment, Chen Nian couldn't help but fell into a conflict.
This is a complete paradox.
If you want to develop a photolithography machine, you must first develop the basics.
But to develop the foundation, the lithography machine project must exist.
He let out a long sigh and thought to himself:
Sure enough, there are some things involving underlying rules that cannot be solved even by cheating.
Otherwise, just throw the problem out and let the Spark team solve it?
yes!
Why do you have to put everything into your own hands?
If all problems can be solved by oneself, then why do we need Spark?
The idea is clear.
Chen Nian suddenly had a smile on his face.
So, he opened the system non-stop and began to study the analytical source point requirements of the lithography machine.
Now, he has 6.8 source points in his hand, which he managed to save after the last mountain-moving project drained him dry.
According to the system prompts, the source points required by the 3nm lithography machine have reached 19 points.
Even if it is 5nm, it has reached 16 points.
The only thing that is within the acceptable range is 20nm-level photolithography machine technology.
Only 5.2 source points are needed.
Compared with the 10nm and below technologies that he was used to in his previous life, it seemed a bit underwhelming, but when he thought about it, this was a photolithography machine after all.
Even 20nm technology only matured after 2014.
In 2007, the S5L8900 chip used by Apple was still 90 nanometers.
Take it out now, eight years ahead of schedule, which is enough.
With this foundation, even if domestic lithography machine technology has seized the opportunity, it should be able to continue to develop without the need to continue to analyze it.
This is the most cost-effective solution.
Chen Nian calmed down for a moment, and then started analyzing without hesitation.
A huge amount of information poured into his mind, and it took him 4 hours to absorb it all.
Then, he picked up the phone and dialed Chen Guo's number.
After the call was connected, he said:
"Professor Chen, I have a big problem here and I need your help to solve it."
"How difficult is it? I can't say, but I believe you guys can handle it."
A few days later, in an office of SMIC.
Zhang Rujin sat behind his desk with a wry smile on his face. While flipping through the documents in his hand, he asked:
"Professor Chen, the thing you brought here today won't be the same as Hanxin last time, right?"
Chen Guo, who was sitting opposite, smiled, shook her head, and replied:
"Of course not, this time it's a real good thing."
"You don't have to look for answers from me first. Take a look at this technical document. I believe you will have the answer yourself before long."
Hearing Chen Guo's words, Zhang Rujin nodded reluctantly and continued reading.
In fact, he knew very well that the question he just asked was impolite, but he couldn't help but ask.
Because the Hanxin incident had a huge shadow on the domestic semiconductor industry. Although it was stopped in time, the "scam time" that lasted for more than a year still left a deep impression on everyone.
Some criminals even saw opportunities and thought that as long as they repeated Hanxin's route, they could defraud funds like Hanxin.
Therefore, in the past few years, there have been countless scammers trying to defraud people with fake technologies. Many of them even have official backgrounds. At first glance, there are almost no flaws.
Who knows if Professor Chen in front of me is also the same liar?
Although he has the endorsement of the Office of Civil Development, the Office of Civil Development is a newly established department after all, so maybe they have also been deceived.
With this idea in mind, Zhang Rujin quickly flipped through the documents in his hand page by page, trying to find several obvious flaws.
But until he turned to the last page, the expected flaws had not yet appeared.
This surprised him.
So, he turned the document to the first page again and officially began to try to "read" rather than simply "browse" the document.
And when he really took in the content, something even more surprising happened to him.
Not only did he not see any flaws in this document, but he also found many extremely cutting-edge theories and technologies.
Moreover, these theories and technologies are only applied to a very small range.
In other words, they are not advanced enough compared to the entire document
Zhang Rujin became more and more surprised, and soon, he read the document for the second time.
Then came the third time.
When he finally closed the document, his eyes had completely changed.
He stood up suddenly and rushed to Chen Guo, looked at Chen Guo excitedly and said:
"Professor Chen, is this thing for us? Is it free?"
"Is this a technology export from the Office of Civil Development? I heard that infrastructure projects also have technology export, is it the same for us?"
Hearing his words, Chen Guo smiled slightly and did not answer directly. Instead, she asked:
"Can you confirm the authenticity of the technology?"
Zhang Rujin nodded repeatedly and replied:
"I'm sure, I'm sure!"
"This thing may not be perfect, but it can't be fake!"
"If you give it to us, we guarantee that within five years, we will be able to cooperate with various departments to build the photolithography machine discussed above!"
"That's not okay."
Chen Guo immediately shook her head, and then continued:
"Five years is too long. If you only have this kind of efficiency, then this thing can't be given to you."
Zhang Rujin was stunned for a moment, not knowing how to answer.
Are you kidding me? Five years is still a long time?
You know, the entire SMIC is still at the micron level in the field of chip manufacturing, and it does not have complete photolithography machine production technology.
To assemble a photolithography machine, most of the parts still need to be imported.
In this case, do you want to directly build a 20nm lithography machine?
Not to mention whether the ability can keep up, even if the ability can keep up, the parts you want to buy will not be available!
Because even the most advanced Samsung chips still use 45-nanometer level photolithography machines, and they are still in the laboratory stage.
In the past five years, I have been talking big words to get this technology.
In fact, my real plan in my heart is to get the things first, and then take my time step by step.
Anyway, it’s just a procrastination. You can’t take back what you’ve given away, right?
But now, Professor Chen across from me actually said that five years is still a long time?
That means that they have a clear plan for the development of this technology, and it is very likely that they will not be able to take advantage of it.
Thinking of this, Zhang Rujin said:
"Professor Chen, this is what happened."
"I also know that the current development of our chip industry is urgent, but in many cases, the development of things has its own inherent laws."
"For example, the matter of photolithography machines is not something we can just do."
"Where do the parts come from? How to prepare the process? How to produce the equipment? How to deal with high-precision processing? These are all questions."
"It does take time to solve the problem step by step."
"Then I don't care."
Chen Guo interrupted Zhang Rujin resolutely, and then said:
"This document not only includes the technology of 20-nanometer lithography machines, it should be said that it contains a complete set of solutions to the technical difficulties of lithography machines."
"We can accept that you cannot develop 20-nanometer technology within the stipulated time, but at least you must come up with next-level technology."
"For example, 90 nanometer technology can be solved within one year, 45 nanometer technology can be solved within two years, and 20 nanometer technology can be solved within three years."
"And, going forward, you will have to break through to 10 nanometers and 5 nanometers."
Zhang Rujin stared at Chen Guo dumbfounded, and after a long time, asked in an unbelievable tone:
"How to do it?"
"That's your problem."
"We will only sign an agreement with you in the form of a bet. If you are willing to take on this task, then the support of funds, resources, and talents will continue to flow."
"However, if we fail to achieve our project goals, our penalties will be severe."
"Mr. Zhang, you always dare to bet. Do you dare to take a gamble this time?"
After hearing Chen Guo's words, the expression on Zhang Rujin's face suddenly calmed down.
It was as if his previous excitement and panic were all fake.
After thinking for a moment, he said:
"It's a bet."
Chen Guo nodded with satisfaction, quickly took out the document from her bag and handed it over.
He secretly thought:
Chen Nian forced Xinghuo, Xinghuo forced me, and I forced Zhang Rujin.
As for how Zhang Rujin solves this problem, it depends on his ability.
However, given Zhang Rujin's background, there is a high probability that he will start with the Yankees and the island.
He had done this before when he founded SMIC.
If you do it again now, you should be very skilled, right?
Very good, only Lao Meihe. The injured world will be reached soon.
(End of chapter)
