The two top core journals, Science and Nature, certified his paper so quickly and published a text message. Xu Yun was somewhat surprised when he learned about this situation. However, compared to the mediocre performance overseas, it was basically within his expectations.
In the final analysis, high-end photoresist alone cannot change anything, at least it cannot influence the pattern of the semiconductor industry.
It doesn't matter if overseas companies are confident.
Xu Yun knows this very well, but it is definitely not easy to fully localize the high-end chip manufacturing supply chain.
In addition to requiring time and funds, it also requires the continuous efforts of scientific researchers.
Fortunately, after the new high-end photoresist was confirmed, there was no new news from Shin-Etsu Chemical for the time being.
Entering May.
In addition to giving lectures at school, Xu Yun also took time to visit the artificial intelligence laboratory.
Under the introduction of the person in charge, Yan Kaiming, I learned that the research on intelligent driving is proceeding very smoothly. Relying on the intelligent model Benben with continuously increasing capabilities, many problems that were previously called difficult can be easily solved.
If nothing else, when the Pioneer solid-state battery new energy vehicles are officially launched on the market, they will be equipped with the latest intelligent driving functions.
Xu Yun was preparing lessons in his office this morning, when suddenly the sound of conversations outside caught his attention.
Hearing a familiar voice, he stopped and stood up and walked toward the door.
Opening the door on his own initiative, several figures suddenly entered his field of vision.
"headmaster?"
Seeing that the person coming was Wu Zhongping, the president of Jingzhou University, he subconsciously blurted out a question.
Feeling a little surprised.
After he became a full professor at the Institute for Advanced Mathematics at Peking University, it was naturally inappropriate for him to continue calling Wu Zhongping his mentor, so there were not many opportunities to meet him in school.
It can be said that you can count them with one hand.
Only when the school holds large-scale activities or meetings, most professors and deans will attend.
In addition to the fact that the principal has many things to do, he is not too idle.
There was nothing special today, but the principal's sudden visit to his office was unexpected.
The key is that there are other people around.
Qin Xiangxin, Department of Mathematics and Dean of the Institute for Advanced Study in Mathematics.
Xu Chongxing of the Physical Academy.
Sun Zhenghong, Academy of Materials Engineering.
There was also a middle-aged man who looked to be about sixty years old. He wore a pair of oval narrow-frame myopia glasses on his face. Although he was sure that he had never seen the other person before, he still felt familiar for some reason.
With so many big names in academia gathered together, Xu Yun knew that there must be something important without thinking.
He quickly stepped forward to invite everyone in and poured water on his own initiative.
Wu Zhongping, Qin Xiangxin and the others were naturally not polite to Xu Yun. When they walked into the office, they sat down on the sofa next to him very familiarly.
"Everyone, please sit down first. Professor Xu has no academic rules."
"Just call me Xiao Xu." Xu Yun came over with a glass of water. Hearing what Wu Zhongping said, he accepted the conversation with a smile on his face.
Wu Zhongping's greatest honor is that Peking University trained Xu Yun and was also his graduate student.
The key point is that Xu Yun doesn't have the arrogance of a young man at all.
Who doesn’t like a humble and talented junior.
Seeing Xu Yun coming over, before he could put down his water glass, he took him and introduced him to the strange middle-aged man.
"Dean Hou, this is our youngest full professor at Beijing University."
After speaking, he turned to look at Xu Yun and said, "Xiao Xu, hurry up and say hello to Dean Hou of the Academy of Sciences."
"Hello, Dean Hou."
Hearing this, Xu Yun quickly responded.
While saying hello, my mind is also running rapidly.
He is naturally no stranger to Hou Shengchang, the current president of the National Academy of Sciences.
No wonder there is a sense of familiarity.
As a person in the academic circle, he is also a professor at Peking University.
Although I have never had the opportunity to meet Hou Shengchang himself offline before, I have definitely seen his photos and name many times.
"You have entered the national key talents list at the age of more than 20 years old and have broken many academic records successively. You are much more famous than me, the dean of the Academy of Sciences." Hou Shengchang was obviously no stranger to Xu Yun and took a serious look at Xu Yun in front of everyone. He smiled and joked: "Your Jingzhou University has trained an incredible young genius scientist."
"This little guy is a monster. He just wastes his time solving math problems."
Next to him, Sun Zhenghong heard Hou Shengchang's comments and couldn't help but take over the conversation and make some complaints.
He believes that Xu Yun's talent in the field of materials is unparalleled. If he could have learned materials chemistry earlier, he might have led the materials industry to achieve major breakthroughs by now.
Room temperature superconducting materials are available.
The main development of solving the world's mathematical problems is at the theoretical level, and it is difficult to apply it in a short time.
But the time cost to invest is huge.
What's more, Xu Yun also solved two problems.
That is to say, Xu Yun's talent is outstanding enough to bring theoretical mathematics to a huge level in a short period of time.
Otherwise, people like Zhang Yitang who have spent half their lives studying twin prime numbers will definitely be a great loss to the materials community.
However, although these words were an endorsement of Xu Yun's strength, Qin Xiangxin's ears felt a little uncomfortable when he heard them.
It's okay to make trouble in front of him, the dean of the Institute for Advanced Mathematics.
The next second he retorted at the top of his lungs.
"I don't agree with what you said, Old Sun. Xiao Xu solved two world mathematics problems in a row and won the three major mathematics awards. His contribution to mankind is no worse than his achievements in materials."
“There is no application without theory.”
When he said the last words, he did not forget to look at Sun Zhenghong.
The debate between the two seemed to open up a conversation, making Xu Chongxing unable to hold back his words.
"According to me, it would have been fine if you had come directly to our institute." The tone seemed to be full of regret.
Listening to the arguments of several academic leaders, Xu Yun was crying and laughing and had to know what to say. After all, with their status and authority, it was not good for anyone.
In the end, Hou Shengchang reconciled the situation with a smile.
"Xiao Xu is an all-round talent. You have such a young genius scientist at Beijing University. I'm afraid he has a lot of fun at ordinary times."
"this……"
It seemed that Hou Shengchang had hit a vital point, and several people were suddenly embarrassed.
As the saying goes, where there are people, there is a world. In academia, in addition to relying on the academic achievements of papers, when Sun Zhenghong and Qin Xiangxin reached his age, it was based on whose students were outstanding.
Competition among universities is especially fierce.
Xu Yun was born in Jingzhou University, so naturally they often talked about it when they went to other universities to participate in exchange activities.
Even Qinghua Imperial University cannot compare with this.
Seeing that he hadn't gotten to the main topic for a long time, Wu Zhongping, who was sitting there and finishing his tea, was finally willing to interrupt.
"okay."
"Dean Hou is here for business this time, so don't overdo it."
When Xu Yun heard these words, he immediately became interested. He turned his eyes to Hou Shengchang and asked actively: "I don't know what Dean Hou is looking for me for. As long as it is within the students' ability, I will do my best." Take the lead in making it clear to the other party. own attitude.
If the dean of the Academy of Sciences can come in person, he can't think of anything else besides the project.
If this is the case, you must participate in key projects.
really.
After hearing this, Hou Shengchang's face suddenly burst into smiles.
Very pleased.
"As the youngest genius scientist to have such awareness, it is really a blessing for the country."
He reached out and patted Xu Yun on the shoulder and praised him before detailing the purpose of his trip.
"You, Principal Wu, are right. I do have something serious to do this time, and I came here from the Imperial Capital specifically for you."
"The new high-end photoresist has been confirmed, which can be regarded as filling the gap for us. We no longer need to invest too many resources in research and development. The current problem before us is the extreme ultraviolet high-end lithography machine and the entire supporting high-end chip. Manufacturing Equipment."
"We have to overcome this problem next."
As Hou Shengchang finished speaking, everyone couldn't help but fall into silence.
The emergence of new domestically produced high-end photoresists has successfully mobilized public confidence and passion.
The actual effect is limited.
Treating the symptoms rather than the root cause.
As authorities in the scientific community, they know the real situation very clearly.
Not only high-end photoresist and photolithography machines, but also the entire related industry chain equipment cannot be purchased from outside.
You must know that the entire supply chain is composed of a large number of different companies, and they all have their own technology patents.
You can imagine how difficult it would be to make everything local.
Xu Yun knew very well that he had just solved the high-end photoresist problem by chance, and Hou Shengchang came to invite him to participate in a project, which would inevitably be related to the high-end chip manufacturing field of photolithography machines.
Now that seems to be the case.
When it comes to this, there is no need to show off. It is often more efficient to go straight.
The thought stopped here, and Xu Yun immediately asked: "Dean Hou wants me to develop a domestic extreme ultraviolet high-end lithography machine?"
"That's basically what it means."
"After research, it has been decided that the institute is going to allocate resources from photoresist research to the research and development of photolithography machines. In addition to more financial support, most universities will participate to ensure the integrity of the supply chain."
"The academy is going to hire you as a researcher to take charge of the extreme ultraviolet lithography machine project at the Institute of Optoelectronics of the Academy of Sciences."
After listening to all Hou Shengchang's words, Xu Yun basically had a clearer understanding of the situation.
Each university is responsible for the research and development of various supply chain equipment or technologies for high-end chip manufacturing. He is mainly responsible for solving the problem of extreme ultraviolet lithography machines. In this way, with the addition of high-end photoresist, the entire industry chain can be localized, completely turning around in the semiconductor industry. Dominate.
Solving the problem of high-end chip manufacturing is urgent, and he has no reason to refuse regardless of whether a task will be generated or not.
This is the duty that a pure scientific researcher should fulfill.
In addition, he is not worried about the development of high-end lithography machines. In addition to being good at all the subject knowledge contained in it, he currently has enough points and eight hours of brain overclocking time remaining.
Thinking is enough to find solutions to difficult problems.
While he was thinking about this, Hou Shengchang, who was opposite him, was worried that he had some concerns that kept him from agreeing.
So he immediately added: "If you can lead the team to successfully develop an extreme ultraviolet lithography machine, the institute can give you academician status in advance."
"The only academician of the Academy of Sciences under thirty years old in the country."
"I think you should also know that with your current achievements, although it is only a matter of time before you are selected as an academician, there is a huge gap between academicians who are less than thirty years old and academicians who are forty years old."
Xu Yun really didn't expect that Hou Shengchang would give him such a big surprise, and even give him the academician chips.
Just as the other party said, his selection of academicians is indeed a certainty and there can be no bloody changes.
But according to normal selection regulations, this time is definitely still early.
If he could really obtain academician status in advance through special channels, he would naturally be more willing.
Besides, he had no intention of refusing in the first place.
At this time, Xu Yun stopped delaying and quickly expressed his attitude.
"Dean Hou, don't worry."
“What I like most is challenging difficult projects, which can help me grow faster.”
"I will go to the Institute of Optoelectronic Technology."
At this point, he also made a small request of his own.
"But I'm afraid I'm not qualified for the position of project leader. I'll leave it to the original project leader."
He is well aware of the importance of this project. I am afraid that by then the main members will all be academicians and full professors. Rather than being the person in charge and assigning tasks to them to solve the problems they encounter, it would be better to be an ordinary project member.
It's just that Hou Shengchang stuck to his point of view on this matter.
"You don't need to have any psychological burden. You are younger and can do more things than those old guys. In terms of qualifications, no one can conquer more major technologies than you."
“The replacement of a young person in charge of the project may bring unexpected surprises.”
Hou Shengchang talked to this extent, how dare Xu Yun refuse.
Speaking of which, he has never been the person in charge of such a major project.
Pressure represents motivation.
Xu Yun's thoughts stayed here and he had no choice but to agree.
"I understand Dean Hou, and I will do my best to lead the team to complete this project."
"That's good."
"I won't say anything about relief. Anyway, I believe you. I look forward to the day when the first domestic high-end lithography machine is delivered for use." Hou Shengchang finally breathed a sigh of relief with a smile on his face.
Xu Yun's ability to solve the world's mathematical problems, develop shaping fluorocarbon polymer materials, and promote the traditional lithium battery revolution has truly proven his strength. Coupled with the example of new photoresist, I believe that the photolithography machine The project will never disappoint.
As the dean of the Academy of Sciences, Hou Shengchang is undoubtedly a busy man.
The kind that is busier than Wu Zhongping.
After successfully solving Xu Yun's matter, he would naturally not choose to stay here for too long.
Then he arranged a few words for Xu Yun, asking him to find time to leave for the Institute of Optoelectronics Technology as soon as possible, and then hurriedly left Jingzhou University and returned to the Imperial Capital.
Not long after, when only Wu Zhongping, Xu Chongxing, Sun Zhenghong, Qin Xiangxin and others were left in the office, their eyes were all focused on Xu Yun, looking at him carefully.
For a key project of this level, it is not easy for them to serve as project leaders even if they are academicians.
However, Xu Yun, who was less than thirty, in addition to being a full professor, now also had the additional status of a distinguished researcher of the Academy of Sciences.
It’s really hard to stop being envious.
At this moment, Xu Yun met the slightly fiery gazes of several people, and couldn't help but feel a little frightened in his heart.
I asked subconsciously.
"Is there something on my face?"
Unfortunately, several people did not answer. They smiled and sighed and also stood up and walked out of the office.
"Why was I so stupid when I was young? It seems I didn't become an associate researcher until I was in my thirties."
"How enviable."
"If our school can produce an academician who is less than 30 years old, the faculty ranking will probably be no worse than Qinghua's."
After hearing these words, Xu Yun couldn't laugh or cry.
He didn't go out to see them off. He turned back to his seat and considered the matter carefully.
The professional title evaluation of the Academy of Sciences is different from that of universities. According to regulations, associate researcher is basically equal to associate professor.
As a specially appointed researcher, he is considered worthy of his status.
Further up are the academicians.
He will also be promoted to first-level professor at that time.
The Institute of Optoelectronics Technology of the Academy of Sciences is located in Jincheng, and going to take charge of the project this time is considered a long business trip.
Fortunately, he doesn't need to worry too much about company matters, and he can solve problems remotely.
With Chen Shihe accompanying her mother at home, she would not feel bored.
On the other hand, the plan to have a child needs to be carried out as early as possible. In addition to giving the mother more spiritual support, it will not put too much burden on Chen Shihe's body at his current age.
Otherwise, after thirty, you will become an advanced maternal age.
In fact, although Chen Shihe and her mother did not say it explicitly, they usually expressed their desire to have children.
So before going to Jincheng, this matter can be properly arranged.
After roughly considering the events of the next few days, Xu Yun did not choose to stay in the office, but returned home to prepare to inform his family first.
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Allocate resources from the photoresist project and join forces with major universities to participate in the research and development of the domestic high-end chip manufacturing industry chain.
Xu Yun is in charge as the person in charge of the extreme ultraviolet lithography machine project.
The series of changes can be said to be big news for the entire semiconductor industry.
It is very likely to bring about changes in the semiconductor industry.
Mainly, every time Xu Yun comes into contact with a project, it will lead to earth-shaking changes in his field.
For example, the battery industry and the field of artificial intelligence.
Now that Xu Yun has finally set foot in lithography machines, this is definitely not good news for a company that firmly occupies the vast majority of the world's share.
However, domestic netizens were completely different. When the relevant news was reported by the official, they were all excited.
Many people have long hoped that Xu Yun could solve the problem of photolithography machines. However, because the technology involved is too huge, more people do not have high hopes for Xu Yun.
But as Xu Yun continues to create miracles, and now he has successfully synthesized a new type of high-end photoresist, it seems that the time has come when the time is most ripe.
The state of netizens can be described as a kind of fanaticism.
Even if someone put forward a more conservative view and believed that even if Xu Yun participated, it would be impossible to solve the high-end chip manufacturing problem 100%, the result was that the comment was blocked as soon as it was posted.
"We have finally waited for this day. With Professor Xu in charge of the research and development of photolithography machines, we will definitely be able to produce results."
"It should have been so long ago."
"It seems that this time we are determined to develop high-end lithography machines. This battle is really not small."
"Believe in Xu Shen."
“Being able to directly put Professor Xu in charge of this major project shows that the higher-ups attach great importance to Professor Xu, and it seems that we can look forward to taking action.
"It is not that simple to realize the localization of high-end chip manufacturing. We should not have high hopes. We are really worried about what will happen if Professor Xu fails to complete the project by then."
...(End of chapter)
