Because it was backed by an electrical company, Pudong Microelectronics, which was not short of money now, proudly bought the first batch of light source equipment.
We have placed three orders for EUV light source components with a friendly price of 20 million Xia Yuan to develop 28nm EUV lithography machines.
The first cooperation, with a base price of 5 million Xia yuan for DUV light source components. After testing the performance and safety aspects, ten units were directly ordered and installation testing began.
Other concerns include chip foundries and memory manufacturing companies that have stopped selling lithography machines. This is because Pudong Microelectronics needs to concentrate manpower and material resources at this time, change the design plan and manufacturing plan, and replace the light source of the original 90-nanometer lithography machine. into products that install new light sources, as well as the research and development of 28nm lithography machines.
Within 100 days from September to December, Korean Semiconductor’s share of global semiconductor chip foundry expanded again.
It acquired GlobalFoundries before. Although it was beaten by Daxia in terms of wafer manufacturing due to its cost-effectiveness, GlobalFoundries is also one of the top ten chip foundry companies in the world.
Looking at chip foundry companies as a whole, TSMC is well-deserved to be number one, with its size more than twice that of the second-placed Korean star.
After that came companies such as Korean Semiconductor, GlobalFoundries, and UMC.
Due to its rapid development after 15 years, Xiaxin Technology is now in the middle, competing with companies such as Huahong Semiconductor for ranking.
Behind these semiconductors, US capital is still reaping the benefits. Whoever loses will gain, but they will not lose.
Xiaxin Technology, which was originally strong, was also banned from selling light source equipment and was blocked from purchasing the latest lithography machines, which cut off its upside potential.
What is very divisive is that the mid-to-high-end mobile phone market, which relies heavily on chips, is becoming increasingly popular.
Sales of Xia Weixin's flagship Mate 20 continue to rise, and currently rank first in the world in terms of monthly sales. Pingguo also supports [Boundary Monument], so sales have begun to rise steadily.
Rice's MIX 2 once again hit the high-end flagship market, but due to the conflict between brand image and product positioning, it still failed to sell at the price of a high-end flagship. Although the sales volume was encouraging, the senior management team was shaking their heads more and more.
If a listed mobile phone company fails to occupy a position in the high-end flagship business, it will not have greater room for appreciation and future.
A high-end flagship cannot be called a high-end flagship simply because of its high price.
Pingguo relies on the closed-source Pingguo system and the original intelligent program. Although it is nicknamed a fruit arcade, its brand image has been established.
Relying on the appearance design of mobile phones and extremely high-quality screens, memory and feel, Korean stars have been able to achieve success in the high-end flagship mobile phone business.
Xia Wei, from the very early D series to the mate series, focused on business and "performance buckets". At first, he regarded middle-aged business people as his main target. Later, as his technical and hardware capabilities increased, he stepped up step by step. High-end flagship.
The mobile phones of these three companies each have their own advantages and disadvantages, but they can also reflect some world trends.
Once leading fashion, the world's financial technology and cultural center has moved from Europe to the United States, and now gradually to Asia.
However, Korean stars among them have their own chip manufacturing factories. As a giant, TSMC dares not to OEM chips for Pingguo Company?
Xia Wei, on the other hand, does not have a truly stable source of chips.
Ordinary people only feel that mobile phones of the same grade are getting more expensive year by year, but if they carefully sort out the sources of parts of these mobile phone manufacturers and the changes in international power, they will feel it.
The war never ceases.
This sense of fragmentation is even worse among domestic semiconductor practitioners.
No matter whether ordinary people slander or cheer, they can't change the feeling of powerlessness.
The semiconductor industry is not about digging piles of dirt or moving bricks, it just requires working together and working hard.
Only progress in the "sinkhole" majors of basic physics, basic materials, and optical applications, as well as the upgrading of equipment manufacturing in the industry, will allow lithography machines to take a step forward.
However, in these industries, after ten years of hard work, there is not as much profit as what real estate can make in one year...
Therefore, other lithography machine components and equipment technologies of Pudong Microelectronics rely on companies with Xia Guo's asset background, such as Xia Microelectronics' etching technology and the excimer laser light source system made by Xia Academy of Optoelectronics Research Institute.
Ordinary entrepreneurs and private capital will not invest in this kind of black hole industry.
Capital is profit-seeking and short-sighted.
But on New Year’s Day, January 1, 2019, Pudong Microelectronics’ secret project was reported by the media.
It sounds like a momentary oversight. This happened to a young researcher in the R&D team. Because his parents were urging him to get married and buy a house, and he had heavy R&D tasks every day, he didn’t want to go for professional psychological counseling, so he found a man on his scarf who used to be a frequent visitor. Watch the emotional bloggers confide.
Of course, he didn't ignorantly say that he was working on the latest research and development of photolithography machines, but from the repression between the lines, coupled with his record of handing out scarves, this emotional blogger very "wittily" thought that he might have met a person. Big news.
Of course, this is a bit speculative, but at a time when the public is worried that lithography machines have been restricted for a long time, the news that the leading domestic lithography machine will make a big move has still made a lot of traffic.
Then the public saw Pudong Microelectronics’ announcement the next day.
The title is very unserious - "The cold is not cold, the blood is boiling".
But the content is very interesting.
Xiaoxue is January 5, 2019.
Three days later, Pudong Microelectronics will announce its first new product in 2019.
Now it is the shortcomings of Daxia's lithography machines that have been exposed, allowing everyone to see Daxia's technology industry that is "strong on the outside but cadre on the inside".
But at this moment, Daxia's leading lithography machine company is about to release new products.
In just half a day, platforms like Bibo, Tieba, and so on were flooded with relevant news.
After that, the news spread abroad. After many media "translations" and "translations", it was even reported that Daxia's lithography machines will completely lead the world.
"My Iceberg Beauty Wife"
However, the man immediately said: Fikonius! (referring to fake news)
But no matter what, at this moment, the world's attention is focused.
At this time, the lithography machine project is no longer a single project leading or not. Under the mutual influence of the media and the public, it has been regarded by many people as a competition between Daxia Technology and American-owned technology.
And the most important thing is that Daxia can lose and endure.
But the United States cannot lose. He is the boss, and the boss cannot lose a move. If he loses a little, he will easily become discouraged and gradually collapse.
The British news agency and Lutoushe, one of the four major Western news agencies, also held high the banner of science and technology at this time. The headlines gave a big question mark, describing in detail those at the bottom of the Daxia semiconductor industry who "cannot get on the table". technology.
The Times' news is much more neutral, but its words are much less optimistic about Daxia's semiconductor industry.
