Chapter 142: Nikon or ASML
"Sister Yue, you are very welcome, in this way, no matter how much you invest, what you earn is an additional reward for you, and at the same time, I can give you capital protection!
Yu Zixian knew what Jiang Yuehua, who had just experienced a failed marriage, was worried about, but in order to completely let his financial officer let go of this crucial vote, Yu Zixian had to try his best to comfort,
"Thank you, Mr. Yu, forget about the capital protection......"
"You are my beautiful financial officer, and it is my duty to protect you!"
Yu Zixian looked at Jiang Yuehua and stopped talking shyly, and suddenly laughed happily.
"Sister Yue, you should send advance personnel in advance now, and then they will go over in advance, find out the financial and political order in Moscow, and at the same time register enough companies, as long as we pass, we can act immediately. â
"Okay, Mr. Yu. â
"Before that, you have to go to Japan with me, probably within half a month. By the way, there is one more thing, you can take the time to do it, reduce my equity ratio in Rubik's Cube Wisdom Company, just a minimum control. When the time comes, I will cooperate with you to transfer the equity to an offshore company or some trust, it must be hidden and reliable!"
"Okay. As soon as she talks about work, Jiang Yuehua will immediately turn into a capable work state. Having seen a lot of various financial cases, she is familiar with these things, and at the same time, she clearly knows her professionalism, which things should be asked and those things should not be asked.
"Okay, that's it, don't bother you with your work. â
Yu Zixian turned around and walked out of Jiang Yuehua's door, leaving Jiang Yuehua, who was looking at Yu Zixian's back, holding up roses and starting to be in a daze......
Yu Zixian, who went out, came to Tong Ruoyu's office in the office building next door to Xiangji.
"Mr. Tong, it's been good lately!"
"Boss, you're here...... Next time you can let us know in advance and we will arrange to pick you up!"
"It's okay, it's only more than half an hour to rent here, it's quite convenient......"
"Boss, there is just something to report to you, before you asked to inquire about the main FC chip 6507 supplier Futian Import and Export Agency Trading Company, after we contacted him, we found out that the general distributor behind him is the small island Bay Trade Agency, and then further confirmed that the source of goods is Lotus Electronics ...... from Bay Island."
Released in 1975, the 6502 stood out in the CPU market competition with its low price and better performance, and the 6502 chip was opened to licensing many years later...... At this time, the 6502 was mostly used in various PCs, especially the long-lived computers of Apple's Apple I and Apple II series, and it is still on sale so far......
As for the 6507 CPU used in Nintendo's FC console, it is an improved model based on the 6502, and the model built by Ricoh is RP2A03G, and at present, Lotus Electronics provides a combination of the FC-compatible machine chip model UA6527 (6502 core) and the image processor UA6538.
"Sure enough, it's from Wandao! If we want to legally produce 6507 chips, we need to obtain authorization from WDC (Western Design Center), or we need to develop new and improved models on the basis of the open license 6502 chips......" Yu Zixian had a headache when he thought of this chip research and development!
As far as the current strength of Xiangjidian is concerned, it is good to be able to produce chips with high yield, and it is better to design it yourself: not to mention whether the strength is available, it is too late!
"Hey, the fastest way is to go for the production license...... If it doesn't work, then contact WDC. â
The WDC (Western Design Center) company was later founded by Bill Mensch, an engineer involved in the development of the 6502. In 1978, WDC continued to develop the 6502 architecture and introduced the W65C02 (CMOS version of the 6502) and W65C816 (16-bit 6502) CPU products.
This time, Yu Zixian hopes to obtain the production authorization of W65C02 (CMOS version of 6502) and W65C816 microcontrollers at one time, so as to solve the demand for SFC16-bit chips on the small doctor board...... If possible, Yu would prefer to get authorization for 8-bit and 16-bit chips to continue to improve the design.
At that time, this low-cost microcontroller can be used in kitchen appliances, cellular phones, automobiles, modems, audio and video equipment, medical instruments, scientific instruments, industrial robots, and automatic inspection equipment.
It is also beneficial for the application of chips in domestic electrical equipment in the future.
"Boss, we checked, WDC is registered in Arizona......USA"
"Arizona, USA, there should be a sales representative office in Japan, right?"
At this time, Japan occupied most of the semiconductor world, and almost all large companies had various offices in Japan......
"Mr. Tong, you first confirm whether there is an office or similar organization in Japan, if not, then go to the United States!"
Good. I'll arrange it. â
"Once the authorization for the production of chips is resolved, then we will face the problem of production. If we want to upgrade to a submicron production line, what equipment do we need to in?
"The general statistics are out, but there is no final confirmation yet...... In the case of sub-microns, if the 0.8Ξm process is used, at least 1-2 matching lithography machines that can manufacture 0.8Ξm chips are required. â
The lithography machine is a pain that accompanies the integrated circuit manufacturing of the Republic! It is now, and it will still be 30 years later!
In terms of market share in the field of lithography machines, this time is exactly the opposite of the situation 29 years later: the Japanese duo - Nikon and Canon are completely in a monopoly position, occupying more than 80% of the market, while ASML at this time is only a younger brother - only about 10% of the market share.
In 1978, GCA, the American company that launched the first truly modern automated step-by-step lithography machine (Stepper) was close to bankruptcy!
In the early '70s, lithography technology was more focused on how to ensure that ten or more masks were accurately overlaid together. Perkin Elmer, which received investment from the U.S. military, was the first to launch a projection lithography system, which was very easy to use with positive photoresist and had a high yield, so it quickly occupied the market.
It's just that the mask and photoresist are too easy to contaminate when they encounter each other many times, so it didn't take long for the contact machine to be eliminated by the approach machine.
In 1978, the American company GCA launched the automatic stepper lithography machine (Stepper) in the true modern sense, with a resolution of 1 micron 5 times higher than that of the projection type. Although the production efficiency of Stepper was relatively low at first, Perkin Elmer remained in the driver's seat for a long time afterward.
However, in the 80s, after Nikon released the first commercial Stepper NSR-1010G with a more advanced optical system that could greatly increase production capacity, the lithography machines of the two American manufacturers, Stepper and Perkin Elmer, were severely squeezed together, falling rapidly from more than 3% in the early 80s to less than 5% in 84.
At this time, ASML, a joint venture between ASM International and Philips 50:50 in the Netherlands, was established on April 1, 1984, with only 31 employees, working in a simple wooden room outside the Philips Building in the Netherlands, which is a dispensable role.
At first, ASML, which only relied on the Philips tree, sold only one self-developed stepper lithography machine in the first year, and sold four in the second year...... But with the resources and tolerance of the Philips tree, it survived and launched the PAS-2500 step-by-step lithography machine. These are just a few things that have allowed ASML to build a little bit of fame.
ASML's more successful and advanced step-by-step PAS5500 won't be available until next year......
At this time, the American lithography machine companies SVG and Ultratech, which were under the suppression of the more advanced technologies of Nikon and Canon, which shined with the support of semiconductor companies backed by major Japanese conglomerates, had been completely marginalized and were on the verge of bankruptcy and buyout......
Therefore, Yu Zixian had only three choices in front of buying an advanced lithography machine: whether to find Nikon and Canon, or to be in his younger brother's ASML.
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