"Boss, how did you do that?"

After Ritoskivi left, Tong Ruoyu said excitedly around Yu Zixian.

The 1-micron PAS2500 lithography machine, which was extremely difficult, was solved by Yu Zixian in this way by "exchanging old bottles for new wine" (selling dog meat on sheep's heads).

“……”

For a while, Yu Zixian also felt that he couldn't say clearly, and he began to sort out the front and back of this matter in his mind.

Previously, Yu Zixian organized personnel to go to Yueben mainly for the introduction of equipment to upgrade the integrated circuit production line of Xiangji from 3 microns to 1.5 microns.

At first, I thought that I would introduce a complete set of lithography machines, ion implanters, etching machines and other equipment at the 1.5 micron process level.

After negotiations with Nikon and Canon on for a 1.5-micron lithography machine were blocked, Yu Zixian set his sights on ASML in the Netherlands, and reached an intention to sell the 1.5-micron PAS 2300.

Later, when he came to Bay Island, Yu Zixian had contact with ASML and found that the introduction of PAS 2300 had the possibility of further upgrading the 1.2-micron lithography machine, so he began to negotiate the 1.2-micron lithography machine again, but he needed to pay an additional $500,000.

Just when Yu Zixian was trying to increase his chips to plan to upgrade ASML to 1.2 microns for free, Chen Shulin called and informed Yu Zixian that the two PAS 2300s that ASML was selling could be problematic machines.

Yu Zixian went crazy all of a sudden......

At this point, taking advantage of the opportunity of the upcoming release of the ASMLPAS5500 lithography machine, ASML will definitely not allow any scandal before this, and Yu Zixian is ready to open his mouth......

And Ritos, who was panicked and might be carrying the cauldron, agreed to Yu Zixian's request for a 1-micron lithography machine...... However, it is necessary to find a way to avoid the reproaches and sanctions that the United States may initiate.

So at this time, the best strategy for ASML to take a little risk and shut up Yu Zixian is that the PAS 2300 will be upgraded to a 1 micron PAS2500 lithography machine at the right time.

Of course, there are some things that need to be discussed slowly and slowly, and they need to be discussed with sincerity on both sides.

On April 19, 1991, Yu Zixian's team reached a preliminary agreement with ASML on the introduction of PAS 2300 customized version (1.2 micron process).

After another week of detailed negotiations, Xiangji and ASML have detailed contract agreements on the delivery method of the two PAS 2300 customized lithography machines, the payment method of the contract payment, the guidance of equipment installation to the factory, the operation and maintenance of the equipment, etc.

In fact, a week's negotiation on the sale of integrated circuit equipment is quite short. The fact that an agreement was reached in such a short period of time was due to the considerable concessions made by both Yu Zixian and Ritos, who represented ASML.

The essence of negotiation is that you advance and I retreat in a compromise or you retreat and I advance, in short, it is compromise and concession!

On the one hand, Yu Zixian's Xiangji, as a chip manufacturer, could not offend ASML too hard when the introduction of equipment and technology was seriously restricted. At least in five years, Yu Zixian will not dare to offend ASML, unless in the later stage, Yu Zixian's layout can have any grasp of ASML's technology.

On the other hand, at this time, ASML is in the stall where the PAS5500 lithography machine is about to go on the market, and it is best to be able to stabilize Yu Zixian. After Yu Zixian made not to disseminate any information unfavorable to ASML, ASML promised to upgrade to PAS2300 for free, and at the same time was responsible for the installation of the equipment at the factory, and cooperated with others to carry out the final joint test of production line equipment......

The most important thing is that after Yu Zixian received ASML's promise to ensure the quality of the two PAS 2300s placed in TSMC at this time, and promised to temporarily abandon the PAS 2500 that was immediately introduced with a 1-micron process, ASML promised to provide convenience for the introduction of PAS2500 by Xiangji in half a year, or the introduction of PAS5000 in two years, that is, without setting up obstacles.

Why set a time limit, of course, or ASML is afraid of the interference of the Americans, or the impact on their market in the United States.

On April 28, after the completion of the contract negotiation for the introduction of the PAS2300 (customized version), the personnel involved in the negotiation only held a party under the organization of Yu Zixian, and it was too late to even hold a formal celebration party.

In the next month, Tong Ruoyu will complete the final production task of the remaining entrusted orders of Xiangjidian, even if it is 24-hour production.

When acquiring Cai's wafer factory at the end of last year, when he learned that Cai Junjie was engaged in the research and development of 1.5 micron manufacturing process, and was about to succeed, Yu Zixian planned to upgrade the production line, so he deliberately reduced some orders for chip manufacturing!

Tomoki Kashima needs to return to his original book and complete another task - to find a high-tech integrated circuit production line construction company.

Cao Fei not only needs to complete the negotiation of the purchase contract for other supporting equipment, but also needs to ensure that all the equipment is safely transported to Xiangji within a month. Zhao Jing returned to Yueben and would also join Cao Fei's contract negotiation team.

Now all the time nodes point to the beginning of June, and the date for the official start of the upgrade of the production line is tentatively set for June 6. Let's hope everything goes a little smoother!

On this day, Xiangji should make basic preparations for the transformation of production line equipment, all equipment should be transported to Xiangji, and the civil construction team, construction and security team and so on should all be in place!

The loss is only the upgrading of the production line, otherwise if it is from the construction of the factory foundation and other work, starting from scratch, then even half a year is enough time, how to reserve a year.

According to the plan, the construction will start on June 6, and before October 1, all the transformation work of the production line needs to be completed, that is, the production line can be verified to be put into production, and the yield requirements reach the target set value.

According to the current target plan, the yield rate should be at least 60%, and before the end of the year, it should be further adjusted to 80%, or even more than 90.

In order to achieve this goal, when negotiating with various manufacturers, Yu Zixian specially explained to Cao Fei that when they negotiated the contract, they must clarify the number and rank requirements of the technical personnel who will go to the factory to guide the installation and commissioning.

At the same time, Cai Junjie, who has given sufficient funds, once again verified the process from 1.5 microns to 1.2 microns in the laboratory of the mentor, so as to ensure that the process can be successful at the first time when it is introduced into production.

Everything seems to be slowly moving forward, and while it takes a lot of energy, it naturally requires a lot of money......

At this time, according to the current construction plan, the budget has reached $15 million, compared to the previous budget of only $12 million......

In other words, Yu Zixian improved the process and at the same time raised the construction standard to ensure a smooth production, but also compressed the construction period, and the budget was also increased by ...... Fortunately, the budget gap is not too large, only $3 million!

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