Hang Yu did not return to Fairy Town immediately, but inspected the newly built Changdao Research Institute and several newly invested technology companies in SH.

The construction of the Changdao Research Institute has just been completed, and a group of researchers have been transferred from Yanjing Technology Company, Huawei, and ZTE, with a total of 37 people. More than 10 new employees were recruited to form a team specializing in the development of memory chips.

At present, in the field of memory, it is completely dominated by Japan, South Korea and the United States. However, as far as Hang Yu knows, not only will the book's Elpida go out of business after that, but it will be the world of South Korea and the United States at that time.

In such an important area, of course, we have to get involved, otherwise the market will be controlled. Jiang Yan, Huawei, and ZTE all make mobile phones, so the three companies don't want to see other people's faces, so they jointly formed this team.

The joint investment technology research institute is different from ordinary enterprises, which can distribute dividends according to the proportion of shares, but the technology research institute does not make money, and it is not easy to divide. Therefore, the investment amount of the three companies is the same, and the shareholding is also the same.

Under normal circumstances, the three companies do not interfere with the work of the Changdao Research Institute, and completely hand over to the director of the research institute "Lin Yuxiang". Lin Yuxiang is 53 years old this year, and he used to work in a memory company called Corsair in the United States, and was exposed to related technical processes.

It is not easy to invite Lin Yuxiang back, in addition to high salary and benefits, he himself also has a patriotic heart. Lin Yuxiang graduated from Tsinghua University and then went to the United States to study as a graduate student, and worked hard in the United States after graduating with a doctorate.

When Lin Yuxiang resigned from the corsair, he was also retained and even threatened, but with the support of the state and the three groups, the coercion and temptation of the Americans failed to succeed, and Lin Yuxiang not only returned home safely, but also brought back seven senior researchers.

"Hello, Director Lin. Hang Yu had only greeted Lin Yuxiang on the phone before, and it was the first time they met.

This old man has a very ordinary appearance, most of his hair is still black, his temples are gray, and his body is relatively thin. Lin Yuxiang's living standard in the United States is not low, and he is still so thin, it is estimated that he has a bad stomach, and he does not eat on time for research.

"Hello Mr. Hang, it's better to be famous than to meet. Lin Yuxiang shook hands with him and was very kind.

"Isn't there a big difference, but I never photoshopped my news photos. Hang Yu said.

"Real people are more handsome. Lin Yuxiang smiled.

casually made a few jokes, Hang Yu found that Lin Yuxiang was a humorous old man, not as old-fashioned as he imagined. Then Lin Yuxiang took Hang Yu to inspect the interior of the institute and introduced their work progress and researchers.

Although the institute has only been built for less than a month, Lin Yuxiang's team has already conducted many experiments. After reading their experimental records, although there are no results for the time being, Hang Yu is very satisfied.

In such a short period of time, there are so many records, which shows that Lin Yuxiang's team is racing against time. As long as they have such an attitude, Hang Yu is very satisfied, and he believes that this team will be successful.

"Cutting-edge products like memory chips cannot be independently developed by ordinary enterprises, and they have to rely on the national team. We can be regarded as a national joint venture, and I feel very remarkable that Jiangyan can achieve this level as a pure private enterprise. Lin Yuxiang said.

The memory market is definitely the most cutting-edge field of struggle in the world, and with the exception of the United States, Japan and South Korea have relied on state support to do so. China also has national teams, such as the Yangtze River Storage, Hefei Semiconductor Base, and Jinhua under Tsinghua Unigroup.

However, the Yangtze River Storage has not yet been born, and most of the enterprises in the Hefei semiconductor base have not been built.

"I'm more worried that with the current level of technology in China, we will develop memory a little earlier. "Hang Yu is aware of historical development, and the overall level of semiconductors in China does not seem to be enough.

But knowing that this thing is very important, it has only been four or five years, and Hang Yu still wants to try it.

"Not really, we have the technology, but what we lack is the support of basic materials and equipment. At present, we are doing basic material research, and in terms of equipment, we can rent it abroad. When we complete the basic technology research, it is estimated that the overall level of China will almost go up, and it will be a matter of course to launch new products at that time. Lin Yuxiang said.

"Okay, it's up to you. Hang Yu said.

This inspection was only to learn about the work of the Changdao Research Institute, and Hang Yu did not make any requests. Before the financing, he discussed with Huawei and ZTE that no one was allowed to interfere with the work of the Changdao Research Institute.

If there are unforeseen circumstances, it is a different story.

After leaving the Changdao Research Institute, Hang Yu inspected two technology companies, AMEC and Ruisi. Zhongwei doesn't need to be introduced, as I said before, it is also led by the turtle elite Yin Zhiyao, specializing in the research of etching machine technology.

Ruisi is a science and technology enterprise specializing in the development of lithography machines, which belongs to the national team, and Hang Yu finally got involved. The country is also short of money, and Jiang Yan's company is strong, since Hang Yu is willing to be the big boss, he did not refuse him.

However, Hangyu has a small stake, accounting for only 13%, and the new technology developed in the future can be shared for free.

The leader in the field of lithography machines is ASML in the Netherlands, and has occupied a market share of up to 80%, monopolizing the high-end lithography machine market - the most advanced EUV lithography machine once cost as much as 100 million US dollars a piece, and only ASML can produce it in the world.

Intel, TSMC, and Samsung are all its shareholders, and they support ASML with a lot of money, and Samsung's 14nm lithography machines are all bought from ASML, and the lithography machines of GF, UMC and SMIC and other wafer factories are mainly from ASML.

ASML has a reservation clause when selling lithography machines to domestic wafer factories, that is, it is forbidden to use the lithography machines sold by ASML to domestic manufacturers for domestic independent CPUs - as long as the ASML lithography machines purchased by SMIC, Huali Micro and other wafer factories do not affect the foundry of ARM chips, it is impossible to do foundry and commercial mass production of independent CPUs such as Loongson and Shenwei.

Even for small batch production in the field of scientific research and national defense, there are certain risks - the Loongson 3A1500, which is packaged with ceramic reinforcement and is exclusively for military use, and the Loongson 3A2000 used in the party, government and military markets can only be produced in small batches, and the propaganda can only vaguely explain that it is a domestic tape-out...... This has greatly affected the development of independent technology and China's integrated circuit industry.

SMIC, which is listed on the NASDAQ, has no way to get the most advanced process lithography machine, so it can only go to Israel to dismantle the second-hand production line. Even to buy second-hand equipment, you must apply to the US imperialist Ministry of Commerce for a list of verified final licensed users, and it is expressly forbidden to tape out domestic research institutes.