Chapter Seventy-Seven: Monocrystalline Copper

Although Shen Danqing has no culture, he can always detect some key technical nodes, and at present, because the chip manufacturing process is relatively rudimentary, he is still using aluminum interconnection technology. It was not until September 1997 that the copper interconnection technology was proposed by IBm. It is well known that copper conducts electricity better than aluminum, which is determined by their atomic properties. However, Shen Danqing knew that their company's chip manufacturing process technology would reach the nanometer level in the future, so even if copper interconnection technology was used, a new type of material had to be used for the bonding of external circuits and the bridging of some important circuits.

Importantly, copper adheres to silica very poorly, even lower than aluminum, so iBM engineers applied a thin seed layer at the junction at both ends of the transistor. The adhesion of copper seed crystals to silica is excellent, so copper interconnect technology has been promoted. And copper seed crystal is also single crystal copper. The people's technological progress is often driven by reality, and in the future, there will be progress in chip manufacturing technology, and only copper interconnection technology is far from meeting the demand, and foreign countries have replaced aluminum bonding technology with gold wire bonding technology. We often see on video that there are many people who extract gold and platinum from integrated circuits and chips, and that's why. Such extravagance clearly does not work in China, whose gold reserves are not of the same order of magnitude as those of the United States. Therefore, the wire bonding technology must be replaced by a more advanced wire bonding technology. Shen Danqing, as a reborn person, had long known the result, that is, single crystal copper, which was the copper seed crystal mentioned above.

Thinking of this, he picked up the phone and called the Institute of Metals. Liu Zhihong, the former director of the Institute of Metal Research, was transferred to the Ministry of Technology and Information as the director, and his replacement was only for less than half a year. Shen Danqing gave the order and was re-elected, and he was replaced by another younger and stronger person. His name is Bloomberg and he is only 32 years old. Because of his usual popularity, he repelled most of the fighters. became a winner in life.

As it is an internal phone, it is connected quickly. It took less than a minute. A young voice came from the other end of the phone: "Hello, boss! I'm Bloomberg, the new director of the Institute of Metals, do you have any instructions?"

"I want to ask, do you have any research on single crystal copper?" Shen Danqing said in his usual majestic voice.

"I'm sorry, boss, we haven't been exposed to this kind of technical theory. Therefore there is no research. Peng Bo on the other end of the phone was frightened into a cold sweat by the boss's words, but he also knew that the boss didn't like people to lie the most. So I had to tell the truth.

Shen Danqing considered that he might be a little ahead of his time, so he didn't blame him, and still said to him in a flat tone: "Then you come to me for a while! ”

"Okay, boss, I'll be right there. Bloomberg immediately agreed in fear, and he waited for the boss to hang up the phone and then set off immediately, not daring to pause in the slightest. He hasn't achieved the slightest success, and his position is still quite unstable! If he makes the boss feel dissatisfied, he will definitely be thrown off.

Although Bloomberg is the director, he also does not have a bus. Because Changsheng Investment Group has never provided buses to its subordinate leaders, except for Hong Kong NB Trading Co., Ltd., which was purchased by their company with its own funds. Because Shen Danqing promised 1O% of their net profits as their own funds, not to mention that they are a sales company, they must have a few good cars as the face of the company.

It's not that Shen Danqing is stingy and unwilling to provide his subordinates with official cars, but that he thinks that in a few years, the company will establish its own car company, so he is unwilling to buy the current expensive and unsightly car, so as not to replace it when he gets it, so he can only let everyone endure it.

Bloomberg can describe his speed as faster than lightning, which usually takes more than an hour, but today it only took half an hour. This is because he gave money to the taxi driver, and he was afraid that the boss would wait for a long time, so it could be regarded as a fight.

Despite the rush on the road, when he arrived at the door of his boss's office, he still took the time to try to calm his heartbeat and breath. After being no different from ordinary people, he walked into the reception room, which was Secretary Liu's office.

"Secretary Liu, my name is Peng Bo, and I am the new director of the Institute of Metals, and the boss asked me to come to see him, please help me pass it through. Bloomberg said to Secretary Liu in an almost respectful tone.

Liu Zeping couldn't help but be surprised to see that Bloomberg was already the director of the Institute of Metals a few years younger than him, but he thought that he was not bad, and his status as a secretary to be the boss was not low. Therefore, he said to Peng Bo in a smiling tone: "Director Peng, wait a minute, I will inform the boss immediately." ”

"Thank you! Bloomberg also politely replied with a thank you.

With the permission of the boss, Bloomberg twisted the lock and walked in. It was the first time he had come to his boss's office, and his first impression was that it was simple and luxurious, and at the same time full of solemnity. Of course, it may be because the boss is there, anyway, he is already nervous at this time.

"Hello boss! I'm Bloomberg. Peng Bo greeted Shen Danqing first.

Shen Danqing stopped what he was doing when he heard this, he stood up and walked over and said, "Go and sit on the sofa! ”

"Okay," Bloomberg was like an obedient child at this time, and did as he was told. He followed the boss to the sofa and sat down, straightening his body like a soldier.

"On the phone just now, the single crystal copper I told you is a new type of excellent connecting wire, which will be used in our integrated circuits and circuit boards in the future. And it is also the best high-end audio connection cable, because it is a single crystal, so there is no grain boundary phenomenon. Its conductivity is even better than that of gold, with very low distortion. It is a single crystal rod manufactured by continuous casting method in high-temperature hot casting mode, and can be drawn to 0.0016mm. It's a material that we urgently need in the future, and you have to find a way to make it, can you do it?"

"Boss, don't worry, we will definitely do our best. Hearing the boss's serious tone, Bloomberg quickly expressed his position.

"Well, I've told you what I know, so go back first! Shen Danqing finally accentuated his tone, in order to put pressure on him.

When Bloomberg returned to the Institute of Metals, he gathered all his researchers and told them about his boss's request. In the end, he said viciously: "This matter is a death order, we must go all out, follow the boss's prompts, do more experiments, and make this material." Did you hear that?"

"I heard it," the big guy also knew the seriousness of the matter, so he replied in unison.

In fact, he has no bottom, he has never heard of this kind of material before, at least there is no relevant word in China. But since the boss can be so sure, it must not be groundless.

After arranging these scientific research and development tasks, Shen Danqing felt that there was nothing for him to worry about, and his heart seemed to be relaxed all of a sudden. To say that he is not a science and technology master at all, just a junior high school student, but to guide his subordinates in cutting-edge technology research and development, he feels a lot of pressure. If it weren't for the fact that he liked to read novels about industrial urban powerhouses in his previous life, he would not be in the current situation.

He likes to simplify complex problems and often find the key points. Other problems, while complex, can be solved with time and manpower.

The thought of starting to build lithography machines soon, he couldn't contain his excitement. However, the lithography machine is only one aspect, and another important link is chemistry. This link is even more important than the lithography machine, and the reason why the waste category in chip manufacturing is high is because of this link. Because chip manufacturing is too precise and complex, it is no longer possible to use manual methods, and can only be manufactured by physical and chemical methods. It can be seen that chemistry plays an important role in chip manufacturing.

Thinking of this, he wanted to give the Institute of Chemistry a few tasks. He decided to go to the Institute of Chemistry himself. So he went outside and said to Liu Zeping, the secretary who was working: "Secretary Liu, let's go to the Institute of Chemistry, you can prepare." ”

"Okay, boss, I'll be fine right away. After Liu Zeping finished speaking, he packed up the documents on the table and went to the secretary's office to call someone to replace his work. The whole process only took more than 2 minutes, and Shen Danqing was woken up by Secretary Liu without even thinking of a single thought.

"Boss, let's go!"

"Oh, okay, let's go!" Shen Danqing didn't react a little, and he couldn't speak smoothly.

When he arrived at the Institute of Chemistry, he had to wait outside because there was no notice, and Secretary Liu asked the security guard to inform the director.

After a while, the director Wang Bo came panting. He hurriedly apologized to Shen Danqing: "Boss, I'm sorry for waiting for you!"

Shen Danqing said with a smile: "It's nothing, I was in a hurry and didn't inform you." ”

Then he turned to him and asked, "How is it? Is the research task heavy now?"

"No, we are only conducting some routine research and some cutting-edge theoretical research. "Wang Bo has been in office for a long time and knows the temper of the boss, so he tells the truth.

"Well, since your scientific research tasks are not heavy, I will add a few more tasks to you. Shen Danqing said the purpose of his visit this time. And without waiting for Wang Bo to reply, he instructed him: "Go and inform everyone to come to the conference room for a meeting! I will assign you tasks at the meeting." I have a lot to talk about, and I can't do anything about delaying your work. ”

"Where, the boss's business is the most important thing, boss, you wait, I'll go and inform them immediately." After Wang Bo finished speaking, he owed slightly, and then turned around to call someone.

It took Wang Bo a full quarter of an hour to notify the researchers of the entire research institute. He first asked everyone to wait in the conference room, and then went to the guard room to find the boss.

"Boss, I've already told everyone to wait for you in the conference room, let's go over now!" Wang Bo was the old director, so his tone was a little neither humble nor arrogant. This is the reason for the seniority, I have been with the boss for a long time and know his temperament.

Shen Danqing waved his hand and said, "Okay, let's go over! We can't let everyone wait for a long time, and it is no longer appropriate to delay everyone's work." ”

To be continued......