The 21st century is the century of electronic information, and the development of electronic information depends on the development of IC chips.

The IC chip is to interconnect the transistors, resistors, capacitors and inductors and other components and wiring required in a circuit on a small piece or several small semiconductor chips.

Therefore, the development of IC chips is essentially the development of integrated circuits.

The so-called lithography machine is a key machine for manufacturing computer chips, which lithography the chips with various wavelengths of light sources and manufacture the chips.

The lithography machine is also divided into various levels, and now Zhongzhou has only mastered the lithography technology of the 16nm process, while the world's most advanced lithography machine can reach 5nm.

And this lithography machine is the EUV lithography machine.

As we all know, the visible light of the human naked eye only occupies a very small part of the light source of the whole universe, which is the so-called 'red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo', in which the wavelength is longer the closer to the red light, and the shorter the wavelength is the closer to the violet.

On top of red light, there are ultra-long waves such as infrared, microwaves, and radio waves, and under violet light, there are ultraviolet rays, X-rays, gamma rays, and other ultra-short waves.

Extreme ultraviolet light, on the other hand, is a period of invisible light that is lower than violet light but higher than X-rays, with a wavelength of as low as 135 nanometers, and can make chips with a single-digit nanometer process.

And this kind of EUV lithography machine, there is only one manufacturer in the world that can manufacture it, and that is the Dutch ASML company.

However, the reason for this achievement is not the result of a single company, but the result of the cooperation of more than 10 countries in the world, the lens and light source are from European countries, and the optical components and control chips are all from North America.

Therefore, it can be said that ASML is the supreme product of the entire Western civilization.

Previously, Zhongzhou had signed a contract with the company to complete the delivery of the EUV lithography machine by the end of 2019, but due to the obstruction in North America, ASML has not delivered it until now.

Therefore, Chen Chen's desire to rely on conventional means to obtain an EUV lithography machine is tantamount to a dream.

However, even if he uses unconventional means, Chen Chen has no choice, after all, a EUV lithography machine weighs 180 tons, consists of 120,000 parts, requires 40 containers, three large cargo planes to transport, and it takes more than a year for installation and commissioning.

Therefore, without the cooperation of the other party, Chen Chen would not be able to grab it even if he wanted to.

It's no wonder that the Middle-earth region is helpless.

The reason why Chen Chen wanted to get the EUV lithography machine was to study the T-800 chip, and the researchers recruited by the Black Light Industrial Zone were studying the T-800, in which the chip had been analyzed, which was manufactured by EUV lithography technology, and the accuracy of the nano process reached an astonishing 1 nanometer.

This is almost the limit of silicon semiconductors.

In order to achieve this process accuracy, artificial AI is also very important, and it is obvious that the 1nm level is achieved by the ability of Skynet.

And Chen Chen has a small x here, and he can reach the same level.

Therefore, Chen Chen will have the idea of getting an EUV lithography machine.

But now it seems that the idea needs to be considered in the long term.

At this time, Cheng Chao parked the vehicle outside the mechanical processing factory, and there were already several researchers waiting at the door for a long time, and when they saw Chen Chen's arrival, they immediately greeted him.

"Hello, Mr. Chen."

"Professor Charles, don't come unharmed."

The two shook hands and walked towards the factory together.

"Mr. Chen, according to your request, we have manufactured the corresponding weapons."

The two said as they walked, "It's just that the energy is missing, and after having the energy, you can test fire the weapon." ”

"It's okay, just leave it to me for the test launch."

Chen Chen nodded, and then several people came to the inside of the factory, and on one of the tables, there were three weapons with strange shapes.

The first of these is a portable pistol-type weapon, which is similar to a regular pistol, except that it is not painted, so it looks black.

"We use carbon fiber to make the gun body, because carbon fiber is much lighter than steel, so the gun body made of carbon fiber can reduce the weight a lot."

"In addition, the barrel is made of the latest high-alloy chromium-molybdenum steel, which includes chromium, molybdenum, carbon, silicon, manganese, nickel, vanadium and sulfur, and the tensile strength of this alloy reaches 12,000 kgf/cm², high strength, high temperature resistance, high pressure resistance, should be able to meet your requirements." ”

Chen Chen nodded, picked up the pistol, and rubbed it gently.

The pistol had a cold and hard touch, because it was designed by Chen Chen himself, so he knew the structure of the gun very well, he lightly pressed the button on the left side of the gun, and the magazine immediately popped out of the grip.

The magazine was filled with not conventional bullets, but oval bullets that were only two centimeters long and half a centimeter in diameter like a grain of rice.

"Because of the special power you mentioned, the cartridge case and the gunpowder device were omitted, and the warhead could be loaded directly, so we designed the magazine to be a super-large capacity magazine capable of holding fifty bullets."

Professor Charles went on to explain, "On the other hand, the exterior of the bullet is a layer of 15 mm thick nickel-plated steel, and the core of the bullet is a lead core to create greater lethality. ”

Having said so much, Chen Chen also understood what the other party had been following him for, but Chen Chen could only disappoint him, "Professor Charles, thank you for everything, after I test the gun, I will send you the use data of the firearm." ”

As he spoke, Chen Chen patted him on the shoulder, asked Cheng Chao to pick up the other two weapons, and turned to leave.

Sure enough, as Chen Chen left, Professor Charles couldn't help but show a trace of disappointment, and after getting the blueprints, he could immediately deduce that the reason why these three weapons were designed like this was because of a special power source.

The power source is able to continuously release energy with impact, replacing the gunpowder of the cartridge case and launching the bullet.

And according to the requirements provided by Chen Chen, that special power source even has a more powerful explosive power than gunpowder.

It's just that Charles and the rest of the people who made it out of their heads didn't think about what kind of substance could be the power source of this firearm.

If this power source really exists, it really has unlimited potential, and it can even trigger a revolution in energy weapons and create a new industrial system.

Although the existence of this power source is very outrageous, and even almost breaks the thermodynamic formula, no one thinks that Chen Chen is crazy, because when Blacklight Technology shows the wreckage of the T-800 in front of them, their worldview has been broken.

It's a pity that until the end, Chen Chen didn't let them see what that power source was......

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