Since domestic chip manufacturing enterprises were previously engaged in the production of low-end products, the demand for high-end lithography machines is a little embarrassing.

After all, 1.5 billion top-level lithography machines can't be bought back to produce low-end chips! And high-end chips can't be designed in a while.

For a while, they were also weighing the pros and cons, after all, a chip production line not only needs a lithography machine, but also a series of other equipment.

This is a lot of money, and they can't afford to be careless.

Shanghai.

Microelectronics Equipment Group is the only lithography machine R&D and production company in China.

At this time, an intensive negotiation was underway.

There are four parties involved in the negotiations, namely Shanghai State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, Microelectronics, and the parent company Shanghai Electric and Siweishe Company.

Cai Zhixing and Gao Zhiyuan came to Shanghai to participate in this negotiation on behalf of Siwei Society.

The reason for this negotiation is mainly that Huang Mingzhe hopes that the microelectronics company can carry out a reorganization, and the products of the microelectronics company are lithography machines above 100 nanometers, and the 40-nanometer lithography machine under development is also in a half-dead state.

The main reason why this company can survive is that the state is worried that Westerners will cut off the supply of lithography machines, so they will use money to make a backup plan.

However, now with the rise of Shenguang Instrument Company, the role of microelectronics is already minimal.

"Mr. Cai, if the reorganization is carried out, how should microelectronics be reorganized?" Qin He, director of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, asked.

"Our plan is to supervise the government and run the private office, in the division of equity, the thinking club requires 40% and management rights, and the official can send personnel to supervise finances and major events, but must not interfere in daily management."

After Cai Zhixing finished speaking, he took out a draft clause of rights and obligations, and the assistant on the side copied the document and handed it to everyone present.

Qin He flipped through the pages, and judging from the documents, the Thinking Club had a lot of concessions, but there were also a lot of requirements.

For example, the state-owned part of microelectronics will no longer be subordinate to Shanghai Electric and other state-owned units, but will be directly affiliated to the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission.

In addition, the situations that may arise in the management are specified and divided in great detail, which is a very strict management model, mainly to avoid excessive interference in the daily management of the company.

Especially in the appointment and dismissal of personnel and remuneration rewards and punishments, the Thinking Club will not allow those people to do it.

In fact, to put it simply, it is equivalent to the official sale of microelectronics to the Thinking Society, but the official holds 60% of the B shares.

In this case, it was indeed a test for the SASAC and Shanghai Electric, and the four parties negotiated for more than a week, and finally the plan was largely implemented.

March 16th.

The four parties completed the delivery and transfer of shares, and the thinking society immediately carried out a drastic reform of the microelectronics company.

Gao Zhiyuan didn't expect that he walked around, but in the end he became the top boss of microelectronics, and he could only say that creation made people.

Internal Congress of Microelectronics.

Gao Zhiyuan faced the thousands of people in the audience, and he said loudly: "Many people know me, but I still introduce myself, my name is Gao Zhiyuan, and I am very happy to be here." ”

Bang Bang Bang ...... Reluctantly, but the applause rang out as always.

"I won't say official words, the rules of microelectronics will be changed in the future, those who want to eat a big pot of rice, those who want to fill their own pockets, and those who want to grind foreign workers, it is best to consider the consequences." Gao Zhiyuan looked murderous when he said this.

Many people at the bottom have ugly faces, especially those who have ghosts in their hearts.

After Gao Zhiyuan held the meeting, he took the file bag given to him by Huang Mingzhe and cleaned the moths and rats in the microelectronics.

Then a part of the management personnel were transferred from Shenguang Instrument to fill in, and the personnel recruited from the outside suddenly greatly improved the internal environment of microelectronics.

After the acquisition of Microelectronics, Shenguang Instrument will use Microelectronics to produce low-end X-ray lithography machines.

Shenguang Instrument, on the other hand, focuses on R&D and manufacturing of high-end lithography machines, covering the lithography machine market in an all-round way.

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In order to meet the needs of companies such as Unisplendour, Huada Semiconductor, and Yangtze River Storage, Shenguang Instrument launched Shenguang 0.5 X-ray lithography machine in mid-March.

Shenguang 0.5X-ray lithography machine mainly has three models: 12 nm, 14 nm and 16 nm.

Since there is already a top-level lithography machine of 10~2 nanometers, it is very handy to produce high-end lithography machines now.

Shenguang Instrument only needs to consider how to reduce costs and accuracy, mainly for those lenses, electronic control, and testing equipment, which can reduce costs.

In addition, because the top lithography machine has been developed, the research and development cost has also been greatly reduced.

The top-level version comes out first, and then the low-end version is developed, which can only be said to be the first time that everyone has encountered this strange model.

After a comprehensive evaluation, Shenguang 0.5-12 X-ray lithography machine (12 nanometer level) is priced at 800 million; Shenguang 0.5-14 X-ray lithography machine (14 nanometer level), the price is 600 million; Shenguang 0.5-16 X-ray lithography machine (16 nanometer level), the price is 400 million.

Although there is only a design plan, and even a prototype has not been produced, as soon as the Shenguang 0.5X-ray lithography machine was announced, it was immediately welcomed by domestic enterprises.

Unisplendour, Huada Semiconductor, YMTC and the previous SMIC immediately booked a large number of orders.

The three models of Shenguang 0.5 X-ray lithography machine have received a total of 24.6 billion orders, and these orders are scheduled for 2014.

In addition, HiSilicon, as well as Zhang Rujing, who has just re-emerged from the mountain, are also negotiating with Shenguang Instruments to purchase lithography machines.

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The capital of Hubei Province - Jiangcheng.

Everyone in SMIC's chip factory was very nervous, even President Zhao Jun and Chief Technology Officer Li Weiguang were physically present.

The engineers of Shenguang Instrument are installing a lithography machine, which is the second Shenguang 1X-ray lithography machine produced by Shenguang Instrument Company, and the first lithography machine officially delivered to use.

After the lithography machine is bought, there is no way to use it immediately, and the chip manufacturing companies dare not mess around without the adjustment of the original engineers.

All of ASML's lithography machines are not only not allowed to be changed by chip manufacturers, but are also equipped with positioning systems and networked monitoring.

In other words, the chips, chip design drawings, and parameters produced by chip manufacturing enterprises are all clear to ASML.

It's the same with the Shenguang Instrument.

After three days of adjustments, the lithography machine was finally ready for trial operation.

"Thank you very much." Zhao Jun hurriedly signaled to the assistant, and the assistant gave a red envelope to each of the dozen engineers.

"Then thank you Mr. Zhao." The engineer captain took the red envelope with a smile, this kind of red envelope is not forbidden by the thinking club, but you must register with the finance department if you receive it.

The trial operation began, but the engineers of Shenguang Instrument still left five people, because the chip production line is not only the lithography machine, but also other equipment, and the lithography machine must continue to be adjusted during the trial operation.

Li Weiguang personally led people to constantly test and adjust the production line.

As a top-level lithography machine, Shenguang Instrument Company has given a backward compatible benefit, that is, it can not only produce chips at the 10~7 nanometer level, but also chips at the 30~10 nanometer level.

SMIC, on the other hand, now only has an overall process of 16 nanometers, so it can only kill chickens with a knife.