"The current status quo of the industry is that the 193nm liquid immersion lithography system is the most mature technology, which has achieved a nearly perfect balance in accuracy and cost, and it is difficult to be replaced in a short time, but it will be replaced after all, that is, extreme ultraviolet lithography machine technology."

In the quiet conference hall, Luo Sheng said methodically: "The risk of doing this is very high, but it is undeniable that the development of the semiconductor industry has indeed reached a new turning point, Moore's Law is facing a huge challenge, and no one can be sure how the semiconductor industry, with a total output value of 300 billion US dollars last year, will guide the development in the next 5 or 10 years." ”

"No one knows what the future of the semiconductor industry will look like in the post-Moore's Law era." Speaking of this, Luo Sheng added a sentence in his heart, "except for me", paused for a moment and continued:

"Declining profits may be inevitable, but if Moore's Law can effectively avoid a decline in semiconductor revenue, even if it is only 15%, its cash flow will still be twice the turnover of the entire U.S. gaming industry."

Zhu Yu nodded subconsciously and spoke when Luo Sheng paused: "The degree of fineness of lithography and etching system depends on many factors, but the effective way to achieve leapfrog progress is to reduce the wavelength of the light source. For decades, lithography machine manufacturers have done just that, gradually reducing the wavelength of wafer exposure tools from the blue end visible to the human eye, all the way up to the ultraviolet end of the spectrum......"

Luo Sheng continued: "The end of Moore's Law has been foreseen, the semiconductor industry has been looking for ways to maintain technological innovation and progress, and the world's leading chip manufacturers are also working hard to improve the technology, that is, the wafer is processed from the lithography machine and then put into it, and the next layer of image is accurately printed in the original position, EUV is a different one. ”

"I firmly believe that this technology is achievable, it is the trend of the future, and this technology will be the most cost-effective choice for chip manufacturers. So my idea is to work together to make a prototype EUV lithography machine at any cost, and try to achieve this goal around 2015 so that other researchers can test this method. ”

After a while, Mr. Gao, the head of Shengli Precision, put forward a different opinion, he said: "But Mr. Luo, as far as I know, EUV technology is very difficult. When it comes to using rays with a wavelength close to X-rays to de-etch, knowledge of physics doesn't help engineers much. ”

Other people at the meeting couldn't help but nod, extreme ultraviolet lithography technology has been proposed in the late 90s of the last century, and now more than ten years have passed, and the industry leader ASML has made no progress, and the difficulty can be imagined.

At the end, everyone couldn't help but look at Luo Sheng, and was surprised to find that the young richest man in the world who was good at creating miracles had a relaxed face, which couldn't help but make everyone curious.

Luo Sheng called up a set of mathematical models, and he didn't need to signal that everyone had already looked at the big screen, and Luo Sheng said methodically:

"Mr. Gao made a lot of sense, so I ended up choosing a 13.5 nanometer wavelength ray, which can be easily absorbed by many materials, even if the air we breathe is completely black, because it also absorbs the last bit of ray, and I realized early on that the EUV lithography machine can only run under vacuum, and the wafer enters and exits the lithography machine through an airlock."

Luo Sheng added: "Then there is the problem of bending the rays, EUV can also be absorbed by glass, so to change its direction in the device, you need to use a mirror instead of a lens, and it can't be an ordinary mirror, the reflectivity of the ordinary polished lens is not enough, so a multi-layer mirror is needed, which can concentrate many small reflections into a single and powerful reflection, which is the so-called Bragg reflector." ”

Zhu Yu and other big names in the industry listened to Luo Sheng's few sentences, and they all felt that they were about to kneel, and suddenly realized for a moment that he might really create an impossible miracle in the field of extreme ultraviolet lithography technology.

"Mr. Luo, I have a problem that has nothing to do with technology." At this time, the head of Micron Technology who attended the meeting spoke.

"I want to hear about it."

"Now that you have a complete set of extreme ultraviolet lithography machine technology system, why not develop it yourself? It doesn't make sense. ”

As soon as these words came out, the people present turned their eyes to Luo Sheng, and they couldn't help nodding secretly in their hearts, it really doesn't make sense, you Luo Sheng is not short of money, second, no shortage of people, and third, there is no shortage of markets, so kindly share the cake for everyone to eat?

Hearing this, Luo Sheng showed a bright smile and gave an answer that seemed to sound very simple, but no one would believe that he was really innocent.

"Half of you here are all shareholding companies of Shengfeng Capital, which can be regarded as your own people, and it is good to hand them over to your own people."

Hearing this, everyone looked at each other, and no one came out to answer, but they were complaining in their hearts: I believe you are a ghost!

Don't look at Luo Sheng as a 25-year-old handsome young man in the eyes of everyone at the meeting, but no one dares to underestimate this young man, what kind of international joke is he making, how can he be as simple as the existence of the richest man in the world?

At this time, everyone felt inexplicable when they saw Luo Sheng's sudden exclamation.

He looked up at the ceiling and muttered to himself: "I originally wanted to play with you as my own person, but in exchange for alienation and distrust, I won't pretend, I have a showdown, I want to learn from Qualcomm, lie down and earn technology patent fees, the market will do it for you, are you satisfied?" ”

Everyone: "......"

Luo Sheng's slightly skinny tone made everyone a little cold, giving them the feeling that this young man suddenly jumped out of a child's heart, but he definitely wouldn't say what he thought in his heart, the ghost knows whether Luo Sheng's real skin is a fake skin, no one can guess what he really thinks in his head.

However, this sentence also made everyone here understand that Luo Sheng does not want to go out to the market in person, but wants to monopolize upstream technology and play licensing solutions.

To put it simply, it is to pull a team of younger brothers, let the younger brothers do all the dirty work, and then enjoy a bite of food, which is probably the reason.

In fact, everyone's hearts are very envious, but they are helpless, and in the end they can only sigh how important it is to master the core technology.

But taking a step back, everyone's hearts are excited again, they used to want to take on this kind of dirty work, but ASML and other European and American companies don't give it, and they are pinched to death.

By now, Zhu Yu and others attending the meeting have suddenly realized that it is no wonder that the state will support and actively promote it behind the scenes.

"Mr. Luo, how do you do it? When does it start? Mr. Gao, who was in charge of the precision of victory, had the meaning of gearing up, and everyone's hearts couldn't help but heat up.

"The sooner the better, of course, but also as low-key as possible." Luo Sheng said, everyone nodded in agreement, after all, this is to challenge ASML's position in the field of lithography equipment, and the other party is very sensitive, and in the short term, it will have to rely on imported foreign equipment.

Luo Sheng confessed so generously to everyone present that he was not afraid of hiding "Erwuzai" or something, because now an invisible community of interests has been formed, Erwuzai betrayed others for his own benefit, betraying Luo Sheng is tantamount to selling his own interests, there is no such Erwuzai in the world.

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