The photoresist was launched overnight under the auspices of Tang Boyun, and Luo Jia and Zhang Dongning were also fortunate to be invited to visit the workshop.

The two of them changed into white dust suits and stood under a huge exhaust fan.

The fan roared, sweeping the entire body thoroughly to ensure that not a single speck of dust could be carried into the workshop.

Then Luo Jia entered the semiconductor chip production line through another sealed glass door.

It feels a bit like the Parasol Corporation's virus lab in Resident Evil, which is quite tense and exciting.

In SMIC's workshop, there are many large-scale equipment and a strong industrial atmosphere.

Nikon, Canon, ASML, Applied Materials, Colin R&D, Tokyo Electron, all imported machines in the workshop.

The vast majority of machines and the manufacturers that make them are never heard of by ordinary people, however, it is the giants in these professional fields that dominate the technology and equipment at the top of the global technology industry.

Luo Jia sighed with emotion, in the field of semiconductor manufacturing, the degree of giants is beyond imagination, almost no Chinese enterprises participated, we are not even followers of advanced technology, and we have not really started.

If you want to know where China's technology industry has the biggest gap with foreign countries, you can take a look at SMIC's workshop, and it will be all clear.

In any case, Luo Jia is still excited to be able to enter the inside of the world's most advanced semiconductor factory.

But the process of testing is very boring, cleaning, masking, lithography, cleaning, ion implantation, cleaning for the third time, starting etching...

Standing in the workshop for several hours, Luo Jia witnessed the complete manufacturing process of the chip for the first time, which can be regarded as a rare experience.

SMIC's semiconductor process is not the strongest in the world, and if it is a TSMC or Intel factory, its complexity is even more so.

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When the experiment went through the entire process and the complete semiconductor chip was manufactured, SMIC fell into a boiling of jubilation.

After actual measurement, the photoresist brought by Luo Jia is not bad at all compared with the world's top goods, and even slightly smarter.

Luo Jia and Zhang Dongning had breakfast in SMIC's staff restaurant, and countless people around them were talking excitedly, and Luo Jia and his Xingchen Technology were naturally the focus of everyone's discussion.

"When will you be able to deliver?" Tang Boyun nibbled on a bun and asked excitedly.

Luo Jia calculated in his heart, "The small batch supply can be completed at the end of this month, and the production capacity ramp-up will be completed and the official large-scale supply will be waited until the middle of next month." ”

Tang Boyun nodded slightly, industrial production has its objectivity, and personnel and machinery and equipment must be run in before they can finally release all production capacity.

"It's only a month, we can afford to wait!" Tang Boyun laughed and said: "After all, we have been waiting for domestic goods to complete import substitution, and we have been waiting for many years. ”

Luo Jia said with a smile, "That's naturally the best, with your endorsement of the product, when colleagues from the Ministry of Commerce go to talk, they will be more confident." ”

Tang Boyun said disapprovingly, "Yes, leave this to me, I will call the CEOs of peer companies one by one and tell them the good news." ”

"Photoresist is an important basic material in the semiconductor industry, and your technological breakthrough will definitely go down in history in the future!"

Luo Jia shrugged his shoulders, "Basic R&D takes a lot of effort, but the profit is not high, and even if it is successful, there is nothing to force it." ”

"A while ago, my father asked me what I was doing, and I said that I was engaged in photoresist, and my father frowned and said, aren't you a technology company, why do you still make glue?"

Hearing this, Tang Boyun and Zhang Dongning almost burst out laughing.

But looking back, it's quite sad.

Ordinary people don't understand the basic materials of the science and technology industry, and they don't care, Luo Jia engages in energy wave wireless charging, once the product comes out, the world is boiling, and photoresist is a thing, that is, a few people in the industry understand its value.

Luo Jia and his Xingchen Technology, as a private company, are willing to invest heavily in basic material projects, which is really rare.

Tang Boyun said with a smile, "It is true that there is no reputation for engaging in basic materials, but money can still be made, I know very well in this regard, once your photoresist project is fully produced, it will immediately become another cash cow of Xingchen Technology, you can make a lot of money, you don't have to be cheap and sell well." ”

Luo Jia smiled and didn't say anything.

There is no need to hide it, business investment is all about returns, and the greater the investment, the more returns.

Luo Jia is not engaged in charity, isn't it a fool not to make money if he has money, the photoresist made by Xingchen Chemical will not be more expensive than imported goods, but it will never be cheaper.

According to the current development speed and staffing of Xingchen Technology, money will never be enough to spend, after all, in the high-tech field, any action means astronomical investment.

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Tokyo, Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.

A few hours ago, President Kumaichi Takeda got the latest report from the Huaxia Headquarters.

In this note, the Huaxia headquarters got a shocking news.

Xingchen Technology's subsidiary in Qidong, Xingchen Chemical, has completed the research and development of photoresist and is in full swing to put into production.

In addition, they are negotiating with many domestic display companies and semiconductor companies to become new suppliers.

"It's Xingchen Technology again!" Takeda frowned and muttered in a low voice.

In just half a year, Xingchen Technology has risen at a high speed like a rocket, and has successively completed four major projects: system optimization, optics, wireless charging, and display, which have dealt a heavy blow to the monopoly system of the science and technology industry led by Japan, South Korea and the United States.

Shin-Etsu Chemical is also one of the companies that has been severely affected, and their products in the LCD field are collapsing across the board, and they have reached the point where they are about to completely withdraw from the market.

Takeda Xiongyi hated Xingchen Technology to the point of gritting his teeth.

Now, Xingchen Technology has inserted their black hand into the field of chemistry.

Photoresist is one of Shin-Etsu Chemical's most profitable projects, and if it is replaced by Xingchen Technology, it will bring them a heavy blow.

Secretary General Makoto Tanibe knocked on the door and walked in, standing beside Kumaichi Takeda, waiting for the president's instructions, he was very nervous, and he was afraid that the president would be angry because of this.

But Makoto Hasebe quietly observed and found that a smile appeared at the corner of President Takeda's mouth, and at this time, he was still laughing?

Makoto Hasebe was puzzled, but didn't dare to ask out loud.

"Hase-kun." Kumaichi Takeda said, "What do you think is our biggest advantage in the field of photoresists?" ”

Makoto Hasebe thought for a moment, "It should be a partnership, we have a long history and strong strength since we were established in 1926, and since the semiconductor industry and photoresist in this world, we have been one of the largest suppliers in this field, and our customers trust our products very much." ”

Takeda Kumaichi shook his head, "Naive! Huaxia customers buy our products not out of trust at all, but because they have no choice. ”

"Now, there is a local company in China that has manufactured a first-class photoresist of the same grade, and they have no reason to continue to cooperate with us."

Hasebe is worried that the company has already withdrawn from the LCD field, and if it loses the photoresist field again, the loss will be too serious.

The words suddenly changed, and Takeda Xiong's eyes became sharp.

"Our biggest advantage is actually the cost." "After all, our factory has been in operation for many years, and the equipment and personnel are in an extremely skilled state, and at the same cost, we can produce two tons of photoresist, while new companies in this industry can only produce one ton." ”

Makoto Hasebe was stunned.

What the president said is indeed true, the cost of an established enterprise with a mature production line and mature process is by no means comparable to that of a new company.

After making money from photoresist for so many years, the R&D expenses have long been earned, and the cost of Shin-Etsu Chemical's photoresist is actually very low.

Takeda Kumaichi said lightly, "Not only us, but all the giant companies that have been working in the photoresist industry for many years have incomparable costs for new companies, which will be our killer weapon to suppress new companies." ”

"Other peers, TOK, JSR, Asahi Kasei, do they have any moves?"

Makoto Hasebe hurriedly lowered his head, "There has been no action yet, but it is estimated that they have already learned the same information as us, and they are urgently discussing countermeasures." ”

Takeda Xiongyi shook his head slightly, "There is nothing to discuss, the best way to suppress new enterprises is a price war!" Take advantage of the price advantage and destroy your opponents in one go! ”

"Notice, the company's photoresist products will be reduced in price from now on!"

Makoto Hasebe nodded, "President, how much should we get down?" ”

Takeda Xiong narrowed his eyes slightly, "What is the cost price, we will reduce it to as much as possible." ”

Makoto Hasebe was stunned, "Worthy of being the president!" If we sell photoresist at cost price, I believe that any new company entering the industry will not be able to stop our price storm! ”

It is difficult for people who have not been engaged in business to understand the cruelty and gore of business.

In mid-November, just a week after Xingchen Technology officially entered the field of photoresist, the war officially began!

The three giants in the field of photoresist in the United States, Dow Chemical, DuPont, and Huntsman.

Neon Nation Eleven Giants, JSR, Shin-Etsu, Tokyo Applied Chemical, Fujifilm, Sumitomo, TOK, Mitsubishi Chemical, Asahi Kasei, Hitachi Chemical, Nippon Steel Chemical, Sun Ink.

South Korea's Shuangxiong, LG Chem, Dongjin Chemical.

Italy's last lone seedling in the field of photoresist, Morton Chemical.

All these giants that once dominated the field of photoresist launched an extinction price war against the newly born subsidiary of Xingchen Technology, Xingchen Chemical!

What's even more terrifying is that Xingchen Chemical has no allies, and this will be a 1VS17, super unequal war!