People who like astrology often say that purple is the most mysterious color in the world, it is elusive, and often inadvertently, showing a unique magnificence and elegance.

At this moment, ultraviolet light is bursting out of the laser generator, it passes through layers of carefully polished lenses at the speed of light, and after repeated refraction and change, it is finally adjusted to the appropriate angle and energy value, wrapped in sharp and precise powerful momentum, and quickly passes on the silicon wafer.

"It worked! The test run was successful! We've etched a wafer with a process of 7nm! After the project engineer confirmed the data of the machine, he announced loudly, followed by earth-shattering cheers, accompanied by uncontrollable tears.

US$3.45 billion is the cost of SMIC's C1 production line.

After countless efforts and confrontations, SMIC finally got a third-generation EUV lithography machine produced by ASML.

However, who would have thought that the subsequent situation would take a sharp turn for the worse, and the technology war continued to escalate, and before ASML's third-generation machine was put into use, Xingchen Technology released the fourth-generation lithography products.

The C1 production line was originally prepared for the third-generation aircraft, but when the fourth-generation aircraft of Xingchen Technology was unveiled, SMIC's President Tang and the board of directors immediately made a bold decision.

"Fuck ASML!" Mr. Tang roared at the board of directors: "When is this? If we don't give priority to the fourth-generation machine of Xingchen Technology and continue to implement ASML's third-generation plan, we are still considered individuals!? ”

The director reminded Tang Boyun that the C1 line had signed a contract with ASML, and the supporting equipment was also prepared for the third-generation aircraft.

"Fuck the contract!" Tang Boyun roared: "Lose money according to the price!" Let those white-skinned pigs take the money and get out! The C1 line must be on the fourth-generation machine of Xingchen Technology! If you give up the C1 line that has just been built and build a new production line for the fourth-generation machine, it will take half a year to say the least, and the daylily will be cold after half a year! ”

People who were born in this land and grew up in Chinese civilization have not yet had a sense of family and country.

In this way, the production line originally prepared for EUV was forcibly replaced with the fourth-generation aircraft of Xingchen Technology, and the third-generation aircraft shipped from the Netherlands was directly thrown in the corner to eat ashes.

Luo Jia listened to the cheers in his ears, he was also very happy, but he didn't show too much excitement.

No success is falling from the sky, the corridor outside the master control room, the rows of messy marching beds, is undoubtedly the best proof, Xingchen and SMIC's team, has not closed their eyes for more than a month, they eat and live in the C1 line, have made arduous efforts, today's one-time test success, these upright engineers are the biggest heroes.

"Next, we have to solve the problem of tunneling." Luo Jia said, "The existing silicon wafers are limited by physical properties, at most three nanometers, and if you want to go further, you must use silicene or graphene." ”

Tang Boyun calmed down, raised his glasses lightly, and nodded at Luo Jia, "Yes, we finally have forty nanometers, twenty-eight nanometers, fourteen nanometers, and seven nanometer wires now, which can be regarded as equaling the world's first-class level, but it is not enough to just catch up, and next, we will overtake the Jedi." ”

Ordinary consumers may not know about the chip foundry industry, a top semiconductor factory must be full architecture and full process.

Although the seven-nanometer process is the most advanced level in the world, it is also expensive, and a sample tape-out costs hundreds of millions of dollars, and only a small number of the world's top chip products, such as Intel and Apple processors, Texas Instruments' carriers, Huawei and Qualcomm's baseband, only these top chips, are willing to spend a lot of money to use the seven-nanometer process.

And some cheap semiconductor products, such as chips used in old radios and tractors for farming, are cheap chips in the hundreds of nanometers or even micrometer range.

Therefore, a top chip factory needs many production lines to produce a full set of process products, C1 line is SMIC's first fourth-generation line, but also the test line of Xingchen Technology, the current design standard is only seven nanometers, after all, it was originally prepared for the third generation of seven nanometers, and it was temporarily decided to replace the lithography system.

In the future, SMIC's C2 line will use a five-nanometer process, with two nanometers for the C3 line, zero tenths of five nanometers for the D1 line, and zero tenths of a nanometer for the D2 line.

In short, Centron Technology and SMIC have always been the closest strategic partners, and the tough guy group will be stationed at SMIC for a long time in the future to help them build all the next-generation production lines, one by one.

Of course, while building the production line, the material center must first take out the silicene and graphene, only these two materials can solve the ultra-low stage of the process, the tunneling and electronic migration, the existing silicon wafer technology, has come to the end of history.

Judging from the current situation, Cao Yuan's graphene laboratory is the most promising, and they have reached the stage where they should produce results, after all, Luo Jia has invited this super genius to sit in materials science, and it has been almost two years, and he has also invested an incredible amount of money.

"At the latest Spring Festival, we will be able to put on graphene wafers." Luo Jia swore that "graphene has always been able to be made, but the output is very low and the price is too high, which is not suitable for mass production." ”

"The chips made of graphene will be sold for more than one million yuan a piece, which is really outrageous, and the big dogs can't afford to consume it, Cao Yuan's graphene laboratory has been optimizing the process, as far as I know, his progress is not bad, and the price of graphene is just around the corner."

Hahahaha~

Tang Boyun is overjoyed, graphene is a well-known future material, not only chips can be used, almost all high-tech products can be used, once the price is knocked down, it can quickly occupy the global market, impact the West's monopoly in advanced materials.

Xingchen Technology has the famous three musketeers of materials science, Ji Ming, Cao Yuan, Chao Anbang, it is said that Chao Anbang's superconducting materials laboratory is also progressing very fast, and it may become another weapon to conquer the world in the future.

Luo Jia raised her wrist, glanced at the time and said, "I'm sorry, I have to leave, today is New Year's Day, and Xingchen Media has a New Year's special column over there." ”

"In that case, then Mr. Luo should go quickly, leave it to me here, and after the total data is returned, let everyone have a holiday and celebrate the New Year."

"Hey, before I knew it, another year had passed." Luo Jia sighed with emotion, and turned her eyes to the bleak winter outside the window, "It's been five years since Xingchen Technology was founded, and I'm one year older. ”

Puff~

It's good that Luo Jia didn't sigh, when he opened his mouth, everyone in the general control room sprayed.

"Mr. Luo, you founded Xingchen Technology at the age of nineteen, and five years have passed, you are only twenty-four!"

"yes, if you all feel old, aren't we all half-cut into the coffin?"

In recent years, people have always heard Luo Jia's name on the news, so many times that their ears are about to become calloused, and many people imagine him as an old-timer in the field of science and technology.

But in fact, he is not yet twenty-four years old!

"The beer is ready, what kind of program is recorded, your private channel is updated every week during this time, it's too hard, it's better to take a break, let's celebrate today!" SMIC has a big guy on his side.

It is hard for them to imagine that Luo Jia has every opportunity, and he also runs to the studio all day long, not only recording his own programs and conducting live broadcasts, but also guest hosting, introducing unknown bigwigs in the Chinese science and technology industry to the audience and friends.

It can be said that Luo Jia has made 200 percent efforts in publicity, and he really hopes that his hometown compatriots can understand and love science, even if they can't understand complex formulas, at least they must understand the benefits of science and be a person who respects science.

Luo Jia smiled and shook his head, "I also want to stay to celebrate, but if we don't occupy the position of public opinion, we will be occupied by the enemy. ”

"Xingchen Technology has produced a fourth-generation lithography machine, Huawei has launched an extreme survival plan, SMIC has forcibly launched a fourth-generation machine this time, and the loss is also billions of dollars, Ali's Ma boss solemnly swears to fully support the scientific and technological community and the West to compete for superiority, and will never poach indiscriminately in China."

"Which of these things is not enough to write into the history of Chinese science and technology? As a result, what is the hot search on Weibo in the past few days? It's all Sister Chi Ling who married a neon man, and various analyses on the Internet, even why Sister Chi Ling changed to the man's surname, how many girlfriends the man had had, and these bullshit things have also been picked up. ”

Everyone listened to Luo Jia's words, and their hearts were sour, in this era of entertainment to death, most people only saw a piece of singing and dancing, but they forgot the ground under their feet, and the blood and bones of their ancestors were buried.

Luo Jia said loudly: "In the final analysis, whether this science and technology war is won or lost depends on the strength of us science and engineering men!" ”

"We really don't coax girlfriends, and we don't know what elegance is, we wear T-shirts and plaid shirts all day long, carry rustic backpacks, and have a straight male aesthetic, admittedly, we are a little dirty, but there are still a few hard bones on our bodies! Although we don't like girls, the sea of stars is the real romance of men! ”

"If it weren't for the physiological needs, who would be so troublesome about finding a girlfriend? In this world, it is always men who understand men best! Boyfriends are best friends! ”

Luo Jia's words caused the audience to burst into laughter, this is the truth, the friendship between men is much stronger than those girls, of course, there are many girls at the scene who cast a look of disdain at Luo Jia, feeling that the leader of the straight boy group is really terminally ill and hopeless.

"That's it!" Luo Jia waved to everyone, "Everyone, celebrate well tonight, should I go to the show and compete for the entertainment position." ”

"No matter what time it is, science must be done! You are all the cutest science and engineering men, and you can't be allowed to suffer and bleed, and no one knows about it in the end. ”

"To publicize, scientific things, to be greatly publicized!"

"I don't care at all whether people in other countries care about science, but I hope that our compatriots can think from the perspective of science, and only by relying on science can the Chinese nation truly move towards rejuvenation and regain the glory of our ancestors!"