Zhong Zixing does not yet have the idea of entering energy research, and the establishment of the Infinite Energy Department will take at least some time.

Even if it is established, it will not immediately invest in the research of fission energy and fusion energy, at most starting with cells or solar energy.

Therefore, a talent like Jiang Haoran can only be classified in the Elemental Evolution Department at present, and it is a cross-department anyway, and it is not a mistake.

"Sooner or later, the most unavoidable thing for Neutron Star Technology's 'interstellar exploration' program is nuclear fusion." Jiang Haoran said lightly. "I've also had some time working on chemicals like photoresist and high-purity hydrogen fluoride......"

The two discussed this issue, and slowly, Zhong Zixing was a little surprised.

He thought that Jiang Haoran, who majored in nuclear physics and minored in nuclear chemistry, quantum chemistry and chemical thermodynamics, would make achievements in energetics, but he did not expect that he would have such a profound study of organic chemicals such as photoresist, and he did not exaggerate at all.

For a while, there was a sense of tacit understanding between the two, and they could see their shadows from each other.

......

"To tell you the truth, the Neutron Star suddenly set up the Elemental Evolution Department in a bit of a hurry."

In the company, only Zhong Zixing and Jiang Haoran sat opposite each other, drinking tea together and chatting.

"I know, but I can't help it......"

"How?"

Zhong Zixing sighed and put down the teacup: "Our Neutron Star Technology was the first to set up a micro-integration department, and we wanted to independently design the architecture and chips, but we didn't think about producing them ourselves, you know?" ”

"I know that most of the company's departments are scientific researchers, and there are too few business personnel, so we can only develop technology!"

"Yes, it's a pity that the architecture and chip design were successful...... Those top foundries can't help us because they have a secret retention agreement, what do you say about this kind of rogue agreement? ”

"I see!" Jiang Haoran frowned and nodded.

In order to curb the development of domestic science and technology, the great powers have done everything they can, and there are too many restrictions and restrictions, blocking from all sides, which is simply beyond Zhong Zixing's expectations.

He has thought about a lot of restriction agreements, but he never expected that even the foundry of independent chips will not work.

Looking at the completeness of the domestic industrial system, it is not that the people of the country like to do everything by themselves, but that they are restricted from playing their own games.

Neutron Star Technology doesn't want to be involved in the market at all, that would be too troublesome, they just want to do technology...... But what can you do when you suddenly hear this news? Abandon the independent design of the microintegration department and invest in the embrace of open source RISC-V?

This is absolutely impossible.

Even if RISC-V is open source and can be freely used for any purpose, allowing anyone to design, manufacture and sell RISC-V chips and software, it is still foreign in terms of foundation, which is not fundamentally different from Android.

"Therefore, we have acquired two wafer factories and a packaging and testing plant by ourselves, and plan to produce them ourselves, anyway, from the procurement of silicon wafers to a full set of equipment, there are all in China, but some are low-end, these don't matter, the excellent architecture makes our chips compete with the mid-to-high-end, but they lose in the process." Zhong Zixing said.

"At the low end of the equipment, we will set up a limit precision department to upgrade ourselves, and in order to ensure that we are not stuck in a certain manufacturing link and suddenly cut off the supply of electronic chemicals, then we will set up an element evolution department by ourselves!"

It is not necessarily true to say that they were forced, and the goal of Neutron Star Technology's 'interstellar exploration' is to cover all high-tech technologies, so they have long planned to set up these departments.

I didn't think it would be established so early!

According to the original plan, it is possible that a third division will be established for the entire neutron star by this year.

But now, in addition to the Department of Information Technology, the Department of Material Origin, and the Department of Unknown Exploration, the establishment of the Department of Life Code is forced to have no R&D funds, and the Department of Microscopic Integration, the Department of Extreme Precision, and the Department of Elemental Evolution all appeared in order to deal with it.

The plan can't catch up with the changes, and after experiencing it personally, Zhong Zixing can be regarded as having a deep understanding.

Jiang Haoran was silent, and only after a while did he hold back a sentence: "Then thank them for aggravating the crisis of the neutron star, and by the way, let them see the extreme pressure resistance of the neutron star." ”

"That's what I'm going to do!" Zhong Zixing said with a smile.

Neutron Star Technology Group will never fail, there are funds and manpower, as long as the level of knowledge continues to rise in research and development, and can read the knowledge in his mind, then even if he is isolated by the world, he has the confidence to develop.

It's just that this speed will be relatively slow!

Strictly speaking, there are only three major categories of science and technology in this world that are the easiest to get rid of the monopoly of giants, one is biopharmaceutical, one is energy, and the rest is chemical products!

The flaw is that they are all limited by knowledge and R&D experience.

"Photoresist is such an upstream chemical material, the manufacturing composition can be provided independently in China, the possibility of being stuck in the neck is infinitely reduced, and it can be developed little by little, slowly forming a complete industrial chain, and completely getting rid of foreign constraints."

Photoresist, which is an extremely important and irreplaceable chemical in the field of microelectronics.

From analog semiconductors, light-emitting diodes, to microelectromechanical systems, solar photovoltaics, to microfluidics, biochips, optoelectronic devices and other semiconductors are one of the key materials, even packaging must be used.

The scale of integrated circuits in China is getting larger and larger, resulting in the application of this material more and more frequently.

At present, tens of thousands of tons of photoresist will be consumed every year in China alone, and it is expected to exceed 100,000 tons in two years.

With a large amount of consumption, the market has risen, but this market is very concentrated, and it is completely monopolized by foreign companies for more than 90%.

There is no way, photoresist is known as the material with the highest technical barriers in electronic chemicals, and the purity of domestic production is far from the standard.

Not to mention the complexity of production, a lot of money will be invested in the production and testing equipment alone, and the set in the Neutron Battlestar Laboratory has cost hundreds of millions!

Of course, for the deep-pocketed Neutron Star Technology, hundreds of millions are a drizzle, but what about those newly established chemical plants? Which ones have the ability to invest hundreds of millions of dollars? Few and far between!

This is only the first constraint, the purity requirements are high, the production process is complex, and the equipment is expensive!

Secondly, the most important point - the period of technology accumulation.

Light investment is not counted, there is no technical accumulation, and any fork in the scene may lead to substandard photoresist production.

Therefore, it is an indisputable fact that the domestic start-up time and technology accumulation have been crushed by foreign countries, and the global market is basically monopolized.

"At the end of the day, it's not enough to have equipment, you have to have technology...... Come with me to the chemistry lab to try my hand? After drinking tea, Zhong Zixing asked casually.

"Okay!" Jiang Haoran got up directly.

Both of them have a strong confidence that they can do it well in the shortest possible time.

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