Wafer refers to the silicon wafer extracted from quartz sand for semiconductor integrated circuits, and is called a wafer because of its round shape.

In the era of intelligence and information, the role of wafers has reached an unprecedented level, and it is widely used in the field of electronic and digital.

Before the extraction cost of graphene wafers has not been reduced, silicon wafers are irreplaceable!

Whether it is memory modules, solid-state drives, processors, graphics cards, mobile phone memory and other chips and digital electronic products, a large number of silicon crystals are used.

The price increases of memory modules, chips, and solid-state drivers under many semiconductor companies have thrown the pot on the shortage of wafers, which shows the importance of wafers.

The wafer factory is a strategic construction of all countries in the world, and the completion and production of each wafer factory will cause a high degree of pollution to the environment, so if you want to build it, you must reach an agreement with the town government

As soon as the Hangcheng municipal government heard that Neutron Star Technology wanted to acquire or build a wafer factory in the industrial park, it immediately gave the green light in policy.

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Because the area is too large and the pollution is extremely serious, there are not many wafer factories in the industrial park.

In addition to what Zhong Dad sold to Lift SMMC, there are still two wafer factories and one packaging and testing plant.

"Mr. Zhong, how is it here?"

Chen Fukang, the CEO of Shiwei Semiconductor Company, and the secretary, who were invited by Zhong's father, followed Zhong Zixing and Professor Xu Zhihai on both sides.

All four of them were wearing white coats, goggles and masks.

"It's big and it looks clean!" Zhong Zixing can only say this.

The wafer factories occupy a large area, and Shiwei Semiconductor is similar, and the only thing worth boasting about is that the sanitation in the factory is very clean and snow-white.

The neatly packed lithography machines are arranged one after another, which does look imposing, but these lithography machines are basically the same as the low-end ones.

"Hey, I can't help it!" Chen Fukang sighed and followed behind Zhong Zixing and Professor Xu Zhihai.

"At the beginning, I also entered the semiconductor field with enthusiasm, hoping to make a difference, but I still can't keep up with the speed of technology upgrading......"

"At the beginning, the joint venture investment with others was not enough, and I borrowed billions from the bank, who would have thought that in a few years, the equipment in these factories would be eliminated."

Shiwei Semiconductor has also thought about upgrading, but the talents in this area are monopolized by the major giants, not to mention that even the funds for upgrading are not enough.

With no one and no money, who can hold on?

Most of the domestic industrial companies are facing such a dilemma, either they can't hold on to being acquired, or they are abandoned and can't even recover the money.

But there is no way, high-tech industries are burning money, and it is not a point or two.

The bank can borrow once or twice, but not only do you not show the ability to repay the money, but you also keep losing money, who would dare to borrow.

"Why don't you sell it to TSMC? I've heard that Lift Semiconductor Company has come to the door several times to buy it? Zhong Zixing asked.

"I'm not as bold as Mr. Zhong's father, and I dare to sell it if I grit my teeth and lose money...... If you hesitate, you will lose more money! Chen Fukang, a big man, said and spoke, his sad eyes were red.

Condemned by shareholders, unable to pay employees' wages, being collected by banks, and being blinded by villagers, almost all kinds of encounters have been experienced, and he has long wanted to insist on it after experiencing all kinds of life.

"How's it going, Professor Xu? I think it can be acquired! Zhong Zixing didn't care about Chen Fukang's appearance, and leaned over to Professor Xu and asked softly.

"Yes, the equipment is complete, it is not difficult to upgrade, and the most important thing is that it is close to the company, and you can let someone ......from the precision department come over at any time," Professor Xu Zhihai also wanted to whisper, but his voice was too loud to stop at all.

"Hmm!"

Zhong Zixing didn't care whether Chen Fukang heard it or not, he held his chin and calculated that the monthly production capacity of the three wafer factories could reach about 60,000 pieces, and if the equipment was upgraded, it would be about one to two times more than double after Andromeda fully took over the automation.

The investment in a factory is about 15 billion now, compared with less than 10 billion a few years ago.

The wafer manufactured by the equipment is only eight inches, and the investment has to be discounted......

"20 billion wholly-owned acquisition, you nodded?"

Take out 20 billion at one time, of course, there is no problem with the financial resources of Neutron Star Technology, and it is not yet the time to break your muscles and bones.

The profits of the Department of Life Code alone can fill the hole in the funds of this acquisition, not to mention the huge profits of the Information Technology Department?

Seriously calculated, the revenue of information technology has begun to be calculated in 100 billion.

Databases, cloud computing, artificial intelligence authorization, digital special effects, game engine Orion's commission, intelligent control system, intelligent translation, virtual idol, search engine.

So many projects have been developed and have long spread across all walks of life across the country.

In terms of revenue, it may still not be as good as the leading enterprises in the country, but in terms of profitability, it can already be ranked in the top 30 in China.

"Mr. Zhong, 20 billion is too little, and even the input cost can't be recovered." After Chen Fukang heard this, he suddenly became anxious.

"A few years later, you still want to sell it at the original price? How can this be true? ”

Professor Xu Zhihai's eyes widened, and he was about to step forward to discuss, he was stout and extremely oppressive, as if he was not here to talk about business, but he wanted to come forward and beat people.

In fact, Professor Xu is still a reasonable and good person at heart, but his appearance is very fraudulent.

Zhong Zixing hurriedly stopped him, and then turned his head and said, "Mr. Chen, I just checked these equipment, although they look very new, most of them have begun to age, you don't deny this, right?" ”

"Not to mention the equipment, the land price has appreciated!" Chen Fukang said urgently.

"The price of the land? Where can we get the cheapest land for neutron stars? It's just that you've already built it, and Neutron doesn't want to waste time, and if you don't want to sell it, we'll leave immediately......"

Neutron Star Technology can't wait.

The semiconductor war has just begun, and it has not yet entered the recent fierce time, perhaps those high-ranking semiconductor giants do not think that Neutron Star Technology can catch up with the process in a few years, so they have not made any effort at all.

After all, there are not 10,000 low-end chip companies in the world, but there are 1,000 in the world, how can they manage it.

But Samsung has already started, the price of memory and display has risen across the board, and domestic mobile phone manufacturers have just announced the purchase of a batch of processors and memories of the neutron star microintegration department, and the communication giant Qualcomm will certainly not sit idly by, and no one knows when they will suddenly be unable to hold back.

Therefore, in order to ensure that you will not be controlled by others, you must try to get rid of dependence on foreign countries in chemical products, in case they suddenly cut off supply.

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