After the J-22, or Canglong fighter completed its first flight, the 601 Institute quickly entered the engineering test stage, and their goal is to build 02 and 03 on the basis of the "01" of this No. 1 aircraft, until hundreds, thousands.

At the same time, the J-8 III and J-10 projects are also progressing steadily, one providing funding and the other as a supplement to the fourth-generation aircraft.

The 606 and 601 institutes entered a period of stable development, and on the other hand, Chen Nian also started his new work.

He's going to have to start preparing for the carrier battle group.

And to have his own aircraft carrier battle group, he must first take the first step .

In a conference room at the Institute of Western Studies in Chang'an, some of the experts of the advisory group, which had been subjected to strict scrutiny, gathered for the first time for the first on-site meeting.

And the things they want to discuss can be said to be both simple and not simple:

That is, what is needed to develop a high-performance digital array radar.

Chen Nian sat in the middle of the round conference table, he did not speak, but listened to the scholars in these related fields express their opinions one by one.

Judging from our current technology accumulation, if you want to directly go to the digital array radar, it is actually very difficult."

"This difficulty is not reflected in the digital array radar itself, but in the industrial foundation necessary to create such a thing."

"First of all, from the perspective of T/R components, we can only manufacture 8 units of digital beam emission arrays now, which is far from the international level."

"In order to make stronger T/R components, we must have stronger semiconductor design and manufacturing capabilities, but it is clear that we are seriously lacking in this area."

"In addition, we also need high-performance software-based signal processors, VHDL technology to implement field-programmable gate arrays, and high-speed transmission technologies such as LVDS. These are not problems that can be solved in a short period of time. ”

"VHDL has extremely high requirements for software engineering, signal processors and T/R have high requirements for semiconductors, and LVDS has high requirements for optical materials."

"So on the whole, if we engage in digital array radar now, we must at least simultaneously promote the development of the three industries."

"That is, the electronic information industry, the semiconductor industry, and the optical industry."

"It's too difficult, the span is too big, and the risk is very high."

The speaker was Lu Shangdong, the most well-known expert in the field of radar in China, who worked at the East China Institute of Electronic Engineering, and the 8-unit digital beam emission array he mentioned was actually the result of his own work in 2000.

Hearing his words, Chen Nian nodded slightly.

In fact, he had already understood the difficulty of this goal before this, but that would not be a reason for him to hold back.

Because, from the very beginning, he did not say that he wanted to build a digital array radar in the shortest possible time, but planned to take this technology-intensive long-term goal as a guide, gradually promote the development of many domestic industries in the process of exploration, and slowly form a truly usable industrial system.

So, it doesn't really matter if it can be made quickly.

It's important to try to do it.

Thinking of this, he raised his hand to speak, but unexpectedly, another scholar sitting to his left preemptively spoke.

"I agree with Professor Lu's point of view, it is indeed very difficult and economical to develop digital array radar at this stage."

"But the question is, is our target really the radar itself?"

"I would like to remind you first that the topic of our discussion today is not 'how to build a digital array radar', but 'the technology tree required to develop a digital array radar'."

"I think everyone can understand the concept of a tech tree."

"Since it's a tree, it starts at the roots - we don't have to stare at the top of the tree, the canopy, and sink into the mud to see it!"

Chen Nian turned his head to look at the person who spoke, and he recognized this person as a well-known economist in China, Chen Feiyun.

His understanding of the entire domestic industrial layout can be said to be unmatched among the younger generation.

Hearing his words, Lu Shangdong also nodded.

"Feiyun's point of view is right, if you want to engage in terminal technology, you must first solve the basic problem, and you can't eat hot tofu in a hurry."

"But that's not what I'm good at-—— if we're going to do semiconductors, where do we start? Jun Ling, can you tell me? ”

Wang Junling, who was sitting in the corner, raised his head when he heard this, and replied:

"That's too much."

"If calculated according to the high-end semiconductor industry, single crystal furnaces, oxidation furnaces, diffusion furnaces, lithography machines, etching machines, ion implanters, thin film deposition equipment, cleaning equipment, testing equipment."

"Anyway, judging from the current situation, we don't have any technology needed on this line."

"Some of them can be solved by investing resources and money, but like lithography machines, etching machines, and ion implanters, we can't get them even if we have money, and it's even difficult to buy them."

"But fortunately, if it's just a digital array radar, we don't need to pull all these things to the high-end for the time being."

"First of all, the lithography machine is not needed in the near future, I want to solve the single crystal furnace and diffusion furnace first."

Chen Nian nodded slightly, his thoughts coincided with Wang Junling.

Of course, he doesn't really need to do all this industry, because even if he can have enough source points to provide technology, but in the case of an industrial base that is not up to par, blindly developing these technologies will not only make no money, but may also become a drag on the economy and form the opposite effect.

The best solution is to form breakthroughs in several key areas, and it can form a fission effect.

Single crystal furnace and diffusion furnace seem to be an option, but it seems that its long-tail effect is still somewhat insufficient.

It can only be used for semiconductor wafer manufacturing.

"The diffusion furnace can!"

A sudden voice interrupted Chen Nian's thoughts, and then the owner of the voice continued:

"Since our goal is to use this long-term goal as much as possible to lay the foundation of basic industry, it is absolutely not wrong to choose a diffusion furnace!"

"Because the technology related to diffusion furnaces can be used not only in the semiconductor industry, but also in the manufacture of photovoltaic cell components!"

"From my point of view, photovoltaic is definitely an important choice for new energy in the future, if we can lay out and accumulate technology in advance at this time, then when the conditions are ripe, we are likely to break through the limitations of traditional fossil energy and truly achieve energy independence!"

Energy independence?

Chen Nian's eyes lit up.

On the surface, the order of the world is established by economic and military forces, but in the final analysis, it is the control of core resources that determines these two forces.

What was the essence of the two Gulf Wars?

After the Gulf War, what was the essence of the local wars and regional conflicts provoked by that eagle?

Isn't it just for oil?

If one day, we can really rely on the first-mover advantage in new energy to achieve corner overtaking and break the hegemony of resources, then we can undoubtedly go much faster on the road to the top.

In this way, the long-tail effect of the diffusion furnace is obviously enough!

Thinking of this, Chen Nian no longer hesitated.

He stood up and spoke:

"Guys, I've listened to the discussion just now."

"I think the diffusion furnace is indeed a good direction, and we will also make efforts in this direction in the future."

"So, based on this plan, I would like you to assist in exporting a list of key technologies so that breakthroughs can be made quickly on these technologies."

(End of chapter)