"This time they issued a joint statement so quickly, and showed such a decisive attitude, they must have received some favorable news." As the room fell silent, an executive sitting on the left said, "Maybe it's about putting your hopes on the lithography machine that the Academy of Sciences is researching." ”

Anrenkov's mood was terrible, the first time it had happened in his time as CEO.

Hearing someone's opinion now, his emotions suddenly calmed down a little and he cast his eyes on him.

Listening to all these words in his ears, and after a moment's thought, he gave an affirmative and asked.

"I'm afraid your analysis is right, they are really very tuned in the research and development of high-end lithography machines during this time."

"Do you think we'll be able to keep these orders?"

"Terror is very hard." The executive shook his head and frowned: "First of all, it is impossible for us to cancel the regulations that have been released, and it is impossible for the other party to change their minds to purchase chips." ”

Despite the negative attitude in the words, the words were followed by a change of tone.

"I never think they can make high-end chips, as long as this condition cannot be met, our position in the semiconductor field will not be affected."

And as the words fell, the minds of the other people present suddenly opened up and spoke enthusiastically.

"It is impossible for them to succeed if they want to achieve an independent high-end chip manufacturing industry chain, and those manufacturers will definitely choose to sign a procurement contract with us if they can't find a substitute for the supply of high-end mobile phone chips."

"The entire industrial chain involves so many companies and enterprises, how can it be perfected in a short period of time."

"We can't revoke the documents that were released, and since they want to find alternatives, let's see who is in a hurry in the end."

"Even if they develop a lithography machine, without the assistance of powerful EDA industrial software, the performance of the chip they designed will not be high."

If Anrenkov was nervous when he first got the news, then he completely calmed down after listening to these words from everyone.

If you think about it, his worries are really unnecessary.

Even if those manufacturers issue a joint statement not to purchase chips, the time they can hold on is limited.

In any case, we have to find a way to solve the chip problem.

Otherwise, the company's market value will only continue to shrink and completely lose in this industry.

Therefore, the loss of the order is also temporary.

In addition, he and the executive's views are completely consistent, and it is undoubtedly a dream for Xu Yun to create an extreme ultraviolet lithography machine with only one Xu Yun.

After all, this is the crystallization of a large number of scientific researchers for many years, and it is not so easy to study.

If they can't solve the extreme ultraviolet lithography machine for a long time, they can only continue to purchase their high-end chips.

What's more, in addition to lithography machines and photoresists, EDA industrial software for chip design and testing is equally important.

This is equivalent to a double layer of insurance.

Thinking of the words that Xu Yun boasted about in the interview earlier, he quickly had an idea in his mind.

In any case, in such a short period of time, it is absolutely impossible for the EUV lithography machine to be delivered this year.

I trust my judgment very much in this regard.

When Xu Yun can't get an extreme ultraviolet lithography machine, they can use some means to expand their influence.

At that time, you only need to soften your attitude, and you will definitely be able to pull back the lost orders.

The thought stayed here, and he looked around at everyone and said: "ASML has made a decision to send people to Xu Yun's lithography machine project in the form of exchange and learning, I believe they will expose this beautiful lie." ”

After expressing his attitude, the others in the room did not say anything more.

There was no worry on his face.

It is also the world's top chip company, and it naturally won't admit its mistakes until things become a reality.

The brief meeting turned from startling to calm and did not cause much of a stir.

Ahnenkov announced the end of the meeting, and Qualcomm did not do anything after the departure of the company's executives present.

The status quo is still maintained on the Internet, and there is no public response.

But everyone knows that under the seemingly calm appearance, the global semiconductor field is already an undercurrent that is turbulent and can break out at any time.

It is very likely that the battery market will usher in a huge change in the entire industry.

As for the timing of whether the storm will break out, it is the date given by Xu Yun in a previous interview.

There are only a few months left in the full dozen.

In other words, if Jincheng Optoelectronic Technology Research Institute does not successfully deliver the first extreme ultraviolet lithography machine by then, it will be a heavy blow to the entire domestic semiconductor field.

The most important thing is that it will be more controlled by others from now on.

As a result, almost the world's attention has focused on Xu Yun and the Institute of Optoelectronic Technology.

However, domestic netizens are extremely optimistic about this, and a large number of supportive comments can be seen on related topics.

We are looking forward to this day.

It seems that as long as it is what Xu Yun promised, there will be no failure.

Of course, at this time, Xu Yun didn't care about paying attention to things on the Internet, and after returning to Jingzhou City, he first arranged the affairs of his family, and then hurriedly took a plane to Jincheng without staying for two days.

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"How's our project going, and have there been any mistakes during my absence?"

February 27, 2021, Jincheng, conference room of the Institute of Optoelectronic Technology.

Xu Yun, who just came back from Jingzhou City yesterday, has quickly regained his identity as the person in charge of the project, and held a project meeting to sort out the current progress as soon as he arrived at the institute in the morning.

Although he trusted the strength of Luo Changhui and Yang Jing and others, he was cautious in order to ensure that nothing went wrong.

In fact, after he used brain overclocking to solve several major problems faced by extreme ultraviolet lithography machines, the research and development of the entire project was on the right track, which is equivalent to driving into the fast lane.

The latter only needs someone to grasp the steering wheel and let it reach the end smoothly.

Originally, he didn't need to do it himself, and he could have spent more time with Chen Shihe.

However, because of the door frame robot, the enemy dog jumped over the wall in a hurry and used this disgusting method.

As the situation becomes more and more urgent, we can only find ways to speed up the progress and deliver the first extreme ultraviolet lithography machine as soon as possible.

Especially after Chen Shihe learned about these things from the Internet, he also strongly asked him to complete important things first.

At this moment, Luo Changhui, Yang Jing and other core personnel of the project also felt an inexplicable sense of relief when they saw Xu Yun coming back.

After all, the problems of the extreme ultraviolet lithography machine were solved by Xu Yun, and now they are handed over to continue to be responsible, and there will inevitably be a lot of pressure on them, for fear that the project will not be able to complete the acceptance and delivery on time due to accidents.

But Xu Yun is here, as if all difficulties do not exist, even if there is an emergency, Xu Yun can solve it.

As the atmosphere in the conference room was obviously much more relaxed, Yang Jing first stood up to report his progress.

"Professor Xu."

"This is the latest progress of the project completion, you can take a look first."

As he spoke, he handed the document to Xu Yun with both hands.

Xu Yun didn't think too much about it when he heard this, and after taking it casually, he carefully flipped through the content.

As he expected, during his absence from Jincheng, the project progress was still progressing step by step.

And there was no waste.

According to the current progress, it is believed that it will not be long before the lithography machine can be completely assembled for testing.

At this time, Luo Changhui next to him also smiled and whispered while Xu Yun was checking the documents.

"In order to ensure the progress of the project, most of the researchers in the institute have not taken a holiday during the Spring Festival, and I believe that the delivery of the first domestic extreme ultraviolet lithography machine will be completed before the autumn."

As his words fell, the rest of the room was equally happy.

Everyone knows the importance of this project, and in addition to increasing their qualifications, the project team has no problem winning the National Science and Technology Award.

And this is all thanks to Xu Yun, who is sitting in the main seat right now.

Before Xu Yun was in charge of the extreme ultraviolet lithography machine project, the institute was already researching lithography machines.

A lot of money has even been invested in this.

However, the progress is really unsatisfactory, and it has only barely conquered the 28-nanometer chip so far.

It is a far cry from overseas 7nm or even 5nm chips.

There is simply no way to get a voice in the semiconductor field.

However, after Xu Yun joined, earth-shaking changes took place, taking the lead in solving the most important extreme ultraviolet light source, not to mention, and then successively found the design scheme of the optical projection system and mask, and successfully finalized the first extreme ultraviolet lithography machine.

After these incidents, there was no one in the entire research institute who was not convinced by Xu Yun.

Xu Yun didn't know what everyone was thinking, but after hearing Luo Changhui's words in his ears, he raised his gaze and turned his head and replied:

"During this time, everyone is really busy, and after the project is completed, we will focus on the holiday and rest."

"I don't want a vacation, not to mention that everyone's mood for the work at hand is very high, and they are all holding their breath to get the first extreme ultraviolet lithography machine out as soon as possible."

"Even if it's a holiday now, it is estimated that no one wants to rest." Luo Changhui was worried that Xu Yun would misunderstand and explained with a smile.

What he said is really good, it is a very rare opportunity for everyone to participate in this kind of national key project, especially now that the results are close at hand.

In this case, who would choose to take a leave of absence, in case the project was completed just after leaving, wouldn't it be a direct loss?

After all, after working for such a long time, I must witness the first extreme ultraviolet lithography machine pass the test.

Xu Yun didn't think much about it, nodded when he heard the sound and looked at everyone again.

"I think everyone should know what happened recently, and now our situation in the semiconductor field is very urgent, and we have to deliver the first high-end extreme ultraviolet lithography machine as early as possible."

Needless to say than Xu Yun, Luo Changhui, Yang Jing and others must also know about the door frame robot.

Therefore, there was nothing to hesitate about, and they immediately opened their mouths.

"Professor Xu is fully responsible for the project, and all the personnel in the institute are under your arrangement, the more the enemy does not believe that we can build an extreme ultraviolet lithography machine, then the more we must let them take a good look."

"That's right, if there is anything, Professor Xu can arrange it."

"Everyone has long wanted to raise their eyebrows once, and they have been bullied in the semiconductor field over the years."

"Professor Xu has developed a high-end photoresist, as long as we assemble the entire lithography machine, we can immediately carry out the manufacturing test of the chip."

Xu Yun looked at everyone's performance, especially Luo Changhui, who was an academician, and his posture was also very low, he was naturally very satisfied with this, after all, what was needed most at this time was the unity and cooperation of the entire project team.

The thought stayed here, and he cleared his throat and continued.

"With everyone's support, I believe that the project will be fine, and if nothing else, it will definitely be delivered in the summer."

"The situation that used to be controlled by others in the field of semiconductors will no longer exist."

"After that, everyone will still finish their work on time, and I will stay in the institute until the lithography machine is assembled, and you can come to me at any time for anything in the meantime."

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In the following time, the meeting lasted for about half an hour, and you could see that everyone's faces were full of lightness.

It can be said that you are confident.

It is worth mentioning that Xu Yun did not rearrange everyone's work.

From Yang Jing's documents, it can be seen that everyone's work has been completed very well.

There was no emergency.

This shows that the existing arrangements are very suitable.

It's just a matter of keeping the status quo alive.

In order not to delay everyone's working time, Xu Yun announced the dismissal of the meeting after the content of the meeting was almost completed.

Everyone got up and left one after another, and soon there were two people left in the conference room, Xu Yun and Luo Changhui.

Seeing that Luo Changhui didn't seem to have any intention of leaving, Xu Yun thought that the other party might have something to say alone, so he temporarily stopped his movements and took the initiative to ask the other party.

"Academician Luo."

"Do you have any questions?"

At the meeting, as the project leader, he only had work in his eyes, but he privately respected a senior like Luo Changhui.

Luo Changhui heard the shouting at this time, and slowly raised his gaze, and he could see that his somewhat cloudy eyes were slightly red.

Emotions are churning in the bottom of my heart.

After a slight pause for two seconds, he took a deep breath and said what he was thinking most truly at the moment.

"I am really grateful to you, Professor Xu, if it weren't for you, the domestic lithography machine project would still be far away."

"You're the one who turned us around in semiconductors."

Speaking of this, Luo Changhui was also quite sad in his heart, as the person in charge of the lithography machine project, although he led the team to work very hard to develop a high-end lithography machine to completely solve the problem of not being able to manufacture high-end chips in China.

However, ideals are ideals after all, and there is too much deviation from reality.

In the past few years, although a lot of national funds have been spent and the lithography machine technology has successfully moved forward, it is simply not at the same level as the level of overseas lithography machines.

It is impossible to solve the situation in the domestic semiconductor field.

He is also very self-reproachful for this.

In fact, when Hou Shengchang decided to invite Xu Yun over to be the project leader, he was a little unconvinced.

Of course, this is not to say that he is reluctant to be the person in charge of the project, but he does not believe that Xu Yun is so young that he can really make a breakthrough in the lithography machine project.

Although Xu Yun's performance is very good, and he has made achievements in the fields of materials, artificial intelligence, optoelectronics, etc., the complexity of the lithography machine is absolutely unimaginable.

The number of all parts is as high as hundreds of thousands.

But this thought didn't last long in his mind.

After seeing that Xu Yun had a light source manufacturing plan in a short period of time and successfully passed the test, he realized how correct the decision of the dean was to invite Xu Yun from Beijing University.

Later, Xu Yun solved the problem of lithography machine one after another, making the delivery of domestic extreme ultraviolet lithography machine possible.

In addition to appreciating and convincing Xu Yun, he was more grateful.

Especially the door frame robot incident that happened during the Spring Festival holiday, which gave him a new understanding of Xu Yun's terrifying strength.

No wonder Xu Yun was able to win the special prize of the Science and Technology Progress Award alone.

It can be said that he believes in Xu Yun's words very much, and the first extreme ultraviolet lithography machine will be delivered on time this summer.

"Academician Luo, this is a joint effort of all of us, and the overseas side will soon see the horror of this force."

The corners of Xu Yun's mouth rose slightly, and a warm smile appeared, and his eyes calmly watched Luo Changhui say this, not taking all the credit on himself.

He relied on brain overclocking to solve important problems with lithography machines such as light sources, projection systems, and masks.

However, he could not assemble the entire lithography machine on his own, which required the assistance of project members.

Luo Changhui was slightly stunned at first when he heard this, and then quickly reacted with a smile on his face.

Then he stood up and said, "I'm also looking forward to seeing how the overseas side reacts." ”

"I think it's going to be exciting." Xu Yun replied.

After the meeting, everyone quickly entered the state and cooperated with each other to complete the assembly and debugging of the lithography machine according to their own work content.

In the next few months, the Institute of Optoelectronic Technology no longer announced any news on the Internet, and made every effort to speed up the progress of the project, which made the Internet much calmer than some time ago.

However, seeing that this year is about to pass halfway, the news about the domestic extreme ultraviolet lithography machine has not come out for a long time, which makes some manufacturers and netizens also start to worry about accidents.

Thinking that if the domestic extreme ultraviolet lithography machine cannot be manufactured, then they must accept those terms to continue to purchase high-end chips from overseas companies, so the previously released joint statement became a joke. But there's no way around it, unless you watch a huge company go down.

For this reason, high-level meetings of major manufacturers are held more and more frequently.

However, because there is really no channel to get the latest news, everyone can only wait patiently.

In this way, the time soon entered June, with the joint efforts of all members of the extreme ultraviolet lithography machine project team of the Institute of Optoelectronic Technology, the first domestic extreme ultraviolet lithography machine was finally assembled and commissioned.

There is no doubt that this is a day to celebrate for everyone, and the long time has finally paid off.

However, this news is still in a state of secrecy, and it is not immediately announced to the outside world.

Because the extreme ultraviolet lithography machine has completed the commissioning and assembly, it is not a real success.

Wafers etched with photoresist are also required for chip fabrication testing.

Only when the test is successfully completed and the corresponding yield is achieved, can the extreme ultraviolet lithography machine truly meet the requirements and can be officially delivered.

In order to witness this milestone moment, in addition to the project team members and directors of the research institute, Hou Shengchang, president of the Academy of Sciences, also flew to Jincheng as soon as he got the news.

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(End of chapter)