Among the few people present, Yang Jing took the lead in not being able to control the excitement in his heart, and almost as soon as he heard Liu Xing's words, he stepped forward, and immediately took the document and lowered his gaze to examine it carefully.

After confirming the above chip test data, as Liu Xing said, the defect rate is indeed within a reasonable range, and he can no longer suppress the joy on his face.

The whole body seemed to tremble.

"It's true."

"The defect rate of our chips is much lower than that announced overseas."

When he raised his head and shouted this, he had no intention of controlling his emotions, and he was completely immersed in this joy.

The defect rate of chip manufacturing is a very important indicator, and the current defect rate is not only within a reasonable range, but even much lower than that of high-end extreme ultraviolet lithography machines manufactured overseas.

What does this mean?

It shows that the lithography machine manufactured by their optoelectronic technology research institute has reached the top in the world in all aspects.

Even the photoresist is far superior to the chemical companies on the neon side.

Originally, according to everyone's ideas, it was a great joy to be able to manufacture a domestic extreme ultraviolet lithography machine, but its comprehensive performance has not only caught up with the overseas level.

With the new domestic photoresist, it has been surpassed.

Soon Yang Jing suddenly came to his senses and hurriedly handed the Chinese document to Hou Shengchang and Luo Changhui.

He said with some embarrassment on his face: "Dean Hou, take a look." ”

Hou Shengchang naturally didn't care about this little thing, he still smiled and stretched out his hand to take it, and then moved his eyes to watch carefully.

Luo Changhui next to him poked his head out.

About half a minute passed, and Hou Shengchang raised his gaze again, full of relief.

After handing the document to Luo Changhui, he said with emotion: "You have worked hard to have today's results, and I will have dinner to celebrate in the evening." ”

"With this result, even if ASML sends someone to exchange and study, there will be no panic at all." Hearing this, Luo Changhui said with a smile on his face, he was also very satisfied with the test results.

"It is indeed beyond expectation to have such a low defect rate, and it seems that Professor Xu's photoresist has made a great effort."

Hou Shengchang took over the conversation and looked at Xu Yun as he spoke.

Compared to the reactions of others present, Xu Yun was undoubtedly the calmest.

This result was not surprising.

Facing the test results handed over by Luo Changhui, he only glanced at them and handed them back to Liu Xing.

He knew in his heart that compared with overseas extreme ultraviolet lithography machines with 5nm or even 3nm chip processes, there must be some gaps between the domestic 7nm lithography machine in front of him and overseas.

The reason why he can have such a low defect rate is probably because of the new high-end photoresist he developed.

In any case, it is a random reward, and it must be much better than the neon ones.

Of course, Xu Yun also understands that relying on one day's data alone does not explain the problem.

It takes a long time for lithography to get the total data.

The thought stopped here, and he said: "If you want to determine the real data of the new photoresist, you need to continue to lithography tests." ”

"However, I believe that as long as the stability of the new photoresist is proven, it should be able to open up the global market."

And they were right.

When the new photoresist first came out, because there was no long-term use data, those wafer factories naturally did not dare to try it at will, even if the price of this new photoresist was much cheaper than that of Neon.

But now the situation is completely different.

The first domestic extreme ultraviolet lithography machine was delivered, and it was able to test the new photoresist by itself.

At that time, such a low defect rate and cost will be enough to change the entire market as long as the supply is sufficient.

When that day comes, Neon's chemical company will not suspend sales because it can't reach its production capacity.

It's produced and can't be sold at all.

Hou Shengchang, Luo Changhui and Yang Jing agreed with Xu Yun's words, thinking that the entire semiconductor field would soon change, so they looked forward to the arrival of this day.

At this point, Hou Shengchang was finally completely relieved.

I know that Jincheng didn't come in vain this time.

After a long time of difficulty in calming down, he repeated again: "Today I paid for a meal to celebrate with the people of their project team. ”

"Then you're welcome, Dean." Yang Jing replied with a smile.

In this way, there was no need for them to stay here for the rest of the year, and they went straight back to their respective offices.

In particular, Hou Shengchang also needs to report to the above immediately.

In addition, it is worth mentioning that although the domestic extreme ultraviolet lithography machine successfully completed the assembly and went smoothly on the first day, it chose to keep this situation secret for the time being and did not disclose it to the public.

After all, the people from ASML will be coming over in two days, so what is the point if you know the situation in advance.

At night.

As Hou Shengchang said, he did pay out of his own pocket to invite the entire project team to the banquet.

As the president of the Academy of Sciences, he praised everyone.

However, early in the morning of the second day after the banquet, Hou Shengchang took a flight back to the imperial capital.

Although Xu Yun wanted to return to Jingzhou City as soon as possible to accompany Chen Shihe, due to the exchange activities unilaterally arranged by ASML Company, he had to wait two more days to deal with the technical officer Tonino.

According to his thinking, since he is here to exchange and learn, it is obviously impossible not to come up with something real.

There is no reason for the Academy of Sciences to receive in vain.

At least get some technology back.

In any case, ASML, as the world's largest supplier of lithography semiconductor equipment, has been researching in this field for so many years, and there must be a lot to learn from domestic lithography machines.

The next two days were very calm in the Institute of Optoelectronic Technology, and the first extreme ultraviolet lithography machine was running silently, mass-producing Lingsi smart car chips.

Compared with smartphones, the demand for automotive chips is undoubtedly much smaller.

It won't take long to fulfill the Trailblazer's order.

Coupled with the increasing maturity of the intelligent driving system, it is believed that soon the first intelligent driving car equipped with solid-state batteries will be able to be officially launched and announced to everyone to announce the entry of the car into the field of new energy.

It is believed that the automotive industry will not be calm at that time.

Of course, these are not the problems that Xu Yun needs to consider, he just needs to deal with Asmarc's technical officer Tonino.

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……

Soon two days passed.

Chips manufactured during this period have been tested with defect rates that are not much different from the first day.

This shows that the new photoresist is indeed stable and can be used on a large scale and for a long time to help wafer lithography.

Naturally, this news made everyone happy.

Not to mention the tests, which are still some time before they are delivered, everyone wants to make the situation public immediately.

Share this good news with netizens.

However, due to the relatively good secrecy work, the Internet is still calm.

Nothing has come out of the way.

Of course, Xu Yun and others don't have the time to share on the Internet at the moment, because at the moment he is at the airport with Yang Jing, Liu Xing and others.

The Institute of Optoelectronic Technology acts as a host, although it should be treated with sufficient respect as a host.

can think of the relationship with ASML, Luo Changhui is also the director, and he must not go to the airport to greet him in person.

What's more, the lithography machine still needs someone to keep an eye on.

In this case, Xu Yun and Yang Jing took several postdoctoral fellows to Jincheng Airport.

Xu Yun no longer needs to worry about the project, there will definitely be no shortage of time, and he also wants to have a good communication with the technical officer, so he took the initiative to go to the airport.

It may be that everyone has no good impression of this technical executive, and they can't help but complain not long after arriving at the airport.

"Professor Xu."

"We're not going to be pigeons, are we?"

"It's past flight time."

Liu Xing is relatively extroverted among the postdoctoral graduate assistants, and he usually talks a lot, so he couldn't see anyone in the direction he looked out, so he turned his head and said a little dissatisfied.

Yang Jing also agreed with this remark, and he echoed: "How long do we have to wait?" ”

Xu Yun couldn't cry or laugh in his heart after listening to the words of the two, although not everyone is good at dealing with these people overseas, but when they come, they will definitely take people back.

Save leaving it to the other party to handle, and make a big fuss when the time comes.

Major news affecting the delivery of the first extreme ultraviolet lithography machine later.

He took out his mobile phone and looked at the time, and said in a deep voice: "Let's wait patiently, the plane delay is not a big deal." ”

Liu Xing and Yang Jing are complaining, and they are still very concerned about this mission in action.

When he heard Xu Yun's words, he didn't say anything more.

Until a surprise shout came, which immediately attracted everyone's attention.

"Look, is that someone we can pick up?"

Xu Yun looked in the direction where the voice came from, and saw a team of seven or eight people walking over.

Among them were men and women.

Because they are all foreigners, there is a big difference in body size and appearance from the people around them.

In addition, they are all wearing suits and sunglasses, and many people passing by can't help but look sideways.

Xu Yun had the idea to communicate with this technical officer, so naturally he asked Ben Ben to check the other party's information last night.

He knew that the middle-aged man walking in front was none other than Tonino.

"I'm the one we're going to pick up, let's go."

After confirming the identity of the other party, Xu Yun did not deliberately hesitate, and replied casually and stepped forward to meet him.

"You are Xu Yun, who is called a miracle by the scientific community, and I am Tonino, the technical officer of ASML."

Tonino immediately recognized Xu Yun, and quickly took off his sunglasses and introduced Xu Yun excitedly.

Although he was sent to confirm whether the Institute of Optoelectronic Technology could develop an extreme ultraviolet lithography machine under the leadership of Xu Yun, he was undoubtedly more interested in Xu Yun himself.

"Hello."

"We welcome Professor Tonino to our institute for exchange and study."

"We've got a hotel for you."

Xu Yun stretched out his hand to shake the other party, and politely replied with a few words.

According to the normal process, flying so far must be to stay in the hotel to rest first.

I'll get down to business the next day.

However, Tonino was obviously dissatisfied with Xu Yun's arrangement, and immediately raised his hand and said decisively: "Let's go directly to the institute, I am also eager to learn something in this exchange activity." ”

As soon as these words came out, Yang Jing, Liu Xing and others suddenly looked a little unnatural.

Who doesn't know that ASML has the strongest technology in the world and can manufacture the most high-end lithography machines.

Now the dignified technologist came to them and said that he wanted to learn something, which can only be so hypocritical.

If it weren't for the image of the institute, they definitely wouldn't have such a good attitude as they do now.

However, when Xu Yun heard this, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he directly agreed to the other party's request.

"Then listen to Professor Tonino."

After speaking, he led the other party and his party to take the business car prepared in advance and drove towards the research institute.

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In the car, Tonino and Xu Yun sat in the back seat.

Being able to become an ASML technical executive in his forties is a needless to say about Tonino's level.

He used to call himself a genius too.

But since he knew Xu Yun and understood his experience, he really understood that there was also a huge gap between geniuses.

Looking sideways at this young face, if it weren't for the reality in front of him, no one would believe that this is the person who has solved the world's mathematical problems to promote the revolution of the battery industry and bring artificial intelligence to a new level.

As the vehicle moved, Xu Yun remained silent, which made him really unable to be idle.

In the end, he took the initiative to try to communicate with Xu Yun.

"Professor Xu."

"Our company learned that your institute is working on lithography machines and has a new direction, so we sent me here in the hope that we can communicate with each other."

"Jointly contribute to the development of the semiconductor industry."

"I wonder how far you've gotten to your research?"

Xu Yun directly skipped the nonsense in front of Tonino when he heard this, and he chose to answer truthfully in the face of this question.

"I think Professor Tonino should know that our research on lithography machines started relatively late, and there is a big gap compared with your ASML company."

"This project has continued until now, and we have only finished assembling the first extreme ultraviolet lithography machine."

"I'm afraid it will be two months before the official delivery."

Tonino didn't feel anything at first, but after learning that he had assembled an extreme ultraviolet lithography machine, his whole mind was suddenly full of question marks?

What's the situation?

In his opinion, ASML deserves to be in the position it is today, after all, the company has invested a lot of time and money in lithography machine research.

It is impossible for Xu Yun to catch up with this technological gap in a short period of time.

In a way, he came more of a joke this time.

After all, who made Xu Yun publicly say that he would deliver the first extreme ultraviolet lithography machine this year.

If it is really successful, it will not seem that their company is a waste.

Invest so much, but it's not as good as someone to study casually.

But now Xu Yun says the first lithography machine has been assembled and will be delivered in two months.

Isn't that a fulfillment of a previous promise?

"With their strength, it is absolutely impossible to develop an extreme ultraviolet lithography machine in such a short period of time."

"That's right."

"It's definitely just an ordinary lithography machine."

A large number of thoughts flashed through Tonino's mind, and soon he seemed to think of something and became more and more determined.

After his expression regained his composure, he continued: "Could it be that the lithography machine in Professor Xu's mouth has reached the 28-nanometer process, and this kind of research speed is indeed very fast. ”

Xu Yun saw all the changes in Tonino's expression, and he didn't know how to complain about it for a while.

Unexpectedly, this technology executive also deceived himself.

But whoever makes him the least good at it is to deceive people, so in this case, he can still only tell the truth.

"We have eliminated the 28-nanometer lithography machine, and the first lithography machine developed this time is the 7-nanometer process."

"When I get to the institute, I'm counting on Professor Tonino for more guidance."

"A 7nm lithography machine?" Tonino's face was a little ugly, and he didn't know whether to believe it or not.

However, it is certain that if the Institute of Optoelectronic Technology does make a 7nm process lithography machine, it will become the biggest threat to their company's control of the market.

After all, with this terrifying upgrade speed, it won't take long to solve the 5nm or even 3nm process.

At that time, there is no way to estimate the changes that will be brought to the entire semiconductor field.

It was precisely this result that was so amazing that he still didn't want to believe Xu Yun's remarks.

"We talk together."

Barely keeping his composure in reply, he spontaneously remained silent.

The main thing is that he doesn't have any advantage here in Xu Yun, and it doesn't make sense to continue.

Anyway, when the research institute sees the lithography machine, then the truth of the matter will be completely solved.

He is an expert in his field, and no amount of deception can fool him.

Even he has already thought about it, as long as he is sure that Xu Yun has not developed an extreme ultraviolet lithography machine or just an ordinary lithography machine, he will contact the media immediately to report it when he returns.

In this way, when the public's attention is on the Institute of Optoelectronic Technology, it will also prove their ASML strength from the side.

Xu Yun didn't know what Tonino was thinking at this time, but he knew that when the other party arrived at the research institute and saw the extreme ultraviolet lithography machine, the expression he showed would be very funny.

In this way, the two of them arrived at the research institute smoothly with their own hearts, and after getting out of the car, they could see that Luo Changhui had already greeted them.

Obviously, he also knew that it would be a bit too much to say if he didn't show up at this time.

"Welcome Professor Tonino to our institute for exchanges, I am Luo Changhui, the director here."

After Luo Changhui walked to the front and stopped, he politely greeted him and introduced his identity.

But apparently at this time, Tonino's attention was on the lithography machine, and after shaking hands, he said: "Director Luo, let's take a look at the lithography machine you are researching now, right?" ”

"Now?"

Luo Changhui was slightly stunned when he heard this, and subconsciously said, "Professor Tonino should rest first when he comes from such a distance." ”

"The exchange can be put on until tomorrow."

"Don't worry, Director Luo, I'm in very good shape now." Tonino said with a smile in affirmation.

"But ......"

"Just according to Professor Tonino's wishes, the director can just point us out the problems in the operation of the lithography machine." Seeing that Luo Changhui still wanted to dissuade him, Xu Yun immediately interjected and added.

After speaking, he didn't forget to glance at Luo Changhui.

Tonino didn't know what he would face later, so he generously echoed beside him.

"Don't worry, Director Luo, since we took the initiative to apply for the exchange, we will definitely guide you technically."

Anyway, in his opinion, Xu Yun can only manufacture a mid-range lithography machine with a 28nm process at most, and even if the relevant technology is properly instructed, it will not have any impact on their company.

At this time, Luo Changhui didn't know Xu Yun's plans, and he couldn't help but sympathize with Tonino in his heart.

Finally, accompanied by Luo Changhui, Xu Yun, Yang Jing and several postdoctoral fellows, Tonino and his party went to the floor where the lithography machine was located.

(End of chapter)