Planet Builder

"Chip? Will the chip be released today?" When this topic was mentioned, the audience was refreshed.

They haven't watched the news in recent days. Even a passerby who doesn't know what a chip is, knows that due to the lack of high-end chips, life in China is very difficult.

"It's not just chips, right? At least a lithography machine!"

"Could it be that He Xingzhou and the others have developed a high-end lithography machine this time?"

"Isn't it? To solve this problem, we can only manufacture chips with a 10-nanometer process, and we also need mass production! Can it be done?"

The members of the EUV Alliance had a video conference today, which was specially held for the joint trade conference.

Chairman Foster has received clear instructions from the bosses, and today's meeting will achieve some special results.

Originally, everyone was still discussing the plan, and suddenly it was heard that He Xingzhou wanted to introduce chip technology, and the members were all paying attention.

Foster said: "Everyone should know that now the East is holding a press conference, saying that it is to show the achievements of chip technology. The purpose should be the same as ours, and it is also for the trade conference in the watch country in the afternoon."

"They may have breakthroughs in chips and lithography machines!"

A representative of the chip giant Qualcomm said directly: "Not long ago, China could only produce chips with a 23-nanometer process in the laboratory, and could not mass-produce it. This time, it will be able to produce chips other than the 20-nanometer process at most."

"On high-end chips, it won't affect us much!"

"Let's see, maybe they can surprise us!" Foster said jokingly, and he didn't think much of it.

"Yes," said Haimo, the representative of ASML, "before they bought a deep ultraviolet lithography machine from us for 120 million US dollars, and wanted to develop chips within the 20-nanometer process, but unfortunately our production line was burned down. , it's a pity that we can't deliver it so far."

After he finished speaking, everyone laughed tacitly. It was a coincidence that something as important as the lithography machine production line caught fire unexpectedly.

"Let's see, maybe they can surprise us!" Foster said jokingly, and he didn't think much of it.

In front of the live camera, He Xingzhou was still talking to Shen Bingbing.

Shen Bingbing asked: "Then Mr. He Xingzhou, let me make a small guess, have we broken through the lithography machine technology today?"

He Xingzhou nodded and said, "Yes."

Shen Bingbing has also done homework on the show and has a little understanding of lithography machines.

She wondered: "Then what level of lithography machine technology we have broken through today, is it the latest deep ultraviolet lithography machine? The deep ultraviolet lithography machine can already meet the manufacturing needs of high-end chips! The world is currently Only three countries can make it!"

Her curiosity is also the curiosity of the national audience.

"It must be a deep ultraviolet lithography machine!" Xiao Dong said to Li Kongming, the president of Huaxin Group beside him, and his tone was a little excited. "If there is a deep ultraviolet lithography machine, our high-end products can resume production!"

Li Kongming even looked forward to it: "It's really a deep ultraviolet lithography machine. Our semiconductor industry in China will directly squeeze into the top three in the world! The future is bright!"

"Haha, there's another good show today!" The president of Biyati Automobile Group said with a smile. Their electromagnetic floating car has been discontinued for two months. The functions of the electromagnetic floating car, such as unmanned driving and intelligent transportation, must require high-end chips. to execute.

"If there is, in the future, our company's computers will be directly equipped with domestic chips!" said the president of Shenzhou Computer.

They were still looking forward to the deep ultraviolet lithography machine, and when He Xingzhou opened his mouth, the audience was shocked!

I only heard him say slowly: "It's not a deep ultraviolet lithography machine, but an extreme ultraviolet lithography machine, which is the most advanced EUV lithography machine in the world!"

"Extreme ultraviolet lithography machine?" Originally, Huawei President Xiao Dong was still looking into the future with Huaxin Group President Li Kongming. When they heard He Xingzhou's words, the two suddenly stood up from their seats!

They are all presidents of giant groups, manage thousands of employees, handle tens of billions of projects, and have experienced great winds and waves. It stands to reason that they would not be so impulsive.

But the moment they heard He Xingzhou's words, they couldn't help but control their bodies!

"Extreme ultraviolet lithography machine? Really?" Xiao Dong's voice was trembling. If it was true, then their company would rise again and go to the world!

"We have an extreme ultraviolet lithography machine?" Li Kongming even wanted to shout.

However, He Xingzhou's next sentence made the audience boil!

He said: "The extreme ultraviolet lithography machine we successfully developed this time is the most advanced lithography machine in the world, and it has been able to mass produce high-end chips with a 3-nanometer process."

"Currently, there is only one in the world!"

When he finished speaking, Tian Jun and others, who were still sitting before, also stood up, their faces full of incredulity!

"Three-nanometer process! What is he talking about?" Haimo, the representative of ASML, who watched the live broadcast on the Internet, directly scolded, "We haven't done it yet, they can't do it! Is this He Xingzhou performing a talk show? ?"

"If he said that there is a deep ultraviolet lithography machine, I may still believe it!" The representative of Intel Corporation said, "But the extreme ultraviolet lithography machine, or the three-nanometer process technology, is absolutely impossible!"

"They're deceiving God!" the AMD representative affirmed, "I'm not afraid of going to hell!"

Chairman Foster was still a little worried. Hearing He Xingzhou's words, he directly asserted: "Three nanometers is just nonsense! Our EUV alliance has united all the most cutting-edge semiconductor companies in the world!"

"Our technologies are combined, and we have not yet achieved a mature 3-nanometer process extreme ultraviolet lithography machine! Oriental, why?"

The superiority in his tone did not hide it. Foster was a white supremacist, and he always believed that they were the smartest race in the world!

And the audience who saw He Xingzhou's program, some knowledgeable people also discussed:

"Fuck, is it true? If true, our semiconductor industry in China will take off!"

"Hurry up and buy a wave of funds and stocks. Believe it or not?"

"I don't understand very well, is this thing very powerful?"

"What is awesome? If it is true, from now on, China's high-end industries, electronics-related industries, and semiconductor-related industries will directly surpass the world without looking at foreign faces!"

The news media are also retweeting the news.

The domestic news media is publishing, and the foreign media began to question it in real time.

A reporter from The New York Times directly wrote: "The Orientals claim to have developed an extreme ultraviolet lithography machine, but it's all speculation!"

The underworld media BC is also posting, saying, "This is just a farce. Within ten years, the East will not be able to master the technology of extreme ultraviolet lithography!"

In the live news room, Shen Bingbing lightly covered her lips and exclaimed, "Can you show this world's most advanced extreme ultraviolet lithography machine to everyone?"

"Of course!" He Xingzhou looked at the camera and said, "I think a lot of people are questioning this now."

"Just saying it is useless. Where we are today is the fab in Magic City, which is the factory that manufactures chips."

"Our EUV lithography machine, named 'Godson', is now fully installed and ready for production!"

"Next, please all viewers and friends to witness the moment when Godson was born!"

He Xingzhou stood up, and the camera followed him, walking all the way to the exhibition area.

At this time, the staff had brought in the media reporters. In addition to a large number of domestic media, there were also a large number of foreign media.

He Xingzhou explained while walking: "The area of ​​the lithography machine is required to be absolutely dust-free, and it must be absolutely safe, so today we can't get close to the lithography machine, but we can appreciate its 'magnificence' through the camera screen!"

On the screen, a huge guy appeared.

Its volume adds up to the size of twenty trucks. The size of this huge machine alone is shocking!

What is even more amazing is its details, such a grand machine, every detail is exquisite to the extreme!

The smooth alloy shell, interspersed pipes, various small structures, complex structural chambers, engraving areas and so on.

Just by watching the introduction video, everyone felt a sense of ignorance in their hearts!

"This is the representative work of the peak industry of human civilization, the lithography machine!"

"There are more than 100,000 parts, and tens of thousands of manufacturers are assembled to produce various parts departments!"

"It can paint at the nanometer scale, injecting soul into modern technology!"

There is also an introduction next to it, and the live broadcast room is already boiling!

"666!"

"It's so delicate! I didn't know what industrial beauty was before, but today I know!"

"I'm crying! We made it ourselves!"

"Abaabaabaaba!"

"Is this a lithography machine? It looks amazing, like it!"

At the scene, Xiao Dong, Li Kongming, Tian Jun and others were also appreciating this scene, as if there was a flame burning in their hearts!

At this moment, they want to shout, but it is not yet there!

Because they want to see the moment when the chip is actually made!

EUV Alliance, the members at this time did not speak. The moment they saw the appearance of the lithography machine, they suddenly felt a little guilty.

"What if it's true?" Foster and the others dared not continue to think about it, the ending was too terrifying!

"A lithography machine, they really have a lithography machine!" In Bai Ying's office, the commander saw this scene and slapped it on the table with his hands.

He scolded: "If they really made a three-nanometer chip today, those who do intelligence should be shot!"

The lithography machine is not a gun, a nuclear bomb, but it is more terrifying than a nuclear bomb!

Some scientists once said that it is more difficult to develop a lithography machine than to develop a hydrogen bomb! Because there is more than one country that has a hydrogen bomb, and there is only one EUV lithography machine in the world, and it was made by gathering the strength of many countries!

This is a super technology that can change the whole world!

After the general introduction, He Xingzhou will start the trial operation of the lithography machine.

"Chip design, wafer fabrication, these processes may take months or even years," he said.

"Today's convenient demonstration, we directly use the fabricated wafer for chip engraving!"

"In order to prove our lithography machine technology, we also specially invited foreign reporters and expert friends. After we manufacture the chip, you can use the equipment here to test it yourself!"

After He Xingzhou finished speaking, the staff began to prepare.

A wafer is put into a lithography machine, and according to its size, a "Godson" chip is produced. This wafer can engrave at least 400 pieces!

He Xingzhou continued: "To actually manufacture a chip, at least 5,000 processes are required. Today we show the final engraving process."

"Next, the lithography machine will engrave more than seven billion transistors on a small wafer!"

"Let's wait and see!"

After that, the staff has already started the operation.

Of course, it is impossible for the audience to enter the lithography machine to watch, and can only watch it through computer simulation and part of the monitored screen.

"Now we are playing the process we completed before! The first step is ingot production." On the screen, a pile of sand is oxidized and purified to obtain high-purity silicon.

This high-purity silicon is melted into a silver-white object called "molten silicon," which is then shaped into a cylinder.

"The second step, wafer cutting!" The corners of the cylinder were ground and cut into slices smaller than 1 micron.

"The third step, wafer grinding, continues to thin and polish the wafer."

"The fourth step, apply photoresist."

"The fifth step, exposure, uses optics to project the mask pattern onto the wafer."

Everyone can see that the electronic route pattern of the chip has appeared on the thin wafer!

"The sixth step, develop, dissolve the exposed area!"

"The seventh step, etching." This is when the lithography machine comes into play. Under the simulation of computer technology, the audience can see that the extreme ultraviolet light is constantly etching on the chip, and the speed is 10,000 times slower. Hard to identify!

"The eighth step, coating; the ninth step, metal filling; the tenth step, polishing." He Xingzhou said here, adding: "The ten steps I just mentioned are just a process, and this process has to be repeated, which is equivalent to Layer upon layer."

"If we are all microscopic creatures, you will feel like building a skyscraper on flat ground. In the process just now, you just laid the foundation and built the first floor! Next, continue to build high-rise buildings and complete seven billion Etching of transistors!"

"Soon, our chips will be packaged!"

On the screen, the 3D structure of the chip is displayed simultaneously. Building "skyscrapers" on the nanoscale, seeing this scene, even the audience who don't understand chips and lithography machines has only one thought in their hearts, "Cow fork"!

The skyscrapers were "carved" layer by layer, and everyone waited for a while, the first chip has been packaged!

He Xingzhou announced to the world: "At this moment, I announce that the world's first 'Godson' chip with a three-nanometer process has been born!"

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