Rewrite the Technological Landscape

When Meng Qian met Liang Zhiguo and Zhu Weijun this time, the first thing he wanted to do was to use their knowledge and understanding of this industry to integrate with some information he learned from later generations.

After the Huaxia Chip incident, many people unconsciously went to understand some relevant information about Huaxia Chip and the lithography machine industry, and Meng Qian was no exception. It also happened that Meng Qian himself was interested in this kind of technology industry. Will be more detailed than most.

For Meng Qian at this moment, one of the things that he learned at that time is very meaningful now is the development process of ASML and the related history of lithography machines.

ASML itself is indeed a magical company. Its predecessor was a sales company. It only started to enter the field of lithography machine production in 1984, more than 20 years later than the United States and Neon Country. Philips as a springboard, poor and inexperienced.

But he really used 20 years to achieve a perfect counterattack that no one dared to imagine, which is very similar to the cool routines of online novels.

At the moment in 2001, the current AMIS has not yet achieved a real counterattack. At this time, ASML has the ability to produce mainstream high-end lithography machines, but it is not better than Nikon. Naturally, it is 20 years ahead of Nikon. With the resources accumulated in the coming year, at this time, Amax’s market share in the entire lithography machine is only 10%, and the boss is still Nikon.

However, in a few months, Amax will officially launch the dual-table system, which is a very influential technology designed by them, but the key to Amax's counterattack against Nikon is 2002.

In 2002, Lin Benjian, a Chinese who joined TSMC in 2000, proposed the 193nm immersion lithography, which completely changed the industry.

The technology proposed by Lin Benjian brought the lithography machine and the entire chip industry into a new era. However, at that time, both Nikon and Canon in the neon country and GCA in the United States rejected this technology, and there was even a saying , They threatened Lin Benjian not to promote this technology any more.

Because they have invested too much in the dry method, like Nikon invested tens of billions, and now if he is asked to change the technology and invest again, the money invested before will not be wasted, but they cannot prove that Lin Benjian is wrong, so they Hope he shut up.

Against such a background, Asmail decisively chose to try Lin Benjian's technology, and the facts proved that he was right.

In 2004, with the launch of ASML's first immersion lithography machine, although Nikon realized 157nm dry lithography technology, Nikon has lagged behind ASML in terms of technological innovation.

From then on, Nikon began to be beaten by ASML.

After that, Nikon was rejected by the United States to join the EUV LLC organization. Nikon was completely defeated in the lithography machine market, and the ASML family dominated the situation, which lasted until 2019. Meng Qian didn’t know what happened after that, because he was reborn .

So it is obvious that 2002 will be a super important turning point in the lithography machine market. When Meng Qian was reborn and sorting out information, he wished he could directly recruit Lin Benjian to his company. Unfortunately, at that time, It is impossible to go to TSMC to dig such a core figure.

Not even now.

But 2002 is just around the corner, and I can't dig Lin Benjian myself, so I have to do something.

"Mr. Liang, I would like to ask a question. If there is a technology that can solve the bottleneck of the lithography machine technology encountered now, but this technology is in the hands of our Chinese people, combined with the technology of our Chinese people's current lithography machine. Does a leading technology have a chance to enter the game to compete with companies such as Ames and Nikon?"

Liang Zhiguo smiled, "First of all, it depends on what your technology is. The core of the lithography machine is the light source and lens. If there is a huge breakthrough in the light source and lens, then I believe this technology can bring The competitiveness is considerable."

"What if it is a light source or a lens? And it is the kind of technology that can advance the chip process to 60nm or even smaller."

"Can the chip be pushed below 60nm? That can be called the next generation of lithography machine technology. If we can really have such a technology and others don't, it will naturally help our lithography machine industry in China to carry out a major Transformation, at that time, the key may be whether our technology can support the realization of this technology."

"Mr. Liang, are our current lenses and some main materials imported?"

"Yes." Liang Zhiguo responded in a low voice.

He thought that Meng Qian wanted to confirm whether China had its own lens and core materials, but in fact, Meng Qian wanted to confirm another thing, that is, the United States has not restricted China in this regard.

Meng Qian remembered very clearly when looking at the materials before. After Huaxia established Huaxia Electronics Technology Group Corporation and Shanghai Microelectronics Equipment Co., Ltd. in 2002, Miguo suddenly discovered that Huaxia was going to vigorously develop lithography machines, and then immediately moved out of Watson According to the Namibia Agreement, relevant core equipment companies are prohibited from selling to China.

So in the field of lithography machines, Huaxia is not only unable to buy lithography machines. Huaxia is still unable to buy core components on the road of independent research and development. For example, Zeiss lenses are not sold to us.

This fucking is the most disgusting place, it doesn't matter if you don't sell products, but also destroys our R\u0026D environment.

And from Liang Zhiguo's expression, Meng Qian can be sure that this restriction has not started yet, at least not with such a strong start.

Basically, the things that Meng Qian wanted to straighten out were straightened out. He began to think in his heart. It hasn't been opened up too much.

According to Liang Zhiguo, if the pure horizontal comparison is over ten years, the actual comparison is estimated to be about five years, but after the immersion lithography machine, China began to be widened, and after the next generation, the gap will be even greater.

But it wasn't just Huaxia that was widened. Nikon was directly overthrown.

So at this time, China's lithography machine industry is just like what Liang Zhiguo said, the overall level is definitely not as good as that of Nikon and ASML, but at least it has not reached the point where it is out of reach.

Then if I can give priority to Lin Benjian's technology next year, some things may really be difficult to say, and next year I will have an advantage in robbing Lin Benjian's technology, because Meng Qian remembers that according to the relevant records, Lin Benjian actually didn't want to Working with Ames, he is not very optimistic about this company.

His goal has always been the neon country and the US country, but they are not happy.

So Meng Qian will take the initiative when the time comes, and he will have the opportunity to grab this technology. After getting this technology, as Liang Zhiguo said, the biggest problem in China is whether the technology can support it.

But for Meng Qian, the United States has not yet used the Wassenaar Agreement in the field of lithography machines. This is an opportunity, because he can learn from ASML and outsource part of the process!

Another point is that at this time the lithography machine lens is not dominated by Zeiss, and Nikon is still there. For Meng Qian, if Meng Qian is asked to choose a partner between Zeiss and Nikon, Meng Qian will Choose Nikon without hesitation.

The reason is simple. The complicated historical backgrounds of Huaxia and Neon Nation also make Huaxia and Neon Nation keep cutting things off. For Western countries, they say that they can completely abandon Huaxia if they abandon it. Money has nothing to do with it, especially in this era when the Chinese market has not yet shown its value.

On the contrary, it is the Neon Nation, he will not be as decisive as they are, because the various exchanges between the Neon Nation and Huaxia are too intensive.

Coupled with the fact that the East and the West are two regions after all, it is logical for Amasi to seek refuge in the United States, but as for the Neon Country, he has always been forced to seek refuge in the United States, and he has always been flattering and flattering. , Competition belongs to the attitude of competition.

If Meng Qian wants to have achievements that can change the world pattern, he can't rely on himself alone, or even rely on Huaxia alone. He needs to learn Huaxia's One Belt One Road thinking. The biggest right to speak is in Huaxia's hands.

So now Meng Qian's thinking is very clear. Huaxia now has the basic ability to manufacture independent lithography machines. The first problem I have to solve is whether to start on my side and how to start. Another reason to be here.

After solving this problem, next year we will grab Lin Benjian's right to cooperate. The next step is to find out what is missing in the production process and find the next-door neighbor to cooperate with.

Then, as long as the first immersion lithography machine can be produced and successfully used, then Huaxia lithography machine will definitely usher in an opportunity.

But at that time, there is a high probability that the United States will come to do it, so this time, his lithography machine must be separated from the dependence on the West as much as possible. Will the neon country enterprises that have cooperation or even equity transactions be obedient?

In addition, Meng Qian must learn from the United States to play hooligans this time, and frantically apply for patents in the production of immersive lithography machines. If the United States wants to suppress China's own doing it, come, let's sit down and have a good chat about patent infringement. .

Of course, for Meng Qian, his greatest hope is not on the immersion lithography machine. According to Meng Qian’s current plan, the immersion lithography machine will definitely encounter various pressures from the United States, but the immersion lithography machine For China, as long as the Chinese lithography machine can sit on the table of the global lithography machine pattern, that is enough.

Even at that time, in order to fight against the United States, Meng Qian can give the patent to Nikon for free. If Nikon does not want him, he will be mentally handicapped, unless the United States plans to engage in China and Neon at the same time.

What Meng Qian wants is to go to the poker table first, because as long as he goes up, Meng Qian's advantage is that he not only knows what the next-generation lithography machine technology is, but also knows that the light source technology of the next-generation lithography machine is EUV!

Rebirth is so unreasonable.