Countercurrent 1982

Chapter 1904 Unexpected Discovery

"This is... a plasma immersion ion implanter produced by Factory 109!?" Ni Guangnan asked in surprise when he saw the nameplate on an instrument at the door after entering the chip production workshop.

"Yes, at present, 85% of the equipment in our production workshop has been localized. These are some domestic equipment provided by them through cooperation with the Ministry of Electronic Machinery Industry." Duan Yun nodded.

"HQ-3..." Seeing the model on the nameplate of the machine, Ni Guangnan showed a look of disbelief, and then he continued: "Is this the third-generation plasma implanter produced by Factory 109? It's impossible... ...The 742 factory in Wuxi only uses HQ-2, so your equipment here is more advanced than the 742 factory in Wuxi?"

As a top microelectronics technology expert in China, Ni Guangnan's eyesight is still very strong. He saw the extraordinary things at a glance, so much so that he took off his glasses, rubbed his eyes repeatedly, and performed the test again. confirm.

As the chief engineer of the Institute of Computer Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Lenovo Group, Ni Guangnan has been paying attention to the development of domestic chips for these years. Judging from the current situation, he believes that the most advanced chip company in China should be China Huajing Electronics Group Corporation located in Wuxi , and Huajin Company was formed by the merger of Wuxi 742 Factory and 24 Wuxi Branch Offices, and Huajing was also listed as one of the key enterprises supported by the 908 Project of the Ministry of Machinery and Electronics Industry.

The so-called 908 project is that in 1990, the Ministry of Machinery and Electronics Industry held a national scientific research conference, recruited personnel from hundreds of units under the Ministry of Industry, and concentrated on writing one-micron process circuit project proposal materials. In August, the project was approved and named as Project 8.

As the director of the China Institute of Computer Science, Ni Guangnan was also invited to participate in this meeting, and he also prepared a lot of materials for this project, and recruited a group of young technical backbones from the institute to participate in this project.

At that time, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shandong, Shanghai and Shenzhen were actively fighting for it, and finally decided to build a 1 micron six-inch chip production line in Wuxi, Jiangsu. At the same time, a microelectronics base was also established in Shenzhen. In the end, all of them went to Wuxi to assist in the research and development of Project 908 together with technicians from other units.

As for Shenzhen, although Ni Guangnan also heard that the Ministry of Machinery and Electronics Industry has established China's third microelectronics research and development base in Shenzhen, compared with BJ and Wuxi, Shenzhen's microelectronics base seems to be somewhat "unknown", although Tianyin The group is the core enterprise of the Shenzhen Microelectronics Base, but the chips used in civilian products these years are not advanced, and are basically imitated foreign products.

But in fact, even Ni Guangnan, the chief engineer of the Institute of Computer Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has some things that he cannot fully grasp.

As early as a few years ago, after the deputy minister of the Ministry of Machinery and Electronics Industry visited Tianyin Group, Duan Yun had a private negotiation with the then leader of the Ministry of Industry.

At that time, Duan Yun had just smuggled four advanced ASML lithography machines through a special channel in Hong Kong, and this kind of lithography machine was strictly prohibited from being sold to China under the Batumi Agreement. The consequences are very serious. Although politically speaking, this matter is far inferior to the five-axis CNC machine tool sold by Japan's Toshiba to the Soviet Union, it will also let ASML, which provides technology to China, The company brings severe sanctions and penalties, thereby further strengthening the blockade of China's high-tech industry.

On the other hand, Tianyin Group, as the main enterprise in mainland China that smuggles high-tech equipment, will also be sanctioned by the United States. With the blacklist, Duan Yun's products may no longer be able to enter the US market. This has very serious consequences for Duan Yun, who has been actively participating in globalization and trying his best to expand overseas markets.

Therefore, the current research and development progress of Tianyin Group is actually in a state of relative secrecy. The domestic news media basically does not appear the latest situation of Tianyin Group's chip development. All engineers have signed relevant confidentiality agreements to avoid disclosure of information.

In addition, all scientific research units and manufacturers involved in the research and development of the project in Shenzhen have also been issued a confidentiality agreement by the ministry. All equipment and technology provided to Tianyin Group cannot be disclosed to the public, so that when Ni Guangnan saw Tianyin After the group actually used an ion implanter that was more advanced than that of BJ Electronics Factory, he would naturally be very shocked.

There is no impenetrable wall in the world. It is still difficult for Duan Yun to guarantee that the news will not leak out. But fortunately, many major events have happened in the past few years. Japan signed the Plaza Accord, the Soviet Union collapsed, and the Gulf War broke out. , the Americans did not pay attention to the Chinese at all, and after the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the global pattern became the United States, and they relaxed their vigilance to a certain extent against China, which was relatively weak economically and militarily. Duan Yun was given a chance to breathe.

In fact, throughout the 90s and the beginning of the new century, a series of major events in the world, including the 1998 financial crisis and the 2001 September 911 incident, diverted most of the energy and attention of Americans to a large extent, while China It is also relying on the policy of keeping a low profile and keeping a low profile to develop and grow step by step, and the world financial turmoil in 2008 has allowed China to maintain peaceful development for nearly ten years.

Therefore, even though the United States has discovered that Chinese technology companies represented by Tianyin Group are rising rapidly, they still will not adopt sharp and strong sanctions like they did during the Cold War, because the current China will not have a substantial impact on American hegemony. Moreover, the United States also needs China to give it some support in international affairs at this time. To a certain extent, the two sides seem to have returned to the feeling of the Sino-US honeymoon period in the 80s.

"Mr. Ni, chip technology in our country is developing very fast now. Although you are an engineer of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, you are really not able to understand some things in the high-tech industry at your level." Duan Yun smiled slightly, and continued Said: "Let's put it this way, although Tianyin Group is a private enterprise, in China and even in Asia, chip technology is at the top level. Looking at the world, it is only a few years behind the United States..."

"Your tone is a bit loud." Ni Guangnan turned his head to look at Duan Yun when he heard the words, and said with a slight frown.

　The condition is not good, only one, sorry.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)