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Chapter 93 Must seize this opportunity 【Subscription】

Just a few days after Xu Lei was invited by Yang Senping to the Chinese Academy of Sciences, he made such an unbelievable suggestion to them, which made it hard not to associate it with the research and development of lithography machine technology.

Only when domestic high-end lithography machines come out, can they design chips with stronger performance without any scruples.

Stabilize the powerful advantages brought by Tamron chips, and still sit firmly on the throne of the chip industry leader, making Tamron series chips always top the chip performance rankings.

Having said that, only Ren Yuanwei affirmed Peng Xiangqian's thoughts.

"I think the probability of this possibility is extremely high."

"The Chinese Academy of Sciences just announced the news of a breakthrough in domestic lithography machine technology. Xu Lei was invited by Dean Yang to go to the imperial capital. Now he made this suggestion to us. It is estimated that there must be good news."

"If this is the case, we must seize this opportunity."

At present, the world's top chip companies are all moving towards the field of 5nm chips. In addition, everyone has also used Yinglong chip design software. It is conceivable how fierce the competition will be.

If the domestic lithography machine technology really achieves overtaking in curves, it will be able to produce chips with a size of 3 nanometers.

They are starting the design now, and they will be able to go straight to tape-out at that time.

Just imagine.

When other chip companies confidently release their latest 5nm chips, only to find that Warwick has launched 3nm, I believe it will be a very interesting scene.

With his thoughts running fast, Ren Yuanwei's mood was also agitated.

After all, the instant transition from the previous situation where no core was available to the industry's leading technology is indeed a big emotional swing.

At this time, Ren Yuanwei would not delay anything, and immediately issued an order to Peng Xiangqian.

"Old Peng, you are responsible for this matter yourself."

"Starting from today, we will set up a special design team, temporarily abandon the research and development of the 5nm chip of Tamron, and directly enter the field of 3nm or even 1nm. This time we must seize the opportunity to become the leader of the industry."

Compared with Ren Yuanwei's determination, Peng Xiangqian was still a little worried.

I am afraid that if the domestic optical technology cannot reach the process level of producing 3nm chips, then their vacancy in the 5nm specification will be very fatal.

So out of consideration for the company, Peng Xiangqian did not respond to Ren Yuanwei's decision for the time being, but raised his own doubts.

"Chairman."

"At present, even the world's top lithography machine manufacturing companies are unable to manufacture lithography machines that can produce three-nanometer chips. Can our domestic lithography machines really reach this level?"

"What's more, a 1-nanometer chip is called an impossible specification, and it has reached the theoretical physical limit of a silicon-based chip."

"So about this matter, shouldn't we discuss it carefully?"

How could Ren Yuanwei not have considered Peng Xiangqian's worries, but unfortunately they had no chance to choose.

Regardless of whether the research and development of 5nm chips is stopped or not, there will be no foundry production in the end.

This alone disqualifies them from competing with other overseas chip companies.

If you want to break the situation, you can only pin all your hopes on domestic lithography machines.

"Old Peng, some risks must be taken."

"Even if it fails in the end, given our current situation, it's nothing more than a loss of funds."

"Besides, we all know what kind of person Xu Lei is. I trust what he said, but what you said is also reasonable. Then give up the research and development of 1-nanometer chips and focus all your energy on 3-nanometer chips. on the chip."

With Ren Yuanwei's words reaching his ears, Peng Xiangqian will definitely not have any objections.

"It's the chairman, I know what to do."

Shen Sheng responded, and made a gesture to turn around and leave.

But just as he took a step forward, Ren Yuanwei's voice came from behind him.

"By the way, how much inventory do we have for Tamron chips now?"

"More than 4000 million pieces." Peng Xiangqian answered truthfully.

"Using these chips in our mid-range models, it's time to clean up the inventory." Ren Yuanwei made this decision after hesitating for a while.

At present, as the most powerful chip of the company, it is only used in high-end flagship models because it cannot be produced temporarily.

But since the production problems are likely to be resolved, and more powerful high-end chips are coming out soon, there is no need to stock so many Tamron chips.

You must know that in addition to the high-end brand of flagship phones, Huawei also has a mid-range brand called Xingyao.

Even its sales volume is still above Warwick.

If a certain number of Tamron chips are installed in Xingyao mobile phones, it will definitely cause a strong reaction from the market.

Crazy snapped up by users.

After all, the performance of the flagship machine is superior, but the price will always discourage many people. Since Tamron's new film has such a powerful performance, it should also serve more users.

After Peng Xiangqian heard this sentence, he naturally understood what Ren Yuanwei meant, nodded his head again and replied in response, and then left the office.

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Let's talk about Xu Lei's side.

When he led Chen Shihe to the lithography machine project laboratory, he finally met all the R&D personnel of this project.

This time, in order to manufacture the top-level lithography machine that Xu Lei said can produce chips that can break through the limit of physical theory, Yang Senping recruited leading figures in related fields from the main branches of major branches, including many academicians.

But it is worth mentioning that Dean Yang Senping's field of research is not lithography machines, and he was busy before only because he was appointed as the project leader.

Now that the person in charge has been replaced by Xu Lei, there is no need for him to come to the project laboratory.

Although he had to face so many top elites in the industry at once, Xu Lei didn't feel burdened.

For technicians, there is no intuitive relationship between their technical level and their age. At least now Xu Lei is confident that he has mastered the technology related to lithography machine manufacturing, which is higher than every one of them present.

Even being their teacher is no problem.

So the state shown is also relaxed, with a confident smile on the corner of his mouth.

On the contrary, Chen Shihe seemed a little cautious, letting his eyes look down slightly, not daring to meet the eyes of many industry leaders in front of him.

"Seniors, I believe everyone is familiar with me, so I won't introduce myself here."

"Since you have participated in the research and development of this project, I hope that everyone can cooperate with each other and strive to manufacture this top-level lithography machine as soon as possible."

"Shihe."

Following Xu Lei's simple words, he suddenly called out to Chen Shihe who was behind him, and took a stack of paper documents from her.

And spoke again: "Here is the project division I arranged for you, you can take a look first."

Although Xu Lei has already transferred all the top-level lithography machine manufacturing technology into his mind, he can't do it by himself. After all, a top-level lithography machine has hundreds of thousands of parts. You don't even know that it will take years of monkeys and horses and moons to assemble.

What's more, many parts and equipment owned by the country cannot meet the requirements of top-level lithography machines.

Additional optimization studies are required.

So after Xu Lei got the list of project R&D personnel, he conducted a detailed investigation on each of them, and assigned tasks based on their specialties.

It is obviously impossible for these people present to say that they have no complaints against Xu Lei.

In the past, when they wanted to lead any project research, from the application of the report to the approval to the official start of the project, the intermediate process took a long time.

But Xu Lei is not even a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, but he was able to approve such a large scientific research project in just a few days.

It is simply enviable and jealous.

In addition, there is the problem of the top lithography machine that Xu Lei said.

Their theoretical knowledge and practical experience tell them that it is basically impossible for them to break through the physical limit of silicon-based chips and produce chips with a size of 1 nanometer.

But Yang Senping trusts them so much that he even transfers them from the major branches.

If the final project research fails, the responsibility will definitely not be small.

But doubts are doubts.

They are quite sure about Xu Lei's ability.

It's just that the research and development of lithography machines is not as good as software technology. No one can guarantee Xu Lei's performance this time. I had no choice but to do my best to cooperate with him to overcome the top lithography machine manufacturing technology.

In this way, even if the final project development fails, they will not have any responsibility.

Soon.

When everyone present carefully checked the project division document planned by Xu Lei, their expressions suddenly became very strange.

In the end, a middle-aged man with half-white hair and glasses couldn't help questioning: "XCMG, the laser is responsible for the generation of the light source, and its power wavelength directly affects the manufacturing process of the chip. Is it too few for you to arrange only two assistants?" Are you tired?"

Xu Lei knew that the person speaking was Hao Yaoping, an academician in the field of optics. He had made significant contributions to the research of optical technology, and he was almost the most experienced researcher of all the project developers this time.

So he also showed great respect, and quickly opened his mouth to answer: "The laser is indeed the core component of the entire lithography machine, but I am sure to obtain the extreme ultraviolet light source with the shortest wavelength, so two assistants are enough for the time being."

"Arranging more personnel for the research of other components can effectively improve the efficiency of research and development."

In Xu Lei's arrangement.

He is mainly responsible for the laser light source and photoresist issues.

Xingtong assisted in the development of the control software.

As for components such as the objective lens system and composite materials, they need to be upgraded and optimized on the existing basis, so he arranged most of the R&D personnel in this place.

　There is another chapter in the afternoon, continue to explode and ask for support!
　　
　
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