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???Deep Sea Microelectronics' wafer fab project uses 3-inch, 5-micron process technology, but including the cost of technology transfer, the total cost of the factory is as high as 95 million US dollars. Where can I quickly go to see such a huge investment, if it is placed in the United States, this money is enough to build 1.5 new fabs with the same size of 5 inches and 1.5 micron process technology!

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Although it was slaughtered, the Chinese side is not without gains, because this represents at least the 5-micron process technology, which has been fully opened to China! Previously, due to the strict restrictions imposed on China by the Batumi Organization, all Western member states were afraid to transfer advanced technologies to China.

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But since the United States took the lead and made an exception first, the other younger brothers also have less concerns. Japanese companies were the first to react. It is said that the company greeted relevant Chinese authorities through some channels not long ago. They are willing to build a fab for China with the same scale as Deep Sea Microelectronics for $75 million.

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It's a pity that the Ministry of Electronics-Industry is too shy to come up with such a huge amount of foreign exchange. China in the 1980s is not the one that will have foreign exchange reserves of up to 4 trillion US dollars three decades later, and will always have a headache about how to preserve its value.

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In China in 1984, the foreign exchange balance was only a pitiful 8.9 billion US dollars, and every cent of foreign exchange must be spent on a knife edge. Because of this, it is estimated that it will be difficult for Deepsea Microelectronics to apply for a large amount of foreign exchange for continuous investment in the later period in the future.

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After all, there are many places where foreign exchange is used in all walks of life, and the leaders of the central government also need a bowl of water. It is very rare that projects like Huhai Bao-Steel have been criticized for using too much foreign exchange, but they can still survive fortunately.

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But this is almost doomed, and it is difficult for deep-sea microelectronics to do much in the future. The semiconductor industry is an industry that spends money. Spending money may not necessarily stand out in the competition, but without spending money, it will definitely be eliminated soon!

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Of course, in fact, in the planning of the Ministry of Electronics-Industry, it was never thought to rely on imports forever from the very beginning. Instead, we hope to start with the localization of upstream semiconductor manufacturing equipment through a combination of foreign introduction and independent research and development. Form its own industrial base as soon as possible, thus breaking the embarrassing situation of being controlled by others.

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The U.S. government is wary of China, so why is China not wary of Americans? The reason why the two sides are getting closer now is only because they have a common enemy - the Soviet Union. But the international political situation is changing rapidly. There is no real friendship between countries, today is a friend, tomorrow may be a rival!

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But in Li Xuan's view, the Ministry of Electronics Industry has a good idea, but it's just empty talk. When integrated circuits develop to a large-scale or even ultra-large-scale stage. Technical difficulty begins to grow exponentially.

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In the previous period of small and medium-sized integrated circuits, China could barely keep up with the pace of the world. But in the era of large-scale integrated circuits, even if China did not encounter a decade of turmoil, it would inevitably widen the gap with the world's advanced level.

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Because this industry has undergone earth-shaking changes, the manufacturing equipment of large-scale integrated circuits tests the technological and industrial accumulation of a country as a whole. In another time and space, South Korea's Samsung and the wafer foundry industry in Taiwan, China, both play a pivotal role in the global semiconductor market.

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But these two regions have never made much achievements in semiconductor manufacturing equipment. Because equipment manufacturing is far more difficult than chip production, only a few companies in the United States, Japan and Europe can compete in this field. And these three regions are precisely the most developed places in the world economy and technology.

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China's current backwardness. is an all-round backwardness. Even if it takes 30 years for China to catch up in GDP. However, there is still a long way to go to shake the technological monopoly of foreign giants in high-tech fields such as semiconductors and biopharmaceuticals!

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"The vigorous development of any industry requires a strong consumer market as a foundation! I think China's TV industry is entering a golden period of development. Because with the development of the domestic economy, the general public's willingness to improve their lives has begun to change. It is very strong, and TV can bring important spiritual food to thousands of households!

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However, the domestic demand for the semiconductor industry is still very small. Take the fab of Deepsea Microelectronics as an example, its design capacity is 250,000 wafers per year, and the actual number of chips cut out each year may reach 100 million! According to the statistics of relevant experts of the Ministry of Electronics-Industry. This production capacity has been able to meet the domestic demand in the next five years!

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Although I doubt this judgment, the domestic semiconductor market capacity is indeed pitiful compared to Europe and the United States and other countries! Because it is only a company of Dongfang Group, the total number of processors and memories purchased every year is as high as hundreds of millions.

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In developed countries in Western Europe and America. Game consoles and personal computers have already begun to enter thousands of households, which is the foundation that supports the rapid development of Dongfang Electronics in the past few years. In China, computers are only used in small amounts in large units and scientific research institutes, and the game industry has not yet sprouted.

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Even in the booming TV industry in China, most domestic TVs are not designed with infrared remote control at all. Instead, the user is required to turn a **** directly on the TV. To switch the machine, adjust the station and other operations.

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In order to facilitate the use of users, foreign TV manufacturers have generally adopted infrared remote controls, and the remote control has a digital chip for encoding and decoding. In foreign countries, semiconductor chips have already begun to integrate into people's daily life before they know it. The huge demand stimulus is the real reason for the rapid development of the global semiconductor industry! "

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Li Xuan's meaning is very clear. Today, China has neither the upstream technical background nor the downstream consumer market support. It is impossible for the country to continue to invest on a large scale. It is not realistic to want to make a rapid breakthrough in the semiconductor field!

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Li Xuan paused, then continued: "The entire integrated circuit production process can be roughly divided into three stages, namely wafer preparation in the early stage, chip etching in the middle stage, and packaging testing in the later stage!

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Among them, the later stage of packaging and testing is relatively the least technical, and it also requires the most human resources! Building a state-of-the-art chip packaging and testing factory costs about $10 million!

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In fact, the relevant departments can start from the low-tech chip testing factory to accumulate experience first. Compared with core equipment such as lithography machines, the US government is much less sensitive to the export of chip packaging and testing equipment! There are abundant human resources in China, and labor costs are very low, which can take this advantage to undertake some overseas orders.

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You must know that in Europe and the United States and other countries, the higher the education level, the higher the salary. The employees recruited by the chip packaging and testing factory are at least university graduates, and the starting salary is usually not less than 20,000 US dollars. This is equivalent to the salary of 40 college graduates in the country!

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In this way, the foreign exchange investment in the early stage can be gradually recovered, and more funds can be accumulated to invest in subsequent independent research and development and technology upgrades! I personally think this is more secure than the greedy approach!

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Mr. Deng hoped that Li Xuan would talk about his views on the high-tech field, and Li Xuan really took his heart and lungs to reveal his views on the development of the semiconductor industry in China! In any case, he is a Chinese, and he naturally hopes that the motherland can become really strong in the depths of his heart!

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Maybe even Elder Deng didn't expect Li Xuan to say so much in one breath! The fab of Deep Sea Microelectronics was brought in by Dongfang Group, but Li Xuan is now pouring cold water! If you change to ordinary people, you will naturally be very dissatisfied, and you will make slander when you earn money!

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But Mr. Deng obviously has enough minds to listen to the loyal words. When Li Xuan started his long speech, he motioned to the secretary next to him to record Li Xuan's speech. Deng Lao may not agree with Li Xuan's point of view all of a sudden, but he can find someone to carry out special research!

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Taking advantage of the opportunity in the 1980s when the Western world opened its doors to itself, China has introduced many projects. Some projects have indeed promoted the progress of domestic technology, but some have produced obvious side effects.

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Among them, the most famous is the large aircraft project. In the early 1980s, the relevant departments reached an agreement with McDonnell Douglas, hoping to assemble the McDonnell Douglas aircraft first, and then obtain the technology transfer from the United States, and finally realize the localization of large aircraft.

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To this end, three prototypes have been produced, and the Yun-10 project, which has entered the test flight stage, was forced to dismount due to lack of follow-up financial support! But by the early 1990s, Sino-US relations had cooled down, and McDonnell Douglas was acquired by Boeing. Boeing directly rejected the follow-up agreement that McDonnell Douglas had verbally promised.

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And the fab project of Deep Sea Microelectronics will inevitably lead to many other projects in the domestic electronics industry being forced to quit! Because the state's annual allocation of funds to each port is limited.

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The total investment of the fab project of Deepsea Microelectronics is close to 100 million US dollars. Although most of them are specially approved by the state, they will still occupy a lot of funds from the Ministry of Electronics-Industry. The more money that the Ministry of Electronics Industry has invested in deep-sea microelectronics, means that less funds are allocated to other subordinate companies!

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As for the plan of the Ministry of Electronics-Industry, the so-called external introduction and independent research and development go hand in hand, which is actually empty talk. Because with China's economic strength in the 1980s~www.readwn.com~ it is impossible to have so much money to support the two-front battle!

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Of course, Li Xuan's purpose tonight is not to talk about the advantages and disadvantages of China's development of high-tech industries. The reason why he talked so much just now was also to draw out his own point of view!

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"Real first-class technology cannot be introduced. Even for hard-core allies like Europe and Japan, the United States still has many technologies that it is unwilling to share! A country's true strength still needs independent research and development!

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However, after analyzing various domestic economic data in recent years, we, Dongfang Electronics, found a very unoptimistic problem! That is, the ratio of China's funds for scientific and technological research and development to its GDP has been declining for several consecutive years! "

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Li Xuan suddenly said very seriously, "This may be because the country's current overall situation is still relatively difficult, and the government's funds are limited, and it must be given priority to other more important matters related to the national economy and people's livelihood!

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But in the long run, it will seriously damage China's overall competitiveness! So I have a proposal here, or an experiment! To be continued.)

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