Rebirth 1984: Starting with the development of Hanka

At this time, Wujiang Group was in unparalleled glory, and its brand value increased dramatically.

Its Pangu supercomputer is favored by the world. Many countries have consulted Wujiang Group and purchased Pangu series supercomputers for simulating nuclear tests, climate simulation and weather forecasting, simulating earthquakes, oil exploration, drug research and development, etc.

Even the Shenzhou computer series was affected and sales surged.

A month later.

"The order for Pangu supercomputers has reached 25 units!"

"Sales volume of China Computer exceeded 200 million units this month!"

"In addition, the performance of Wujiang Group's other products has increased by at least 15%!"

Liu Yinyin walked into Zhao Ye's office with a piece of information and introduced it.

"The Pangu supercomputer is equipped with 14000 of our independently developed "Kirin Pentium" CPU processors, using the 32-bit Hongmeng instruction system. Its peak performance is 1.2 billion operations per second, and the sustained performance is 1 billion operations per second. The core Working frequency 1.5GHz. The cost of building a Pangu supercomputer alone is as high as US$1 million. "

"Currently, the public selling price of Pangu supercomputers is US$3 million, but demand still exceeds supply. We temporarily restrict the flow of Pangu supercomputers into the United States and only sell them to companies outside the United States, unless the United States is willing to lift restrictions and blockades on Wujiang Group."

Zhao Ye nodded slightly with a smile on his face.

He is very satisfied with the company's recent performance. Wujiang Group's computer brands have been recognized around the world. However, the sales of computer brands such as IBM, Apple, and Dell have declined one after another.

The U.S. technology community has been hit hard.

Liu Yinyin added: "There is news from Sugon Lithography Machine Company that the research and development of immersion lithography machines has made breakthrough progress. As expected, samples will be available in one month!"

Sugon Lithography Machine Company is a subsidiary of Wujiang Microelectronics Company and is mainly engaged in the research and development of lithography machines.

Since 1988, Sugon Lithography Machine Company has been developing immersion lithography machines for six years.

Now we can finally watch the clouds clear and see the moonlight!

At this moment, Zhao Ye couldn't help but look surprised when he heard Liu Yinyin's words.

As soon as the immersion lithography machine comes out, who can compete with it?

Wujiang Microelectronics' chip manufacturing technology will increase dramatically and it will be able to produce more advanced chips.

Zhao Ye couldn't help but pat the armrest of the chair at this time and said excitedly: "Great, the emergence of the immersion Dawn lithography machine will definitely be a sharp weapon for Wujiang Group to break the US market blockade!!!"

The United States restricts Wujiang Group's products from entering the US market. How much loss does this bring to Wujiang Group?

Zhao Ye doesn't believe that the United States will also restrict Wujiang Group's Sugon lithography machines and top-level chips!

As we all know, chips are the core driving force of technological progress and are called the "crown jewel" of modern technology. They can make mobile phones, computers and all smart electronic devices more intelligent, and are the core of helping any country become a technological power. arms!

Liu Yinyin asked: "Boss, you had a plan before. After the immersion lithography machine is invented, you will promote the listing of ASML in the Netherlands. Do you think you will implement the plan immediately?"

"Yes, execute it immediately!!!" Zhao Ye nodded.

After Wujiang Microelectronics owns Sugon lithography machines, the United States will be eager to support the rise of a lithography machine company. In the lithography machine market, only ASML and Japan's Canon and Nikon are worthy of support.

Obviously, Japan's Canon or Nikon are much stronger than ASML. If the United States supports these two companies, it will be more difficult to deal with them.

Therefore, Zhao Ye still hopes that the United States can support ASML.

In addition, Wujiang Group holds shares in ASML and can profit from it.

Now, as long as it promotes the listing of ASML, Wujiang Group can cash out, or cross-shareholdings can reduce its shareholding in ASML, allowing American capital to enter ASML in large quantities.

"Okay, I will immediately notify the executives of Philips and ASML to start the listing plan!"

"Well, you go."

There are many procedures for an IPO, which generally take about a year or more.

When the time comes, just let the management and Philips be responsible for the IPO. It is best for Wujiang Group to have less presence in ASML.

After Zhao Ye ordered Liu Yinyin, he went to Sugon Lithography Machine Company to inspect the development of immersion lithography machines.

When Lin Benjian learned that Zhao Ye had come to Shuguang Lithography Machine Company, he walked out of the laboratory wearing a white protective suit before he had time to change his clothes.

"Mr. Lin, I heard from the secretary that the development of immersion lithography machines has made breakthrough progress?" Zhao Ye asked.

"Yes, Director Zhao!" Lin Benjian nodded, his face filled with the joy of success.

Immediately, Lin Benjian began to introduce to Zhao Ye what technology had been conquered.

"The core of the lithography machine includes the light source system, objective lens system and workbench."

“Among them, the most difficult part is the objective lens system. The immersion lithography machine needs to add 1mm thick water above the wafer photoresist, and then the 193nm light wave refracted in the water will become 134nm light wave, so the objective lens system will also be related to the wafer photoresist. Ordinary lithography machines are very different.”

"The objective lens is one of the most expensive and complex components, covering the most cutting-edge technologies in many disciplines such as optics, mechanics, computers, and electronics. Its structural design is extremely difficult, requiring control of the objective lens wave aberration and comprehensive control of the objective lens system. Polarization aberration.”

"Zeiss has been actively cooperating with us, and finally both parties worked together to successfully develop the objective lens system!!!"

Although it has been a day or two since the objective lens system was successfully developed, Lin Benjian still couldn't hide his excitement.

When Zhao Ye heard this, he couldn't help but sigh. Fortunately, he gave Zeiss strong support and supported them in spending money on research and development, so they were able to achieve a great technological breakthrough in 1994.

Even if other companies want to develop immersion lithography machines, they may not be able to buy lenses and therefore cannot develop immersion lithography machines. This should be the case at least before 2000.

Wujiang Microelectronics will be in a leading position in technology for a long time, and its global chip foundry business will surpass TSMC and Intel...

"Let's go, take us to the laboratory to have a look!" Zhao Ye said curiously, wanting to see what the objective lens system looks like.

"Okay, Director Zhao, please come with me. Since the laboratory is a dust-proof laboratory, you need to put on protective clothing before entering."

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At this time, Liu Yinyin contacted the executives of Philips and ASML and conveyed Zhao Ye's meaning.

"In order to speed up the development of ASML and raise funds to speed up the research and development of lithography machines, Wujiang Group decided to launch the ASML IPO plan!" Liu Yinyin said.

When Philips representatives and ASML executives heard this, they were all happy.

They have long hoped that ASML would go public. Only by going public and raising funds, Philips could cash out, and executives could make a lot of money through the IPO. In addition, ASML would also have the money to speed up the development of a new generation of lithography machines.

In short, everyone is happy.