Chapter 1023: Standby list (top)

"This is the basic information of the main lithography machine suppliers on the market." Monica put a thick stack of documents on Tan Zhenhua's desk: "I have already done an index for you, you can take a brief look. "
"Thank you, Monica, you are so kind!" Tan Zhenhua smiled at Monica gratefully and said, "Can you make me a cup of tea? A thicker one."
Monica shook her head slightly, and sighed: "I'm going to help you prepare, but Eric, you have to pay attention to your body, you see how you look now, alas."
Tan Zhenhua also knows that his current state is a bit embarrassing. After meeting Lin Benjian, he plunged into the research of the entire semiconductor manufacturing equipment. Only then did he discover that he used to use the chips he used to use in his previous life. The manufacturing process is so complicated, there are so many technical problems and various professional equipments that need to be solved, and the industries involved are so extensive.
Although he now has a complete set of "Huaxin Microelectronics" under his company, which is currently the world's leading chip production line, and the business volume it undertakes is also growing at an extremely fast rate, he has no worries. Therefore, it is reduced, but more-because almost all the equipment on this production line is labeled in foreign languages!
The oxidation furnace of West Hans CS, the photoetching machine of Nikon, the vacuum coating machine of Guangchi, the ion implanter of American AMAT, the chemical mechanical polishing machine of American Rtec...
In this long equipment chain, the name of a Huaxia supplier cannot be seen.
Through the in-depth exchanges with the Ministry of Electronics and Huaxia Academy of Sciences after returning to China, Tan Zhenhua knew that in every link, there are actually Huaxia units that can manufacture corresponding equipment, but their technical indicators are at least with the current international advanced level. Generation difference of more than 2 generations!
For the semiconductor industry, this generation gap is fatal!
Because in this cruel and fiercely competitive industry, winners take all, but laggards find it difficult to survive.
Tan Zhenhua knows that on this planet, other countries, including the developed and powerful countries such as the United States, do not have to establish a complete industrial structure from equipment to product production. They only need to focus on their most powerful points. Its own global supply chain complements all the links-but Huaxia cannot. Huaxia must have the ability to produce everything from a screw to a complete set of equipment to every product.
This is like, in his previous life, Huaxia already had the world's most advanced high-speed rail manufacturing and use advantages, but there will still be Internet sprayers saying that there is a screw on it that was made by the country.
This is like the ridiculous saying, in this world, there are only two countries, one in China and one outside...
He sighed softly, rubbed his sore temples, and picked up the index Monica had compiled for him-no matter how difficult or complicated things are, they always have to start, not to mention that he knew that this time, The entire China semiconductor industry is standing behind him?
Therefore, the first thing to do is to introduce the current international advanced technology so that Huaxia can enter the first echelon.
Let's start with the lithography machine.
Tan Zhenhua decided to use the elimination method in this index list.
The lithography machine market in 1986 was extremely competitive and stalemate.
At this time, Nikon is gradually showing the image of the king. Because it occupies the vast majority of the market share in the chip manufacturers in the country, it has a solid and stable rear, and can let it go with its competitors in the United States— —As we all know, the Japanese country has excellent cost control capabilities in the field of precision manufacturing, which makes its products have excellent cost performance. Therefore, although on the surface, the US GCA can barely compete with it, each accounting for 30% of the market Share, but in fact, judging from the news circulating in the industry, IBM, Intel, TI, and MOTO have increased the proportion of Nikon in their equipment suppliers one after another-even at the lining , The decline of GCA is simply inevitable.
However, given the current market share of GCA, it is still too early to make the idea of ​​it-otherwise, just because of the wealth of the Japanese enterprise, will it be bought soon?
Isn’t it the easiest and most convenient way to eliminate your opponents and expand your market share by buying your main competitor, or
merger
in a better way?
The higher the market share, the more premium the goods are. How can savvy Japanese people fail to understand this truth?
I am afraid that these two leading companies are not so easy to start. Tan Zhenhua first drew a cross on the names of Nikon and GCA.
He set his sights on the next American company.
A former king, P&E Platinum Elmer.
P&E, in the lithography machine market, its market share was once as high as 30%. In recent years, due to the impact of Nikon, its market share has fallen to less than 5%. The industry has already planned to sell the lithography machine business, focusing on Rumors of health testing equipment.
Tan Zhenhua drew a circle on the company's name, intending to make contact with it, to test whether it is possible to acquire its lithography machine business.
But he also knew that this matter was a bit difficult.
Because he knows that PlatinumElmer is not a small company, but its origins are quite impressive-P&E, founded in 1937, is the world's leading environmental, food and consumer product testing equipment, diagnostic tools, and medical and industrial imaging equipment The manufacturer has outstanding achievements in the field of optoelectronics. The optical components in the famous "Hubble Space Telescope" were manufactured by this company. The manufacture of the primary mirror started in 1979 and was completed and delivered in 1981.
Tan Zhenhua also knows that the so-called "Hubble Space Telescope" is actually a civilian downgraded version of the U.S. "Keyhole" series of reconnaissance satellites. It's just that one lens of these two items is facing the earth and the other is facing space.
It can be seen that P&E must be a key controlled company listed on NASA and the US military. It is very difficult to acquire it, even if it is just one of its departments.
In addition to these three, there are also two lithography machine manufacturers in Europe, one of which is SUSS of West Hans, and the other is naturally ASML based on the "automated stepper lithography machine" technology obtained from Philips.
West Hans's SUSS is also an old-brand optoelectronics company. In a sense, it can be regarded as a West Hans' national treasure enterprise. It has a history of more than 30 years.
Tan Zhenhua knows that the relationship between West Hans and Huaxia has developed rapidly recently. This can be proved by an example. In 1982, China Modu Automobile Manufacturing Plant and West Hans Volkswagen joint venture and obtained a Santana car assembly line. With the production of this car and the advancement of its localization process, China Huaxia finally established a complete automotive standard parts industry chain. This event helped China Xia not only produce an "outdated" car. It’s so simple. It’s more important to establish a set of quality control standards for industrial production, a set of quality control standards that truly make China’s industrial system in line with international standards. From this perspective, it took more than ten years to complete. No matter how high the evaluation of the process of
santana localization
is.
So, should SUSS be included in the candidate list?