Chapter 2015: March to Nano

If a company wants to be truly strong, it must have R&D capabilities. Don’t talk about globalization or technology without borders. When it is suppressed by people’s household technology, you will know how idiot you are. You can only be prepared. Will cope with all threats.
Many of Han's science and technology are already the most advanced in this era, but Han must continue to develop and maintain its commanding heights in this field.
Among them, the chip industry is the key. The release of a Hanxin chip that year enabled Han Guo's chip to lead the trend of the entire world, earn a lot of foreign exchange for the country, and became the rule in this field. However, other chip manufacturers are also catching up in the later stages.
The Eagle Country’s science and technology has a solid foundation, and the Kimchi Country and other countries rely on the country’s high subsidies to compete with Han. In short, in this field, it is absolutely impossible to advance or retreat.
Han Guo's CPU research and development is already very strong. A few years ago, Hanxin's No. 3 chip has already brought the main frequency band of the CPU into the GHZ field, far away from the opponent, and correspondingly, the manufacturing process has also been carried out. Further improvement. At the same time, it also means that the equipment has to be updated.
The production of chips requires a variety of high-end equipment. In the history of parallel time and space, Han's shortcomings in lithography and etching machines are the most serious.
The lithography machine uses lasers to engrave on silicon wafers. It is one of the core equipment for chip manufacturing. There are actually several types according to the purpose, such as chip production, packaged chips, and projection light used in the field of LED manufacturing. Engraved machine.
And the most important thing is the production of chips. The chip manufacturing process has entered the era of 0.18 micron. Although there will be two orders of magnitude generation gap in the next few nanometers, from now on, these devices must be integrated. It should be developed.
In the past, it was the processing equipment exchanged by Qin Guan, but with the continuous development of technology, more advanced equipment will not appear in the cemetery. You must have the ability to develop yourself so that you will not be controlled by others.
Speaking of high-end lithography machines, one must think of its leader ASML. This is a department jointly established by several chip giants. It is located in a small country and has a small number of people. It produces a few dozen units every year. At the spire of the pyramid in the entire chip manufacturing field, Han wanted to buy it at that time, but was stuck on the neck. When Han developed it, the other side began to export to Han again.
Now, these devices are the focus of Ni Gong's research and development.
"The lithography machine is one of our main methods for processing chips. The lithography machine shoots the circuit diagram onto the silicon wafer, develops it with a chemical method, and obtains the circuit on the silicon wafer. Now, our existing lithography machine can only reach 0.18. The micron technology level is no longer sufficient for the production of our next-generation chips. The lithography machine developed by ourselves is planned to use a 0.13 micron process. After improvement, it can reach 90 nanometers."
0.13 microns is 130 nanometers. According to popular terms, I like to talk about micrometers, but when it comes to 0.09 micrometers, I am used to talking about nanometers, which is a leap from micrometer to nanometer.
Qin nodded his opinion: "Yes, after our 0.13 micron lithography machine is successfully developed, we can put the 0.18 micron lithography machine on the market at a high price."
Qin Guan's words made Ni Gong stunned: "Why?"
He is very strange. Now, other colleagues are still struggling with 0.35 micron technology. This is the commanding height of technology. If they export 0.18 micron equipment, then they will improve the process and improve their Is the technical level?
This is not good for oneself.
"Because we are a large responsible country, we can improve the level of the electronics industry in the world." Qin Guan said. When he said this, his tone was weird, and Mr. Ni knew that what he was saying was definitely not the truth, but , He was too embarrassed to ask carefully, this is not his concern, as long as Mr. Qin decides, he can do it himself.
This is actually very simple business competition. Qin Guan secretly thought in his heart that Mr. Ni can only do technology, not business. If Lisa were here, he would be able to figure it out all at once.
Now, ASML has only been established for two years, and it can be regarded as a role of a little brother. It is researched and developed in a simple wooden shed office. It is not in Qin Guan’s eyes for the time being. The current leader of the lithography machine is Nikon. The company has made rapid progress on lithography machines and has won orders from many western countries. It can be said that they are in full swing. However, their technology is not enough and there is a big gap with Han. Therefore, as long as Han is willing to export lithography machines, all of a sudden Increasing the process to 0.18 microns, it can be said that Nikon's lithography machine can no longer be sold immediately.
Now that Qin Guan has started to engage in the electronics industry, it is a goal to be the boss and crush all other countries! To achieve this goal, it is necessary to engage in commercial actions.
Ni Gong didn't understand this, and he didn't need to understand it. Wait until he sees his combination punches.
"In addition to the lithography machine, there is also an etching machine." Ni Gong continued to introduce.
Speaking of chip manufacturing, many people think of lithography machines, but they don’t know much about etching machines.
To make a simple analogy, the lithography machine draws the circuit diagram on the silicon wafer, but the circuit diagram is drawn, but it is not deep enough. Only with an etching machine can the circuit be carved out and the silicon wafers Unnecessary things are removed by the action of plasma.
Compared with the lithography machine, the etching machine is less difficult. In the parallel time and space of later generations, Han Guo has been able to develop its own 5-nanometer etching machine, but the lithography machine is making great progress in the tens of nanometers. slow.
Ni Gong introduced the progress in detail, and Qin Guan nodded repeatedly: "Yes, our progress is very fast. It seems that we will be able to successfully commercialize next year."
"Yes, next year, we are also preparing to develop our Hanxin-4 CPU. The core frequency of this CPU is planned to reach 2GHZ."
In the development of CPU, the first is to sprint to higher frequencies, sprinting to 3, 4GHZ, and then stop. In fact, in addition to specialized data processing, higher frequencies are not used at all.
"I suggest that you can change your mindset. In addition to increasing the frequency, you can also consider adding cores. Within a CPU, integrate two or more processor cores. This way, there will be Help," Qin Guan said.
Qin Guan pointed out a new direction for Ni Gong!