The 21st century was the age of electronic information. The development of electronic information was entirely dependent on the development of the IC chip.
As for IC chips, they were made by interconnecting the transistors, resistors, capacitors, inductors, and other components needed in a circuit, as well as wiring, on a small semiconductor chip. The smaller these things were made, the more they could be arranged, and the faster the calculation speed would be.
Therefore, the development of the IC chip was essentially the development of the continuous miniaturization of integrated circuits.
The so-called lithography machine was the key machine in the manufacture of computer chips. It used light sources of various wavelengths to lithograph the chips and produce the chips.
Lithography machines were also divided into various grades. Currently, the Mainland had only mastered the lithography technology of the 16-nanometer process, while the most advanced lithography machines in the world could reach up to 5 nanometers.
This type of lithography machine was the EUV lithography machine.
As everyone knew, the visible light of the human eye only took up an extremely small portion of the light source of the universe, which was the so-called "red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet". Among them, the closer to the red light, the longer the wavelength, and the closer to the violet light, the shorter the wavelength.
Above the red light, there were ultra-long wavelengths such as infrared, microwave, and radio waves. Below the violet light, there were ultra-short wavelengths such as ultraviolet, X-rays, and gamma rays.
Extreme ultraviolet light was an invisible light that was lower than violet light but higher than X-rays. The lowest wavelength was 135 nanometers, which could be used to manufacture nanometer-scale chips.
There was only one manufacturer in the world that could manufacture this type of EUV lithography machine, which was ASML Corporation in the Netherlands.
However, this achievement was not the result of a single company. It was the result of the cooperation of more than a dozen countries in the world. The lens and light source were all from various countries in Europe, and the optical components and control chips were all from North America.
Therefore, it could be said that ASML Corporation was the supreme product of the entire Western civilization.
Previously, the Mainland had signed a contract with this company, planning to complete the delivery of the EUV lithography machine by the end of 2019. However, due to the obstruction of North America, ASML Corporation had not delivered the machine until now.
Therefore, Chen Chen's attempt to rely on conventional means to obtain the EUV lithography machine was tantamount to a fool's dream.
However, even if he used unconventional means, Chen Chen could not do anything about it. After all, a EUV lithography machine weighed 180 tons and was composed of 120,000 parts. It required 40 containers and three large cargo planes to transport it. Just the installation and commissioning alone would take more than a year.
Therefore, without the cooperation of the other party, Chen Chen would not be able to obtain it even if he wanted to.
It was no wonder that the Mainland was at a loss.
The reason Chen Chen wanted to get his hands on the EUV lithography machine was to study the chip of the T-800. The group of researchers recruited by the Blacklight Industrial Zone were currently studying the T-800. The chip had been analyzed and found to be manufactured using the EUV lithography technology. The precision of the nanometer process had reached an astonishing 1 nanometer.
This was the limit of silicon semiconductors.
In order to achieve this level of technological precision, artificial AI was also very important. Obviously, the level of one nanometer was achieved by the ability of Skynet.
With Little X, Chen Chen could achieve the same result.
This was why Chen Chen had come up with the idea of acquiring the EUV lithography machine.
However, from the looks of it now, this idea still needed to be considered at length.
At this time, Cheng Cao parked his car outside the machinery processing plant. Several researchers had been waiting at the entrance for a long time. When they saw Chen Chen's arrival, they immediately came up to him.
"Hello, Mr. Chen."
"Professor Charles, how have you been?"
The two shook hands and walked into the factory together.
"Mr. Chen, according to your request, we have created the corresponding weapons."
The two of them said as they walked, "The only thing missing is the energy source. Once we have the energy source, we can test fire the weapons."
"That's fine, just leave the test fire to me."
Chen Chen nodded. After that, they went into the factory. On one of the tables, there were three strangely shaped weapons.
The first one was a handgun-type weapon at a glance. It was not much different from a regular handgun, except that it was not painted, so it looked dark.
"We use carbon fiber for the gun body because carbon fiber is much lighter than steel. Therefore, carbon fiber can greatly reduce the weight of the gun body."
Professor Charles explained, "In addition, we use the latest high-alloy chrome-molybdenum steel for the gun barrel. The alloy composition includes chromium, molybdenum, carbon, silicon, manganese, nickel, vanadium, and sulfur. This alloy has a tensile strength of 12000 kilograms per square centimeter. It has high strength, high temperature resistance, and high pressure resistance. It should meet your requirements."
Chen Chen nodded, picked up the gun, and gently stroked it.
The gun felt cold and hard to the touch. As it was designed by Chen Chen himself, he was very familiar with the structure of the gun. He gently pressed the button on the left side of the gun body and immediately, the magazine popped out of the grip.
What was in the magazine was not regular bullets, but oval bullets that were only two centimeters long and half a centimeter in diameter like rice grains.
"Due to the special power you mentioned, we can skip the cartridge case and gunpowder installation and can directly load the bullets. Therefore, we designed the magazine to be a super large capacity magazine that can hold fifty bullets."
Professor Charles continued to explain, "As for the bullets, the outer shell is a layer of nickel-plated steel 15 millimeters thick and the bullet core is a lead core to achieve greater lethality."
After saying so much, Chen Chen finally understood why the man was following him around. Still, Chen Chen could only disappoint him. "Professor Charles, thank you for everything you've done. Once I'm done testing the gun, I'll send you the usage data of the gun."
With that, Chen Chen patted him on the shoulder and asked Cheng Cao to pick up the other two weapons. Then, he turned around and left.
As expected, after Chen Chen left, Professor Charles could not help but feel a trace of disappointment. After obtaining the design drawings, he immediately deduced that the reason these three weapons were designed this way was because they had a special power source.
This power source could continuously release energy upon impact, replacing the gunpowder in the cartridge case and launching the bullets.
According to the requirements provided by Chen Chen, this special power source had even more explosive power than gunpowder.
However, Charles and the other manufacturers had racked their brains, but they could not figure out what kind of material could be used as the power source of these guns.
If this power source existed, it would have unlimited potential. It could even trigger a revolution in energy weapons and create a new industrial system.
Although the existence of this power source was outrageous and almost broke the thermodynamic equation, no one thought that Chen Chen had lost his mind because when Blacklight Biotechnology displayed the wreckage of the T-800 in front of them, their worldview had been shattered.
Unfortunately, until the end, Chen Chen did not let them see what this power source was...
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