In front are some of the big shots from ASML. "
"This is from Texas Instruments."
"And Philips."
"As for the one on the left … You should recognize him. He's Boss Zhang from TSMC."
As soon as they entered the conference, Zhang Rujing introduced the big shots in the chip field to Chen Yu.
At this time, Zhang Zhongmou from TSMC saw Zhang Rujing and slowly walked over.
"Little friend Chen Yu, how have you been?"
Zhang Zhongmou first greeted Chen Yu, then looked at Zhang Rujing. "Rujing, you're here too."
"Boss Zhang, how can I not come to such a global conference?"
Although Zhang Rujing was tricked by Zhang Zhongmou, he was introverted and had always been good at hiding his strength.
He knew that even if he fell out with Zhang Zhongmou, it would not do him any good.
"Hehe, I knew you would come."
Zhang Zhongmou smiled and said, "Rujing, you've found a good partner. Your Tianwen chip is excellent. However, with my current production capacity, it might not be able to keep up with the demand of the market. "
"Boss Zhang, you don't have to worry about this."
Although Zhang Rujing said this, Zhang Zhongmou looked at Chen Yu and said, "I think little friend Chen Yu should have his own judgment."
Obviously.
It did not matter whether Zhang Rujing refused or not.
What mattered was Chen Yu's attitude.
Centre International was just an OEM factory. It was an OEM factory that manufactured chips for others.
In other words, the chips produced were from Huanyu Technologies.
Centre International could only produce as many chips as Huanyu Technologies placed orders with them.
If Centre International's production capacity was not enough, Huanyu Technologies could place a part of the orders with TSMC.
"Mr. Zhang, you're right. I'll consider it."
Chen Yu did not refuse, nor did he agree.
However, Zhang Zhongmou was very satisfied with this answer.
"Chen Yu, don't be tricked by Zhang Zhongmou."
After Zhang Zhongmou left, Zhang Rujing said with some displeasure.
"Boss Zhang, don't worry. We're allies."
Chen Yu signaled Zhang Rujing to relax with his eyes. "But sometimes, it's not like we can't trick him."
After being schemed against by Zhang Zhongmou, Chen Yu had always been in a bad mood.
It wasn't Chen Yu's character to not take revenge.
"Heh, Chen Yu, you're quite vengeful."
"I'm not a saint. I'll definitely hold a grudge."
Chen Yu said, "The last time you were cheated, it was actually because of me. Speaking of which, I feel a little embarrassed. "
"Don't mention the past. It's not your fault at all. We can only blame ourselves for being too weak. "
Both of them fell silent upon hearing this.
The two of them were attending this global chip development conference. How could they not want to revitalize the domestic chip industry?
However, both of them knew that although they had incomparable ambitions, the road ahead was incomparably bumpy.
"Alright, let's not talk about this anymore. Let's hear what they have to say first."
Zhang Rujing pointed to the front and said, "This is the CTO of Philips. Their chip technology is very impressive. Back then, ASML was actually a branch of Philips. "
Chen Yu nodded and listened attentively.
Unfortunately, when it came to technology, Chen Yu was not very good at it.
In addition, although Chen Yu's English was okay, when it came to such professional terms, Chen Yu felt a headache coming on.
Sure enough, it was the same as not coming.
Even if he came, he wouldn't understand.
However, Zhang Rujing on the side was clapping from time to time. Seeing that Chen Yu was a little idle, he asked, "How do you feel?"
"I don't feel anything."
"Why don't you feel anything?"
"I don't understand."
"That's true. The technology might be too complicated. After all, you're not a professional chip maker."
"It's mainly because I don't understand what he said in English."
"Pfff …"
Zhang Rujing was dumbfounded.
But this was also true.
With such professional knowledge, let alone ordinary English, even if English was very good, it would feel like listening to a heavenly book.
However, since he was here, although he didn't understand some, Chen Yu didn't leave early.
"Is this the technology boss of Canon Japan?"
As the technical experts finished their speeches one by one, Chen Yu saw an Asian with yellow skin and black eyes walking on the podium.
"No, he's a Vietnamese Chinese. His name is Lin Benbu. His ancestors seem to be Hakka. He's a technical expert at TSMC and has a lot of research in the photolithography machine."
"Oh."
Chen Yu nodded.
Wasn't the purpose of coming here to listen to the photolithography machine this time?
Originally, he thought that as long as the photolithography machine was involved, it was either the Netherlands, Germany, or Japan.
He didn't expect that there was a Chinese expert in the field of photolithography machine.
This time, he had to listen carefully.
But unfortunately.
Although Lin Benbu could speak Chinese, in such a global conference, the speech was still in English.
Just like before, Chen Yu also felt like he was listening to a heavenly book.
After listening for a while, Chen Yu only heard dry, wet, and so on.
"Boss Zhang, what does Lin Benbu mean by dry and wet?"
"It's a technical process for the production of photolithography machines. At present, most of us are using the dry photolithography machine production process. That is, air is used as the medium between the lens and the wafer, so that the pattern on the light cover is formed on the wafer. However, Lin Benbu thinks that we can also use a wet process. "
"What is a wet process?"
"The wet process he said is called an immersion process, which is similar to a wet process. But the medium used is different. We generally use air now, but Lin Benbu suggested using water as the immersion medium. "
"Water?"
Hearing the word water, Chen Yu was a little excited. Chen Yu was a little excited.
He remembered that in his previous life, at the beginning, the strength of the major photolithography machine companies in the Netherlands, Germany, and Japan were similar.
The reason why the ASLM later dominated the world was completely related to the route chosen by these photolithography machine companies.
At that time, some photolithography machine companies in Japan, Germany, and the United States chose the wrong route.
But the ASLM spent a lot of money to open up another photolithography machine production process.
This process involved water, which was the immersion process mentioned by Lin Benbu.
"Do you think this process has a future?"
Chen Yu didn't know much about technology, but he knew that this was the moment that determined the future of photolithography machines.
In his previous life, after 2008, more than 90% of the chips produced in the world used the wet photolithography process proposed by Lin Benbu. Moreover, it was because of this wet process proposed by Lin Benbu that the chips went from 190 nanometers to 130 nanometers, 90 nanometers, 65 nanometers, 40 nanometers, 28 nanometers, 20 nanometers, 16 nanometers, 10 nanometers, 7 nanometers, and 5 nanometers. Even the most cutting-edge 3 nanometers used Lin Benbu's wet photolithography technology.
"This, I can't say for sure. It is theoretically possible, but there are still a series of problems that need to be solved. For example, will the water produce bubbles, will the water pollute the equipment, how to make it waterproof, will the water expand when heated, will the refractive index change, how to solve these problems … "
Zhang Rujing described the problems faced by the wet photolithography process to Chen Yu.
However, at this time, Chen Yu's eyes were fixed on Lin Benbu.
He knew.
In the next few years, all these problems would not be a problem.
If he could catch Lin Benbu, then there would be hope for China's photolithography machine.
(End of chapter)
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