Half an hour later, Zheng Zhenchuan appeared in Su Yuanshan's office.

Ten years have passed, and Zheng Zhenchuan's age is about to "retire". However, as long as he is in the field of engineers, as long as he does not have Alzheimer's disease, there is no such thing as retirement.

Of course, Zheng Zhenchuan could not have "algeriasis". Instead, he was energetic. Although his eyes became smaller because of presbyopia, he looked smart.

...

"At present, there are six players in the lithography machine market. Nikon, Canon, us, asml, svgl, gca. Nikon has the largest market share, about 30%. Canon is almost the same as us this year, % in its early 20s and sml, so it should be a little less. In the end, svgl and gca are estimated to be about 5%, which is the kind of surviving. It is probably just like this - other players have basically disappeared after the new millennium."

"And the later ones have begun to transform, such as SVGL has developed in the areas of refracting beam splitters, tracks, mask protective films, and mirror systems. More importantly, it has joined the EUV alliance in the United States."

Su Yuanshan nodded slowly.

svgl—silicon     Valley     group    lithography    systems, Silicon Valley Lithography Group, in the 1980s, it was the first to launch stepper scanning lithography machines, which made it a big hit, but it also sounded the alarm for the lithography machine industry of Lighthouse and even the entire semiconductor industry. Nikon and Canon rely on the strong industrial chain system and the rise of a group of semiconductor companies such as Nikon and Toshiba, which almost broke the roots of American semiconductors.

In order to save the semiconductor and even the technology industry in the United States, even the antitrust department that was not recognized by the relatives was directly held down by the then boss Reagan, saying that he could no longer do ibm, and that he would be gone. The birth of Silicon Valley, the birth of a series of companies such as HP, Dell, Intel, Microsoft, and other companies, and the rise of technology were directly related to antitrust lawsuits against AT&T and ibm.

Of course, there are also reasons why the economic thought of the judicial department has shifted from the structuralism of the Harvard school to the efficiencyism of the Chicago school. (This is a very interesting digging point. The strength of antitrust gave birth to Silicon Valley, and the decline of antitrust has protected Silicon Valley and made Internet giants... And the antitrust in the United States is really unrecognizable to relatives - because from the perspective of economic and corporate development itself, monopoly will hinder the rise of small businesses and thus lose their ability to innovate. I won't go into it here.)

Although he forced Ni Guo's head to sign a semiconductor treaty, which relieved Silicon Valley and gave birth to a new overlord like Intel, those who lost were still unable to be found.

For example, the lithography machine market.

"Uncle Zheng, what do you mean is that by acquiring svgl, the curve enters euvllc?"

"Yes." Zheng Zhenchuan nodded. In front of Su Yuanshan, he did not hide any of his thoughts: "I don't have confidence in euv-au..."

Su Yuanshan looked at him with a smile.

Zheng Zhenchuan's old face turned red: "Okay, the confidence is not as great as euvllc."

"Well, actually, I am too." Su Yuanshan said frankly: "It is necessary to deny it. Not to mention that the euv alliance has been in almost five years and has been leading for five years. In terms of strength, we cannot compare to them. Research and development of euv is not the only purpose of establishing the euv Asian Alliance. It is basically an attempt to make the future industrial chain pattern."

"But we have potential opponents." Zheng Zhenchuan saw that Su Yuanshan also agreed with him and felt a little better on his face, and smiled and said, "Asml has been supported by semiconductor companies in Lighthouse Country, and I heard that they are already inviting Intel to invest."

"Um……"

Su Yuanshan nodded slowly.

Speaking of this, he had fully understood Zheng Zhenchuan’s thoughts and calmed down.

But the problem arises.

Why?

"Uncle Zheng, when did you start communicating with svgl?"

"Ten days ago, the person in charge of SVGL came to the provincial capital to attend our press conference. At that time, I mentioned it jokingly - you know, the 193nm immersion lithography machine is basically the most cutting-edge equipment before the birth of the evu lithography machine. Because the 157nm F2 laser cannot penetrate water, it cannot use immersion lithography technology."

Zheng Zhenchuan looked heroic: "And now we have mastered immersive technology and talents. They either start from scratch and work for three or five years, or kidnap Lao Lin and his hundreds of people under them..."

Seeing that Zheng Zhenchuan was full of confidence, Su Yuanshan was extremely moved.

Although the lithography machine can catch up, there are certainly reasons why Yuanxin is "checking", but Zheng Zhenchuan is the one who actually does the specific implementation work.

"Although my tone was a joke at that time, I was actually looking forward to a response." Zheng Zhenchuan picked up the tea cup and took a sip and smiled: "You know, the wavelength of the EUV light source is too short, and there is no way to use the lens system, you can only use the mirror system. And svgl has technical strength in the mirror light path system."

"Yeah." Su Yuanshan nodded again.

He naturally had seen euv. There were more than a dozen mirrors in total, forming an extremely complex optical path system. He would be dizzy if he had never learned mechanical and optical.

"What are the conditions offered by the other party? Can all EUV technologies be shared?"

Su Yuanshan stared at Zheng Zhenchuan and asked cautiously.

"Basically, it's similar to Asml." Zheng Zhenchuan also answered cautiously.

Su Yuanshan raised his eyebrows: "That means, are you allowed to join euvllc?"

"The attitude is very ambiguous and no clear answer was given."

Su Yuanshan frowned instantly.

Even though time passes...

Su Yuanshan believes that Americans nowadays still need to face and are not good at creating a turtle punch that can only break the rules by "amateurs" who can do.

Su Yuan also admitted that the general "laughing" in other fields in China and the various "coming bankrupt" remarks of "collapsed parties" who are wandering around, coupled with the overall strategy of keeping low profile, have indeed caused misleading and interference to the top leaders on the other side. It makes it difficult to see clearly the fact that domestic semiconductor technology has gradually risen, except for the relevant practitioners of the semiconductor industry itself.

...There is one thing that can be confirmed and has not changed.

——It is impossible for the mainland's technology field, especially the increasingly important semiconductor industry, which is known as the foundation of the future technology industry, to truly rise.

Not to mention the distance, I was going to cut it down with one knife last year!

But with several press conferences of Yuanxin this year, the establishment of euv Asia United, and the birth of immersive lithography machines...

Even if you don’t have a sense of technology, you may still be able to smell the mainland’s aggressive momentum in the fields of semiconductors and consumer electronics.

So……

Why?

After a long silence, Su Yuanshan slowly said: "Uncle Zheng, my vigilance on curbing our technological development has not changed since the beginning and end, and it is still the same today."

"Um."

"Then, it doesn't make sense to make you the only lithography machine giant in the world."

Zheng Zhenchuan opened his mouth, and his previous excitement was instantly dispelled, and he became a little confused: "It's true that it doesn't make sense - but we have not had a little bit of euv lithography machine, but in fact, we have become the world's most top lithography machine technology."

"Then let's enjoy your current technology first with constraints, then..." Su Yuanshan frowned deeply and asked back: "How long can the euv alliance last?"

"Ah? I don't know..."

"It shouldn't be saved for long." Su Yuanshan recalled history and said softly: "The feasibility argument has been completed, and the technical solutions have been almost given - Uncle Zheng, I would like to remind you that the euv alliance does not build euv light sources, but euv lithography machines. Asml is the only member of the alliance who entered as a lithography machine manufacturer, who do you think the alliance's technical direction and key issues are oriented?"

"asml." Su Yuanshan nodded confidently: "It is for asml. Even if you are asked to join the euv alliance, even if the alliance is established, even if the technical resources of the entire alliance serve you... Then in the euv field, you are still behind asml."

"The most important thing is that you can't walk two paths at the same time. Without you, Euv Asian Union would be useless and even become a joke."

Su Yuanshan looked at Zheng Zhenchuan, who breathed a long sigh.

"Is this a divisive plan?"

"I don't know." Su Yuanshan shook his head: "I have never seen this kind of operation on the other side before."

“…”

"I really haven't seen it before, but..." Su Yuanshan pondered for a moment and smiled slightly: "Uncle Zheng, you can talk about it. Anyway, it's up to the business, and see how many cards the opponent can hand over."

"Um."

*

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washington     d.c.

"Mr. Marberg, if you pay a little attention to the news, you won't come to the conclusion that we are still on the top of the world."

In the cafe, Bresman was extremely excited.

As an official of the investment department of ibm, he had dealt with Yuanxin ten years ago, so he left a deep impression. During his subsequent tenure as a sematech official, he witnessed the birth of Yuanxin and the rise of the entire mainland semiconductor industry.

If we used to be able to embellish the peace with the revenue that several Silicon Valley giants were increasing every year, but with the disruption of the entire industry by Yuanxin yidoo mobile phones this year, Hongxin has created a lithography machine that exceeds 193nm...

If you still have to be an ostrich in this way, the city on the top of the mountain will probably be over.

Therefore, he had been contacting the scientific consultant who was said to be working to find evidence of weapons of mass destruction for Mr. Boss after the last sematech meeting.

Bresmann was not concerned about what kind of destructive weapons, and he even thought he didn't need to find them at all. Then he would just light up a tube of laundry detergent - who dared to question it?

The most important thing now is that the semiconductor industry is almost gone.

"Has the mainland's aircraft carrier been launched, or has the fourth generation aircraft flew into the sky?" The scientific consultant obviously did not agree with Bresman's argument. As a physicist, he never thought that the mainland could challenge the lighthouse in the field of science and technology.

But having said that, Marberg took the report from Bresmann and brought reading glasses.

This is a simple report on the future development of the semiconductor and communications industries.

The report pointed out that the market in the field of "next generation" semiconductor materials has been completely monopolized by East Asia. The same is true for communication products.

In addition, there is also the current status of the semiconductor industry chain.

Ten minutes later, the scientific consultant put down the document, crossed his fingers and his eyebrows were deeply locked.

"Bray, you mean, we are already completely behind before the future has arrived?"

"Yes."

"What are you doing for so many years?" asked the scientific consultant. "Silicon Valley should have been ruined long ago - but how did I hear that house prices in Silicon Valley have risen for five consecutive years. Has Silicon Valley become a gathering place for real estate developers?"

"..." Bresmann was stunned.

"You don't want to look at Silicon Valley."

"Then where should I look? Look at Seattle?"

"Don't look at Seattle, you should look at the provincial capital, look at hk! Look at the East!" Bresmann almost shouted: "Sir, we have lost the most precious crown in the semiconductor field."

"When was that lost?" Marberg asked again.

"...This is not important, what is important is that it is now worn in the East." Bresman exclaimed heavily: "Mr. Consultant, this is not allowed."
To be continued...