Chapter 782: Lithography Machine(1/2)
Of course Huang Han is most concerned about the shareholding ratios of TSMC, Gigabyte and Asus.
Qin Shujie reassured Huang Han that her task was completed beyond expectations. These three companies were the focus of investment this time. They each gave no less than NT$35 million, and the shareholding ratio reached or exceeded 20%.
Huang Han suddenly became excited and praised Qin Shujie on the phone as a god-like teammate, saying that he believed that within a few years, Qin Shujie would realize that this investment was a stroke of genius.
How many years? Huang Han is still conservative.
Because there is reason to believe that Asus has received NT$35 million invested by "Hanjierong Investment Company", the 486 motherboard may be able to take the lead and let IBM follow suit.
Originally, Asus launched the 486 motherboard simultaneously with IBM. Now, even being ahead of the curve by a week is an honor!
Asus has more capital, which will be more conducive to opening up the market for 486 motherboards, and it is guaranteed to develop better than the historical track.
After school started, Huang Han still split his time between studying and participating in research and development.
The reason why he chose to major in international trade and finance was because he had memories from his previous life, roughly remembered the timing of several financial crises, and knew the high positions and status of many bull stocks.
After setting up an investment company, as long as you make good use of these memories, Wall Street will be like a cash machine.
People are lazy, and only those bastards will give up if they get a big bargain.
However, there are always uncertainties in the development of the situation. Huang Han gradually became interested because he had more contact with experts in microelectronics and participated in many practices.
Fudan University was approved to establish a doctoral program in "Microelectronics and Solid-State Electronics" as early as 1984, and it was rated as a national key discipline in 1988.
Director Ye of the Department of Microelectronics is the general manager of the electric vehicle project research and development. Huang Han's tacit cooperation with him won Director Ye's appreciation.
He deliberately guided Huang Han to become interested in microelectronics, and selected several books for Huang Han to study. Not only did he often call Huang Han to listen to his lectures, he also specially taught students according to their aptitude.
Huang Han has always believed that having many skills is not a burden. If a doctoral supervisor is willing to teach him personally, he will of course be happy to be taught.
Not only that, he was even more humble, and often invited department heads, professors, doctoral students, and graduate students to the "Such Things Can Be Restaurant" to have a drink and chat.
It is necessary to help professors and graduate students who are nervous about work and study to relieve stress. Regular gatherings together will certainly enhance their relationship.
The several doctoral students and graduate students led by Director Ye were of course willing to answer the difficult questions Huang Han encountered in his studies.
Huang Han has a high level of understanding, good cultural foundation, good memory, practical experience, and guidance from famous teachers. He quickly caught up with and surpassed the level of freshmen students in the microelectronics department.
Director Ye is very satisfied with Huang Han's learning ability and understanding.
He stated that he could give Huang Han a degree in microelectronics in the future, but there was a requirement. After the electric bicycle research and development task was completed, Huang Han must also attend his class!
Haha! This is a good thing that can only be wished for.
Because Huang Han found that Director Ye treated him specially, he would stop him after every lecture, ask him to share his experience in the lecture, and help him answer questions, which made other students in the microelectronics department envious.
It seems that you should strive for it if you can get a bachelor's degree in microelectronics, solid-state electronics, and international economics and trade from Fudan University after four years of study!
In order to create the truth, Huang Han specially arranged a small-scale banquet.
There are only a few people, including Director Ye from the Department of Microelectronics at Fudan University and Deputy Director Fan from the Department of Power Machinery at the School of Mechanical and Power Engineering at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, two general managers of the electric bicycle project.
Dean Zhang of the School of Economics and Director Cheng of the Department of International Economics and Trade, the most important guests are of course President Hua and Secretary Xie.
Everyone here is the backbone of the nation. Huang Han sincerely admires him. He is not only polite and considerate, but also deliberately talks about topics that interest them!
There was a popular saying in China for a while: "It is better to buy than to build, and it is better to rent than to buy."
Facts have proved that it is self-defeating martial arts!
Huang Han discussed this topic with several elders and scholars and explained it with examples in front of him.
The example he gave was of course two large domestic chemical plants that were almost sanctioned, resulting in huge investments that turned into half-finished projects.
Fortunately, "Hanjierong Investment Company" had the foresight to sign an equipment contract when domestic customers were ambiguous.
Huang Han clarified his point of view. China is a great country and must enter the high-tech field. We must not be superstitious about "making is worse than buying!"
Because the Western powers may turn against us at any time, what we want to buy may not be available, or the price given to us may be several times the market price.
This topic is of interest to everyone present and everyone expresses their opinions.
With a common topic, the wine became much better. Huang Han acted as a waiter himself, frequently pouring wine for the scholars. After a few rounds, the scholars in the city were able to start chatting.
Then Huang Han unknowingly brought the topic to the lithography machine.
The essence of a photolithography machine is actually similar to a projector plus a camera. It uses light as a knife to project the designed circuit diagram onto the silicon wafer.
The current integrated circuit manufacturing process in the international market is still in the era of less than 400 nanometers, and there are at least dozens of companies that can produce photolithography machines.
Japan's Nikon relied on its accumulation in the camera era to fully rise in the semiconductor industry in the 1980s. In the 1980s, which belonged to Japan, Nikon was a well-deserved giant.
Chinese people don't sing and dance when they drink alcohol, but they brag, and highly respected scholars are no exception.
When Huang Han lamented why China couldn't make lithography machines, they who understood domestic advanced technology were immediately not willing to listen.
Several scientists pointed their fingers at the development of domestic lithography machines and explained that the gap with the international market is actually not that big.
Huang Han put forward his own point of view, since the lithography machines jointly developed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tsinghua University, University of Science and Technology of China and other universities are not too behind the times.
So why can't Fudan University and Shanghai Jiao Tong University apply for cooperation with universities such as the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tsinghua University, University of Science and Technology of China, etc., and strive to bring China's independently developed lithography machines to the world's advanced level?
In later generations, Huang Han deliberately found some articles and information about the development of China's lithography machines, and felt very sad at the time.
In fact, before 1985, my country's photolithography machine technology was already at the world's advanced level and was developing vigorously. With continuous research and development, it is possible to reach the world's leading level.
You must know that ASML, a company that became famous all over the world in later generations, was just a new company and a small company at this time.
Not long after the reform and opening up, many large international companies looked down upon the Chinese market. They generally believed that the average annual income of Chinese people was only about US$200. They were too poor and had no purchasing power.
Therefore, there are actually no strong competitors competing for the domestic lithography machine project.
Why does our country not fall behind in the field of lithography machines even though it is poor?
The economy has reached the second place in the world, but the field of lithography machines has lagged behind by two eras!
That's because we have institutional advantages. Before the 1990s, we focused the energy of the country's scientific and technological elites on the development of science and technology.
Scientific and technological elites shoulder the great trust of the country, work with a sense of mission, carry forward the collective spirit of hard work and simplicity, and do not care about personal gains and losses.
This is evident from the fact that they were able to successfully develop "two bombs and one satellite" in the 1960s and 1970s when they were poor and weak.
After the reform and opening up, everything is about money, and everything is about economic efficiency. Therefore, the voice of "it is better to buy than to build, and it is better to rent than to buy" has become loud and clear.
Spending money on research and development of photolithography machines has no economic benefits, so it is a waste of martial arts.
Huang Han talked about the importance of photolithography machines and the need to catch up with the international level in front of several leading figures in the country's scientific and technological circles.
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Huang Han is not just bragging. Most of his remarks come from analytical data on the Internet and articles written by analysts.
The big names present here are all top-level talents. After listening to Huang Han's analysis, they all agreed and looked at Huang Han with admiration.
Talents are rare, and talents with strategic vision are even more valuable!
Principal Hua made eye contact with Secretary Xie, Director Ye, etc., and they all nodded with smiles.
They also know that the world is about to enter the computer age.
The semiconductor field will usher in a technological revolution. One of the microelectronic products, integrated circuits, or "chips," are becoming smaller and smaller and have larger capacities. It is an inevitable trend.
How to manufacture world-leading chips without advanced photolithography machines?
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Are you trying to import advanced chips now? Which country dares to sell them to us?
1990 was the first time we encountered Western sanctions after the reform and opening up. Principal Hua, Secretary Xie, Director Ye and other knowledgeable people raised their vigilance.
Today I heard Huang Han explain that "it is better to buy than to build, and it is better to rent than to buy." This is a waste of martial arts, irresponsibility to the country, and letting other countries control the fate of the country.
They all began to think, and each of them frowned. It was they who were really worried about the country and the people.
Principal Hua and Secretary Xie are already preparing to write a report to their superiors, and they are also planning to contact the academic members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences to discuss these views.
Finally, Huang Han changed the topic and said that if "Feile Audio" purchases advanced photolithography machines, it will be able to produce smaller and larger integrated circuits.
With this kind of storage chip, they no longer need to produce cassette recorders, but can completely produce advanced players that store dozens or hundreds of songs and music.
Of course, such a chip must be designed and developed together with comrades from the Department of Microelectronics and Solid State Electronics! "Feile Audio" can only manufacture it after purchasing a photolithography machine.
When Huang Han said these words, several leaders immediately realized that Huang Han had considered turning scientific research results into products.
Principal Hua patted Huang Han on the shoulder and praised him on the spot: "Based on the insight you just said, it's not a problem to get a double major in the Department of Microelectronics and the Department of International Trade, plus a Department of Politics or Philosophy.
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Huang Han was so thick-skinned! He immediately hit the snake with a stick and said, "Thank you, principal, for your cultivation. I will definitely work hard and spend four years to get the four degrees you mentioned!"
"Ah!" This guy seems a little shameless! Principal Hua couldn't laugh or cry.
Secretary Xie said: "If you are ambitious, as long as the heads of departments sign and approve your graduation, the school will definitely give you a diploma!"
"Okay, Secretary Xie, why don't you just tell me it's impossible?"
"What? You don't have enough confidence!"
“How can I possibly pass the head-to-head exam?”
Director Ye of the Department of Microelectronics said: "Not necessarily, I think you can definitely pass the exam of the Department of Microelectronics!"
Dean Cheng of the Department of International Economics and Trade said: "Your grades are among the best and you are still participating in significant scientific research projects. It is impossible for our department to prevent you from graduating."
To be continued...