sinovels Chapter 959 Division Of Labor And Cooperation To Strive For Mass Production Next Year
Chapter 959 Division Of Labor And Cooperation To Strive For Mass Production Next Year
For He Rongming.
Shanghai Microelectronics needs money, lots and lots of money.
As long as the money is in place, they can go all out to tackle the problem.
Since its establishment in 2002, it has only received RMB 60 million in R&D funding every year.
The key is that it also undertakes very important national tasks.
This little research and development funding is really not enough to fill a gap.
If it were any other company, I'm afraid they would have given up their work long ago and shouted that the country must increase the allocation of R&D funds.
But Shanghai Microelectronics did not complain.
60 million is 60 million.
Although it is a little less, I can grit my teeth and persevere.
It was with this spirit of perseverance and hard work that the entire company spent 6 years and successfully developed a 100nm prototype verification lithography machine last year.
Yes.
It is undeniable that this 100nm-level prototype verification machine lags far behind ASML's DUV lithography machine.
Even compared to the second and third largest companies in the industry, Nikang and Jianeng, they are at least 10 years behind.
Lagging performance is lagging behind, but one thing is very critical.
This is the first purely domestic lithography machine.
This is definitely a photolithography machine worthy of being recorded in history.
yes.
Helan Asmer is indeed the overlord in the field of lithography machines, with extremely deep strength.
It would be too naive to simply think that Asmai could achieve what he has achieved by himself.
As a Helan company, ASML relied on Philip's father and stepped on Ni Kang, who was blocked by America's government at the time. By promising to contribute to America, it gained many theories from America's side. With the support of technology, he became a member of the America Semiconductor Association, and then gradually surpassed Nicon and Canon to become the dominant player in the field of lithography machines.
On the road to ASML's hegemony, there are many other sources of help.
On the other hand, Shanghai Microelectronics.
In addition to domestic policy support (included in the National 863 Major Science and Technology Research Program and one of the National Major Science and Technology Projects 02), it also faces the inequality of high-tech export controls to China in the Wassenaar Agreement. Cornerstone and Asmai are not the same.
But it is under the difficult premise of having no funds and being frantically targeted and blocked.
Shanghai Microelectronics has still developed a 100nm level lithography machine on its own. This alone cannot be compared to ASML.
This is a zero breakthrough for domestic lithography machines.
It can be seen from this.
Shanghai Microelectronics is so awesome at developing a photolithography machine on its own.
This is no exaggeration at all!
Even in terms of performance, this lithography machine is surpassed by ASML's lithography machine by 10 blocks.
It has developed a purely domestic lithography machine, which is definitely the highlight of Shanghai Microelectronics.
But under the spotlight, it is difficult to hide the embarrassment of Shanghai Microelectronics.
The lithography machine market is not big, but it is definitely the "most snobbish" industry in semiconductors.
As long as the technology is slightly behind, the market share will be taken away by the competitors who are moving forward.
The winner of the industry takes all, and the second and third children can't even drink soup.
Therefore, under the premise of falling behind, there is basically no beautiful return of funds.
Shanghai Microelectronics' annual R&D funding is 60 million, and its team has only a few hundred people. It has few people and little money.
Although it took 6 years to grit one's teeth and develop a 100nm level lithography machine, it can be regarded as making history.
But as mentioned above, under the premise of lagging behind, there is basically no beautiful return of funds.
Because the product cannot be sold.
As for the 100nm-level lithography machine developed by Shanghai Microelectronics, not to mention that there are customers willing to place orders for it, there are not even partners willing to act as guinea pigs for various verifications.
Why was ASML able to become famous and rise rapidly with its immersion lithography machines?
A very important reason is that in this process, Semiconductor Microelectronics acted as ASML's experimental mouse.
At that time, the industry was stuck with the 193nm light source, and the geek Lin Benjian proposed the immersion lithography process in 2002.
But at that time, the overlords of the lithography machine industry, Nikang and Canon, dismissed this and insisted on the 157nm 2-light open lithography process.
ASML found ICMC at that time, and ICMC agreed to serve as a guinea pig to conduct various experimental verifications.
It is based on this.
ASML relied on its immersion lithography process to become famous and rise rapidly.
As the experimental mouse, Ichigo Electronics also benefited from this.
With the support of ASML's advanced lithography machines, it has become the world's top wafer foundry.
Although Shanghai Microelectronics has developed a pure (ciej) domestic lithography machine, no company is willing to be a guinea pig.
Because the performance of Shanghai Microelectronics' photolithography machines is so lagging behind, it's not a thankless waste of time and effort to serve as a guinea pig.
after all.
This is not the time in the 1990s when lithography machines encountered light source bottlenecks.
The immersion lithography process is a new process, and Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. has the mentality of being a dead horse and a living horse doctor. It also urgently needs to break the bottleneck restriction of the 193nm light source, so it agreed to play the role of a guinea pig.
otherwise.
If there was no blockage of the 193nm light source at that time, would Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. have been a guinea pig?
Do not make jokes!
Capitalists always only have interests in their eyes!
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Now.
Lin Qingya promised to invest.
For He Rongming, the most urgent problem of Shanghai Microelectronics has been solved.
The money is there.
Then the company's team will naturally be more motivated.
Therefore.
He was so confident in his assurance that as long as the money was in place, everything would be no problem.
Of course.
After finalizing Shanghai Microelectronics, there is one more thing to solve.
That is to find guinea pigs.
This verification machine requires a long period of various technical verifications before it can be continuously improved and finally finalized for mass production.
obviously.
The most suitable person to be a guinea pig is naturally Loongson International.
"Professor Zhang, we still need help from Loongson for various verification tests of the prototype." Lu Yi looked at Zhang Rujin and said.
As the largest wafer foundry in China.
If Loongson agrees to carry out various test verifications, it will undoubtedly speed up the development of domestic lithography machines.
Zhang Rujin nodded and said, "Of course it's no problem."
joke.
How could he refuse such a good thing?
The current verification machine is not the previous verification machine of Shanghai Microelectronics.
Theoretically speaking, the performance of this verification machine equipped with steady-state micro-bunching is not inferior to ASML's most advanced DUV lithography machine, or even exceeds it.
They are cooperating with Coastal Semiconductor and Long Micro Semiconductor to conduct various experimental verifications and speed up the mass production progress.
Once that is determined.
There is no doubt that Loongson will be the first company to get the goods.
And with the most advanced lithography machine in hand, Long is not afraid of various blockades.
I will have enough confidence to challenge Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. on the other side of the strait!
Why Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. can become the world's top wafer foundry.
One is that Semiconductor Manufacturing Company has advanced process technology.
The second is ASML’s most advanced DUV lithography machine.
Even if ASML has developed an EUV lithography machine, Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. will be among the first wafer companies to get the product.
after all.
Advanced process technology also requires advanced photolithography machines for technical verification.
Without a lithography machine with sufficiently advanced performance, even if you master the advanced process, it will be in vain.
It's like.
You have 7nm-level process technology in your hands, but the accuracy of your own photolithography machine can only reach 45nm level. How can you test whether 70m process technology is feasible?
If you use a big knife to engrave patterns that require laser engraving, you can only engrave a four-dimensional image. .