Magic City, Hua Xin International!
As the largest and number one Chip Manufacturing manufacturer in China, the importance and status of Hua Xin International is beyond doubt.
It is no exaggeration to say that Hua Xin International has a strategic position in China. This can be seen from its name starting with "Huaxin", the core of China!
This is also true. Hua Xin International is the only manufacturer in China that has the most advanced Lithography Machine and the most advanced Chip Manufacturing technology and manufacturing capabilities.
Although these "advances" lag behind foreign countries by four to five generations, others are 3 nanometers, and Hua Xin International is still working hard for 14 nanometers, but it is the most advanced in China.
There are not many Chip Manufacturing manufacturers in China, most are tens or hundreds of nanometers, and 14 nanometers is undoubtedly the ceiling level.
Although the market value of Hua Xin International is only more than 300 billion, well, it is not comparable to those mobile phone ODM manufacturers, let alone those Internet giants with a market value of one trillion, but its importance cannot be matched by those mobile phone ODM manufacturers and Internet giants.
When the market environment is not good, mobile phone ODM manufacturers and major Internet manufacturers can do nothing and work hard on their own. But if Hua Xin International is not good, the country will immediately organize forces to rescue the situation, and there is no room for failure.
At this time, a group of people gathered around Hua Xin International's sample line. People from three companies, Hua Xin International, Zhong Zheng Company, and Hua Ke New Material, all sent out capable teams.
Hua Ke New Material is the boss and R&D boss who personally led the team; Zhong Zheng Company is Yu Longguang and the chip R&D boss Ke Lan; Hua Xin International is the host and the technology boss Meng Song is here.
The chip field seems to be highly competitive, with new processes emerging or next-generation chips appearing in half a year. However, in the Photoresist field, the cycle is very long, and it usually takes one to two years of testing to enter batches.
Arf Line Photoresist, second only to EUV line Photoresist, can almost meet the process manufacturing requirements of all wafers above 10 nanometers. So at this stage, Hua Xin International actually has no motivation to test a new Arf Line Photoresist. It is basically purchased directly from Little Country.
But when Hua Ke New Material's new Arf Line Photoresist came out, Hua Xin International organized the company's core strength to arrange testing, and the technical boss Meng Song followed up personally.
Not for anything else, just to be able to be independent!
The establishment of Hua Xin International did not sprout in mainland China, but came from the island and was branched off from TJD, the largest Chip Manufacturing manufacturer in the world today.
Technology and equipment are largely inherited from TJD.
At the time, I didn't think it was anything. After all, they were all so familiar, and they were from the same species.
But later, when Eagle Country got involved, things got out of control, and Hua Xin International was almost bankrupted by TJD.
Although he resisted in the end, his vitality was severely damaged. Fortunately, the country came to the rescue in time.
Therefore, regarding technological innovation and material substitution, Hua Xin International feels the same as Zhong Zheng Company, wishing to replace them all immediately.
Therefore, when Hua Ke New Material made a request to test their Arf Line Photoresist, Hua Xin International agreed without thinking and arranged to do it as quickly as possible.
"Mr. Ke, why do you have time to go there in person today?"
Hua Xin International's technical boss Meng Song asked Ke Lan with a smile.
Although everyone on the production line was wearing clean clothes and couldn't see each other's faces clearly, with only two eyes exposed and covered by blindfolds, it didn't stop Ke Lan from feeling that Meng Song was talking with a smile.
"It seems that there is Photoresist material substitution verification, and Lao Meng feels much better."
The thought in Ke Lan's mind changed, and he immediately put it aside and replied, "Such a big thing as domestic material testing is certainly worthy of my coming to see the scene."
Meng Song said, "I think Ke Zongwen is not interested in drinking. His real purpose is to follow up on the research and development progress of your dual chip stack, right?"
Ke Lan immediately asked, "Then where is the progress of our dual-chip superposition research and development?"
Meng Song was startled. Good guy, it's still so direct. He coughed twice and said, "The Photoresist material supplier is still in trouble. The Photoresist and supporting processes we are currently using cannot meet your company's requirements for double stacked wafers. After the circuit is engraved, it is prone to circuit collapse during the cleaning process."
After hearing this, Ke Lan suddenly fell into deep thought and subconsciously said, "Is it still Lithography Machine's problem?"
"It's great to have EUV Lithography Machine, it shouldn't be a big problem."
Meng Song shook his head and explained, "Now our most advanced Lithography Machine uses a deep ultraviolet light source. Arf Line Photoresist can meet the production process needs, but at this stage we The Arf Line Photoresist we use is a wet process, which is not a big problem when making a single wafer, but when making double stacked wafers, it is prone to circuit collapse. We are still trying to overcome this problem, or looking to develop a dry photolithography process."
Ke Lan took a deep breath and said nothing.
While the two of them were talking here, the coating process of Hua Ke New Material and new Arf Line Photoresist had already begun in an orderly manner, and the photolithography process began.
A few people watched for a while and saw that the process was proceeding normally. Except for the necessary technical personnel to follow up and the people from Hua Ke New Material to follow up throughout the entire process, most people stopped watching the scene, walked out of the workshop, and worked in the conference room outside while waiting for the results.
The day passed quickly.
In the evening, when everyone who had been working overtime and waiting was praying that everything would go well, a piece of bad news came from the workshop.
"Dear leaders, the circuit pattern is not clear enough! The resolution is not enough!"
Hua Xin International's technical staff introduced the situation, stated their judgment results, and then asked, "Will subsequent tests continue?"
At this time, Hua Ke New Material and his team walked out of the workshop and followed them into the conference room, with expressions of loss and frustration evident on their faces.
As professionals, after knowing this result, they also knew that there was no need to conduct subsequent tests.
Sure enough, they soon heard the decisive denial from Hua Xin International's technical boss Meng Song: "No, the clarity and resolution are not enough, and the wafers produced are substandard."
"Okay!"
Seeing the boss speaking, the technician immediately responded and then went down.
In the conference room, the three parties looked at each other. After a brief silence, the boss of Hua Ke New Material smiled and said, "Thank you to Mr. Meng, Director Yu, and Mr. Ke for their strong support. This failure is due to the poor performance of our materials. We will go back to analyze the reasons in depth, formulate improvement measures, and strive to produce improved products as quickly as possible for the next test."
No one from Zhong Zheng Company said anything. Hua Xin International technical boss Meng Song said, "Clearness and resolution are caused by excessive scattering and diffraction of deep ultraviolet light sources in your Photoresist. This part should be given sufficient attention and research."
"Yes, we will find a way to solve this problem." Hua Ke New Material boss said immediately.
At this time, Yu Longguang on the side suddenly said, "Director Lin, I remember President Zhou of Fei Yang New Material talked about this problem. Looking at it now, it seems that he saw some signs at that time."
"This..."
Hua Ke New Material R&D boss Lin Liqiang was immediately embarrassed when Yu Longguang said this, and even couldn't get off the stage.
He never thought that Arf Line Photoresist, which they had carefully developed for many years, would fail the test this time. After all, whether it was big data simulation or empirical calculation, there was no problem.
Hua Ke New Material's boss immediately smoothed things over and said, "I can't even see it."
Meng Song, the technical boss of SMIC, was a little surprised when he heard this and asked, "President Zhou of Fei Yang New Material, which President Zhou is it? Is he also the one who makes Photoresist?"
Yu Longguang's words made him immediately restore the scene in his mind. It seemed that someone saw the Arf Line Photoresist problem in Hua Ke New Material's test and reminded the Hua Ke New Material people, but the Hua Ke New Material people didn't take it seriously.
Judging from the fact that the current test failed, the other party does have sharp vision and amazing strength.
"Not for Photoresist!"
The boss of Hua Ke New Material immediately replied, "The other party only put forward his own opinions on the Photoresist material and did not mention our company's Arf Line Photoresist."
This was also the case, so he felt it was necessary to clarify that by picking out Hua Ke New Material, they could not let Meng Song mistakenly think that they came to Hua Xin International for testing even though they knew there was a problem.
Once Meng Song has a misunderstanding, it will be difficult for Hua Ke New Material in the future.
"Does Mr. Meng know about Fei Yang Optics?"
At this time, Yu Longguang asked.
Meng Song thought for a while and replied, "I have an impression. Is it Fei Yang Optics, the company sanctioned by Eagle Country that makes optical materials?"
"Yes!"
Yu Longguang nodded and continued, "Fei Yang New Material is the parent company of Fei Yang Optics. President Zhou is the founder of these two companies. His name is Zhou Feiyu. He is a young man who is only twenty-eight years old. His technical strength is extraordinary."
As he spoke, he also explained what he had just asked Lin Liqiang: "Just the day before yesterday, Zhou Feiyu accepted my invitation and went to Hua Ke New Material for a technical exchange. At that time, he You raised the issue of reducing the scattering and diffraction of light by Photoresist. So when Mr. Gang Meng mentioned this issue, I was wondering if Zhou Feiyu could see it at the time, but it was difficult to explain it clearly."
Hua Ke New Material Boss laughed a few times and said, "I think it's impossible."
Meng Song was stunned after hearing this.
Zhong Zheng Company, the director of chip R&D, Ke Lan, was a little startled when he heard it. After reacting, he smiled and said, "I hope it's true. This is a great thing for us!"
Meng Song also responded and smiled with interest, "If it is true as Director Yu said, then he is a rare talent."
Before a material was tested, the other party saw the problem. This is undoubtedly a symbol of strong technical strength. Not to mention the Photoresist field, there are only a handful of such talents.
This matter was revealed in this way, but it left a deep impression on everyone present.
Nanjiang County, Fei Yang New Material Company.
Zhou Feiyu, who had returned to the company to handle matters, received a consultation from the Zhong Zheng Company R&D team on the new display solution for the M Series new flagship on the same day. However, he did not deal with it immediately, but began to develop another New Material.
"Tian Feng Chemical and King Material want to talk to me?"
Soon, Zhou Feiyu received two other reports.
"Yes, boss, the calls from Tian Feng Chemical's boss Tian Feng Zhangnan and King Material's CEO Michael Roman looked very sincere."
Xiao Weidong replied.
"Does it look sincere?"
Zhou Feiyu raised his brows and said with a smile, "I think you are being honest, right? They are people who believe in strength. Now that they come to worship the mountain, I am afraid that the person who comes here is evil, and maybe they have some evil intentions."
Xiao Weidong nodded in agreement. "Indeed, they are the ones who break their promises. Even if they have equal strength, they will still come to beat you. If you can't beat it alone, you will fight as a group. Only when your strength far exceeds theirs, will they sit down and have a serious talk with you."
Zhou Feiyu said, "Since they want to talk, let's talk. Let their leader come and talk to me in person."
Xiao Weidong smiled and said, "Okay, I'll notify them right away."
At this moment, Xiao Weidong felt extremely happy.
Since Fei Yang Optics, with the strong support of Nanjiang County, the production capacity has rapidly increased. In addition to satisfying the two companies Hua Long and Zhongwei, shipments have also been shipped in large quantities to terminal companies and agents. The price war with King Material is also in full swing.
Tian Feng Chemical, which ranks second, can no longer sustain itself and will soon close its optical materials branch. Tian Le Material, ranked third, has also fallen into losses and I believe it will not be able to sustain it for long.
As for King Material, there is indeed no sign of weakness at present, but Xiao Weidong believes that they, who are accustomed to living a wealthy life, cannot sustain it for too long. I believe that King Material will be driven out of the domestic market in three months to half a year.
After all, no one wants to trade at a loss, not even users, nor King Material himself.
The performance of FY-01 exceeds that of High Polymer Optical Film, which is King Material, and the price is cheaper. Users have to vote with their feet to embrace Fei Yang Optics.
As for the low production cost of FY-01, Xiao Weidong thinks it is outrageous in his heart. It can actually be even lower than his old employer Di Guang. This aspect is also far superior to King Material.
Xiao Weidong has calculated that the current real cost of High Polymer Optical Film from King Material should be about 50% higher than the material cost of Di Guang from its old employer. This is the result of more than half a century of cost optimization.
Under such circumstances, how can King Material compete and win against Fei Yang Optics?
If you don't have users, you keep burning money, and your opponents are still making money, how can you win?
So, you King Material vigorously sanctioned us and took the initiative to initiate a price war. Now you are riding a tiger and you are in trouble, why don't you come to negotiate with us?
But in Zhou Feiyu's mind, he had another guess. "Electronic Grade PI Material should talk to me about the matter."
Electronic Grade PI Material is the highlight, and optical materials are just the younger brother in front of it.
"You want me to talk to him in person?"
Tian Feng Zhangnan was furious at first after receiving the reply, but soon calmed down and ordered, "Book a flight ticket for me and I will leave for China tomorrow."
Michael Roman's attitude was completely different. He was just a little unhappy, and then he rejected the proposal and arranged for global business solutions director Susan Krier to say, "Susan, you go to China for me."
Susan Krier was stunned for a while, but she had no right to refuse, so she had to agree, "Okay, BOSS, I will follow your arrangement."
As soon as the two families discussed it, Tian Feng Zhangnan expressed opposition. "Mr. Roman, I think you did not truly evaluate the other party's character and strength. Just appointing Ms. Susan to go there will not produce good results, and the other party may even refuse to meet."