Chapter 349 : Sky Price Lithography Machine

As soon as he spoke, the controversy of the people ended here and turned to meditate.

Lu Zixin gave them a big problem, and no one can make it.

After discussing it for more than a week, they finally came up with a plan. Based on the team of the original red-core mobile phone chip, a new R&D team will be formed to attract domestic and foreign talents. The laboratory should also be expanded, and the units invested in capital are all billions…

However, the plan of thinking is always different from the actual situation. This project has just begun, and they have encountered difficulties.

“What? This lithography machine dares to cost $100 million?” Lu Zixin shouted in the office.

In front of him, the director of research center said helplessly: “President, it is good to buy this. We contact the mechanical equipment manufacturers in United States, they buy the price is also one to $100 million, the performance is better than no Equipment on the Netherlands.”

“It costs $100 million to buy the most advanced products.” Lu Zixin is a disgrace to monopolize the core technology.

Internationally, we know that China is not capable of manufacturing high-precision computer chips, so the price of high-precision equipment is high!

What is the concept of $100 million? This money can buy a large Boeing airliner! This is simply stealing money!

When I first asked Red Queen for some equipment, Red Letter mobile phone chips could not be created. Just by cost, you can scare people.

“This is just one of them, we still need these equipment… more than one hundred important technology licenses…” The Director of the Procurement Office listed them one by one.

If you invest in a semiconductor industry, it may be a big deal to invest more than a billion. But Lu Zixin’s requirements are world-class research results, comparable to Intel, AMD and other companies.

Therefore, all conditions must be in accordance with the highest requirements, lack of equipment, lack of technology patents, lack of talent, lack of laboratories … the initial calculation, you have to go nearly 10 billion!

Red Letter invested in the establishment of Red Letter’s Headquarters and Red Letter’s US factories, as well as a large number of virtual projection equipment manufacturing.

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China, Modu, ASML company China Branch.

This is a German chip manufacturing supplier and currently the world’s largest chip manufacturing supplier, accounting for about 80% of the world market share.

“Warmly welcome, Mister Lu, I am very happy to meet you, we are also happy to cooperate with Red Letter.” In the reception room, Fred, the head of ASML China Division, met Lu Zixin.

Fred is tall, white skin, natural brown hair, twice as old as Lu Zixin, with a warm smile and Chinese language with a demon accent.

“I am also very happy to meet you. We are here, I think your company already knows it.” Lu Zixin said, “We are not very satisfied with the samples of lithography machine that your company provided us last time.”

“The few samples I provided last time?” Fred asked his secretary, and the secretary quickly handed the document to him.

He browsed it and said seriously: “President Lu, these samples are carefully chosen by us. What do you mean by dissatisfaction?”

“Performance, price, and some of the accessories we asked for are not complete.” Lu Zixin said, naturally there is an assistant to hand over the information.

After a simple conversation, Fred waved: “President Lu, I don’t think there is a problem.”

“With regard to performance, we have provided you with the world’s top lithography equipment! You may not know, just a few days ago, we sold it to several countries in your country.”

Lu Zixin didn’t talk. He knew that ASML must have more advanced lithography equipment, but they didn’t intend to sell it to them.

As a result, their companies have always used equipment that is lower than others to produce products that are naturally not as good as foreign companies.

“Mr. Fred, these models, we think the price is higher 50% than the world’s normal price!” Red letter staff listed the data.

Fred is still with a smile: “No, no, this is our latest immersion lithography machine, which has been improved on the previous generation of lithography machines to produce integrated circuits with key dimensions lower than 38 nanometers. This has reached the first-class production process in China.”

“Red Letter is a very powerful electronic Science and Technology company. If you can produce chips with such precision, I think that in the world, Red Letter products are highly competitive!”

Lu Zixin naturally wouldn’t agree. The two sides talked for a long time, Fred said: “If you insist on our latest models, I need to report to Headquarters to make decisions.”

“Then please ask Mr. Fred to report to Headquarters.” Lu Zixin said simply, “The previous samples, we don’t want to!”

In the office, Fred and ASML Headquarters executives held a virtual projection meeting to discuss.

“Gentlemen, Red Letter Group rejected our previous samples and they must have the most advanced lithography equipment,” Fred said.

“Can’t give them!” Some people immediately objected, “Red Letter Group has broken our monopoly on mobile phone chips, and computer chips must not let them succeed again!”

“I agree. The top equipment is banned from exporting to China.”

“Fred, you have to find a way to make this business. Red Letter Group is now the hottest electronics manufacturer in China. If they buy our equipment, our China market can double its turnover!”

“But their attitude is very determined!”

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The core executives of ASML have negotiated and finally come up with a plan. Provided to the Red Letter Group a new version of lithography equipment, but the price will rise, asking for $350 million!

Other equipment, the same reason.

“President Lu, this is the latest sample of the procurement provided by ASML.” The assistant handed the information to Lu Zixin. “They are willing to provide better equipment, but the price has also increased a lot!”

“Increase? Is the research center analyzed, what are the performance of these devices?” Lu Zixin asked.