Chapter 416： [Learn from Qualcomm, earn patent fees while lying]

"The current status of the industry is that the 193-nanometer liquid immersion lithography system is the most mature technology. It has achieved a near perfect balance in accuracy and cost. It is difficult to be replaced in a short time, but it will eventually be replaced. Yes, it's EUV lithography technology. "

In the quiet conference hall, Luo Sheng methodically said, "The risk of doing this is very high, but it is undeniable that the development of the semiconductor industry has indeed reached a new turning point. Moore's Law is facing a huge challenge. No one is Can determine how the semiconductor industry with a total output value of $ 300 billion last year will guide the development in the next 5 or 10 years. "

"No one knows what the future of the semiconductor industry in the" Post-Moore's Law "era is like." Speaking here, Luo Sheng added a sentence "except me", paused and continued:

"The decline in profits may also be unavoidable, but if Moore's Law can effectively prevent the semiconductor industry's turnover from falling, even if it is only 15%, its cash flow will still be twice that of the entire US gaming industry."

Zhu Yu nodded subconsciously and said when Luo Sheng paused: "The fineness of the manufacturing of lithography and etching systems depends on many factors, but an effective way to achieve leapfrogging is to reduce the wavelength of the light source. For decades That's what lithography machine manufacturers do, and gradually reduce the wavelength of the wafer exposure tool from the blue end visible to the human eye to the ultraviolet end of the spectrum ... "

Luo Sheng continued: "The end of Moore's Law has been foreseen, and the semiconductor industry has always been looking for ways to maintain technological innovation and progress. Leading chip manufacturers around the world are also working hard to improve technology: The EUV is a relatively different one. It is processed and taken out in the engraving machine and then placed in it, and the next layer of image is accurately printed at the original position. "

"I firmly believe that this technology can be realized, which is the future trend, and that this technology will become the most cost-effective choice for chip makers. So my idea is to make an EUV lithography machine prototype at the same cost and strive for 2015 Achieving this goal will allow other researchers to test this method. "

After a while, the head of Shengli Precision, Mr. Gao, put forward a different view. He said, "But Mr. Luo, as far as I know, EUV technology is very difficult. When using rays with a wavelength of almost X-rays to etch, Knowledge of physics does not help engineers much. "

Others at the conference could not help but nodded. EUV lithography has been proposed in the late 1990s. Today, more than ten years have passed, and the industry's major AL company has made no progress. Its difficulty can be imagined. know.

At the end of the day, everyone couldn't help looking at Luo Sheng. They were surprised to find that the richest man in the young world who was good at creating miracles was relaxed, which made everyone curious.

Luo Luosheng called up a set of mathematical models, and he didn't need to signal that everyone had already looked at the big screen, and Luo Sheng methodically said:

"General Gao said it is not unreasonable, so I finally chose 13.5 nanometer wavelength rays. This light can be easily absorbed by many materials. Even the air we breathe is completely black because it also absorbs the last point of rays. I It was long realized that EUV lithography machines can only operate under vacuum, and wafers enter and exit the lithography machine through an airlock. "

Luo Sheng added: "After that, the problem is that the rays are bent. EUV can also be absorbed by glass, so to change its orientation in the device, you need to use a mirror instead of a lens, and it cannot be an ordinary mirror. The reflectivity of ordinary polished lenses is not enough, so a multilayer mirror is needed, which can concentrate many small reflections into a single and powerful reflection, so-called Bragg reflector. "

Zhu Yu and other industry players listened to Luo Sheng's description of these few sentences, all of them felt the rhythm of kneeling. Suddenly, for a moment, he really could create another one in the field of extreme ultraviolet lithography. Possible miracles.

"General Manager Luo, I have a question that has nothing to do with technology." At this time, the head of the participating Micron Technology spoke.

"Appreciate further details."

既然 "Since you have a complete EUV lithography system, why not develop it yourself? It doesn't make sense."

As soon as this word came out, everyone present turned their attention to Luo Sheng, and nodded secretly in his heart. It really did not make sense. You Luo Sheng is not short of money, two is not short of people, and three is not short of the market. Share it for everyone?

Xu Wenyan said Luo Sheng showed a bright smile and gave a seemingly simple answer, but no one would believe that he was really simple.

"Half of you all are shareholders of Shengfeng Capital, which are your own people, and you can do it for yourself."

When I heard this, everyone looked at each other, and no one came out to answer, but my heart was talking: I believe you a ghost!

Don't look at Luo Sheng as a 25-year-old boy in the eyes of everyone present, but no one dares to belittle this young man, what international joke is it, can it be the existence of the richest person in the world as it may appear on the surface? Simply young?

At this time, everyone saw Luo Sheng suddenly surprised and felt inexplicable.

He looked up at the ceiling and muttered to himself: "I wanted to play with you as my own person, but in return I was alienated and distrusted. I wo n’t do it anymore, I showdown, I ’m going to Qualcomm Study, earn technical patent fees while lying down, the market will do it for you, are you satisfied? "

Everyone: "..."

Luo Sheng's slightly skinny tone tuned everyone a little cold and could not help but feel to them that this young man suddenly popped out of a kind of child's heart, but he would definitely not say what he thought, the ghost knew Luo Shengzhen The skin is still fake, no one can guess what he really thinks ~ www.novelhall.com ~ But this sentence also made everyone understand a bit, Luo Sheng did not want to do it in person. Market, but to monopolize upstream technology to play licensing solutions.

Simply put, it is to pull a team of younger brothers, and let the younger brothers do the dirty work, and then enjoy a bite, which is probably the reason.

In fact, everyone's hearts are very enviable, but they are helpless. In the end, they can only lament how important it is to master the core technology.

I ca n’t take a step back. Everyone ’s heart is excited again. Before, I wanted to take on this kind of dirty work. AL and other European and American companies did n’t give it.

By now, Zhu Yu and others who attended the meeting have suddenly realized that it is no wonder that the country will give their full support behind the scenes and actively promote it.

"Mr. Luo, how to do it? When will it start?" Gao Zong, who is in charge of victory and precision, has the meaning of rubbing his fists, and everyone's heart can't help getting hot.

"Of course, the faster the better, but the lower the key, the better." Luo Sheng said, everyone nodded in agreement, after all, this is to challenge AL's position in the field of lithography equipment, and the other side is very sensitive In the short term, we still have to rely on the import of foreigners' equipment, in case the other card neck threats, it is not easy to get rid of.

Luo Sheng is so generous to all the people present that he is not afraid of hiding "two or five children", because now a community of interests has been formed invisibly. The two or five children sell others for their own benefit. Selling Luo Sheng is equivalent to It is betraying one's own interests. There are no such two or five in the world.

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