Chapter 1374 The era of alternation between old and new (second update, please subscribe)
100mm wafer!
Its appearance does not even deserve to occupy even a business card-sized text in a newspaper, and there is not even a corresponding report in a physics magazine.
To the outside world, it's almost unnoticeable.
At this time, relevant companies in the United States have just produced 50 mm wafers. As for the exposure resolution, it is only at the 50 micron level.
Therefore, from any perspective, the wafer technology of BPC electronic materials is at the absolute leading level. Its emergence means that it is possible to produce higher-performance processors.
But... still not news worthy.
Sometimes, that's just the way it goes.
When the Industrial Revolution happened, people often knew nothing about it, such as the birth of the steam engine.
For the current world, people still remain in the traditional understanding of industry. Although 100 mm wafers are not worthy of a small corner in the newspaper, the No. 1 blast furnace of Heli Steel Company located in the northwest of Yongning was completed. The news was published in the newspapers.
Not only was it worthy of being in the news, it even attracted the arrival of officials. Ding Changjie, the mayor of Yongning, came to Heli Steel Company on the third day after the blast furnace was completed.
"This is the largest blast furnace in the world!"
Looking at the giant blast furnace, Ding Changjie said:
"It looks like a hill."
His words made everyone around him laugh.
"Mr. Mayor, Heli's 5800m blast furnace has the largest effective volume in the world. Its designed annual output is 4.5 million tons. Modern technology has been fully utilized in the design of the blast furnace..."
After the company manager Hans introduced the technical equipment level of the blast furnace, Ding Changjie said:
“It seems that only four or five such blast furnaces are needed to achieve the goal of annual output of 20 million tons!”
20 million tons!
This is the planned production capacity of Heli Steel Company. As the third large-scale steel company of NBC, Heli Construction was the latest - two years ago, Heli Company invested in launching this project. As for the launch of the project, Ding Changjie also has The direct relationship is that he was the one who promoted this project back then.
"Mayor, 20 million tons is just an early goal. I think its scale should be twice that in the future, including the output of the two steel companies Donghai and Dongning..."
Hans' words made Ding Changjie a little confused and said:
"Why is this?"
"Because of the market."
Hans said directly:
"Our equipment uses the most advanced equipment. The fuel ratio of the blast furnace is 15% lower than that of European and American steel companies. As for the steelmaking process, currently 70% of American steel companies use open-hearth steel, and about 50% in Europe use open-hearth steel. Steelmaking is not only time-consuming, but also requires a large amount of fuel, and its production The cost is much higher than that of a converter. Just the direct smelting cost of crude steel is more than 30% more than ours. Coupled with the continuous casting machine and other equipment we use, in terms of overall cost, the cost of our products is lower than that of European and American products. About 30%, a 30% gap..."
Hans emphasized this number and said:
"This gap is enough for our products to sweep across the entire world. This is the cost advantage brought by technology! In just ten years, our steel products will occupy most of the European and American markets."
This is not bragging, but a fact. In another world, Xiaotian relied on the price advantage brought by modern metallurgical equipment to sweep the European and American markets, especially the American market, and was even more impacted. But in this world In the process, the U.S. steel industry once faced a severe recession, and many companies went bankrupt due to fierce international competition and low prices of imported steel. And this triggered the protracted steel trade conflict between Japan and the United States.
Although Ding Yunjie does not know much about business matters, he is very clear that this kind of competition American companies are not NBC's opponents at all. The simplest example-in the past few years, several major radio manufacturers in the United States NBC was almost forced to go bankrupt due to competition from NBC products. Under pressure from Washington, NBC Enterprises automatically restricted the export of radios to the United States. But in fact, the era of radios is over now, and the Walkman that can play tapes is the mainstream of the market. , restriction means restriction of loneliness.
"So, by then our output will be almost over 150 million tons!"
When Ding Changjie mentioned 150 million tons, his face was full of expectation. Having experienced war, he knew the importance of steel very well.
"The current production in the United States is not 100 million tons!" "That is because of economic and political reasons, which have led to a decline in U.S. steel production. Their actual production capacity is much higher than 100 million tons."
The "political reason" in Hans's words was the fierce conflict between Kennedy and the tycoons of the U.S. steel industry last year. In order to curb inflation, Kennedy did not allow the steel kings to raise the prices of their products. Steel companies ignored the White House's intervention and competed to limit production and raise prices.
An infuriated Kennedy publicly criticized that a small group of steel company executives' desire for power and money had swallowed up their sense of social responsibility. Then launched an offensive. The Department of Justice investigated the above-mentioned price increases and sent FBI agents to the residences of executives at the steel mills that raised prices to interview them. The Pentagon transferred some submarine contracts to small steel mills that refused to raise prices.
This dispute finally ended with the steel industry's compromise, at the cost of Wall Street's stock market being hit and the steel industry being affected.
"They are an old industrial country after all!"
Smiling, Ding Changjie asked questions such as steel types. He walked out of the official residence's secretary office. When he was in the official residence, he was responsible for news affairs. Although he didn't know much about steel production, he also knew There are many types of steel, among which high-quality steel is not only expensive and has high profit margins, but is also indispensable in industrial production such as automobiles, shipbuilding, and national defense.
During the construction period of NBC's steel industry, with the help of European engineers, although it could produce most steel types, in fact, more benefited from the United States. In the past ten years, NBC has introduced a large number of steel products from the United States. Steel technology.
What is "raising tigers for disaster"? In this era, Americans who consider themselves "the number one in the blue star" obviously have not realized this problem. They have not even realized that the steel industry they are proud of has lagged behind the times. After ten years at most, they will be eliminated by the cruel market.
However, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. American steel companies still have a large amount of high-quality steel smelting technology in their hands. This is the most valuable treasure among American steel entrepreneurs, including U.S. Steel.
But that’s okay. In the days to come, they will transfer technology bit by bit to survive the business crisis... The impact of imported steel has caused operational difficulties, and in order to alleviate the difficulties, they have transferred a large amount of technology to foreign companies. Steel technology.
The result is that foreign steel companies have become stronger and stronger in the process. These people don't know this. Ding Changjie, who visited the steel company, felt more about the power displayed by heavy industry, so much so that after leaving the steel company and coming to Silicon Valley - this was because he saw something in his official residence. After the first document, he was completely uninterested in the industry he was promoting.
After leaving Silicon Valley, seeing his boss’s uninterested look, Miles said:
“Boss, the Silicon Valley side looks nothing like the steel company side, and it’s not even worth mentioning in terms of scale!”
“There really doesn’t seem to be much fortune telling here in Silicon Valley.”
Ding Changjie agreed:
"But no matter what, we must promote it. This is an industry that you value. You are still very discerning in terms of investment. Back then, when transistors first came out, there were problems like this. But who would have thought that, In just a few years, it eliminated the tube so quickly?”
Glancing outside the car, Ding Changjie continued:
"Besides, if it weren't for transistors and later integrated circuits, how could our NBC electronics industry have developed and grown, and how could it have been possible that radios and televisions from all over the world were unable to compete. In the final analysis, you still insisted on developing transistors and integrated circuits back then. Therefore, it seems that there is no fortune telling here in Silicon Valley, but it is very important, but..."
After a slight pause, Ding Changjie said in a positive tone:
"You are optimistic about this industry, so we must fully support it. Only in this way can we make you look at us Yongning in a new light!"
It is indeed a new sight. Every year you come to Yongning, you will definitely visit Silicon Valley. Even the name Silicon Valley was given by you.
Ding Changjie, an official who came from an old official residence, knows these four words very well about following suit. However, he didn't know that because of this, he stopped at being the deputy director of the office. Although he became the mayor, Li Yi'an's impression of him was that of a typical official.
For Ding Changjie, whose fate was decided, he did not realize this at all, and still said proudly:
"As long as you are happy."
As long as you are happy, are you still far from being happy yourself? Ding Changjie has his own plans for the future. Returning to the Chang'an center and being promoted to the chief of a department is the last dream of all civil servants!
Seeing that the boss was in a good mood, Miles said:
"Boss, Rasmussen and I have always wanted to date you. Do you want to meet me?"
Rasmussen is the president of DKW Industrial Company. Unlike many local "OEM" companies, this is an authentic German company.
"Oh, it's Rasmussen. He definitely still wants to build cars."
Ding Changjie already knew what Rasmussen was thinking, and naturally knew why he wanted to date him.
After thinking for a moment, Ding Changjie said:
"Then let's meet! Let's go to Yunmi Mountain tonight!"
After that, Ding Changjie leaned back on his seat, closed his eyes, and the car drove all the way to the highway...
(End of chapter)