Chapter 239 DUV lithography machines each with its own merits
"Have you seen it? Umbrella acquired the Purdue Pharma last time."
"Purdue Pharma? Which one? The one from Beautiful Country? Damn it, I remember this!"
"The one who sold it for 20 years and finally settled for 4.5 billion U.S. dollars without a single family being sentenced?"
"I'll go! What are you buying this for? Are you also selling painkillers?"
"It's true, but their official website says it's their own technology, non-opioid. I'm a related professional and took a look. If it's really what they said, it's really a miracle drug. It can also treat insomnia and depression.”
"Can it cure insomnia? Are there any side effects?"
"I wrote it. The side effect is sleeping. It is a natural human body reaction. There is almost no drug toxicity when taken according to the dosage. It can be taken for a long time."
"Isn't it? Is there such a thing?"
“Isn’t it really addictive?”
"..."
Purdue Pharma caused some turmoil at the beginning. If other pharmaceutical companies were to engage in acquisitions like this, they would definitely have colored glasses.
But now, a lot of people believe Umbrella's words because of her long-standing reputation.
"I still believe in Umbrella's biotechnology. I believe when he says they can create zombies. However, the news about this drug has just been released. It has just been announced and it is still very early to pass the review. I am afraid that this reorganization of Purdue Pharma is just for the sake of passing the test." It’s convenient to review, I guess it’s meant to be used as an over-the-counter drug.”
Umbrella and World Corporation can be said to be two evergreen trees on the domestic Internet now. You sing and I come on stage, taking turns.
Anyway, more and more places are now talking about introducing shared battery vehicles, but currently the production capacity is indeed limited and they are still in the stage of orderly rollout.
Many people even want to buy shared battery vehicles separately, but no channels have been opened. Umbrella also responded to this, saying that all battery vehicle production capacity has been taken over by global companies.
After all, it is a battery that has just been taken out. I hope everyone will be patient. Neia's acquisition and integration work has been going smoothly, and it will be sold to the outside world when the time comes.
The popularity of "Star Sky" and the progress of the World Cup in Pakistan have also shared the attention simultaneously. Now it has been brought into the short video era in advance, and there is also "Star World", a cross-generation game that can be linked.
It is true that there is no day without excitement on the Internet. Various hot spots are amplified through short videos and often reflected in games.
The most popular thing recently is the melee in the game caused by the loss of the team you support.
This phenomenon actually happens less often in China, because the national football team is not involved, and if you just support your favorite team, you usually rarely reach this level of fanaticism.
However, the fighting in other human civilization war zones in the game is quite fierce.
Not every country's population can enjoy the same protection of an NPC force as the domestic one.
It often happens that when the World Cup is in full swing outside, the game starts to deploy troops. Sometimes the World Cup has not even started yet, but the game starts early because of the scolding and the atmosphere.
There have been several cases where the winning team in the game found out that their team failed in the end and posted a video to criticize others.
Of course, that kind of team also won, and the game also won, which is even more embarrassing. For example, after the game between Prussia and Gaul, a Prussian player posted a high-profile video on TT
"Little Gaul is so ridiculous, it has never won in games or reality!"
However, after the Gallic team lost to Prussia, they were also beaten in the game.
But soon a third brother left a message under the video
"They won World War II and are a victorious country."
Jiaozhi netizens also followed closely and added
"Indeed, although it is surrender."
Soon the third brother started complaining again
"Why can Gaul still become a permanent member of the Security Council? It should give up its position to us."
"Heng San? Are you kidding me?"
Netizens from South Korea began to come out.
"Shut up, you thieves."
"It seems that the whole world agrees that they are thieves."
Neon netizens ridiculed from the sidelines.
Then suddenly it turned into a scolding and quarrel between netizens Nam Goryeo and Neon. They made an appointment to go to "Star World". Nam Goryeo and Neon are both in the same NPC area, and they usually have friction. There are too many.
The two teams cannot meet in the World Cup, but "Star World" is getting down to business, and even has their World Cup players leading the team in large-scale team battles.
Well, both teams have been eliminated now, and it's the post-match relaxation period.
"But why didn't I see the news that the teams from the big Eastern countries were eliminated? They are about to win the World Cup, right? 'Bad smile'"
At this time, some domestic netizens who had been silently eating melon couldn’t help but reply
"Only this matter, you guys ridicule us and we have no opinion."
"In the beginning, I just kept silent, because I knew you were talking about the World Cup."
"But wait, has Hengsan entered?"
"Haha, we have cricket, idiot."
"We have Star World."
"..."
The opponent was speechless after one sentence of quarrel. Mad, many conflicts nowadays will be solved in "Starry Sky World". The other party said that, there is really no way!
In fact, after "Star World" became so popular, there were a lot of envious foreign capitals.
There are many who want a piece of the pie.
Many are still sharpening their knives in the name of safety.
However, the World Company directly stated that if the game is targeted, then it will just stop the server in that area. It doesn’t matter. If you like to play, don’t play.
The boss of World Company is Wang Yi, a great mathematician. He really doesn't care about money.
After cheating for a while and feeling the toughness of World Corporation, in the end the matter had to be left alone.
Therefore, "Star World" is currently the flagship product of domestic games exported overseas.
We didn’t make it to the World Cup, but we have “Star World”!
The World Cup is getting more and more intense, and so is the battle in "Star World".
The World Company also took advantage of this time to launch update 1.01, the first expansion pack update, Insect Swarm Attack!
In fact, the Zerg have always been there, but in the past, it was necessary to go deep into the starry sky and penetrate into the Zerg occupied area before fighting could take place, and that area was a high-difficulty, high-risk and high-profit area.
The tasks are very difficult and there are many rewards. The main force of confrontation in each area is still NPC.
The new version does not add anything now. It just changes the AI mode of the Zerg and adds a new "Escaper" plan. It sends a large number of small troops to bypass the defense line and enter the hinterland of human civilization to cause destruction.
Players may also encounter insect swarms in the hinterland of NPC forces.
The Zerg are cruel, brutal, and take no prisoners. If defeated, the ship will be destroyed and everyone will be killed. They may even attack NPC planets or even space stations.
However, the rewards after victory are quite rich.
It was this sudden external pressure that temporarily suppressed the original internal melee.
Don't keep trying to feed the worms, let's get through this expansion first...
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While the Internet was in full swing and Umbrella had reached a subtle tacit understanding and balance, Wang Yi completed some lens testing and even the cultivation ratio of special immunoglobulin for some new viruses.
At present, with the help of Connie's photolithography machine production line and the new lenses, with slight improvements, we can almost create a powerful DUV photolithography machine.
Yes, it is still in the field of DUV lithography machines. It has not entered EUV. Even because the immersion lithography method has not yet been used, it also uses neon light sources. In terms of ultimate performance, it is even slightly inferior to what ASML is currently offering. DUV immersion lithography machine!
Yes, it is inferior...
After all, now we only have the advantage of the lens, and the difference in light source and immersion lithography method will lead to a lower upper limit.
Even the current solution is to solve the problem of photolithography machines, and the related processes in the wafer factory have not yet been unlocked.
But the good thing is that although Wang Yi uses dry lithography and the light source is slightly inferior, he relies on the performance advantage of the lens to ensure that the yield rate at 14nm is better than that of ASML's lithography machine!
ASML's current lithography machine relies on multiple exposures, and its limit can reach 7nm.
However, this also imposes high requirements on the manufacturing process of the wafer factory, and the yield rate is also a problem.
The purpose of photolithography machines is to mass-produce chips, for commercial use and to make money. If the yield rate is low, you may even lose money.
The lithography machine currently developed by Wang Yi based on Connie's foundation can achieve a yield rate of at least 20% higher than that of ASML's lithography machine in the 14nm level process.
The 10nm process can exceed 30%!
But the disadvantage is that it cannot reach the level of 7nm.
At present, relying on ASML's existing lithography machines, the mainstream of the most high-end chips this year is still 22nm. The wafer factories that can manufacture them include Tel, UMC, MediaTek, GlobalFoundries, Semiconductor Semiconductor, Four Star, etc. of factory.
Even now, the sense of crisis in chips is not that strong, because there are too many factories that can produce the most cutting-edge technology. 22nm seems to be almost within reach. It is not that imminent. The mid-to-low-end chips are not bad either. There are some cognitive errors.
Although there are also preventive layouts in related fields, they are still a little bit behind after all.
But if we follow the development process of chip technology in the parallel world, the chip technology will undergo a huge change probably next year!
The 22nm process has almost become popular in high-end chips in 2012. After holding back for so long, it will enter the 14nm era next year. In the process, wafer factories such as UMC will also stop here.
Chip technology has officially begun to widen the generation gap!
This is the chip.
A small chip involves too many aspects.
Wang Yi cheats and fights all the time, brings out black technology all the way, and uses acquisition methods at the same time. Now he can barely touch the cutting-edge tail.
If we hadn’t acquired Neon’s photolithography machine-related supporting equipment and semiconductor-related precision equipment.
Even he could only stare.
But in the end, the most difficult thing to crack is to rely on cheating for the time being.
And now that the lithography machine is produced, it is not something that will jump out immediately. The mainstream market has been taken over by ASML. What we create here is more important as a defensive function.
After all, it is just a production line that Conny is planning to eliminate, and its production capacity is limited. Now it is better to tinker with it in advance as a temporary precaution.
Because with the completion of the acquisition and integration of Ningya, Umbrella is almost entering the mobile phone field.
If the cake is touched then, something might happen.
Among them, the chip is the most likely place to get stuck.
Because there are only so many players at the moment and there are only so many shares.
The big reason why Four Star was able to emerge and compete with fruit is that its own industry is comprehensive, and it can make many things in mobile phones including chips!
Other fabs must also give priority to satisfying old customers. It would be very difficult for Umbrella to suddenly come out and get enough production capacity immediately.
It can even be said that after the debut of Umbrella batteries, they will naturally be vigilant when they see the industries that Umbrella has acquired, and even jointly and secretly resist.
This is business, we play with you within the rules!
So even though it was clear that the light source problem had not been solved, Wang Yi made do with the original light source and slightly improved the lens before using it.
If you run out of food, find a way to make it yourself!
Of course, if you want to make chips, other related processes in the wafer factory must also be developed simultaneously. If necessary, you can only go to Neon to purchase goods...
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Third update~First update~
This chapter has been revised, some places need to be improved.
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