allonlinenovel Chapter 351 Lithography Machine
Chapter 351 Lithography Machine
The outbreak of the Gulf War was like a huge rock thrown into a calm lake, causing ripples around the world.
This war not only rewrote the geopolitical landscape, but also had unexpected chain reactions in various fields.
What is amazing is that a previously released movie instantly became the focus of everyone's attention because it accurately predicted some of the advanced military technologies used by the United States in the war.
With newspapers reporting extensively and word of mouth spreading among the public, the popularity of the film spread like wildfire.
It even succeeded in attracting people who had no interest in comics and had never been to the cinema. They all went into the cinema to watch it out of curiosity.
The film had originally been in theaters for a month, and driven by the excitement surrounding the Gulf War, it continued to be a hit for another month.
Its box office performance soared to $7 million.
The box office of the famous American animated film "The Lion King" in the previous life was only $4 million.
In comparison, the success of the movie "Zerg Invasion" is particularly dazzling.
As one of the producers, Qingdao Publishing House will be able to make at least $3 million in revenue according to the established profit-sharing agreement.
Taking this opportunity, Jiang Weimin decided to have in-depth communication with his superiors and planned to use part of the foreign exchange to introduce two large-scale advanced integrated circuit production lines.
Now the integrated circuit design of the publisher's popular IP "Pokemon" has been successfully completed.
Now is the critical moment when production lines are needed to transform designs into actual products.
At present, Qingdao Publishing House already has lithography machines and the manufacturing technology for lithography machines.
In the 1970s and 1980s, a large number of semiconductor professionals returned from studying abroad.
By 1980, the fourth-generation distributed projection lithography machine developed by Tsinghua University came out.
Its technological level was at the forefront at the time and represented a major breakthrough for China in the field of lithography machines.
However, it is regrettable that due to the interweaving of many complex factors, the project gradually came to a standstill.
On the one hand, most of the integrated circuits manufactured at that time were used in the military industry, and the market demand was relatively limited.
With the phased completion of military orders, the subsequent purchase of lithography machines has dropped sharply, almost to zero;
On the other hand, the idea of "it is better to buy than to build, and it is better to rent than to buy" occupied a certain mainstream position in the social environment at that time.
Many people blindly believe that by introducing ready-made foreign technology and equipment, they can quickly meet domestic development needs.
This has led to the neglect of the importance and long-term significance of independent research and development of core technologies.
More importantly, the integrated circuit industry is a typical capital-intensive industry, and the research and development of lithography machines requires continuous and huge capital investment.
At that time, China's economy was in the initial stage of rapid development, various industries were waiting to be developed, and funds were relatively scarce.
It is difficult to ensure stable and sufficient financial support for the lithography machine project. Under numerous difficulties, the lithography machine project has to be temporarily shelved.
After Jiang Weimin became the president of Qingdao Publishing House, in order to make Pokémon available to the world,
In order to develop China's semiconductor industry, the talents who participated in the development of lithography machines were gathered together one by one.
Continue to contribute to the research, development and manufacturing of lithography machines.
After completing the design of the "Pokemon" integrated circuit, Jiang Weimin also knew that subsequent orders would come in like a tide.
Therefore, Jiang Weimin took advantage of the current opportunity of abundant funds to increase the purchase of advanced equipment.
On the one hand, the publishing house arranged for its internal technical personnel to conduct in-depth research and imitation of the purchased equipment.
Through reverse engineering and other means, we gradually master core technologies and achieve independent control of technology;
On the other hand, expand production scale and increase production capacity to cope with the huge market demand in the future.
Not only that, Jiang Weimin also made a detailed division of labor for the team.
He arranged for some experienced technical backbones to continue to upgrade and optimize the integrated circuits of "Pokemon", making arrangements in advance to make full preparations for the development of the second-generation machine;
The other part devoted themselves to the research of decoding chips, and Jiang Weimin tried to get a share of the VCD industry.
The VCD industry is a market worth tens of billions of dollars. If Qingdao Publishing House can get a piece of the pie, it will be more conducive to the future development of the semiconductor industry.
Of course, the decoding chip developed must cleverly bypass existing foreign patent barriers in order to gain a foothold in the fierce market competition.
During this period, Jiang Defu also kept a close eye on reports on the Gulf War.
Watching the powerful technological strength of the U.S. military demonstrated on TV, the advanced weapons and equipment, precise strike capabilities, and efficient informationized combat systems, shocked him like never before.
I used to think that science fiction animations like "Zerg Invasion" were just fictional imaginations.
Now that he has witnessed the level of technological development in the United States, he has deeply realized that
The technological progress in the real world has far exceeded imagination. The feeling of dreams coming true makes him feel extremely heavy at this moment.
Although the films he participated in producing were huge successes, Jiang Defu's heart was filled with worries and melancholy.
"Dad, please stop thinking about it! You're already retired now. Even if you have a lot of ambitions, you can't realize them! So don't be so sad!"
"The United States' technology is too powerful. If a war really breaks out, how can we fight back?
They can accurately spot us from thousands of miles away, but we can't even see their shadow, so we can only passively take the beating!"
Jiang Defu frowned and spoke in a heavy tone, his eyes revealing deep worry.
"Dad, worrying about it won't solve the problem. You might as well share your thoughts on military strategy over the years.
Compile it into a report. This can also be regarded as making use of your professional expertise accumulated over the years as a soldier and contributing to the country. "
After hearing this, Jiang Defu pondered for a moment and felt that what his son said made sense.
In recent years, he has repeatedly deduced the Zerg-related war scenarios in his mind and accumulated many unique insights.
In addition, some cutting-edge military concepts and scientific and technological knowledge that Jiang Weimin inadvertently shared on a daily basis influenced him subtly. Now Jiang Defu's military thinking can be considered relatively cutting-edge in the country.
"Well, you're right. I have to organize it and write down all these ideas in detail."
Just then, there was a knock on the door.
Jiang Weimin stood up, walked quickly to the door and opened it, only to see a regimental-level cadre in military uniform standing outside.
"Hello, is Commander Jiang here?"
Jiang Weimin quickly welcomed the person into the house.
When the regimental cadres saw Jiang Defu, they immediately stood at attention, saluted, and said loudly: "Hello, Chief!"
"Is there a problem?"
Jiang Defu was thinking about writing the materials quickly at the moment, so he asked directly.
"Commander, the commander asked you to report back to the military district! I'm here to pick you up!"
"Reporting back to the military district?"
Jiang Defu was so surprised that he didn't react for a moment. Countless thoughts flashed through his mind in an instant.