"Project 909? What is the Project 909?" Except for Zhou Shuo, most of the people present looked at Wu Hao on the stage in confusion, waiting for him to explain in detail what the "Project 909" is. Why do hundreds of lithography machines need? Such a large productivity is almost equivalent to rebuilding a TSMC.

Of course, the 0.5 micron process is still slightly inferior to TSMC in terms of technology. However, hundreds of lithography machines, supporting production lines, sites, personnel and other related investments may eventually have to invest tens of billions of yuan. From the order of magnitude of investment, it is definitely a project that can be achieved internationally.

Wu Hao stood on the stage and said calmly: "You should know that Huajing Group was the main enterprise in the microelectronics industry in the eighth nine-year plan of my country. The purpose is to build a chip production line with 1.2 micron to 0.8 micron process. Unfortunately, Huajing Group, the main body of the 908 project, was not successfully completed within the expected time due to lack of foreign exchange and poor internal management."

Of course, the bidding companies below are familiar with the information Wu Hao said. Even if they are underestimated before bidding, these multinational companies will still do basic lessons. Huajing's past and present lives, and even the ins and outs of Mengwu Group and Fang Jiange, are all information that can be collected through public channels. After professional analysis, the risk analysis formed by this information is the action guide for these people in bidding.

"However, after Mengwu Group took over, Huajing Group was no longer a planned project led by the Chinese government. In my country's ninth five-year plan that was just passed this year, the new microelectronics industry revitalization plan was named the 909 project. The main body of the project is Huahong Group located in the Magic City." After Wu Hao introduced the background information, he began to focus on explaining the 909 project: "The purpose of the 909 project is to build a chip production line with a process of 0.5 micron to 0.25 micron. Its scale is more than 200,000 wafers per month, with a total investment of RMB 10 billion. US dollar foreign exchange is 500 million."

As soon as Wu Hao finished speaking, there were already people standing up from the audience. Even Zhou Shuo couldn't help but stand up in shock. No, this time the 909 project was five times higher than in history! You should know that in the original history, the 909 project was just a cooperation with Nec, investing 4 billion yuan and 100 million US dollars, and building a 0.5-micron process production line with a monthly output of 20,000 wafers!

Don’t think that Wu Hao is cooperating with Zhou Shuo and Fang Jiange’s plans, and is shaking Nikon and Asmai. On such occasions, there are leaders of central ministries, provincial and municipalities, professionals from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Science and Technology Commission, and most importantly, there are foreign bidding groups such as Nikon, Canon and Asmai, which is equivalent to a semi-official speech. Internationally, China has always shaped the image of a responsible major country. Not to mention that the 909 Project, as an important part of the development of the microelectronics industry in the ninth five-year plan, can definitely be inquired through public channels, and just talking about foreign-related issues is enough to ensure credibility.

The most important thing in our country's foreign affairs discipline is to be shameless. It is common for us to eat crumbly and pay off our foreign debt first. What's more, the diplomatic norms passed down from the Prime Minister have always emphasized that diplomacy is nothing small. Although it seems a bit cowardly, it reflects the survival wisdom of the Prime Minister in the context of the East-West Cold War.

Of course, this is a long way to go. But Zhou Shuo knew in his heart that since Wu Hao dared to say this, it must be that the country really planned to do this. The reason here is probably that his own sudden emergence. China's hope for the development of the electronics industry is much greater than in history. The Huahong 909 project, which was originally built in March 1996, was a 0.5-micron wire jointly ventured with Nec. At that time, it was still one generation away from the international mainstream, and two generations away from international leading technologies like Intel.

However, after Fanhan Group mastered the key technology of 0.5 micron wire, the country introduced international 0.5 micron wire technology, which can achieve the 0.35 micron technology level with immersive lithography. This will increase China's chip production capacity to the international mainstream level in one fell swoop. Moreover, if Zhou Shuo's plan is implemented smoothly, even the 0.25 micron technology is expected to be realized.

Under such unprecedented favorable circumstances, the 909 Project is very likely no longer a loss-making business in history to keep technology catching up. Instead, it is a good business with hope of profitability and unprecedented prospects. Under the temptation of making money, it is not surprising that the decision to increase investment in the 95th Plan is to make.

Zhou Shuo clenched his fists and saw Wu Hao on the stage continue: "In order to effectively ensure the smooth completion of my country's 909 project, my country's National Science and Technology Commission decided to conduct a field investigation on the upgrade of the Huajing production line. Based on the transfer of technology to designated units, the localization of my country's 0.5-micron process lithography machine is achieved. This is the established policy in the 95 Plan."

In the eyes of the three foreign companies, Wu Hao's words are obviously another "market-for-tech" plan for China. Taking out large orders to lure companies with advanced technologies to compete, and one of the offerings to obtain excess profits is technology transfer. Facts have proved that these multinational companies are always happy, because the market is often not learned in the end, but the market has been completely lost.

Of course, it is still unknown who will win in the lithography machine market.

Although these causes and consequences flashed in Zhou Shuo's mind in an instant, they still brought him extremely excited. The stronger the electronics industry in China, the greater the advantage he has in international competition. In international competition, we are not afraid of the enemy being too cunning, but we are afraid that our own company is not powerful! Why do the Nand memory used by Fanhan Group's U disks are produced by themselves? Instead of just producing the control chip of the U disk, and then purchasing Nand memory on the market?

To put it bluntly, in this pre-made era, the more parts it is made in China, the greater the profit will be. Taking the 32m-capacity USB chip as an example, the profit of all domestic products can reach 200%. However, if you choose to purchase the Nand memory produced in Japan, the profit will drop sharply to 50%. This is not only because of the high labor and cost of Japan, but also the complexity of taxes, foreign exchange and cross-border trade, etc., which are all big troubles to swallow profits.

It is precisely because of the many restrictions that due to the limited production capacity, Fanhan Research Institute can only supply 8,000 good-quality wafers per month.

If there are other 0.5 micron wires in China, then Fanhan Group can concentrate on producing control chips and outsource the production tasks of Nand memory. Through China's local foundry, there is no need to involve import affairs, and a steady supply can be carried out with just one phone call.

In fact, this is not only applicable to electronic chip manufacturing, but also the secret that China can dominate the world. It is precisely because China has the foundation of all industrial categories that it has the miracle of China's manufacturing. When other countries need to import from foreign upstream companies or export to foreign downstream companies, they have to wait for a long import and export procedures, and when foreign companies' products are levied twice in one entry and one exit...

However, Chinese companies simply completed this process on their own country's territory. Take Asmay's lithography machine as an example. Its lens is produced from Zeiss, Germany, and the glass required for the raw materials of Zeiss lenses may come from Corning, the United States, and the rare earths come from China, and the production equipment comes from Germany.

When a lithography machine is produced, all its components may have been enough to travel around the world. This is also the reason why countries like Vietnam, Indonesia and India have lower labor costs than China, but cannot simply copy Chinese manufacturing. It is also why Europe has to work hard to eliminate the barrier of economic circulation, and why Russia is still committed to maintaining Ukraine not to fall into the EU's clutches.

Economic globalization is the general trend, but the rise of China's manufacturing is also the general trend. If Zhou Shuo's Fanhan Group wants to fight with these electronic giants in the world competition, the only thing that can rely on is the domestic electronics industry. Therefore, he maintains a welcome attitude towards any growth in the domestic chip manufacturing industry.

"The at least one hundred lithography machines required for the 909 project production line will be used as a follow-up plan for this bidding. In principle, the unit that won the bid will be selected and the equipment required for the project will continue to supply Huahong. Not only the lithography machines, etching machines, cleaning machines, ion implanters and diffusion furnaces and other equipment will be used to refer to Huajing's technology to upgrade the 0.5 micron wire this time. That is to say..." Before Wu Hao finished speaking, the audience had already become a quarrel.

Orlando of Asme was the first to pick up the phone on the table and quickly started dialing the number.

This will be a big order of $700 million! In 1995, not to mention the directors of Asmay's board of directors, even Clinton can make him get up from midnight.

For 300% profit, capitalists dare to trample on all laws in the world. One hundred and forty lithography machines and supporting chip production lines have a total value of about 700 million US dollars. In terms of profit alone, it is not difficult for Asmay and Nikon to achieve 400 million US dollars.

Four hundred million is enough to develop the 0.5 micron process three times. The transfer technology is good. Anyway, the Chinese have mastered the key technologies of the 0.5 micron process. Even if relevant data is not provided, if you want to measure it on ready-made equipment, it will definitely not be a problem for Chinese people who have already pointed to reverse engineering skills.
Chapter completed!