SMIC is the most energy spent by the national team. It has spent astronomical money on the front and back. Regardless of scale and technical level, it is the strongest in China.

However, Huaxia is not the only SMIC. Maybe it was because of the premonition that the national team has increased its investment in the second front army of semiconductor foundry and Huahong Group in recent years.

On September 17, 2019, Huahong Seven Factory successfully launched a film in Wuxi.

In 2020, Huahong 14nm Finfet process was fully completed, with sram yield rate of 25%. It is currently in the stage of climbing yield rate. It is expected that by the end of 2021, it will reach 90% yield rate.

It can be seen that Huahong is one step slower than SMIC. As early as 2019, the yield rate of 14nm reached 94%. During the same period, Huahong's 12-inch wafer factory had just invested in films.

As for other semiconductor companies such as Unigroup, Changxin, Zhaoyi Innovation, etc., they are all professionally specialized in types. For example, Unigroup's Changjiang Storage, which is a subsidiary of Unigroup, makes storage chips, and Hefei Changxin makes memory chips.

SMIC and Huahong are the only two semiconductor foundries in China. Whether Huawei wants to build baseband chips or ZTE wants to build RF chips, just send the design to SMIC and Huahong, they are responsible for manufacturing.

Kunlun Group wants to enter the semiconductor manufacturing field, and its cooperation targets can only be professional semiconductor foundries such as SMIC or Huahong and Changjiang Storage, which are relatively poor in versatility. After all, the factory is built and the equipment is installed in place, just to build solid-state hard drives, and there is no intention to manufacture them for other companies.

"What? Let Huahong go to? Does the plateau agree with this plan?" asked the boss on the other end of the phone.

"Well, this was proposed by Gao Yuan himself." Wu Dongming said: "I know Gao Yuan. He is most afraid of trouble. Although Hua Hong's technical level is not as good as SMIC, he can at least be on the same mind as him. And according to Gao Yuan, it is too late to go in time. It won't take long to get good news from Changchun."

"With the impatient nature of the plateau, once the lithography machine project is completed, the next step will definitely be launched in the streaming film. I think, let's mess with Huahong's Wuxi Line 7 on the plateau. That line has just been built and the equipment is brand new."

"I understand. You can handle the issue of SMIC with peace of mind. Leave Huahong's matter to me." The boss said on the phone after pondering for a moment.

...

Huahong's boss Pan Rongcheng was very depressed.

Most people only know SMIC, but they don’t notice Huahong’s existence at all. Even Kunlun Group entered semiconductors and thought of cooperating with SMIC. For this reason, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology also sent Wu Dongming to SMIC to rectify the situation.

In contrast, Huahong Group has no sense of existence.

Everyone works in semiconductors, why is there such a big gap?

That day, Pan Rongcheng visited Kunlun Group, and also went there. Looking at the super cutting-edge tertiary research institute on the plateau and the top optical lens, Pan Rongcheng was very excited. Such awesome technology will surely subvert the entire industry!

As an insider, Pan Rongcheng believes that Kunlun Group will definitely be able to become a semiconductor, because Gaoyuan's attitude has already explained everything. Since its founding, Gaoyuan has never failed like a myth, and this time it should be no exception.

However, after rushing to Jiangnan excitedly, Gaoyuan did not even mention cooperation.

Pan Rongcheng was depressed. SMIC took all the good things. If he wanted to develop and become bigger and stronger, the fastest way was undoubtedly to hold his thigh. The thigh of the plateau was thick enough, but unfortunately he didn't like him at all.

What's this all called!

Is the second in the industry so unpopular?

Just as he was depressed, the phone suddenly rang. Seeing the call number clearly, Pan Rongcheng was shocked and jumped up from the chair.

It was actually called by the boss!

Standing attentively and calming down, Pan Rongcheng then pressed down in panic to answer.

"I am Pan Rongcheng."

"Changchun?"

"Kunlun Group?"

"Lithography machine!?"

"No problem! There is absolutely no problem!"

"Please rest assured, we will do our best!"

"No need to wait, I will fly to Changchun tonight!"

After hanging up the phone, Pan Rongcheng was excited.

The opportunity of your own has finally come!

SMIC is in a civil strife and is preparing to let Huahong cooperate with Kunlun Group to form a joint venture!

This is a huge opportunity. Maybe I can still leave my name in history!

At present, Plateau is working on the final breakthrough of lithography machines in Changchun. Once the breakthrough is completed, the machine will be transported to Huahong Line 7 in Wuxi and will be launched.

If this is successful...

Pan Rongcheng's heart was pounding, and he couldn't even think about it.

It's so meaningful. After all, it's a domestic lithography machine, so you no longer have to worry about being choked!

Pan Rongcheng immediately grabbed the phone and called the technical director first, asking him to lead the team to Wuxi Line 7 immediately, preparing to receive domestic lithography machines from Changchun.

The second call was called to the secretary and booked the earliest flight to Changchun.

He wants to witness the birth of domestic lithography machines with his own eyes!

...

It was already midnight, and a sensation came from the laboratory located underground in Changchun Institute of Optical and Mechanical Sciences.

"I've gone in! I've actually gone in!"

"Beautiful job! The position adjustment is so accurate!"

"Yes, I didn't even procrastinate, I got it in one step! These engineers from Kunlun Group are indeed proficient in their techniques!"

"No, seniors, do you know what you were talking about just now?"

"Of course I'm talking about Kunlun Group's lens, it's installed successfully."

"You're really talking about lenses? Not driving?"

"Hehe, young people, you should look at things like tiger dens rankings less in the future, which is not good for your health."

The Kunlun Group's lens is prepared for high-power lithography machines, so it is larger in size and heavier in weight.

As a last resort, the engineers had to modify the machine, which wasted a lot of time, but fortunately, the modification was very successful and the new lens was installed in place in one go.

Next, the engineers will conduct multiple tests. After the test is over, they will try to produce the film. The film will be successfully produced and moved to the Wuxi assembly line.

After all, the intensity of the laboratory's film production is too low, and it takes only a 12-inch wafer to be produced in a few hours or even days.

The production line is different. If the production of hundreds or thousands of wafers per day, if the machine can withstand the pressure and succeed in actual combat, it will be considered a real success.

Gao Yuan took a look at the time. It was past one o'clock in the morning. After the test was completed, the film would be released. At least tomorrow morning, should I take a few hours of rest?

After all, when the film experiment is released tomorrow, there will be no time to rest. Even if she can withstand it, Chu Luoluo will not do it. She is still young and is growing up.

"Boss Gao!"

Gao Yuan was about to urge Chu Luoluo to go to bed, but he suddenly heard someone calling him behind him.

When he turned around, he found that it was Huahong's boss Pan Rongcheng. He called him and he arrived overnight, looking nervous and terrified.

This is the difference. Think about Zhang Jiangliang's face and look at Pan Rongcheng's attitude. The last bit of doubt in Gao Yuan's heart also disappeared.

In cooperation, attitude is very important. Only when everyone is comfortable together can they do things well.

Forget it, even though Huahong has been behind SMIC for about two or three years, at least he has a positive attitude and spend more time on his own. He just takes more time to bring Huahong's level up, just treat it as a training partner.

That's right, Gao Yuan reached out and smiled and said, "Mr. Pan has worked hard all the way, Luo Luo, come and get a bottle of drinks."

Chu Luoluo was obedient and went to get mineral water, shook her long hair behind her.

Pan Rongcheng was shocked on the spot. He never expected that Gao Yuan would recognize him and be so polite to him.

After taking the mineral water handed over by Chu Luoluo, a warm current passed by Pan Rongcheng's heart.

Let’s work hard in the future. In any case, we must hold on to Kunlun Group’s thick thigh. Whether Huahong can overtake the Jedi depends on this time.

Gao Yuan enthusiastically introduced to Pan Rongcheng that the machine had just been modified and debugged, and it was time to try to produce films. Is Huahong ready?

"We have absolutely no problem!" Pan Rongcheng swears: "The technical director has already gone to Wuxi Line 7 overnight and brought the most elite troops in our company."
Chapter completed!