Chapter 180, jokes and reminders (please vote for me)
At the end of July 1960, Moscow.
Rokosov, who is responsible for the transmission and organization of relevant information, exchange of students and other matters, the thing he was most worried about happened.
The reason was that Helu knew about the failure of the previous robbery of IBM's batch of fifty-micron transistors.
Moreover, Helu also inquired about some information from other channels, and after learning how backward Moscow was in the semiconductor industry, Helu broke through.
Therefore, he immediately called Rokosov and other subordinates to the secretary's office and gave them a severe reprimand.
The actual situation is that Siemens has priority in getting 50-micron transistors.
Then the chip with the best performance was taken out immediately.
Everyone knows about West Germany.
It can be said that there are many places where you can quickly get the information you want.
After all, who made them lose in the first place?
Therefore, Siemens failed to keep the secret at all.
Naturally, this news was soon known to Helu, after the relevant researchers checked the technical information.
It will soon be confirmed that once this kind of chip is applied at the computer level, the computing speed of the computer can exceed 10 million operations to reach 20 million or even 30 million operations.
And in Moscow, which only has computers with millions of computing speeds, how can Heru not break the defense in the face of such a technological gap?
Especially when there was no breakthrough in the 100-micron transistor technology, and the 50-micron transistor technology was not stolen or robbed, and all other methods failed, Helu's anger level seemed to have reached the critical value of explosion.
Rokossov and others were scolded profusely, but no one dared to say a word.
Just because this thing happened, everyone didn’t want it to happen, but it was not satisfactory.
When performing tasks, there will always be times when your horse stumbles, so just get used to it.
But no one expected that such things would come together.
Therefore, in order to solve this problem, Moscow can only grit its teeth secretly and propose to purchase China Resources' transistor products through normal channels.
This proposal was actually not rejected by Helu.
Even passed quickly.
After all, if they don't catch up, Moscow will be left behind a lot.
In addition to spending money to purchase transistors from China Resources, other means are definitely needed.
You can't just give money to China Resources Company like this, right?
It doesn't matter if you send money, this money is not enough for China Resources to realize that it is what Moscow wants to purchase.
So, they forged an identity in London, that of Eggsy, a PhD student from MIT.
Then using the identity of Dr. Eggsy, an Eggsy Semiconductor Laboratory was established.
With so many layers of false identities, and going to a place like Hong Kong Island to purchase from China Resources, it should be foolproof, right?
Well, that's Rokosov's plan.
Helu naturally agreed to this plan.
Although he was very dissatisfied with sending money to China Resources, there was nothing he could do.
In Moscow in 1960, their development in the semiconductor industry was indeed on the wrong track.
In the 1920s, Moscow had already built a triode-like system using silicon materials.
In the 1930s, some physicists believed that semiconductors were the future of electronic technology, and they also proposed the concept of barrier layers, which would be the theoretical basis of integrated circuits decades later.
In the 1950s, Avdiv, an academician of the Moscow Academy of Sciences, took the lead in realizing the miniaturization of electron tubes. Its performance far exceeded that of North America, and it was also mass-produced.
At that time, similar tube products in North America were still in the laboratory.
Because of this technological breakthrough, Moscow took the lead in launching mankind's first artificial satellite.
The electronic tube circuit is used, and the relevant calculations are also calculated by the electronic tube computer.
With this huge victory, by 1956, Moscow had already used germanium-based transistors in military and industrial applications.
And many supercomputers are leading North America. The entire electronics industry is very large, and multiple semiconductor research institutes have been established in many places across the country.
At that time, there were more than six Nobel Prize winners in the Lebedev Institute of Physics and the Institute of Radio Engineering and Electronics alone.
Therefore, before 1956, Moscow's semiconductor level was definitely far superior to other countries in the world.
As we all know, both germanium-based chips and silicon-based chips have their own advantages and disadvantages.
For Moscow, the former means mature technology, easy processing, low cost and easy use.
And high-level officials in Moscow, such as Helu, also believe that electronic tubes are durable and have strong resistance to interference.
Although transistors are compact and advanced, they have a high failure rate and poor anti-interference.
Therefore, Moscow has actually been prioritizing the development of electron tubes and neglecting transistors.
However, with the advent of 100-micron transistors and 50-micron transistors, Helu could no longer sit still.
Although Moscow can ensure its technological leadership at the electron tube level, transistors cannot be completely ignored.
What's more, Siemens has already been able to come up with supercomputer chips that can achieve a speed of 20 million operations.
Under such a background, if Moscow can still sit still and let New York, Beijing, West Germany, Tokyo and other places develop transistor technology.
Then it is very likely that Moscow will be left behind by a large distance.
You know, in the computer field, Moscow is still only capable of million-level computing speeds, and there is already a gap with North America.
But before 1956, Moscow was a global leader.
Why, suddenly, there was a change of dynasty?
Therefore, in early August 1960, Liu Guanzhong saw two representatives from the Eggsy Semiconductor Laboratory in London in the office of the general manager of China Resources Corporation.
I want to purchase a batch of 50-micron transistors and 100-micron transistors from China Resources. I hope the price can be more favorable.
"I'm sorry, gentlemen, we at China Resources cannot give you a discount on transistors. All customers are the same."
After Liu Guanzhong listened, his expression was still smiling.
However, there was already a murmur in my heart.
Just because the two guests from London in front of me are really not London at all.
Although their English was with a London accent, Liu Guanzhong, who had dealt with Moscow many times, could still recognize it immediately.
Coupled with the smell of Moscow on the other party, it was too strong.
There are great differences in the working styles between different ethnic groups.
For example, people in Tokyo are prone to being arrogant and respectful, or being respectful and arrogant, repeatedly jumping between wolves and dogs.
Muscovites, on the other hand, look cold and expressionless, which can easily make people feel intimidated.
People in London have a gentlemanly style. After staying in Hong Kong Island for a long time, Liu Guanzhong is still very impressed by this.
Although Liu Guanzhong also dislikes Londoners, he is still very clear about the character traits of such people.
The two representatives of Eggsy Semiconductor Laboratory changed their expressions after learning that Liu Guanzhong would not lower the price.
They already knew the rules before coming.
As expected, there was no discount now, but when they thought of having to pay five million US dollars to China Resources, the two of them felt as uncomfortable as eating flies.
Even so, they still have to act according to orders.
Here in the capital, another message was quickly received.
In just one day, China Resources sold another US$30 million in 50-micron and 100-micron transistors.
Qiu Zongyue, Chen Guohua and others were all very happy.
Especially Qiu Zongyue, he was dancing with joy.
Then I reported the good news to the boss.
You know, in less than half a month, the total revenue exceeded 65 million US dollars.
This is absolutely unprecedented good news.
So, when they learned the news, they also laughed:
"Oh, so many sold again? It seems that our Comrade Xiao Chen is still very powerful. Not only is he good at scientific research, but he is also a good hand in business."
But it wouldn't be so good, if Chen Guohua hadn't developed the 50-micron transistor.
In addition to Chen Guohua's previous suggestions of US$500 per transistor and a minimum selling price of 10,000 units, how could the mainland earn so much US dollars in such a short period of time based on other people's suggestions?
Now the capital needs a lot of money, and Chen Guohua has been a big help this time.
In fact, most of the grain, pork, etc. in the mainland are now stored in ordinary warehouses or refrigerated warehouses near the Beijing Railway Station.
After these grains, pork, etc. arrive at the warehouse and reach a certain amount, they will be transported away by train.
But these agricultural products are not valuable. Compared with the high debt of nearly 10 billion yuan, how many big fat pigs will it take to pay it off?
The pork rate of a big fat pig is about 76% to 80%. Based on the average that each big fat pig can produce 250 kilograms of pork, the unit price of pork is 50 cents. The pig can be sold for 125 yuan.
Therefore, a big fat pig only costs 125 yuan. If you want to sell it for 100 million yuan, you will need 800,000 big fat pigs.
Haha, where can you find 800,000 big fat pigs in the whole country?
It's not 2023. At that time, 737 million big fat pigs were sold nationwide throughout the year.
It’s 1960 now, it’s so difficult.
Even if there are really 800,000 big fat pigs, it is only 100 million yuan, only one eighty-sixth.
The most important thing is that it must be qualified fat meat, otherwise, people will not be willing to take it.
So, if you want to pay off your debt.
Then we can only focus on the rare metal minerals in the northwest region.
Although the added value of rare metal mines is also very low, there is no solution.
Most importantly, mining is extremely difficult.
For example, in winter, the temperature is minus 40 degrees Celsius, which is an extremely harsh natural environment.
It is difficult to survive in such a cold environment, not to mention the need to mine mines?
The difficulty level is maxed out.
"Yes, Xiao Chen is indeed a very smart child."
Qiu Zongyue also echoed.
Perhaps in his opinion, Chen Guohua is just a child.
But if Chen Guohua hears this sentence, I'm afraid he can't help but say: In fact, I am also a father now, not a child anymore!
Zhenhua Research Institute, today all the researchers are standing in the open space in front of the laboratory entrance, standing under the shade of the trees, looking eagerly at the few leaders on the temporary small platform.
Today, the higher authorities awarded medals of honor to researchers at Zhenhua Research Institute.
This is a first-class collective merit medal, a very high honor.
In fact, Qiu Zongyue had already applied with the leader. How about issuing a special merit medal?
However, it was quickly rejected.
The reason is also very simple. If such a medal is awarded this time, what about next time?
After all, this is a peaceful era, and special merit medals cannot be awarded at will, and one needs to be cautious and cautious.
It's best to have a meeting to discuss.
However, Zhenhua Research Institute is still a very special institution, so if you can hide it, just hide it.
The honor that should be given must be given, and the logistics support work must also be done well.
As for other things, hehe, let’s wait until we get through the current difficulty.
Therefore, after the merit medals were made, the leaders from above came in person to award the medals to the researchers at Zhenhua Research Institute.
However, in this process, it is natural to encourage everyone.
Soon, Zhao Zhixian, Cai Yunli, Lin Zhiwu, Li Chuanzhang and others were stunned.
Because they all heard about the total sales of fifty micron transistors.
Good guy, that’s tens of millions of dollars!
Xue Jinquan, Zhang Jichuan, Wan Qingxuan, Yao Shiqiong and other Peking University students were also stunned with expressions of disbelief.
Immediately, everyone burst into enthusiastic cheers and applause, feeling sincerely happy for this great good news.
In February this year, Chen Guohua personally led Zhao Zhixian, Lin Zhiwu and others to develop 50-micron transistors.
At that time, Chen Guohua still had a lot of time, so he quickly broke through this technology.
But at that time, Zhao Zhixian and others did not expect that a small transistor could be sold for such a high price.
The added value of technological products is indeed unparalleled.
After all, college students like them also know why there are not many big fat pigs in their institute, because those big fat pigs are transported to the warehouse near the train station.
These big fat pigs have to be shipped to Moscow and cannot stay in the capital.
The big fat pig doesn't have much added value, so using the big fat pig to pay off debts is still a lot worse.
While everyone was excited, they couldn't help but look forward to seeing what earth-shaking changes Zhenhua Research Institute would see in the future.
After all, they had heard Chen Guohua say more than once that Zhenhua Research Institute was responsible for its own profits and losses.
Now that the research institute has made so much money, why not rush to buy more equipment?
But how did they know that Chen Guohua only asked for 5 million yuan.
No matter how much money you have, it is just paper currency and of no use.
It still needs to be turned into a resource.
But now that things are so difficult, Chen Guohua naturally cannot afford to spend so much foreign exchange to purchase imported equipment.
Most of the time, Chen Guohua cooperated with brother units such as Jingcheng Iron and Steel Plant, 107 Factory, and 985 Factory, and then obtained some of the equipment and raw materials he wanted.
The awarding ceremony of the Simple Medal of Honor ended not long after.
After it was over, everyone was still talking happily about what had just happened while they were still at the security gate of the laboratory.
In the afternoon, not long after Ma Yunlu and the others had had lunch.
I saw a lot of cars coming outside from the window.
Chen Guohua was looking at these cars and asked Ma Mingwei and the others to be careful when moving them.
"Director, what kind of materials are these?"
Yin Menglun stood aside and did not go to help carry it, but asked curiously.
With so many people under his command, of course he doesn't need to do it himself. Even though he is tall and powerful, those soldiers are not much worse, each and every one of them is a strong man.
Helping carry supplies is considered part of the training.
In fact, Chen Guohua doesn't really like to stand with Yin Menglun.
Because the latter is very tall, two meters tall, and has a large build, when standing aside, he looks much smaller.
You know, he himself is meters tall, which is not considered short among northerners.
But compared to a two-meter tall man, it's a big difference.
"These are computer parts, as well as some optical instruments and equipment. Anyway, they are very valuable items. They must be handled with care and there must be no tilt at all."
After Chen Guohua said this, he saw that Yan Shouchun's hands were almost trembling. Fortunately, he used his thigh to hold it up, otherwise he would have collapsed.
Yin Menglun and Chen Guohua both hurried forward. The latter wanted to say something to Lao Yan, but he swallowed his words when he saw blood overflowing from the other's palm.
After stabilizing the equipment, Chen Guohua asked Yan Shouchun to go find Xiao Gao to bandage it. Otherwise, the wound would be infected, which would be bad.
The medical office of Zhenhua Research Institute will have two more people in two days. One is a real doctor and the other is an intern.
By then, there will be two intern doctors and one official doctor in the medical office.
As long as the medical staff are in place, the logistics support work of Zhenhua Research Institute will be fully closed.
Of course, with the increase in the number of personnel in the institute, three medical staff are probably not enough.
Compared with other units, the probability of accidents at Zhenhua Research Institute is not low.
In addition, there are more than 100 people in the security department. They are prone to minor injuries and pains such as skin injuries during training.
Therefore, this can be considered an urgent matter.
In a large and empty laboratory, he directed the security department personnel to put down the equipment, and then began to install the computer himself.
This is a transistor computer, a computer he developed last year.
In the past, Chen Guohua had no money. If he wanted to place an order with his brothers, it would be difficult for them to help him produce it.
Now that they have money, with the importance they attach to Chen Guohua in Factory 107, they can immediately arrange production as soon as he opens his mouth.
Therefore, all the components of a transistor computer were quickly produced.
To engage in the research and development of integrated computers, computers are of course indispensable.
Not to mention, a scanning electron microscope alone requires a host computer.
Now that the lens has been developed, and the Institute of Materials Science and Technology has also developed a small number of components that do not overlap with those of Zhenhua Research Institute, Chen Guohua is of course ready to start working on scanning electron microscopes. Chen Guohua asked Xu Yanmou from 985 Factory to help purchase the parts and components developed by the Materials Research Institute.
Chen Guohua himself did not want to contact the Materials Research Institute, so he could only think of using this method.
"Old Chen, can we really realize the scanning electron microscope?"
Lu Zijing, who helped assemble it, asked expectantly.
Next to him were Zhang Jichuan, Zhao Jusheng, Wan Fusen and Shi Zhiqing, four super academic gods, who also looked at Chen Guohua eagerly and expectantly.
Last year, all five of them were assigned to the optical materials research workshop by Chen Guohua, and worked with Nie Jingzhong, Wang Baozhu and others to develop scanning electron microscopes.
So they are all very aware of the technical difficulties of scanning electron microscopy.
"Why not?"
Chen Guohua smiled confidently and continued:
"We already have a lens tube, a sample chamber, a power on/off button, a computer host, etc. Now we only need two detectors and a monitor. Is it difficult?"
Hearing his words, Zhang Jichuan gave him a roll of his eyes and said:
"Old Chen, you have to know that we started in February, and now it's August. Half a year has passed, and we just took out a lens barrel."
Shi Zhiqing also echoed:
"That's right, Lao Chen, don't be blindly confident. The sample room, switch button, etc. are all the work of the Materials Research Institute."
puff!
Lu Zijing and Zhao Jusheng couldn't hold it back and laughed directly. Wan Fusen said directly:
"Lao Shi, have you forgotten that the Institute of Materials Science and Technology was founded by Lao Chen? Look, after September last year, Lao Chen stopped taking them to play with him, and he was immediately finished by them."
These words did not embarrass Shi Zhiqing, but continued:
"I know what you are laughing at, but what I want to say is that Lao Chen is great, but he doesn't have that much time after all. He is only one person."
Yes, he is only one person after all.
Everyone was silent for a moment.
Because if Chen Guohua allocates more time to the scanning electron microscope laboratory, the time allocated to other laboratories will decrease.
It’s not that other laboratories cannot do without Chen Guohua, but leaving him will seriously slow down project progress.
After all, the Institute of Materials Science and Technology is a living example.
What's more, projects such as the 50-micron transistor, which were previously easier to tackle, have already been taken down.
In the past half year, projects such as ion sources and ion accelerators, as well as projects such as lenses, have taken longer and longer.
It can be seen from here that Chen Guohua is getting busier and busier, and the difficulty of the project is getting higher and higher.
Therefore, Shi Zhiqing's concerns are not unreasonable.
Chen Guohua was speechless when he saw them all looking like this.
"I have never seen you like this. When it comes to destroying your own ambition, you are definitely the one!"
I saw him giving a thumbs up, and then continued:
"Co-author, have you forgotten all the things I often told you before? Hurry up and get to work. You will know nonsense all day long."
puff!
The five of them suddenly laughed again, but Chen Guohua was confused.
The next moment, Zhang Jichuan cheerfully raised his eyebrows at Lu Zijing and the four of them and said:
"I told you that Lao Chen has a very stable mentality. Do you still want to test it if you don't believe me? Do you believe me now?"
Zhao Jusheng and the four of them nodded immediately. Only Chen Guohua was depressed.
They were all acting together. Just because there was a dispute among the five of them about Chen Guohua's mentality, they made a bet together and acted for Chen Guohua?
It’s so boring!
"Okay, starting from today, you will stay in the laboratory for an extra two hours every day. I will tell the security department."
After being speechless, Chen Guohua gave instructions lightly.
For a moment, Zhang Jichuan and the other five were dumbfounded. Good guy, Lao Chen, you can't treat them differently like this.
While talking, the computer was almost assembled.
Quickly turn on the power and give it a try first.
In the following period, Chen Guohua went to the scanning electron microscope significantly more often.
Just because there's a computer here.
Now that he has a computer, he really wants to have a computer.
The eagerness to own a computer is something people like Zhang Jichuan cannot understand.
Therefore, he had to quickly develop a scanning electron microscope.
As long as it is taken care of, the biggest problem of the lens assembly of the photolithography machine will be solved.
After solving the lens assembly, the biggest problem left in the photolithography machine is the light source assembly!
First of all, the core components of the lithography machine include key subsystems such as light source, lens, dual workbench, and immersion system.
The first two are the key among the keys, and both are indispensable.
The workbench, immersion system, etc. behind are not very critical, just because the technology below one hundred nanometers is not yet involved.
Therefore, at present, subsystems such as the workbench and immersion system do not require Chen Guohua to spend too much time.
In addition to these core components, the supporting equipment of the photolithography machine includes photoresist, photomask, glue coating and development equipment, etc.
Chen Guohua had heard that the photoresist produced by the Institute of Materials Science and Technology was of poor quality.
Other than these, everything else is just barely adequate.
Therefore, Chen Guohua will definitely not purchase these supporting equipment from the Materials Research Institute.
Anyway, he now has so many researchers, and Zhang Jichuan and the others haven't started school yet so soon, so he must work hard to keep them busy.
Time passed slowly as he often spent time in the laboratory and office.
On this day, Qiu Zongyue came to see him again.
Urgent!
Lu Qiaoshan couldn't wait any longer, because it was almost mid-August.
There is not much time left before the report meeting in early September.
You know, after the paper is published, it still needs time to ferment. Coupled with the speed of information transmission in this era, it is definitely much slower.
Therefore, naturally the sooner it is published, the better.
After hearing Qiu Zongyue's words, Chen Guohua immediately said:
"Leader, I have written three papers so far, but there is still a little finishing work on the third paper, which may not be given to you until tomorrow."
Upon hearing this, Qiu Zongyue stretched out his hand and said:
"Don't wait any longer. Just give me the two papers you've already written. I've been waiting for a long time."
"I told you before that the thesis is more important now, but you don't seem to have listened."
Chen Guohua spread his hands and said aggrievedly:
"Boss, you have wronged me. How could I not have listened? Haven't I already written two papers?"
"I just thought that the three papers would be submitted together. I didn't expect Lao Lu to be so impatient."
In this regard, Qiu Zongyue was too lazy to argue with him, so he took the paper and left.
On Wenjin Street, Qiu Zongyue returned to his office and handed the paper to Lu Qiaoshan.
The latter has been waiting in his office for a long time.
If Chen Guohua's current unit was not confidential, Lu Qiaoshan would definitely go to Zhenhua Research Institute in person to urge the manuscript.
As for why he didn't go to Cuihua Hutong, of course it was because it was already very late when Chen Guohua went home recently.
He goes out very early every day, so Lu Qiaoshan can't run into him at all.
In fact, Yu Moli and the others all had opinions on this matter. After all, the little guy rarely saw his father all day long.
However, this is what scientific research is like. When you get busy, you almost want to sleep in the laboratory.
Besides, everyone knows what is going on outside now.
Chen Gonglu and Yun Wanshang were still considerate of Chen Guohua, so they helped the latter by saying a lot of nice things so that Yu Moli wouldn't be angry.
Of course Yu Moli was angry, but it was only for a moment, and then he was gone.
It wasn't entirely because Chen Guohua stayed at home for a short time, but she felt sorry for his health.
If she doesn't feel sorry for her own man, can she make others feel distressed?
Although Chen Guohua is nineteen years old this year and his body is very young, he cannot handle such a heavy workload every day.
Anyway, Yu Moli himself felt very dizzy every day when he looked at the scratch papers he calculated in the study.
Those symbols were not something she could understand.
Nonsense, that is a proof paper for Poincaré's conjecture. If Yu Moli is still a freshman in the Department of Pharmacy at Peking University, he can understand it.
After all, he is also a doctoral student majoring in geometry, and he must be a doctoral student who has done in-depth research on the Poincaré Conjecture course.
Lu Qiaoshan took two papers back to the Institute of Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He directly asked Hua Luogeng and others to help review them, and then published them directly.
Anyway, Chen Guohua wrote the paper in English and no translation was needed.
Just when he came to the Chinese Academy of Sciences with these papers, the Zhenhua Research Institute, the Neutral Mass Spectrometer Laboratory, once again sent Chen Guohua good news.
The recent good news is very concentrated, which makes Chen Guohua very happy.
After all, if this is the case, they will soon be able to complete the development of ion implantation equipment.
Once the ion implantation equipment is developed, semi-finished chips can be started.
By this time, whether it is still necessary to develop transistors of a few microns or one micron has become irrelevant to the overall situation.
"Okay, okay, you guys are really good. We will have extra lunch for you today!"
Chen Guohua looked at everyone excitedly and continued:
"You all should work harder. At the end of this year, I will personally ask you for credit. By then, everyone's salary will be increased by another level."
Wow!
In an instant, everyone in the laboratory burst into applause.
Whether it was Zhao Zhixian, Li Chuanzhang, or other researchers, they were all very excited.
Previously, after the ion accelerator was developed, Zhao Zhixian and the others in the second group were also assigned to the third group.
The third group specializes in the development of neutral mass spectrometer equipment.
So now the two groups have achieved technological breakthroughs one after another, and of course they are very happy.
However, some people are happy and some are unhappy.
Lin Zhiwu, the deputy leader of one group, has been a lot anxious in the past month or two.
Especially some time ago, the time it took Chen Guohua to come to a group was significantly reduced.
Just because there was an additional scanning electron microscope laboratory and a computer inside, Chen Guohua often came here.
Especially when the neutral mass spectrometer has completed its development tasks, Lin Zhiwu is even more unhappy.
But no matter how unhappy he was, he had no choice but to obey Chen Guohua's arrangements.
Zhenhua Research Institute is different from other scientific research units in that teamwork is more important. On the contrary, Chen Guohua is the only one who has outstanding personal abilities.
Even the ten super academics Xue Jinquan and Zhang Jichuan are still far behind Chen Guohua.
Under such circumstances, ordinary researchers like Lin Zhiwu have no other choice but to obey orders.
When an unit like the Institute of Materials Science and Technology encounters a problem, everyone discusses it together, but it is difficult to come up with the result.
And as time goes by, the time it takes for them to come up with scientific research results is obviously longer.
In fact, it is true.
You know, in the history of the original time and space, even in places like North America, it took until the late 1970s and early 1980s to come up with such superior photolithography machines, ion implantation equipment and other supporting facilities.
Maybe equipment like ion sources is not a big problem for North America.
But the two core components in the lithography machine, the light source and the lens assembly, are definitely a systematic project.
Lens components are system technologies at the optical level and cover a wide range of areas.
Not to mention the light source.
In the original history of time and space, when ASML was founded, the photolithography light source they initially used was mercury vapor lamps.
This thing creates light by passing electricity through a bulb that contains mercury.
That is, the electric current heats the mercury until it turns into a plasma that emits light of various wavelengths.
An interference filter is then used to select the desired wavelength.
However, the lithography machine with this kind of light source can only support a chip manufacturing process of one micron, which is one thousand nanometers.
What Chen Guohua needs is a process that is less than one micron, a few hundred nanometers larger, or a few hundred nanometers smaller.
As we all know, the more transistors installed in a chip the size of a fingernail, the better its performance will naturally be.
Today's IBM, Siemens, and even Fairchild Semiconductor have the chip technology they can currently achieve.
It's just that more than ten, twenty, or dozens of transistors can be built into the chip.
The performance of such a chip is not bad, but it is still far away from the computer that Chen Guohua wants to achieve a speed of hundreds of millions of operations per second.
This does not mean that with a computer with a speed of 10 million operations per second, we can use chip stacking technology to increase the computer's functions to hundreds of millions of times.
You know, this kind of superposition puts a very heavy load on other components of the computer.
Moreover, the shortcomings of the transistor itself are high failure rate and poor anti-interference. It is not so easy to solve these two problems.
Last year, or to be more precise, when Chen Guohua went on a business trip to Harbin Institute of Technology the winter before last, he wanted to solve these two major problems with transistors.
The two problems faced at that time were the short life span and instability of transistors. In fact, they were high failure rate and poor anti-interference.
Later the problem was solved using isolation-blocking oscillators, but now?
Transistors are all installed into chips. Is this technology still used?
Obviously it is not possible. The technology needs to be updated and iterated. Otherwise, it will not be of any help to the miniaturization and performance improvement of computers.
"Okay, let's all take a short rest. In the afternoon, we will all go to a group of laboratories to assist one group in completing the next work."
Chen Guohua raised his hand and stopped Zhao Zhixian, Li Chuanzhang and others who were still discussing.
During lunch, the two groups of researchers had priority to eat.
Naturally, Chen Guohua also followed them.
But not long after he sat down, Qiu Zongyue appeared again.
"Guohua, have you forgotten what you promised me yesterday?"
"Boss, that's not how you push for manuscripts, right? You're not urging me to publish, you're urging me to die."
After hearing the leader's words, Chen Guohua smiled bitterly:
"I only have time in the afternoon, so I'll finish it off then."
"By the way, leader, you came just in time. We have completed the development of the neutral mass spectrometer today. Hehe, we are one step closer to the chip."
When Qiu Zongyue heard this, he was overjoyed.
This Chen Guohua is really a lucky star. He has achieved technological breakthroughs one after another and produced new scientific research results.
"So, you have another extra meal for lunch today? I mean, when I walked in just now, I smelled the aroma."
"Then leader, would you like one?"
"No, no, no, I've already eaten it."
After talking about urging the manuscript, Qiu Zongyue left.
However, when he was about to get off work in the afternoon, he came to Zhenhua Research Institute again.
Chen Guohua was still shocked when he saw the leader.
Isn't it?
"Boss, this is the paper. Please take it away quickly. I'm really afraid of you."
"Don't bother me. Come on, come with me. The leader wants to discuss something with you."
After hearing Qiu Zongyue's words, Chen Guohua suddenly became confused.
Good guy, the boss wants to discuss something with him?
Isn't that a trivial matter?
Since Qiu Zongyue is waiting for him.
So, even though it’s almost time to get off work now.
He could only go to the Yamen office.
Chen Guohua and Qiu Zongyue entered the office one after another in a car.
But the guard asked Chen Guohua and the others to wait a little longer.
Standing in the yard, Chen Guohua noticed it.
Several staff members in white coats came out of the office.
PS: Thank you all for your enthusiasm. Do you still have tickets?
(End of this chapter)
