PDLP Chapter 367 CCTV Report: Regretful Thoughts
Chapter 367 CCTV Report: Regretful Thoughts
"I only ask for one exception: could you spare one unit from the production capacity?"
We just need one unit, and we can revitalize the entire 28nm pilot production line. Perhaps we can forge a path different from Transsion's.
Seeing his anxious expression, the staff member considered for a moment, then took out an encrypted phone, avoided the crowd, and quietly reported the situation for more than two minutes.
After making the call, he looked back at Wang Jianping and then slowly nodded.
"I spoke with General Manager Shen."
The staff member's words shocked Wang Jianping once again...
"General Manager Shen selected one unit from the mass production batch, the MStar 14A, and prioritized its supply to Huaxin International. It is expected to complete debugging and delivery within 6 months."
A dedicated process guidance team will follow up concurrently, but the relevant confidentiality agreements and technical collaboration agreements need to be signed by Huaxin International within 7 days, and the terms will be more stringent than those for regular supply.
Before the staff member could finish speaking, Wang Jianming had already picked up a pen, seemingly asking where the contract was.
They've already missed the first and second chances; they can't afford to miss the third. What nonsense about foreign supply chains—they're all unreliable. The truly reliable ones are still the domestic ones.
Then he kept saying, "Thank you, thank you so much."
Our vision is still too small compared to Mr. Shen's.
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The exhibition ended quickly, and Wang Jianping, holding a copy of the newly signed agreement, left the exhibition hall filled with excitement...
At the same time, the MStar 14C, which rewrote the history of China's semiconductor industry, is destined to leave a significant mark.
At 7 p.m. that evening, CCTV's 30-minute news program started on time.
This time, the press conference abandoned the usual format and reserved the first item for a major breakthrough in the semiconductor equipment field.
The camera slowly zoomed in, sweeping across the white body of the camera, where the emblem of the National Semiconductor Fund gleamed.
The final designation is the prominent NSE-CX14C.
This time, the commentator's voice was also very powerful, filled with undisguised pride:
"Today, the National Semiconductor Fund signed an agreement for the first mass-production version of the domestically developed lithography machine with a maximum resolution of 14nm, the MStar 14C, which was officially unveiled."
The equipment uses a 193nm dry four-layer exposure limit process, successfully controlling the stacking error within 2nm. It has been operating stably for 62 days and has produced more than 1500 wafers.
The yield rate of the 22nm process remains stable at 85%.
This broke the 20-year-long foreign monopoly on high-end lithography machine technology, achieving a historic breakthrough for my country's high-end semiconductor equipment industry, moving from zero to one.
The news footage also included a fleeting glimpse of the MStar 14C's internal core component production line in operation, as well as a report signed and confirmed by the acceptance team led by Professor Wang Zhihua.
The short one-minute news report contained not a single superfluous word, yet every single word touched the hearts of the Chinese people.
#Major Breakthrough in Domestically Produced 14nm Lithography Machines#
#Morningstar 14C? Shouldn't it be A?#
#DomesticCraftsmanship#
In less than 10 minutes, it topped the trending searches, and many people on Weibo were asking for a replay of CCTV News. This was the first time CCTV had received so much attention from young people.
"I didn't read that wrong, did I? It supports up to 14 nanometers."
Achieving a 2nm error with quadruple exposure is simply amazing.
"I had nothing to do today, so I watched the news with my dad. This time I was sure I wasn't mistaken."
"Semiconductor funds are awesome..."
At the same time, the digital chat site once again stepped forward to explain:
"The Digital Chat Station Classroom is now open for classes."
To give you some background, achieving a 2nm stacking error with 193nm dry quadruple exposure is an incredible breakthrough in terms of physical limits.
Taiwanese and overseas manufacturers didn't dare to do this on mass production lines, but we succeeded.
By the way, this isn't a lab prototype, it's not a gimmick. It's been running stably for over 60 days. The yield rate was a bit low at first, but it's actually higher now...
Lazy Sheep's assistant was equally excited, but he still replied in the comments section of "My Chat Station":
"Who asked you? Isn't it pointless to brag and boast? Go and get us some more good stuff!"
"Exactly! [Excited]"
"Although I'm not an employee of Transsion, I'm still in this industry. We used to have to rely on foreign companies, but now domestically produced equipment is finally taking off..."
"We at Huaxin International also signed a contract for one unit. It's not that we don't want to buy more, but the other party has no production capacity."
In addition, the president of ASML personally contacted our boss, and this time his attitude was much more subdued. He said that delivery could be made immediately and the price could be reduced by 8%...
But with better domestically produced equipment available, who would want ASML's secondhand, outdated equipment?
"ABC, but the most advanced C-type has been showcased. Does this mean immersion lithography machines are just around the corner?"
"You must remember this: explore one generation, conduct preliminary research on one generation, develop one generation, and put one generation into production and service."
EUV lithography machines may already be on their way.
The nephews, who were initially indignant on behalf of their American fathers, suddenly became interested when they saw the EUV lithography machine.
"EUV? Why don't you just say 'Wow'? Do you even know what EUV is? That's the jewel of industry. Everyone else is about to break through, and this is still just a PowerPoint presentation."
"This so-called domestically produced lithography machine is definitely not as good as it's touted to be. What about the four-layer exposure and 2nm precision? Then why don't you produce 14nm machines instead of running 22nm ones…"
What's the reason? Those who know, know.
"Hey upstairs, you don't need to explain to them. Those people won't understand. They just think that domestically produced equipment has risen to prominence. [doge emoji]"
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Just as the entire internet was discussing domestically produced lithography machines, it is said that the Lenovo delegation flew to Shenzhen on the first day after the summit ended.
The arrival time was 2 PM, and the team was led by Liu Jun, Senior Vice President of Lenovo Group and President of the Mobile Business Group.
He is also a veteran and a core member; otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to take the top spot in the mobile phone business when Lenovo Group split up its businesses in April of this year.
But he had previously spent over $40 billion to acquire Motorola Mobility from Transsion.
At the time, the entire group felt it was worth it. This amount of money was enough to buy a global brand, which was very cost-effective. Moreover, it would allow them to take advantage of the controversy to smoothly enter the high-end market and start their global business.
But now, more than half a year later, he feels heartbroken about the loss he suffered from this deal.
Since leaving Transsion, Motorola's market share in China has increased from 3.5% before the acquisition to 12%...
It looks good, but its market share in the high-end market has plummeted from 15% to 5% because its product capabilities have failed to keep up.
After leaving Transsion, their newly released high-end models still use Qualcomm's Snapdragon S4 Pro and Snapdragon 800 processors...
The latter's delay and the former's poor performance led to a sharp decline in the high-end market.
As for overseas... needless to say, they originally thought that overseas consumers recognized the Motorola brand, and Transsion was just benefiting from it.
But in fact……