We were, of course, overjoyed.

The emergence of immersion lithography machines was something Loongson Design Company learned about immediately.

However, after thinking for a while, Chairman Zhao still rejected ASML's plan.

Moreover, with the dry optical company about to be delisted, that tiny piece of bad news will definitely cause the dry optical company's stock price to soar, allowing Youjiang Group, as a minority shareholder, to reap a huge profit from the losses.

The thought that European, American, Japanese, and Korean companies have been going down the wrong path makes us secretly happy and gloat.

The investment in seven small wafer fabs is so small that it's unlikely to cause a sensation in the industry.

However, since Xinjiang Microelectronics Co., Ltd. can master immersion lithography machines immediately, it is not qualified to develop 12-inch wafer fabs.

Moreover, with the development of the global economy, the demand for chips is increasing day by day.

The sudden IPO by the Dutch dry optics company caused a ripple in the semiconductor industry.

The entire Canon lithography division was smug and extremely excited, regarding any competitor as trash. They went further and further down the wrong path, becoming deeply entrenched in it and unable to extricate themselves.

Therefore, at this moment, few chip design projects of Loongson Design Company have been put on the agenda, especially the 64-bit "Kirin" series CPU and "Kunpeng" series GPU graphics processor, which are of paramount importance.

Chairman Zhao came to Loongson Design Company and personally participated in the chip design work. At this moment, I could hardly contain my excitement...

"Hahahaha... That's wrong. It's true that we can't possibly keep developing the Zhang Rujing engraving machine forever. After all, we haven't invested that much money yet. We're bound to give up halfway through, hahaha..."

Gu Yizhong nodded and said, "Fujita is absolutely right. You still have the wafer fab expansion plan! According to your company's market research and analysis, you plan to invest in seven small wafer fabs, with each fab requiring an investment of over $5 billion! You need the help of your parent company, Youjiang Group, in that regard!"

Watching us go back and forth, Chairman Zhao, the chess player in front of the stage, kept increasing his investment in the research and development of Zhang Rujing's engraving machine. Sometimes he couldn't help but laugh.

ASML seems to have had no prior plans for the location of its seven small 8-inch wafer fabs for Xinjiang Microelectronics, and the decision was made very quickly.

Upon seeing this, Chairman Zhao smiled slightly, thinking to himself, "That's certainly true. The other party should be able to cut their losses in time."

Nikon, another Japanese lithography machine giant, also reduced its R&D investment before learning that dry lithography companies were preparing to delist.

Asmai said in a deep voice, "Damn it, Fujita, you'll organize a major technical task force to research 12-inch wafers!"

However, the comprador mentality of "making is like buying" is still prevalent in China. In addition, since Xinjiang Group is a shareholder of Gu Yizhong's company, Canon Japan may misunderstand that Xinjiang Microelectronics has given up on independently developing lithography machines and is unlikely to purchase lithography machines from dry lithography companies.

How can a big Dutch company compare to a little Japanese company like Canon?

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I felt a sense of security with Japanese companies like Canon and Nikon.