Outsiders generally can't get in here unless these people leak information. But Xing Baohua knows they won't let anything out of here. Not even a single piece of paper.

There was an agreement between Xing Baohua and them, though it wasn't on paper, it was just a verbal agreement.

He would ask them to give up some honors and fame, and he would compensate them with money for the loss of living in anonymity.

Perhaps many years later, it will be declassified and made known to the world. At the same time, Xing Baohua guarantees that if they develop the product, he will hand over all the results to the country, except for a small amount used in civilian applications.

This is a powerful tool for the nation. Xing Baohua also explained it very clearly to them that what they developed can only be applied to big data.

As for what big data is, Xing Baohua didn't explain much, but the processing of all information nationwide must be under the control of the state.

Xing Baohua then used the concept of righteousness to pressure them into making some selfless contributions.

Why are there many Nobel laureates of Chinese descent, but actually very few purely Chinese?

Who doesn't want to be remembered in history? Who doesn't want the world to know about them?

However, many patriots chose to remain anonymous and dedicate themselves to forging swords for the country.

Xing Baohua felt that writing things down on paper was an insult to their knowledge and a sign of distrust. That's why the gentleman's agreement came about.

Only the Chinese people understand what a gentleman's agreement is.

Captain Han knew what Xing Baohua was doing here and helped Xing Baohua check the backgrounds of these people.

Among these materials, they also need a light machine capable of generating EUV light.

EUV is also short for extreme ultraviolet.

Most people know that producing a chip requires a photolithography machine, which uses light to etch transistor circuits onto a wafer.

But there are only two core technologies: one is the generation of light, and the other is the etching of the wafer.

Starting with the earliest chip technology, which was the first generation of UV lamps, a type of mercury technology was used, which produced blue light to violet light.

Because of its wavelength, this device can produce chips that are about 1 micrometer in size. 1 micrometer = 1000 nanometers.

The lithography machine that Xing Baohua fully supported for upgrading back then was this kind of thing.

The lithography machines imported from the windmill country are better; they use DUV lithography technology. Their main features are laser and ultraviolet light.

If we upgrade from DUV to deep ultraviolet light, the wavelength could reach around 300 nanometers.

If EUV technology, or extreme ultraviolet light, is used, the wavelength can reach 13.5 nanometers.

But this thing can produce chips smaller than 5 nanometers.

This was in the late 1980s! Just imagine how many years it would take before 5-nanometer chips could be commercialized and put into use—more than thirty years from now.

Yes, technology spanning over thirty years.

Zhang Dongshuo and the physics experts didn't want a machine capable of EUV emission; they only wanted a device that could emit extreme ultraviolet light.

All they need is light and a light source.

It's important to know that ultraviolet light exists on Earth, but extreme ultraviolet light must be artificially synthesized, and only three countries in the world have the equipment for this.

However, many countries can produce this kind of equipment. For example, there is a specialized factory in China that can produce it, but they don't have the technology.

When Xing Baohua learned about this technology, it was indeed very much connected to him, with Nikon and Canon.

Xing Baohua also knew that Nikon didn't have EUV lithography machines. Manufacturing these things is too difficult; it's not something you can produce just by having the light technology. It requires many special manufacturing processes.

In other words, they have a firm grip on these processes, protecting their technology with a patent fortress.

Okay, now we have work to do.

It's easy to acquire technology; once you've developed it, you can simply come back and manufacture it yourself.

As for going any further, it's not about researching lithography machines anymore. During the time Zhang Dongshuo was researching at the Institute of Lithography, he also had some understanding of lithography machines.

Quantum chips and traditional semiconductor chips differ primarily in their manufacturing processes. The equipment itself is still functional; the difference in process is only apparent during the photolithography of the wafer.

There are many things to prepare and plan. Although the theories are still on paper, no, many theories that don't even have words on them are just swirling in my mind.

But they all knew that the earlier they prepared, the better, especially when it came to tools.

Many tools were not even available, and people had to make them themselves.

Nikon's technology!

You steal from me, I steal from you.

Yes, that's how it is. Otherwise, where would all the copyright infringement come from?

Other companies send people to do this dirty work, but Xing Baohua does it himself! He's willing to acquire other companies in order to get the technology.

Xing Baohua is pursuing an open strategy, and this kind of opportunity is once in a lifetime. At least he can send people over to learn, and by using his status as a major shareholder, he can also get company dividends. Even if the company doesn't perform well, he can still sell the other shares for money.

Often, technical skills are priceless. Once you've mastered the skills and no longer want to use them, you can sell your shares and make money!

With this groundbreaking research and development, he can also get some back for his own use.

Xing Baohua's villa is just for their small experiments. Once the wafer fab in Shanghai is built, they will move there, where there is a dedicated facility for developing quantum chips.

Back at the city hotel with the list in hand, I started calling the two branch offices in Hong Kong and Singapore, listing the items on the list and trying to buy as many as possible, except for the extreme ultraviolet light source equipment.

If you can't buy it, try to customize it. If you really can't buy it, see which institution can develop it. If that still doesn't work, you can only put it aside and wait to see which institute in China can help develop it.

This was a last resort.

Around 1 a.m., Xing Baohua was woken up by the ringing of the telephone.

He simply said "Hey".

The voice on the phone said, "Boss, Hou Qian went to Seattle, and then took a car across the border to Vancouver. Our people can't get through for the time being."

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