The merger of multiple lithography machine research institutions into Wujiang Microelectronics is not a simple matter. It ultimately involves many things, such as the value of technology, equipment, talent, and factories, and the percentage of shares held by the state after the merger with Wujiang Microelectronics.
In order to acquire more shares, Zhao Ye subsequently invested another 200 million RMB.
Now that it's the end of February, Wujiang Group's revenue has increased significantly, giving it ample capital to make additional investments in Wujiang Microelectronics.
Soon, a solution that was acceptable to everyone emerged.
The government provides technology, equipment, talent, factories, land, and tax-free support policies. Wujiang Group invested 600 million RMB to jointly establish China Wujiang Microelectronics Co., Ltd.
Wujiang Group holds a 60% stake and controls the company.
The state has relieved the burden, providing a way out for many researchers, and ensuring that the technology and achievements of lithography machines are not wasted.
Domestic leaders are not blind to the state of the semiconductor industry, but they have been powerless to save it in the past. The country needs to spend money in many areas, making it difficult to attend to every single aspect.
Since Wujiang Group has stepped forward to shoulder the responsibility of revitalizing the nation's semiconductor industry, the country will naturally go along with it.
It can be said that Wujiang Microelectronics started as a giant, currently employing one or two thousand researchers and having gathered almost all the developers of lithography machines in China.
However, as the saying goes, you shouldn't put all your eggs in one basket.
Zhao Ye placed the headquarters of Wujiang Microelectronics in Shanghai, at the Shanghai Optical Machinery Factory.
Another reason is that the Shanghai Optical Machinery Factory has advanced technology in the fields of optical mirrors and light sources.
Optical lenses are one of the core components of high-end lithography machines. Lenses with high numerical apertures determine the resolution and overlay error capability of the lithography machine. The light source is another core component of high-end lithography machines, and its wavelength determines the processing capability of the lithography machine. Lithography machines require small, high-power, and stable light sources.
In addition, the Shanghai Optical Machinery Factory occupies a relatively large area, covering 30 hectares.
After the headquarters of Wujiang Microelectronics was determined, the state also granted a large amount of land around the Shanghai Optical Machinery Plant to Wujiang Microelectronics, with a total area of 80 hectares. In the future, it will be mainly used to build Wujiang Microelectronics' laboratory headquarters R&D building, as well as wafer fabs and other semiconductor production equipment or production materials.
Currently, there's no rush to build the headquarters R&D building for Wujiang Microelectronics Laboratory, as the Shanghai Optical and Mechanical Plant is large enough for the short term. The immediate priority is to concentrate resources on improving the BG-101 stepper lithography machine. Simultaneously, an advanced wafer fab needs to be constructed. Wafer fabs have stringent requirements for controlling the production environment's temperature, humidity, cleanliness, and vibration damping. These are features the Shanghai Optical and Mechanical Plant lacked and must be built as soon as possible.
The improvement work on the BG-101 stepper lithography machine should not take long.
Although a lithography machine mainly consists of 11 modules, including a measurement stage and exposure stage, laser, beam corrector, and energy controller, Wujiang Microelectronics has one or two thousand researchers, and many parts can be purchased from both domestic and international sources. After all, the northern superpower had not yet fallen, and China was not yet the first thorn in the side of Western countries. Therefore, the West's technological blockade against China was not too severe. However, with the Wassenaar Arrangement in 1996, Western countries imposed extremely strict restrictions on the export of semiconductor technology and lithography equipment to China. Generally, the technology was two or three generations behind the most advanced technology. Coupled with the delays in the approval process, the equipment and technology that China could obtain were always outdated.
The improvement work on the BG-101 stepper lithography machine and the construction of the wafer fab need to be carried out simultaneously. Otherwise, if the lithography machine is improved but the wafer fab is not built, wouldn't that waste time?
With lithography machines in place, other production equipment needed to build a wafer fab can be sourced domestically if they meet quality standards; otherwise, they can be imported from abroad.
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Within just a few days, the news that Wujiang Microelectronics was going to build China's largest wafer fab spread like wildfire in the domestic semiconductor industry, causing a sensation.
Many research institutions and factories want to win orders from Wujiang Microelectronics.
However, their products did not quite meet the requirements of Wujiang Microelectronics in terms of quality and technology.
The profits involved are enormous. In order to secure orders, it is necessary to improve the technology of the products themselves. Under the guidance of the state, the semiconductor industry chain is being merged and integrated.
"As long as they are not fraudulently obtaining funding, we can consider supporting any research institution or enterprise that has the ability to improve the technology of its own products after integration. The main means of support should be investment."
In the director's office of the Shanghai Optical and Mechanical Factory, Zhao Ye spoke to Huang Kun, Qin Guogang, Wang Shouwu, Wang Wei, Ni Annan, and others.
In front of these people, Zhao Ye behaved very humbly and politely.
These are all big shots, all academicians!
Huang Kun is an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the founder of China's semiconductor technology, an academician of the Third World Academy of Sciences, and a researcher and honorary director of the Institute of Semiconductors of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Academician Qin Guogang has long been engaged in research on semiconductor materials and device physics.
Wang Shouwu is an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and a physicist specializing in semiconductor devices.
Academician Wang Wei is a pioneer of semiconductor lasers in my country. He has worked diligently and made profound contributions to the field of semiconductor optoelectronics, achieving a series of important scientific research results.
This configuration is absolutely unbeatable!
Zhao Ye couldn't help but feel confident about the future of Wujiang Microelectronics.
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