Legend of the Planet Builder

Chapter 107: Chapters 106, 107: Masterpiece – Dragon Chip! (Please Subscribe, Monthly Tickets)_2 Chapter 107: Chapters 106, 107: Masterpiece – Dragon Chip! (Please Subscribe, Monthly Tickets)_2 “They are deceiving God!” a representative from AMD affirmed, “Aren’t they afraid of going to hell!”

Foster, the president, who was originally a bit worried, confidently declared upon hearing He Xingzhou’s words, “Three nanometers is sheer nonsense! Our EUV alliance has united all of the world’s leading semiconductor companies!”

“Even with our combined technologies, we have not yet achieved a mature 3-nanometer process Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography Machine! How could the Easterners possibly do it?”

His tone of superiority was not the least bit concealed. Foster was a white supremacist and always believed that their race was the smartest in the world!

And the audience watching He Xingzhou’s program, those who were in the know, also started discussing:
“Holy shit, is that true? If it is, our Shen Zhou semiconductor industry is going to take off!”

“Quick, buy some funds and stocks, bet they will hit the daily limit today, believe it or not?”

“I don’t understand much, is this thing really that amazing?”

“What do you mean amazing? If it’s true, from now on Shen Zhou’s high-end industry, electronics-related industry, semiconductor-related industry will all surpass the world without depending on foreign faces!”

News media were also rapidly sharing this news.

Domestic news media were dispatching articles, and foreign media began to doubt in real-time.

A journalist from the New York Times blatantly wrote, “The Easterners claim to have developed the Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography Machine, all on speculation!”

The hellish media BC was also publishing articles, stating, “This is just a farce, it’s impossible for the East to master Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography Machine technology within a decade!”

Inside the newsroom, Shen Bingbing covered her lips in surprise and exclaimed, “Can we actually see this world’s most advanced Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography Machine?”

“Of course, you can!” He Xingzhou looked into the camera and said, “I think there are already many doubting this.”

“Merely talking is useless. Today, where we are, is the wafer fabrication plant located in Shanghai, which is also the chip manufacturing factory.”

“Our Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography Machine, named ‘Dragon Chip’, is fully installed at this very moment and is ready to start production!”

“Next, please join all the viewers in witnessing the moment the Dragon Chip is born!”

He Xingzhou stood up, and the camera followed him as he walked towards the display area.

At that time, the staff had already let media reporters in, including a large number of domestic media and a pile of foreign media.

He Xingzhou continued to explain as he walked, “The lithography machine area requires absolute cleanliness and must ensure absolute safety, so today we cannot get close to the lithography machine, but we can appreciate its ‘elegance’ through the camera footage!”

On the screen, a huge beast appeared.

It was as big as twenty trucks put together. The enormity of this machine alone was awe-inspiring!

What was even more astonishing were its details—such a vast piece of machinery, every detail was meticulously crafted to perfection!

The polished alloy shell, the interlacing pipes, the various intricate structures, the complexly constructed chambers, the engraving areas, and so on.

Just by watching the introduction video, everyone felt a sense of awe and admiration that was hard to articulate!

“This represents the pinnacle of human industrial civilization, the Lithography Machine!”

“With over a hundred thousand parts, assembled from tens of thousands of manufacturers, producing various different parts!”

“It can draw on a nanometer scale, injecting soul into modern technology!”

There was also a presentation on the side, and the live broadcast room was boiling with excitement!

“666!”

“So exquisite! I never knew what industrial beauty was until today!”

“I’m moved to tears! This is made by us!”

“Ababa ababa ababa!”

“Is this the Lithography Machine? It looks very impressive, thumbs up!”

On-site, Xiao Dong, Li Kongming, Tian Jun, and others were also admiring the scene, their hearts burning with a flame!

At this moment, they were eager to shout, but it was not yet the time!

Because they wanted to witness the moment when the chip was truly manufactured!

The members of the EUV alliance were silent at this time. The moment they saw the appearance of the Lithography Machine, they suddenly felt a bit guilty.

“What if it’s true?” Foster and the others dared not continue thinking about it, the outcome was too terrifying!

“They really have a Lithography Machine!” In the office of Bai Ying, the commander smacked the table hard.

He cursed, “If they really manage to produce three nanometer chips today, those in charge of intelligence should be shot!”

The Lithography Machine is not some firearm or nuclear bomb, but it’s more terrifying than a nuclear bomb!

A scientist once said, the difficulty in developing a Lithography Machine is even greater than developing a hydrogen bomb! Because there are several countries that possess hydrogen bombs, but there is only one in the whole world that has an Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography Machine, and it was made with the combined efforts of many countries!

This is a super technology that can change the entire world order!

After a brief introduction, He Xingzhou prepared to start the test operation of the Lithography Machine.

He explained, “Chip design, wafer production, these processes, might take several months or even years.”

“For the convenience of display today, we will use a manufactured wafer to carve the chips!”

“To prove the technology of our Lithography Machine, we have also specially invited foreign journalists and expert friends, you can use the equipment here to personally inspect after we produce the chips!”

After He Xingzhou finished speaking, the staff began to prepare.

A wafer was placed into the Lithography Machine, and according to its size, the Dragon Chip was to be made, from which at least four hundred could be carved on this one wafer!

He Xingzhou continued to elaborate, “To truly manufacture a single chip, at least five thousand process steps are needed, today we are showcasing the final carving process.”

“Next, the Lithography Machine will etch over seven billion transistors on a small-sized wafer!”

“Please wait with bated breath!”

After speaking, the staff had already begun operating.

Of course, the audience could not enter the Lithography Machine to watch, they could only view it through computer simulations and parts of the monitor screen.

“What is being shown now is the process we have completed before! The first step, ingot production.” On the screen, a pile of sand was oxidized and purified to obtain high-purity silicon.

These high-purity silicon were melted into a silver-white substance, “molten silicon,” then shaped into a cylindrical form.

“The second step, wafer slicing!” The cylinder was smoothed and its edges trimmed, and cut into thin slices less than 1 micron thick.

“The third step, wafer grinding, further thinning and polishing the wafer.”

“The fourth step, applying photoresist.”

“The fifth step, exposure, projecting the mask pattern onto the wafer using optical components.”

The audience saw that on the thin wafer, the electronic circuit pattern of the chip had already appeared!

“The sixth step, developing, dissolving the exposed areas!”

“The seventh step, etching.” This was when the Lithography Machine came into play, under the simulation of computer technology, the audience watched as Extreme Ultraviolet light tirelessly etched the chip, the speed slowed down ten thousand times, hardly recognizable to the human eye!

“The eighth step, coating; the ninth step, metal filling; the tenth step, polishing.” He Xingzhou said, then added: “The ten steps I just mentioned are just one process, and this process is repeated, like stacking layers one by one.”

“If we were all microscopic organisms, you would feel as if you were building skyscrapers on flat ground, what we just did was laying the foundation and constructing the first layer! What follows is to continue building higher floors, completing the etching of seven billion transistors!”

“Very soon, our chip will be packaged!”

On the screen, the 3D structure of the chip was displayed synchronously. Constructing a “skyscraper” on the nanometer scale, this scene made even those who didn’t understand chips and lithography machines think one thing in their minds – “Awesome!”

After a short wait, the first chip had already been packaged!

He Xingzhou declared to the whole world: “At this moment, I announce that the world’s first three nanometer process ‘Dragon Chip’ has been born!”