giants of the era

Chapter 189 The Most Important Milestone
Applied Materials (Applied? Material) is the world's largest nano-manufacturing technology company. Without Applied Materials (Applied? Material), chip manufacturers will frown --- almost all chip manufacturers are using this company equipment provided.

Although Wang Ningguo, who joined Applied Materials in the 80s, is rarely known, it is precisely because of his contribution that Applied Materials has become the leader in the field of semiconductor production equipment!

In the 20s, there was a permanent display of semiconductor equipment products "Precision 90" (Precision5000) in the HSD Smithsonian Museum, which was considered the most important milestone in the semiconductor industry, and Applied Materials called it the most successful product ever , and in 5000 by the Smithsonian Society of American History Museum as a permanent collection, and its inventor is Wang Ningguo.

Wang Ningguo was the first to propose a single-chip integrated process technology and developed the "Precise 5000".

"Precise 5000" allows wafers to complete different processes on the same equipment. The advantage of using this product is that if an error occurs in the production process, only one wafer will be lost, while in the old technology, a mistake may All 48 wafers were scrapped.Therefore, this product made Applied Materials' orders come like a snowflake, and it became the world's largest supplier of semiconductor equipment and services!
Li Zetian had a little understanding of this person, and he was truly remarkable. He had more than a hundred patents, and was known as the "King of Applied Materials Patents."

For a Chinese to be so outstanding in an American company, there is no other possibility except his own ability.

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"Mr. Li, this is the information on Applied Materials. In 1977, the company was on the verge of bankruptcy due to blind investment and overdispersed product lines. At that time, James Morgan made a major decision - cut off more than 50% of the company's business, and transferred the company's main business to the production of semiconductor equipment. At that time, the turnover of this part of the business was only 1700 million US dollars. However, due to The emergence of Intel's 8086 microprocessor created a new era of personal computers and brought the semiconductor industry into an era of rapid development. Applied Materials was lucky to be on this "speedboat". The turnover in 1980 was as low as Breakthrough $2 million!"

Applied Materials (Applied? Material) is not yet a semiconductor equipment giant, at best it is one of the best.It was only after Wang Ningguo developed the "Precise 5000" that Applied Materials became really powerful.

Li Zetian nodded knowingly, thought for a while, and said, "Invest 4.5 million U.S. dollars to acquire it, and the maximum will not exceed 5 million U.S. dollars!"

"Okay, Mr. Li!" Dongfang Yuqin nodded.

Subsequently, Dongfang Yuqin issued an acquisition invitation to Applied Materials on behalf of Times Technology.

Intel is the largest user of Applied Materials, and Times Technology is the parent company of Intel, so it is very easy to acquire Applied Materials.

Dongfang Yuqin has repeatedly hinted during the negotiations that if the acquisition fails, then Intel will choose another partner company!Under her coercion and lure, Applied Materials was finally willing to accept the $4.8 million acquisition condition!
After the negotiation, people from Applied Materials still had lingering fears about Dongfang Yuqin, and lamented how powerful such a strong woman is.

At this time, Times Technology completed the acquisition of Intel, ASML, and Applied Materials, and completed most of the integration of the semiconductor industry chain.In addition, Time Technology is now under the banner of Umbrella Corporation.

In order to develop "Precise 5000" in advance, Li Zetian set off for Applied Materials to dig out Wang Ningguo.

When Li Zetian came to the company, the employees of Applied Materials were very surprised, but seeing Dongfang Yuqin standing beside him respectfully, looking like a little secretary, everyone was stunned and shocked.

"The CEO of Times Technology Company is actually Chronos Li's secretary. Let me go. Could it be that he is the behind-the-scenes boss of Times Technology Company!"

Li Zetian and Dongfang Yuqin came directly to the office of Applied Materials CEO James Morgan.

"Hello, Mr. Li, I didn't expect you to be the real boss of this company!" James Morgan also looked very surprised.

Li Zetian smiled and nodded, admitting his identity.

"Mr. James Morgan, hello, the scale of Applied Materials depends on your wise and decisive judgment at the beginning. And I believe that under your management, Applied Materials will become stronger and stronger!" Li Zetian praised .

"Thank you, Mr. Li, I wonder why you came to Applied Materials today?" James Morgan asked.

Li Zetian asked with a smile: "Is there someone named Wang Ningguo in the company?"

"Yes..." James Morgan nodded with doubts on his face.

Li Zetian said with a smile: "I am Chinese with him, so I have heard about him. Wang Ningguo was born in Nanjing, China, and grew up in Taiwan. After obtaining a doctorate from the University of California, Berkeley, he served in the Lawrence Radiology Laboratory. And Bell Labs, research work, and then joined Applied Materials. Chinese with such a resume are rare in the United States!"

James Morgan nodded and said, "He is a very powerful technical expert here!"

"Ask him to come in!"

"Okay." James Morgan responded and immediately made a phone call.

Not long after, Wang Ningguo came to the office.

He was full of doubts, knowing that Li Zetian had come to Applied Materials, but he didn't know why Li Zetian recruited him.

"Could it be because Chronos Li likes to reuse Chinese people, so he values ​​himself more? Well, it should be like this..." Wang Ningguo thought to himself.

When he came to Li Zetian, Wang Ningguo took the initiative to greet him, "Mr. Li, hello, I'm Wang Ningguo."

"Well, hello!" Li Zetian looked him up and down. He was about 35 years old, not tall, and looked ordinary.

Li Zetian looked at him at this moment and asked, "Mr. Wang Ningguo, what do you think is the biggest production drawback of the current fab?"

Wang Ningguo thought for a while and replied: "If an error occurs during the production process, all 48 wafers may be scrapped!"

"Well, how do you think it should be improved?"

This question was difficult for him, and James Morgan also frowned and thought.

After a while, Wang Ningguo and James Morgan still did not answer.

Li Zetian thought to himself, Wang Ningguo may not have thought of a single chip integrated process technology yet.

"Cough cough..."

Li Zetian deliberately "coughed" twice to attract their attention, and then said: "I think it is possible to develop a "single-chip integrated process technology", if an error occurs during the production process, only one wafer will be lost. "

"Integrated process technology for a single chip? Only one wafer is lost?" Wang Ningguo read a few words silently, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and inspiration came.He shouted excitedly, "Mr. Li, I figured out what to do!!!"

Talented technicians are not ordinary, James Morgan is still in a state of confusion, Wang Ningguo has already thought of a way to realize it.

At this time, Li Zetian smiled and said to James Morgan: "Since Wang Ningguo has already figured out how to realize this technology, in my opinion, let him lead a development team to overcome this technical difficulty!"

"Well, okay." James Morgan nodded and said in a slightly shocked tone, "If this function can be realized, Applied Materials will beat all competitors and achieve unprecedented success!!!"

Wang Ningguo said to himself: "Please rest assured Mr. Li and Mr. Morgan, it is technically feasible, and I am more than 70% sure that this function can be realized!!!"

Li Zetian smiled and said: "Then we will wait and see!"

After leaving Applied Materials, Dongfang Yuqin asked curiously: "Mr. Li, are you here to mention their development of single-chip integrated process technology?"

"That's right, this will be an epoch-making technology that can promote the rapid development of the semiconductor industry! Before, I couldn't guarantee whether they could develop it, but Wang Ningguo seems to have figured out how to realize it!" Li Zetian said solemnly Said.

"So, he is really a talent!" Dongfang Yuqin said thoughtfully.

"Well, it will be reused in the future!"

"Mr. Li, the semiconductor industry, you are almost ready, what are we going to do next?" Dongfang Yuqin asked.

"In June, my child is going to be born, and I plan to buy the Disney company before then." Li Zetian had a look of happiness when he thought of his child who was about to be born soon.

"Mr. Li, you are so kind to your wife and child!" Dongfang Yuqin envied, with an imperceptible trace of resentment in her voice.

Li Zetian was stunned for a moment, thinking that Dongfang Yuqin is a woman who does not eat fireworks in the world and does not seek a man, and talking to her about this undoubtedly made her feel sad.So Li Zetian couldn't help but smiled awkwardly, and didn't continue to answer the conversation.

Dongfang Yuqin said: "Mr. Li, then I will help you find out the details of Disney as soon as possible."

"Well, thank you for your trouble."

PS: Everyone’s suggestions have been absorbed, and these pits should be filled first.Too much can't be chewed, so the protagonist will focus on developing high technology in the future, slow down the pace, and write more carefully.This chapter can be regarded as compensation for what I owed yesterday, and there are two more chapters today.The monthly ticket is only 1486, which seems to be less than 1600 today.

(End of this chapter)