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Chapter 117 Single fight or group fight?

Is the lithography machine technology and equipment of the 45 Research Institute of the Ministry of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering worth million now? A machine that is nine years behind the market is definitely not worth the money. The million is actually used to buy out Zhou Shi and Wang Xia Xia, Zhang Yingshi and other engineering teams.

Thousands of gold was spent on horse bones, and Zhou Shi’s R&D team was used to buy Dongxin Semiconductor from Research Institute 45 for six million!

In the future, Dongxin Semiconductor can cooperate with 45 Research Institute or other R&D units, but it will definitely be dominated by Dongxin Semiconductor. The patents, technologies, equipment, etc. developed must belong to Dongxin Semiconductor. .

It’s not that I don’t trust these research institutes, it’s just that there have been too many nonsense incidents in the domestic scientific research industry in the past few years. I still remember that in the past few years, many domestic research institutes that developed lithography machines and other technologies were all “preventing internal problems but not preventing them”. outside"!

That is, when foreign companies visit, those research institutes will show off all their assets and explain their technologies, research and development results, etc. in detail to them without hiding anything. This allows foreign companies to easily find out. The products being developed by various research institutes are not real or fake, and some even go directly back to copycats and register patents overseas first.

But in China, major research institutes are wary of each other, do not report and exchange their own research and development results, and are very wary of their own people.

In the final analysis, this phenomenon has a lot to do with funding for research and development. When funds are insufficient, funds need to be grabbed. No one wants to be robbed of launching research and development results in front of them, allowing their efforts to be ruined, and then destroying them. The funds were taken away.

But Li Dongling doesn’t hope that when the research institute that cooperates with Dongxin Semiconductor comes to visit Nikon, Canon, ASML and other companies, Dongxin Semiconductor will be completely sold out, with his underwear exposed to these competitors. In front of you, you should have the precautions you should have!

But for Zhou Shi and other engineers who had been in the research institute for decades, being suddenly asked to leave the research institute where they had spent their whole lives to join Dongxin Semiconductor was a bit of a shock, and it was difficult for them to accept it.

For engineers of Zhou Shi's generation, they basically stay in the same company for the rest of their lives. From graduation, working, marrying, having children, to retiring, they all work in the same company. After entering that door, when they come out again, they have been there for the rest of their lives. .

Now that they suddenly have to leave the research institute and join Dongxin Semiconductor, they are all hesitant. Li Dongling's meaning is very clear, that is, only if they join Dongxin Semiconductor will Dongxin Semiconductor be willing to continue investing in the development of lithography machines. This is the premise condition.

But suddenly leaving the place where you have spent your whole life, everyone is reluctant and confused. If nothing else, just say that the old things that have been at home for more than ten years may not be used at all, but when it is time to throw them away, They will be hesitant and reluctant to part with it, and just throw it away, and they may feel empty for a while.

"Dine first, Chief Engineer Zhou," Li Dongling said to Zhou Shi and the three of them. "The logistics team has prepared meals. This matter is not urgent. Chief Engineer Zhou can think about it slowly. In addition to Dongxin Semiconductor, In addition to discussing with the 45 Research Institute of the Ministry of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, we also need to make an agreement with the Ministry of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering and the Electronics Department!"

It's okay not to say this, but after hearing this, Zhou Shi and the others became even more impatient. They have been waiting for nine years, and the gap with foreign lithography machines has expanded from a thousand nanometer process to 250 nanometers. If Foreign lithography machines have entered nanometers and they think that they don’t have to chase them because it is impossible to catch up!

Right now, every minute is crucial to Zhou Shi and the others. How can they relax? If this is delayed, it will be delayed for another eight or ten years. No one can say for sure. Age can no longer afford to gamble. This is the last golden period for R&D personnel. When the old eyes are dim, it will be too late.

"We are willing to join Dongxin Semiconductor!"

Seeing that Li Dongling was about to go out, Zhou Shi took them to Dongxin Semiconductor's restaurant for dinner, and finally shouted out at the last moment.

"No matter what the negotiation between Dongxin Semiconductor and 45 Research Institute is, we and the R&D personnel of the lithography machine research group are willing to join Dongxin Semiconductor!"

"But Mr. Li also needs to promise me two things, otherwise, I will take the train back to Research Institute 45 today!" Zhou Shi said to Li Dongling with a firm gaze.

"Please say!"

"The first thing is that Tanglin Hi-Tech really needs to support us in developing photolithography machines. This research and development may be very expensive, with an investment of tens of millions!"

Zhou Shi said that in his opinion, the investment of tens of millions is already quite exaggerated. Before the lithography machine entered the 100-nanometer stage, research and development was actually not that exaggerated.

Twenty years ago, in the 1970s, semiconductor manufacturers such as Intel did not purchase lithography machines. They could make lithography machines by hand using parts. In the past 20 years, lithography machines have become more and more expensive.

In the past ten years, domestic lithography machines have not been researched and developed not because the technology cannot keep up. It is purely because of funding and the market. There is no money to research and develop lithography machines. In addition, there are no buyers after the research and development. It is better to buy foreign lithography machines than to buy them. It’s cheaper in China. Buying chips is cheaper than manufacturing them. If you can’t sell them, no one will play anymore.

"The first one, I agree!" Li Dongling said directly, let alone 450 million, the investment in research and development of this thing in the previous life was calculated in units of million. If it really costs million, Zhou Shi and the others can make Dongxin Semiconductor develop it. If you use your own lithography machine to catch up with the process to nanometers, you will definitely make a lot of money.

In the previous life until 1999, Nikon used to export 450nm lithography machines. It can be seen that few companies in the world, including China, can develop this thing. "Article ..."

Speaking of the second condition, Zhou Shi felt a little hot. He also knew the second condition, and he was a little overreaching. But coming out of the 45th Research Institute, he really didn't have any respect for the unit he had treated for decades. Emotions are really difficult to deal with. If he has enough to eat and his old friends and associates from the past are nibbling on cornbread, he will really feel bad about it in his conscience.

"Can the 45 Research Institute be included in Dongxin Semiconductor's lithography machine cooperation unit and invest part of the funds in the 45 Research Institute to help Dongxin Semiconductor develop silicon wafers, precision workbenches and other products?"

"Don't worry, the technical level of Research Institute 45 is there, but the funding in the past was insufficient and the experimental equipment was poor. As long as there is funding, research and development results can definitely be achieved."

Li Dongling looked at Zhou Shi, thought for a moment, and finally nodded, "As long as they can develop something, Dongxin Semiconductor will invest in them!"

The semiconductor industry is a complex industrial chain, from raw materials to photolithography machines to chip design and production, electronic control software, optical systems, etc., requiring at least four to five hundred companies.

If Dongxin Semiconductor were to fight alone, it would be too tiring, and it would take an unknown amount of time. If it could find helpers, its chances of winning would be much higher.

If Donglin Semiconductor can establish its own industrial chain system like Samsung in its previous life and support and cultivate companies such as Yangtze Memory, Vail, AMEC, Sanan Optoelectronics, etc., then Dongling Hi-Tech will follow Samsung, Nikon, Alibaba, etc. When companies such as Bismarck and Intel compete, they are no longer fighting alone. Instead, they are fighting against a group of Dongxin Semiconductors. Or, to put it another way, Dongxin Semiconductor and a group of subordinates will fight against the opponent in a fair and just duel. Gang fight!

45 Research Institute may be a start. If it can really be supported, it will be worth it even if Dongxin Semiconductor spends more money.

"We will call the engineers from the lithography machine research team to come over tomorrow to start the research and development of a new generation of lithography machine. We have been delayed for too long and cannot be delayed any longer!"

When Zhou Shi heard Li Dongling's two items, he agreed. His face suddenly showed joy, and he immediately said to Li Dongling that they were not planning to go back and were ready to start research and development immediately. Many of the equipment and even computers at Dongxin Semiconductor, etc., They all need to be familiar with it.

When Li Dongling heard this, he didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He pulled Zhou Shi and the others towards the restaurant, "It's more important to eat first. Besides, the salary has not been discussed with you yet..."

"It's not urgent," said Zhang Anshi, "If we don't develop something, we won't be able to feel at ease with Dongxin Semiconductor's salary."

No matter what Zhou Shi, Zhang Anshi, and Wang Xia said, Li Dongling still made the treatment and salary of Dongling Semiconductor R&D personnel the same as those in Dongling High-tech Technology Department. Chen Tao's salary is equal to more than 7,000 yuan per month. Adding bonuses, year-end bonuses, etc., Zhou Shi's annual salary at Dongxin Semiconductor exceeds 100,000 yuan, which is about 12,500 US dollars!

Such a price is already extremely high in China. When they heard such a salary, Zhou Shi and the others were shocked and waved their hands to reject it, "This is not appropriate!"

The combined salaries of several of them are equivalent to several months of salary payment by 45 Research Institute.

"As the chief engineer of Dongxin Semiconductor, Mr. Zhou, as well as Workers Wang and Zhang, you deserve such salary. If you can't get the highest salary in the industry, how can Dongxin Semiconductor attract more young people and even overseas people in the future?" Top engineers from Dongxin come to Dongxin?!”

Li Dongling pushed several large plates of hard dishes, including elbows, beef, chicken, duck, fish and other dishes, in front of Zhou Shi and others. No matter how the domestic semiconductor industry is treated, Dongxin needs to be at the top of the industry, or even become a benchmark, so that more people can Geniuses from many industries join Dongxin Semiconductor.

If Zhou Shi, the chief engineer of Dongxin Semiconductor, has a salary of only more than 200 yuan, then which young man would still be willing to join this industry? He cannot let the horse run and not let him eat grass, then he is not being a hooligan!

With Zhou Shi's statement, no matter what the negotiation between Dongxin Semiconductor and 45 Research Institute is, Dongxin Semiconductor's stall has been set up. This is a precautionary measure. It may not be used in a short time, nor It may take three or five years to get results, but just like mushroom bombs, whether this thing is available and whether it is used are completely different things!

After Zhou Shi and the others arrived, lithography engineers from the 45 Research Institute also rushed over one after another. Many people even came over directly without reporting to the 45 Research Institute after hearing about Zhou Shi's treatment. Core Semiconductor is arguing with the 45 Research Institute, but the lithography machine department of Dongxin Semiconductor is still running.

Li Dongling also waited for the arrival of another person at noon the next day.

(End of this chapter)