Shockingly, a counterfeit factory has produced a 3-nanometer chip.

Chapter 534 Technology Secrecy? High-Profile Publicity?

"You still don't trust me? If I can't figure this out with the information provided by President Shen, then all my knowledge has been wasted!"

After saying that, he patted his chest and assured him.

Minister Liu quickly grabbed his friend's hand: "It's not that I don't trust you, it's just that this equipment is too important."

Chen Jianming understood, of course, since he had known the importance of these devices from the very first day he stepped into this place.

"Alright, stop pretending in front of me."

Let's see how it goes first.

After he finished speaking, he raised his hand to signal, and the staff immediately started the equipment.

The wafer stage moved slowly, and the laser projected onto the silicon wafer through the immersion liquid layer. The process went very smoothly without any malfunctions.

Let me briefly explain the core parameters to you again.

With a numerical aperture of 0.93, it supports quadruple exposure technology for sound transmission. Currently, the stable mass production process is 14nm, and after process optimization, it can reach 10nm.

The maximum process technology is 6nm.

We are currently testing a 14nm process, with a stable yield rate of over 95%, and a monthly capacity of 12000 wafers per unit.

Chen Jianming's words were very concise, after all, none of those present were technical experts...

They wouldn't understand overly complex technical information anyway, but these are the basic results, making communication easier.

"The overall performance of this equipment is on par with ASML's top-of-the-line NXE series DUV lithography machine."

Seeing that President Shen had spoken, and asked such a professional question at that, Chen Jianming immediately felt he had found a kindred spirit and quickly went over to him.

"Yes, Mr. Shen, I didn't expect you to be so professional."

"Of course, all the information you had back then was poached from the United States by President Shen during the economic crisis."

At this moment, Ren Zhengfei, who was standing to the side, answered.

After all, he still cherishes that summer and made the right choice.

Not only did it bring them a life-saving sum of money, it also brought them a powerful figure.

Minister Liu from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology ignored their praise and instead walked to the observation window, staring at the equipment inside for a long time.

He sighed from time to time.

"That's amazing!"

Four or five years ago, we were worried about the bottleneck issues of 40nm and 28nm. Now, not only have the process been solved, but even the source equipment has been solved.

We have both DUV and immersion DUV, and even a large number of export orders.

If this got out, who would believe it?

At this moment, Chen Jianming walked up to him again and said, "I heard from Lao Yang that they have already sold nearly seventy or eighty units of their orders."

"To be precise, it's 82 units. These two people in front of you are both big clients, so hurry up and try to curry favor with them."

Chen Jianming rolled his eyes at Minister Liu's words, but still walked over very consciously.

At this moment, Ren Zhengfei gestured for him to go find the elder brother next to him:

"We at Huawei had considered building our own factory before, but after Mr. Shen resolved the production capacity crisis, we gave up on it. After all, we're all family, and building two factories would be too wasteful of resources."

Looking at the carefree Ren Zhengfei, Shen Fei smiled.

That makes sense, after all, he owns 50% of the mid-range chips in the chip manufacturing industry. Although the chip production capacity is not as good as his own Taishan series, it is still considered as one of his own.

"Don't worry, we've reserved the first 10 for you."

"This...this...our initial plan was for an annual production capacity of only 5 units, and this order has been placed for two years."

On behalf of my brothers, thank you, General Manager Shen!

After all, these people are never afraid of tackling technical challenges; what they fear is not being able to sell their products after the technical challenges are solved, and then not having enough money to conduct further research.

Minister Liu looked at the equipment and smiled, a smile that reflected the expectations of domestic researchers for domestically produced equipment.

Then he walked up to the three of them:

"I have a somewhat immature idea that I'd like to share with the three of you."

My suggestion is to keep this technology under wraps and not officially announce it to the public.

TSMC's most advanced mass production process is currently 20nm. They are working on 16nm and 14nm respectively, but the technology is not very mature.

So we're ahead...and at least a generation ahead."

At this moment, a subtle expression appeared on Shen Fei's face.

Minister Liu immediately understood: "You've given me another surprise, kid. Your technology is at least two generations ahead."

My idea is to handle it internally first.

"Mr. Shen, once your wafer fab reaches 7nm capacity, quietly increase production capacity and then slowly sell the equipment."

Upon hearing this, the people accompanying him all nodded in agreement.

In their view, such crucial technology should be kept as secret as possible, as premature exposure would only invite more intense suppression from the United States.

Although they are not afraid and always use soybean-branded or rare earth-branded products, the domestic market will still be affected to some extent...

But Shen Fei shook his head.

He didn't approve of the plan, but Minister Liu and his colleagues hadn't done anything wrong either. After all, their generation had suffered a lot, and they would subconsciously hide good things from each other.

But you don't need to transmit sound... there are plenty of ways to do it.

"Minister Liu, I don't think it's necessary."

Immersion DUV is not an advanced technology to begin with; frankly, it is just a breakthrough in a mature technology route and cannot be considered a next-generation core technology.

"Of course our quadruple exposure technology is indeed advanced, but it's not for sale."

"So as long as we don't use quadruple exposure technology, our equipment is just an ordinary product."

Our real trump card is the EUV extreme ultraviolet lithography machine project.

Ren Zhengfei nodded again. After all, he knew these parameters, although he felt that the data that made others stand out... was ultimately not EUV.

At this point, Chen Jianming nodded: "Mr. Shen is right. I personally also suggest publicity."

It's not that I want to be famous, but this equipment will only be useful for the next two nodes: 10nm and 7nm.

Only when it's considered an advanced technology can the equipment command a high price; otherwise, it will simply be considered a mature process and sold at a bargain price.

Even a bureau chief from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology was moved: "Minister, although outsiders say we are thugs."

While it's possible to sell health technology at rock-bottom prices, if someone truly had the capability, why would they want to sell it for such a low price? We want to profit from it too!

At this point, Minister Liu was also moved.

He wanted to, but wasn't he terrified of being poor?

Chen Jianming understood his hesitation, so he said to his friend:

"Don't worry, I've spoken with Lao Wang, and their project is progressing smoothly."

The project has entered the stage of integrated debugging, and the core light source and optical system have been mastered. It can be put into use in three years at most.

Compared to that equipment, today's immersion DUV is outdated technology, a complete waste of time.

Minister Liu was dumbfounded. He had been admiring it for so long, and now he was being told...

"Three years? That fast? Doesn't that mean we can catch up with Asmail?"