Technological power starts with upgrading lenses

Chapter 64 What the hell is this single crystal furnace?
During the following period, although Dahan Silicon and Silicon Information Technology did not have a formal communication from beginning to end, both parties tacitly competed secretly and frantically accelerated the research and development process of single crystal furnaces. .

"Part No. 2589!"

In the assembly workshop of Dahan Silicon Industry, Kangchi is installing every part in an orderly manner.

He didn't even need to look at the drawings, he just popped out the part numbers one by one.
The ten part-time assistants only need to go to the corresponding warehouse and transport the boxes to the assembly workshop based on the part numbers mentioned by Kang Chi.

Then unpack it, hand it to Kangchi, clean the packaging,
It’s as easy as them moving bricks on the construction site!
Of course, when it comes to large parts that cannot be lifted by one person or even need to be lifted by a crane, Kangchi still needs their help to install them.
Half of these ten migrant workers are responsible for lifting on construction sites, so after a few days of familiarity, they can basically operate these installation equipment skillfully.

As each part was successfully installed, a single crystal furnace with a diameter of five meters and a height of eight meters gradually took shape.

It looks like a large oil drum with several windows.
If you just look at the surface, no one would have imagined that the cost of this thing is as high as tens of millions, let alone how complicated its internal structure is.

The feelings of several migrant workers during this period may be the same as those of Fang Qiming helping Kangchi build the lens production line.

While not aware of the seriousness, he was also full of curiosity and respect for Kang Chi.

……

While building the single crystal furnace, Kangchi also did not forget to convene a "special operations team" from time to time.
While discussing the problem with them, give them a little pressure appropriately to create the illusion that you are a little anxious.

As for conquering key components, he did not slack off. He often went deep into the work of each team to help them make suggestions and maximize the overall progress of the project.

However, no matter how fast the progress of Dahan Silicon Industry is, they are still the newcomers who have grown from nothing to something.

Compared with companies like Silicon Information Technology, which already have semi-finished single crystal furnaces and only need structural improvements, the speed is ultimately a bit slower.

"good news!Domestic silicon wafers have made a major breakthrough, Silicon Information Technology has successfully conquered the 12-inch single crystal furnace! 》

On Women’s Day, March 3, a piece of news quietly appeared in the semiconductor industry media.

Because the popularity of the 'Queen's Day' hyped up by e-commerce companies was too high, this blockbuster news was firmly suppressed in the industry and did not break the circle.

Although the news did not break the news, it caused a lot of discussion in the industry.

Currently, there are dozens of companies in the world that can manufacture 12-inch semiconductor silicon rods.

But there are only two companies in the island country, Shin-Etsu Chemical and Swiss Kovacs, that can actually manufacture single crystal furnace equipment on their own!

But starting from today, the situation will be completely changed!

This will be an important milestone in the localization of silicon wafer manufacturing equipment!
This is the first major good news for the domestic semiconductor industry after the New Year.

“Sure enough, making silicon wafers still depends on silicon trust!”

"After all, it is an old silicon wafer company with deep enough technological accumulation. Quantitative changes lead to qualitative changes. It is normal for it to achieve such a major breakthrough."

"Hmm...that's not right. Who is this Fang Qiang? Why don't you see Yan Hui's name?"

"Ah? Let me take a look again... Hey, it seems there really isn't one? What's going on?"

These industry insiders quickly smelled something unusual in the news, and through searching, they finally found an inconspicuous piece of news in Silicon Information Technology’s announcement.

"Dr. Yan Hui resigned from his position as Chief Technical Advisor of Silicon Information Technology due to personal reasons?"

The announcement was issued on February 2, the day before the Lantern Festival.

As a result, people in the industry who had a relationship with Yan Hui called him one after another to inquire about the situation. Yan Hui just responded uniformly:

He was not feeling well and needed to rest for a while. He did not participate in the subsequent research and development of the single crystal furnace and had no knowledge of this technological breakthrough.

In addition to caring about his health and letting him recuperate, his friends also sighed.

After all, Yan Hui has worked hard in the field of silicon wafer research and development for so long, but at this most critical moment, he fell ill, and the peach was picked by a subordinate...

How hard did this hit him?

At the same time, the Ministry of Science and Technology also received the application report from Silicon Information Technology, and immediately arranged an expert team to start the results review and verification process.

If all goes well, Silicon Information Technology can obtain almost [-] million special subsidy funds with this single crystal furnace technology!
Compared with the joy in the industry, Dahan Silicon Industry seems somewhat gloomy.

After the news that Silicon Information Technology was the first to achieve technological breakthroughs spread to Dahan Silicon Industry, everyone's enthusiasm for work immediately faded by more than half.

This news not only means that Dahan Technology, which is currently focusing on monocrystalline furnaces, will not receive special subsidy funds, but also will fall into a passive situation in the subsequent carving up of the market cake.

even……

Whether Dahan Silicon can develop a single crystal furnace is still a big question mark.

Now let alone the ordinary team members, even the team leaders are full of worries about the company's prospects.

At this juncture, Kang Chi couldn't reveal anything to them. He could only give them a few words of encouragement that were better than nothing, and then let them feel depressed for a while.

Fortunately, most of the key components have been conquered, and the remaining few have roughly figured out the direction. It is estimated that the manufacturing of all components can be completed in a week at most.

The rest is up to the assembly progress.

As the saying goes, it's all a show. After comforting everyone, Kang Chi convened the special operations team and got angry with them, complaining that their progress was too slow and that they hadn't fully understood the drawings and come up with a practical and effective project plan after so long...

"You don't expect me to study the production plan of each part, or even make it for you, right? Then what use do I need you for?"

Looking at Kang Chi with a gloomy face, several people felt aggrieved.

Although they are all technicians who have participated in the research and development of single crystal furnaces, those research and development either failed or they did not have access to the core technology at all.
For a while, it was as difficult as trying to understand the drawings given by Kang Chi.

In the final analysis, they are still not good enough.

Give them a specific part drawing, and they may be able to analyze it clearly and propose a practical manufacturing plan.
But if you give them a complete schematic design drawing and ask them to disassemble the parts, they will be completely confused.

If you give them enough time, they may be able to slowly develop something and gradually complete the promotion from technician to researcher.
But the reality is that they don’t have time to improve themselves at all.

Thinking of this, Hu Wenjun suddenly had an idea and felt that this was a good opportunity to use his plan!

Anyway, their mission in Dahan Silicon Industry has been basically completed.
Why not take this opportunity to resign directly on the grounds of limited work ability and retire unscathed?

However, when Hu Wenjun took the lead and politely stated that his abilities were limited and he was not qualified for the job, Kang Chi suddenly changed his attitude and tried his best to retain them, constantly emphasizing their importance to Dahan Silicon Industry.

In any case, they will not let people go alive or dead.

Hu Wenjun was worried that his intention to run away was too obvious and would arouse Kang Chi's suspicion, so he couldn't be too tough, so he could only put aside his resignation temporarily.

After finishing the comfort work, Kang Chi returned to the assembly work of the monocrystalline furnace as if nothing had happened. While the employees were confused, they also somewhat restored their morale.
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Pingjiang City.

The expert team sent by the Ministry of Science and Technology arrived in Pingjiang on the third day after receiving the application from Silicon Information Technology.

After passing the technical review of the drawings, they personally inspected the equipment to confirm whether the independent research and development rate of the equipment met the standards.

Subsequently, engineers from Silicon Information Technology spent eight hours in front of a group of experts and successfully pulled out a 12-inch monocrystalline silicon rod.

After simple surface polishing and on-site testing using professional instruments, it was determined that the purity of this silicon rod reached 11 9s!

There was thunderous applause at the scene!

Members of the expert group congratulated Liu Xingdong one after another.

When Liu Xingdong was happy, he suddenly found that Wu Lihong, the leader of the expert group, was still looking at the design plan with a frown on his face, so he couldn't help walking over and asked: "Academician Wu, do you have any questions?" Wu Lihong raised his head and looked at it. Liu Xingdong glanced at it, then shook his head and said: "The principle of the process design is very clever, and the results of the field test are also in line with the standards. I haven't found any problems yet, but..."

"But what?"

This is the word Liu Xingdong is most afraid of hearing...

"But I think you still have to take it out for a walk before you know whether it is a donkey or a horse. So my suggestion is that you first perform subsequent cutting and polishing of this silicon rod, and then we distribute the silicon wafers to Different fabs and labs for final lithography verification.”

Liu Xingdong breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this.

The purity has clearly reached the standard, so what else could be wrong?

"Academician Wu is still thoughtful, so let's do as you say."

Although Liu Xingdong felt unhappy, he still agreed and quickly issued new instructions to various departments.

So the expert team stayed in Pingjiang for another day.
By the third day, the freshly baked silicon wafers were placed in sealed boxes filled with nitrogen.

Then a team of experts took them to personally fly to companies and institutions with wafer manufacturing capabilities such as SMIC, Huahong, Leon Micro, and the Institute of Microelectronics Technology of Jiangsu University.
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[Item: Floating belt method single crystal silicon smelting device]

[Manufacturer: Dahan Silicon Industry]

[Item level: 1]

【Experience: 0/10000】

[Item status: intact]

[Analysis items: no analysis items]

[General experience: 308]

[Mastery Points: 24.2]

As Kang Chi excitedly installed the last part, the familiar panel finally popped up!
In fact, he had already completed an assembly last night, but he didn't know why there was no ejection panel.

So Kangchi carefully checked the drawings and equipment again, and sure enough found that there was an error in one of the installation steps.

Fortunately, after today's disassembly and assembly, the panel finally popped out.

This made Kangchi have to sigh again, this system is so easy to use, and it can automatically detect equipment problems!
If this is used to build airplanes, rockets, etc., wouldn't it be possible to achieve a 0% accident rate?

Ok,
It's hard to say,

Some accidents are not necessarily caused by equipment problems, such as accidental factors such as a plane hitting a bird.

"Mr. Kang, is this good?"

More than a dozen migrant workers surrounding Kang Chi felt a sense of unreality when they saw Kang Chi finally completing the installation of this big thing.

Although they didn't understand this thing at all, they knew that Dahan Silicon invested [-] million just to build this thing.

When Kang Chi asked them to come over as temporary workers and help with assembly, they thought Kang Chi was joking.

No one could have imagined that less than a month had passed, and Kangchi had actually completed the R&D and manufacturing of a RMB [-] million project with their assistance...

It just feels a bit magical.

"It should be fine. We have to wait until the experiment to find out... Thank you all for your hard work during this period."

Kang Chi smiled at them: "You remember to go to the finance department to pay your salary later, so you don't have to come over tomorrow."

"Well, thank you, Mr. Kang."

As soon as they heard that their wages were due, these migrant workers immediately smiled, but after hearing that there was no need to come over, some of them felt a little melancholy.

"Mr. Kang, um, I want to ask..."

A young man with tanned skin finally plucked up the courage and asked in a low voice: "Are you still recruiting people?"

Upon hearing this question, everyone immediately looked at Kang Chi expectantly.

They have been working here as temporary workers for a month and are extremely envious of Dahan Silicon Industry's various benefits.

It wouldn't be great if I could become a regular worker.

Kang Chi pondered for a moment, and finally shook his head and said: "I have no demand for non-technical positions for the time being, but after the second phase of the project is completed, there will definitely be many non-technical positions recruited."

"If you want to join Dahan Silicon Industry, you can pay more attention to our recruitment announcement when the time comes. I will let the personnel give priority to you."

"Okay, I understand, thank you, Mr. Kang!"

Although Kangchi did not retain them now, which made them somewhat disappointed, Kangchi also promised that they would be given priority for non-technical positions in the future.

that's enough!
As these temporary workers left the assembly workshop, Kangchi summoned all the technical staff to the assembly workshop.

When the employees of Dahan Silicon entered the most mysterious assembly workshop of Dahan Silicon for the first time and saw the single crystal furnace erected in the middle, they were all stunned.

"This is... a single crystal furnace?!"

"Mr. Kang, has the assembly been completed?"

"I am not wrong, right?"

"What does a single crystal furnace using the floating belt method look like?"

"real or fake?"

"..."

Just when the other groups recovered from their surprise and began to discuss intensely, one group was still stunned in place.

what happened? !
Doesn’t it mean that we are the real hope of Dahan Silicon Industry?
What the hell is this single crystal furnace?

The five innocent technicians who made up the numbers were just confused.
They didn't understand why Kang Chi gave them the title of 'savior', but then did this behind his back.

The other five mice felt a chill from their scalps to their toes, so cold that their whole bodies couldn't help but tremble...

At this time, Kang Chi was very considerate and gave them a meaningful smile.

In the eyes of Hu Wenjun and others, this smile was like a demon crawling out of hell, opening its bloody mouth towards them.

Hu Wenjun subconsciously wanted to run away, but his trembling legs could not move forward.

At the same time, Liu Xingdong was still thinking about how much support funds the Ministry of Science and Technology would give to Silicon Information Technology this time.

As a result, I suddenly received a call from the expert team...

　This chapter is still a two-in-one chapter.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)