Chen Yao’s idea is really bold!

Zhou Weiming dared not even think about it.

Even if you dare to think, you dare not do it.

Because, it's too difficult!

If you want to make a chip, you need to have a wafer stick. The larger the wafer stick, the more wafers you cut out.

Chip giants around the world want to make wafers bigger, but the maximum limit that can be achieved now is only 12 inches.

Upgrade from 4 inches to 6 inches, to 8 inches, to 12 inches.

The wafer rod has not been upgraded for 20 years. Yes, the 12-inch wafer rod has been the technology from 20 years ago.

It's stuck for 20 years and hasn't upgraded again.

The technical difficulty is indeed very high, but this is not the main reason, but the cost is too high!

A 18-inch wafer rod production line costs 10 billion US dollars, yes 10 billion US dollars.

This is just the cost of wafer fabs. All production equipment suppliers will upgrade together with the upstream and downstream of the industry, and at least 100 billion US dollars will be invested, yes, 100 billion US dollars.

Even if he is as rich as Samsung, he dares not play with 18-inch wafer sticks.

Zhou Weiming was surprised and stared at Chen Yao blankly for a long time.

Chen Yao put down the 12-inch wafer stick in his hand and said with a relaxed look: "What, are you surprised?"

"Can you not be surprised? The cost is hundreds of billions of dollars." Zhou Weiming frowned.

It's not a joke. If you do this, it will drag down the company in minutes.

Although the legendary track has sufficient funds, such a huge amount of funds cannot be afforded.

Chen Yao walked in the production workshop and said: "The so-called cost of over 100 billion US dollars is just Western statistics. In our country, the cost can be greatly reduced."

China has the most complete industrial system and complete supply chain system in the world. The same commodity, produced in China, costs much lower than that of Western countries.

A large marine transport ship costs 100 million US dollars to produce in the United States, and can be handled in China with 10 million US dollars.

Chen Yao carefully estimated that the actual cost of u is not as high as hundreds of billions.

In the past few decades, the United States has dominated the development of the world's chip industry, from 6 inches, to 8 inches, and then to 12 inches.

Chen Yao will turn this situation around and strive to create the world's first 18-inch production line.

What technological products can be upgraded for 20 years?

The wafer rod has not been upgraded for 20 years, which is not normal. The problem is which company dares to stand up first and take the lead in doing this.

Intel, Samsung once thought about it and tried it, but was eventually scared by the terrifying cost and the project was miscarried.

Chen Yao ordered: "You contact all chip production equipment suppliers in China, and I want to hold a meeting."

Zhou Weiming also knows his style, and as long as he decides, no one can change it.

Besides, what he is confident of doing has never failed.

Zhou Weiming ran back to the office and called.

Chen Yao walked out of the factory, took off his mask, and saw that it was time for lunch.

Half an hour later, he sat alone in the office, with a cup of green tea on the table, and a faint smoke wafted out of the tea cup.

After taking a sip of tea and putting down the tea cup, Chen Yao immediately opened the universe U disk on his phone and searched for data inside.

One of the big reasons for the high cost is that R&D costs, manpower and time require a lot of money, and the R&D process is long.

Many chip production equipment suppliers are not large in scale and are unwilling to spend huge amounts of money on research and development.

Scientific research is not something that will lead to results if you spend money. If you invest so much, you may end up wasting your money, and suppliers will have no motivation to upgrade.

Therefore, Chen Yao is now looking for scientific research data in the U disk, not only for himself, but also to help suppliers take off their technology so that they can produce results as soon as possible.

Although the legendary track makes chips, from design, production to packaging, the entire industrial chain is controlled by oneself, it is impossible to make all equipment by oneself.

For example, wire-trimming machines, testing machines, etc., hundreds of equipment need to be supplied by suppliers.

After searching for a long time, Chen Yao found all technical information on all 18-inch production lines in the Universe U disk Leo partition.

The data is huge, and in addition to the text description, there are also detailed and clear drawings.

Chen Yao nodded and was very satisfied. He consumed all the points and obtained all the scientific research materials.

Then, some files are printed out through the printer, and the other part of the data is imported into the Super Quick Learning Platform.

In the afternoon, the sun shone brightly.

Cars drove into the factory one by one, and the bosses from 500 chip suppliers across the country came to participate in the legendary chip ecosystem conference.

In the domestic manufacturing industry, no matter what parts you want, you can find suppliers, and it is fast, efficient and low-cost.

Huaxia is the only country in the world today with a complete industrial system, which is incomparable to any country in the world.

The international industrial system is divided into 39 major categories, 191 medium categories, and 525 minor categories.

A complete industrial system means that it has production and R&D capabilities in all 525 subcategories.

Chen Yao shook hands with them one by one: "Welcome to the audience."

Boss Li Yunlong pushed the gold-rimmed glasses and laughed: "You are the real boss, and we are just your little brother."

Chen Yao's position in the chip industry is unparalleled, and his every move can shake the entire industry.

This time, he said that the chip ecology conference was held, and the supplier's boss did not dare to neglect and rushed over immediately.

The bosses walked into the conference hall and sat down one by one.

Chen Yao stood in front of them, cleared his throat and said:

"The purpose of getting everyone here is very simple, it is to upgrade the next generation of wafers."

Li Yunlong was a little confused: "The wafer rod has been developing for 20 years and its technology has been very mature. What else needs to be upgraded, right?"

"Yes, we need to increase the size of the wafer rod!"

Chen Yao held a white chalk and wrote a line of words on the blackboard behind him.

18 inches!

A few short words shocked all suppliers.

Upgrading from 12 inches to 18 inches is not just about adding six inches, it is a cost investment of hundreds of billions.

Li Yunlong was a little confused: "Is it really necessary to make such a big wafer stick?"

"Yes." Chen Yao said with certainty: "The initial investment may be relatively large, but in the long run, the chip price can be reduced."

Li Yunlong frowned: "The whole world is full of American companies, are we too risky?"

Chen Yao wrote a line of words on the blackboard again.

Dare to be the first in the world, 18-inch production line!

His face was unprecedentedly serious: "Precisely because there is no company in the world who dares to do it, we can do it boldly."
Chapter completed!