After this messy year, Chen Xia has to devote himself to the work of the new year again.

The development of several Chinese patent medicines is very smooth, the secret recipe is ready-made, and Pumpkin Vine Pharmaceutical does not lack experimental equipment, and the supervision is not strict these days, so it will not take too long to be launched on the market.

But in the field of "medical devices", we still encountered difficulties.

Chen Xia had previously applied for patents for those "lamboscopic instruments", which combined more than 3,000, but there is one problem that cannot be avoided in any case and needs to be solved urgently.

If this problem is not solved, large-scale production of laminoscopes will encounter great resistance and bottlenecks, that is, "chips".

At present, Pumpkin Vine has solved the materials and manufacturing processes of the laminoscope.

There are two problems that are difficult to overcome at the moment.

One is that although LCD screen technology has applied for a lot of patents, it still cannot be produced, so it can only be replaced by "detector TV".

It can only be replaced temporarily, because the imaging tube technology is not high-definition enough, which can easily cause doctors to miss out on subtle lesions during the operation.

When the light-sensitive camera sends a signal back, the LCD screen is like a doctor's eyes, which is a very, very important topic.

Chen Xia has entrusted scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences to invest huge amounts of money to conduct further research at the experimental center in Mingde Village, Xiangjiang.

Later it was discovered that the original patent for LCD technology was in the hands of two Swiss scientists, and Siji Group could only acquire the patent at a low price of just 100,000 US dollars.

This also clears legal obstacles for the future development of its own LCD technology.

In the future, the patents of various LCD screens, such as LCD technology, OLED technology, TFT technology, TN technology, STN technology, etc., will be in Chen Xia's hands, and then you will be rich.

At that time, no matter whether you are a TV, computer, mobile phone, etc., which one can do without this technology?

LCD technology is easy to solve, but it will take decades to update and replace it, and it will be enough at the beginning.

Chen Xia has a ready-made computer LCD monitor and mobile phone screen monitor. At that time, scientists will disassemble and study it and copy it, and it will not be too difficult.

But there is another problem, that is, "chip" technology.

In 1993, China also had its own semiconductor and integrated circuit technology, which could also make 1 micron chips, but in terms of output and technical level, it was far behind foreign countries.

This is a very regrettable thing. You should know that in 1978, Melly Country GCA launched the world's first commercial step-by-step projection lithography machine DSW4800, with a lithography accuracy of about 3 microns.

Only two years later, in 1980, Tsinghua University also developed the fourth generation of distributed projection lithography machine with an accuracy of up to 3 microns. The chip research and development technology was second only to the United States and was close to the mainstream international level.

As a result, in the mid-to-late 1980s, because the research and development of lithography machines required a lot of financial support, some people were reluctant to spend money.

Therefore, the idea of ​​"it is better to buy than to create" has become mainstream.

When you see this 4-character policy, do you look familiar with it?

The Three Loyal Family of One Family is a staunch advocate of "It's better to buy than to make", and even kicked an academician who strongly asked to independently study chips.

Because this "loyal" felt that he didn't need to invest too much in researching chips, it was cheaper to import from abroad anyway.

When Neuss and Moore, one of the "Eight Traitors" in Silicon Valley, founded Intel, which is still in glory, and Silicon Valley began to receive strong support from the government.

When the Japanese government organized enterprises and scientific research institutions to work together, it established the "VL Private Research and Development Committee" that would have a huge impact in the future, allowing enterprises that were originally disconnected to communicate with each other and mobilized the whole country to develop chips.

Even the country, a country that originally had no integrated circuits and semiconductor technology, realized the importance of chips and began to make efforts.

Some people in China actually say that they don’t need to make their own chips. If they are made abroad, we can just buy ready-made ones, which are cheap and convenient.

Such people should really be hung on the street and apologize to the people of the country.

A typical "traitor" and the biggest "traitor"!

In 1993, China generated the so-called latest technology, which was only able to manufacture 1 micron chip technology. This is because of the constraints of production processes and other factors, the cost is still very high, but the output is very low.

At this time, mainstream countries have generally adopted 0.60~0.35 micron technology.

Just this, compared with the laminoscope chip that Chen Xia took out, 0.35 is barely enough, but 1 micron is really not good, which makes it a headache.

Because Chen Xia wants to make himself CT, color ultrasound machine, electrocardiogram monitor, ventilator, etc., all of them cannot do without "chips", which is a technical difficulty that cannot be avoided.

Oh, there is also a "hearing aid", which was originally the latest product that Chen Xia wanted to launch this year, but it was also stuck in the difficulty of chips.

Xiangjiang, Mingde Village, Pumpkin Vine Medical Research Center.

Ye Shirong, general manager of Pumpkin Vine Pharmaceutical, director of the research center and former semiconductor professor Zhang Lianchang, formerly Huaqing University, sat in the office and discussing the chip issue with Chen Xia.

"Boss, the latest 0.35 micron chip is currently the latest model. Intel thinks that our shipment volume is too small and the design and manufacturing cost is too high, so we set it to be $2,000 per piece. This price is really too expensive."

Ye Shirong looked at the quotation in his hand and frowned.

Zhang Lianchang hurriedly followed up: "Mr. Chen, these medical chips can only be produced by Intel, the Netherlands' Feilupu. We cannot copy them in China, so we can only import them, and there is no other way."

Chen Xia also had a headache. A chip costs $2,000, but this is still an ordinary product. If the chips used on CT machines are priced at tens of thousands of dollars.

And it also has the attitude of whether you like to buy or not.

If this price is just for retail research, it is not a big problem, but if you want to produce it on a large scale, you have to consider the cost and selling price.

For example, if you have a hearing aid, the price of a chip will reach a few hundred dollars. How much do you plan to sell a hearing aid?

A hearing aid worth thousands of dollars, are you going to go to heaven? Who will you sell it to? Become a special item for the rich?

How much profit can it be?

There is also this laminoscope,

If pumpkin vines are to be produced on a large scale, it would not be a problem to sell tens of thousands of units a year. However, Chen Xia has invested more than 100 million US dollars in a laparoscopic instrument, which is just a "imitation".

When you make large-scale commercial production, such costs will be placed there and profits will be made. How much will you plan to sell a machine?

Everyone knows that your machine is good, but no one can afford it, it will be useless.

Laparoscopic medical devices need to be used for volume. The more volume, the higher the profit and the thinner the cost. This is a basic common sense.
Chapter completed!