Kyoto Research Institute No. 3!

It was already 12:10 noon, and there were only about twenty people eating in this huge restaurant!

"What's going on? It's already the tenth day, and the people in the lithography machine research department are still doing closed research."

"Yes! It used to be lively with more than 100 people during dinner time, but now it's deserted!"

"Do you think the lithography machine research department will have a major technological breakthrough, so they engage in closed research?"

"It's really possible. Otherwise, why would we eat and live in the laboratory for ten consecutive days without letting anyone in or out?"

"Brothers, this is not possible. Our silicon wafer research department cannot be compared with them!"

At this time, Master Liu, who had just delivered meals to the lithography machine department, came back with his cart!

A scientific researcher walked up curiously and asked Master Xiao Liu!

"Master Xiao Liu, what's going on in the lithography machine department? Is there any technological breakthrough?"

When asked, Master Liu shook his head and said he didn't know anything!

"We are internal staff, and confidentiality regulations are not involved!" said the researcher!

But Master Xiao Liu already shook his head, expressing his ignorance!

When he followed his father and came here to work as a chef, an important piece of advice his father gave him was: Never tell any information about the institute at any time!

Master Xiao Liu kept this advice in mind and just cooked his own meals and did not participate in anything else! He could not talk at all in the institute, but he was really afraid of losing this well-earned job!

Seeing that Master Xiao Liu was silent, the scientific researcher could only return to his seat, and a person next to him said!

"Lao Gao, if you ask Master Xiao Liu, it's all in vain!"

Then the researcher, who was called Lao Gao, turned to Qiao Yifei, who was in a daze next to him!

"Hey! Yifei, a primary school girl."

"ah?"

Qiao Yifei was thinking about her little thoughts when she was suddenly called out. Her face turned red, as if the little secret in her heart had been peeked into!

"What...what's wrong, Senior Brother Gao!"

"Has your uncle told you what is going on in the lithography machine research department?"

All the researchers present knew that Qiao Yifei was Mr. Qiao’s niece.

Everyone's ears are perked up, waiting for your answer from Qiao Yifei!

Qiao Yifei shook her head and said!

"My uncle is also in the lithography machine department. He hasn't come out for ten days. I don't know what's going on?"

After hearing this answer, everyone was a little disappointed and had to continue eating their meals!

Qiao Yifei continued!

"However, according to my uncle's character, there must be a major technological breakthrough for him to be so desperate!"

Lao Gao said thoughtfully, "If you say so, they may really have developed a 17-nanometer lithography machine!"

When everyone heard this, the food in their bowls suddenly became unsavoury.

Their silicon wafer research department has always been faster than the lithography machine department. If they really develop a 17nm lithography machine, they will directly catch up with them by a large margin.

Think about it, they used to joke about this with the staff in the lithography machine department, but now they have turned around!

None of them spoke, but ate faster.

Their current idea is to finish their meal quickly so they can do more research. Maybe they can also make a major breakthrough in silicon wafer technology!

Lao Gao saw that the atmosphere was a little tense, so he said to everyone!

"There is no need to be so sad about their technological breakthrough in the photolithography machine department. We should be happy!"

"Lao Gao, the photolithography machine department's technology has broken through to 17 nanometers. We are indeed happy for them in our hearts, but now our silicon wafer department's technology is holding them back!"

What this researcher said was indeed what all of them thought.

At this time, Lao Gao mysteriously said to everyone!

"You all come here!"

When more than a dozen people heard what Lao Gao said, they immediately stretched their heads out of curiosity!

"I have good news for you. I have extracted silicon wafers with 100% purity."

Everyone looked at Lao Gao in shock!

"Really?"

"Of course, I originally thought that I would report it tomorrow after the data problem is resolved!"

"Lao Gao, you are so awesome!"

"Go, go, go and have a look!"

"I haven't finished my meal yet!"

"What else can we eat?"

Lao Gao, surrounded by more than ten people, came to his laboratory!

In their silicon wafer department, the purity of silicon wafers broke through to % half a year ago, and it has stayed there ever since!

Just yesterday, Lao Gao made a mistake and misadjusted the data of the machine and equipment, and accidentally extracted a silicon wafer with a purity of %.

At that time, he was so excited that words could not express it.

But he quickly calmed down because he wasn't sure if it was just a coincidence!

So he began to conduct experiments based on this data. The purity of the silicon wafers extracted from the first three products fluctuated between ~ after testing!

Just when he was doing his fourth experiment, the silicon wafer proposed suddenly dropped to 79%!

He thought there was a mistake, so he did the fifth experiment, and the purity was still 79%!

This puzzled him. The materials did not change, and the data of the machine did not change either!

But why did the purity of the extraction suddenly drop so much?

So, he began to consider the surrounding factors, air humidity, temperature, noise and other factors!

After excluding one by one, the result of the experiment is still 79%!

After conducting experiments for seven or eight hours, he didn't even eat lunch.

In the end, he really couldn't figure out what the problem was.

He ate dinner in a hurry and went back to the laboratory to do experiments, but he found nothing!

Until this morning, he suddenly refined silicon wafers with 100% purity!

This immediately shocked him, and he began to experiment non-stop.

Until the fourth time, the purity suddenly dropped to 79%

The fifth time, the sixth time...the twentieth time it was already 79%, which made him speechless!

Is there a limit to the purity that can be extracted every day?

Only three times!

He stared at several experiment sheets and suddenly discovered the time on them!

More than 99% of the time were extracted yesterday!

09:03

09:09

09:16

Today's extraction is more than 99% of the time respectively!

09:00

09:07

09:15

He hurriedly looked at the list of other failed experiments, and they were all between 9:00 and 9:16!

He began to look for factors that were different between this time period and other time periods!

Until he saw a small beam of light shining through a hole in the curtain!

Sunlight!

He was suddenly excited!

Because the laboratory requires relatively high conditions, the curtains are always closed!

He calculated the position from 9 o'clock to 9:16 by using the sunlight shining through the small hole.

Found that it happened to be the location of the single crystal furnace!
Chapter completed!