Listening to the Asmail CEO's request, Lin Xiao couldn't help but raise his eyebrows slightly.
"Production of photolithography machines? Control of light source diffraction?"
"Yes."
Dawson Edinson smiled and nodded: "This issue is related to our final photolithography accuracy. If it is not perfect at this point, our photolithography machine will not be considered a finished product, that is, it will not be sold out of the factory."
of."
"I don't know if you know that our annual output of EUV lithography machines is only fifty units."
"And if we can have your help, I believe our production will be greatly improved, and maybe the whole world will benefit from it. After all, more lithography machines mean more chip production."
, maybe chips in the future can become cheaper and benefit the world.”
Lin Xiao smiled and did not comment.
Will the whole world benefit?
No wonder this person became the CEO. Lin Xiao couldn't say this with a smile anyway.
After all, the first person who cannot benefit is China. China spends trillions of yuan on purchasing chips from foreign countries every year. So much money will eventually flow abroad and be earned by foreign companies. Even Chinese companies will continue to invest in chips.
It has been blocked and sanctioned by foreign countries, which has seriously damaged China's interests.
From this point of view alone, Dawson Edinson’s so-called benefiting the whole world is extremely ridiculous.
As for future chips, will they become cheaper due to the increased output of photolithography machines?
This is even more nonsense. For those companies, unless the cost becomes lower, it is impossible to lower the price. Even if the cost becomes lower, they may raise the price backhand, and then complain to consumers about the rising cost.
Therefore, Lin Xiao did not believe even a word of what Dawson Edinson said.
Therefore, he did not dwell on this issue and said: "If your EUV lithography machine can be sold to our country, I believe it."
Dawson Edinson spread his hands and showed a helpless look: "Mr. Lin, this matter is really not that we are unwilling. Of course we are willing to accept the Chinese market. Didn't we take over your Huaxin before?"
An international order for EUV lithography machines? In the end, it was stopped by the Americans. It’s really not that we were unwilling. We have always been willing to sell DUV lithography machines to China.”
Lin Xiao smiled and said: "In that case, you can rest assured that I, a Chinese, can help you design a solution?"
Dawson Edinson smiled and said: "There is no need to worry about Mr. Lin. We are just a business cooperation. It is impossible for you to know the secrets of the lithography machine after you cooperate with us.
Even if we directly show you part of the production process of our EUV lithography machine, there will be no problem. This project we are cooperating with does not involve key technologies."
Although Dawson Edinson's words were very humble and polite, Lin Xiao clearly saw a kind of contempt for China in his eyes.
Asmail is the only company in the world that can manufacture EUV lithography machines, and as the CEO of Asmail, he will certainly show contempt for China.
After all, China simply does not have the ability to build EUV lithography machines. Even if the drawings are given to China, China cannot build them.
Because an EUV lithography machine has hundreds of thousands of parts, and these parts come from thousands of suppliers around the world, so even if China has the drawings, it is still impossible to produce so many parts, because
The parts are also extremely difficult to manufacture, such as lenses, which require the most advanced finishing technology. The surface accuracy must even reach the 50pm level to achieve this level, and this is for Hua.
For the time being, it seems that it is obviously difficult to achieve this with China's process technology.
Therefore, Dawson Edinson did not care at all about Lin Xiao's problem, or even considered it.
Lin Xiao's eyes narrowed slightly.
Pretending to be with me?
Then I will make you cry to death!
He has never forgotten what the system rewarded him with.
It’s called [Genbutsu Request]. It can scan and analyze everything in the world to obtain various information such as the production process of the scanned things. The scanned things are limited to 100 cubic meters, and an EUV light
The engraving machine is basically within 100 cubic meters.
Therefore, if there is an EUV lithography machine in front of him now, he can directly scan the EUV lithography machine and obtain all its production processes.
Although we still don’t know the actual effect of [Request for Real Things], I believe that once it is scanned, it will definitely have a certain effect.
When he returns to China later, he will definitely contribute to domestic photolithography machines.
The importance of photolithography machines is unquestionable.
Chips, as the crystallization of human wisdom, are of great significance to modern human society. In modern times, except for works of art, everything is inseparable from chips. Even Lego toys stacked with blocks may contain chips.
Tools, even the battery of a mobile phone, require the cooperation of various chips such as charging chips and power management chips.
Taking things a step further, supercomputers have higher demands on chips.
Although China’s supercomputer is awesome, that’s because engineers have tried their best to optimize the architecture. Sunway TaihuLight’s domestic chip Sunway 26010 many-core processor is manufactured using a 28nm process.
40960 installed.
The number one supercomputer in 2020 is the Apex supercomputer in the United States, which is mainly composed of 9216 14nm process CPUs and 27648 12nm process image processors, and its maximum floating-point computing speed of 200PFLOPS is higher than that of Sunway Taihu.
The 125PFLOPS of light is directly 60% higher.
The total number of processors in the former is 10% less than that in the latter.
This is the advantage of the process.
This is not to mention its military application.
Although the media claims that the lower the manufacturing process of chips used in weapons, the lower the better, but there are definitely places where more sophisticated chips can be used.
With the development of science and technology, even if low-process chips are not currently used in the military, they will be used sooner or later in the future. This is a question of whether there is a sword that cannot be used or a sword that cannot be used.
Therefore, Lin Xiao believes that it is very necessary for him to make a contribution to the development of China's lithography machines.
And since the Dawson Edinson in front of him came to his door, he accepted it.
Then, he smiled and said: "That's fine if you don't worry, but I want to ask, how much will you pay to hire me?"
Hearing Lin Xiao talk about money, Dawson Edinson immediately laughed.
Talk about money?
That would be easy to say.
Very easy to say.
What people like him like most is talking about money with others, especially people like Lin Xiao.
He really wanted to be a scientist when he was a child, but he didn't take it seriously and ended up in this situation now.
Of course, he didn't have the slightest regret in his heart. On the contrary, he thought it was very good.
After all, he now visits various high-end places, and because his company is the only company that monopolizes all lithography machine manufacturers, he has enjoyed countless adulation and flattery. At this time, he can even treat those
Scientists are bossy and can do whatever they want.
Before coming to see Lin Xiao, he originally thought that Lin Xiao, a world-renowned top scientist, especially a Chinese, would be difficult to deal with. He even prepared to leave with failure. Unexpectedly,
After talking for a few words, we started talking about money?
"Price has never been an issue. You can even mention it casually. In my plan to see you this time, there is no question about the price required to hire you."
Lin Xiao spread his hands: "Not a problem? Then...1 billion euros."
The smile on Dawson Edinson's face froze, and then he said: "Mr. Lin, you really know how to joke."
Lin Xiao raised his eyebrows and said: "Okay, let me give you a normal quotation. After the matter is resolved, I will need 50 million euros."
Hearing this quotation, Dawson Edinson breathed a sigh of relief. He thought that Lin Xiao's quotation of 1 billion euros just now was serious. That was equivalent to the price of one of their EUV lithography machines. This was obviously what Lin Xiao was doing.
Play him.
Of course, Lin Xiao's current quotation is too expensive, 50 million euros, which is of course unacceptable. They are just looking for Lin Xiao to solve one problem.
So, the next wave of pulling began.
It was not until finally that Dawson Edinson offered a hiring fee of 1 million euros and a final settlement fee of 20 million euros that the two parties reached an agreement.
Of course, the more seriously Lin Xiao bargains with him, it basically means that Lin Xiao will also pay attention to their affairs in the future.
Therefore, Dawson Edinson is quite satisfied with the result this time.
As for Lin Xiao, he was even happier.
He originally didn't want to help them get something done, he just wanted to use this as an excuse to take a look at the EUV lithography machine. However, he didn't expect that Dawson Edinson was talking about the price and actually offered 1 million.
After the employment fee in euros is paid, this fee, even if Lin Xiao does not solve the final problem in the end, still needs to be paid to him, and it will be paid immediately after the two parties sign the agreement.
Originally, Lin Xiao never thought of cheating them like this. As for him negotiating the price seriously, it was originally to gain his trust and then go to see the lithography machine smoothly.
But perhaps it was precisely because he was bargaining seriously that Dawson Edinson set out the terms of the employment fee and then lowered Lin Xiao's original offer of 30 million euros to the final 20 million.
"But, Mr. Edinson, as I said before, if I can't solve it in the end, don't say that I took the money and didn't do the work. After all, I have never done any work in this area before."
After the discussion, Lin Xiao gave him another vaccination to prevent this guy from regretting it later.
Of course, he will definitely regret it in the end. He spent 1 million euros and got nothing. Such people will definitely regret it, but Lin Xiao won't care.
Because the duration of this project is eighteen months, for a subject that is more focused on mathematics, eighteen months is considered a relatively normal cycle. Some subjects are completed in three or five years.
And after eighteen months, Lin Xiao must have returned to China long ago. Is it possible that Asmail can still come to China to cause trouble for him?
"Mr. Lin, please rest assured that our Asmail is a big company and will not do things that only small companies can do. Of course, Mr. Lin also needs to believe in himself. After all, if I remember correctly, you are also joining CERN.
It didn't take long for an important mathematical method like 'mathematical vaccine' to be developed, right? So you don't have to worry, not to mention, you are known as the smartest person in the world today."
Dawson Edinson said with a smile.
Lin Xiao said no more, "In that case, let's do it. After we sign the contract and the Solvay meeting is over, I will go to the Netherlands to take a look at your lithography machine first and understand what I want to solve.
The problem."
"Asmail looks forward to your arrival."
Dawson Edinson nodded, then stood up and extended his hand to Lin Xiao.
The two shook hands.
“A pleasure to work with.”
Then Lin Xiao stopped staying any longer and went to find Xu Da again.
Dawson Edinson looked at Lin Xiao's walking back and slightly raised the corner of his mouth.
the scientist?
"This is the world of capital now, oh no, it has always been."
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"What does that person want from you?"
After finding Xu Da again, Xu Da asked.
"It's nothing more than cooperation."
Lin Xiao replied.
"Cooperate? Help them get a photolithography machine?"
"Almost, solve the problem of light source diffraction control."
Xu Da sighed: "You shouldn't agree."
Lin Xiao knew what Xu Da meant. Probably in his opinion, he was helping a company that he shouldn't be helping.
But only he knows why he agreed.
Ever since he obtained the [Request for Genital], he has been looking for the opportunity to see the EUV lithography machine with his own eyes.
But there are very few places in the world with EUV lithography machines.
Except for Taiwan Province, no place in China has EUV lithography machines, but TSMC obviously will not take the initiative to invite him to visit. As for other Samsung, Intel, etc., it is even less likely to take the initiative to invite him.
Now Asmail came to him personally and went directly to visit the factory where the photolithography machines are produced. Of course he would not give up. Maybe the photolithography machines in the factory were even more advanced.
Of course, Lin Xiao had no trouble with this issue.
What is done on the surface is not important, what is important is what is done in the end.
At this moment, a voice came from the side: "Lin, can I ask you to dance?"
Lin Xiao was stunned, turned around and saw Elizabeth standing next to him with a smile on her face.
Today, Elizabeth is wearing an evening dress. Her blond hair has obviously been beautifully modified and is very graceful. She is very beautiful in appearance, and this outfit makes her the most beautiful star in the audience.
Xu Da next to him patted Lin Xiao on the shoulder and smiled at him, "I won't disturb you anymore."
Then he left here.
"I can not dance."
Lin Xiao spread his hands and said.
"You can dance even if you don't know how. I can teach you." Elizabeth said.
Lin Xiao touched his nose and said, "Then...okay."
He knew very well what Elizabeth was thinking. For the past nearly five months, Elizabeth had gone to great lengths to pick him up and drop him off. A normal person could see that. Unfortunately, he did not have such pursuits now.
As for refusing directly, he is afraid of hurting others' feelings.
However, there are not many days left before Paris anyway, and Elizabeth will still have to stay at CERN by then. After all, she is a researcher here.
When time passes, you won’t have to worry anymore.
After getting Lin Xiao's agreement, Elizabeth showed a happy smile, then stretched out a hand, and after Lin Xiao pulled it on, the two entered the dance floor.
People continued to dance to the music on the dance floor.
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