After nightfall, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology indeed announced an important decision and issued a 5g commercial license to domestic operators. At the same time, China will lead the world and start the construction of a new generation of telecommunications standards.

Star Technology's fourth-generation lithography machine, the national team's 5G license, and two major news were announced one after another on this night, quickly igniting the whole world.

First of all, the shock of the Western scientific community. The semiconductor industry has always been dominated by them. From the underlying machine language, to manufacturing processes, to the upper software cluster, more than 80% of the discourse power is in the hands of the West, and it has become an absolute monopoly.

But suddenly, the Western monopoly faces an embarrassing situation of collapse on the whole. The fourth-generation lithography machine cannot represent the entire semiconductor industry, but it is an important foundation. Xingchen Technology has mastered the tool for manufacturing semiconductors. Using tools to create semiconductor products is just a matter of time or later.

"Star Technology is awesome!"

"I thought they could tie the Asml, but they would have created a miracle. Who would have thought they would have created a thunder in the ground and eliminated the third generation of technology!"

"The future will be the rhythm of Xingchen Technology. The fourth generation of lithography technology is not yet the world's leading position, and with the leapfrog development in the process, we can still beat the whole world!"

"Hahaha! Semiconductors have entered a next era below one nanometer, and this is simply dreaming about whether it's good or not!"

All the Chinese people were happy and excited by it, while the West was shocked and confused.

What is overtaking on a curve?

That's it!

Xingchen Technology not only caught up with Asml's lithography technology, but also achieved a Jedi overtake in one fell swoop, with the world's most advanced semiconductor process.

Process is the basis of all chips. Just like when everyone was still using bronze ware, you suddenly invented fine steel. The Western army held swords cast by bronze. Although the craftsmanship was excellent, it was bronze ware after all, which was one era worse than fine steel. Even kitchen knives cast by fine steel were far stronger than big swords polished by bronze. There was no way, the foundation was too different.

Not long after, Luo Jia returned to Baoshan headquarters. Everything here was normal. The straight men of steel did not set off fireworks excitedly, nor did they gathered in the cafeteria to drink beer. The quiet company was brightly lit, and most laboratories were still working overtime nervously.

The lithography system is just a head start. Semiconductors are an extremely huge industry, and there are still heavy work to be completed next.

Moreover, everyone has experienced too much in recent years and has become accustomed to it. When they received a call from home to celebrate, they were very calm and did not take pride in handling the lithography system.

When the semiconductor problem has been completely solved, it will not be too late to celebrate again. This is what everyone thinks in their hearts.

"If there is no special arrangement next, I will go to the Life Science Center." Wen Chengling walked into Luo Jia's office and placed a stack of notes on the table.

That was the six months since he served as the head of the laser attack team. Wen Chengling, like some old-school employees in the company, was not used to paperless office work, and was more willing to write down everything that he thought was important.

"Are you planning to step down?" Luo Jia stood up and asked Wen Chengling to sit on the sofa and said: "Maybe you should have received the news. Spacex has launched the Starlink project, which is the company of North American super genius Musk. They are preparing to establish a star observation chain in space."

"At present, our company's counterpart research organization in the field of space observation is the space observation group under the Department of Optics, that is, the group of people responsible for developing astronomical telescopes. If you are asked to lead the space observation group and prepare for the future starlink plan to fight against Musk, what do you think?"

Luo Jia said seriously that he was also overwhelmed by the company's R&D tasks becoming increasingly scattered.

Unfortunately, this world is not shifted by anyone's will. As the confrontation between the East and the West becomes more and more intense, the front line also grows longer and longer.

As a tough guy group in the Chinese technology industry, Xingchen Technology will compete with Toyota and Volkswagen in the automotive field, resist DuPont and Shin-Etsu in the chemical field, challenge Canon and Zeiss in the optical field, drag Siemens and Mobil down in the energy field, and impact the dominance of Intel and Samsung in the semiconductor field.

A prophecy came true.

Luo Jia said back then that maybe Star Technology will fight the whole world in the future, but in a few years, the prediction was really realized, and the company was in almost all fields.

If life sciences and semiconductors are the first two arrows shot in North America, then Musk's Starlink Project is the third arrow.

From a clear perspective, Starlink is a space observation technology, but only senior experts will know that the most terrifying thing about Starlink is that it will test the space information transmission platform, which is the legendary Starlink Network.

In the foreseeable time, even if North America joins Europe, it will be difficult for China to surpass China. Among the existing 5g patents, China accounts for one-third, which is the confidence of the national team to dare to issue 5g licenses in advance.

But the future is always ahead. North America lost 5g, and they are never willing to lose the future. Therefore, Musk's Starlink plan was found. Whether it was more than ten years or decades, North America, which realized that it would be beaten if it was behind, was determined to win the interstellar network battle.

Wen Chengling shook his head and said calmly: "Technology is a war without gunpowder and it will never end. I have read Musk's Starlink Plan. Instead of letting me lead, it is better to invite a big guy in the field of quantum communication to come out. As for me, although I am a laser and have studied laser communication technology, my younger brother and I have been engaged in life sciences for so many years and have become accustomed to it."

Luo Jia nodded gently, "Okay, I will ask the new person in charge to hand over it, and then you go to the Life Sciences Department and combine your brother with two swords. The life science front is also very important."

Wen Chengling wanted to speak but stopped. He hesitated for a moment and said, "Mr. Luo, I don't know whether to say it or not."

"It's all my brothers, so it's boring to be polite." Luo Jia said.

"Well, I have a feeling." Wen Chengling said, "The opposite side is accelerating again. The confrontation between various scientific research fronts may become more and more intense in the future."

Dialogues between smart people are often incomplete because everyone has strong understanding ability. After Wen Chengling opened his head, Luo Jia immediately understood what he meant.

With the continuous expansion of Star Technology, the West is becoming more and more united, which is not a good thing.

With the current manpower and strength of the company, it can still withstand it, but if this continues, sooner or later will be the day when the tough guy group is not a god, and it is impossible to advance in all fields at the same time.

"I understand that the strategy of life sciences and semiconductors will not change. On Starlink, we just start a research team to do some pre-research and preparation work, and will not invest a lot of resources." Luo Jia said, "The opponent wants to rely on the accumulation of scientific research to attract us to stretch the front line longer and longer, and drag us to death. I will not be fooled."

Wen Chengling showed a satisfied look on his face. He said goodbye to Luo Jia and turned to the life science department where his younger brother was in charge.

In a dark operating room, the stiff and blue body was being cut by a sharp scalpel. The hands were extremely stable. The blade was lightly tweaked, and the deceased's pancreas was removed, still in the tray that had been prepared.

"The internal organ damage is very serious, and the pancreas of this experimental subject have atrophy." Wen Chengfeng said: "I really want to know how the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and Dr. Reinhardt's team overcome the problem of super mitochondrial overcoming."

Wen Chengling shrugged, "It is probably like us, we are working hard to conduct human experiments and use human lives to pile up data. After completing this project, we brothers are afraid that we will go to hell. After all, as scientists, we have too much blood on our hands."

Wen Chengfeng said lightly, "Maybe, but I don't care at all."

"Because I've been in hell since I witnessed my parents leaving that night."

...

On New Year's Day, the sudden Siberian cold current that went south caused the temperature to drop to near zero degrees.

The north wind blew all night. When Luo Jia got up the next morning, he found that the robots had prepared a down jacket for him and a cup of hot coffee without sugar.

After walking out of the meditation center, Luo Jia inspected the company for a brief visit, then got on a business car and went to SMIC in Pudong.

It has been a month since the release of the fourth-generation lithography machine. At that time, the prototype Zero machine was shown to the outside world. Today, it is the day when the fourth-generation lithography system No. 1 is officially tested.

"Why didn't Anran come?" Tang Boyun, the boss of SMIC, asked a little nervously.

"His wife is going to give birth."

"Today? That's really a coincidence."

"It's really a coincidence. I suggested that their children be called An Lithography, because our lithography machine was also tested today. As a result, senior sister Qi Mengzhou disagreed and almost beat me up." Luo Jia said.

Pooh ~

Tang Boyun laughed out loud, "It's time to call it. The name An Lithograph is really terrible. As a result, what name do they plan to give the child?"

Luo Jia thought for a while, "Anxin, whether it is a boy or a girl, it is called Anxin."

Tang Boyun was slightly stunned and praised the wonderful name of Anxin. In fact, parents do not expect their children to make a name for success and live a peaceful life, so they will feel at ease.

An Ran and Qi Mengzhou are both people who have made great contributions to the country and the nation. I hope that good people will be rewarded, and their little peace of mind can have a happy and healthy life.

While chatting, Luo Jia and Tang Boyun walked into the newly built SMIC C1 production line and saw a huge fourth-generation lithography system standing quietly in the work room, ready to go, surrounded by countless engineers, whose faces were so excited that they blushed.

The release of the fourth generation lithography system is actually just the beginning. The whole world is waiting for this epoch-making machine to really start.

Ultra-ultraviolet hybrid laser etching, ultrasonic motor stabilization system, ultra-high power laser scattering system, any component, even a screw or a capacitor, cannot have any problems.
Chapter completed!