There are many applications of chips, and in terms of quantity, they are not too many.

For example, according to data in 2019, the total semiconductor sales of the global medical equipment terminal market was US$5.6 billion, accounting for only 1.3% of the total semiconductor market.

What is the result of this? If you have too little volume, the chip manufacturers will feel that it is unprofitable, so they will raise prices sharply.

The price increase by 100 times in one go, and I ask if you are afraid? (What really happened)

No matter how awesome medical giants such as Medtronic, Johnson & Johnson, GE Medical, Siemens, Abbott, Stacy, Roche and other medical giants are, you have to look at the face of the chip company.

The amount of product shipments you depend on how many chips others supply to you.

Your technical ceiling also depends on the level of the chips sold to you.

Other industries don’t know that the medical device industry is stuck in the chip industry almost every few years. What follows is the surge in chip prices, followed by the surge in medical device prices.

Those who pay for the bill are those who purchase downstream hospitals or physical examination centers, and those who pay for the bill in the end are the majority of patients.

Just like the current Pumpkin Vine Pharmaceutical Company, which has just developed a new "lamboscopic instrument", is immediately bored. If the relationship between the two countries is not good in the future, will Pumpkin Vine Medical Equipment be discontinued?

Chen Xia was reborn from later generations. He did not fight a trade war, but the first thing was to embargo on a certain country's chips.

So what flashed in Chen Xia's mind was that I didn't buy it, could I make it myself?

At the Japan Industrial Expo, he stole a few lithography machines, in addition to stealing a few lithography machines at the Japan Industrial Expo, which is the key machine for making chips.

But after so many years, China's chip technology has not improved, which makes Chen Xia puzzled.

It is estimated that some people like "one family, three loyalists" have "better to buy" thinking that "making is worse than buying", which has led to the chip development plan being abandoned like Chen Xia's previous life.

This made him understand a truth that he would never be a Virgin again and would no longer steal things to dedicate them to the country.

If you really want to contribute to society and the nation, it is better to make a fuss on your own. It is better to seek others than to seek others.

When I heard the boss say that he wanted to build chips, the person who was most excited was Zhang Lianchang.

Zhang Lianchang is in his 40s and studied under Principal Xie Xide, who is the "mother of Chinese semiconductors".

Making chips and creating China's own chips has always been the dream of Mr. Xie and her students, but with the arrival of certain special eras, research has been forced to be interrupted.

It was difficult to wait until the reform and opening up. Just when chip researchers were about to do a big fight and surpass the United States and Britain, the country suddenly stopped supporting chip manufacturing, which led to the dismantling of the project.

Zhang Lianchang returned to Huaqing University to teach with such a disappointment.

Later, Pumpkin Vine Pharmaceutical Company prepared to develop medical machinery by itself. As a major in integrated circuits and semiconductors, Zhang Lianchang was seconded to Pumpkin Vine.

Finally, he was directly poached and became the director of the Pumpkin Vine Medical Device Research Center.

He was willing to resign as a professor at Huaqing University because he had the opportunity to develop his own chips.

Now that the boss himself said he wanted to build chips, Zhang Lianchang was so excited:

"Boss, you finally remember to build chips. I tell you, you have to hurry up. Now European and American countries, including South Korea, Japan and other countries, and even the Wanwan region are concentrating on developing the chip industry. If we don't hurry up and catch up, we may fall behind completely."

Chen Xia understood the importance of chips and knew how backward the Chinese chips were in future generations (it was not counted on bragging), but he was unsure.

Making chips is a project that even the country dares to play. Can a small private company afford this cost?

Chen Xia read a report in his previous life that said that Mildew is preparing to build a new production line for mass-producing 3-nanometer chips, with an investment of more than US$25 billion, close to RMB 200 billion.

Wow, astronomical numbers, even if Chen Xia sells the money, he can't afford so much money.

"Professor Zhang, if we build our own chips, do you think it is difficult? I heard that a crystal production line is worth billions or tens of billions of dollars. Can our Four Seasons Group afford it?"

Zhang Lianchang looked confused.

"Mr. Chen, where did you hear it? Who said that building a crystal production line costs tens of billions of dollars?"

Chen Xia was also confused: "Hey, isn't it?"

Zhang Lianchang said with confusion: "It doesn't have to be that expensive. A production line that can produce 0.35 microns and mass-produces 30,000 wafers per month is only about 500 million US dollars."

"$500 million?"

Chen Xia thought about it and thought that the number was quite exaggerated. Fortunately, he could still afford the money.

Seeing his boss thinking, Zhang Lianchang decided to add another fire to cheer Chen Xia:

"Mr. Chen, let me tell you what three things are the key to making chips.

One is to have money.

Scientific research investment is made up by money, and this is the case all over the world. I think the pumpkin vine can develop to this day and invent so many drugs, Mr. Chen must have invested astronomical money, and this must be deeply felt."

Chen Xia rolled her eyes in her heart and thought to herself: "I rely on my golden fingers, but it's not a huge investment, right?"

Zhang Lianchang didn't know Chen Xia's inner drama, so he began to teach him again:

"The second most important thing is people.

Making chips requires a large number of professional engineers, and Mr. Chen doesn’t have to worry about not being able to recruit technical talents at that time.

You should know that we Chinese are one of the smartest races in the world. Why can’t the mainland make chips? It’s not that Chinese people are stupid, but that the system is limited.

If you don’t believe it, you can go to Silicon Valley to see how many Chinese scientists work in these high-tech companies.

Most of the chip experts in Mold Country are Chinese, with about 200,000 Chinese semiconductor engineers in Silicon Valley, and most of the top talents in Mold Country's chip industry are Chinese.

Top semiconductor experts like Huang Renxun, Cai Mingjie, Realtek, Dai Weili, Su Zifeng, Peng Shengli, etc. are all Chinese.

So we don’t lack talents, what we lack is a stage to play. When Mr. Chen goes to Silicon Valley to throw checks, there will definitely be a large number of chip talents willing to enter our company."

Chen Xia thought it was true. He had a childhood friend in his previous life. After graduating from college, he went to study in Melly Country. After graduating, he joined Melly Country Panlin Semiconductor Company and became an engineer.

When the two were chatting, the childhood friend said that his major was not useful in China. When he could develop the semiconductor industry in China one day, he would definitely consider returning to China to develop and be close to his parents.
Chapter completed!