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Elder Ji reached out and patted Ji Yuan's shoulder, "Kid Ji, we've been here for a while now. How do you feel about it?"
Ji Yuan thought for a moment and replied, "I don't have much to say, just feeling a bit worried."
He scratched his head and sighed, "Our foundation is worse than I imagined."
After saying this, the old man and the young man focused their gazes into the void and burst into laughter.
Elder Ji said, "I know you well, kid. You talk about being worried, but in your heart, you've already figured out how to solve the problems."
Seeing that his expression had been seen through, Ji Yuan wasn't annoyed. He smiled and said, "If our foundation is lacking, we can catch up. When we encounter problems, we think of ways to solve them. In short, we clear the road when we meet mountains and build bridges when we encounter water. If there were no difficulties at all, what would people like us be needed for?"
"That's well said," Academician Li said as he lowered the cigarette butt to the ground and extinguished it with the tip of his shoe before tossing it into the trash can. As if recalling something, he spoke nostalgically: "Life is generally like this! Without a mountain to rely on, you become the mountain! Without a world, you create your own world! Without capital, you earn your own capital! Living means clearing the road when you meet mountains and building bridges when you encounter water; there will always be hurdles to overcome!"
Ji Yuan: "..."
Old Zhou: "..."
Elder Ji: "..."
Why has Li suddenly become less like a scientist and more like a philosopher?
In the following days, Five Academician-Level Masters, over thirty top experts, and more than seventy technicians worked tirelessly for three whole days to organize all the Lithography Machine data.
This data occupied nearly one-third of the space in this large laboratory, appearing from a distance like a wall, making anyone who glanced at it feel a shiver down their spine.
The progress of each research project and the reasons for every unresolved bottleneck were meticulously organized into an outline.
Currently, the Lithography Machine from Revitalization Microelectronics Equipment Company has reached a level of 7nm, which is barely sufficient. This is the only high-precision Lithography Machine; the precision of the other lithography machines is only 70nm, which is hard to look at!
Ji Yuan noticed a group of expert researchers looking at him, and his previously furrowed brow relaxed slightly as he reassured them, "The preliminary research progress has been quite smooth; the biggest issue right now lies with the lens technology."
The others understood this problem deeply as well but were constrained by reality and could not find a solution.
To achieve mass production of chips, the precision issue of the Lithography Machine must be resolved first. Otherwise, relying solely on this 7nm-level Lithography Machine, it wouldn't be able to produce many chips in a day, which would be completely insufficient for domestic consumption.
"But..." a researcher hesitated to speak, but everyone knew what he wanted to say.
Only Zeiss in the world has the technology to produce lenses for lithography machines, and China is nowhere near it. However, at a critical moment during the economic trade war, Zeiss had already stopped supplying high-tech lenses to China. Even now, trying to persuade the government to initiate a high-tech lens research project would be futile. A project, from its inception to producing results, takes at least several years or even over a decade, no matter how quickly it is executed. As a result, the chip technology painstakingly developed would become useless, and all efforts would not only be wasted but also shelved.
Old Xun pondered for a moment and said, "How about we report to the higher-ups and propose exchanging some chip technology with other countries for high-tech lens technology? Japan has been getting closer to us recently; why not..."
Elder Ji clearly knew more and shook his head, saying, "It's useless! Besides getting close to us, Japan has also been flirting with the Pentagon and even shows signs of joining the Five Eyes Alliance."
Everyone's mood suddenly dropped. Even a frail female researcher leaned back and spat out a mouthful of blood, startling those around her. Fortunately, a doctor arrived promptly to assist her. After working for over twenty minutes, he wiped the sweat from his forehead and explained, "It's not a serious illness; she's just weak and exhausted from overwork, holding on by sheer will."
The emotions suddenly became unstable, and this triggered an episode. After a period of rest, everything would be fine again.
They had been busy from dawn until dusk; even Iron Man would find it exhausting! The doctor wanted to advise them to take care of their health but hesitated to speak up, knowing that they were engaged in a secret research mission related to national interests, which he was somewhat aware of.
Ji Yuan knew that he couldn't let everyone remain tense any longer. In fact, his proposal included a brand new technology that could achieve the precision of the lenses, but the material requirements were extremely high. He was unsure whether such technology existed in the current commercial sector. After all, materials science was also one of China's significant weaknesses. He needed to report the specific situation to his superiors before making any decisions.
"Is that so..."
Not long after he made the call, after several transfers, he finally received a response: "You should go to the Jinling Military Region; there you will find what you need..."
His superior seemed to have some reservations and spoke vaguely, only instructing him to wait at Revitalization Electronics. Tomorrow, someone from the Jinling Military Region would come to take him north to Jinling.
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