Chapter 143: Chip Self-Research and Self-Production Plan

The solution Su Xin thought of is actually very simple: use satellites to replace Macro Base Stations.

Every Small Base Station would no longer connect to ground-based Macro Base Stations, but instead connect to satellites; even if disasters like earthquakes or floods occur, the signal would not be destroyed.

This method absorbs the advantages of both satellite phones and Small Base Station solutions while avoiding most of their inherent flaws.

For example, satellite phones are bulky and high-power, which mobile phones cannot meet, so use Small Base Stations to relay, then use mobile phones to receive.

In the end, only two major problems remain: high costs and insufficient data processing capabilities of satellites.

As for the former, once the plan is fully popularized and completely replaces the current communication network, the profits will definitely be high rather than low, so that can be solved.

The latter, however, has quite high technical difficulty.

After all, wanting to satisfy such a large and rapid amount of data calculation cannot be solved by programming technology alone; the key lies in the chip.

There is no way around it; modern technology, especially high-precision and cutting-edge technology, is systematic, and often a breakthrough in one aspect requires the coordination of upstream and downstream supporting industries and technologies.

Therefore.

This seemingly perfect solution has a front-end technical threshold that is the biggest challenge.

To solve the new communication plan, the prerequisite is to manufacture the most high-end chips, and to manufacture the most high-end chips, he must research the most advanced Lithography Machine.

The Lithography Machine is the core equipment of the modern Semiconductor industry; many industry insiders claim its manufacturing difficulty is even higher than an atomic bomb, and it can be said to be one of the most high-end and technically difficult pieces of high-tech currently developed by humanity.

It is a product that integrates top-tier technologies in mathematics, optics, surface physics and chemistry, precision instruments, mechanics, automation, software, and image recognition.

Besides the super-high research and development difficulty, another major problem is that it has over one hundred thousand components, and some of its key components are also monopolized by multiple overseas countries.

No single country can independently produce the most cutting-edge Lithography Machine equipment; it requires the sincere cooperation of all relevant industrial countries.

Therefore, if Su Xin wants to fully realize the independent production of high-end Lithography Machines and break the overseas monopoly, besides breaking through some core technologies, he must also solve the technical and production problems of many major components all at once.

In short, he must not only research the Lithography Machine but also solve the supporting production chain.

After thinking for a moment, Su Xin reopened a document in the Tianwei Butler and slowly entered eight large characters in the title section—

Chip Self-Research and Self-Production Plan.

"Since there is a need, then do it!"

Su Xin's heart was incomparably firm.

He had long known the importance of chips.

Chips are the foundation of all electronic industries, and all cutting-edge electronic and information technologies cannot do without the support of high-end chips.

Previously, he had not entered this industry; one reason was that there was no such demand, and the second was that he understood how high the threshold of this industry was. Even if he had the world's strongest knowledge and technology, many of the problems were not so easy to solve.

But now, he has enough capital and is gradually starting to have a demand for cutting-edge chips; it is exactly the time to step into this industry.

……

The next morning.

After Su Xin arrived at work, he immediately had Feng Haifeng notify all executives to hold a meeting.

While waiting for the meeting to start, Su Xin called Hao Zude again.

"Student Su, good morning!"

Hao Zude greeted him enthusiastically.

"Good morning, Director Hao. There is something I would like to ask for your help in reporting to your superiors."

Hearing this, Hao Zude's expression immediately turned solemn.

He knew that Su Xin never visited without a reason; he must be preparing to research some new product, or had already researched a new product.

However, no matter what Su Xin researched before, he would never notify him in advance, let alone ask him to report to superiors.

But this time, Su Xin took the initiative to mention reporting to superiors; clearly, what Su Xin was researching concerned the national strategic situation and had to be communicated and negotiated with superiors.

"Student Su, please speak."

"I am preparing to research a Lithography Machine."

Su Xin said calmly.

Boom!

Hao Zude only felt a roar in his mind, completely stunned by Su Xin's words.

After a long while, he finally came back to his senses and realized he had missed what Su Xin said afterward, so he hurriedly asked:

"Wait... what did you just say? The mobile signal is bad, I didn't hear you clearly."

Su Xin said again: "I said, I want to research the most advanced Lithography Machine, and I hope the superiors can help me create better conditions."

Hao Zude hurriedly asked: "Do you know that a Lithography Machine is a quite complex and systematic project, and it is not something that can be broken through with just a few simple technologies?"

"Currently, the world's most advanced ASML, even their most advanced Lithography Machine equipment, has many core components that need to be supplied by other countries?"

"To put it bluntly, if those major Semiconductor powers were not working together, no one could independently produce an advanced Lithography Machine."

"Wanting to realize the self-research and self-production of high-end Lithography Machines is simply impossible in the short term!"

Su Xin said calmly: "However many thresholds there are, I will cross them; however many obstacles there are, I will break them, until it is researched."

"I know that the country is currently investing a lot of manpower and material resources, heavily subsidizing and supporting this area. I do not want to cause a waste of national resources, because for this technology, having me is enough."

"If the country really wants to promote the research and development of high-end Lithography Machines, it can place these supports on me, such as capital subsidies, policy leaning, or establishing a Lithography Machine industrial park to attract a large number of upstream industrial chains to surround me, making my research and production more convenient, and so on."

Hao Zude's expression shifted.

He had absolutely no say in such a major national strategy; it would require high-level discussion to even possibly make a decision.

To entrust such an important national core strategy to Su Xin alone?

He didn't even dare to bring up such a suggestion.

However, thinking of Su Xin's various miraculous performances in the past, and his consistently good cooperative relationship with the Military, Hao Zude felt that perhaps Su Xin really could do it.

Seeing him silent, Su Xin continued:

"Director Hao, whether the country supports this or not, I will do it with all my might, investing unlimited capital into it. If there are truly difficulties, I can solve them myself; if there are problems with the industrial chain, then I will break through them one by one."

"But in that case, once I research the results, all the heart and blood the country has invested in this industry might be defeated by me."

"It just depends on whether you all trust my technique."