"What! The chip production equipment developed cannot be used on quantum chips. Is it possible that there are other equipment in addition to lithography machines and other equipment to manufacture chips?" When Shi Lei heard Qin Xuanbing's words, he was suddenly surprised.

You should know that he did not know anything about the fields of photonic chips and quantum chips like people in this world. After all, in his previous life, the civilization of his country had made great investments in quantum computer technology and photonic computer technology. Of course, in his previous life, the research and development focus of major powers was different. Some focused on quantum technology, while others focused on photon technology. However, there is no doubt that these countries have achieved certain achievements in related fields.

According to media reports in his previous life, whether it is photonic chips or quantum chips, the research and development and production of photonic chips are inseparable from chip production equipment such as lithography machines. However, when it comes to Qin Xuanbing and Han Zhenghao, why does it take for photonics or quantum chips to produce chip production equipment such as lithography machines and etching machines? Is there any better production method besides this?

"Mr. Shi, of course, lithography machines cannot be used to make photonic chips and quantum chips. Is there a company in your world that is developing quantum computers or photonic computer technology? And are they still using electronic chip manufacturing equipment such as lithography machines to make quantum chips?" Qin Xuanbing asked back.

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Shi Lei was speechless all of a sudden. After all, he couldn't say that he was actually a time traveler. In the world where he was originally located, photonic chips and quantum chips developed by various countries were actually made of photolithography machines.

"Mr. Qin, Mr. Han, I think you misunderstood. I just subconsciously believe that since electronic chips are made of lithography machines, quantum chips are of course made of lithography machines.

Mr. Qin and Mr. Han, since there is no need to use lithography machines to make quantum chips, then what is the quantum chip used to make? Could it be that it still needs to be made with machine tools?" Shi Lei asked in confusion.

After all, they have already confirmed that to develop photon and quantum computer technologies, the manufacturing of photon chips is the top priority, so for the manufacturing of quantum computers

Of course they have to master and have the ability to manufacture on a large scale, which also includes various devices that make these chips.

"Mr. Shi! In fact, it is not impossible to use electronic chip manufacturing equipment such as lithography machines and etching machines to make photonic chips, but this does not mean that the only way to make chips is to use lithography machines and other devices.

In fact, the technological development focus of different worlds is different, so the means of manufacturing various chips are naturally different. For example, in the world where I was originally in, I did not use the equipment for manufacturing the same type of products in your world, but chose to use biological means as the main method, supplemented by chemical means and finally used mechanical means for the final processing.

As for the world where Han Zhenghao was originally located, he made various chips, including photonic chips, quantum chips, and electronic chips, but did not use photolithography machines to manufacture them, but chose a manufacturing method that mainly uses chemical means and other means as supplemented.

Therefore, when manufacturing chips, you do not have to choose to use lithography machines and other equipment. As Mr. Shi said just now, even if you use machine tool equipment to manufacture photon chips, it is not impossible.

Moreover, based on my understanding of your world over the past period of time, your world is more inclined to mechanical processing and materials in terms of technological development.

So I think Mr. Shi, we should develop the method of directly processing chips using mechanical processing methods, and other methods as auxiliary methods to make chips. In this way, the difficulty will be much smaller, and the time, energy and money investment will definitely be much smaller." Qin Xuanbing said.

After listening to Qin Xuanbing's words, Shi Lei thought about it and felt that what he said was very correct. As he said, every world and every civilization, even if it is a human civilization, the direction of its technological development is different from heaven and earth.

Some of the world focuses on the development of optical technology, some focus on biotechnology, some develop chemistry, some develop biochemistry, some develop machinery, some develop magnetism, etc., and these civilized manufacturing equipment, including various chip manufacturing equipment, etc., are all different.

So what Shi Lei has to do now is to choose a photonic chip production method that is most suitable for their stone machinery. Of course, the first thing that is excluded is naturally those manufacturing methods that are not suitable for use in this world, such as the method of using biological means to make chips, the method of using biochemical means to make new patches, and other alternative manufacturing methods, because if these methods are chosen, the technological development level of your world in these aspects is not enough to support the use of these means to make.

So after excluding these manufacturing methods, there are only a few manufacturing methods left. First of all, the manufacturing method that Shi Lei has used in his previous life, that is, using equipment such as lithography machines and etching machines to make chips. The technology is very complex, and if you want to make high-performance chips, the requirements for equipment are also very high. With the ability of Shi Lei and his stone machinery, it is impossible to catch up with the development progress of those giants in this area without a few years.

The second is pure chemical means. Although it is less difficult than using lithography machines and other equipment to manufacture chips, it is not the case in fact. In fact, the difficulty of manufacturing is definitely not lower than the methods used in this world. Otherwise, why wouldn't the chip manufacturing in this world use pure chemical means?

The second is to use mechanical means. Of course, if you simply use mechanical means to make chips, it will definitely not be suitable for this world and not for their stone machinery.

So as Qin Xuanbing said, chip manufacturing methods that use mechanical means as the main method and other means as the auxiliary method is the most suitable for their stone machinery.
Chapter completed!