After entering the question and answer session, many reporters on the scene began to rush to raise their hands.
Gao Lan gestured to a reporter to ask questions.
The person who stood up was a girl from the Dragon Kingdom reporter. She directly raised the microphone and asked: "Hello, Mr. Gao, I am a reporter from Xinghua News Agency. Can Feixing 1 be officially put into production now? Its chip production capacity is about
How many?"
"Feixing 1 is now fully ready for formal production. Our company has completed six production lines and is ready for production. The 10-nanometer chips produced by Feixing 1 can be used to produce 7-nanometer chips through multiple exposure technology. Currently, each Feixing 1
Our annual output is approximately 220 million 10nm chips. We also welcome all walks of life to place chip foundry orders and Flying Star One complete machine orders with us!"
Gao Lan took the opportunity to place a wave of advertisements.
In fact, the entire Suiren Group currently has eight 10-nanometer imprint machines, and the other two are allocated separately.
One was sent to the Semiconductor Laboratory of Suiren College to be used as teaching equipment for the following students.
The other one is used by the laboratory itself to produce and design chips.
The remaining six units are used for Ziwei Semiconductor.
As for other companies that want nanoimprint machines, they need to place orders with Ziwei Semiconductor themselves.
When Gao Lan finished speaking, the scene was in an uproar.
Each production line produces 220 million 10nm chips per year?
This is a terrible number!
We must know that the current most advanced extreme ultraviolet lithography machine can produce about 200 million chips per year, which is considered the actual situation.
But if the lithography machine runs continuously for a year, then 300 million chips will basically not be a problem.
However, EUV lithography machines are high-precision equipment and consume huge amounts of power. It is impossible to run the machines all year round. Intermediation and maintenance are still required.
The power consumption of Feixing 1 is about half that of EUV lithography machine.
Because the main technology of the nanoimprint machine does not rely on laser lithography for silicon wafers, generating a laser with extremely high energy naturally consumes a lot of electricity.
However, the nanoimprint machine only uses the optical system as an auxiliary, not the main technical structure, so it does not consume such a large amount of power.
One Feixing 1 can produce 220 million 10nm chips, so wouldn’t the six units combined produce 1.32 billion chips?
Even Tai Electromechanical’s 5-nanometer chip production capacity is not so terrifying, right?
"Mr. Gao, may I ask if your company's Feixing 1 can produce 220 million 10-nanometer chips per year?"
"Hello, Mr. Gao, how much does a Feixing 1 cost? Is it open to overseas countries?"
...The reporters in the audience immediately exploded. They didn't care about the order and directly took the microphone to ask questions. If they were not still in their seats and the security guards were there, they would have wanted to rush to the stage and follow directly.
Gao Lan interviewed face to face.
"Ahem, everyone, I know you are all excited, but I will answer your questions one by one. Please calm down."
Gao Lan coughed and then said.
The reporters then sat down.
The big guys in the front row originally wanted to ask questions, but they didn't do anything out of lack of literacy.
It just so happened that these reporters also asked the questions they wanted to ask.
His eyes were once again focused on Gao Lan.
"I would like to emphasize here that our company's 10-nanometer imprinting machine Feixing No. 1 has an annual production capacity of up to 220 million chips. This is after eliminating factors such as power consumption and maintenance, and based on the differences in structure and technical principles, Feixing No. 1 has an annual production capacity of 220 million chips.
Star-1 consumes nearly half less than EUV lithography machines."
Everyone was shocked when they heard this.
Power consumption is half that of an extreme ultraviolet lithography machine? How is this possible?
As we all know, EUV lithography machines are high-precision equipment and indispensable equipment in many fields, but their power consumption is also staggering.
According to relevant statistics, a photolithography machine consumes 30,000 kilowatt hours of electricity a day, which is more than 10 million kilowatt hours a year. If calculated according to industrial electricity consumption, this electricity bill is also very huge.
For example, Loongson International, one of the leading semiconductor companies in China, consumes 2.9 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity a year, while Tai Electromechanical consumes an exaggerated 20 billion kilowatt-hours.
According to the current domestic electricity pricing, Loongson International spends 3 billion yuan on electricity every year.
This 2.9 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity is enough to power 1.5 million families for a year.
So this is why high-tech industries such as semiconductors are very expensive.
Because it not only requires consumables, advanced equipment, labor costs, but also huge electricity bills.
But today's nanoimprint machine has actually reduced its power consumption by nearly half, which is good news for reducing the company's costs.
Before anyone could react, Gao Lan spoke again:
"According to the decision of the company's top management, the current domestic price of Feixing 1 is 301 million soft sister coins, which is equivalent to about 50 million US dollars, and the unified overseas price is 79.99 million US dollars. We are not responsible for transportation matters. We also welcome other countries.
Come to our company to discuss your order, but two-thirds of the payment must be paid in advance before delivery!
However, at present, our company needs to give priority to meeting domestic demand, but will reserve 9 places for overseas sales."
When the audience heard this, they burst into noise.
This is much cheaper than ASML’s EUV lithography machine.
At present, the price of an extreme ultraviolet lithography machine is as high as 1.174 billion yuan, which is about 200 million yuan.
It is more expensive than domestically produced advanced fighter jets.
Nowadays, this price is almost not available.
This is a direct upset for ASML!
At this moment, due to the time difference, the Western world has not yet reacted to this news.
But in the East, the spread of the Internet has completely boiled like boiling water.
"I don't believe it! You must be faking it! I've also heard of nanoimprinting technology, how could such a technology be possible?"
At this time, the representative of Sansang Company stood up and questioned directly.
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Suddenly, many experts and leaders of Longguo looked at the company representative with dissatisfaction on their faces.
Reporters from other Western countries were also whispering to each other, discussing something.
But Xu Li obviously expected this scene and knew that some people didn't believe it, so he had already been prepared.
Gao Lan, who was standing on the stage, had a calm expression and did not feel angry because of the doubts. Instead, he said:
"It's normal for everyone to be suspicious. After all, our scientific research strength is relatively weak, but in order to verify our authenticity, we have specially prepared the final link, the prototype verification link!"
After I finished speaking, all the lights on the stage came on.
The audience only saw a few staff members in white coats appearing on the stage, using a cart to push a large glass cabinet slowly to the stage, and what was in the glass cabinet was the Feixing No. 1 10-nanometer imprint machine.<
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At this time, the experts in the front row couldn't sit still, and stretched their necks to look at the silver-white machine.
"Now, we are making a 10-nanometer chip on site. You can also bring your own equipment or use the testing equipment we prepared for testing!"
"Let's get started!"
At Gao Lan's signal, several staff members began to operate the nanoimprint machine.
Put the silicon wafer, imprinting glue and other consumables in, and then proceed to the next steps.
But the scene was quiet, with everyone's eyes on the big screen, closely watching the staff's operations.
Xu Li raised the corners of his mouth slightly and continued reading.
This nanoimprint machine is different from the photolithography machine. It does not have high requirements for the manufacturing environment. It does not require a very high ultra-clean environment, but it does require a basic dust-free and interference-free environment.
In order to ensure on-site prototype verification and display, Ziwei Semiconductor specially customized a special glass cabinet, installed a wind shower room, and installed the nanoimprint machine and related equipment as well as some unique protection inside to form a small chip manufacturing workshop.
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Technicians can only operate in glass cabinets to ensure they are not disturbed by external dust.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have brought this thing here specifically for demonstration and verification. If it were a precious thing like a photolithography machine, he would definitely not take it out. Even if it was hidden tightly, he wouldn't take it out to the public for verification. p>
After all, this is a photolithography machine. If it moves a little, bumps or something, it will be scrapped.
Generally, to show its performance or production process, the relevant chip manufacturing company will allow some representatives to come in for inspection after review, and they must go through complex procedures such as disinfection in a dust-free and ultra-clean environment.