Chapter 573 I feel like what I saw today is just the tip of the iceberg
Then Kirin's technical staff took them to the chip exit of the photolithography machine to watch.
At this time, a wafer was sent out from the conveyor belt, and a technician was preparing to put the wafer into a transport box.
Jerry O'Connor noticed that the color of the wafer was slightly different.
The technician who was leading the way also saw something strange about him.
Then he walked over and took the wafer from the technician's hand and handed it to Jerry O'Connor generously.
After a closer inspection, Jerry O'Connor confirmed that this thing was not a silicon chip.
Jerry O'Connor asked: "This is not a silicon chip at all."
Jerry O'Connor's words also attracted the attention of Edward Egan.
Edward Egan quickly walked past Cao Mang.
The Kirin technician introduced: "This is a gallium nitride wafer. 4G high-frequency transmitting chips are all made of gallium nitride wafers."
Jerry O'Connor was surprised when he heard about gallium nitride wafers.
This thing is still being explored throughout Europe. Unexpectedly, Kirin can already produce finished products.
Edward Egan saw the strange expression on Jerry O'Connor's face and knew that this thing was not simple.
Edward Egan then asked: "Jerry, what is gallium nitride?"
"There have been three generations of semiconductor development.
The first generation of semiconductors is our common silicon crystal. Currently, 99% of the chips on the market use silicon crystal.
The second generation of semiconductors, represented by gallium arsenide and indium phosphide, is suitable for making high-speed, high-frequency, high-power and light-emitting electronic devices. It is an excellent material for making high-performance microwave, millimeter wave devices and light-emitting devices and is widely used.
In the fields of satellite communications, mobile communications, optical communications, GPS navigation and other fields.
The third generation is represented by gallium nitride, silicon carbide, zinc oxide, and diamond.
This material has characteristics such as wider bandgap width, higher thermal conductivity, higher radiation resistance, and greater electron saturation drift rate.
It can achieve better electron concentration and motion control, is more suitable for making high-temperature, high-frequency, radiation-resistant and high-power electronic devices, and has important application value in the fields of optoelectronics and microelectronics.
This technology is still under research throughout Europe," Jerry O'Connor explained.
Neither Kirin Group nor Tenglong Technology has made any public announcements about this technology.
If they hadn't come to visit Kirin Technology this time, they wouldn't have known that Kirin already had such advanced technology.
Although Edward Egan is not very clear about this thing.
But when he heard Jerry O'Connor say that this thing was still being studied throughout Europe, he knew how advanced it was.
It can be seen that Qilin has many technologies that they don't know about.
Jerry O'Connor suspects that Kirin is at least twenty years ahead of them in semiconductor technology.
Qilin Group is really too low-key, so low-key that it makes him feel a little scary.
"Thank you." Jerry O'Connor took a deep breath and returned the wafer to the other party.
"Shall we go to the next place to take a look?" Cao Mang said with a smile.
"Okay." Edward Egan said.
Now is not the time for them to be surprised.
Because they came here to explore the bottom this time.
Then Cao Mang took them to see several photolithography rooms. After seeing the photolithography rooms, Cao Mang took them to see the packaging room.
Originally Jerry O'Connor wanted to ask about the source of these packaging equipment.
But after he saw the Chinese characters on the device.
We know that the packaging equipment is manufactured by Huaxia Enterprises themselves.
However, he could tell from the packaging process of the packaging machine that these packaging equipment were more advanced than theirs.
After seeing the packaging room, Cao Mang took them to visit the mask room.
The mask room also surprised Jerry O'Connor and his team of technicians.
They didn't expect that Qilin actually had a mask manufacturing room.
The number of semiconductor companies in the world that have mask rooms can be counted on the palm of a hand.
They already know that Qilin owns EDA software.
I just didn't expect that Qilin also has a mask room.
In addition, Kirin can produce the chemical raw materials needed for chips.
This means that Kirin already has complete chip production technology.
No one in this world can limit the development of Kirin Group in the semiconductor field.
Even if they are restricted from the most basic talents, they cannot do it.
Because Kirin's technology is more advanced than theirs, it means that Kirin Group's talents are better than theirs.
Moreover, Kirin also spent tens of billions to set up a talent development fund.
In the future, China will give birth to countless talents in the semiconductor industry.
The rise of the dragon is unstoppable.
The only way is to increase investment in the semiconductor industry and catch up with China's semiconductor industry through technological updates.
It was close to five o'clock when the group left the Kirin Fab.
Edward Egan looked at his watch and said: "Mr. Cao, you have given us too many surprises today. I think our negotiations will have to be postponed for a few days."
In this current situation, they have to re-evaluate Qilin.
Only after the assessment will you know how to negotiate with Qilin.
"No problem." Cao Mang nodded.
If it had been anyone else, Cao Mang might have kept them here for dinner.
For this vampire group, treating them to plain porridge is a waste of money.
Cao Mang took them back to the industrial park and let them leave.
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On the way out of Qilin Industrial Park.
Edward Egan looked at Jerry O'Connor and asked: "Based on today's situation, how far do you think Qilin is at least ahead of us?"
"At least ten years. I feel that what I saw today is just the tip of the iceberg. I don't know how much Qilin has hidden in private." Jerry O'Connor said with a bitter smile.
There is no way anyone could make Cao Mang, the sixth man, keep such a low profile.
If they had any new technology, they would definitely show it off.
This is how Europeans do things.
Do things with a high profile and behave with a high profile.
But now they encounter such a low-key person who works in a low-key manner and is a low-key person.
How is this done?
Kirin's low profile made Jerry O'Connor feel terrible.
And this low profile makes it unclear to them how many trump cards Qilin has.
If Qilin comes up with any epoch-making technology in the future, will they believe it or not?
letter?
What if the technology presented by Qilin is fake or deceptive?
Even if the news is false.
Financial markets are likely to be shaken by this news.
At that time, they can only rely on guesswork to determine the direction of the entire financial market.
They have no way to deal with this kind of enemy.
Unless Cao Mang goes abroad.
However, Kirin Group has already developed to this point.
So what if Cao Mang goes abroad?
Could they still arrest Cao Mang and threaten the Qilin Group?
This is obviously impossible.
These technologies were not developed by Cao Mang.
It would be useless to catch him.
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Sometimes they don't know they guessed wrong.
Chapter completed!