Chapter 1152
Kunlun Jade Embryo! High-purity Silicon Self-developed
"Relying on charity? Relying on unethical and gray-area methods? We'll always be at the mercy of others! We've been held hostage once, and it hurts! Are we going to wait until we're held hostage again until we die?!"
His voice echoed in the sophisticated cleanroom.
"If you want to live, and live with strength, you can only rely on yourself!"
No matter how difficult this road is, even if we have to gnaw at it with our teeth and grind it with our bones, Longxin will gnaw and grind out a truly pure and bright path for us! Self-developed and self-produced ultra-high purity silicon wafers!
This is our only, eternal lifeline!
"Professor Yuan! The entire materials research team!"
"To!"
Yuan Tao suddenly straightened his hunched back.
"I command!"
Every word Su Dingping uttered was like a hammer striking a chopping board.
"Our self-developed silicon wafer project—codenamed Kunlun Jade! Start it now, immediately!"
"Target.
Purity 11 nines! Let's start! Get it right out of the sand!
boom--
The entire Longxin Laboratory was in an uproar! It was no longer just about making the chip in front of them, but about forging the very foundation of the truly sacred silicon crystal that would support the entire Longxia chip industry!
Under immense pressure, Su Dingping once again immersed himself in the mysterious "forging space" in his mind.
In the space, a huge golden diagram representing the "high-purity silicon multi-stage physical-chemical combined purification process" floats, its intricate energy flow patterns dazzling the eye. Below the diagram, a faint progress bar is clearly visible.
Remaining unlock time: three months!
Su Dingping calmed his mind, sat cross-legged, and focused his spirit like a probe into the vast and complex flow of technical information. Instantly, the terrifying amount of computational calculations washed over his consciousness like a surging torrent of steel!
The purification process of achieving "11 nines" is a journey that is comparable to climbing Mount Everest at every step!
From the most basic quartz sand screening and calcination for impurity removal, to the complex ultrapure water distillation and directional solidification purification under multi-layer high vacuum environment, and then to the most critical multi-adsorption filtration and high-density plasma reactive etching technology...
Every step of the process embodies the pinnacle of materials physics wisdom and countless critically important parameter thresholds! It's like building a diamond bridge across an abyss at the atomic level!
Su Dingping endured the throbbing pain deep in his brain, his thoughts splitting into countless fine threads, frantically absorbing and analyzing the basic information and general principles conveyed by the illustrations.
This is a marathon of willpower and limits.
...
The challenges in the real world are just as hellish!
Heat waves rolled in front of the huge high-temperature purification furnace, and the bright light was blinding.
"Temperature gradient stable! Maintain!"
"Vacuum level! The vacuum level has dropped! Quickly adjust the vacuum pump unit!"
"Report! The third-layer adsorption filter screen is under impurity load alarm! It needs to be replaced!"
The communication channel was filled with almost shouting sounds.
"Change it! Change it immediately! Precharge it according to the new parameters Chief Engineer Su gave us the day before yesterday!"
Yuan Tao gave instructions in a hoarse voice, his face red from the heat of the stove, his sweat drying before it could even fall, leaving behind salt stains.
On the other side, there is a separate crystal growth laboratory.
Inside the transparent quartz crucible, the molten silicon shimmered with a golden-red light.
Su Dingping personally stood in front of the control console, his sharp eyes fixed on the microscopic images of crystal growth and the complex control curves on the monitor screen.
"Speed up! Speed is off! The core's angular momentum is uneven! Stop! Stop!"
This batch is ruined!
One of Yuan Tao's capable assistants suddenly stood up, his voice trembling with frustration.
"boom!"
Almost simultaneously, the crystal structure inside the crucible collapsed and shattered due to uneven internal stress! The dazzling golden-red light instantly turned into a chaotic mess of debris! The valuable high-purity silicon raw material was completely ruined!
The air was thick with the smell of failure and the acrid smell of burning metal.
Su Dingping, who had been working at high intensity for more than ten consecutive days, also had bloodshot eyes.
He stared silently at the horribly mangled image on the monitor screen, without blaming anyone.
But next to him, on an operating table, lay his drafts of calculations he had casually made.
He sketched out a combination curve of pulling speed, rotation and temperature control that is completely different from the mainstream crystal growth process in the West, with the note next to it: "Optimal path calculated by the illustration theory, adaptation time reduced by 15 days."
These days, they are desperately trying to catch up by following the so-called mature purification processes of the West, but they always stumble because of subtle differences in local environment, equipment precision, and the secrecy of the other party's key processes!
Each failure deepened his understanding of the fundamental theories conveyed by the illustrations within the forging space! Every setback in the Western crafting path served as a reverse demonstration, pushing him further toward the core mysteries of the illustrations!
An invisible progress bar quietly turned as Su Dingping pondered and deduced after each setback.
The three-month period has quietly shrunk to two months and fifteen days!
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Late at night a few days later.
The main control room of the Dragon Heart Laboratory was deathly silent. Only Su Dingping stood alone on the massive control panel.
He hadn't slept for two nights in a row; his eyes were bloodshot, and his temples throbbed from intense concentration. The workbench in front of him was covered with sheets of paper filled with complex formulas and parameters, and the computer screen was flashing a dozen windows frantically displaying crystal growth models, thermodynamic fluid simulations, impurity concentration diffusion algorithms…
"Impurities... the core issue is the capture probability of impurities in the gradient field at the crystal solidification interface... the West uses thermal shields to forcibly suppress convection... but this cannot solve the lattice distortion caused by thermal disturbances at the interface edge... the basic idea of the atlas..."
Su Dingping's mind is like a quantum computer running at high speed, with countless thoughts colliding, recombinating, deducing, being torn apart, and then reconstructing!
The data from repeated failures, the theory of forging space, the Western paths that Yuan Tao and his team had tried and failed at, the only pure silicon wafer crystal structure that Qin Mingzhu had obtained that could be used as a positive sample for research... all the information was shattered and merged!
Just when my mind was stretched to the limit, on the verge of breaking down—
The enormous golden diagram that had been hovering in his mind suddenly burst forth with an unprecedentedly dazzling golden light!
Om-!
A clear, deafening stream of mental energy declaring successful unlocking pierced directly through Su Dingping's spiritual core! The progress bar below the encyclopedia instantly reset to zero! Three months? No! Less than a month!
Theoretical verification and real-world trial-and-error feedback, compressed to the extreme, acted as the strongest catalyst, directly igniting the spark of ultimate wisdom!
A complete blueprint for the "high-purity silicon multi-stage physical-chemical combined purification process," modified and optimized for local conditions, was clearly imprinted in Su Dingping's mind! Every step! Every control point! Every process parameter! Was flawless and perfectly executed! Especially in the most crucial环节.
The Western method of slow growth using ultra-high purity, expensive, and massive single-crystal furnaces, which is prone to defects, has been replaced by a marvelous energy field-guided directional solidification combined with precision 3D metal printing shaping technology under specific spatial structures!
This not only completely avoids the defects of the traditional Czochralski method, but also theoretically can directly cast "Kunlun Jade" with super-large size, amazing structural strength and perfect crystal lattice!
It's done! It really is done! Su Dingping took a deep breath, an indescribable sense of trepidation rushing to his head!
Early the next morning.
When Professor Yuan Tao dragged his tired body into the conference room, he was stunned by what he saw and stood frozen at the door!
Su Dingping was hunched over a high-speed laser printer, stacks of thick, brick-like printouts, still steaming with toner, were being spit out of the machine! A huge conference table nearby was already piled high with them!
The manuscript paper was densely covered with incredibly complex technical solutions, parameter tables, and design drawings! The title was—
"Kunlun Taiyu Project - Core Technology Report on High-Purity Electronic-Grade Silicon Joint Purification and 12-Inch Single-Crystal Integrated Molding"
"Mr. Su...Mr. Su..."
Yuan Tao thought he was hallucinating because he had been staying up all night!
Su Dingping raised his head, and even the bloodshot eyes couldn't hide the sharp edge of his gaze, which was like a divine sword being drawn from its sheath!
He tossed the thick report he had just printed into Yuan Tao's arms.
"Professor Yuan! Immediately summon all materials, crystal, and equipment engineers! The plan is right here! Do as I say! Start debugging the equipment, organize the manpower, and set up the experimental line as quickly as possible! I will personally oversee the operation!"
Yuan Tao frantically flipped through the thick technical report.
As he casually flipped through a few pages, the extremely clear step-by-step descriptions, the revolutionary metal printing solidification path, and the energy field-assisted impurity separation model that he had never even heard of before... were like lightning bolts that cleaved through the fog of decades of technical understanding he had been shrouded in!
"This... Chief Engineer Su!"
This...this is too...too incredible!
This technical approach..."
Yuan Tao's voice was trembling.
"No time to be surprised!"
Su Dingping waved his hand decisively, his voice firm and resolute.
"Let's throw that Western obsolescence into the dustbin of history! We must begin to build the foundation that truly belongs to us!"
All of Longxin Laboratory's resources were instantly channeled towards the "Kunlun Jade Embryo" project!
The new silicon wafer raw material purification line was erected in just twenty days! Although it looks very simple and rough, and many non-standard devices had to be built by Longxin Laboratory itself, the core process was strictly carried out in accordance with Su Dingping's "divine revelation" report! Every step was precise to the atomic level!
When the first batch of ultrapure silicon liquid, purified from locally sourced high-purity raw materials using a new process, flowed into that unique, novel forming cavity that combined 3D metal printing technology with an embedded magnetic field generating structure…
Guided and controlled by a complex energy field, the liquid solidifies and stacks layer by layer along a precise digital trajectory, eventually cooling and solidifying slowly in a precise, ultra-clean environment...
When the engineers, dressed in heavy protective suits, used specially made clamps as if on a pilgrimage, to pull out the perfectly sized silicon crystal ingot from the cavity—a piece that exuded a deep, cold, and almost gem-like pure and translucent luster…
The entire workshop fell into absolute silence! Even breathing stopped! Only the low hum of the equipment could be heard.
That silicon ingot seemed to embody the gaze, sweat, anxiety, and... unbelievable ecstasy of everyone in the entire laboratory!
Cut! Grind! Polish! Clean!
After a series of rigorous, even obsessive, testing procedures, and the first batch of 12-inch ultra-high purity electronic-grade silicon wafers, each bearing a unique coded label, are sent to the wafer manufacturing workshop…
Once again, everyone gathered in front of the monitor screen showing the yield rate.
This time, Professor Yuan Tao held a new "Kunlun Jade" sample silicon wafer tightly in his hand, his fingertips turning white from excessive force.
The silicon wafer had a surface as smooth as a mirror in deep space, with its edges refracting a cold, bluish-purple halo.
The conveyor belt restarted.
The curve on the screen started to jump...
5%……10%……50%……70%……85%……90%……92%！ 92%！最终稳稳地定格在92。3%这个令人疯狂的高位！
"Awooo—!!!"
A young researcher suddenly jumped up and roared with all his might! This was followed by even more pent-up, almost frenzied cheers and roars! Some people broke down in tears, while others hugged each other tightly and pounded each other's backs!
Professor Yuan Tao stared at the shimmering golden 92.3% on the monitor screen, then looked down at the flawless silicon wafer in his hand. This nearly sixty-year-old expert finally couldn't hold back, and two streams of hot tears flowed down his face!
He held it as if it were a newborn baby in swaddling clothes that would shock the world!
"It's done... Chief Engineer Su! It's really done! No kidding! Completely self-developed! Purity testing shows it far exceeds 11N! Finished product yield is 92%! Heaven has opened its eyes! The dragon's heart is not dead! The dragon's soul lives on!"
He screamed incoherently at Su Dingping, his face contorted with tears and a smile, looking like a child.
Su Dingping stood there, a deep, relieved smile finally appearing on his face, tinged with exhaustion. The heaviest boulder weighing on the lifeline of the chip industry had been smashed!
...
Before the wave of ecstasy from the Dragon Heart Laboratory could spread, a fierce storm carrying the shadow of war and shameless slander roared in from thousands of miles away!
Just as the first batch of "Candlelight-1" type 250nm chips, with a yield rate of up to 92%, independently developed by Longxin Laboratory had just been packaged and rolled off the production line, and had not yet been sent to the power plant test site.
On the vast ocean surface in the northwest, just tens of nautical miles from Longxia's key economic waters, a sudden uproar broke out!
The massive steel ships, like moving mountains, cleaved through the dark blue sea! The Eagle Tribe's iconic nuclear-powered aircraft carrier battle group—"The Stars and Stripes Never Fall"—appeared in a highly intimidating formation right at Longxia's doorstep! The cold, sharp cannons gleamed, and the dense array of fighter jets on the deck gleamed with metallic luster.
Almost simultaneously, a slightly smaller fleet, but no less menacing, also rapidly entered the "joint formation" from the northern waters! The conspicuous golden hammer insignia on the ships indicated their affiliation—the Arctic Fleet of the Bear Tribe!
Two massive fleets met outside the territorial waters of Longxia, forming a powerful "joint deterrent force"—the exercise codenamed "Blue Barrier"! The sword's edge...is pointed directly at Longxia!
The deafening roar of live-fire artillery fire echoed across the sea and sky! Carrier-based fighter jets, their screech tearing through the air, conducted high-intensity, ultra-low-altitude sea-skimming flights in sensitive airspace! Airborne radars locked onto provocative fire control beams, sweeping across civilian radar stations near the coastline! (End of Chapter)