31: 5-nanometer technology! Please don't mention it again! What if it gets leaked!

The one who arrived was none other than Lu Feng.

Cheng Yong was still following Lu Feng, never leaving his side.

There was also Lu Feng's assistant, Sun Qing.

Lu Feng greeted Dean Chen.

It wasn't the first time the two sides had met.

Lu Feng smiled and said:

"Dean Chen, I'm troubling you again."

"I even had you specifically call so many academicians here."

"No trouble at all! No trouble at all!" The wrinkles on Dean Chen's face almost smoothed out from his smile.

"To be able to help you, Chief Engineer Lu, even a little bit."

"To be honest!"

There wasn't a hint of a joke on Chen Jiankang's face.

"It's not just my honor."

"It's also the honor of the entire Dragon Science Academy."

Lu Feng waved his hands repeatedly.

"Dean Chen, you're exaggerating."

Liu Zhiwen, sitting in the audience, saw this scene.

He frowned slightly.

This youth named Lu Feng was too young.

Someone like this must have risen through some kind of connections.

As for what those connections were, Liu Zhiwen didn't want to investigate.

Nor did he want to probe further.

It wasn't the first or second time the Dragon Kingdom had conducted chip research.

Every chip research project was always accompanied by incompetent academic fraud.

Like the first chip manufacturing attempt.

It was a layman who had returned from the USA.

Relying on his ability to swindle.

He had forcefully taken the model coding on the outside of Intel chips,

sanded it off with sandpaper, and then claimed he had researched and developed it himself.

When this matter was exposed,

the entire Dragon Kingdom's scientific community was shocked.

That incident caused the Dragon Kingdom's scientific research,

specifically chip research, to take a heavy hit.

It also chilled the hearts of many ordinary people in the Dragon Kingdom.

To the point that even now, when many people mention this matter,

they are still filled with indignation.

As an old scientific researcher, Liu Zhiwen

hated this kind of opportunism in work the most.

People with no real ability

who defrauded the state of scientific research funds.

He couldn't change all this,

but he could choose not to be part of the corruption.

This young man named Lu Feng, his age said it all.

Without decades of accumulated technological experience,

it was impossible to create a world-class, top-tier Lithography Machine.

Everything was just a bubble in the water.

Shaking his head,

Liu Zhiwen stood up directly

and walked towards the exit.

Dean Chen saw Liu Zhiwen's movement out of the corner of his eye.

He called out curiously:

"Old Liu! Where are you going?"

"At such a momentous moment for our Dragon Kingdom, are you leaving?"

"Aren't you going to participate?"

Liu Zhiwen shook his head without much explanation.

He didn't want to engage in pointless arguments with these people.

He just said he wasn't feeling well

and needed to go rest.

Dean Chen didn't think of anything else.

He was lightheaded with excitement over Lu Feng's arrival.

Anyone would be excited.

During Chen Jiankang's tenure,

he had participated in two massive Dragon Kingdom projects.

Just thinking about it was exciting.

In the history books, there will surely be a mention of me, Dean Chen Jiankang.

Lu Feng looked at Liu Zhiwen.

He didn't mind.

He turned and walked onto the podium.

He lightly tapped the microphone,

then he spoke:

"Hello everyone, my name is Lu Feng!"

"I won't waste your time."

"I am now going to form our Dragon Kingdom's Lithography Machine project team."

"My plan is to have the Lithography Machine produced

within half a month,

and produce the chips within a month."

"These chips need to lay a solid data calculation foundation for the big project I have in hand!"

"For the current chip project,"

"I have the following preliminary personnel requirements."

"Optics field... as well as... and also..."

"Those who meet the requirements can come forward."

"My assistant, Sun Qing, will register everyone."

"Oh, right!"

Lu Feng said:

"Also, you need to sign a Non-disclosure agreement."

Speaking of which,

Lu Feng looked at Liu Zhiwen, who had already reached the door.

"And that old professor."

"As long as you've entered the conference room,"

"you must sign the Non-disclosure agreement."

Hearing this, Liu Zhiwen stopped in his tracks.

I haven't done anything, nor have I heard anything.

You want me to sign a Non-disclosure agreement?

And you, a mere child, rushing in to defraud scientific research funds,

and you want me to sign a Non-disclosure agreement???

The stubbornness of the older generation of scientific researchers from that era suddenly flared up.

But Liu Zhiwen was a veteran worker,

a highly educated intellectual.

He couldn't bring himself to say vulgar words.

He turned around

and met Lu Feng's smiling face.

With his face flushed red, Liu Zhiwen spoke:

"Very well!"

"Your name is Lu Feng, right???"

Seeing Liu Zhiwen's expression, Dean Chen

felt that something was not quite right.

He kept thinking, had Liu Zhiwen misunderstood something?

Fearing he might say something that would make things awkward for both sides,

he hurriedly stepped forward.

"Old Liu! Old Liu! Weren't you feeling unwell?"

"Let's just sign the Non-disclosure agreement and go."

"This Non-disclosure agreement wasn't decided by Lu Feng."

"Even Lu Feng himself has to sign it!"

At this moment, Liu Zhiwen only felt a surge of blood rush to his head.

Our years of scientific research reputation

are being ruined by people like you who fish for fame and credit.

He asked sternly:

"You little brat."

"Let me ask you!"

"You say you want to make a Lithography Machine!"

"Tell me the principles of the Lithography Machine you're making."

"And how many nanometers do you intend to make?"

"Where are the technical difficulties?"

"How will you overcome them?"

After asking these questions, Liu Zhiwen gasped for breath.

Lu Feng was a bit confused by the situation.

This old gentleman before him—he had only mentioned signing a Non-disclosure agreement.

This thing wasn't set by him.

Why did he seem to be throwing a tantrum?

However, Lu Feng wouldn't hold it against the old man.

He thought for a moment

and spoke into the microphone:

"It's like this."

"With our current technological level, to manufacture chips below 14 nanometers,"

"very high resolution is required."

"Extreme Ultraviolet, or EUV, lithography technology must be used."

"EUV technology itself is a technical challenge because it requires the use of very short-wavelength light sources to achieve smaller feature sizes."

Hearing this, Liu Zhiwen

chuckled to himself; this was just reciting from a textbook.

Anyone could find this out with a search online.

So he asked back:

"Then tell me, how many nanometer chips do you plan to make?"

Lu Feng said with a serious expression:

"The chips I am going to make next are 5 nanometers!"

"What?" Liu Zhiwen's eyes widened, and he took two quick steps forward.

"5 nanometers!"

"You're really talking big, aren't you!"

"Tell me, how do you plan to do your 5 nanometers?"

Lu Feng said calmly:

"Currently, the technical bottleneck for 5 nanometers still lies in the light source,"

"which is EUV."

"I plan to start from the following six aspects."

"Step one: Everyone knows that EUV has a shorter wavelength, so it can achieve smaller feature sizes."

"So we must start with high-brightness, extremely stable EUV."

When Lu Feng mentioned the first step,

Liu Zhiwen had already begun to nod slightly involuntarily.

This kid didn't look old,

but he seemed to have learned some things.

Different from those people who polished chips with sandpaper,

he had some real skill.

But then he heard Lu Feng continue:

"Step two: Light source intensity. Manufacturing 3-nanometer class chips requires higher light source intensity"

"to ensure enough light energy is projected onto the photosensitive silicon wafer to achieve high resolution."

"This means the EUV light source must be able to continuously provide sufficient intensity while maintaining beam stability."

By this time, Liu Zhiwen's eyes were wide as copper bells.

And Lu Feng hadn't finished speaking.

"Step three: Light source stability..."

"Step four: Coupling of the optical system and the light source..."

"Step five..."

"Stop talking! Stop! Stop!"

Liu Zhiwen suddenly roared loudly.

The other academicians in the hall were listening with great interest.

Hearing Liu Zhiwen's shout,

they all looked at him.

Only to see Liu Zhiwen beating his chest and stomping his feet,

shouting with deep regret:

"Stop talking!!"

"The people here haven't signed the Non-disclosure agreement yet!"

"Don't let this leak out, no matter what!!!!"