The chips that Guoxing Technology is currently able to mass-produce and bring to the market are only those of 12-nanometer and 10-nanometer scale.
Compared to abroad, Guoxing Technology is somewhat "lagging" behind.
Because overseas manufacturers are even able to mass-produce and use in the market, 7-nanometer and 5-nanometer chips.
"Principal Ding, our research is still in the early stages, and although we currently have enough funds, we estimate that by the end of the year, our research will progress further and we will probably need more funds then," Luo Peng replied.
Upon hearing these words, Ding Yue nodded and said: "The university will allocate another round of funding to you by then."
The reason why Ding Yue was so confident was because the royalty revenue from the box office success of "Super Combat Team", if expedited, should be ready by the end of the year.
By then, out of several billions of dollars in funds, Ding Yue would set aside a substantial portion of it for the photolithography machine experimental project.
Of course, there was also his younger sister Ding Xiaoyou’s graphene battery technology project and Director Su Yangfan’s "Wandering Earth" project.
These projects all required significant funding.
Ding Yue suddenly felt exceedingly broke, feeling that even the billions of dollars in earnings from the animated blockbuster "Super Combat Team" for Mist City Arts and Science University, was still not enough.
"By the way, Xiao You, didn’t you just mention that you’ve also made a breakthrough in the development of your graphene mechanical strip preparation machine?"
Having just learned about the photolithography machine experiment project, Ding Yue’s attention shifted to his sister’s graphene mechanical strip prep machine project.
These two projects were currently the largest of the scientific projects at Mist City Arts and Science University.
Among them, the difficulty of the photolithography machine experiment project is greater than that of the graphene mechanical strip preparation machine project.
The graphene mechanical strip prep machine was just a stepping stone for his younger sister, Ding Xiaoyou, in her research on graphene battery technology.
Success in creating a graphene mechanical strip prep machine would allow Ding Xiaoyou to further her studies in graphene battery technology.
Without doubt, for the current world, graphene battery technology was expected to revolutionize power sources.
Ding Yue was eagerly anticipating the arrival of this day.
Ding Xiaoyou nodded happily: "Thanks to the hard work of Mr. Luo Peng and Mr. Tong Yihang."
Ding Yue knew that the successful research of the graphene mechanical strip prep machine was inevitable, given that he provided Luo Peng and Tong Yihang with the relevant technology, and then after so long a period of concentrated research, the pace was actually faster than he had imagined.
"So you’re saying that the mechanical strip preparation machine is ready to be developed?" asked Ding Yue, his brow slightly furrowed as he looked at Luo Peng and Tong Yihang.
"It would still take some time to successfully develop the mechanical strip preparation machine. At the moment, we’ve only overcome the biggest hurdle, and we’ve essentially solved the shortcomings of mechanically stripping graphene. Theoretically, it should now be possible to efficiently prepare the strips," Luo Peng replied.
"How long would it approximately take?" asked a curious Ding Yue.
When the graphene mechanical strip preparation machine would be made would mean when Ding Xiaoyou could commence research on the graphene battery technology.
Because only when Luo Peng and Tong Yihang developed the mechanical strip preparation machine could they then produce higher purity graphene. And with such graphene material, Ding Xiaoyou could then concentrate on her energy chemistry project — the graphene battery!
"If the Research and Development of the graphene mechanical strip preparation machine goes smoothly, it should be by January or February of next year," Tong Yihang replied. "Principal Ding, after all, we do have quite a number of projects on our hands."
Ding Yue nodded, showing his understanding.
People like Tong Yihang and Liu Tiefei were not only responsible for the technical guidance of the medical health robot production line.
They were also involved in the photolithography machine experiment project and the research project for the graphene mechanical strip preparation machine.
Even if someone is a genius, and is given related technical knowledge by Ding Yue, a person’s energy is ultimately limited.
And a person’s day is only 24 hours. They cannot treat it as if there are 25 hours in a day.
"Alright, you need to arrange your time and energy wisely, and remember to rest. Remember not to stay up late, young people, your health is most important," Ding Yue reminded Tong Yihang and his team.
He himself wasn’t anxious either, after all, his Mist City Arts and Science University was still very young, rushing a large scale project was unfeasible.
Ding Xiaoyou rolled her eyes and murmured: "I don’t know who it was that when researching gallium nitride semiconductor materials technology, pulled all-nighters every day with the professors."
The only one daring enough to retort Ding Yue in public was probably Ding Xiaoyou.
When Luo Peng, Tong Yihang, and secretary Wen Ruohan heard this, they couldn’t help but laugh.
"What are you laughing at?"
Ding Yue immediately glared at them, then said: "I was just too engrossed, and besides, I’m strong and vigorous, I can occasionally pull an all-nighter without a problem."
Ding Xiaoyou mumbled: "I’m not going to argue with you, I’m going back."
And with that, Ding Xiaoyou turned and left.
Seeing that, Luo Peng and Tong Yihang didn’t want to bother Principal Ding with his daily work anymore, so after bidding him goodbye, they also took their leave.