Chapter 195 Why do the Xia people have academic achievements that surpass those of the West? The two doctoral students had participated in projects before coming to Lu Shan’s company. Whether it was the scientific research projects of the Xiaguo Academy of Sciences or some R&D projects of school-enterprise cooperation, the working atmosphere was incomparable to that here in Lu Shan. In addition to work, what’s more important is that everyone here in Lushan feels the life. Life is not all about study and work. What’s more important is life. It can combine work and life very comfortably. The two doctoral students felt they had come to the right place. Of course Zhang Lingxi was very happy. After all, it was graduation season, and many of her classmates were busy looking for jobs. It is difficult for students majoring in chemical materials to find a job, and it is even more difficult for girls. Either you do boring experiments in the laboratory, or you go to a material company and get locked up in the factory, doing painstaking quality inspection.
Not only are the conditions bad, but the pay is also low. Zhang Lingxi was able to follow Lu Shan and not only was he treated well, but he also had a lot of freedom. This is the job I've always dreamed of. The three people came to Lushan Company with different original intentions, but now their goals are the same. That is to seize the time to turn the materials into products as quickly as possible. Only when the memory of the new material is actually produced and Lu Shan’s previous model is confirmed, then the first phase of the work can be truly completed. Lu Shan did not wait for the process to complete. He received a lot of orders before the products were even manufactured. They are all orders from the Xiaguo Academy of Sciences. In Xia Country, as long as your skills are high enough, you will definitely get orders from the Xia Country Academy of Sciences. And if you break it down further, there are so many companies associated with the Xia Country Academy of Sciences that hundreds or thousands of memory sticks are just enough to fill the gaps in your teeth. Lu Shan’s adjustments are extremely effective. Every improvement has brought about obvious progress. Now the time, cost and performance have each been improved by one tenth, and they will soon be completely fixed. Debugging later will just involve applying small patches or starting over. And at this moment at the headquarters of Advanced Materials magazine in the United States. The editors of Advanced Materials are cross-reviewing papers that have passed the initial review, one of which is Lu Shan's paper on new topological semimetal semiconductor materials. This paper became very famous after the initial review. Because some time ago, the Western materials chemistry and semiconductor industries were also discussing the topic of topological semimetal materials becoming new semiconductor materials. This topic reached a climax when Tan Ming came to work at the University of Pennsylvania and publicly revealed that the research laboratories led by Lu Shan's team at Jiangzhou University and Xia Guangming's team at the Xia National Academy of Sciences had plagiarized the University of Pennsylvania projects. It is precisely because of Tan Ming’s revelations and the fact that the American academic community is more inclined to believe Tan Ming’s statement that Lu Shan’s paper was cast a shadow. As the world's top materials chemistry magazine, Advanced Materials ranks first in impact factor among multiple rating agencies. Therefore, their paper review experts are also top experts, professors and scholars from top universities around the world.
The writing style of Lu Shan's paper is very clever. Lu Shan had two original intentions when writing this paper. The first was to announce his results to the world, and the second was to protect the relevant data of the results to the greatest extent possible while announcing the results. Therefore, this paper does not have any logical loopholes, and the experimental process is very clear, but the experimental data and some calculation data are blurred along the way. This method is common in academic papers in science and engineering. This allows others to read your paper and know that such a thing happened. It can also confirm that the results of your research are true and effective, but there is no way to repeat your experiment, let alone plagiarize the results. If Lu Shan's paper was just an ordinary research and development paper, the review experts of Advanced Materials would have quickly approved it. But what Lu Shan developed in this paper is not something ordinary, but a new semiconductor material, a technology that the West has not mastered. Everyone is very cautious. According to Lu Shan's paper, Lu Shan's team not only developed new semiconductor materials that can replace silicon crystals. This new material can also be used to produce semiconductor products, and in theory, it already has a mature method for producing memory products. This made the review experts uneasy. Considering the cause and effect of the matter, they did not particularly want to approve Lu Shan's paper. Two reasons. The first is that Lu Shan’s paper posed a fundamental challenge to the United States’ semiconductor and computer hegemony. Since the Second Industrial Revolution, the world's technological center has been in the West. After the First World War, the center of global technology became more clear, that is, in the United States. The United States' developed technological industry chain enables it to stand at the top of the world with ease and to plan and distribute the global industrial system. You can make the most money at the lowest cost. This is how the global division of labor in semiconductors came about after World War II. The United States successfully established its semiconductor hegemony through the Plaza Accord and the transfer of the semiconductor processing industry to South Korea and Taiwan. The fundamental logic of this hegemony is that semiconductor design and production equipment technology are in the hands of American capital. The labor-intensive industrial chain such as semiconductor production is handed over to its younger brother South Korea and Taiwan. In fact, the United States initially hoped to produce chips in Japan, and Japan did so. But Dongyang is not prepared to be a dog. It not only hopes to be able to produce semiconductor products, but also hopes to be able to design and dominate semiconductor products, and thereby challenge the industrial hegemony of the United States. How could the United States tolerate such a thing to happen, so it launched a series of operations as soon as the Plaza Accord was signed. Japan's semiconductor industry completely collapsed. Even though there are still companies like Toshiba and Sony that are capable of engaging in semiconductor design and production, their technological development has been completely blocked by the United States. The outsourcing and production of semiconductors have also been replaced by South Korea and the Wanwan region of Xia Country.
The entire world, including Xiaguo, is a dumping ground for semiconductor products. Relying on this perfect division of labor, American capital can make trillions of US dollars in profits from the semiconductor industry chain every year. And it can control the global computer network industry and technology industry through the semiconductor industry chain. This is an endless money printing machine and an extension of the United States' global hegemony. Now, several students from Xia Country and the Xia Country Academy of Sciences have actually developed a new generation of semiconductor products to replace silicon crystals. This is an attempt to find another way around the semiconductor industry chain that the United States has worked so hard to build. This kind of thing is absolutely not allowed by the . scientific and technological community, the . military community, or the capital community. The design and production of semiconductor materials is the brightest pearl of human industry and the most difficult industry. How could it be possible that the hegemonic industry that the United States has developed for decades could be taken over by a few students from Xia Country? No matter how logically sound Lu Shan's paper is, the American academic community, including these review experts, are reluctant to believe it. Everyone has always believed that if the data in a paper is vague and incomplete, then there is something wrong with it. The second reason is Tan Ming’s revelations, which indeed affected the cognition of the American academic community. Tan Ming said that the project establishment and all the data in the early stage of the project of the Xiaguo Academy of Sciences were plagiarized from the University of Pennsylvania, and the American academic community was willing to believe it. After all, they would not believe that the Xia people had such level of ability to produce such materials. Only top universities in the semiconductor industry, such as the University of Pennsylvania, and its affiliated research institutes could produce such materials. Even the University of Pennsylvania hasn’t figured it out, so how can a student from Xia country figure it out? Based on the above two reasons, the paper reviewers and team have their own ideas? Caris, the editor-in-chief of Advanced Materials, looked at the review team and asked, "Professors, what are your opinions?" Professor Cassian from the Semiconductor Laboratory at the University of Pennsylvania found the paper ridiculous. He placed the printed paper on the table and said: "I think that as the world's top journal of materials chemistry, Advanced Materials should be more stringent in reviewing papers." "I have been engaged in the research of semiconductor materials for more than 30 years. The materials used in the paper written by Lu Shan only exist in theory." "The synthesis and manufacture of alloy films is very difficult. Even if the synthesis and manufacture is successful, it is even more difficult to make it have semiconductor properties. At least my team has not achieved it." "Moreover, Tan Ming is from Jiangzhou University in Xia Country. He is also an important person who personally participated in the project. I heard that he is also the leader of the project team." "He has made it very clear that the early stages of the project were actually plagiarized from a project at the University of Pennsylvania 10 years ago." "Plus, the data in the paper is unclear, and Bao Xiaguo has not officially released the finished materials to the public so far." "So I think this paper is more of a bluff, hoping to gain the benefits of academic reputation." After Professor Cassian finished his speech, the other review experts also expressed their agreement. “This paper cannot be passed.” “Not only can it not be passed, we also need to disclose the relevant facts to the academic community.” "I have visited Xia Country and I am very clear about their academic level. They have serious academic fraud and it is impossible for them to come up with something like this." Finally, the review experts unanimously agreed to reject and return Lu Shan’s paper. And inform the industry of the relevant situation.
Please also be cautious and do not invest blindly in this material. Jiangzhou. While busy, Lu Shan received an email from Advanced Materials returning his paper. Lu Shan was a little surprised and was just about to contact Advanced Materials to inquire about the reason for the return. I scrolled down and saw the reason for the return. Plagiarism and unclear data. That's the reason. It seems that Advanced Materials has also been affected by the relevant reports. Lu Shan smiled. Academia also serves capital. It is obviously a scientific magazine, but they mixed it with other things. They don't believe anything and insist on accepting Tan Ming's statement. It is obvious that they have other purposes. Who publishes a paper and writes everything in it? What’s the difference between this and exposing your true self to others? Can you please tell me the idea, the model, the specific operation, the specific parameters and the specific formula? This is stupid behavior, all the technology has been leaked! What the Western journal wants is very simple. If they want to prove that their paper is correct, they have to state everything. If they don’t, they will blame Lu Shan for plagiarism. In fact, many Western journals have such a complex mentality. They didn't believe that such advanced technology would appear in Xia Country. They thought that Xia Country was backward and had no achievements at all. If it really exists, then we will find a way to get the technology, using public opinion, interests, or even special means that may not be seen in the open. Therefore, rejection of manuscripts was originally a very common thing, but due to the hype of the American media, it became a household name, and even the front page of the New York Times was such news. The Western media basically have one message - Xia Guo's paper on new semiconductor materials is academic fraud. Not to mention the Western academic community, the public opinion community also published many articles to squeeze the Xia country's academic community. "Plagiarism is an addiction, and the academic atmosphere in Xiaguo is not healthy." "Who is Lu Shan? Why did an unknown person publish such a paper?" "There is someone behind Lu Shan who is trying to gain fame and reputation." "Xiaguo's academic community persecutes outstanding talents and pushes out a person with no real knowledge." "Pseudoscience is in vogue, and the academic atmosphere in Xia Country is terrible!" "According to authoritative media reports, Xia Guo ranks first in the world in terms of the number of papers published, but the rate of plagiarism and duplication is as high as 80%." As soon as the United States took action, the academic community around the world was watching the joke. When the news reached the Xia Kingdom, the academic circles there were greatly shaken and immediately split into two factions. One group supports Lu Shan, while the other group needs to reflect on the situation. Their respective reasons are quite sufficient.
Those who support Lu Shan of course insist that the data cannot be made public. Why should such a groundbreaking product be shown to foreigners? We cannot just let the Western academic community say whatever they want. Even if I compromise a little today and a little more tomorrow, I will never say anything good about the Xia people. Xia Guangming felt that the situation was very difficult and quickly went to Lu Shan to discuss countermeasures. "It doesn't matter where the paper is published. If they don't publish my paper, it's their loss, not mine. We just need to do our own thing well." Xia Guangming couldn't believe that Lu Shan was so open-minded. This is an international honor, and most people would seize this opportunity at all costs. Xia Guangming knew that many people had lost all their bottom line for such honor. But Lu Shan acted like nothing happened and didn't care whether he did it or not. This understanding already exceeds that of the vast majority of scholars. Perhaps only the purest scholars have such a mentality. "Then your plan is..." "We can bring mature, low-cost, and excellent related products to the market. By then, it won't matter whether it is platinum-tin-iron alloy thin film technology or not. What matters is that we have really made good products with topological semimetal semiconductor materials. By then, the rumors will be broken." "Okay! Looking forward to your good news!" Xia Guangming walked quickly because he had to go to the United States to attend an academic conference. Despite the turmoil in the outside world, Lu Shan remained unmoved and immersed himself in studying the production technology. Now the production line process has been fixed, and all the memory sticks produced are platinum-tin-iron alloy. After all, the higher-ups need it urgently and cannot wait for Lu Shan to develop an excellent copper-tin-iron alloy. They will deal with it later when he has one. Furthermore, the two materials have different positioning. Platinum-tin-iron is high-end and is used in national defense and scientific research. Even if Lu Shan develops a suitable copper-tin-iron alloy material in the future, the superiors will buy it and distribute it to subordinate enterprises and units with low demand, so there will be no conflict. "Whether the electron energy level can be used better or not, there are too many uncertainties about the electrons in the excited state." "Add a magnetic field control?" "The magnetic field is too fixed and has an effect on all electrons, so the idea is not very plausible." "Then we can use the temperature difference to select the electrons and then use the magnetic field to act on them. What do you think?" "Can try!" Lu Shan was full of energy at this time. By utilizing the alloy structure and the arrangement and movement of electrons in the metal grid after power is applied, the electrons can complete the relevant work, thus avoiding the existing photolithography processing system. This idea is indeed amazing. At present, Xiaguo’s chip level is not high, and its own lithography machines are still based on the 90NM process from the s and s. Chip research was not popular in 2009 and was even taboo. Because there was a fraudulent company in Xia country before. It bought chips from the United States, polished the information on them, and changed them to "Hanxin No. 1" to defraud money, but was eventually discovered. This scam not only defrauded the country of hundreds of millions of dollars in scientific research funds, but also destroyed the entire self-developed research and development industry. As a result, no one dared to mention chip research and development for a while, and Xia's domestic chips fell behind for ten years. It was not until around 2019 that China began to realize that it could not throw the baby out with the bathwater and started to develop again.
If we still follow the Western way of thinking, we will encounter the problem of lithography machines. Westerners will definitely strictly restrict related technologies and use patents to restrict the Chinese. Therefore, Lu Shan could only use this method to avoid the production ideas of the lithography machine. Otherwise, even if the patent could be ignored, others would still strangle him over important materials. The simplest example is photoresist. If we continue to develop along the previous line of thought, we will definitely touch upon this thing, but this track is very small and the requirements are very high. The annual output value is only tens of billions, mainly concentrated in Japan and South Korea, supplying the West led by the United States. Of course, they know what photoresist is made of. As long as the corresponding materials and equipment are blocked in advance, Xia Country will not be able to produce it. This is just one example among many aspects. There are many more places where tricks can be done, otherwise Xia Guo would not have been able to elevate chip engineering to the status of "two bombs and one satellite". The production of copper-tin-iron alloy was not very smooth. Lu Shan thought of many ways, but relying solely on material processing seemed to be insufficient. If the electrons of copper, tin and iron are too active, it will lead to increased energy consumption and easily cause unstable storage. If you are not active, the speed will not be enough, so what should you do? In order to make electrons active while maintaining stability, the previous method of setting the magnetic field according to different temperatures was used. Later, it was found that this was difficult to achieve with the current level of technology, so Lu Shan thought of changing the method of preparing silicon. "By combining silicon with electrons in the form of vapor and fixing them, it can have both stability and activity, as well as resistance, to maintain the overall safety of the circuit." Lu Shan's idea was recognized by Poincare, and Turing also accepted the proposal after going through complex logical model calculations, but he had to slowly figure out the specific temperature. Xia Guangming, who had just arrived in the United States to attend an academic conference, was uneasy. The conference I attended this time was the Global Semiconductor Industry and Computer Conference. Xia State is not qualified. The reason why it is qualified is that in October, Xiaguo developed the portable exascale supercomputer "Tianhe-1", becoming the second country after the United States capable of developing an exascale supercomputer, which greatly boosted the confidence of Xiaguo's scientific community. It also surprised the United States. Against this background, Xia Guangming led a team to the United States to attend the Global Semiconductor and Computer Industry Conference, but he did not expect to be so angry. (End of this chapter)