After completing the technological accumulation and validation, Tom immediately began constructing a new chip factory.
Compared to the previous chip factories, this one had a larger area; the entire industrial park, including various supporting facilities, covered a total area of 10 square kilometers.
This was not only because the factory's designed production capacity was higher, reaching approximately 20 million 45-nanometer process chips of various specifications and models annually, but also because, compared to the previous 800-nanometer chips, the 45-nanometer chips now had a more complex process, more steps, and higher environmental requirements.
From the initial purification of silicon dioxide to the final chip packaging and ex-factory, all processes combined totaled over 1,000 steps!
Several hundred types of factories specifically supplying, powering, or providing assistance to this factory were built.
