I Found A Planet

Netherlands.

ASML corporate headquarters.

Gallagher Rodney, CEO of the company.

He was awakened by a phone call in the middle of the night, and the caller told him several surprising news in succession.

What shocked him the most was that Zhongxin International in country Z broke the sales ban, produced their EUV lithography machine, and used their own lithography machine to produce 5-nanometer chips.

"How can this be?"

Gallagher Rodney is stunned, it's only been a few months since the lock-up, this is impossible!

At the emergency meeting the next day, the company's shareholders and executives were in a mess. They were not as elegant as the gentlemen in the past, and they were no longer as calm as they used to be.

"This is absolutely impossible! Fake news, it must be fake news!"

"I don't believe it either. It will take them at least three years to build an EUV lithography machine."

"Everyone! The facts will not depend on our will, let's assume they did, gentlemen and ladies, what should we do now?" Gallagher Rodney knocked on the table and asked.

"Sue them, sue them for patent infringement immediately! They can't bypass the patent barriers, they must have infringed our patents, sue them immediately!" an executive said immediately.

"But finding a lawyer takes time, collecting evidence takes time, and going to court takes more time, and it will take at least one or two years to get results... In addition, due to the existence of special provisions in the "Patent Law" of country Z, we cannot win the case in country Z They, because we banned the sale first."

Gallagher Rodney shook his head.

As a supporter of free trade, he opposed the ban from the very beginning. After all, although lithography machines are advanced, the market size is not large. ASML only sells dozens of lithography machines every year, and its annual revenue is only 3 billion euros. With the slowdown of market growth, the revenue is shrinking year by year, so he cherishes every order very much.

Moreover, he is very optimistic about the market prospect of country Z, and believes that it will at least be the profit growth point of ASML in the next 20 years.

The results of it?

Everyone was silent, feeling that the problem was very difficult, and felt extremely unwilling. How could the people of country Z create an EUV lithography machine?

"Gentlemen and ladies, at this point, for our own good, we can only seek peace."

Gallagher Rodney came up with his solution: "One is to immediately announce the lifting of the ban! Allow people from country Z to buy our lithography machines, and at the same time use 'priority supply' as a condition to let Zhongxin International stop imitation Our lithography machine reached a preliminary settlement."

"Second, apply for technical cooperation with Shangwei Electronics to obtain their super-resolution lithography technology. If necessary, we can exchange our core technology. Great competitiveness! If we do not master this technology, we will lose the entire low-end market...Once this market is lost, we will lose a leg.”

"In any case, we have to find people from country Z to cooperate, otherwise our market share will shrink rapidly and we will be on the verge of bankruptcy... Our good days are coming to an end, this is an unchangeable fact!"

A dejected executive raised his head and asked, "What if the people of country M object to canceling the sales ban without authorization? Many of our core parts come from country M."

"People from country M?"

Gallagher Rodney sneered and said: "We can't smash our jobs for the people of country M! We can do it for country M, can't the people of country Z also create EUV lithography, and then we can find people from country Z to buy core components... ...remember we are Dutch, we have no obligation to protect the interests of the people of M country."

You are right!

All the executives nodded. Some of them have not paid off their mortgages, some are saving money to buy a yacht, and some do not want to give up their two months of paid vacation every year... They are all adults and must do what is in their own interests. choose.

...

cold country.

Sanxin Company Headquarters.

Inside the president's office.

Li Jianrong was smashing everything in front of him, the tables, vases, and tea sets were all smashed by him.

His eyes were bloodshot, like a wounded beast, roaring "Ah! Ha!" from time to time.

There's a reason he's so angry right now.

The people of country Z deceived him.

The deceptive tactics of country Z made his Sanxin Group have a net loss of more than 200 billion knives in less than a year.

After Sanxin Company launched the "Counter-Periodic Law War", memory, storage, panel, semiconductor foundry and other fields were fully fired, and a bloodletting competition has become a wave of super team battles.

Sanxin did launch a ruthless attack, which was ferocious and ferocious, far exceeding the counter-cyclical wars they had launched several times before.

It can be said to be shocking.

Take the price of the same period last year as a comparison:

The price of memory particles has now plummeted by 91%.

NAND storage prices plummeted 84%.

Panel prices plummeted 52%.

The standard of semiconductor foundry fees has been reduced by 45%.

These industries with huge gross profits are now losing money and bleeding.

The huge cash reserves that are expected to last for more than three years have been used up in less than a year now, and two-thirds have been used up.

And country Z is still fighting to the death! There is not even the slightest sign of collapse.

Sanxin was the first to be unable to hold on.

This situation was not at all expected by Li Jianrong!

It wasn't until he found out about Zhongxin International's press conference.

puff~

At that time, his chest was tight and uncomfortable, and he almost spat out a mouthful of blood!

With super-resolution lithography machines, the cost of chip manufacturing is reduced to one-third.

Does this still need to be compared?

Is there any suspense about who wins?

Two hundred billion knives, how about leaving it for yourself to enjoy slowly? All burned for nothing!

After smashing, Li Jianrong picked up his mobile phone and made a call:

"Hurry up! Send someone to country Z to stop the war. We demand an immediate cease-fire. We hope the market will return to a normal and orderly state."

If there is no cessation of fighting, his Sanxin will lose out.

...

treasure island.

After news came that Zhongxin International had made several major breakthroughs.

Public opinion on Baodao exploded.

Netizens on the island commented one after another:

"Fake news, it's impossible!"

"Mainland made 5nm chips? Is today April Fool's Day?"

"It should be pretending to be our chip."

"It only took eight months to get five nanometers. Is this writing a science fiction novel? Fake ones can't be faked anymore!"

"If it is really 5 nanometers, it does pose a certain threat to us."

Someone below mocked: "Is your IQ enough? You can believe such obvious fake news. Remember this sentence: In the field of chips, the mainland will never surpass us!"

...

A certain villa.

Liu Deming stood in front of an old man with a trembling body, and said in a distraught voice: "Old man, have you heard, have you read the news from the mainland?"

"Look."

The old man closed his eyes slightly: "I have finished watching that press conference."

"Then...do you believe it?"

The old man was silent for a moment and did not answer directly.

After a long time, I uttered a sentence: "Unexpectedly, in my lifetime, I can see the Chinese nation standing on top of the world. It's a blessing, a blessing!"

At this moment, the old man has put aside all conflicts of interest, and only has a gratified smile on his face.