Global monopoly of technology

A week later.

South Korea, Samsung Electronics.

Shen Zhongjun sat alone in his office without saying a word, sometimes frowning, sometimes expecting hope.

This year is about to end, and as the co-CEO, Samsung Electronics' mobile phone shipments under the leadership of Shen Zhongjun are expected to decline for the second consecutive year this year, and profits will be the lowest in four years.

As usual, the Samsung Group will replace the senior executives of its subsidiaries every year, and this week’s assessment will be more thorough.

Shen Zhongjun knows that this year is different from last year. Last year, the old head of Samsung Group was hospitalized. Vice Chairman Li Zairong took over this huge Samsung empire. He chose to keep most of the senior executives of Samsung's major subsidiaries unchanged.

This year is different. As Samsung Electronics’ mobile phone market share is expected to decline for the third consecutive year, Shen Zhongjun predicts that Li Zai Rong may soon take more radical measures to demonstrate his position in the Samsung empire, and proposed the company’s Future development strategy.

Shen Zhongjun knows better that his ability to keep his position last year does not mean that he can also do it this year. Last year, Li Zairong took over Samsung for only half a year, so he chose stability without much action.

Although Li Zai Rong is currently only the vice chairman of the Samsung Group, it is only a matter of time before he becomes the chairman. Whether within the Samsung Group or the outside world, everyone knows that today's Samsung is actually Li Zai Rong's Samsung.

Shen Zhongjun thought that he had no room for recovery. After all, the performance of these years is really unsightly. This year, Samsung Electronics’ profit will drop by about 8% year-on-year, the lowest level since 2011, which is dragged down by the mobile business. Up growth.

Samsung's mobile phone in the world's largest smartphone market, the Greater China market, can be said to be a failure. In the early years, with the Samsung brand, it was able to get 10% of the market share. Many people bought it, but today it is only 1.2. % Or so.

In the global market, it can't do the industry's leading Azure mobile phone, and the second iPhone also can't do it. Although it has the resounding title of the world's third largest smartphone manufacturer, it can't hide its declining side. The decline in performance is The best example.

With Li Zairong's character, he definitely won't let those senior officials stay in place, especially those in the mobile business department.

However, recent events have allowed him to see the hope of Samsung’s mobile phone growth, and Shen Zhongjun’s hope, and at the same time rekindling his hopes for his future, that is, the blue coast company, the terminal equipment provider of the industry’s leading Azure smartphones, once again. Fall into a confession crisis.

This is not just an opportunity for Samsung mobile phones, it can be said to be an opportunity for all smartphone manufacturers in the world. You must know that 80% of the profits of this industry have been taken away by the Riviera, even if it is about 20%, the performance reports of other manufacturers Will be very dazzling.

Shen Zhongjun can also take this opportunity to restore the decline of Samsung's mobile business and achieve growth, so that his position can be kept.

"Let the sanctions be more violent and faster." Shen Zhongjun murmured.

At this moment, his assistant knocked on the door and entered the office, and came with a KBS paper newspaper.

"President, the semiconductor industry is going to change. You'd better read this news."

Shen Zhongjun saw his assistant’s urgent face, but didn’t say anything. Instead, he grabbed the newspaper sent by him. The headline of KBS Media’s front-page headline was-"Purple Star Lithography Machine, the Blue Coast’s Jedi Counterattack , The EUV lithography machine is more advanced than ASML!"

Shen Zhongjun was shocked when he saw the title.

"Ah Xiba, do media like KBS also publish fake news?"

This was his first reaction when he saw the title.

His assistant immediately said: "President, your Excellency has issued a notice, and an emergency internal meeting will be held in half an hour."

"How can this be? How is this possible? How could the Chinese develop EUV lithography machines that are more advanced than ASML? This is unscientific..."

Shen Zhongjun was even more at a loss after watching the detailed report on the content of the newspaper, and this news was definitely a blow to him.

More than that, this news exposed not only the hopelessness of Samsung's mobile business unit to restore its decline, but also a huge impact on the entire Samsung empire. Samsung Group is not just mobile phones, but Samsung Semiconductor is its core business, such as chip foundry. .

No wonder Li Zairong convened an emergency meeting for internal consultations immediately.

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Intel Semiconductor (Hua Guo) Co., Ltd.

"The Côte d'Azur has basically realized self-developed substitution or non-North American supplier switching on the IC design side, but the manufacturing side is still highly dependent on the IC, and the upstream semiconductor equipment and EDA software are still monopolized by the three North American companies Cadence, Synopsys and Mentor. It is difficult to completely replace in the short term."

At this moment, Yang Xu, president and global vice president of Intel Semiconductor Greater China, is having a video conference with the company's headquarters. He is fully responsible for Intel's business in Greater China, and he can talk directly to the Intel headquarters.

Yang Xu is right. At present, the Côte d'Azur has achieved a large number of self-research on chips, but the manufacturing link still highly relies on the accumulation of power. It is the main bottleneck in its industrial chain and its weak link, which has become a breakthrough in the key attack.

Once the manufacturing process can no longer continue to place orders at SPC, and the technical background and production capacity of Xiongxin Electronics founded by Luo Sheng still need some time to catch up, a large number of self-developed and designed chips will not be able to achieve mass production and application. For the market supply, the design of the Niu Pen is also a waste.

In the video, a foreign face wearing a suit and leather shoes said faintly: “In terms of semiconductor equipment, American manufacturers currently occupy 44% of the industry’s market share. Among them are deposition, etching, ion implantation, CMP, cleaning, inspection and other key processes. Leading process technology advantage and stability. Lost the supply of these manufacturers, Luo Sheng's dream of independent semiconductor industry chain plan will soon be shattered."

Another foreigner said with a gleeful look: "I heard that he has invested 500 billion US dollars in the past six years. Damn, he is indeed very rich, but it is destined to be all lost. I feel sorry for him. This is 500 billion. U.S. dollars!"

Faced with the gloat of these Intel headquarters executives, Yang Xu calmly said: "As an employee and competitor of Intel, I should be happy about the recent bad situation of the Côte d’Azur, because it is good for Intel, but as a Chinese. I admire Luo Sheng very much for his position, and personally I hope he can win, at least not so badly."

Upon hearing this, several Intel executives in the video did not ridicule, and they were also noncommittal about Yang Xu's words.

At this time, the head of Intel looked at him and said, "Yang, don't put your personal feelings into it. Your position makes me feel uneasy."

Yang Xu said, "I know exactly where my ass sits, and Luo Sheng won't pay me a salary."

The foreigners in the video laughed.

That's right.

After a while, Yang Xu's mobile phone vibrated. He took it out and looked at it. It was a text message from the assistant. He did not come in or make a call because he was currently in a video conference.

"what?"

When he saw the contents of the text message, Yang Xu's expression was stunned.

Several foreigners were puzzled when they saw Yang Xu's expression on the screen.

"Yang, what happened? I don't like your reaction."

Yang Xu was pulled back to his senses by the voice. After a moment of silence, he looked up at the participants in the video conference and said, "The news I just received, you might dislike it even more, buddy."

"Oh? You mean bad news?" The head of Intel curiously asked.

Yang Xu took a long breath and sighed. He immediately looked at a group of foreigners and said: "Everyone, the global semiconductor industry chain is about to set off a huge wave. Just now, the Blue Coast exposed their research and development of extreme ultraviolet lithography machine. The success news, the name is called "Purple Star Lithography Machine", ASML did not realize the 250 watts of light source power, but the Purple Star lithography machine achieved a throughput of 155 wafers per hour."

After listening to Yang Xu's words, the Intel executives in the video conference collectively lost their voices for a second or two, but it was only a second or two that broke the quiet atmosphere.

"What?"

"Areyoukiddinginternationally (what an international joke)"

"Yang, are you entertaining us?"

"Today is not April Fool's Day."

Yang Xu was not surprised to see their reaction. He was shocked more than this, but as a Chinese, his implicit side would not be so unrestrained to foreigners.

He also involuntarily smiled bitterly and shook his head. He just said something to hope that Luo Sheng would not be defeated too miserably, and as a result, there was such a slap in the face.

Immediately he said: "This is the fact. The Blue Coast has officially been exposed. Luo Sheng's miracle is still continuing. Our media has been blown up by this news. Now it is an overwhelming report. I believe it will not be a few minutes. Just spread it all..."

Before he finished speaking, a foreigner on the video screen exclaimed: "Damn, how is this possible?"

Yang Xu saw that the other party seemed to be looking at the computer message or the screen. In short, his attention was elsewhere, and he must have seen the news.

This is indeed the case. Although it is late at night in the Western Hemisphere, foreign news agencies quoted reports as soon as possible. The news spread all over the world at once, and people in the industry learned of the news for the first time.

Yang Xu watched everyone's reaction, spread his hands flat, shrugged and put them down.

They had obviously received the news, and the province wasted his saliva.

At this moment, the Côte d'Azur suddenly exposed the news of the Zixing lithography machine in a high-profile manner, and the industry media and all relevant practitioners have exploded.

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