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.

This year is coming to an end, and as 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 hit a record low in four years.

As usual, Samsung Group replaces the executives of its subsidiaries every year, and this week's evaluation will be more thorough.

Shen Zhongjun knew that this year was different from last year. Last year, the old head of Samsung Group fell ill and was hospitalized. Vice Chairman Li Zairong took over this huge Samsung empire. He chose to keep most of the 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 year in a row, Shen Zhongjun has a hunch that Li Zairong may soon take more aggressive measures to demonstrate his position in the Samsung empire, and proposed the company's future development strategy.

Shen Zhongjun is more aware that his ability to keep his position last year does not mean that he can also this year. Last year, Li Zairong took over Samsung for only half a year, so he chose to be stable and not make much moves.

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

Shen Zhongjun thought there was no way he could recover from being ripped off. After all, the performance of these years has been really unsightly. This year, Samsung Electronics' profit will drop by about 8% year-on-year, hitting the lowest level since 2011. It is because of the drag from the mobile business growth.

Samsung's mobile phone in the world's largest smartphone market, the Greater China market, can be said to be completely defeated. In the early years, through the Samsung brand, it was able to get a 10% market share, and many people bought it. Today, it is only 1.2%. % or so.

In the global market, it can't do the industry's top brand Azure mobile phone, and the second iPhone can't do it. Although it holds the resounding title of the world's third largest smartphone manufacturer, it can't hide its declining side. The decline in performance is due to Best example.

With Li Zairong's character, he will definitely not let those senior officials stay in place, especially the executives of the mobile business department.

But what happened recently made him see hope for the growth of Samsung mobile phones, and it also made Shen Zhongjun see hope, and at the same time rekindled his hope for his own future, that is, Azure Coast, the terminal equipment manufacturer of the industry's leading Azure smartphone, once again in crisis.

This is not just an opportunity for Samsung phones,

It can be said that it is an opportunity for all smartphone manufacturers in the world. You must know that 80% of the profits in this industry are taken away by the Côte d'Azur. Even if they give up about 20%, the performance reports of other manufacturers will be very bright.

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

"Let the sanctions come harder and faster." Shen Zhongjun muttered to himself.

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 watch this news."

Shen Zhongjun saw his assistant's urgent face, but didn't say anything. Instead, he grabbed the newspaper sent by the other party. The front page headline of KBS media was - "Purple Star Lithography Machine, the Jedi Counterattack of the Cote d'Azur , the EUV lithography machine is more advanced than ASML!"

Shen Zhongjun was shocked when he saw the title.

"Ah Xihachi, does the media like KBS also publish fake news?"

This was his first reaction when he saw the title.

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

"How can this happen? How is this possible? How could the Chinese people develop an EUV lithography machine that is more advanced than ASML? This is not scientific..."

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

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

No wonder Li Zairong convened an emergency meeting for internal consultation at the first time.

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Intel Semiconductor (Huaguo) Co., Ltd.

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

At this moment, Yang Xu, President of Intel Semiconductor Greater China and Global Vice President, is conducting a video conference with the company headquarters. He is fully responsible for Intel's business in Greater China and can directly talk to Intel headquarters.

Yang Xu is right. At present, Côte d’Azur has achieved a large number of self-developed chips, but the manufacturing process is still highly dependent on LSMC, which is the main bottleneck in its industrial chain and its weak link, so it has become a key breakthrough.

Once the manufacturing process cannot continue to place orders at TSMC, and Luo Sheng's own technology and production capacity of Xiongxin Electronics still need a certain amount of time to catch up, then a large number of its self-developed and designed chips will not be able to achieve mass production and application. Supplying for the market, the design of the bullpen is also nonsense.

In the video, a foreign face in a suit and leather shoes said lightly: "In terms of semiconductor equipment, American manufacturers currently occupy 44% of the industry's market share, including key processes such as deposition, etching, ion implantation, CMP, cleaning, and testing. Leading process technology advantages and stability. Without the supply of these manufacturers, Luo Sheng's dream of an independent semiconductor industry chain plan will soon be shattered."

Another foreigner said with a look of schadenfreude: "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 lost. I feel sorry for him, this is 500 billion. Dollars!"

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

Hearing this, several Intel executives in the video stopped mocking, and they were noncommittal about Yang Xu's remarks.

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

Yang Xu said, "I know exactly where my butt is sitting, but Luo Sheng won't pay me."

The foreigners in the video laughed.

That's right.

After a while, Yang Xu's cell phone vibrated. He took it out and looked at it. It was a text message from his assistant. Because he was in a video conference at the moment, he didn't come in or call.

"what?"

When he saw the content of the text message, Yang Xu's expression froze in astonishment.

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, and after a moment of silence, he looked up at the participants in the video conference, and said, "You may dislike the news I just received, buddy."

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

Yang Xu took a long breath, sighed, and then looked at the foreigners and said: "Everyone, the global semiconductor industry chain is about to set off a huge wave, just now, Cote d'Azur exposed their research and development of extreme ultraviolet lithography machine. The news of success, the name has it, is called 'Purple Star Lithography Machine', ASML has not achieved the 250-watt light source power, but the Purple Star lithography machine has achieved a throughput of 155 wafers per hour."

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

"What?"

"Are you kidding (what an international joke)"

"Yang, are you entertaining us?"

"Today is not April Fool's Day."

Yang Xu was not surprised at all when he saw their reaction. His shock just now was more than that, but as a Chinese, his implicit side would not be as unrestrained as the foreigners.

He also shook his head with a wry smile involuntarily. He was just saying that he hoped that Luo Sheng would not lose too badly. As a result, such a slap in the face came.

Immediately said: "This is the truth, the Cote d'Azur has been officially exposed, Luo Sheng's miracle is still continuing, the media on our side has been blown up by this news, and now it is overwhelming coverage, I believe it will not be a few minutes. spread all over..."

Before the words were finished, 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 news or the screen. In short, his attention was elsewhere, and he must have seen the relevant news.

This is indeed the case. Although it is currently late at night in the Western Hemisphere, the foreign news agency quoted the report as soon as possible. The news spread all over the world at once, and people in the industry were informed of the news at the first time.

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

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

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

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