Conflict between great powers is everywhere.

In the fields of culture, science and technology, education and even all aspects of life.

For example, in order to preserve the agriculture of its own islanders, Neon once put rice from other countries together with its own rice for people to try.

They operate in secret to find the worst and most unpalatable foreign rice, as well as the best-tasting rice of their own.

In the end, the islanders naturally felt that foreign rice was unpalatable, while domestic rice was delicious.

It is through this similar strategy that island country farmers and companies in the food industry have gained a foothold.

This is true for small countries, let alone big countries.

October 3, 2018.

The 25% tariff imposed by the United States on Chinese products has taken effect, including semiconductors, plastics and railway equipment, targeting 18 billion U.S. dollars of Chinese products. (Virtual world, please do not rely on reality.)

After Pingguo Company, which was still in a state of dissociation, was dismissed, after lobbying, not only were excessive tariffs imposed on semiconductor projects, but the world's first- and second-tier semiconductor equipment manufacturers also began to sell in limited quantities or even ban sales during cordial and friendly exchanges.

Ordinary people may find it surprising that lobbying (shui) is so useful in the United States.

It's really possible.

The lobby acts like a white glove.

Politicians use the advice of lobbying group experts to favor certain policies, but the purpose has not changed. Why not do it now that their wallets have increased?

Moreover, some demands for interests cannot be refused.

Qing-Integrity = Clean?

How much money do you have? Can you buy a house in a rich area? Can you enjoy a life of luxury?

The back and forth of the adults above is common in the news.

As far as the general public is concerned, they just see: "Oh? Another purchase restriction and tax increase?"

Just make a complaint and go back to your work life.

The number of semiconductor equipment employees is very small compared to other industries.

Therefore, the huge earthquake within Daxia’s semiconductor industry did not affect ordinary people.

And the global chip lithography technology giant as-ml1 responded to the issue of export licensing of semiconductor equipment, including lithography machines, that some media in Daxia were concerned about.

Sheng Shuimiao, global vice president of as-ml1 and president of Daxia District, said that as-ml1 must comply with laws and regulations when exporting lithography machines, but we remain very open to exporting lithography machines to Daxia.

We treat our global customers equally, and we will fully support them as long as they have the technology and equipment we can provide.

The translated meaning is that as-ml1 is very willing to sell the company's advanced photolithography equipment to Daxia, but the prerequisite is that it is legal and compliant.

In fact, due to agreements and bans, as-ml1 is still unable to export high-end EUV (extreme ultraviolet light) lithography machines to Daxia.

As for a photolithography machine alone, its price usually ranges from 30 million to 500 million US dollars.

In April of the first half of this year, Xia Xin Technology placed an order for an EUV (extreme ultraviolet) lithography machine worth up to US$120 million from as-ml1.

In fact, from the perspective of the entire semiconductor industry chain in Daxia, the demand for the highest-end lithography machines is not high.

Daxia now has the world's most advanced silicon wafer manufacturing technology. Pudong Xinsheng and Youyan, five well-established wafer manufacturers, have close cooperation with Jiuzhou Technology Company, and their productivity is expanding rapidly.

Now Daxia's semiconductor industry can not only meet the domestic demand for silicon wafers, but also compete for shares in overseas markets with companies from other countries.

Han Xing's silicon wafers are of high purity and high quality. How many chips can be cut out?

But the silicon wafers produced by these five companies in Daxia are also of high purity, and they are also cheap!

It is said that a clever woman cannot make a meal without rice. Now that the rice is available, the fire is gone.

amsl1 is what the global vice president said on behalf of his company, but it is also a dialogue between the high-end semiconductor equipment industry and the Daxia semiconductor equipment industry.

Of course, one of the "far-sighted" bosses of Gu Ge bucked the trend and spoke out.

"Don't ban the sale of semiconductor industry equipment to companies in Daxia! Otherwise, they will concentrate on research and development and break free from our shackles!

We should learn from the lessons of the last century!”

However, this matter was decided firmly by the commander-in-chief.

Commander Jin didn't like high-tech industrial companies like Gu Ge, so he couldn't listen to this at all.

A swipe of the pen, a signature of the order, and a shot of the bat.

Companies related to semiconductor production equipment are reluctant to give up their interests.

Hegemony is unabashed.

And this is directly related to the military bases that Great Beauty has established around the world.

There are currently nearly 400 overseas military bases in Dameili, distributed in more than 140 countries and regions, with 300,000 troops stationed.

In recent years, Germany has emerged as a prominent player on the European continent, but it still dares not to cause trouble in the open.

After President Kim moved into the White House, he made a series of shocking actions.

Before the annual NATO summit in July, the Washington Post suddenly revealed that Commander Kim had asked the Five Corners to review the possibility of a complete withdrawal of U.S. troops from Germany.

There is silence in the German political circles, and few people express their feelings for the US military that has "protected" Germany for decades, even if it is only verbal.

But just a few dozen days later, in September, the United States announced that instead of withdrawing the US troops stationed in Germany, they would increase their troops by 1,500.

The most defeated country, Germany chose to kneel down to make money and develop, while Neon chose to shave its face to make money and develop.

But both of them were really manipulated by Meili.

These two countries are the suppliers of some key equipment for lithography machines.

For example, the light source of the as-ml1 lithography machine is provided by Trumpf of Germany. Although the laser light source of Trumpf of Germany is entrusted to Fujing to produce, most of the patents of the laser light source are in the hands of Trumpf.

Under the overlord's order, Trumpf, which made little profit every year, was very obedient and resigned to save its life.

Therefore, the supply of high-end ultraviolet light sources and mid-range DUV light sources was directly cut off.

For consumers, this is completely unheard of.

But for Xia Xin Technology, it was a blow to the head and its salary was directly removed from the bottom of the cauldron.

euv means "extremely deep ultraviolet light", and duv means "deep ultraviolet light".

Generally speaking, DUV can basically only achieve 25nm. Xintel has achieved 10nm with the dual workbench model, but it cannot reach below 10nm, and the yield rate is not high.

Only EUV can meet the requirements of wafer manufacturing below 10nm, and can continue to extend to 5nm and 3nm.

Xia Xin Technology just bought an EUV lithography machine and is planning to develop chip manufacturing processes in the ten-nanometer to twenty-nanometer range.

But all of a sudden, the EUV and DUV light sources were cut off, and the heads of the major production workshops felt gloomy for a while.

The senior executives of Xiaxin Technology Headquarters were in the conference room at this time, and the atmosphere was also terrifyingly depressing.

"Can Pudong Microelectronics provide a replacement?" the boss of Xia Xin Technology suddenly asked.

"We have asked Microelectronics, Yanjing Keyihongyuan and several domestic manufacturers that can make light sources or lithography machines. They can provide DUV light sources, but the light purity and stability are slightly worse, and they need to sacrifice a few points of quality products.
Chapter completed!