The rise of nanometers

After Li Fuzhen came to Shanghai, he quickly established the China Samsung Group, and then began to integrate Samsung's business in China based on Samsung's current internal chaos.

At present, Samsung Group's business in China has established a total of 166 institutions, 39 production companies, 44 sales companies, 10 research institutes, and 73 branch offices. Its main business is electronics and electrical appliances.

Li Zairong also seemed to have lost control of the branch in China, but he began to deprive his two sisters of all positions in the country.

Soon the Samsung assets in China were transferred to the Chinese Samsung Group under the name of Li Fuzhen. She used iron-handed methods to directly fire and dismiss those employees who were loyal to the local people, and transferred those local personnel who belonged to her faction. Come fill the void.

This drastic sudden change makes it seem as if brother and sister Lee Fuzhen and Lee Jae-young are going to completely tear apart the Samsung Group and go their separate ways.

And this tear also took away part of the backbone of Samsung Electronics.

The reintegrated new Samsung Group has no legal affiliation with Korea Samsung.

Since it is not a listed company, the new Samsung Group does not need to make financial disclosures. All matters are decided by the trio of Lee Fuzhen, Lee Seo-hyun, and Park Seungri.

If it were just a separation, there would be no need for such a big fight, but according to the plan, the role of the new Samsung Group is not just as simple as splitting up the bets.

After reintegration, although the new Samsung Electronics has lost its local chips, screens and memories, it is not a bad thing.

Because Li Fuzhen chose to join Fuxi System, purchasing Dragon Totem's chips, screens, and storage, coupled with Samsung's previous huge supply chain, he built his own mobile phones, desktop computers, notebooks, TVs, and cameras, focusing on consumer electronics.

Local Samsung has no solution, because the new Samsung Group has ordered a large number of spare parts. Although the new Samsung Group has attracted the attention of Wall Street, it has not caused serious reactions.

After all, Wall Street is already planning to give up on Samsung. Recently, Samsung's stock has fallen miserably. Lee Jae-young also announced that he has repurchased 16.8% of his shares to increase his voice.

The completely transformed new Samsung positions itself in a model similar to Xiaomi, that is, it acts as an assembly plant and focuses on the field of consumer electronics. Anyway, as long as it makes money, Li Fuzhen doesn't care about any stuck problems.

Moreover, in terms of consumer electronics, Samsung has had a lot of global presence for many years. According to the secret agreement between the brothers and sisters, Korea Samsung and China Samsung will share overseas sales channels.

Although the dragon totem mobile phone is on the rise, a large number of domestic mobile phones are also rising to the sky.

However, in terms of current global mobile phone sales, Samsung still tops the list, followed by Apple and Dragon Totem.

With core accessories such as dragon totem screens, chips and storage, her new Samsung can continue to maintain the top sales in the world. As for the North American market, it can be left to local Samsung to conquer.

In fact, her strategy is very clever. Although the country knows that it is difficult to win over Goryeo, it still has the idea of ​​​​indirectly wooing the Samsung Group, which has long been disconnected.

At least it can exert some influence through Samsung Group, even if the other party remains neutral, it is a victory.

After integrating China's new Samsung, Li Fuzhen did not forget his old business and began to bring over people from Shilla Hotel and Ailebo to prepare to regroup in China.

Although her strategy cannot restore Samsung to its former heights, it can extend Samsung's life and take the opportunity to escape from the homeland, a place of right and wrong.

When the two sisters entered China with assets of 3.5 billion yuan, it meant that the curtain of Northeast Asia was opened.

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the other side.

Nanbo Bay, Hsinchu Industrial Park.

The headquarters of TSMC, the world's largest chip foundry, is located in this industrial park.

But at this time, TSMC President Zhang Zhongmou felt worried. On the side, Chief Technology Officer Sun Yuntai reported to him the progress of the chip process.

"Mr. Zhang, our 20nm process will be ready for mass production around September this year."

Hearing this news, Zhang Zhongmou was not very happy. The 20-nanometer process is at most the same as Dragon Totem.

The unit cost of the photolithography method is inherently higher than that of the textile method. If it cannot surpass the other party in terms of technology, customers will most likely choose the textile method with lower OEM costs.

Zhang Zhongmou, who had been silent for a long time, seemed to have made up his mind: "Yuntai, I plan to skip 16 nanometers and directly develop 14 nanometers."

"What? Directly develop 14 nanometers?" Sun Yuntai's face darkened and his tone became anxious: "Mr. Zhang, think twice! It will take us at least three years to skip 16 nanometers."

"Time has not waited for me. We don't have three years, one and a half years, at most only one and a half years."

"One and a half years!" Sun Yuntai exclaimed: "This is impossible. Even if you tie me up in the laboratory 24 hours a day, I will not be able to upgrade the chip technology to 14 nanometers in one and a half years." ah!"

"What if we add UMC and all the semiconductor companies in the Hsinchu Industrial Park?" There was a desperate madness in Zhang Zhongmou's eyes.

Gulu! Sun Yuntai took a few deep breaths and forced himself to calm down. Although the crowd tactic may not necessarily work, with the concentration of semiconductor companies in the entire Hsinchu Industrial Park, it is indeed possible to advance the process to 14 nanometers within a year and a half.

Under the terrible pressure of Dragon Totem, facing life and death, TSMC had to make this desperate decision.

However, as a technician, Sun Yuntai did not fully agree, but cautiously suggested:

"If we alone are not enough, it would be best to let semiconductor companies from Japan and Korea, as well as ASML, also participate in this technical research. That would have the highest success rate."

After careful consideration, Zhang Zhongmou nodded.

He understands the current critical situation. You must know that Long Totem's 20-nanometer process has been in mass production for almost two years. It is estimated that the other party's 16-nanometer process may also be under development.

This year, TSMC launched the 20nm process, which actually does not threaten Dragon Totem. If you want to overtake in a corner, 14nm is a key point.

Now in North America, Intel, GlobalFoundries, Texas Instruments and semiconductor companies throughout Silicon Valley are also making every effort to improve chip technology.

Intel and GLOBALFOUNDRIES hope to clear up internal patent barriers and at the same time allow upstream raw material companies to lower prices to a reasonable price and enhance chip competitiveness in North America.

They also forced Japanese semiconductor companies to join in and lowered patent licensing fees and raw material prices.

Naturally, Zhang Zhongmou got wind of this big move, so he also had to actively save himself and form the so-called "Oriental Chip Alliance" to counter the threat of the dragon totem.

If they don't find a way, they will really be doomed when Ziguang and Datang's foundries are launched.

TSMC, which is calling on friends, contacted a number of semiconductor companies in the Hsinchu Industrial Park, and started cooperation negotiations with Samsung, which was in turmoil, and Japan's semiconductor companies, which were struggling to survive.

Sanxing, who recognized the reality, was the first to agree to Zhang Zhongmou's proposal, because they were also one of the abandoned ones, and they would only die if they did not unite.

As the core upstream raw material supplier of photolithography, Japanese semiconductor companies also know the truth of the situation.

If the photolithography method is defeated by the textile method, they, the upstream raw material suppliers, will also be on the road.

An Eastern Semiconductor Alliance was born.

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