Chapter 174: Profit-seeking
Suppression is suppression, and business is business.
This is the defense many intellectuals have for certain companies.
But Daxia’s domestic laser manufacturers had to admit defeat.
What they supply are low-end light source components for photolithography machines from chip manufacturers.
However, after foreign countries did not provide high-end light sources, Daxia was limited by technology, equipment, and talents, and it was impossible to make substitutes in China. Even low-quality substitutes for high-end components could not be made.
These chip manufacturers have to adjust their production capacity and do their best to maintain the only remaining photolithography machines.
The market share obtained by domestic light source component equipment manufacturers has further reduced.
It was an industry that parents did not care about and uncles did not love. Now it is weaned off. Many investors do nothing but scold their mother all day long, looking for a new owner to take over the industry that has been thrown into their hands.
High-tech is really not worth short-term investment. One year's profit can even be negative. It is not comfortable to invest in real estate with this money.
As long as you find a good location, spend 100 million on it, and after opening up the joints, you can get a return of 200 million at least. (Please note that this is the 17th and 18th years of Daxia.)
Two days later.
Outside the production workshop of Xiaoguang Technology Company.
The gloomy Boss Li was overjoyed after a phone call.
“This hot potato has finally been taken over by someone else. Jiuzhou Technology has neglected its own business and wants to enter the light source industry. It is really overestimating its capabilities.”
Although he was very dissatisfied with the other party, Jiuzhou Technology's generosity really made him overjoyed.
Based on the principle of not wanting to cause any trouble but also making acquisitions quickly, Dong Qi gave an acquisition budget of 400 million.
Including the depreciation of factory buildings and equipment, the directors of Xiaoguang Technology calculated their accounts and found that each of them not only stopped bleeding, but also made a small profit.
Finally, the factory located in Xiaoguang Technology and its affiliates changed its license and management on October 5th and became the semiconductor equipment production plant of the semiconductor department of Jiuzhou Technology Company.
This time Gu Qing did not go to arrange the arrangements in person.
Li You rushed over with several talents who had made achievements in the light source project. He encountered some difficulties in the equipment transformation and upgrading. He could contact the headquarters at any time and Xuanwu would always provide solutions.
After Gu Qing dispatched a batch of high-precision robotic arms, and after seven days of intensive transformation, the first batch of light source equipment of Jiuzhou Technology Company was finally released.
The steady-state micro-focusing SS1MB light source emits perfect DUV deep ultraviolet and EUV ultraviolet light.
After seeing the product test report, Gu Qing had a leisurely chat with Gao Shan, the executive vice president and company secretary of Xia Xin Technology, whom he had not contacted for some time.
When he heard that Jiuzhou Technology Company had developed extreme ultraviolet and deep ultraviolet light source components, Gao Shan was still smiling bitterly.
"Mr. Gu, I know you are joking, but this is really not funny."
But after receiving a very serious explanation from Gu Qing, Gao Shan's expression changed from bitter to serious.
He and several other executives have speculations about the Jiuzhou Technology Company led by little brother Gu Qing.
This Jiuzhou Technology Company may really be another implementation of the military-to-civilian plan.
Reminiscent of the previous wafer manufacturing technology, he immediately said: As long as the products of Jiuzhou Technology Company can pass the test, then he, Gao, will do his best to persuade the management of Xiaxin Technology to use Jiuzhou products.
Gu Qing responded to Gao Shan's expression.
He is not worried at all about product testing qualifications.
After the communication, Li You rushed to the chip foundry factory laboratory of Xiaxin Technology with the light source components. After testing, the light source he brought can perfectly replace the light source components of the AS-ML1 lithography machine after debugging, and even the interfaces are perfectly consistent.
This shocked all the engineers in the laboratory.
Some people even suspected that the light source components brought by Li You were original goods removed from another photolithography machine.
But when Li You said that this was a new light source developed by Jiuzhou Technology Company, all these engineers expressed admiration and admiration.
Finding a new light source is now comparable to finding a new element.
Looking at the loose hair and dark eye circles of Li You and others, how could they not know that this new light source is the result of the hard work of the R&D personnel of Jiuzhou Technology Company day and night.
When Gao Shan learned that the new light source of Jiuzhou Technology Company was perfectly suitable for his own lithography machine, he immediately organized a management meeting.
Whether it is DUV or EUV, Jiuzhou Technology Company has all the light source components, and the quotations given are also sincere.
EUV light source components, starting from NT$20 million.
DUV light source components, starting from RMB 5 million.
From the perspective of R&D investment and production costs, this quotation requires selling at least 20 sets of EUV light sources to break even, which is completely "small profits but quick turnover".
But the quotation was carefully calculated by Gu Qing. In terms of overall lithography machine manufacturing, Daxia currently can only make mid-range lithography machines. It is difficult to enter 28NM.
The current light source equipment is actually more of a shot in the arm for colleagues.
With Dimension Empire’s inheritance of basic knowledge on the technology side, it is still stable in terms of silicon chips and photolithography machines. It just takes time for R&D personnel to implement the technology into products.
And industrial upgrading is not accomplished overnight.
If a single company takes over the industry, other companies in the industry will have to close down.
What should we do with laid-off workers? What should industry chain suppliers do?
Governing a big country is like cooking small dishes, and the same is true for industrial upgrading.
So the old employees of Xinguang Company, after reviewing their professional skills, all those who met the standards were retained, and a professional skills upgrade learning plan was arranged.
Those who fish in the water are given a one-month observation period.
If your professional skills and attitude are not up to par, you will be kicked out.
Due to strict confidentiality, Xiaxin Technology and several other chip foundries and storage chip manufacturers have issued announcements.
Because the supply of light source components is cut off, high-end chips will enter a restricted stage.
Starting from October 20th, a series of mobile phone manufacturers, storage manufacturers, and graphics card manufacturers that require high-end chips, such as Korean Star, Pingguo, N Card, A Card, etc., have almost gathered together to announce that they will increase the price of their products. .
After seeing the announcement, consumers around the world knew that the prices of these products would start to increase, and they began to panic and stock up on goods.
Seeing the strong purchase demand, channel sellers and manufacturers began to hold back on sales and increase prices to limit purchases.
The stocks of companies such as Korean Star, Pingguo, N Card, A Card, and Taiji Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. rose sharply in response.
The Washington Post, Time Magazine, and the Asahi Shimbun all have similar front-page articles, to the effect that Daxia’s semiconductor industry is vulnerable, and lithography machines without high-end light sources are like artillery without shells. They also assert that Daxia’s chip foundry In less than half a year, if we don’t move abroad, we will inevitably face destruction.
PS: I have omitted some technical difficulties and explanations to avoid the suspicion of adding up the word count.
(End of this chapter)