Rewrite the Technological Landscape

Meng Qian’s interview was full of words. It not only expressed that we are fighting back against the opponent’s malicious suppression, but also attacked the patent barriers of the West. At the same time, it also reminded companies other than ASML and Zeiss that as long as Dafeng Group Yes, these two companies are not the only ones that owe Dafeng Group patent fees.

Now more and more people started to contact Paul from Intel. After all, Intel is the leader in a certain sense in this field.

Paul first asked Intel's legal department to analyze the situation, and the head of Intel's legal department subconsciously said, "Gale Group may become Qualcomm in the field of lithography machines."

As soon as he heard the word Qualcomm, Paul's head was buzzing. A Qualcomm in his own country was fighting a patent war with him every day. It would be enough to toss him, and then the Huaxia Dafeng Group would not be able to annoy people to death.

"Then why do you think Gale Group has never used a patented weapon before?"

"It's hard to say. On the one hand, maybe they really don't want to get a bad impression like Qualcomm. Hasn't Dafeng Group been building a fair, friendly, and win-win image over the years.

However, another reason is not ruled out. Gale Group did not come up with patented weapons in the early years. It may be to further expand their patent pool in order to establish a more comprehensive patent barrier. "

"So what do you guys think now?"

"We recommend spending time." Intel's legal department's decision-making efficiency is still acceptable, and with the capabilities of Intel's legal department, you will almost certainly win any lawsuit you win, and you will be exhausted if you don't win a lawsuit.

Although it is not a glorious way to deal with it, big companies have always been this kind of virtue. Paul thought for a while and he had no better way for the time being. specific plan."

"yes."

Intel's strategy quickly spread to Sun Qicheng, and Sun Qicheng reported it to Meng Qian immediately.

"Sure enough, it's exhausting." Meng Qian basically guessed it, or the legal department of Dafeng Group had already guessed it.

Playing wasted is more annoying than playing head-to-head confrontation. Meng Qian knew that the company couldn't go to waste with them, so after hanging up the phone, Meng Qian immediately asked the legal department to start the plan he had prepared before.

At the end of September, Paul and Ballmer were playing golf together, and the two were discussing some very important things.

After playing golf, Ballmer asked with concern, "How about the recent Gale Group suing ASML and Zeiss?"

Paul didn't seem to care much at the moment, "Take it easy, it's normal for this kind of patent case to last for three to five years, anyway, it's impossible for public opinion to focus on one thing in three to five years."

"However, the reaction of Dafeng Group this time is quite surprising."

"So we should all pay more attention to this company than before. Don't forget that the comprehensiveness of Dafeng Group is a big hidden danger. I plan to find some time to chat with Samuel."

"Paul, here." After changing clothes in the locker room, Ballmer took out his mobile phone. Ballmer turned on the mobile phone and saw a message, and motioned for Paul to come and take a look.

Seeing the news on the phone, Paul's expression darkened a bit, "Galewind Group has sued another 9 companies. And all of them are lithography machine parts suppliers!"

As we all know, ASML is an assembly company. More than 90% of the spare parts are not independently developed by them. These spare parts need to be purchased from companies around the world. This is where ASML succeeds and also its weakness.

In fact, people have been asking a question all the time, ASML's lithography machine needs so many spare parts, are there any spare parts made in China?

In fact, there are, and by 2019, many companies in China will provide spare parts for ASML, but the problem is that the parts provided by the mainland are not core spare parts, and they belong to the category that people can find substitutes at any time.

Among the current suppliers of ASML lithography machines, there are 17 major core suppliers, including 9 American companies, 1 German company, 3 neon Chinese companies, and 4 Taiwanese companies.

The most well-known core suppliers are Cymer in the United States and Zeiss in Germany. However, light sources and lenses are useless for lithography machines. For example, Xinbang Electronics in Taiwan Province provides wires for ASML, and Konzan Precision provides components. , Mask Co., Ltd. and Gadeng Precision provide ASML with ultraviolet light boxes and so on.

Among the 16 suppliers except Zeiss, Dafeng Group sued 5 more, and the other 4 sued were 4 companies ranked among the top 30 suppliers of ASML.

These 9 companies were sued for infringement. In the development process of Dafeng Group's lithography machine, it adopted the same assembly strategy as ASML, but the premise of Dafeng Group's assembly is that it can use domestic production, so after so many years In the process of development, Dafeng Group's lithography machines have other technology patents for lithography machine parts besides the light source and lens, which is completely different from the previous Huaxia.

Some people may question, does Huaxia have this scientific research capability at this stage? The reason is very simple, you can first understand the technical level of the lithography machine except for the light source and lens double workbench, and then check the domestic shield machine, domestic single crystal fan blade and domestic high-speed rail EMU. The history of technological development basically has the answer.

Back then when we were engaged in domestic shield machines, domestic single-crystal fan blades and domestic high-speed rail EMUs, some people also expressed that it was so difficult to admit that they were behind. Can you not be self-confident? We are at least 20 or 30 years behind Omi in this field. technology.

Then Huaxia came up with it.

Therefore, there must be scientific research capabilities. In the previous life, nothing was produced. It is still the same sentence, the focus is not here, but the lithography machines in this life have all entered the core projects of the National Laboratory.

Looking at the 9 companies sued by the Dafeng Group, except for one from the United States, the remaining 8 companies are either from the neon country or Taiwan province.

American companies will definitely stand with Intel, and they will definitely get help from Intel, but the question is, what about companies from Taiwan and China? Can Intel's distant water save this near fire?

The content of the lawsuit of Dafeng Group this time is very clear, it will lose money, and then it will not be allowed to supply ASML until the dispute is resolved.

This move really stunned ASML and Intel. If five or six of these companies cut off supply now, ASML may not be able to find a replacement company, but it is not so good for a while. Look for it, because even if other companies have this level of technology and production capacity, they still have to consider the issue of matching, which means that ASML may have to stop production because the supplier is out of stock.

And when Paul returned to the company, he also got a piece of information that during the financial crisis, Dafeng Group invested in several lithography machine parts suppliers in a low-key manner.

In other words, even if Intel solves the immediate problem, Dafeng Group can still use its shareholder status to do some things.

Obviously, the matter can no longer be solved by exhaustion, Paul had to call Meng Qian.

"How is Mr. Meng recently?"

"Very bad." Meng Qian pointed it out directly.

Meng Qian's attitude made Paul give up some of the temptations he had prepared, "A lot of things have indeed happened recently, and ASML has also had a dialogue with us, hoping that we can come forward to mediate. After all, we have cooperated with Mr. Meng for so many years. , I know that Mr. Meng definitely doesn't want to really hurt both sides, as Mr. Meng has always said, what you want is a fair development environment, and mutual harm on this scale is not worth it."

"Yes, but the problem is that someone insists on pushing me into such a situation. Mr. Paul, what do you think I can do?"

"I understand, but this time, everyone can take a step back, right?"

"Then Mr. Paul, let those who should retire first."

"Mr. Meng, Asmail is sincere. I think you can talk to them first."

"Let's talk? Or do you want us to reconcile first, and then you cancel the ban? If this is the case, there is no need to talk."

Faced with Meng Qian's strong attitude, Paul had no choice but to end the conversation for a while. The first communication between the two sides did not make any substantial progress, because now whoever backs down first is the one who admits cowardice, and no one is willing to take this first step.

This thing is so dead.

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