European and American countries were very surprised and shocked by the explosive growth of Wujiang Group, and found it hard to tolerate the Wujiang Group's products dominating the market.

However, it was also quite frustrating.

They win by using technology. We can't accuse them of having a technological monopoly just because they have superior chip technology.

However, this was indeed the only excuse they could come up with.

Generally speaking, technological monopoly is still a monopoly, but each case must be analyzed individually, and some technological monopolies may not be considered illegal.

Given the nature of Europe and America, it's only natural to apply "famous double standards".

My technological monopoly is not a monopoly, but your technological monopoly is a real monopoly and must be punished.

In July, the United States took the lead in launching an anti-monopoly investigation into Wujiang Group, pointing out that Wujiang Group had achieved a substantial monopoly on many of its products by leveraging its leading advantage in chip technology!

Good grief, let's go to court!

When someone is determined to find fault, they will always find a pretext. Wujiang Group wasn't afraid; they went all out and sent their own legal team to handle the lawsuit. As everyone knows, a lawsuit can easily drag on for years, and in the end, it might even fizzle out.

Even if we lose the case, the worst that can happen is that we'll be fined a little money.

Zhao Ye was already used to it and no longer found these things a headache.

The authorities in Country M also knew that lawsuits alone could not defeat the Wujiang Group. Ultimately, they needed to develop their own technology.

The core of competition in the technology industry is chips, and the core of chips is lithography machines.

Therefore, the US authorities have once again increased their research and development investment in the field of dry lithography machines.

The most advanced EUV lithography machine contains more than 100,000 parts. Although the dry lithography machine of the 1990s did not have so many parts, it still had 60,000 to 70,000 parts.

ASML is essentially an assembly plant for lithography machines, but it has relatively high technical requirements.

Therefore, if country M supports the development of the lithography machine industry, it needs to help all lithography machine component manufacturers.

The amount of money invested is not small.

On the morning of July 25th, the United States allocated $10 billion in special funds to support the development of the lithography machine industry.

Unfortunately, the research focused on dry lithography machines.

This money is essentially wasted, but that's not the biggest problem. The most significant issue is the delay in the development of lithography machines. By the time Dawning develops the next generation of immersion lithography machines, dry lithography machines might still be stuck in the same place…

Perhaps the gap between the two sides will only widen.

And this is exactly what Zhao Ye hoped to see.

At this moment, upon learning that the United States had introduced a policy to support lithography machines, equipment manufacturers in the European and American lithography machine industry chain were immediately excited.

"The support policies from Country M came just in time. We finally have the funds to continue our research. Once the new components are successfully developed, we will definitely achieve a huge breakthrough!"

"A breakthrough in dry lithography machines is on the horizon!!!"

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Since Wujiang Microelectronics produced more advanced chips, the lithography machine industry chain in Europe, the United States, and Japan has suffered a severe blow, which is simply catastrophic.

Sales of lithography machines from ASML, Nikon, and Canon have been almost stagnant.

With upstream lithography machines experiencing sluggish sales, how can downstream component manufacturers fare any better?

If it weren't for the US stepping in to support them, these manufacturers in the lithography machine supply chain would probably have gone bankrupt one after another.

TSMC was so excited they almost cried.

This company is probably the one most hoping for a breakthrough in dry lithography technology.

Currently, TSMC's competitor, WT Microelectronics, is thoroughly dominating it, almost like an adult beating a child, leaving TSMC with no chance to fight back.

In the chip foundry industry, TSMC only has a paltry 3.5% market share.

To say that TSMC is now barely clinging to life is an apt description.

TSMC's sluggish performance has also affected other semiconductor companies in Taiwan, such as ASE Group, which specializes in chip packaging and testing.

The entire semiconductor industry in Taiwan suffered a severe blow.

This is not something that can be solved by policy support. If the technology is not good enough, then it is not good enough. Western countries may be willing to sell advanced lithography machines to TSMC, but how could Wujiang Microelectronics possibly sell Sugon lithography machines to its competitor?

If Taiwan's chip manufacturing business fails to take off, the island's rapidly developing economy will likely slow down immediately.

It seems that the time has come sooner than expected for Taiwan's economy to be surpassed by any single province on the mainland...

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In terms of timing, within about a month, following the United States, Australia, Canada, Japan, South Korea, and some European countries launched similar investigations into Wujiang Group. The speed was really damn fast!

As the saying goes, "Many lice don't itch, many debts don't worry." Suing the US is the same as suing other countries, so let's just do it all.

Wujiang Group aims to leverage its technological advantages to crush other products, leading consumers to make informed choices.

In the latter half of 1996, Wujiang Group was embroiled in numerous lawsuits, but this did not stop Wujiang Group's products from selling like hotcakes and sweeping the globe.

As long as Wujiang Group's products are not banned, it will not stop Wujiang Group from making a fortune.

In fact, it is impossible to prohibit.

Leaving aside the United States, even in Europe alone, not all European countries are hostile to the Wujiang Group.

Leaving aside the United States, even in Europe alone, not all European countries are hostile to the Wujiang Group.

If you don't cooperate with Wujiang Group, other countries will naturally be willing to cooperate with Wujiang Group, for example, by purchasing the Pangu supercomputer, the Nuwa server, the "Kirin Pentium 4" chip, and so on...

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