By May, Wujiang Group's product sales had declined, but they were still astonishing, because competitors simply couldn't come up with products that could compete with them in a short period of time.
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Executives and founders from companies such as Nikon, Canon, Intel, AMD, Microsoft, IBM, TSMC, Motorola, Broadcom, Micron, Applied Materials, Texas Instruments, and ASML gathered to discuss countermeasures.
At this moment, Nikon's representative, Kojiro Kono, spoke first: "Everyone, the situation is already very clear. We have all been deceived. Wujiang Microelectronics has definitely been secretly developing lithography technology and made a breakthrough last year, which is why they are able to manufacture more advanced chips! As long as our dry lithography technology can also achieve a breakthrough, we will be able to compete with Wujiang Group!"
Canon representative Shun Ando immediately chimed in, "Kojiro Kono is right. The most urgent task right now is to invest in the development of dry lithography machines. I believe Canon will be the first company to achieve a technological breakthrough!!!"
Not to be outdone, ASML's new CEO, Kyle Rob, immediately stated that ASML also has great expertise in dry lithography machines, in no way inferior to Nikon and Canon, and that everyone should pay more attention to ASML.
Following the speeches by representatives from the three lithography machine companies, others expressed their support.
Currently, no company has associated this with immersion lithography machines; everyone assumes that Wujiang Microelectronics has achieved a breakthrough in dry lithography technology.
Wujiang Microelectronics chose to keep a low profile and make a fortune, without publicly announcing that it had developed an immersion lithography machine.
Let our competitors continue down the wrong path.
In their previous life, they had been researching this until 2004 without seeing much progress.
Of course, even if they now know that Wujiang Microelectronics uses an immersion lithography machine, so what? Can they catch up in a short time?
Dawning Photolithography, a subsidiary of Wujiang Microelectronics, began developing immersion lithography machines in 1989 but didn't succeed until 1995. It took six or seven years. Even if Nikon, Canon, and ASML wanted to catch up, it would still take time!
All companies, including Intel, are well aware that it is virtually impossible for lithography technology to surpass that of Wujiang Microelectronics in a short period of time.
Therefore, they fought against the Wujiang Group while simultaneously cooperating with it.
Wujiang Microelectronics CEO Zhang Rujing was extremely busy at the moment.
Numerous chip companies have sought cooperation with Wujiang Microelectronics. In the chip foundry market, Wujiang Microelectronics quickly snatched away customers from TSMC and Intel, and currently holds more than 75% of the market share.
Many companies in Europe and America do not want to spend money on chip research and development, feeling that "it's better to buy than to make," so they prefer to cooperate with Loongson design companies.
As evening approached, large patches of fiery clouds appeared in the sky, resembling a painting of a raging sea of fire.
After admiring the beautiful scenery for a while, Zhao Ye turned to chat with Zhang Rujing.
Zhang Rujing explained, "According to the information we've received, ASML, Nikon, and Canon are still investing heavily in the research and development of dry lithography machines. It seems they won't give up until they reach the very end!"
Zhao Ye could understand the actions of these three lithography machine companies. After all, they had already invested a lot of money in dry lithography machines. They would not agree to switch to developing immersion lithography machines at this time, otherwise all their previous investments would be wasted.
"We'd better keep quiet and make our fortune!" Zhao Ye chuckled, gloating. "To be honest, watching them burn through money like crazy on the wrong path makes me secretly happy, and I don't want to wake them up at all."
Zhang Rujing smiled and nodded, then said, "Chairman Zhao, I've realized that having such a large technological lead is also a problem. There have been rumors these past few days that European and American countries may launch an anti-monopoly investigation into our chip production, which might force us to disclose our immersion lithography technology..."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Ye frowned and said in a bad tone, "These damned guys can't beat us in the market, so they have to resort to underhanded tricks!"
"Don't even think about getting us to disclose our immersion lithography technology!"
Zhao Ye remained calm and composed, ready to meet force with force and water with water. No matter what tricks they used, Wujiang Group would not yield.
(End of this chapter)
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