The United States imposes a 100% anti-dumping duty on DRAM chips from Japanese companies, but only a 0.7% anti-dumping duty on Samsung.
It was this gap, coupled with the fact that Samsung chairman Lee Kun-hee successfully tricked Colin into joining the government, that caused Japan's chip companies to completely slide into the abyss and allowed Samsung to emerge as a dark horse in the late 1990s.
The decline of Japanese companies coincided with the rise of Samsung.
How could Wan Feng not burst out laughing when he looked at that chart.
In 1989, Japan's economy was still declining, and the United States could only maintain a 20% market share at most. Samsung now only holds a 10% share in this field. Its head, Lee Kun-hee, had to wait two years before forming a large-scale public relations team to persuade Colin to join the government in order to obtain authorization and financial and technical support from the United States.
Samsung's real rise was after 2000.
There has been a gap of more than ten years here.
Wan Feng believed that this was the best opportunity God had given to his Hua Guang.
Originally, he had many concerns about Gu Hongzhong's chip research, but now he feels that he should open his mind.
Huaguang should take this opportunity to catch up.
Even if Huaguang cannot dominate a field like Samsung did later, Samsung can forget about unifying the world like it did in the previous life.
At worst, the two sides will be evenly matched, which would be a huge victory for China Semiconductor.
What if the hardworking and intelligent Chinese people can draw inferences from this example and extend it to other fields?
Does Intel also have to follow China's lead?
If we can share the market with Intel in the future, we will make a lot of money, and Chinese companies will no longer be strangled by others.
You made unreasonably high profits from me and you kept strangling me. How can this be justified?
Wan Feng felt that the Americans should be kept away.
Let them go as far away as their thoughts can take them.
However, it is a bit wishful thinking for Huaguang to achieve results in this field relying solely on its current strength. This must have the support of the national team.
They simply cannot achieve it on their own.
So Wan Feng pestered Zhu Guoxiong and made his unreasonable demands.
"Grandpa! My company urgently needs to communicate and cooperate with some of the top semiconductor industries in China. You must contact me on this line."
Zhu Guoxiong frowned: "Where can I find a semiconductor unit for you?"
In fact, in the 1950s and 1960s, China was not much behind the rest of the world in semiconductors, and had a group of well-known experts.
For example, Xie Xide, Lin Lanying, Huang Kun, etc.
The first book on semiconductors in China, "Semiconductor Physics", was co-authored by Xie Xide and Huang Kun.
Even during the ten-year period, China did not relax its research on semiconductors. During this period, Beijing Jing 878 Factory, Shanghai Radio Factory 19, and Yongchuan Semiconductor Institute (the predecessor of Institute 24) were established one after another.
There is also the Beijing Electron Tube Factory, which was established in 1953 and later became the famous BOE.
At this time, Zhongxing and Huawei were also established in Shenzhen in 1985 and 1987 respectively.
However, Huawei has not yet started its own research and development. It should be HiSilicon, which was established in 1991, that officially entered the field of semiconductor research and development.
Wan Feng felt that if he had time, he should go to Shenzhen for a visit, maybe he could get to know the CEO of Warwick.
I really admire Huawei's courage to invest in the research and development of Wanfeng.
In fact, Zhongxing was committed to its own research and development at the beginning, but unfortunately it did not persist. Later, it began to take the path of buying rather than trading and manufacturing, and was finally strangled by others.
"Why not? There are plenty, like Huaguo Science and Technology and Factory 774. They're all good. They've been researching and producing semiconductor technology since the 1950s, and their capabilities are quite impressive."
Factory 774 is the Beijing Electron Tube Factory, which became BOE decades later.
"You're such an annoying kid! Okay! Wait, I'll contact you."
"Don't give me the cold shoulder. I'll ask you every now and then."
"There are so many factories in China making semiconductors, why are you joining in the fun? Isn't it better to focus on making motorcycles and machine tools?"
Wan Feng felt it necessary to provide some scientific knowledge to Zhu Guoxiong.
"Since you mentioned machine tools, let's take machine tools as an example. Do you really want me to make the best machine tools?"
"Of course!"
"The best machine tools today are CNC machine tools, and this will remain the case for a long time to come. Besides the mechanical components, CNC machine tools are also computer-controlled. And when it comes to computers, it's impossible not to mention semiconductors. Computers are essentially made up of semiconductor components. How can I make good machine tools without working with semiconductors?"
Zhu Guoxiong thought about it and it seemed to make sense.
Then Wan Feng repeated some of the reasons.
"A country's peace cannot be separated from its super weapons, right?"
Zhu Guoxiong nodded.
It's like China tightened its belt and developed the two bombs and one satellite, and now has super weapons in its hands. Those invaders who have invaded China in history will have to think twice before plotting any evil again.
"Because super weapons technology is inseparable from super electronics technology, and super electronics technology is inseparable from the latest semiconductor technology, is that correct?"
Zhu Guoxiong thought about it and felt that there didn’t seem to be anything wrong.
"If China's semiconductor technology lags behind, the military will be forced to use foreign products for key electronic components. Foreign supplies are unreliable. In times of peace, this may not be noticeable, but in times of war, they could cut off supply to China. And how can we be sure their products don't have backdoors?"
"Backdoor? Is there a backdoor for this thing?"
"There are loopholes. We can't detect them due to technical reasons, but others can use them to learn our secrets. Isn't that scary?"
This was a serious problem, and Zhu Guoxiong immediately became serious.
"This is the biggest hidden danger of buying rather than making. Therefore, if we don't develop our own semiconductors, we will always be controlled by others."
"That makes perfect sense. I was right. I absolutely must support this. I'm not familiar with other units within the system, but I can put you in touch with some semiconductor units within the military."
"That's even better."
The military does have talented people, but it is limited by insufficient funding. But Wan Feng has it.
"Grandpa, I hope to jointly establish an institution like a research institute with an outside unit. I'll provide the research funds and equipment, and you'll provide the manpower. When we have results, we can share them together."
All the countries agreed with Wan Feng's suggestion. The army is currently short of money, but there are many talented people.
"I'll contact you as soon as we return from the Soviet Union, and we'll try to form a joint department this year."
Wan Feng had no doubt that Lao Zhu was very reliable whenever he wanted to do something.
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