Galaxy Technology Empire

As soon as the negotiations between Sanxin Group and Galaxy Technology were completed.

Both parties announced relevant information.

After all, Sanxin Electronics is a listed company, and such transactions involving huge amounts of money plus patent transactions must make an announcement.

As soon as Sanxin Electronics' announcement came out, its stock price rose slightly.

But for another company, this incident is absolutely fatal, and that is LG Chem.

As a domestic enterprise of Colliers, Sanxin Electronics previously purchased one-half of its silicon wafers from LG Chem, but now it is out of business. Without Sanxin as a major customer, LG Chem will die.

The current top 10 chip foundry companies in the world are Taichi, Sanxin, GlobalFoundries, UMC, Huaxin International, Tower Semiconductor, Hua Hong Semiconductor, World Advanced, Powerchip, and Eastern Hi-Tech.

Among them, only GlobalFoundries and Tower Semiconductor have not purchased Neutron Star silicon wafers. The main reason for this is that someone behind the scenes does not want Galaxy Technology to take the lead.

GlobalFoundries and Tower Semiconductor, one is a Milili company and the other is a Judah company, it is obvious who is behind them.

However, the market share of these two companies in the chip foundry industry is not large. GlobalFoundries has 10.6% and Tower Semiconductor has 2%, which adds up to less than 13%.

In other words, Neutron Star silicon wafers have occupied 87.4% of the silicon wafer supply market in the chip foundry industry.

However, the chip foundry industry does not represent the entire chip manufacturing industry.

This is why many people find it strange that MiLijia’s chip level is so strong, but why is it so unsatisfactory in the chip foundry field, with only about 10.6%, and it is about to be overtaken by Dongtang. Why is this?

We know that there are currently three main processes in the chip field, namely design, manufacturing, and packaging and testing.

Not all companies participate in all three links, and many companies can only participate in one of them.

Chip foundry companies refer to companies that only participate in one aspect of manufacturing and specialize in helping chip design companies manufacture chips. This ranking only refers to the ranking of such companies.

But there is another type of company that participates in the three links of design, manufacturing, packaging and testing, called IDM companies. This type of company is the strongest, and there are the most companies like this in Milijia.

For example, Intel, Texas Instruments, Micron, NVIDIA, etc. These companies are all owned by MiLi. They do not produce chips for others, so they do not participate in the rankings. However, they have a full set of design, manufacturing, packaging and testing capabilities, and are very strong.

In the global semiconductor rankings, Intel has surpassed Sanxin in the first quarter and ranked first in the world, while Texas Instruments ranked 8th in the world, Micron ranked 5th in the world, and Nvidia ranked 11th in the world.

It can be seen that the ranking of pure chip foundry companies cannot truly represent the strength level of semiconductors, because there are many companies that do not do OEM work for others, but are very strong companies that are not on the top. Intel is the best example.

MiLijia has the most IDM companies of this type, and is overall very high in the semiconductor rankings. This is why there are very few MiLijia companies among foundry companies, but their overall strength is so strong.

These companies do not purchase silicon wafers from Neutron Star, so the silicon wafers supplied by Neutron Star Silicon Wafer Company account for about 71% of the entire chip industry.

But if they don't buy it, Huang Junjie won't beg them to come over. Galaxy Technology won't beg others to buy it. Anyway, it's just a matter of whether they want to buy it or not.

However, at this time, the attitudes of these rice enterprises began to waver.

They don't buy Galaxy Technology's neutron star silicon wafers mainly for the purpose of suppressing Galaxy Technology, not to defraud themselves.

Mi Li's home is in the eastern suburbs of Los Angeles, in Morgan's private estate.

bump! Thomas Morgan threw a document on his desk with a sullen face. He did not expect Galaxy Technology to be so powerful in the silicon wafer industry. He had previously arranged for rice companies such as GlobalFoundries, Micron, and Texas Instruments not to purchase Neutron Star silicon wafers. .

However, these companies have become unable to sit still and have sent messages one after another, demanding that the restrictions on their purchase of neutron star silicon wafers be lifted.

Because Texas Instruments, GlobalFoundries and other companies have obtained test reports and some samples of neutron star silicon wafers from different channels.

After the test, they had to lament that Dongtang's silicon wafer technology was already the best in the world, and it was still the first in the world that could not catch up for the time being. The purity of the single crystal silicon alone made people feel desperate.

Shin-Etsu and Silitronic have always been the world's strongest in the purity of single crystal silicon, but they are still disappointed with the purity of neutron star silicon wafers.

If it were purity alone, the gap in quality of silicon wafers would not be huge, but another advantage of neutron star silicon wafers that they could not imagine is mass uniformity.

Silitronic specializes in comprehensive inspections of neutron star silicon wafers. They desperately found that the defective area of ​​neutron star silicon wafers is about 1 in 500,000, while the defective area of ​​their own silicon wafers is generally 2 to 3%.

Can this gap not make Silitronic feel despair? Silitronic engineers look at the neutron star silicon wafers with a sense of powerlessness.

Thomas Morgan regrets why he didn't do his best to nip galactic technology in the bud. Unfortunately, there is no such thing as a regret medicine in the world.

Nowadays, the Morgan family alone is unable to deal with Galaxy Technology, which is already a towering tree. After all, the Eastern Tang Dynasty is one of the few closed areas in the world.

Whether it is Morgan, Rockefeller, Dupont, or the lingering Red Shield, they can influence most areas of Blue Star, even the Woolly Bear Country.

But for that country, capital forces like Morgan and others are powerless. Although they have trained many agents, they are unable to influence the general trend of that country.

This is why Morgan and the others are so hostile to that country.

"Adams! You go notify those chip companies and agree to their purchase of Neutron Star silicon wafers, but also tell them by the way that if they don't want to be stuck by Galaxy Technology, it's best to support a low-end silicon wafer supplier." Thomas Morgan said expressionlessly commanded.

"Okay, father!" Adams Morgan nodded.

After Adams Morgan left, Thomas Morgan sat on a chair and looked at the red maple forest outside the window with a gloomy expression.

It seems that we need to discuss with those guys like Rockefeller and DuPont. Galaxy Technology must not be allowed to continue to develop, otherwise it will threaten the structure of the world sooner or later.

After receiving the news of Old Morgan's agreement.

Nvidia, Micron, GlobalFoundries, Tower and other companies breathed a sigh of relief, but they also kept the old Morgan's words in mind.

After a video call on the dark web, these companies weighed the pros and cons and decided to purchase high-end silicon wafers, but they must retain one or two low-end silicon wafer manufacturers.

Otherwise, the consequences would be disastrous. They have reason to believe that Galaxy Technology will threaten them by cutting off the supply of silicon wafers when necessary.

Therefore, it is necessary to retain and support one or two low-end silicon wafer manufacturers as a precaution.

After the discussion, GF, Micron, and NVIDIA decided to support Shin-Etsu as a low-end silicon wafer supplier; while Texas Instruments, Tower, and Intel chose Hans' Silitronic (Litronic) as a low-end silicon wafer supplier.

They will not only choose Shin-Etsu and Silitronic to supply low-end silicon wafers, but will also jointly invest in these two companies. After all, this is their escape route.

Shin-Etsu and Silitronic were lucky, while the other three companies were eliminated directly.

For safety reasons, Sanxin Group also acquired LG Chem at a low price to supply low-end silicon wafers to Sanxin Group.

Taichi Electric also made the same choice, acquiring Global Silicon Wafer Company; UMC, Powerchip, and World Advanced Microelectronics jointly acquired Goldman Sachs Semiconductor.

It can be said that in just a few months, the world's silicon wafer industry has undergone earth-shaking changes.

The market share of Neutron Star silicon wafers has once again increased to an astonishing 87%, and the remaining 13% are the surviving Shin-Etsu and Silitronic.