Chapter 1343: Shameless character

Among the many science and technology categories invented by mankind, the semiconductor industry is very young, and the biggest difference between this industry and other industries is that the speed of its technological progress should be the fastest of all technologies created by mankind in history. .
In 1833, Faraday, the father of British electronics, discovered in experiments that the resistance of silver sulfide is different from the increase in resistance of general metals with increasing temperature. This is the first time that a semiconductor phenomenon has been discovered. The first characteristics of semiconductor materials revealed by mankind.
In 1839, the Gaul physicist Berkler discovered that the junction formed by the contact between a semiconductor and an electrolyte generates a voltage when exposed to light. This is later known as the photovoltaic effect, which is the second characteristic of semiconductor materials discovered by man.
In 1873, British physicist Smith discovered the photoconductivity effect of selenium crystal material that increases the conductivity under light. This is the third characteristic of semiconductor materials.
In 1874, Hans scientist Braun observed that the conductance of certain sulfides is related to the direction of the applied electric field, that is, its conduction is directional. If a forward voltage is applied across it, it is conductive; if If the voltage polarity is reversed, it will not conduct electricity. This is the rectification effect of semiconductors, and it is also the fourth characteristic unique to semiconductor materials.
This shows that when semiconductor materials are still in the field of basic physics research, the leading ones are actually Europeans. Britain, Gaul, and Hans, the three major European powers, have all made outstanding contributions to the basic research of semiconductor materials. This is actually in line with the status of old Europe as the world's financial and technological center at that time.
Originally, if it were to follow this trend, there would be nothing wrong with that vulgar cowboy, no matter how good luck it is.
Old Europe then started a series of well-known Sao operations. Because of various benefit distribution problems, various historical contradictions, and various small calculations, they became a piece and continuously ignited. The beacon of the two world wars finally produced a "broken Europe". After the fight was over, they discovered that the leadership of this world had changed hands.
The world split into two levels, and Europe was completely reduced to the vassal and wrestling field of these two levels, and was artificially split into two camps, almost losing the ability to make a sound independently.
Compared with other countries, it can still maintain the most basic independence and territorial integrity of the country. The worst is Hans. As the defeated side of the two consecutive world wars, Hans was divided into four, namely the United States, Gaul, Britain and the Soviet Russia occupied the four victorious countries until the United States, Gaul, and Britain merged their occupied areas to form the present West Hans, also known as the "Federal Hans."
And what about the semiconductor industry? It is also because the US "Bell Laboratories" made the first semiconductor transistor in human history in 1947 and occupied the technological commanding heights of the industry. The semiconductor industry has also become the "native" industry in the US, which is also the only one in the US "Native" high-tech industry.
Looking back, Old Europe, which once laid the most basic theory of semiconductors, has been left far behind in this industry. Not only is it lagging behind the United States, but even the rising stars, Waguo and South Korea, are inferior to the basic manufacturing process, technology, and quality. In terms of rate, it is almost backward in all directions.
It is for this reason that when the so-called "first DRAM war" broke out between the U.S. and Japan, the semiconductor companies in old Europe hardly made any noise.
This obviously made the arrogant aristocrats of old Europe unwilling. The two parties who started the war, whether it was the vulgar cowboy or the short oriental man, were actually indifferent from the bottom of their hearts. Eyes, after all, are the big families whose ancestors have been wide-reaching, it is also commonplace to have a high vision.
Moreover, they not only have a high vision, but have also taken targeted practical actions, hoping to make a comeback in the semiconductor field.
As a result, the leading companies in this field, SGS Microelectronics and Gaul Thomson Semiconductor, announced their merger in 1987, achieving complementary advantages and establishing "SGS-THOMSON Microelectronics". Later, this company changed The name is called "STMicroelectronics";
Therefore, Helan Philips increased its investment in the semiconductor field, established a dedicated semiconductor business unit, and finally realized the important role of the lithography machine in the semiconductor field, and began to consciously support ASML. Later, Philips Semiconductors The business part was dismantled and operated independently and renamed "NXP Semiconductor", and ASML became synonymous with lithography machines;
As a result, Siemens listed the semiconductor division as the company's highest priority for investment and development. Later, this division was separated from Siemens and operated independently, with a new name called "Infineon."
"STMicroelectronics", "NXP Semiconductor", and "Infineon" are arguably the most representative semiconductor manufacturing companies in old Europe. The three are collectively referred to as the "European Top Three". If Tan Zhenhua was reborn in the year In the rankings, the three companies are all among the "Top Ten" of the world's semiconductor companies. It can be seen that the foundation of Old Europe is still quite solid and cannot be easily underestimated.
These three companies have their own areas of expertise and have also produced memory chips. After all, this is the most versatile and most in-demand chip product in the semiconductor industry. However, by the end of the 1980s, they were able to insist on DRAM manufacturing and keep relatively large. However, Siemens is the only one of scale, and at present, DRAM chips are still the most important products in its semiconductor department, not one of them!
Otherwise, there would be no later "Qimonda".
But now, this most important product is bringing losses of millions of marks to Siemens every day, every day!
Old Ernst is a man who has stood the test of war, and his vision is natural. He quickly smelled an unusual smell from the "memory war" between Toshiba and Samsung.
Because of the last "DRAM" war, although the old Ernst had personally experienced it, Siemens was an out-and-out "bystander" most of the time. The main battlefield of that war was in the U.S. rather than Europe. West Hans Although it was slightly affected, the impact was not significant. It even gained a little benefit from the war between the two sides, gained some new processes and techniques, and improved its level.
But this time the war situation was much more dangerous.
The old Ernst clearly felt that the power invested by both sides in Europe was much greater than the previous one, and the main product of this war was 1M memory chip pellets, which Siemens had just mastered through conscious technological proliferation in the United States. The new process technology itself is far from complete, and the yield rate is not as good as that of Waguo, the first to develop these new technologies. Even South Korea is not as good as the yield rate. Naturally, the cost is impossible to come down.
This is a very unfavorable competitive environment for Siemens.
Moreover, the old Ernst also saw the name of the emerging semiconductor foundry company from Toshiba's cooperating companies-Xiangjiang Huaxin Microelectronics.
It is the enterprise of the young Chinese.
Old Ernst can be 100% sure that in the "DRAM" war that broke out in Europe, the young Chinese must have played a disgraceful role in it!