Chapter 203: Turmoil in the Global Semiconductor Industry

When Su Xin spoke the value of 3nm, besides the guests at the scene erupting into a frenzy, the internet went even more insane.

The comment feed was instantly flooded.

Su Xin stood on the podium with a smile on his face, watching the loss of composure from the crowd below, with no intention of stopping them at all.

It was not until several minutes later.

That everyone realized Su Xin was still standing on the stage, and this press conference had not yet ended.

The noise gradually subsided.

Everyone's gaze fell back to the podium, looking at that high-spirited, upright figure.

Seeing this, Su Xin continued to speak.

The microphone recorded his voice and transmitted it to everyone's ears through the exhibition hall's speakers.

"After the introduction just now, I believe everyone has an understanding of the performance parameters of the Tianke No. 1."

"But there is one more thing I want to tell everyone: today is not only the new product launch for Tianqi Core Technology, but it is also the official market launch for the Tianke No. 1."

"Starting today, the Tianke No. 1 is officially for sale. We already have a stable production line and have produced mass-produced finished units. We welcome all friends to come and discuss procurement and cooperation."

As soon as these words were spoken, many people stood frozen on the spot.

A new product launch is often just to introduce a newly developed product to everyone.

But it does not necessarily mean it can be mass-produced.

It might just be a successfully developed experimental unit or an engineering prototype.

This is often far from mature mass production; for example, in the automotive industry, many car models only start selling a year or two after they are announced.

In everyone's view, as the Tianke No. 1 is an Advanced Lithography Machine, and one that the Tianqi Group developed from scratch, leaping across multiple technical levels in one step—almost like a new product developed out of thin air—it would take at least several months or even a year or two to coordinate the supply chain and officially start production.

Yet Su Xin went straight to the finish line in one step.

Development was successful, the production line and the entire supply chain were planned, and now he was announcing that the Tianke No. 1 was officially on the market.

What an exaggerated level of efficiency!

While excited, some people hurriedly asked their secretaries to book an inspection with Tianqi Core Technology Company.

Especially some chip manufacturers in Long Country, who previously had no Advanced Lithography Machines and could only make low-end products.

Now that the Tianke No. 1 is officially on the market, it means they can finally extend their reach into the high-end market and strengthen their own competitiveness.

This includes downstream application enterprises, such as Artificial Intelligence, automotive electronics, communication equipment, consumer electronics, industrial control, and so on.

For example, the most famous among them is Longwei Group.

They are a world-leading provider of information and communication technology solutions, and also a top global supplier of smart terminals.

They once dominated the mobile phone field and were the only enterprise that could rival Apple in the high-end market, even suppressing the latter for a period of time and reaching the top of the high-end market.

But without the Xiangrui Chip, Longwei Company could not produce 5G mobile phones, and many other high-end models could not be produced either, which caused their high-end market share to be almost completely wiped out.

Not only did they suffer major losses.

The entire Longwei Group was hit hard as a result and once fell into a survival crisis.

Chips, everything was because of chips!

And now, the Long Country's Advanced Lithography Machine has arrived, which means advanced chips have arrived!

Longwei Group will surely return to the high-end! They will take back the market share that should have belonged to them!

Like Longwei Group, there are other lesser-known high-tech enterprises that all have an urgent need for advanced chips.

And with the launch of the Tianke No. 1, the predicaments of these enterprises will be solved!

Conversely.

There are those semiconductor enterprises overseas.

Whether it is the upstream Lithography Machine manufacturers, the midstream chip manufacturers, or the downstream consumer application enterprises, all were completely shocked by the launch of the Tianke No. 1.

This is destined to be a blockbuster product that changes the landscape of the Semiconductor industry.

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Regarding the launch of the Tianke No. 1, major media outlets published related news immediately and put it on the headlines, letting this news spread throughout the world.

Not only semiconductor-related enterprises, but also various countries, and even many ordinary people, were shocked by this news.

Tianqi Group's successful development of a 3nm Lithography Machine not only affects the landscape of the Semiconductor industry but also indirectly affects the world landscape.

Countries like the Eagle Nation and Sakura Nation only witnessed the terrifying economic strength of Tianqi Group last month, coupled with Tianqi Group's unstoppable momentum in the scientific research industry.

Everyone understands that no matter what technology it is, it cannot stump Su Xin; as long as he wants it, it seems that all the technology in the world is within his reach.

With both money and technology, and being recognized as the strongest in the world in both aspects, who would dare to provoke such a Tianqi Group?

Invisibly, the deterrent power of Tianqi Group has increased significantly, and no force dares to openly stand against it anymore.

Of course, these influences are too far-reaching and hidden under the surface, so ordinary people cannot feel them.

What everyone feels most directly is—

The stock market.

As soon as the news of the Tianke No. 1 came out, the stock prices of Lithography Machine manufacturing enterprises led by ASML plummeted that day, and other midstream and downstream Semiconductor enterprises also had more or less volatility, with ASML naturally seeing the largest drop.

The stock market often has strong foresight.

Even if the Tianke No. 1 has just been launched, has not yet been officially mass-produced, and has not yet posed an actual threat to ASML's status.

But everyone knows that ASML's days ahead will definitely not be easy.

Market share and profits will all decline.

With the sensitivity of capital, they naturally have to sell off the ASML stocks in their hands in advance; otherwise, if they wait until ASML actually starts to decline, the stocks in their hands will become hot potatoes.

Under the bearish outlook of many capital groups, ASML's stock price fell by ten percent in a single day.

You must know that ASML's market value yesterday was as high as 260 billion Eagle Dollars, which converts to over 1.8 trillion Long Coins.

In other words, under this huge negative news, ASML's market value evaporated by over 180 billion Long Coins.

The funds evaporated alone were already equivalent to the total market capitalization of many large multinational groups.

And this was merely the indirect impact caused to ASML in the short span of one day after Tianqi Core Technology Company released Tianke No. 1.

Besides ASML, there were quite a few other enterprises whose stock prices also experienced turmoil; their combined losses amounted to at least several hundred billion Long Coins!

This is the influence of Tianqi Group.

To this end, ASML senior management took emergency action, actively negotiating with all parties, attempting to stabilize the market and provide positive news to steady the stock price.

Among them, the most important point was—

They must re-enter the Long Country market.

Only this news was the most important stimulant to stabilize the stock market.