Since the major technological breakthrough of graphene material, the screens of various mobile phones, whether advanced or not, have been replaced by graphene, and the chips have gradually transitioned from silicon-based chips to graphene chips. It was also at this time that people fully realized how profitable the Future Group, which was leading this revolution in materials science, was.
80% of the world's supply of graphene materials comes from the graphene factory built by Futureman Group in the New Matt District. Especially for high-strength graphene and semiconductor graphene materials, the Future Group, which controls the core technology, almost monopolizes the entire supply market and controls undisputed pricing power.
Even Futureman Technology’s competitors, electronic equipment manufacturers such as Apple and Samsung, have to admit that their technology is inferior to others and use graphene screens produced by Futureman Heavy Industries and Deep Blue m1 chips.
Although Intel later developed a graphene chip after obtaining the technology license from the Future People Group, which saved the chattering stock price, anyone with a discerning eye can see that there is a gap between this hastily completed semi-finished product and the Deep Blue m1. technology gap.
It is precisely because of this that if Europe has a total embargo on the Future Group and the losses it has suffered are the most difficult to accept, it is probably the electronics industry. Although the EU seems to have selectively let go of graphene and has not imposed any penalties on Futureman Group's export of graphene materials to Europe, Futureman Group has unilaterally announced that it will terminate the supply of graphene to European companies.
This is almost a punch to the stomach for supercomputing centers in countries such as Switzerland, as well as European semiconductor chip companies that are already lagging behind Silicon Valley. If they want to obtain future chips, they must go through offshore dealers registered in Sweden, Norway, the United Kingdom and other countries to get the goods at a relatively high price.
It is no exaggeration to say that as graphene materials become more and more popular, the Future Group's dominance over the global high-tech industry will become more and more significant. The reason why the United States has not taken action against the Future Man Group is that on the one hand, the ASP Consortium has formed an interest alliance with Jiang Chen, and on the other hand, it is concerned that the fluctuation in graphene prices may impact Silicon Valley.
80% of the world's graphene materials come from Futureman Group, and 60% of Futureman Group's graphene materials are sold to Silicon Valley. Breaking things off rashly will not benefit anyone.
If Intel could replace Futureman Group and solve the technical problems in graphene semiconductors and high-strength graphene materials, the U.S. Department of Commerce would have started discussing "anti-dumping and anti-dumping investigations" long ago.
The call was from Xia Shiyu.
Jiang Chen, who had just left the company, immediately turned back.
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When Jiang Chen opened the office door and walked in, Xia Shiyu put down the pen in her hand, pushed up her glasses, and said in an apologetic tone.
"I'm sorry, I didn't know you were off work. Do you want something to drink? I'll make it for you."
"Plain water... ha... let's have a cup of coffee, just mocha."
Originally planning to ask for a cup of boiled water, Jiang Chen yawned mid-sentence, so he changed his mind and asked for coffee.
Xia Shiyu nodded, stood up and walked to the coffee machine in the office. She helped Jiang Chen and herself make a cup of fragrant mocha. Then she walked to the sofa in front of the desk and sat down, placing the cup on the coffee table.
"Thanks."
Putting the coffee to his lips and smelling the fragrance of toon, Jiang Chen suddenly felt that his sleepiness had dissipated a lot.
"You're welcome... What time did you go to bed last night? Why do you feel so sleepy?" Xia Shiyu brushed her hair from her ears and looked at Jiang Chen with concern and asked.
"Well, maybe I slept a little late." Because it was too troublesome to explain, Jiang Chen followed her words.
While saying this, Jiang Chen hit him again.
For some reason, when she heard Jiang Chen say that she slept a little late, Xia Shiyu's face suddenly turned red and she glared at Jiang Chen fiercely.
"Note...note..."
"Note?" Jiang Chen raised his eyebrows and asked doubtfully.
"Pay attention to your health and exercise some restraint." After coughing softly, Xia Shiyu looked to the side and spoke out the words that were stuck in her throat.
Seeing her look, Jiang Chen couldn't help but smile.
No matter how many times I see this dishonest look, I never get tired of it.
"Look what I'm doing!" Xia Shiyu glared at Jiang Chen, stood up, and walked towards the desk.
No piece of meat will fall off.
Jiang Chen complained in his heart.
Returning with a stack of documents, Xia Shiyu threw the documents on the coffee table and sat back on the sofa. Judging from her serious expression, she had switched back to work mode. After taking the documents on the coffee table and glancing at them, Jiang Chen gradually calmed down his playful expression, drove away the sleepiness in his heart, and assumed a serious attitude.
"Silicon Valley High-tech Innovation and Entrepreneurship Summit?"
"Yes," Xia Shiyu nodded, "referred to as STI. It is the largest and highest-level high-tech event in the Silicon Valley area of the United States. It is also an international professional conference in the high-tech field. We have received an invitation from the United States. How do you do this? look?"
Jiang Chen picked up the document at hand and looked through it roughly.
The background of this SEF is really quite big. Although the organizers and participants were all American companies at the beginning, its influence gradually radiated to Asia in the following years. The fields include mobile Internet, cloud technology, big data, games, smart hardware (home, Internet of Things, robots and wearable devices, etc.), education, medical and low-carbon environmental protection, representing the core areas of Silicon Valley's technology frontier.
The conference is held every autumn, and each time it is held, it attracts a large number of high-tech leaders from China, the United States and the Asia-Pacific region. It includes 1,500+ high-tech companies from China and the United States, 1,000+ executives from the world's top 500 companies, and 20,000+ professionals attending the conference. At the same time, more than 120 heavyweight media from different regions of the world will follow and report the entire event.
The 2016 edition was held in Beijing, but this time it was held at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Silicon Valley.
At this time, the United States invites the Future Group to participate in the meeting, which is undoubtedly sending a signal of relaxation. As for whether it will be the Hongmen Banquet? There is absolutely no need to worry about this.
As long as the undersea missile silo remains there, no matter how much the FBI and CIA hate him, they will not dare to let him have an accident on American soil. The situation in Manila has proven that in the 21st century, there is a force that is more effective and more terrifying than nuclear weapons in destroying civilization, and its name is electromagnetic pulse (emp).
At this moment, Jiang Chen was thinking more about what benefits this visit could bring to him.
"The organizers are very much looking forward to our arrival, and the U.S. Department of Commerce also hopes that we will cooperate more closely with high-tech companies in Silicon Valley on graphene and artificial intelligence technologies. In addition, each company will also display at the summit Scientific and technological achievements, and explore the possibility of business cooperation and investment. At present, we occupy a high market share in the field of graphene, but the total graphene market is still seriously lower than its valuation. Through this summit, we We can promote our products to more companies." While Jiang Chen was thinking, Xia Shiyu further explained the significance of this summit.
Nodding, Jiang Chen closed the document with a snap and put it back on the table.
"I'm going back to prepare. The summit will be held on October 31st, right? Maybe it would be better to go there a few days in advance?"
After hearing Jiang Chen's words, Xia Shiyu was stunned for a moment.
"Wait, you want to go in person?"
"Otherwise?" Jiang Chen said with a smile. (.)