Franchise God - Chapter 1587



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Franchise God Episode 1587

Chapter 341 Semiconductor Shock (3)

President Ha Soo-young and President Drowen put their heads together in a space where there were no eyes to see or ears to hear, and discussed how to cook Europe and China in the future.

Thanks to this, the president was able to get a glimpse of the exact blueprint that Ha Soo-young was drawing in his head.

Finding out what was going on in his head that everyone in the world was curious about felt like opening Pandora’s box.

“A future will open in which all semiconductor transistors distributed on Earth will be designed by American semiconductor companies and produced by our Seojin Foundry.”

Ha Soo-young’s proposal was so sweet that it melted not only her teeth but also the bones in her entire body.

“China has been struggling to escape the US semiconductor sanctions, wasting a huge amount of money, time, and manpower. Isn’t it so pitiful? It’s time to make them comfortable.”

If we conquer Europe, will China naturally follow?

In Europe, when businesses and citizens become dissatisfied and riot, politicians have no choice but to respond.

But China, where democracy does not exist, will choose to completely close its doors, even if it means regressing.

“You’ll have to button up your coat a little more than you would in Europe and hold on tight. But the wind will be very strong. If you don’t take off your coat, it will blow your body away.”

“What kind of wind is blowing?”

“The wind is warm and strong. It’s enough to force you to take off your coat without you even having to take it off.”

The president suddenly felt regretful that his term was running out.

It was also heartbreaking to see that discord was expected in the relationship between the US and the Republic of Korea (Switzerland + the United States) starting with the next president.

Because both the Republicans and the Democrats, all the presidential candidates were shouting, “Make America Great Again!”

The anxiety in Congress will not go away until the swimming group moves en masse to the United States.

It is an inevitable fate.

After hours of discussion about restructuring the semiconductor ecosystem, the president turned to a different topic.

“I hope that the relationship between the next president and the Federation will be smooth.”

“No one can ever be like President Drowen. He will probably go down as the best American President I have ever seen in my lifetime.”

“I don’t know whether to be happy that I’ve reached the top or sad that there will be no more improvement in relations between our two countries.”

“Haha, later on, the climate in the US will become unsuitable for retirees to live comfortably, so come to The Sands. We’ll build you a nice mansion fit for a former US president.”

Will there ever be another opportunity to speak frankly and freely?

The President decided to ask something he had been curious about.

“What will happen to Japan in the future?”

“Even though he is a mortal enemy who has tormented us for hundreds of years, we still have to embrace him. We can’t kill all those people.”

“However, we cannot truly incorporate it into the Korean or Suyeong Federation, and it will probably end up settling for a satellite state position.”

“Japan already relies on swimming farms for 99% of its food, so it cannot resist the flow of change. Everything will have to be at the discretion of His Excellency the Marshal.”

“We plan to implement a newborn care service throughout Japan. Android Freedom will be taking care of the newborns. Although they were born in Japan, their native language will be Korean.”

“Haha, if enough time passes, Korean may become the official language of Japan.”

“Yes. Japanese will become a dead language that exists only in historical records. No one uses it in real life.”

The President felt an eerie fear in Ha Soo-young’s expression as she spoke with a nonchalant smile.

“France… … if they just take the entire Louvre Museum, there won’t be anything to see after that.”

Bringing the entire Louvre?

The president didn’t think those words were a joke at all. They didn’t feel like a symbol or a metaphor.

Ha Soo-young literally looked like she wanted to lift up the Louvre and take it away.

“China should concentrate them all in Kunming City in the southwest and preserve the rest of the area in its natural state like the DMZ, making it a sanctuary for animals.”

The president also got goosebumps on his arms at the words that they would all be pushed into the southwestern corner bordering Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam.

They’re going to make that entire continent a nature reserve.

“Our staff believed that the Federation was planning to split China into several countries in the long term.”

“One nuisance country is enough. If you split it up into smaller ones, the nuisance countries will only increase. The current trend is to just push it to a corner and make 90% of the continent a nature reserve.”

“Well, those guys also tried to swallow up the history of our Korean peninsula through the Northeast Project, so I don’t think they can feel wronged even if they pay the price.”

The president’s pupils twitched violently.

The Congress is full of truly mindless people who try to keep a person like this in check.

I would have declined to see what the future of America would be like if it were offered to me for free by the devil.

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“Do you know something, or are you trying to do something?”

The President pondered what powerful winds Ha Su-young had mentioned that would blow away Europe’s semiconductor ecosystem.

Is it something that happens naturally, regardless of the climate change?

Or is it that Ha Soo-young is going to take action herself?

And in what form will that wind blow across Europe?

The president gave strict instructions to the Department of Commerce to closely monitor the semiconductor market trends and monitor them in real time.

Not long after, a report came in.

“I don’t know if this is a trend that we should pay special attention to. If it weren’t for the President’s strict instructions, this would have been a matter that was only briefly mentioned in a corner of a business report.”

“Tell me.”

“There has been a noticeable, small increase in computer market sales in the United States recently.”

“Sales increased?”

If you just look at this sentence, it’s not news that you need to worry about much.

“What’s strange is that sales are growing at a significant level so soon after the super cycle ended.”

All the people who were going to buy new products have bought them, and the overall market sales have suddenly increased at a time when it should be going through a period of stability or decline for the time being.

“What is the cause?”

“There has been a significant increase in the number of people replacing legacy process parts with particle process parts. I am guessing that this may be another irregular super cycle.”

The President did not think it was a problem to be taken lightly.

I can’t speak directly to the Minister of Commerce, but this is definitely the ‘wind that takes off Europe’s coat’ that Ha Su-young mentioned.

As of now, I have no idea what is going on.

“Please continue observing.”

“Yes, Mr. President.”

And after a while, the president received an unexpected report.

“Is Kugle going to replace all of its data centers’ legacy process CPUs and RAM with particle processes?”

“Yes. They say they are going to replace all the old parts that still have enough lifespan and do not need to be replaced.”

“What is the reason?”

Kugle has made significant inroads into particle-processing semiconductor components for its data centers, but only to newly built data centers.

There is no need to replace a server that is running properly.

Not only is it expensive, but it also reduces the computing power of the entire company during that time, and it also takes a very long time to replace it.

“The ostensible reason is to increase Kugle’s overall computing power. Replacing all of the legacy process CPUs and RAM with particle process CPUs and Optane memory will free up at least 30% more system resources.”

The reason seems plausible.

But the president somehow seemed to have something hidden that couldn’t be seen from the outside.

The suspicion became a certainty.

Nanosoft has also begun replacing all of its data center’s legacy process servers with particle process servers.

As a company, it would be best to minimize losses and maximize profits by replacing products according to their life cycles without rushing them.

The reason given for providing the best service is not entirely convincing.

This is because companies are not groups that sacrifice profits to provide good services, but rather provide good services in order to make a profit.

Just as the President’s suspicions were growing into near certainty, a codified report arrived from the CIA’s European branch.

The director came to see the president to report.

“Mr. President, something strange is happening in Europe.”

“What if something strange happens?”

“I’m not sure yet, but it seems like a unique computer virus is spreading. It’s indiscriminately infecting both companies and individuals, causing various errors.”

“Virus? Error?”

“Yes. The peculiar thing is that the virus’s camouflage and latent abilities are so excellent that they have yet to be detected. It is presumed that it lies dormant after infection, causes a single error, and then disappears immediately, but it seems that it has not been detected even in forensics.”

“What error are you getting specifically?”

“Most errors are minor and do not cause significant damage to users or the company. There have been a few instances where the damage was quite significant, but they were easily resolved with a rollback or restore.”

A virus whose infection route and latent state are unknown, that reveals its presence only once and then disappears completely?

The President wondered if Rohan had programmed the virus.

But it was strange.

‘There is no justification at all. He is not the type of person who would do something that deserves to be criticized so openly.’

“All the problems are happening only with legacy process semiconductor products, so European investigators are half-convinced that the virus was deliberately spread by the swimming group. China will be similar.”

As time passed, the suspicious picture became clearer.

Large and small errors occurred in legacy process semiconductor products.

99.99% of the time it was not fatal at all, just annoying or bothersome to the user.

A blue screen appears, a forced reboot occurs, or a running program crashes and terminates.

Data stored on storage devices such as HDDs were not touched, but data stored on SSDs was occasionally lost in byte units.

Europe and China were almost certain that the virus spread by the swimming group was indiscriminately attacking legacy process semiconductors around the world.

But American companies thought a little differently.

The belief was that there was no way they would indiscriminately spread a virus that would affect even their own clients.

“It might not be a virus.

“It is impossible to leave no trace like this.”

“Not a single error has been reported in older generation products prior to 45nm.”

The problem only occurs in ‘latest legacy process’ products below 45nm.

It was a strange phenomenon that was difficult to understand intuitively.

President Drowen was able to get his clue from an unexpected place.

“The concentration of solar wind particles falling on the Earth’s surface has increased.”

It was a screw report.