Franchise God - Chapter 1592



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Franchise God Episode 1592

Chapter 342 Powerful Solar Wind (1)

Intermittent circuit errors can be corrected by software.

Just like water that spills one drop at a time can be quickly wiped away.

But when it becomes a drizzle or a shower, it cannot avoid turning into a sea of ​​water.

A sudden surge in solar wind intensity increased the error rate by dozens of times over the next 30 minutes.

Computers exposed to solar winds and their electronic circuits became tangled, causing fatal errors and crashes regardless of whether they were PCs, financial or industrial.

The massive power outage in Paris was caused by a recently replaced substation central computer going down.

Ironically, substations that used central computers with semiconductors made using an imprecise process did not go down.

Postponing replacement of new equipment due to budget constraints actually turned out to be beneficial.

But even if there is a functioning substation, it is meaningless if the external transmission system goes down.

And now, nearly 50% of computers in French government, financial and industrial institutions have shut down.

This did not mean that computing resources were cut in half.

If a unit loses more than 30% of its combat capability (this does not necessarily mean death), the unit is judged as ‘annihilated’ as it cannot fight.

France’s computer systems were declared annihilated.

* * *

“Is this original okay?”

“It’ll be okay. Major facilities like nuclear power plants are well-protected against radiation and EMP attacks in case of terrorism. This is also a type of EMP attack. The difference is that it’s not people but the sun that does it.”

There are no problems with shielded facilities such as nuclear power plants and facilities that still have old computers with imprecise semiconductors.

However, the surrounding facilities and systems that had to work together went out of order.

Even if nuclear power plants work hard to produce electricity, it is not supplied to factories or residential areas.

Jeong Seo-jin said while looking around the street.

“My personal mobile device appears to be working normally.”

“It looks like solar winds that were tens of times stronger than usual were pouring down for 30 minutes. A personal smartphone can be resolved by rebooting, but industrial computer equipment cannot be resolved so simply by rebooting.”

Paris was in complete chaos.

Citizens tried desperately to communicate by holding onto their cellphones, but the communication network was down, so the calls did not go through.

Of course, Freedom was also a dead end.

“Freedom! Freedom! Answer me! What’s happening now?”

“You are in offline mode. Please connect to the Internet.”

“Freedom! Freedom!”

For those who downloaded and used the Freedom app, Freedom also went down when the Internet went down.

If I had a Freedom Phone, that wouldn’t have happened because it uses the wireless power grid, but the Freedom Phone was too expensive to buy without a manufacturer subsidy.

“Will the French government notice that the solar wind is the cause?”

“Well, since you believe so much in the theory that Ha Soo-young is a demon, you might just want to believe what you want to believe.”

It took more than half a year for TSMC to set up its factory and start producing wafers.

Europe has been making a fuss about the virus spreading through Ha Su-young, but has not been able to present any specific evidence.

“But the CIA stalled for as long as possible, allowing the oil conglomerate to invest as much capital as possible in the semiconductor plant. They cut it by more than 600 billion euros.”

The oil alliance spent 600 billion euros to build the plant as quickly as possible.

The remaining €600 billion was to be used for future subsidies and maintenance costs.

“Now that the sunk costs have been maximized, it will be difficult for the heavy oil alliance to give up legacy process silicon semiconductors.”

What if we had known before we built the factory, before we spent 600 billion euros, that solar winds cause errors?

Even if France, which does not look back, does not look back, other European countries including Germany would have been vehemently opposed to it.

Maybe France would have shed tears and given up. Of course, that is still unlikely.

But with a sunk cost of €600 billion, it will be difficult for other European countries to back out even if they learn that solar wind is the cause.

“This is fun. I think I’ll enjoy my stay in Paris for a while.”

“Excuse me, but the entire country is basically paralyzed. Can we stay comfortably?”

“Don’t worry. I’ve already got my yacht ready at the port of Liavre, 180km away. There’s also a doctor’s helicopter, so you can go back and forth with it.”

Jeong Seo-jin raised his head and looked at the sky.

Helicopters can be seen flying around here and there without rest.

Helicopters and airplanes that place importance on the stability of their devices did not experience fatal errors even under strong solar winds.

However, all airports in France were currently paralyzed.

It’s not that there’s anything wrong with the plane, it’s that the control tower isn’t functioning properly.

That’s why France now has all its available helicopters busy flying around to stabilize the situation.

This didn’t just happen in France.

The damage from the solar wind was concentrated in Europe, Russia, and western China. China, which has its national infrastructure concentrated in the east, was not hit as hard.

Also, among European countries, the damage was less in places where infrastructure had been improved and maintained for a long time.

This is because the tunneling effect did not occur because old semiconductors with fine processes were used.

The country with the most damage was France, and the second was Germany.

“Let’s enjoy watching from our yacht how well France is recovering.”

A few hours later, Jeong Seo-jin boarded the yacht that Ha Soo-young had brought.

The yacht was very large and luxurious.

It was a super-large cruise yacht that could accommodate two giant Queen Stallion Doctor helicopters. At first glance, it looked like it was over 400 meters long.

“But if we do this, won’t the French government notice that the Chairman has entered the country?”

“It would be more fun if you noticed. It would be better if you made him persona non grata (diplomatically undesirable).”

* * *

France managed to reboot all major government systems over the course of two days.

The confusion I experienced over the past two days was just too much.

Because the system itself was paralyzed, it was impossible to even tally the amount of damage that had occurred. The data had already disappeared.

Conversely, they tried to tally the damage, but as society suddenly came to a halt, citizens took to the streets one after another, throwing rocks at the Elysee Palace and protesting and looting, so it seemed difficult to even estimate the approximate amount of damage.

Germany recovered more quickly than France, had fewer disgruntled citizens, and was far less chaotic.

Germany also learned the real cause through this damage.

“The concentration of solar wind particles increased abnormally for 30 minutes. During that exact time, the occurrence rate of system errors nationwide increased by more than tens of times, and it is believed that this was caused by the tunneling effect of electrons flowing through semiconductor circuits.”

“I guess there was no such thing as a virus in the first place.”

“Yes. Fortunately, safety-critical facilities such as satellites, aircraft, and nuclear power plants were not affected. Ultimately, the cause was the sun.”

“Did America know this?”

“I suspect so. Also, this solar storm was concentrated in western Eurasia, so other regions were not affected.”

The whole thing was caused by a combination of ozone depletion and sunspot activity.

When the German experts learned of this fact, they realized that they had been duped.

“How much did we pay to the union?”

“We put in 700 billion euros. The coalition spent another 600 billion euros.”

“You bit me right.”

“There is no way out. We must either give up on the fine process and move to the 45nm process semiconductor ecosystem, or we must urge the import of semiconductors from Seojin Foundry.”

“Did the swimming group know this from the beginning?”

“You probably knew about it because the US told you. Above all, semiconductors made by Seojin Foundry do not cause errors regardless of the micro-process.”

“Ha, our Europe is completely cornered.”

“…..”

Experts realized that there were only two options.

“Either we return to the 45nm process semiconductor era, or we apologize to Seojin Foundry and give up on semiconductor development itself.”

“Why don’t we install a shield? It will cost money, but it will prevent damage from solar winds.”

“For large equipment, it can be solved by shielding the case or the building itself. But what about personal devices like smartphones, laptops, and desktops?”

“…..”

“Do you think companies would accept importing semiconductors for personal use only? Do you think companies would accept that?”

“Then, if we apply shielding cases to personal devices as well… …

“Even in the middle of the city, the communication would be completely cut off. Not to mention Bluetooth connectivity.”

“There are only two options: either return to the 45nm process, or give up semiconductor self-sufficiency and surrender to swimming semiconductors.”

The experts who had made up their minds began to grumble, their voices full of complaints.

“Damn, I was against the heavy oil semiconductor alliance from the beginning.”

“If we unconditionally ban automobile imports to protect the jobs of coachmen, we will end up falling behind in national competitiveness.”

“Now you want us to go back to 45nm process semiconductor PCs? The citizens will riot.”

“We have to give up cleanly now. Even if we somehow managed to recover quickly, what if the solar wind explodes again?”

“First, we need to quickly install solar wind shielding devices on the satellite network facilities.”

The German Chancellor, who received the report, gave instructions with a frown on his face.

“Start by reinforcing solar wind protection facilities at the top priority level. And cancel the orders placed with TSMC.”

“But this is a quantity that has already been contracted.”

“So what? What good is it to receive 3nm semiconductors that can’t be used because of solar wind? It would be better to change to a 45nm process and place another order.”

“Mr. Chancellor, are you really planning to return Germany to the 45nm era?”

“I’m not crazy yet. I know that the 3nm order I placed has to be changed to 45nm, and I also know that it’s better to get the swimming semiconductor supply again.”

“…..”

“And in France…”

The Prime Minister paused for a moment and thought about it.

After several minutes of agonizing, the Prime Minister raised his head and looked at his staff.

“Should I tell this fact or not?”

“I would like to just leave it alone and not let it be known. What do you guys think?”

“If you want to renegotiate with the semiconductor company, you have to minimize the damage to France. It would be better to tell them the whole story in advance.”

“Ha, I really don’t want to tell you.”

Germany eventually informed other European countries, including France, and China, that the solar wind was the cause.

In fact, there were experts in France who suspected the solar wind as the cause, but they were unable to gain traction because the anti-Ha Soo-young spirit was spreading like madness.

The master of the Elysee Palace finally realized that he had only two choices.

Or go back to 45 nanometers.

Kneel down before Seojin Foundry.

On this tragic day, when the Elysee Palace was filled with anger and sorrow, the farms of Nantes began to plant new vineyards in the ruined vineyards.

Ha Su-yeong planted grapevines herself, humming a song of good harvest while holding a shovel, without relying on the help of advanced farming robots.

“I will live, I will live. I will live at 45 nanometers. Eli Eli Eli Eli Tolerance Parisien.”

French agents successfully recorded the conversation from a distance and submitted it to the Elysee Palace along with translations, interpretations, and notes on the speaker’s intentions.

There was another wailing at the Elysee Palace.