Barrett asked relevant personnel from Intel’s human resources department to analyze the core members of Changtian Technology’s chip research one by one.
I have to say that Intel has a lot of solutions. Changtian Technology’s chips, laboratories and chip researchers’ information is kept confidential from the outside world.
Even the Xia National Academy of Sciences does not know who the members of Changtian Technology's chip laboratory are and what their backgrounds are, but the personnel information on Barrett's desktop includes not only the list of personnel, gender, address, etc.
, even where they have worked, when they were in college or graduate school, which school they studied at, and what kind of papers they published.
I don’t know how Intel obtained this list.
But through the information on this list, Intel can clearly see that there are two key points.
The first one is that the person in charge of the chip laboratory is named Wang Yu, and Wang Yu has a very rich resume.
Wang Yu graduated from the Computer Science Department of Shuimu University. He published many related papers on integrated semiconductors while at the university, and was admitted as a graduate student in IC-related majors at Stanford University with excellent results.
He then earned a PhD from Stanford University and worked at Texas Instruments.
These contents do not seem to have anything to do with Intel.
But an experience Wang Yu had during his PhD attracted Intel's attention.
Wang Yu once went to Intel for exchange and study as a member of the Stanford elite team.
The elite team is mainly a related team established for high-quality talents from Ivy League universities in the United States. Technology companies in the Silicon Valley of the United States will provide internship and work opportunities for team members.
Wang Yu once interned at Intel as a team member for half a year.
Because Wang Yu is Chinese, his internship position is not the core department of Intel.
In this regard, Intel, like other high-tech companies, is wary of Chinese, especially international students from Xia State, and it is impossible for Chinese students to come into contact with core industries.
On the surface, Wang Yu definitely has no chance to come into contact with Intel's core industry, but why bother trying to accuse him?
Now that Intel has begun to doubt you, it will definitely consider the worst for you.
In addition to Wang Yu, there are three employees of Changtian Technology Chip Laboratory who have studied or worked in the United States.
Finally, after investigation by the HR department, a lot of useful information was discovered.
For example, Wang Yu once asked relevant personnel in Intel's core department some academic and professional questions, and these questions were very sensitive and related to the core design of the chip.
Three other employees also tried to apply for internships at companies such as Texas Instruments or Qualcomm.
Okay, just these few points are enough.
Intel's HR department and security department have characterized Wang Yu and others, and it is clear that Wang Yu and four other core employees of Changtian Technology's chip laboratory stole industry secrets related to the U.S. semiconductor industry while studying or working in the United States.
Especially Wang Yu, who once worked at Intel. Wang Yu used unfair means to obtain core confidential documents related to Intel's dual-core chip design, and took this series of information to Xia Guo.
Using this information, we completed the dual-core design of the Pangu 2 chip in the chip laboratory of Changtian Technology.
In this way, the entire plagiarism evidence chain is perfectly closed. The concept of dual-core chips was first proposed by Intel and was attempted to be developed.
However, because Wang Yu, an international student from Xia Guo, and others obtained relevant information through improper means, it was these people who provided the core information of the dual-core chip to Changtian Technology.
It was with the support of these data that Changtian Technology completed the design of the dual-core chip.
Intel believes that this kind of report will definitely gain support from the U.S. technology and capital circles as well as the global technology community.
After all, in Western society, no one would believe that Xia Guoren alone, a technology company that had just been established, and a technology team that had only been born for about a year could develop a dual-core chip.
Intel found a perfect excuse for its lagging behind.
In addition, the production of chips is completed by Yanjiang Semiconductor, and the technical team of Yanjiang Semiconductor is Xiaxin International.
The senior management and technical team of Xia Xin International are from TiMC. Intel immediately reported this situation to TiMC and asked TiMC to strictly investigate whether Zhang Jing’s team had stolen TiMC chip production technology and information when they left.
related issues.
Does the technology and equipment used by Xiaxin International to produce chips now also infringe on the relevant intellectual property rights and patented technologies of Tibetan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
If you want to kill a technology company, the best way is to find out the root cause of the problem and make their technology no longer legal.
The legitimacy of technology is the biggest difference between the technology industry and other traditional industries.
After receiving the letter from Intel, TiMC attached great importance to it!
Zhang Jing and his team left Tiy Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. and went to Xia Guo to establish Xiaxin International in mainland China. This fact originally made Tiyuan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.'s senior management a little annoyed.
After all, many people in Zhang Jing's team are key members of TiMC, they have mastered TiMC's most advanced chip production technology, and they also have a large amount of upstream and downstream resources.
Upstream resources include some equipment necessary for chip production - purchase channels for photolithography machines, etc.
Downstream resources include potential customers of TiMC.
Therefore, from the day Xia Xin International was established, Tibetan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. has never given up on suppressing Xia Xin International.
On the one hand, it slanders the reputation of Xiaxin International internationally, claiming that Xiaxin International cannot produce high-quality chips, and asking customers not to cooperate with Xiaxin International.
On the other hand, they are constantly litigating with Xiaxin International through legal means, accusing Xiaxin International of infringing on TiMC’s patented technology.
Today, after receiving Intel's letter, TiMC felt that Intel's ideas coincided with its own.
TiMC immediately held a meeting and wrote back to Intel, stating that TiMC would fully cooperate with Intel to find out all evidence that Yanjiang Peninsula Company infringed on TiMC-related patents, and strive to win the related dispute with Xiaxin International.
lawsuit.
Tibetan Semiconductor's top management also knows very well that as long as Xiaxin International collapses, Yanjiang Semiconductor will lose more than half of its chip production capacity. At that time, it will be more effective with half the effort to turn around and deal with Yanjiang Semiconductor.
Yanjing.
Lianxiang is feeling sad about the related performance of Pangu chips.
Lianxiang Laboratory has completed testing of Jiaolong series computers.
Of course, the test results made Yang Qing very embarrassed. Everything he worried about happened.
After evaluation, Lianxiang's marketing department and technology department concluded that assuming that the Jiaolong series of computers could be mass-produced, the production capacity could reach hundreds of thousands or even millions of units, which would be a devastating blow to Lianxiang.
At present, there are only two types of Jiaolong series announced by Shenchuan - one is equipped with Pangu 1 chip, and the other is equipped with Pangu 2 chip.
However, Shenchuan can completely differentiate itself into computers with more price ranges by increasing or reducing memory, hard drives, graphics cards and other hardware configurations according to different user groups and consumption levels.
It can even achieve full coverage of computers in the price range from more than 4,000 yuan to 8,000 yuan.
This price range is a range where Xia Guo’s sales are relatively good.
The most important thing is that Yang Qing has clearly known that relevant national departments, especially the more sensitive areas of military scientific research, have begun to intensively purchase Shenship's Jiaolong computers.
Will this type of procurement affect other centralized procurement areas?
If it affects other areas, it will have a greater impact on Lianxiang.
what to do?
American hardware companies such as Intel and Seagate are no longer able to exert any pressure on Changtian Technology or Shenzhou.
Because Shenchuan's Jiaolong computer has completely realized localization of hardware, even the operating system has nothing to do with the United States.
Under such circumstances, it is impossible for American hardware technology companies to exert any pressure on Shenship.
Yang Qing must find a way to solve the problem immediately.
Lianxiang held meetings with senior management and the technical department for three consecutive days, and the only way he could think of was to introduce more advanced chips from Inter as soon as possible to launch computers with cheaper prices and better performance.
However, this countermeasure is almost an impossible task for Lianxiang at present.
The price of Intel's high-end chips is right there, and it is absolutely impossible to be cheaper than the Pangu 2 chip.
Lianxiang is just a computer assembly manufacturer. It does not have any technical intellectual property rights, and the lower limit of assembly costs has been set there.
Is it impossible for Lianxiang to sell points at a loss?
At this time, Lianxiang’s top management was in a state of disbelief!
Everyone is thinking, if Mr. Ni had not left, would this situation still happen?
At this moment, what Yang Qing was most worried about happened.
Enterprises and institutions in Yanjing published bidding documents for centralized procurement of computers for office use in 2005.
Requirements in the bidding documents: The computer is of good quality, capable of meeting daily work requirements, and the unit price does not exceed 12,000.
These requirements are routine requirements, and whether they are Shenchuan computers, Lianxiang computers or other brands, they can meet the requirements.
However, there is a bonus item in the bidding announcement - if the bidder uses domestic systems and domestic hardware, there will be bonus points during the bidding process.
The bonus points shall not be less than 30% of the total score.
Seeing such a supplementary agreement, Yang Qing's heart dropped.
The current national requirements for the development of Xiaguo Technology Company are indeed to support the development of domestic innovative technology companies.
In the past, the most innovative new technology company in the computer field was Lianxiang.
This is the only one with no other branches.
But now, this name has been given to Changtian Technology and Shenchuan.
Yang Qing knew very well that according to such a bidding document, 99% of the winning bidders were Shenchuan and definitely not Lianxiang.
This batch of computer purchases for Yanjing government agencies, enterprises and institutions involved a total of more than 4,000 units.
How about a large total?
In fact, it’s not that much. Lianxiang’s general distributor only sells a few products.
However, this tender has a representative significance and has absolute influence on other enterprises and institutions across the country.
In addition, Yanjing is an international metropolis and there are many multinational companies in Yanjing.
If the winning bid results of this time's centralized procurement of government agencies, enterprises and institutions are announced, it will have a wide impact on the international community.
At that time, Western multinational companies would think that even Xia Guoyanjing itself had given up on Lianxiang brand computers and instead purchased domestically produced computers. Does this mean that Lianxiang computers have no advantages in performance and price?
So even if a multinational company wants to purchase computers globally in the future, what brands will they consider?
They will definitely not consider Shenchuan, but they will no longer consider Lianxiang, and will consider other brands such as Dell more.
Yang Qing still had a wide network of contacts in Yanjing, and he immediately found a way to contact the relevant leaders of procurement.
The other party's answer disappointed Yang Qing.
"This time, the procurement standards for Yanjing government agencies, enterprises and institutions are strictly in accordance with the recommendations of relevant national departments and experts and scholars in related industries."
"Referring to the procurement plans of Xia State Military Scientific Research and other units that just completed chip procurement some time ago, it proves that the country is promoting localization and autonomy on a large scale. This trend is irreversible."
The leader said to Yang Qing earnestly: "Mr. Yang, it can be seen from this relevant procurement plan that the country will support domestic chips and domestic computers for a long time to come."
"You, Lianxiang, have a unique advantage! You have the widest range of markets and customers. You can definitely think of some ways to do it, and you can also make your own domestic chips, right?"
Of course the leader here meant well, but Yang Qing could only smile bitterly.
Because the leaders do not know that the development of domestic chips and domestic operating systems is extremely difficult, far beyond the imagination of ordinary people.
Even if Lianxiang now changes its development direction and invests a large amount of profits in the research and development of chips and operating systems, it is still too late to start.
Not to mention competing with Changtian Technology's Yinghuo OS and Pangu Chip, there is still a big gap between competing with Red Star System, which is known as a scam project, or Loongson, which is not developing smoothly.
For Lianxiang, starting to develop chips now is simply not worth the gain, and there will be no gains.
Lianxiang is currently in the most difficult time. Yang Qing feels that apart from seeking cooperation with Intel and asking Intel to lower the price of related chips, Lianxiang really has no other option.
Yang Qing couldn't help but smile bitterly. Although he didn't believe in fate, he had to accept it.
A few years ago, how could Lian Xiang have imagined that he would experience this kind of thing today?
Lianxiang did not call Intel immediately, but asked his assistant to urgently purchase the nearest flight to California, USA.
At this critical moment, Lianxiang felt that he had to conduct interviews with senior executives from Intel, Seagate, Kingston, etc. The cost of hardware must be reduced!