Fang Zhuo is waiting to see and stir up the industry situation, considering how to best serve the interests of Yike.
Objectively speaking, Qualcomm is worthy of being one of the former Iron Triangle. Whether it is an order for Bingxin or a support for Yike, it has greatly helped the rise of Yike smartphones.
However, Qualcomm’s choice is based on its own perspective and is a mutually beneficial cooperation.
Yike should buy chips and pay patent fees. Fang Zhuo has not had many thoughts of "suffering" in these years, but the 4G era is indeed a good opportunity, and brothers around the world have long looked at monopoly.
Qualcomm is not very pleasing to the eye...
On November 10, before anyone from Intel arrived, Fang Zhuo first received a phone call from Jacobs, the head of Qualcomm. This was the first call from the head of the Internet since the conflict between the two parties broke out.
"Mr. Fang, you Yike want too much now. I heard from people in the company that Yike wants to directly cancel the patent fee payment on the mobile phone. This is too unreasonable." Jacob said two words later.
Just complain directly.
"Mars aside, Selfy has already bought Qualcomm's baseband chip, so why should he pay another patent fee? Jacob, this is unreasonable." Fang Zhuo's point of view is not new.
"Whether it's Apple, Samsung or HTC, all manufacturers in the world are like this. Qualcomm has given the lowest ratio to Yike." Jacob emphasized the current situation, "Mr. Fang, to be honest, we at Qualcomm have given us the lowest ratio to Yike."
Isn’t Yike’s kindness enough? Isn’t his help enough?”
He lamented and condemned: "Mr. Fang, you want too much!"
"Every chip that Yike buys from Qualcomm, Qualcomm makes a profit. Jacob, you said this is true for all manufacturers in the world. Why has Apple come out and is unwilling? You think I want more, but it's actually you.
Qualcomm has asked for too much in recent years." Fang Zhuo retorted, and then said, "Let's not argue about these for now, Jacob, what is in front of us now is..."
He paused and continued to ask: "You said that Yike wants too much. Do you think Yike has the ability to ask for so much?"
You have your position, I have my considerations, let’s talk about the current situation and the future.
Jacob held the phone, frowned, and did not answer directly: "Mr. Fang, Qualcomm's achievements in the field of communications are world-leading."
Before he could speak to the other person, he mentioned an incident from last year: "I have always respected you. Even though Ice Core was repeatedly challenged in the United States last year, I have always been on Yike's side. No matter who it is, I insist
It’s all business and business.”
"I appreciate Qualcomm's rationality, and I also appreciate your respect." Fang Zhuo quoted this saying, "Okay, let business be business, Jacob, I think it is time for Qualcomm to make changes."
He knew what Jacob had said at a closed-door meeting in Washington, and to some extent he still spoke out to defend Yi Ke.
But... business is business, and it is very business now.
Jacob also immediately said in a very business-like manner: "Yes, Qualcomm needs to make changes. As early as when Yike started to 'de-Qualcommize', we should have handed over the order to Taiwanese journalists instead of continuing to cultivate our competition."
opponent."
"Bingxin is not a competitor of Qualcomm, but a partner of Qualcomm." Fang Zhuo said seriously, "In addition, I must say that Bingxin's price to Qualcomm is also a preferential price for partners."
After years of cooperation, we can talk about friendship, but if the friendship is broken, the prices below are also real.
"Very well, Mr. Fang, I don't think Yike has enough capabilities in the field of baseband communications." Jacob answered the question directly and finally said, "Qualcomm and Yike can still talk, but it's better to go faster.
Frankly speaking, I am a fan of Yike products and I don’t want them to disappear in the U.S. market."
Fang Zhuo ended the call and put down the phone.
Taking Yike alone, it is indeed still a little worse, but this time it may not be just Yike, and Jacobs's words may really mean that Qualcomm is really going to cut off Qualcomm's order in ice core.
In addition, Qualcomm should believe that Yike is still trying to negotiate prices, whether it is canceling the authorization model or taking some actions outside the company.
After all, Jacob's confidence foundation is indeed solid. Although Qualcomm's patent lead in the 4G era is not that high, it is still the world's number one. Who will fight to the end when facing the world's number one?
A day later, Fang Zhuo received a visit from Intel's vice president on the 23rd floor of Yike. The main purpose of this trip was to talk about Qualcomm's patent monopoly in the field of communications, and the secondary purpose was to talk about the multi-stakeholder relationship between Bingxin and Intel.
cooperation.
Ever since Hu Zhengming and Liang Mengsong took people to Intel's headquarters for exchanges, the cooperation between the two parties has advanced rapidly. Ice Core's FinFET technology reserves are very strong, which surprised Intel.
Bingxin wanted to advance Intel's DUV lithography process, and Intel wanted to research Bingxin's fin field effect transistors. The two sides hit it off and found a broad space for cooperation.
Intel's visit was very low-key, but the understanding of Qualcomm's monopoly was unified without much effort.
Compared with the cooperation between Yike and Qualcomm, Intel has been refused authorization by Qualcomm many times and hates its monopoly behavior.
For Intel or giant companies, there are two behaviors they hate most in life: one is that others engage in monopoly, and the other is that others prevent them from engaging in monopoly.
Seeing that there may be a real opportunity this time, Intel has nothing to worry about and is very willing to try to attack Qualcomm. In this way, it also discussed the patent licensing framework in this field with Yike.
Intel is relatively weak in this regard, but it is willing to exert its influence and take the lead in organizing an anti-Qualcomm alliance.
To sum up, the companies that can be formed to form an anti-high-tech alliance include Yike, Intel, Apple, Samsung, Hon Hai, Wistron, etc. Because a large part of Qualcomm’s licensing business is handed over to manufacturing foundries, so once it is launched
Litigation and suspension costs for companies like Hon Hai and Wistron will also occupy a large share.
When it comes to close relationships, Hon Hai and Wistron are more influenced by their major customers Apple, Econo, and Intel. This is not comparable to Qualcomm, which is a big fan of patents.
As Intel really sharpened its skills, Fang Zhuo's inner tendency gradually became more directional.
Otherwise, just give it a try.
Anyway, if the trial fails in the end, Qualcomm will most likely reconcile.
An interesting thing about this matter is that Qualcomm launched a lawsuit very fiercely, but it was willing to settle and get money, while Yike has still exercised restraint and not launched a countersuit to this day, but is looking for whether it can put the other party at risk.
Death place.
On November 15, Intel’s new CEO Brian, who took office in May this year, stood up and angrily criticized Qualcomm, accusing Qualcomm of creating a monopoly in the communications field and obtaining excessive profits.
Brian claimed that he greatly appreciated Yike's efforts in product innovation and believed that Qualcomm's patent hegemony should not continue in the new era.
There were rumors before that Intel wanted to get involved in Qualcomm's affairs, but Brian came out directly, which still made Jacob laugh angrily.
He responded sarcastically: "What? Did I hear it correctly? Is it the Intel that was fined 600 million euros by the EU just in 2009 for abusing its dominant position in the x86 CPU market?"
"Is this the same Intel that paid HP, Acer and Lenovo from 2002 to 2006 to stop and delay products containing competing chips?"
"Bryan accused us of Qualcomm being a monopoly, I just want to laugh!"
"It must be because Brian has just become CEO and doesn't know enough about the history of his company!"
Jacob made a strange move and got another shot from Brian.
"Intel is still appealing the EU's decision, and the company has full confidence in the outcome of the appeal. I know Intel as well as Qualcomm. After all, Qualcomm's monopoly practices are well-known around the world."
"It was investigated by the EU in 2005, by South Korea in 2006, by the United States in 2010, and by China this year. This is Qualcomm, and this is Qualcomm that has to spend money every time it is investigated!"
