Chapter 498 Raising the Bandits to Respect Himself (4k)
"Goode, Paul, I have always longed for a comrade to fight side by side. Although Logic and Texas Instruments are currently cooperating, you should know that Nokia is its ally."
Lu Fei's eyes were as bright as a torch, staring closely at Paul Jacobs.
At present, there are only a few chip manufacturers in the world that can integrate baseband. Even Texas Instruments has always used plug-in baseband because it does not have enough technology accumulation in the communication field.
This is why Texas Instruments dominated the early Android phones, but Qualcomm eventually counterattacked. Having the last laugh, even the arrogant Apple had to bow its head because it had no choice.
Logic's alliance with Qualcomm is purely based on what they need.
But it will never sit still and wait for death. It has already secretly established the "Balong" project with Huawei HiSilicon. After all, in the field of communication technology across the country, Huawei believes that it is number one, and no one dares to believe that it is second.
Qualcomm at the moment is just a temporary substitute.
"Lu, I couldn't agree more!"
Paul Jacobs said excitedly: "We at Qualcomm are very willing to work with Logic on the Android system and work hard for Logic phones, because I firmly believe that Qualcomm is definitely the strongest in the field of baseband.
I can reveal to you an inside information. It is tentatively scheduled for November this year that Qualcomm will release what may be the first 65nm process chip with a main frequency of 1Ghz."
Snapdragon S1 is out?
Lu Fei was a little surprised, and then he was surprised and happy.
“Is 1Ghz too high?”
Hu Yuhua, Sun Hongjun and others on the side have objections. These days, mainstream brands such as Nokia and Motorola think that 600Mhz processors are enough. High frequency does not necessarily mean high performance, but it definitely means high energy consumption.
"Not only this one, we will also launch a more advanced processor with a 45nm process and a maximum frequency of 1.4Ghz, which is far more outstanding than the first model in terms of power consumption and performance."
Paul Jacobs was a passionate salesman.
Lu Fei said: "Paul, can Qualcomm send a team to connect with the logic? Let's see what the integrated solution will look like on the mobile phone."
"There is no problem at all! Qualcomm's engineering team is not only good at developing end-to-end solutions, but also provides system-level solutions, including mobile phone equipment."
Paul Jacobs' tone was full of sincerity: "Lu, I really hope that Logic's mobile phones can use Qualcomm's 3G sooner, as well as 4G and even 5G in the future."
"You are already developing 5G technology?"
"Hmm, the board of directors just approved this year and decided to invest 20% of Qualcomm's annual revenue in 5G research and development."
grass!
Looking at Paul Jacobs's confident look, Lu Fei felt very uncomfortable. It can be said that Huawei and Logic are already the top echelon of domestic technology companies. They are two swords combined, but they are still struggling to understand 3G, while Qualcomm is not.
We are sprinting towards 5G.
This shows how difficult it was for Huawei in its previous life to catch up.
The smiles on the faces of Hu Yuhua, Sun Hongjun and others gradually disappeared, because the mobile phone was so shocking that the Qualcomm president’s joy disappeared. His heart could not help but feel heavy, and he thought in unison——
Ten thousand years is too long, just seize the day!
But no matter what, it was a fruitful experience. Paul Jacobs personally agreed to license the CDMA patent to Logic and Pengpai under the external troubles of Intel 3.5G and the internal worries of securing the throne.
Especially, Pengpai!
But there were disagreements over profit sharing. Paul Jacobs wanted to get a share of the huge patent fees for the complete machine, but Lu Fei persuaded him not to think too highly. He was only willing to grant the patent once every two or three years, and he had to pay
discount.
After all, 3G is recognized as the "shortest-lived" generation of mobile communication network in China, and it came to an end in about 6 years.
After a tug-of-war negotiation, in which there was even a stage of stalemate between big eyes and small eyes, Paul Jacobs finally gave in and showed his greatest sincerity in order to make Lu Fei a friend.
Not only does it provide patent licensing benefits, but it is also willing to invest money to establish a research and development innovation center in Pengcheng in a joint venture with Logic.
"It's nice to work with you, Paul."
Lu Fei stood up with satisfaction and stretched out his hand.
"In the witness of God, I wish us a happy cooperation."
Paul Jacobs held his hand and shook it a few times.
………
In the next few days, Lu Fei sent Sun Hongjun and Hu Yuhua, representing Logic and The Paper respectively, to improve the overall framework of the patent licensing agreement with Qualcomm's negotiation team.
Lu Fei and Paul Jacobs had already built the skeleton, and all that was left was to fill it with flesh and blood.
Not surprisingly, Qualcomm is tied to a warship.
We still need allies in the mobile phone system ecosystem and applications. The answer is obvious and obvious. It must be Google.
But unlike the previous life, the Android ecosystem has to be driven by logic!
Lu Fei turned his pen, scribbling, correcting, and drawing on the paper. He wanted to let Google eat a big cake like GMS in the Android Alliance, but also to prevent Google from turning its back on customers.
"Mr. Lu! Mr. Lu!"
While he was thinking hard, Hu Yuhua knocked on the door and came in, excitedly holding a thick stack of documents. He thought it was the contract with Qualcomm, but unexpectedly it was the first quarter report of The Paper.
Lu Fei flipped through it, and the huge pie chart on the title page immediately caught his attention. Almost more than 66% of the mobile phones sold nationwide in the first quarter were equipped with the Pampering Wave platform, not counting the copycat phones that did not have licenses and were difficult to count.
It’s only been a month, it’s so scary!
"If this trend continues, Pengpai's market share can exceed 85%, its revenue is estimated to even surpass NVIDIA and AMD, ranking seventh in the world in IC, and Fuxin is also likely to enter the top fifteen semiconductor manufacturers in the world.
.”
Hu Yuhua spoke with a vibrato and was extremely excited.
"I'm sure I can get in! Does The Paper have any competitors?"
The corner of Lu Fei's mouth rose. It was not that he was too strong, but that big manufacturers like Qualcomm and Texas Instruments would not sell arms to unknown brands. Even if knockoff phone manufacturers could buy them, they did not have the technical strength to digest these chips.
We can only honestly purchase Pengpai’s package solution.
For a mere dollar, I had to find funds, prepare inventory, collect accounts, attract customers, go to bed late and get up early, and in the end I was working for Mr. Lu, making a lot of money from Fu Xin and Peng Mei Sheng.
"have."
Hu Yuhua reminded: "There is a company called MediaTek in Wanwan, which is also engaged in the 'turnkey' business like Pengpai. The price is a full 10 points lower than ours. Lenovo, Konka, and Amoi all chose MediaTek."
Mr. Lu, should we take advantage of MediaTek's unstable footing and strike first, otherwise snobs like Bird and Gionee may defect once their contracts expire?"
"No, we must not be the overlords of Western Chu. Otherwise, as the complaint said, I am monopolizing the domestic low-end chip market. This crime is not a small one." Lu Fei shook his head and laughed, "Besides, MediaTek's move to the mainland market may not be the same.
A good thing."
Hu Yuhua was confused. It was obviously a bad thing. MediaTek was already engaged in a price war and would soon be at home. How could it be a good thing?
"Think about it, think about it carefully."
Lu Fei explained patiently, "If there were no MediaTek, all low-end phones and copycat phones across the country would use Pengpai, which would mean that the mobile phone solutions of thousands of manufacturers would be completely homogeneous. Without differentiation, how would they compete? There would be no secondary development.
space, is the only way to go is price war?
If we continue to fight like this one after another, if we want to make a profit, we can only resort to such illegal methods as 'sitting on phone bills' and 'making high imitations', then the market will be completely in chaos. Do you think the relevant departments will sit idly by and do nothing?"
"They will suppress or even block them."
Hu Yuhua suddenly realized that ThePaper is the catfish of domestic brand phones, and MediaTek is the catfish of ThePaper, and it can also share the bad reputation and hatred value. If ThePaper is the king of copycat phones, then MediaTek is the queen of copycat phones.
"Not only that, but also the pressure exerted by the United States."
Lu Fei crossed his arms with a deep expression on his face.
The Paper's current customers are almost all domestic brands. In America's eyes, it is a Chinese company that needs special treatment. It may even affect logic, just like Huawei, which is completely excluded from the American market.
Why are ZTE, Xiaomi, and OnePlus not available?
Because just like Lian Xiang, the United States earned the majority!
"I understand, Mr. Lu, no wonder you want to cooperate with Qualcomm. No wonder you insist on using only 40% of domestic chips and 60% of them purchased from the United States. This is tantamount to putting a layer of camouflage on us to reassure the United States.
Just look for trouble."
Hu Yuhua took a breath.
"Lie on the firewood and taste the courage, and develop in a wretched manner."
Lu Fei said with firm eyes: "So MediaTek cannot move, even if it is better to grab more market share, the United States and the Great Empire both like to play offshore balance. As for the share we lose, we will expand overseas.
Go to India, go to Northern Europe, and go to Southeast Asia to grab customers."
"This is what you call: raising the bandits to respect themselves."
Hu Yuhua's eyes flickered, full of admiration.
Lu Fei nodded slightly, and then talked about the current and future plans based on the first quarter report. Especially when the first year of smartphones comes, we will definitely need to transform and change our playing methods.
I kept talking until the sun set and the sunset glow filled the sky.
"It's getting late, is there anything else?"
"Ah, I was so busy talking that I almost forgot a big thing. Mr. Lu, good news, great news! The news I got today is that the composite core has broken through the 90nm process!"
"Really?!"
………
What is the concept of 90nm process?
SMIC only started commercial trial production last year, and the next step is to conquer the 65nm process. This speed has shocked the industry, because wafer foundry giants TSMC and UMC only announced the launch of 65nm samples at the beginning of the year.
The wafer foundry level of Fuxin Semiconductor, after sparing no effort to poach Samsung, Toshiba, even TSMC, and SMIC, has finally surpassed the earlier established domestic semiconductors such as Huarong, and is firmly ranked first in China and second in the world.
Popular column.
It is already possible to produce 2G NAND flash memory using the logic process technology authorized by Toshiba and Samsung, and with the protracted litigation battle between TSMC and SMIC, under the turmoil, orders for some 90nm DRAM chips from Elpida and Qimonda are slowly increasing.
Moved to Complex Semiconductor.
It's natural to have a grand celebration banquet.
Lu Fei didn't come to the table, and no one dared to use chopsticks.
But as soon as he came to the table, everyone rushed to bring glasses to toast, pushed glasses to change glasses, drank one round after another, and when they left, their faces were flushed and they were swaying.
At the neon-lit entrance of the Wangfu Hotel, he leaned down and stood beside an Audi A6, drunkenly and said vaguely:
"Bu Liu, move slowly, Bu Liu."
"Don't pay attention to me. Look how drunk you are. Go back quickly." Minister Liu gave a few words and asked the driver to drive away.
Watching the Audi slowly drive out of sight, Lu Fei, who was originally dazed and staring, suddenly opened his eyes, his face was not as drunk as before, he was full of energy, and he spoke clearly:
"Brother Ben, where is the car?"
"Here we come, boss."
Wang Ben opened the rear door and asked, "Where are you going?"
"I'm tired, let's go back to Qingcui Garden."
Lu Fei stretched out and let out a long yawn as soon as he got in the car. He was feeling a little tired both physically and mentally.
After wandering for a while, I came to the main entrance of the central villa area and saw a large number of paparazzi gathered together. There were inconspicuous vans parked on the roadside not far away. It was very likely that an entertainment reporter was lurking secretly.
, waiting for an opportunity to take secret photos.
"Look at my memory."
Lu Fei slapped his forehead, and then he remembered that since the news of Wang Fei's pregnancy was revealed, various media had caught wind of the news, and even issued a high reward of "500,000 yuan for a photo". Such a small amount of money, the paparazzi
It's like going crazy.
In order to protect Wang Fei, Li Yapeng had to hire bodyguards to follow him closely.
At this time, the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department of Yanjing Second Hospital.
Gao Yuanyuan considerately supported Wang Fei, who had a big belly, and walked out. She looked at the bodyguards who looked like copper walls and iron walls, and said with emotion:
"Feifei, you guys are exaggerating."
"It's not an exaggeration at all. Let me tell you, these paparazzi are really pervasive. Not long ago, I met a guy pretending to deliver food. I was shocked." Wang Fei touched his belly, "The doctor said that during pregnancy and childbirth,
Maybe in May, I don’t want anything to go wrong.”
Gao Yuanyuan couldn't help but sigh: "This is too crazy!"
"The mainland is fine, but the ones in Xiangjiang are even more crazy." Wang Fei turned to look at his best friend, "If you were pregnant, it might be a sensation in Hong Kong, and all the paparazzi would be dispatched."
"It's still early for me to get pregnant." Gao Yuanyuan rolled her eyes.
Wang Fei asked curiously: "When will that happen? Have you discussed it with your family member?"
Gao Yuanyuan looked at her swollen belly with complicated eyes, "Well, I don't know, but it's definitely not now. We are both on the rise of our careers. We are so busy that we don't have time to eat together. Even if we meet up, it is already late at night. He has
Sometimes I was so tired that I fell asleep and snored very loudly."
Wang Fei frowned and reminded that career support is support, but normal life has to be lived, and you have to be tired of it, otherwise what kind of couple would they be?
"If it were me in the past, I would definitely hope that he was a prince, doting on me like a little princess, making me happy every day, and hanging around me every day, but I found that such a person is not a prince."
Gao Yuanyuan touched the diamond ring on her finger, "A real prince should be able to stand up and protect me from the wind and rain when I need him."
Wang Fei seemed to be meeting his best friend for the first time: "Yuanyuan, you have changed. You would never say such things before."
"People always change, haven't you also changed into a mother?"
Gao Yuanyuan raised a smile and laughed and joked with Wang Fei along the way. But when the two separated, she returned to the villa alone, glanced at the empty house, and sighed resentfully.
"I'm home?"
Lu Fei wrapped himself in a bathrobe and walked out of the bedroom.
Gao Yuanyuan watched him go downstairs, thinking that she used to talk on the phone all night long, and now the chat content gradually changed to "You go home first, I'll come back later" and "I'm tired, let's talk tomorrow."
In front of the flowers and under the moon, the days of rubbing our ears and temples together became much less frequent, and the resentment I had been holding in my heart suddenly surged up.
"It's so rare that you finally came back earlier than me."
"I'm busy, aren't I? I'll come back as soon as I finish my work. Yuanyuan, I miss you so much."
Lu Fei was keenly aware of her dissatisfaction and even coaxed and hugged her.
"You are such a busy person, but you still miss me?"
"How do idle people know how much busy people miss idle people?"
"Really miss me?"
Gao Yuanyuan pursed her lips and said, "How much do you want it?"
"I won't say it, I will only prove it with actions."
Lu Fei grabbed her hand and reached under the bathrobe, "Landlord, you have confiscated public food for a month, is it time to collect rent?"
"One month? Humph, it's obviously two months, why don't you need to pay interest!"
