Reborn in 2011, 985 missing from two copies

Chapter 203 Use barbarians to control barbarians, kill Lao Huang with a knife

Wang Yi became interested: "Is it really cheaper than NVIDIA Tegra 3?"

"That's right, the price of Qualcomm's quad-core flagship processor will not be higher than the price Nvidia will give you in the same period next year!" Jacob promised.

With Nvidia as a troublemaker, Qualcomm doesn’t dare to sell it at a high price!

"Happy cooperation!" Wang Yi happily agreed.

"Happy cooperation!"

Subsequently, the two parties finalized other cooperation details and signed the contract again.

The two sides agreed:

In early February, early March, early August, and early September next year, Qualcomm will deliver 13 million flagship baseband chips to Xingyi Technology at a unit price of $250 each, for a total of 1000 million!

In August and September next year, Qualcomm will deliver 3 million APQ250 chips to Xingyi Technology at a price no higher than Nvidia Tegra 8064, for a total of 500 million.

For each batch of goods, Xingyi Technology needs to pay the full amount half a month in advance.

If either party breaches the contract, it must pay a penalty of 10% of the default order!

This deal includes a total of 500 million quad-core chips and 1000 million basebands, with a total price of about US$ million.

The liquidated damages alone are 2000 million dollars, nearly 1.3 million yuan.

If neither party wants to pay the liquidated damages, then the contract will only proceed smoothly.

Of course, there is another clause in the contract. The above purchase price includes all patent licensing fees from Qualcomm to Xingyi Technology, and no other taxes and fees are allowed!

Even if Qualcomm does not collect Qualcomm tax from Xia Guo mobile phone companies at this stage, Wang Yi has to guard against it.

If Qualcomm sees that Wang Yi sells more mobile phones and makes more money, and becomes jealous and wants to collect Qualcomm tax in advance, Wang Yi will cry.

All we can do is prepare more.

In addition, Qualcomm must ensure that the first batch of APQ8064 chips will be given priority to Xingyi Technology!

That’s right, Xiaomi 2’s Qualcomm quad-core chip was launched for the first time, and Wang Yi grabbed it!

It will be even more complete if it grabs the first launch of HTC's global quad-core processor.

This cooperation ended successfully.

Even the baseband that NVIDIA’s quad-core chips will be short of in the first half of next year is available, and it’s still a beautiful price!

Wang Yi has gained a lot.

As for the specific price of Qualcomm's quad-core chips in the second half of next year, Wang Yi is not worried and may even be surprised.

For any product, eat the meat in the front and the soup in the back!

NVIDIA Tegra 3, the world's first quad-core processor, can be purchased in small quantities in February next year for $2 each.

Wang Yi purchased in bulk at the level of five million, priced at $25 each.

Prices will only continue to drop in the future.

By August next year, the price of Tegra 3 is expected to drop to $20-25 a piece.

Even if Qualcomm APQ8064 has stronger performance and will not be launched until August next year, the price will not be high.

It is estimated to be similar to the price of NVIDIA Tegra 3 in August, 20-25 dollars.

If it's too expensive, everyone will buy NVIDIA, but who wants Qualcomm?

What's more, the two parties agreed that the price Qualcomm would pay Wang Yi would not be higher than Nvidia's, so there is hope!

Based on Wang Yi’s understanding of Lao Huang, in order to disgust Qualcomm, Lao Huang might start a price war!

Before Qualcomm’s quad-core goes on the market, Nvidia directly cuts prices!

For bulk purchases, Tegra 3 can be purchased for as low as $15!

If this is the case, Qualcomm will be uncomfortable. It can't sell it at a high price, and it will have to sell it for 15-20 dollars!

It's just that Tegra 3 was sold at a high price before, and the money has been made, and the cost has already been reduced. Even if the price is reduced, there is still some profit.

But Qualcomm's quad-core was sold at a low price just after it was released, which is really uncomfortable.

One step behind, every step behind!

But it will be cheaper for Wang Yi then!

According to the contract, Qualcomm's price must not be higher than Nvidia's, and the price given to Wang Yi can only be $15, or even lower.

If Qualcomm sells at a high price, it is a breach of contract!

Not only could Wang Yi earn a sky-high liquidated damages, but he could also turn around and place an order for the cheaper NVIDIA Tegra 3!

For the same quad-core processor, even if Qualcomm APQ8064 is stronger, the difference is not big, and the cost ranks first!

In order to compete with Qualcomm, Lao Huang didn't use much knife skills on Tegra 3, which is Nvidia's most conscientious chip.

But on Tegra 4, Lao Huang's sword skills are amazing.

Not only did it kill Xiaomi and HTC that used Tegra 4, it also killed Nvidia’s mobile chip business!

Since Tegra 4, no mobile phone manufacturer dares to use Nvidia chips...

It can only be said that Old Huang's sword skills are really fierce. When he becomes ruthless, he won't even let himself go.

Wang Yi made up his mind to find time to have a good chat with Lao Huang about the research and development of Tegra 4. Use less knife skills, practice them and cherish them!

Don't kill yourself to death like in the previous life...

Once there is no suppression from NVIDIA, Texas Instruments also withdraws, Intel fails to live up to expectations, and MediaTek is still in the low-end and mid-range, then Qualcomm will really monopolize the market, and it will be really lawless!

At that time, let alone lowering prices, Qualcomm chips would continue to increase in price, and Qualcomm taxes were already arranged!

After much thought, Wang Yi still needs NVIDIA mobile chips to survive and suppress Qualcomm!

Of course, the most reliable thing is to implement self-research on chips!

Otherwise, Nvidia will be in decline in the future, and a Qualcomm chip will be sold for more than a thousand, and the Qualcomm tax will be several hundred more...

All the profits from the Xingyi mobile phone were made by Qualcomm, and Wang Yi became a part-time worker for Qualcomm!

This was the case in the mobile phone industry in the previous life. Xiaomi and OV sold a mobile phone for 3000-4000 yuan. Xiaomi and OV could not make a few hundred yuan, while Qualcomm made a huge profit of 1500 yuan!

There's nothing to argue with!

Domestic mobile phone brands work hard, but in the end, they are all working for Qualcomm!

Wang Yi doesn't want this.

The only way out is to be like Huawei and implement self-research on chips.

Of course, with self-developed chips and OEM production, the cost of chips is lower, but the investment in R&D is also large, so it is impossible to sell it at a low price.

Instead, we have to continue to sell high-end products, which is impossible to do.

For example, HiSilicon's annual R&D investment of tens of billions is money, and it has to be spread on each chip!

It seems that chip research and development is imminent!

Wang Yi has a plan in mind. He will go to Texas Instruments to recruit people tomorrow!

In the evening, Lao Huang invited Wang Yi to have a meal again.

Lao Huang sighed when he learned that Wang Yi had ordered a Qualcomm dual-core chip.

But thinking that he had also won a large order for five million quad-core chips, Huang became excited again.

During the dinner, the two talked about many technical issues of the processor.

In order for Wang Yi to continue purchasing the next generation Tegra 4, Lao Huang started touting:

"Director Wang, our Tegra 4 is a performance monster. It is expected to be launched in the first half of the next year and can still crush Qualcomm's flagships of the same generation. You must support it!"

Wang Yi laughed dumbly, "If I were not a reborn person, I would really believe your evil deeds!" '

The Tegra 4 of the year after tomorrow will not be equipped with Qualcomm 800 shoes!

Totally unworthy!

On the contrary, it is the most overturned one.

Wang Yi decided to help Lao Huang, otherwise Tegra 4 will overturn, Nvidia will withdraw from the mobile chip market, and no one will be able to suppress Qualcomm!

By then, price increases and Qualcomm taxes will come!

Wang Yi smiled and said: "How powerful is Tegra 4? I'm a little curious."

Tegra 4 was launched in 2013, and has been under development this year. It will be tape-out and trial production next year...

If Wang Yi doesn't persuade him, he is destined to fall over.

Seeing Wang Yi's interest, Lao Huang was happy and said:

"Our Tegra 4 uses 4+1 in terms of CPU. It has five A5 cores, which is considered a five-core. The single core has a full frequency of 15g Hz. The smallest cores among them are all A1.8! It is definitely a performance monster, invincible. ." Wang Yi sighed in his heart: "Sure enough, NVIDIA is seeking death!"

"Performance monster? I think it's the fire dragon monster?" Wang Yi was not polite at all.

A master of swordsmanship like Lao Huang must stab him hard, kill him with a knife, and wake him up with a knife to save him!

"What do you mean?" The corners of Lao Huang's mouth twitched and his smile froze.

Wang Yi sighed: "A15, 1.8G Hz, is powerful, but the power consumption is also terrible. You don't even have an A7 small core. If you just browse the web, you have to turn on the A15 big core, and it will get hot!"

Lao Huang was silent: "..."

That seems to be the case!

"Five A15s are powerful enough, but once they are all running, how serious will the heat be? It will be hot! Old Huang, are you making an NVIDIA processor or an NVIDIA hand warmer?"

Lao Huang continued to remain silent: "..."

"As for battery life, let's not talk about it. Once you use your Tegra 4, I'm afraid you will have to recharge three times a day!"

Lao Huang opened his mouth, no longer knowing what to say: "..."

Every word Wang Yi said touched my heart, but it all made sense and there was no way to refute it!

The design of Tegra 4 seems to have these bugs!

"Old Huang, listen to my advice. You have four A15s and the CPU performance is too much. Replace the small core with an A7. It will generate less heat and consume less power, right?"

Lao Huang nodded, knowing in his heart that Wang Yi was right.

He only focused on pursuing CPU performance, but ignored heat and power consumption.

In fact, this is the reason why processors overturned.

"Dr. Wang, thank you very much. I will change A15 to A7 when I get back!"

"Very good, you are a person who listens to advice." Wang Yi nodded with satisfaction.

It will be difficult for Xingyi Technology to develop high-end chips by itself in a short period of time, and Nvidia will need to restrain Qualcomm!

"But Tegra 4's GPU is very good, 72 cores..."

Lao Huang changed the topic and strongly highlighted the power of GPU, trying to regain his face.

After listening to Lao Huang's show off, Wang Yi smiled:

"The 72-core GPU sounds awesome. But the problem is that the separated rendering architecture of the Geforce 6 era is too outdated. I am afraid that the engineers of the mobile phone manufacturers will not optimize it. And the performance is not strong, even OpenGL ES3.0 No! But Qualcomm supports it, and the GPU is more powerful than you!"

"This..." The corners of Lao Huang's mouth twitched: "I'm a graphics card maker, but my GPU can't compare to Qualcomm?"

"Nonsense, who told you to be so ruthless with your swordsmanship? You have to use an old-fashioned architecture. Qualcomm is the most advanced architecture. How can you compare it with it?" Wang Yi was not polite.

Lao Huang sighed and suddenly realized that his sword skills seemed to be too much. Instead, the GPU was surpassed by Qualcomm!

Wang Yi said unceremoniously: "To put it bluntly, according to the data you have mentioned so far, your Tegra 4 is a low-energy, high-power consumption, high-heating piece of garbage! No matter how cheap it is, I don't dare to use it!"

Lao Huang: "..."

Wang Yi continued: "In terms of actual experience, let alone comparing it with Qualcomm's flagship of the same generation the year after next, I am afraid that Qualcomm's 8064 next year will beat your Tegra 4 the year after that!"

Lao Huang: "..."

"Of course, your running score may be very high, but it's useless. It's hot to the touch and boiled eggs are fine. The GPU is too stretched. It's no use."

Wang Yi patted Lao Huang on the shoulder: "If the GPU is changed to the latest architecture, there is still room for success."

"Okay, I'll change it to Kepler architecture!"

When Lao Huang woke up from his dream, he realized that his sword skills were really too much.

"This is interesting, but there is one final point. Starting from the year after next, Qualcomm will integrate baseband."

This is Wang Yi’s last reminder. As for whether Lao Huang listens to the advice or not, whether NVIDIA Tegra 4 will succeed or not depends on Lao Huang’s choice!

He did everything he had to do.

If it weren't for the purpose of using NVIDIA to balance Qualcomm, Wang Yicai would not bother to persuade!

"Integrated baseband can provide better signal and lower heat..." Old Huang nodded:

"Thank you, Director Wang. Listening to you is better than ten years of reading. I will overturn the design of Tegra 4 when I go back and start from scratch!"

"I respect you for this cup!"

Lao Huang picked up the wine glass, his back was soaked with cold sweat.

Wang Yi didn't say anything, but he didn't realize that Tegra 4, which he was satisfied with, had failed so badly.

If we mass-produce and launch products all at once, we might overturn immediately, with disastrous consequences.

Fortunately, Wang Yi reminded me that we can still stop the situation!

Wang Yi also raised his glass: "Looking forward to a truly powerful Tegra 4, let us continue to cooperate!"

"No problem, I'll remember the kindness you gave me today! If you need me in the future, I'll definitely repay you!"

Lao Huang said sincerely that he felt that Wang Yi was too far-sighted in terms of strategic planning and deployment.

Wang Yi hit the nail on the head when he couldn't even see the problem.

How awesome!

"It's easy to say, there will be many opportunities for us to cooperate in the future!" Wang Yixiao said.

Nvidia chips must be kept alive to fight against Qualcomm and prevent Qualcomm from monopolizing it.

In this way, Wang Yi's Xingyi Semiconductor can keep a low profile and develop in secret.

Once Nvidia is gone and Qualcomm monopolizes the chip market, it is feared that it will immediately take action against Wang Yi.

For example, in the previous life, OPPO established Zheku and planned to invest 50 billion in three years to develop chips. In the end, nothing happened and the entire department was completely disbanded.

A large part of the reason is Qualcomm’s suppression!

If OPPO dares to continue research and development, then OPPO will not get any Qualcomm flagship chips.

These days, without Qualcomm chips, how can OPPO still sell flagship phones?

It can only be cool!

After much deliberation, OPPO can only disband Zheku, give up chip research and development, and survive first.

But with the constraints of Nvidia, Qualcomm will not have a monopoly and will not be so arrogant.

To put it bluntly, the reason why Wang Yi supports NVIDIA and guides NVIDIA to survive is to fight the enemy with the enemy!

Let Nvidia compete with Qualcomm and break Qualcomm's monopoly.

Let Nvidia serve as a shield to attract Qualcomm’s attention and fire!

Only in this way can Wang Yi's Xingyi Semiconductor have a chance to survive and become bigger.

Huawei HiSilicon can rise because of competition from Texas Instruments, NVIDIA, and Intel from 2011 to 2014, and Qualcomm cannot cover the sky with one hand.

Once Qualcomm covers the sky with one hand, no one will be able to do much, and it will all be the fate of OPPO Zheku!

As for calling Tegra 4 useless tonight and scolding Lao Huang so miserably?

Wang Yi didn't mind at all.

In his previous life, Lao Huang killed so many people, and now that Wang Yida is back, he is just collecting some interest on behalf of the brothers!

When Lao Huang returned to the hotel, he became more and more frightened as he thought about it.

A video conference was held that night, and all the problems Wang Yi mentioned were explained to his subordinates, and the R&D team was scolded.

Wang Yi was so rude to him, so he took revenge on his subordinates tenfold!

That's right, Lao Huang vented all his anger on his subordinates.

Finally, Lao Huang said angrily:

"You idiots, according to your design of Tegra 4, our entire mobile department at NVIDIA will be destroyed! Hurry, redesign it as I say!"

"Yes!" Everyone was silent, not daring to speak, but feeling extremely aggrieved:

'You didn't ask me to use Tegra 4's knife skills? '

'It's all our fault now, are you really not a human being? '

……

The morning of October 10th was the third day in the Empire.

Wang Yi went downstairs and was about to contact the chip research and development experts from Texas Instruments when he received a call from Steve:

"Boss, are you still in the empire?"

"Still here, I'll probably go back tomorrow or the day after tomorrow!"

"That's great!" Steve said with joy:

"I found the former R&D director of Estee Lauder, but he doesn't have enough confidence in us. I guess I'll have to trouble you to come in person!"

(End of this chapter)