Chapter 202 Do or not?
"What's wrong?" All three of them were startled.
Patsy has always been known for his stability, why did he suddenly have such an excited expression?
"The chip design of this microprocessor is really good!" Passi said excitedly: "I did a rough calculation. Even without adding the GPU of Imagination Technology, the performance of our ARM7 series chips can be improved by at least 30%.
Above, if a GPU with imagination technology is added, it can definitely compete with the ARM9 series under development! The key is that the cost of this chip will be much lower than that of ARM9!"
"You mean...our efforts over the past two years have been in vain?" Redillo said in shock.
"Of course not!" Passi shook his head, "If the ARM9 series technology matures, the gap between this young man's chip design will still widen due to various materials and operation plans... I am saying at least
Within a year, his chip was definitely No. 1 in the industry, and there was no microprocessor CPU more powerful than it!"
"So, is it possible for us to learn from this?" Fisher asked with a thought.
"How is this possible?" Patsy refused without thinking and looked at him unhappily, "Fisher, you are also a technician, how could you think of stealing other people's ideas?"
"Even if he wants to do this, it's impossible." Redillo said to stop Fisher's rebuttal, "See for yourselves what the vertical words in the last paragraph are?"
Fisher put his eyes back on the copy paper and read out word by word: "U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Electronic Chip Category Patent Application No. 25368...SHIT! Why is this guy so cunning?"
They have even applied for a patent. If ARM dares to follow Xiao Qi's idea, it will definitely be punished until it wakes up crying in its sleep.
Fisher, who gave up on this idea, put down the copy paper with a wry smile, "I have no choice. What do you think we should do? Carlos, tell me."
Carlos replied tremblingly: "I think the GPU of Imagine Technology is indeed better. Can we use it? At most, we can charge more. I saw it. He has cash issued by Citibank.
The deposit certificate is at least US$100 million."
"No, no." It was Patsy who refused this time, "Don't even think about this question. Those people in Cambridge will never do that. If you want them to add GPUs from Imagine Technology, it's better to kill them."
Have fun."
Technical people have always had a bad temper and their own persistence. They usually don't look back even if they hit a wall.
But it is precisely this kind of persistence and perseverance that will allow them to succeed and spark the inspiration for scientific creation.
The feud between ARM and Imagination Technology is not just a day or two, but has accumulated for many years. If ARM loads Imagination Technology's GPU on its own CPU chip, wouldn't it be admitting that its own GPU is very poor?
"But he offered a sky-high price of 10 million!" Redillo said with some reluctance: "Coupled with the promise of at least 30 million films, we are very likely to earn 50 million US dollars from this one project.
, this is not a small amount of money!”
"What's the solution?" It was Patsy's turn to smile bitterly this time, "Those people in the core laboratory can't even convince me. Fifty million US dollars, for them, can't make up for the damage to their self-esteem.
trauma."
"What should we do?" Carlos said, "It would be a pity to give up this business."
"Let's go and talk to him together." Redillo rolled his eyes and said, "I hope we can find a solution that satisfies both of us."
The other three had no objections.
Now, no more than three to five years later, the profit of 50 million US dollars is equivalent to the current net profit of ARM New York branch in two to three years.
So, soon, they saw Xiao Qi in the living room.
After some polite greetings, the five of them sat down again.
Looking at the young man who is not timid at all, even a technology madman like Patsy feels that this person is definitely a monster-like genius.
"Mr. Xiao, we have seen your request. It is very imaginative and very suitable for our ARM to design and produce." Redillo smiled and said to Xiao Qi, "I wonder what you are using it for?
I want to give you a reference as to whether you should go through such troublesome changes in the chip. After all, these changes are very challenging and take a long time, which is not conducive to the rapid launch of your product."
If it is not conducive to launching products as quickly as possible, it is not conducive to making money as quickly as possible.
The persuasion in Redillo's words was very strong, but he did not fail to inquire about Xiao Qi's thoughts on what he wanted to do.
"I want to make a very cool tablet computer, which will bring a sensation to the world." Xiao Qi said frankly.
Xiao Qi's heart has calmed down since his 120 patents were submitted to the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
In particular, the appearance, internal structure, etc. of those tablet computers were definitely two or three years ahead of this era. After the failures of Microsoft and other companies, Xiao Qi knew that only his own tablet computers could become popular.
Gang Leader Qiao is still thinking about applying for an IPHONE patent. How can he take care of a tablet computer that has not yet been put on the schedule?
After applying for a patent first, and with these trump cards in hand, Xiao Qi is not afraid of others imitating him at all. Whoever dares to imitate will be unlucky.
Listening to "Tablet", Redillo and the other four suddenly had strange expressions on their faces, as if they wanted to laugh but were afraid to laugh.
It’s no wonder that they don’t take it seriously. A behemoth as big as Microsoft has suffered a huge setback on tablet computers, let alone a small company like Xiao Qi that is nothing!
For a moment, they regarded Xiao Qi as that kind of very rich second generation who specializes in making electronic products that look beautiful but are actually not very functional.
Fisher changed his mind and said easily: "Mr. Xiao, since it is a tablet computer, there is no need to imagine the GPU of technology. INTER's technology is also very good, and they have made a lot of changes recently and are willing to use their own
The GPU chip is available for everyone to use, and we guarantee that it will be done well for you, no worse than what you imagined."
Speaking of INTER, it is definitely a miserable company.
Like IBM, it has the most powerful resources and technical capabilities. Whether it is CPU, GPU or other components, they are absolutely excellent, but because of their stubbornness and conservatism, they have repeatedly failed in the electronics industry.
He didn't get the victory he deserved at all.
Chapter completed!