#561 low-key joining (3 more 1w4(2/3)
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No one has any objections to Juchang’s application to join.
But the franchise fee also needs to be discussed.
This part of the fee is going to Nuwa System Laboratory.
The previously determined standard was a single payment of 20 million + 10% of the total authorization fee for the year.
Originally, this was no problem. What everyone considered at that time was that the promotion of the Nuwa system would not be very fast.
even……
Members within the alliance also have their own Plan B.
Except Xiaomi is more determined.
Meizu may just be the first to release it to test the waters.
But now that the excellence of version 1 of ‘Nuwa’ is known to everyone, Juchang applied to join, but Nuwa System Laboratory has not yet started to authorize it.
"I don't think it's better to calculate the expenses based on the expenditures of Nuwa System Laboratory so far." Shen Wei suggested.
In the end, everyone agreed.
Fang Nian briefly talked about the expenses of Nuwa System Laboratory.
As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Mingyong sighed: "Mr. Fang is so courageous!"
This investment can produce an excellent smartphone that can be sold, but the result is just the first version of a commercially available operating system?
But in this way, everyone has more confidence in "Nuwa".
The final decision is 10% of the fee of 2000+.
This part of the expenses is calculated based on 110 million.
In other words, if Juchang still insists on joining the Nuwa Alliance, it will need to pay a membership fee of 31 million yuan.
If you don't agree, forget it.
Anyway, Juchang also wanted to keep a low profile and did not make it public.
And this matter must be subject to the principle of mutual negotiation between both parties.
It is impossible to enjoy the final results directly just because Juchang has accumulated technology.
After discussing this matter, Fang Nian quickly introduced Lu Weiyu: "Nuwa System Laboratory is affiliated to Frontier Innovation. From now on, all non-core matters will be handled by Mr. Lu Weiyu. Doesn't everyone have any objections?"
"No." Lei Jun was the first to express his opinion.
No one else had any opinions either.
This is what happened over the past two months.
They also asked other people in the company to connect with Nuwa System Laboratory, and it was impossible for the boss to come forward for the slightest issue.
Frontier is still given enough face, with the CEO of a company taking the lead.
Taking advantage of this conference call, Fang Nian asked Lu Weiyu to formally introduce himself.
And directly raised the matter of market research: "...Nuwa System Laboratory does not directly intervene in the market, but the system is for end users, and it is necessary to refer to the market research results. Please discuss this with the bosses."
This is a necessary reminder from Nuwa System Laboratory to alliance members.
After all, we are all in the same boat.
Lei Jun and the others discussed and finally decided to share the necessary market research data with Nuwa System Laboratory, and also assist Nuwa System Laboratory in collecting necessary market data.
certainly……
There are also those that have not yet established a marketing department.
Such as Xiaomi.
God knows what Lei Jun thinks.
This conference call ended successfully.
As for whether Juchang will join, we have to wait for Lei Jun to discuss with Juchang.
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"Wen Mi."
Fang Nian shouted while walking towards the office area.
"Mr. Fang."
Wen Ye stood up after hearing the sound.
Fang Nian made a gesture, and Wen Yefu sat down again.
Then, Fang Nian said clearly: "You and Mr. Lu will organize and invite a group of experts to join the Baize Chip Laboratory and set up a review team similar to the Nuwa System Laboratory."
"The main thing is to ask these experts to analyze and compile as soon as possible the relevant technologies involved in designing a chip that surpasses the A4 chip installed on Apple's iPhone 4, as well as a list of patents that cannot be bypassed."
“The key point is to make it clear that everything that can be developed by ourselves is developed by ourselves, such as instruction sets, architectures and even new communication standards;
At the same time, we sort out all academic research projects invested in cutting-edge projects, filter them according to the list of developable technologies, and then separately tap academic teams to invest in more in-depth research."
“Some projects can be directly handed over to the Frontier Institute for implementation.”
Wen Ye wrote them down one by one.
Lu Weiyu thought for a moment and asked: "Generally, patents that cannot be circumvented belong to relevant foreign companies, right?"
"That's why we must seize the time and obtain long-term authorization according to the list." Fang Nian sighed, "After all, it is accumulated over many years, so we can only prepare early."
Wen Ye moved his lips slightly, then said bravely: "Mr. Fang, are your steps a little too big?"
"Although I don't understand chip design, I do know about global smartphone chips. Apple's A4 basically represents the pinnacle..."
"We are starting from scratch and trying to achieve it as independently as possible..."
"It's not too realistic to be able to compete with the best in one breath, isn't it...?"
Fang Nian smiled: "That's right, I don't have the ability to give direct advice amidst complicated work and pressure."
"What you said makes sense, but as I said just now, you should prepare in advance;
The actual work is done step by step, but for preparations such as patent authorization, it is best to do it in one step, so as not to be in a hurry and make a lot of mistakes."
After listening to Fang Nian's words, Lu Weiyu on the side smiled and said: "Now that we have said it all, why don't Mr. Fang tell you the detailed preliminary development plan of Baize?"
Hearing this, Wen Ye and Liu Xi looked at Fang Nian one after another.
Seeing this, Fang Young said with a smile: "Actually, there is no detailed plan."
"The initial plan is to try to make a chip with a public version architecture. This step is to get the team running in and test the waters. We plan to spend 6 to 9 months on it."
"It will use the same chip as Apple's A4, which comes from ARM's mature instruction set and architecture, mainly to give investors some market confidence."
After a pause, Fang Nian said: "With the Nuwa Alliance, there shouldn't be no market, as long as the performance and other aspects can meet the standards."
“After establishing market confidence, we will gradually start to develop self-developed chips with independent instruction sets and independent architectures;
After all, just for the instruction set, the cutting-edge project has already invested in five research projects in different academic directions, so we can't have nothing."
"I just hope that this generation of products can be successfully taped out and eventually put on the table."
After listening to Fang Nian's words, Lu Weiyu, Wen Ye and Liu Xi didn't have any ideas.
This plan is steady and steady.
Although it is simple, it takes into account all factors.
but……
After all, we are making hardware, so there are bound to be accidents.
In the end it's just a matter of funding.
So there is nothing to say.
…………
On the 12th, Juchang finally decided to join the Nuwa Alliance in a low-key manner.
He also paid the 31 million fee without any hesitation.
After signing the corresponding contract, Nuwa System Laboratory immediately opened up the core code sharing rights to Juchang.
The alliance rules were actually quite interesting when they were first formulated.
Member companies can share the core code of the system, make suggestions for modifications, and conduct a certain degree of in-depth customization on their own.
But you cannot share the code with partners.
At the same time, it cannot be directly equipped with mobile phones for external sales.
If you want to sell.
Okay, pay first.
To be continued...