Chapter 40 This may not be a desperate situation!
USA, Gaotong Company Building.
CEO President’s Office.
Molenkov shook the decanter and handed the red wine glasses to the three middle-aged men sitting on the sofa one by one, with a very low posture.
"Mr. Ghazi, Mr. Foske, Mr. Rhine, without your help, I think I alone will not be able to truly obliterate that Dragon Kingdom enterprise."
Enable the mobile phone Chip giant and Gaotong CEO Mollenkopf made such a gesture, and not many people in the world did so.
The identities of the three people on the sofa are naturally not simple. From left to right, they are:
Sasin Ghazi, President of Synopsys.
Foske, President of Cadence Electronic Technology Company.
Lein, President of Mentor International.
The EDA software developed by the company of these three people has firmly locked 95% of the global chip design market.
Although other EDA software also has similar functions, in the simulation verification stage, the accuracy of other EDA software is completely different from these three.
Let’s put it this way, if you use other EDA software for cheap, even if all tests in the simulation verification process pass, there will still be a high probability of failure in the trial production process.
What does trial production failure mean?
High tape-out costs!
The tape-out process for trial production costs millions each time. The more advanced the chip nanotechnology, the higher the cost.
In order to reduce the possibility of failure, most chip design companies will not choose to use other EDA software. They only look for the three top three companies in the world, because once they pass the simulation verification of their EDA software, This can reduce the possibility of tape-out failure as much as possible.
Sitting on the far left side of the sofa, Sasin Ghazi, who was already bald, took the red wine glass and looked at Molenkov with confusion:
“An unknown family. Dragon Country Small Enterprises, what have they done to make you, Molenkov, stop us from using their software at all costs?"
"I thought you just called me, but no. Thinking that you two guys are here, I dare say that this is a devastating blow to the chip company."
Rhine sighed.
Sitting in the middle, Fuske, who looked serious, said calmly: "I have blocked their ability to use Cadence software. I hope that your company will abide by its promise and pay 30% more usage fees every year. ."
"Naturally."
Molenkov raised his glass of red wine.
The four of them took a small sip and put the red wine glasses back on the table.
Who would have thought that these four CEOs of Fortune 500 companies would gather together just to bring down a small company in Longguo with a valuation of less than 700 million and not even listed on the market?
The purpose of Mollenkopf's aggressive move is very clear, which is to obtain the DSP multi-core architecture technology patent in the Kaitian baseband chip.
Although the Snapdragon 810 processor has supported the entire 4G network, they have encountered an unavoidable technical problem, that is, the signal decoding speed is too slow. To put it bluntly, the signal is poor and the network is slow.
And just right!
DSP multi-core architecture can be the perfect solution!
They originally planned to imitate and then secretly apply for a patent, but Longguo suddenly announced the entire principle of this technology, which was equivalent to a platform for Longxing Technology Company's patent for this technology.
What can Gaotong Company do?
It is impossible for them to act rogue and use it forcefully.
Because if they don’t abide by the rules of the game, then others don’t have to abide by them, and the patent rights will become a joke, which no one wants to see.
After that, the R&D team of Gaotong Company wanted to redesign the architecture, but they were not satisfied, and the power consumption far exceeded expectations.
What else can we do if we can’t get around it?
The common man is not guilty, but he is guilty of possessing the jade. It can only think of robbing it!
Mollenkopf had someone take apart a Longxing X1 mobile phone, use the parts to find the supplier one by one, and negotiate with them to cut off the supply. However, the process was surprisingly smooth.
Some parts manufacturers even bluntly said that they wished Longxing Technology would close down soon.
The reason is also very practical, that is, the dominance of Longxing Technology Company has caused their order volume to drop too much.
What exactly does it mean?
Before the release of Longxing X1, there were rice phones, hammer phones, Lianxiang phones, Blue and Green Factory, etc. in the Longguo mobile phone market...
Take mobile phone lenses as an example, these phones The total daily production of manufacturers can range from hundreds of thousands of lenses to millions of lenses, which gives lens manufacturers massive supply orders.
But with the announcement of the Longxing X1 mobile phone, these mobile phone manufacturers are waiting and watching and no longer produce mobile phones. Orders from parts manufacturers will naturally drop sharply.
Although Longxing Technology Company is also placing orders, and in recent days it has placed orders for hundreds of thousands and hundreds of thousands, but compared to the five or six hundred thousand or millions in a single day before, the parts supply Businessmen can still tell which side is more profitable.
Perhaps Chen Xing never thought that while selling the Longxing X1 mobile phone, it would also damage the interests of parts suppliers.
But is this his fault?
There is no right or wrong in market competition!
In the adult world, there are only interests, only positions, and no right or wrong!
If you have to say that he was wrong, it would be that he did not expand the Guancheng factory earlier, increase the daily output of Longxing X1, and maintain the interests of parts suppliers. However, another very real problem is that he really had no money at that time!
When the Longxing X1 mobile phone could supply blood to the company, Chen Xing immediately thought of expanding the factory. However, this did not happen overnight. Twenty production lines had already emptied his fortune. .
This can only be said that Molenkov took advantage of the right time, place and people.
As for MediaTek, they also want to get the DSP multi-core architecture and develop the second "Kaitian chip".
But! What Cai Mingjie couldn't refuse the most was Mollenkopf's promise to let Gaotong's top chip team solve the technical bottlenecks they encountered.
For this all-round, blind-end sanctions, Mollenkopf has put in a lot of effort, but if he can completely destroy Longxing Technology and acquire it, it will still be a bloody gain.
DSP multi-core architecture technology, he is bound to get it!
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Dragon Kingdom Deep City.
SEG Technology Park.
Faced with the EDA software being blocked, Chen Xing was thinking about how to solve the current dilemma. Since foreign EDA software cannot be used, he can use domestic EDA software. Huatian EDA is a good choice.
As for chip foundries, he is not sure whether they are involved in the sanctions.
However, according to TSMC’s size, it should disdain sanctions, and Gaotong is not so capable.
Seeing Chen Xing’s solemn look, Gao Zhengqian guessed what he was thinking and said confidently: “President, don’t worry, there are no EDA software from those three companies. We still have domestic EDA software that can be used. As long as I’m here, there’s no need to worry. Problem. ”
Confidence and calmness!
Strong people never complain about the environment!
Chen Xing met the fighting gaze and asked for an answer: "Without Synopsys, Cadence and Mentor, can our company really develop chips?"
He wanted to know the answer.
If possible, today’s difficult situation will be repaid a hundredfold.
Gao Zhengqian smiled calmly and said confidently: "Of course it is possible. We also have quite good EDA software companies in Longguo. This is not an unbreakable situation."
"That's right!"
At this moment, Bai Yan, a golden-quality talent, came over. With a smile on his face, he announced the results and said:
"Before the EDA software was deactivated, I We have completed the personalized chip architecture design belonging to our Longxing Technology Company. It has ultra-high performance characteristics. Our processor chip parameters may be set at ten cores.”
(End of this chapter)