Giant of the times

Soon, Li Zetian entered into a negotiation process with the Hong Kong Telephone Company.

The whole of Hong Kong is paying close attention to this matter.

For Li Zetian, after acquiring the Hong Kong Telephone Company, he has control of the future of Hong Kong's Internet, and it will also be easier to obtain root domain name servers from the United States. Therefore, this move is imperative! ! !

The New Year atmosphere in Hong Kong is very strong. New couplets are posted on every household, and red lanterns are hung on the doors of those who can afford it. Temple Street is very lively, and there are various performances such as lion dance, dancing, and opera singing. While Li Zetian was negotiating with the Hong Kong Telephone Company, he took Yu Jingqiu and her children to play in Hong Kong.

Before you knew it, 10 days had passed, and the acquisition had not yet been fully negotiated. The Hong Kong Telephone Company required Li Zetian to offer US$5 billion for the full acquisition, but Li Zetian was only willing to offer US$4 billion. Negotiations reached a deadlock. Hong Kong is a small place. If the Internet develops, US$5 billion will not be a problem. But at present, the main business of Hong Kong Telephone Company is to monopolize Hong Kong's fixed-line calls. Although it is also very profitable, in Li Zetian's view, with the development of wireless communications, fixed-line telephone profits will go from bad to worse.

One billion US dollars is not a small amount. Although Li Zetian is rich, he will not give in easily.

At the same time, Li Zetian is also paying close attention to the construction of Intel's "wafer factory". At present, the wafer factory has been completed, and a large number of workers have been recruited from Shenzhen and Hong Kong for training.

One afternoon, Li Zetian came to the company again.

He asked Zhang Zhongmou: "When can the Intel wafer foundry officially start operations?"

Zhang Zhongmou thought for a while and replied: "About April."

"Construction will start in April, so we can start promoting it in March!"

Zhang Zhongmou nodded, "Yes."

"Well, then you contact Andy Grove later. There has never been a foundry company before. Each company designs and produces its own chips. We want to turn these companies into our customers. We must let them know that entrusting us to produce chips can reduce the cost of their products, so when promoting, we must highlight this feature!"

Zhang Zhongmou smiled and nodded.

Li Zetian then left.

On the same day, Zhang Zhongmou conveyed Li Zetian's intention.

Three days later, Intel held a press conference.

Many media reporters and industry insiders came to the press conference. CEO Andy Grove looked at the crowd with a smile and was quite excited.

"Hello everyone, welcome to Intel's press conference. This conference is of great significance. I will announce a major event here that will affect the entire semiconductor industry!"

When Andy Grove said this, everyone couldn't help but be attracted.

"What's the situation? A major event affecting the entire semiconductor industry?"

"Intel only released its 32-bit processor in January, so it won't make any big moves again, right?"

"Just get used to it. This is Chronos Li's company. I won't be surprised if anything happens! I'm looking forward to what Grove will announce next."

"..."

Everyone looked at each other and talked about it.

Andy Grove smiled slightly, raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, and then said loudly: "This matter can be said to be a pioneering work in the semiconductor industry, and it was proposed by Chronos Li!"

When everyone heard this, they became even more excited. If it is associated with Chronos Li, it must be extraordinary!

"Mr. Grove, please tell me quickly and stop being so pretentious!"

Many people in the audience were anxious.

"Okay," Andy Grove smiled, "Chronos Li proposed the foundry business model for the first time. That is, semiconductor companies only need to design their own chips and hand over production to Intel. It's simple. In other words, the chip production is handed over to Intel for OEM!"

As soon as the words fell, everyone was in an uproar.

"Wafer foundry model? It seems that it didn't exist before. Semiconductor companies all have their own factories. Is Intel's move like this not feasible? It seems that Chronos·Li also makes mistakes sometimes!"

Andy Grove laughed at everyone in his heart, Chronos Li's great wisdom, what do you know?

At this time, he picked up the microphone, deliberately "coughed" twice to signal everyone to be quiet, and then said: "Yes, most semiconductor companies now have their own factories, but we know that building a wafer fab requires a lot of investment." , and with the upgrading of technology, it will cost hundreds of millions, even billions, or tens of billions of dollars to build a wafer factory. I think most semiconductor companies cannot afford it! In the future, wafer foundry will be the future The development trend. Chip design companies focus on design and do not have the financial pressure to build factories, so they can design better products, while wafer foundries can obtain a large number of orders, expand scale, and reduce costs. This is actually beneficial to both parties! "

When everyone heard this, they immediately fell silent and thought.

Especially those in the industry, they immediately understood the meaning, and some people couldn't help but turn slightly red because they were so excited.

At this moment, Andy Grove continued: "Intel already has many wafer fabs. In addition, we have recently established a large-scale wafer fab in Hong Kong, which can be said to be specially built for foundry. Wafer fab. Having said all this, you must be wondering, if the product is handed over to Intel's wafer fab for production, what is the price? The specific price actually depends on the number of chip orders, but I can tell you clearly , it will definitely reduce the cost of producing chips by at least 20%!!!"

Intel's wafer factory uses many advanced machines and equipment, such as Precision5000. With traditional technology, one mistake may cause all 48 wafers to be scrapped, but Precision5000 allows wafers to complete different processes on the same equipment. Applying this The benefit of the product is that if an error occurs during the production process, only one wafer is lost.

This gap is not ordinary. Precision5000 greatly reduces chip production costs!

Andy Grove said that at least 20% is definitely a lie to everyone, and Intel will intercept most of the profits! !

However, for others, it was extremely surprising.

"Realistic Andy Grove, if what you say is true, if my company's chips are produced by Inlet, will it really be 20% cheaper?" Someone in the audience couldn't help shouting.

Andy Grove smiled: "Of course, if your company has more orders, Intel can give you more discounts! Even if you don't believe me, you should at least believe in Chronos Li! If your company wants To cooperate with Intel, after this press conference, you can come to Intel and we will discuss it in detail."

The man was surprised at first, then overjoyed, "Okay, Mr. Grove, I will definitely go!"

This press conference of Intel Corporation was tantamount to dropping an atomic bomb in the semiconductor industry, causing a great sensation, and soon spread to Hong Kong. Only then did the Hong Kong people know that Intel Corporation had actually built a large-scale crystal complex here. Round foundry.

"I heard that wafer fabs are high-tech factories that produce chips. They are so awesome that many countries can't produce them!"

"Isn't it? This involves a lot of high technology! You know how thin a hair is, and the fab has a high-tech product called a photolithography machine, which can carve patterns on the chip that are even thinner than a hair. Thousands of times, tens of thousands of times thinner lines!”

People couldn't help but open their mouths when they heard it, feeling incredible! ! !