Rebirth of Cyber ​​Hegemony

"Mr. Chen, let's go."

Two middle-aged men stand at the VIA Electronic Office Building in Zhongguancun.

Of these two, one is Chen Wenqi, CEO of VIA Electronics, and the other is his good helper, Lin Zimo, Deputy General Manager of VIA Electronics. It's just that the two were not as energetic as they came to Zhongguancun that year. They came to Zhongguancun, Beishi from Taiwan and established an office building in Zhongguancun. They hoped to take advantage of the opportunity of the inland market to compete with Intel.

Unfortunately, things backfired.

Over the years, their chip business has retreated in a losing streak.

At that time, Chen Wenqi thought that this was because Intel was engaged in a monopoly and they were suppressing VIA Electronics.

But then Chen Wenqi thought about it clearly, this is not Intel's monopoly, but they had a lot of technology in the hands of Intel.

For example, in their chipset business, Intel itself integrates the Northbridge chip into the CPU, and VIA's business is directly inflicted. And having said that, VIA Electronics actually caught Intel's mistakes, which created the situation of VIA Electronics.

Now that Intel sees you growing up, it's normal to suppress you.

However, despite this, Chen Wenqi is not a person who will give up lightly.

The chipset business is suppressed by Intel, and they also have a CPU business.

Although the overall performance is not comparable to Intel, VIA is more powerful than Intel in terms of energy consumption.

For this reason, they targeted the notebook computer market as their target market.

And, for the notebook computer market, VIA has also introduced a cpu called "C3".

But VIA Electronics is strong, but Intel is even stronger.

When VIA Electronics launched the C3 processor, Intel launched an epoch-making technology, Centrino technology last year.

Centrino technology is not a processor, it is the brand name of a mobile computer technology launched by Intel.

The technology includes three main components consisting of a 90nm process Dothan core (2MBL2 cache, 533MHz FSB) PentiumM processor, a new Aviso chipset, and a new wireless module (Intel PRO/Wireless 2915ABG or 2200BG wireless LAN component).

Once the technology was launched, it quickly became a benchmark in the notebook industry, and VIA's C3 processor was directly killed.

So far, the PK dream of VIA and Intel is broken.

VIA Electronics no longer has the strength to challenge Intel.

At the same time, the VIA Electronics Division that opened in Zhongguancun that year was also closed.

"Zimo, what do you think we will do with VIA in the future?"

Looking at the four words VIA Electronics, which is about to be delisted in the future, Chen Wenqi sighed.

I remembered my ambition to compete with Intel, but today it has become a joke.

This kind of gap is really hard for most people to appreciate.

"Mr. Chen, we..."

Lin Zimo opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.

Although Intel’s suppression is unlikely to cause VIA to fail, VIA has become insignificant.

At most, they can choose some less important chipset business to do a little bit, but then they want to change the structure and affect the entire industry, even with Intel Pk, that is idiotic dreams.

"Mr. Chen, victory or defeat is a common matter for soldiers, we return to Taiwan and think about it, we will always find a way."

This is naturally comforting.

Lin Zimo, who has a background in technology, knows that the VIA brand will become less and less known in the future.

Perhaps in the next ten to twenty years, perhaps you have not even heard of the name VIA Electronics.

"Zimo, don't comfort me, you know the current situation of our VIA Electronics better than I do."

Chen Wenqi gave a wry smile, and then said: "Zimo, how old are you now?"

"45, Mr. Chen, what's the matter?"

"I am 3 years older than you, 48, and 50 years old in two years. Should we retire?"

"Mr. Chen, where did you think of it."

"Okay, okay, just kidding, if I retire at 50, I won't be lonely."

Although the market was steadily defeated by Intel, VIA Electronics has also been brilliant.

And now VIA Electronics is not dead yet?

"By the way, will the person who wants to rent our building come later?"

"He said it."

"Okay, wait for him."

If the branch in Zhongguancun is to be closed, it is natural to find the next one for subletting.

If it's normal, Chen Wenqi doesn't have time to take care of this matter, just leave it to the company's staff to handle it.

But I heard that the person who sublet their office building seems to also do IT, and he is a young man in his 20s.

This made Chen Wenqi very curious about this young man.

Is it necessary to build such a big office building in your 20s?

After waiting ten minutes, the person Chen Wenqi wanted to see came.

"Sorry, you two, I have kept you waiting for a long time."

"You are the one who wants to rent our office building?"

"Yes, my last name is Chen, Mr. Chen, we are my own family."

The person here is not someone else, but Chen Yu.

When he knew that Chen Wenqi was in Beishi, Chen Yu went to Zhongguancun.

Before, he thought he had to go to Tai Wan to find Chen Wenqi.

It seems that this time I have good luck, and I can see him in the mainland.

"It seems to be destined."

Chen Wenqi shook hands with Chen Yu.

"Mr. Chen, I don't know what you rented this office building for?"

"laptop."

"Do you represent a certain computer brand?"

"No~www.wuxiaspot.com~ we are going to launch a brand new laptop, I call him a netbook."

"Netbook, what does this mean?"

"It is a notebook that is positioned for ordinary users to chat online."

Chen Yu explained the concept of going to this website.

Both of them are experts in this area, but Chen Wenqi and Lin Zimo were suddenly moved.

Chen Wenqi glanced at Lin Zimo, and Lin Zimo knowingly said: "The idea of ​​this netbook is very creative, can you talk about it in detail?"

"certainly."

Chen Yu nodded, and then said: "It looks like our netbook is a kind of notebook, but in fact it is completely different from traditional notebooks. We do not plan to install Microsoft's windows operating system because I think it is too expensive and too bulky. , We plan to install a more streamlined and smoother Linux system. In addition, for the cpu, we also hope to find a smaller and lower energy consumption cpu. For example..."

Having said that, Chen Yu looked at Chen Wenqi: "For example, your company's C3 processor."

That's right.

What to sublease the office building of VIA? Chen Yu is waiting for Chen Wenqi today.

"Excuse me, are you?"

Looking at Chen Yu.

The hearts of Chen Wenqi and Lin Zimo were turbulent.

They did not expect that a miracle would suddenly occur when they were afraid of ashes.

A young man in his 20s, however, let them initiate so much that he understood everything at once.

But when they looked at Chen Yu again, they knew it.

This young man in his 20s is definitely not an ordinary tenant who sublet their office building.

"Get to know again."

Chen Yu stretched out his hand again: "Huanyu Technology CEO, Chen Yu."

With that said, Chen Yu introduced himself once.