Reborn as a tycoon in Hong Kong

the next morning.

Lin Baicheng, Qin Lan, Isabella, lawyers, bodyguards, and many other people met with the Goldman Sachs team headed by Wade Thomas, and both parties headed to Santa Clara.

Santa Clara County is actually part of Silicon Valley, where Intel is headquartered.

After a few hours' drive, the group arrived at Intel.

Intel was founded in 1968 by Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore. Andy Grove later joined and Gordon Moore is currently the company's second CEO.

Gordon Moore, this name alone will be unfamiliar to many people, but when it comes to the four words "Moore's Law", I believe many people have heard of it, and the inventor of this law is Gordon Moore. , one of the founders of Intel.

This time it involved an $81 million transaction, so Intel CEO Gordon Moore personally entertained Lin Baicheng and the others.

Intel in 1978 is not the Intel after the 21st century. Today, Intel's annual revenue is less than 500 million US dollars. Although the high-tech industry has high profits, Intel's annual profit should be about 100 million US dollars, but the high-tech industry's Investment is also high.

It is precisely because of the high investment that after Intel develops more advanced technologies, if it wants to produce products and put them on the market, it will need to invest a lot of money, so Intel chose to sell the previous generation technology.

Negotiations for the transaction between the two parties have been completed. Before the formal transaction, Lin Baicheng's team only needs to confirm that there are no problems with the technology and patents before signing, but the inspection will take some time.

Wade Thomas introduced Lin Baicheng and Gordon Moore to each other.

Although Lin Baicheng acquired Intel's technology, Gordon Moore did not regard Lin Baicheng and his company as competitors at all. Therefore, when the two communicated, Gordon Moore even said that as long as Lin Baicheng's production line is put into operation, it will be produced If the products meet Intel's quality standards, Intel can consider giving some orders to Lin Baicheng's company.

In Gordon Moore's mind, Lin Baicheng's company was regarded as a backup foundry. Intel's latest technology has completed research and development, and with the funds obtained from transferring the technology, it will soon be put into production and then put into the market.

Intel makes central processing units, or CPUs, while what it sells to Lin Baicheng is memory chip technology. The two are different. In layman's terms, if the CPU is compared to the heart of the entire system, then the memory chip is the torso of the body, and the memory chip serves the CPU.

In addition to the application of memory chip technology in memory, as long as you are willing to invest money in research and development, you can also develop a CPU, but the investment of money and time will not be less.

Intel has completed the research and development of the technology named 8088 processor, and the funds obtained from transferring the technology to Lin Baicheng are intended to be invested in the production of this product, and will be put into the market after the product is released.

As a result, the production volume of Intel's previous generation products will naturally decrease, but the market for the previous generation products will not disappear immediately. It will take a while for the new products to be banned. During this process, the previous generation products can still make money.

However, Intel will inevitably increase investment in new products and reduce investment in previous-generation products. This is the same no matter which company it switches to. But if there is a foundry, it will be different. The foundry can produce the components of the previous generation product, and the key technology can be retained for assembly. This can save time and investment, but also make a lot of profits.

It can be said that after high-tech companies develop to a certain level, they usually need foundries, because the existence of foundries allows the company to obtain higher profits.

It is for this reason that Gordon Moore regards Lin Baicheng's company as Intel's backup foundry.

Lin Baicheng naturally expressed his gratitude. Intel did not regard his company as a rival, which would not harm him. However, whether he wanted to become Intel's foundry would depend on whether his factory would be busy by then.

The reason why Lin Baicheng is willing to acquire Intel's memory chip technology even though he has a complete set of integrated circuit technology from Texas Instruments is because Intel's storage technology is more advanced. The Galaxy console being developed by Galaxy Game Company requires memory chips. Having relevant technology not only eliminates the need to worry about price increases due to booming sales, but also reduces costs.

If possible, Lin Baicheng is also prepared to take the display panel technology into his own hands. Not only to prevent relevant manufacturers from raising prices, but also to invest in research and development of better and more advanced technologies, so that the products produced in this way will have stronger market competitiveness.

"Alan, happy to work with you!" "Mr. Moore, happy to work with you!"

Time passed, and after the team confirmed that there were no problems with the contract and technology, Lin Baicheng and Gordon Moore each signed the contract and completed the transaction.

After signing the contract and waiting for the funds in the Goldman Sachs account to be transferred to Intel, Lin Baicheng and his team left Intel.

Lin Baicheng, Isabella, Qin Lan and Wade Thomas sat on the extended Lincoln.

Wade Thomas asked aloud: "Alan, are you going directly to Texas, or are you going back to Los Angeles first?"

"Of course I'm going back to Los Angeles first."

Lin Baicheng said: "Tomorrow we will take a plane to Texas and go to Dallas, where Texas Instruments is headquartered."

"That's fine."

Wade Thomas nodded and asked instead: "Alan, do you want to stay in Los Angeles for Christmas this time?"

“I’ll go back after Christmas this time.”

Lin Baicheng nodded when he heard this. After going to Texas Instruments to sign the acquisition contract, he also wanted to visit several companies under his name.

"If you have time, Allen, you should go to Zhonghe Game Company and give some advice to the R\u0026D staff."

Wade Thomas said that he is very concerned about this company because he has shares in the company.

"Don't worry, after I finish my work, I will go and see how the development of "Western Cowboy" is progressing."

Lin Baicheng also invested money in this company, and he also came up with the idea. He will definitely be interested in it when he has time, but relatively speaking, he is more concerned about his own company.

It was already evening when the group returned to Los Angeles. Wade Thomas left with his people. After Lin Baicheng sent Isabella back, he returned to the villa in Beverly Hills.

Maori Haruko has come back from get off work and is watching TV in the hall. She has been living here since she came to the United States to work, and Lin Baicheng has adopted a default attitude towards this.