Super Tycoon

At this time, Zhang Yang has come to the United States, Silicon Valley, and this time he has important things to do.

Chaowei is developing rapidly this year. In the first three quarters, its sales were close to US$4 billion, and it is expected to increase in the fourth quarter. The overall sales this year will exceed US$6 billion.

This data created the history of Chaowei.

Of course, compared with the real industry giant Intel, there is still a very big gap, but it makes many people think that catching up with Intel is no longer so far away.

Eagle Weida's performance is also getting better and better. Last year, it won several awards. This year's gF series is very popular and has become a star product of independent graphics cards.

However, Eagle Weida has another idea, which is to promote its own interface standards and no longer be restricted by others. It's just that this needs to be discussed with the motherboard manufacturer, and it is best to have an alliance to improve the right to speak.

At the beginning, Zhang Yang had talked with the heads of the two companies, which could lead to in-depth cooperation between the two companies. CPU, graphics card and storage are the most important hardware components of a computer host.

In terms of storage, they can also cooperate with SanDisk.

SanDisk has now also acquired the assets of a hard disk company and has begun to dabble in the field of mechanical hard disks, with the goal of becoming a leader in the storage field.

It’s just that in North America and island countries, there are still many companies with very strong technology. While trying to cannibalize SanDisk’s flash memory cards, they want to prevent SanDisk’s rise in hard drives.

This time Zhang Yang came here to promote the cooperation between Chaowei and Eagle Weida, hoping that they can jointly develop aPu, that is, the accelerated processor.

The aPu of the former Chaowei company also has a very good reputation, and has been adopted by many tablets and game consoles, and has received constant praise.

In fact, in the previous life, Chaowei first contacted Yingweida, hoping to merge with Yingweida. The people in charge of the two companies have known each other for a long time, and they also have this intention to grow together and become the world's top hardware manufacturer leader.

It’s just that Yingweida requested to retain the independent management right after the merger. Chaowei refused to agree to this. As a result, the cooperation broke down. Chaowei was forced to cooperate with the alternative aTI company, acquired the other party, and completed its own products. design.

But the merger of Chaowei also caused Chaowei to quickly fall into a loss. The other party was acquired, but there were problems in the operation, and the research and development became lagging behind. It can be said that the merger was not a success.

At that time, Chaowei wanted to copy Intel's road to success.

Because Intel also produces many integrated graphics cards at the same time, and they sell well. With their motherboards, their market share has always been high.

Standalone graphics card is easier to upgrade, and its performance is also very strong, which is more popular with consumers. Chaowei is thinking of overtaking in a roundabout way, using graphics cards to drive motherboard sales, so as to complete the overtake of Intel.

But who would have thought that after Chaowei acquired aTI in the previous life, Yingweida, which was abandoned by them, rose instead and became the leader of the industry.

In this life, the first graphics card company Chaowei thought of to cooperate with was Yingweida. As the second largest shareholder representative of the two companies, Zhang Yang will naturally also attend.

In fact, Zhang Yang hopes that the two companies can carry out deeper cooperation. Only by joining forces can we have a chance to defeat Intel, otherwise we will always be at a disadvantage.

If the market share is low, it is difficult to guarantee profits, and there is no right to speak. Rules are always set by big companies, and small companies can only choose to abide by them, otherwise they may be eliminated.

Fortunately, Chaowei and Yingweida have good word-of-mouth at present. At the same time, they also have their own product architecture plans and have formulated some standards, which are relatively popular with consumers.

Intel did not dare to force it too much, otherwise it would be accused of monopoly and unfair competition.

"Jerry, Jason, we are sitting together today to discuss a new direction of cooperation. Jerry means that Chaowei and Eagle Weida will merge to become a brand new semiconductor company, which will strengthen the strength of the motherboard. business, and can better fight against Intel, and at the same time, they can also develop a new product that they envision combining cPu and gPu, called aPu."

"Jason, what do you mean by Eagle Weida? Are you optimistic about the idea of ​​this aPu?"

Jason Huang looked at Jerry Sanders: "Jerry, I just have one question. After our merger, in terms of volume, Chaowei's market value will be higher, and our shares will shrink. Who is responsible for the business?"

"Of course it's you. I also believe that your ability is enough to help the company develop faster, and even the aPu project can be entrusted to you." Sanders said without hesitation.

In fact, after the merger of the two companies, the major shareholder will become Zhiduoxing Group, but in terms of voting rights, he is still the first, but less than 50%.

Once Jason Huang chooses to support Zhang Yang, it is really uncertain who will have the final say in the merged company.

"Then, will Yingweida's trademark still be retained? Can the company's operations be carried out independently?"

"I'm afraid it won't be possible to operate independently. Two companies will inevitably have problems in communication, which is not good for our development. At present, Chaowei has sufficient funds, and the factory invested in Huaxia is also under construction. It is expected that next year can be put into production.”

"And we will also set up a branch in Huaxia and recruit some professional talents at the same time. Huaxia people are very smart, and you are also of Chinese descent. You shouldn't object to my words, right?"

Not being able to operate alone~~~ made Jason Huang hesitant. The result of his discussions with his partners is that they are willing to merge as long as they retain the right to operate independently.

In this way, in terms of semiconductor components, they can reduce costs, and at the same time use Chaowei's factory, so that Yingweida does not have to find a foundry or invest in a new factory by itself.

But the power is handed over to Chaowei, which is not good news for Yingweida's development.

"Mr. Zhang, what's your opinion?" Jason Huang looked at Zhang Yang. You are also a major shareholder of the company and a major shareholder of Chaowei. You don't want to express your opinion on this matter?

"My opinion is to merge the two companies as much as possible. In this way, a lot of raw material costs can be saved. At the same time, some technical personnel can also communicate with each other, which can also play a very good role in promoting the development of new products."

"At the same time, the two parties cooperate in product architecture, system algorithms, etc., so that the products of both parties will perform more prominently when used in combination."

"Jason, it seems that you are unwilling to give up the management right, right? But Jerry also stated his position just now that this part of the business will continue to be handed over to you, and no one else will intervene. Jerry is only the chairman of the board. Weida's development will not have much impact."

"Jerry, can you make a promise to respect and trust Jason? After all, when it comes to GPUs, Chaowei really has no experience, and everyone can see the speed of Eagle Weida's development."

Both of them were silent. The cooperation was quite pleasant before, but when it came time to merge, there were too many places that they were unwilling to give up.