giants of the era

Chapter 289 Sensation
Soon, Li Zetian entered the negotiation process with the Hong Kong Telephone Company.

The whole of Hong Kong is watching closely.

As far as Li Zetian is concerned, after acquiring the Hong Kong Telephone Company, he has mastered the future of Hong Kong's Internet, and it will be easier to obtain the root domain name server from the United States. Therefore, this move is imperative! ! !

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

Unknowingly, 10 days passed, and the acquisition had not yet been fully negotiated. The Hong Kong Telephone Company asked Li Zetian to bid US$50 billion for the full acquisition, but Li Zetian was only willing to offer US$40 billion.Negotiations reached an impasse.Hong Kong is a small place, if the Internet develops, 50 billion US dollars is not 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, the profits of fixed-line calls will decline day by day.

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 still paying attention to the construction of Intel's "fab". At present, the fab has been completed, and a large number of workers have been recruited from Shenzhen and Hong Kong and are undergoing training.

One afternoon, Li Zetian came to the company again.

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

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

"Starting in April, then we can start publicity from March!"

Zhang Zhongmou nodded, "Yes."

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

Zhang Zhongmou nodded with a smile.

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 on his face, feeling quite excited.

"Hi everyone, welcome to Intel's press conference. This conference is of great significance, and I will announce a major event 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 launched a 1-bit processor in January, so it won't make any big moves?"

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

"..."

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, talking a lot.

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!"

Everyone was even more excited when they heard it, but it must be unusual to be connected with Chronos Li!
"Mr. Grove, tell me quickly, don't be a fool!"

In the audience, many people were anxious.

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

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

"Wafer foundry model? It seems that there was no such thing before. Semiconductor companies all have their own factories. I am afraid that Intel's move will not work? It seems that Chronos Li also makes mistakes sometimes!"

Andy Grove laughed at everyone, Chronos Li's great wisdom, what do you know?
At this time, he picked up the microphone, deliberately "coughed" twice, signaled everyone to be quiet, and then said: "Yes, most of the semiconductor companies have their own factories at present, but we know that the investment to build a fab is very large. , and with the upgrading of technology, it takes hundreds of millions of dollars, even billions of dollars, tens of billions of dollars to build a fab. I don’t think most semiconductor companies can afford it! In the future, wafer foundry will be the future The development trend of the development. Chip design companies focus on design, without the financial pressure of building factories, and can design better products, while wafer foundries can obtain a large number of orders, expand scale, and reduce costs, which is actually beneficial to both parties! "

When everyone heard this, they fell silent and thought.

Especially people in the industry, they immediately understood the meaning of it, and some people couldn't help turning red because they were too excited.

At this moment, Andy Grove went on to say: "Intel already has many fabs. In addition, we have recently established a large fab in Hong Kong, which can be said to be specially built for foundry. Fab. Having said so much, everyone must want to know, if the product is handed over to Intel’s fab for production, what is the price? The specific price actually depends on the number of chip orders, but I can tell you clearly , definitely at least 20% lower cost than your chip production!!!”

Intel's wafer factory uses a lot of advanced machinery and equipment, such as Precision5000, traditional technology, a single mistake may make all 48 wafers 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 production, only one wafer is lost.

This gap is not generally large, Precision5000 greatly reduces the cost of chip production!

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.

"Andy Grove, if your words are true, if my company's chips are produced by Inlet Company, can it really be 20% cheaper?" Someone in the audience couldn't help shouting.

Andy Grove said with a smile: "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 Cooperate with Intel, after this press conference, you can come to Intel, and we will have a detailed discussion."

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

Intel's press conference this time is no different from dropping an atomic bomb on the semiconductor industry, causing a great sensation, and it soon spread to Hong Kong. Only then did the people of Hong Kong know that Intel had actually built a large crystal factory here. Round foundry.

"I heard that the fab is a high-tech factory that produces chips. It's so awesome that many countries can't make them!"

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

When people heard this, they couldn't help opening their mouths, feeling incredible! ! !

(End of this chapter)