Technology: Breaking the monopoly global hegemony

Chapter 244 5G RF Chip
There is a hot knowledge that the project leader is often not the person who does the specific work, so no matter whether it is a public project or a private enterprise project, as long as there is a problem with the project, the deputy will dismiss the get out of class immediately, because the deputy is the person who does the specific work.

Mr. Gu and Mr. Ren ate and drank, chatted about local customs and customs, and in a friendly atmosphere, some arrangements for the future of the new company were also negotiated.

The smartphone industry is getting bigger and bigger, and there are more and more projects being integrated.

After a product prototype is manufactured, there are still a lot of things that need to be done such as patent review, software and hardware adjustment, after-sales service, store service points, maintenance personnel, customer service, stock parts supply, and so on.

Some of these things cost a lot of money, and some of them take a lot of time.

However, it takes about two to five years for a brand's flagship model from project approval to release.
For a good flagship product, the most time-consuming and money-consuming are generally the R&D link, distribution and store maintenance costs.

The R&D department needs to conduct R&D and design according to the needs of flagship products, software functions, system optimization, hardware selection and debugging, and then software and hardware compatibility issues, and BUG repairs.

After the engineering prototype comes out, production can almost begin.

Arrange the production plan, the hardware components are either OEM or self-produced, and then patch, which is responsible for fixing the components to the circuit board.

The process of patching is more complicated, including pasting printing, patching, furnace passing, inspection, testing, some special components cannot be patched and need to use a kind of plug-in production, so the circuit board produced in this way is also the motherboard of the mobile phone and sub-board.

After the patch is installed, the various components are installed, and then tests are carried out, such as waterproof, dustproof, drop, aging and wear of components, etc. A lot of items.

When all this is done, it is packaged and shipped to various stores or consumers.

"Since our company is responsible for the software and the most important screens, your company will be responsible for the stores, warehouses and repairs in various places. How do you feel?"

Master Ren laughed.

However, when Gu Qing handed him a list, Mr. Ren's expression immediately became serious.

Looking at the products that Kyushu Technology can provide above, the old man frowned.

After a long time, he squinted his eyes and asked: "Can you even make 5G radio frequency chips? It's not that I feel a little shocked, but that you can make screen control chips, it can be seen that your OLED screen technology is indeed self-contained , but 5G radio frequency chips, as far as I know, no domestic manufacturers can do well at present.”

It's not just that 5G radio frequency chips are not doing well. There are not many domestic manufacturers making radio frequency chips, or the market share is extremely scarce.

Not to mention 5G, just 3G and 4G, American and neon manufacturers have long monopolized the RF market.

The design and manufacturing process of the RF front-end field is complex, the threshold is extremely high, and the concentration of RF chip manufacturers is very high.

It is mainly occupied by foreign companies such as Skyworks, Broadcom, and Qorvo. None of these three is weak.

Broadcom, for example, is one of the largest wireless semiconductor companies in the world, with more than 2600 US patents and 1200 foreign patents.

Its biggest news in recent years was in November 17.

Broadcom intends to acquire Qualcomm at $70 per share in cash plus stock, with a total transaction value of 1300 billion, mainly equity + debt acquisition.

Of course, Qualcomm is not a soft persimmon. After some operations, in March 18, the White House issued an order to prohibit Broadcom from acquiring Qualcomm as originally planned on the grounds of national security.

Immediately, Broadcom announced with great interest that it had withdrawn and terminated its offer to acquire Qualcomm, and at the same time withdrew the nomination of independent directors at Qualcomm's 18th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders.

But it’s not over yet. When others relax their vigilance, in July, Broadcom and enterprise software company CA Technology announced that the two parties had reached a $7 billion cash acquisition agreement.

So does Kyushu Technology dare to take food from these companies?
The answer is of course yes.

Gu Qing nodded sincerely.

"I actually compared the strengths, weaknesses and complementarities between our two companies.

In the fields of cpu chip design, communication module protocol, video recording and other fields, your company is the well-deserved number one.

And what we Kyushu Technology can do is naturally to give full play to our advantages in the semiconductor sector in addition to ensuring the security of display screens, system software functions, and user data.

We have experimental samples for 5G RF chips and filters, and the results are not bad. "

What is working well?
It was all exchanged by the R&D personnel of the Semiconductor Department and the Titan Star Department.

Of course the hair was lost, and they also gained a string of bank account numbers.

Mr. Ren admires the R&D personnel of Kyushu Technology, or the bosses of relevant departments?
After eating and drinking, Gu Qing declined Yu Chengdong's invitation and returned to Rongcheng.

At the same time, Dong Qi, Li You and others still couldn't get rid of the fate of business trips.

Domestic memory manufacturers have caught up with the international forefront in technology through curve patent operations in recent years, and their backs have also hardened.

Although the yield rate and cost cannot beat foreign manufacturers, it has solved the problem of starting from scratch and growing from something to a good one.

Dong Qi and other executives went there in person to contact the domestic manufacturers of these mobile phone components. It doesn't matter if the mobile phone memory, gyroscope and other components are expensive, as long as they are reliable.

At the same time, the software engineering department started another round of bonus incentives. Everyone could not wait to eat and sleep in the company. After a few days all night to achieve a small result, they can get a considerable bonus. This is simply money from the sky.

On the other hand, Xia Wei is even more busy.

Suiren's new brand terminal products require the establishment of new R&D departments, project teams and management personnel.

Under the large-scale personnel transfer and resource integration of two technology companies that are currently in the limelight.

The storm is rising.

A commercial spy has a sharper nose than a dog.

Korea, Hansung Group headquarters building.

With the end of July, the information about the new products of Kyushu Science and Technology Conference was collected and put on the desk of Li Jianxi, the head of Hanxing Group.

A new intelligent robot, unexpected but acceptable.

But the report on the 82-inch display made Li Jianxi feel terrified and even unacceptable.

A company that has just been established for a few years, its first-generation flexible OLED screen is actually better than its latest large screen this year.

And not only this screen problem, but also the recent frequent personnel transfers and some material adjustments of Kyushu Technology and Xiawei Company investigated by commercial spies.

Li Jianxi squinted his eyes and took a deep breath. He seemed to smell the smoke of war in the air.

(End of this chapter)