Reborn in 2011, 985 missing from two copies

Chapter 698: Lao Huang collapsed, Lenovo wants to use Xingyi graphics card?
"What's wrong? Elena?"

Old Huang frowned. The other party's hesitant expression seemed very wrong.

“Chairman, I…I…” Elena stammered, looking even more flustered.

"That's it. Don't waste time. You'll be included in tonight's activity." Old Huang said with a smile.

Elena was even more panicked: "Chairman, the sales volume of RTX 970 yesterday... was not more than ."

"Oh, how many is that? Could it be less than 10,000?"

"Isn't this too miserable? Hahaha!" Old Huang burst into laughter.

The other people were also laughing so hard that they were bent over, looking like they had won.

Francis was in a good mood. "Elena, tell me how bad the sales of RTX 970 are? Is it or ? Let's be happy for a moment."

"Yes, tell me quickly, it's impossible that you only sold 5,000 tickets in one day, right?"

Elena sighed and said as calmly as possible:
"Chairman, President, Xingyi Technology's RTX 970 sales yesterday were... !"

"???"

"How many?"

"Eighty thousand!"

Corst was stunned!

Charles was struck by lightning.

Francis was dumbfounded.

Old Huang froze in place, full of disbelief, and even thought there was something wrong with his hearing!

"How much did you say just now? How many RTX 970s did Xingyi Technology sell yesterday? I didn't hear clearly."

Old Huang asked in a deep voice, completely confused.

"Chairman, Xingyi Technology's RTX 970 sales exceeded yesterday, and the price has risen again!"

Elena's voice was very calm, but it was like a bolt from the blue to the four people, leaving them all stunned!
"Eighty thousand!" Old Huang came back to his senses, his mouth twitched, and he looked unwell.

The other three were also stunned as if struck by lightning.

Everyone thought that RTX 970 sales would continue to halve on the fifth day, from units sold on the fourth day to units, or even units.

As a result, the sales volume of RTX 970 on the fifth day not only did not halve again, but doubled instead, rising back to units on the third day!

Isn't this a joke?
You have to know that high-end graphics cards are not mobile phones. They do not have hundreds of millions of users, nor do they have tens of millions of annual sales.

In addition, the Ethereum mainnet has not yet been launched, the price of virtual currency has not exploded, and graphics card mining has not yet started.

Currently, mainstream mining is still monopolized by ASIC mining machines, so the sales of high-performance graphics cards will naturally not explode.

When the Ethereum mainnet goes online next year and the Ethash algorithm that relies on video memory bandwidth is introduced, GPU mining will break the monopoly of ASIC mining machines and become mainstream!
By then, graphics card sales will continue to soar, especially around 2017, when it will even be hard to get a card!
But it’s not possible now. For a single graphics card, the annual sales volume is upper limit of 10 million.

Once graphics card mining is launched, annual sales of a single model is expected to surge to 20 million or even 25 million.

At present, even if graphics cards like GTX 970 are freely available, it would be a miracle if they can only sell million units a year.

Including the sales of the OEM version, the total annual sales will be at most 10 million, and will not reach tens of millions.

Even if 300,000 copies were sold on the first day and 200,000 copies on the second day, sales after a week would only remain at 50,000 to 60,000 copies, and even fewer in the future.

Thus, first-month retail sales of 1.5 to 2 million copies would be a miracle.

There can't be more!
Xingyi Technology's RTX 970 sold 20 units on the first day of its launch, and still sold 8 units on the fifth day, which is quite horrific!
Such market performance is completely comparable to NVIDIA!

"How could this happen? How could the growth double again?" Charles was also confused: "This doesn't make sense. Is there something wrong with the statistics?"

"That's right, there must be something wrong with the data. Tell me, is the 80,000 copies a figure that Xingyi Technology has exaggerated?" Francis said angrily.

Elena shook her head: "The data is fine, it is still professionally estimated by our own agency."

As she spoke, Elena took out a report and handed it over:

"The sales volume of RTX 970 on online e-commerce platforms alone yesterday was almost new sales. Adding the offline sales, the sales volume should not be a big deal..." Francis was silent.

Old Huang: “!!!”

Corst: “!!!”

Ciel: “!!!”

All of a sudden, the smiles on their faces disappeared, replaced by grim expressions.

"How could this be?"

"Why is it rising again?"

Old Huang was completely puzzled.

Elena said, "Chairman, the marketing department's analysis report said that the launch of our GTX 970 retail non-public version has indeed caused a huge impact on Xingyi Technology, causing their sales to be cut in half in the past few days."

"But the problem is that our retail non-official version of GTX 970 production capacity is seriously insufficient. The day before yesterday, some manufacturers ran out of stock and started pre-sales. Yesterday, there was a large-scale shortage of stock. Basically, all brands were out of stock."

"Even users who have already placed orders have to wait in line for restocking and delivery, which takes a long time. Many users are eager to play games and can't wait, so they simply buy RTX 970 from Xingyi Technology, which has stock in hand."

"I see."

Old Huang and his companions suddenly realized.

In order to cope with the hot sales of RTX 970, the non-official retail version of GTX 970 went on sale ahead of schedule and sold well for two days, resulting in the sales of RTX 970 graphics card being halved.

But two days later, it was out of stock, so consumers naturally went back to buy RTX 970.

As a result, RTX 970's sales yesterday returned to over !

Today, GTX 970 continues to be out of stock, and the sales of RTX 970 may continue to increase!

This will be the case even for some time to come, until the retail non-official version of GTX 970 has sufficient production capacity and is fully available.

But that takes time.

"Fuck! The champagne was opened too early!" Old Huang was furious.

Last night he and several bosses went to open champagne to celebrate, but they ended up opening the champagne halfway, which led to a tragedy today!
really do.

Now that GTX 970 is out of stock again and RTX 970 is selling like crazy, isn’t that the end?
Old Huang's eyes were red with anger: "Hurry up and let those manufacturers start production as soon as possible and resume sales as soon as possible!"

Elena sighed: "Chairman, those manufacturers have already reached full production capacity, but production takes time, and our GPU chip supply is also insufficient, which also requires time..."

The corner of Lao Huang's mouth twitched: "..."

Capacity is a big issue.

Not only do graphics card manufacturers such as ASUS and MSI have insufficient graphics card production capacity, but NVIDIA's GPU chip production capacity is also insufficient!

This is troublesome!
No matter how good the product is, if it is out of stock, it will be useless!
But Huang knew what was important and made a quick decision:
"We will fully accelerate the supply of GPU chips, and give priority to ASUS, MSI, GIGABYTE and other manufacturers for the GPU chips reserved for OEM manufacturers!"

"Let them increase production lines and go all out to produce GTX 970 non-official version graphics cards and put them on sale as soon as possible!"

"Chairman, is this appropriate?" Charles couldn't help but ask, "If this happens, the graphics card orders from the OEM manufacturers will be delayed again and again! I guess they will have objections!"

Old Huang waved his hand and didn't care at all:

"Opportunity waits for no one. Right now, our GTX 970 and Xingyi Technology's RTX 970 are racing against time! Whoever has sufficient production capacity and starts selling in stock will be able to win huge orders!"

"Whoever runs out of stock is finished!"

"As for OEM manufacturers? Humph, how many orders do they have? Don't bother with them."

"The most important thing is that if retail users don't buy GTX 970, they can buy RTX 970. But OEM manufacturers don't buy GTX 970, so they have no other choice!"

"Arrange as soon as possible!"

"Yes!" Elena responded quickly and quickly conveyed the message.

I was afraid of leaving late and getting scolded.

In the following days, the retail non-official version of GTX 970 from different brands was still in short supply and could only be sold intermittently.

Each time the sales volume is not high, users have to rush to buy, and many people can't get it at all. If it happens once or twice, it's fine, but if you can't get it several times in a row, then you're going to have a bad mentality.

This made many users angry.

Plus, I was so hungry and thirsty for playing games that I couldn't wait that long.

They immediately gave up on GTX 970 and chose the RTX 970 that was already in stock.

This directly led to the crazy hot sales of RTX 970, and the daily sales volume in the following days remained at to units.

This result can be said to be very impressive!

However, the production capacity of GTX 970 is insufficient, with daily sales of only to units.

The situation is completely reversed.

In this regard, graphics card manufacturers such as ASUS and MSI are very depressed, but they are helpless and can only keep urging NVIDIA to supply GPU chips as soon as possible.

Fortunately, NVIDIA had enough ideas in mind and gave priority to graphics card manufacturers by giving the GPU chips reserved for OEM manufacturers to solve the urgent problem.

But it takes time to transport and deliver GPU chips, and it also takes time to produce graphics cards, ramp up production capacity, and distribute them later...

All I can say is that there is hope for non-public version graphics cards to become available in stock, but it will still take a long time!

However, OEM GPU chips were given priority to non-public graphics card manufacturers, causing the supply of OEM versions of graphics cards to be delayed again!

This is even more of a headache for computer manufacturers, whose sales have already plummeted!
Especially Lenovo!
Director Yang had a gloomy expression for a long time:
"Why has the sales volume of our Lenovo computers dropped so drastically in the past week? It's been cut in half!"

"It's fine that the sales of high-end graphics cards are halved, but why are the sales of mid- and low-end products also halved? What the hell is going on?"

The marketing director was very helpless:

"Chairman, we can't help it. Xingyi Technology's CPU integrated graphics are too powerful. The integrated graphics of X7 is comparable to the GTX 750 discrete graphics. Our low-end and mid-range products equipped with GTX 720 and GTX 750 discrete graphics are not as powerful as their integrated graphics. The price is also much more expensive than theirs because of the increased cost of discrete graphics! How can we sell them?"

Other senior executives also spoke:
"Yes, the huge gap in CPU and graphics performance has caused our mid- and low-end products and ultrabooks to be unsalable!"

"The horrible generation gap in graphics card performance has caused even our mid- to high-end products to be unsalable!"

“It’s not just a generational gap in performance, but also a generational gap in price.”

"For example, the top-end graphics card GTX 780 has similar performance to GTX 970 and RTX 970, but 780 costs 970 to 970, while GTX 780 and RTX only cost more than ! They have similar performance, but the graphics card is nearly more expensive than others. How can we compare them? How can we sell our high-end GTX products?"

"The price is two thousand more expensive than others, the performance is almost the same, what a bargain!"

"The most important thing is the timing. These few months are when notebook sales are at their highest."

"More than 10 million freshmen will be enrolled in September. Those who did not buy laptops during the summer vacation will buy them in the next two months. Users who originally gave priority to Lenovo are now buying the Xingyi all-purpose laptops and Xingyi gaming laptops!"

"Hey, this is the most troublesome thing, especially since the Xingyi Ultrabook was released during the summer vacation, it has already robbed us of many high-end users."

"Many high school graduates bought Xingyi ultrabooks during the summer vacation. Those who didn't buy ultrabooks bought Xingyi gaming laptops and all-purpose laptops. Lenovo will be left with nothing."

"Damn it, it's all Nvidia's fault. They're seriously holding us back."

"NVIDIA's sub-flagship chip GTX 970 was actually surpassed by Xingyi Technology. NVIDIA is such a loser."

"Yes, if Nvidia is strong, GTX 970 will be 970%-10% ahead of RTX 20. Even if they beat RTX 970, we won't be affected!"

"It's useless to say these things. Nvidia is used to squeezing toothpaste. It deserves to be hit hard this time. We are the only ones who suffer as a result!"

Director Yang sighed, "There is nothing we can do. Our old products are definitely not as good as Xingyi Technology's new products, and users will buy new products instead of old ones. The only way to reverse the situation right now is to launch a new generation of products equipped with GTX 970 graphics cards as soon as possible to compete with Xingyi computers and make up for the disadvantage."

"Yes, facing Xingyi Technology's new product equipped with RTX 970, we still use last year's previous generation graphics cards, which is not competitive at all."

"But the problem is that Nvidia is a jerk who takes money from one pocket to pay for another! In order to sell more graphics cards, they took the GPU chips reserved for our OEM version and gave them to graphics card manufacturers for emergency use. They kept delaying Lenovo's OEM graphics card order!"

"Oh, this is a big problem. The most terrible thing is that according to Nvidia's nature, even if it starts to produce OEM graphics card orders, it will definitely give priority to big customers like Dell, and Lenovo will have to wait a little bit."

"Dell has high priority and got the OEM version of the graphics card before the end of the month. The new product equipped with GTX 970 will be produced in October and will be available in December."

"ASUS already has a retail non-public graphics card business and produces its own graphics cards. New machines equipped with ASUS GTX 970 graphics cards may be launched earlier, in November. But we, Lenovo, are finished."

"Due to this delay, we will not get the OEM version of the graphics card until the end of November. The desktop is easy to assemble and can be launched in January. Laptops will have to be launched in February or even March. In the next six months, Lenovo's desktops, laptops, and all-in-ones will be completely beaten by Xingyi desktops, laptops, and all-in-ones!"

"Damn Nvidia, this is too much!"

"Too deceiving!"

"Then if we introduce the RTX 970 graphics card from Xingyi Technology, can we release it earlier? In November!"

"Introducing graphics cards from Xingyi Technology..."

For a moment, everyone was stunned. They had never thought about this at all!
But then someone nodded:
"This method... seems to be feasible. Currently, Xingyi Technology's RTX 970 graphics cards are not used by other brands, and the production capacity is sufficient. If we purchase them now, we will become Xingyi Technology's largest customer. Xingyi Technology will definitely pay attention to us and give us priority in supply!"

"Yes, this is also a way out. Maybe we can even negotiate a good price!"

"It's not just graphics cards that can be bought from Xingyi Technology. Their CPUs are also very powerful and we can buy them as well."

"It's a good idea, especially for mid- and low-end models. Using Xingyi Technology's CPU, which has a powerful integrated graphics card, can save the budget for mid- and low-end discrete graphics cards."

"By then, we can also use the powerful integrated graphics of the Xingyi CPU to beat other friendly companies' mid- and low-end PCs."

At once, many people became interested.

Then someone countered:

"No, Xingyi Technology makes graphics cards, PCs, and notebooks. It is Lenovo's biggest rival."

"If we purchase Xingyi Technology's CPU and graphics cards, wouldn't that be publicly acknowledging the power of Xingyi's CPU and graphics cards? Wouldn't that boost the sales of Xingyi's desktops and notebooks?"

"This kind of behavior of aiding the enemy is absolutely unacceptable!"

"Why is it unacceptable?"

"Our Lenovo phones and Lenovo tablets use Kunpeng chips from Xingyi Technology. Isn't that also aiding the enemy?"

"But the result is that models using Kunpeng chips are hot-selling, while models using Qualcomm and MediaTek are slow-selling!"

"We at Lenovo Mobile know best how strong Xingyi Semiconductor is."

"That's right. Xingyi Semiconductor is too strong. Its mobile phone SOC can crush Qualcomm, Apple, Samsung, Nvidia, and MediaTek. Its PC CPU and graphics card will definitely be no different."

"There is cooperation in the field of mobile phones. Lenovo computers also use Xingyi Semiconductor's CPU and graphics cards. It is an important strategic partner of Xingyi Technology. The relationship between the two parties is getting closer and there is a lot to be done in the future."

"Haha, you guys think it's so simple. Once Lenovo uses Xingyi Technology's CPU and graphics card, it will be equivalent to offending Intel and Nvidia. Do we still want to use their subsequent chips in the future?"

"Yes, this is a big problem. This is not just a matter of choosing CPU and graphics card suppliers, but a matter of standing in the right line!"

"Xingyi Technology and Nvidia + Intel, choose one. Are you sure you want to give up Nvidia and Intel for the unreliable Xingyi graphics card and CPU?"

"This..." Many people were silent.

Some people also said: "At present, Xingyi Semiconductor's weight is far less than NVIDIA + Intel. We can't be impulsive!"

"Yes, don't be impulsive!"

Then someone countered:

"The problem is, we don't have much weight with Nvidia."

"That's right. Lenovo is only a second-class customer of Nvidia, not only inferior to Dell but also inferior to Asus."

"Asus not only has a computer business, but also retails Asus graphics cards, so their priority is indeed higher than ours. This is very frustrating!"

"But if we go for Xingyi CPU and Xingyi graphics card, we will be the first batch of major customers supporting Xingyi PC chips, and we will have the merit of following the dragon."

"In the future, Xingyi Technology's CPU and graphics card will give us Lenovo's first-run treatment. With the first launch of Xingyi CPU and graphics card, we can make up for the disadvantage! Isn't that great?"

"Do we have to be a second-class customer here at Nvidia? And be humiliated by Dell, HP, MSI, and Asus?"

For a moment, many people were moved.

But then someone objected:
"This idea is too radical and too idealistic. What if Xingyi CPU and graphics cards fail in the future? We have offended Nvidia and Intel, what should we do next? Should we follow Xingyi Technology all the way?"

"That's right. This time the competition is not just between computer brands, but also between the CPU and graphics card giants behind them! We can't be impulsive!"

"This is not called impulse, this is called courage. The strength of Xingyi Semiconductor is not known to others, but is Lenovo also not clear about it?"

"That's right. I also believe in Xingyi Semiconductor's strength. If they can make good mobile phone chips, they can definitely make graphics cards and CPUs. We can use them!"

(End of this chapter)