Reborn in 2011, 985 missing from two copies

Chapter 719: Snapdragon 810 is launched, the most powerful processor of the year???

Xingyi graphics cards are entirely self-developed and self-produced, from GPU chips to graphics card assembly.

Since they are all in their own factories, they can easily mass-produce new graphics cards quickly after successful development.

Nvidia's reference graphics cards and OEM graphics cards are manufactured by its own contract manufacturers.

We have to communicate with third-party contract manufacturers, place orders, and arrange production capacity, which makes it impossible to quickly mass-produce in a short period of time.

Non-reference designs require selling GPU chips to graphics card manufacturers. Only after the graphics card manufacturers obtain the GPU chips can they mass-produce graphics cards, which is less efficient and takes longer.

This results in insufficient production capacity for each of Nvidia's best-selling graphics cards one or two months before their release.

This applies to both the early-released GTX 950 and the unplanned GTX 960 Ti.

Similarly, the GTX 980 ti also experienced a shortage of production capacity in the first two months after its launch, resulting in low sales.

Even if the GTX 980 Ti is released in June and the RTX 980 Ti in August, it shouldn't be a big problem.

However, the Starry Sky RTX 980 Ti can be announced before it goes on sale, and it can be released in June ahead of schedule, with an official announcement of its 14nm process and super performance, thus stealing consumers away from the GTX 980 Ti!
As a result, many potential consumers who want to buy the GTX 980 ti will choose to wait two months and hold their money while waiting for the 14nm RTX 980 ti to be released!
That would mean GTX 980 ti sales would plummet!

Old Huang will be crying!

Well, just do it!

Moreover, given the progress of Starry Semiconductor's 14nm process, the RTX 980 Ti may not have to wait until August; it could very well be available in July.

The RTX 980 ti and GTX 980 ti will only be released one month apart, so the impact will be even smaller.

It will definitely deliver another devastating blow to the GTX 980 Ti and Nvidia!

Qualcomm was nearly killed by Starry Semiconductor. If they can also take down Nvidia, Wang Yi's chances of winning the future tech war will greatly increase!
The semiconductor industry has been in turmoil these past few months.

Not only are Xingyi graphics cards and NVIDIA graphics cards locked in a fierce battle, but they are also going head-to-head with strong moves.

The mobile phone chip industry is also undergoing rapid changes, with one killer move after another emerging.

Since the beginning of last year, when Samsung skipped 20nm and went straight for 14nm, TSMC has been at a disadvantage and in a very passive position.

As a result, Lao Zhang had to launch Project Night Hawk and shout "100,000 young people, 100,000 livers, one liver per person to save TSMC", to fully tackle the 16-nanometer process.

But being a step too slow put them at a disadvantage.

Samsung officially announced at the end of last year that its 14nm process had entered the mass production stage, and TSMC was already in a bind!
By February of this year, Samsung's 14-nanometer process had already begun risk production!
Although the yield rate is not high, the first batch of 14-nanometer Exynos 7420 SOC chips has already rolled off the production line by the end of the month.

Samsung S6 assembly will begin next month!
Barring any unforeseen circumstances, the Samsung S6, equipped with the Exynos 7420 processor, will be launched and available for sale in mid-April.

As for TSMC, the 16nm process is still pending.

Therefore, Qualcomm's 20nm production capacity can only be used to produce the Snapdragon 810!

However, Qualcomm also understands the principle of "early bird catches the worm".

They are aware that their own 20nm Snapdragon 810 may not be as good as Samsung's 14nm Exynos 7420.

Why not release it earlier and launch it sooner, taking advantage of the time difference!
As early as the fourth quarter of last year, mass production of the Snapdragon 810 began and it was sold to various customers.

In addition, Qualcomm's flagship chip Snapdragon 805, which it had high hopes for last year, was a complete flop. It was not only crushed by the Kunpeng 906 of the same generation, but also by the Kunpeng 902 of the previous generation.

This resulted in dismal sales of the Snapdragon 805, almost leading to zero revenue, and Qualcomm's stock price nearly halved.

Qualcomm places great importance on the launch of the Snapdragon 810, seeing it as an opportunity to turn the tide and fight a desperate battle!

They also launched a series of extensive promotional campaigns!

直言骁龙810采用最先进的20纳米工艺，64位架构，必定超越星逸科技28纳米的鲲鹏910……

With this kind of hype and publicity, Qualcomm successfully fooled some customers.

As a result, new mobile phones in the first quarter of 2015 were divided into two major camps.

Some models continue to use the Kunpeng 910 SOC from Xingyi Technology, which uses a 28nm process and offers stable performance. With motherboard design services and chip availability, the difficulty of developing these phones is extremely low.

Some brands, believing Qualcomm's words, abandoned the Kunpeng 910 and switched to the 20nm Qualcomm Snapdragon 810, thinking it could crush the Kunpeng 910 SOC.

For example, LG, Sony, HTC, Nokia, and Lenovo have all chosen the Snapdragon 810.

Motorola, after the Snapdragon 805 fiasco, intended to refuse to continue using Qualcomm processors.

However, the parent company Google and StarTech are bitter rivals, forcing Motorola X Pro to continue using the Snapdragon 810.

The Snapdragon 810 models began a series of promotions at the beginning of the year.

The LG G Flex 2 was the first to feature the Snapdragon 810 at CES 2015 in January, and it was launched in South Korea at the end of January and in the United States in February.

In March, products from Eurasia also began to be launched!
The Moto X Pro was also released in January and went on sale in March.

However, this is just the beginning. In March, the HTC One M9, Sony Xperia Z4, and Lenovo P90, all equipped with the Snapdragon 810, will be released and launched one after another.

It's safe to say that March will be a feast for smartphones powered by the Snapdragon 810!
The number one item is the HTC One M9!

In recent years, HTC has had a very difficult time. Not only have its sales plummeted and its market share decreased sharply, but it has also been besieged by major patent giants, who have filed lawsuits and imposed sales bans.

This resulted in HTC's new phones experiencing a sales slump just a few months after they had become popular.

By the time the M9 was released, both the HTC mobile phone team and Wang Hong were exhausted.

Logically, the HTC M9 should continue to use the Kunpeng 910 from Starry Sky Technology.

Since the Kunpeng 702, HTC has been using the Kunpeng processor for many years, and the two sides have had a very pleasant cooperation.

With the M9 generation, HTC originally planned to continue using the Kunpeng processor, but unfortunately Qualcomm came knocking!

On one hand, they promoted to HTC how advanced and powerful the 20nm process of the Snapdragon 810 was, and on the other hand, they used coercion and inducement!
He stated bluntly that if HTC adopts the Snapdragon 810, Qualcomm will drop its patent lawsuit against HTC. However, if HTC refuses to adopt it, Qualcomm will immediately sue HTC and continue to demand a sales ban on the HTC One M9!

Under duress and enticement, Manager Wang couldn't help but want to back down.

In addition, she also believes that the Qualcomm Snapdragon 810, with its upgraded 64-bit architecture and 20-nanometer process, will definitely stand out and has a great chance of surpassing the Kunpeng 910!

Therefore, HTC M9 abandoned the Kunpeng 910 and used the Snapdragon 810 throughout the entire series!

On March 1st, HTC held a press conference to launch the M9!
Qualcomm Chairman Jacobs personally attended the event to support the HTC M9!

Wang Hong and Jacob shook hands and made an official announcement in public:

[The most powerful flagship phone of the year, equipped with the most powerful flagship processor of the year, a powerful combination!]

Soon, a series of news reports broke out.

Both HTC and Qualcomm invested heavily in advertising.

The difference is that HTC's advertising, in addition to highlighting the power of the Snapdragon 810, mainly emphasizes the overall powerful and advanced features of the M9, enticing consumers to place an order.

Qualcomm's marketing focuses on the Snapdragon 810 and the hot sales of models equipped with the Snapdragon 810, thereby enticing more manufacturers to place orders for the Snapdragon 810.

Currently, apart from these few brands that have placed orders for the Snapdragon 810, other brands, especially domestic brands, are still observing the situation or continuing to use the Kunpeng 910.

Qualcomm is not happy about this.

Qualcomm aims to regain its former glory with the Snapdragon 810, to return to the era of widespread acclaim and competition, just like a few years ago when major brands would rush to be the first to release and place orders for Qualcomm's flagship processors.

Instead of now, when Qualcomm's flagship processor is released and nobody pays attention.

Qualcomm used both overt and covert tactics, employing both coercion and enticement, to force a few brands to place orders against their will.

HTC, for example, placed its order under the threat of patent lawsuits.

LG, on the other hand, was the first to launch the Snapdragon 810, and it was at an extremely low price that led LG to place the order.

Motorola, on the other hand, has also allied with its parent company Google's Android system to jointly promote 64-bit processors + 64-bit Android system and join forces to counter the Kunpeng processor + XOS system.

Even Sony has reached certain agreements.

Qualcomm secured the chip order for the Sony Z9 by promising to help Sony develop an ARM architecture processor specifically for handheld consoles.

The only thing they managed to get by deception was Lenovo...

Although Lenovo has launched several generations of phones using the Kunpeng processor, Lenovo focuses on diversified development and does not want to put all its eggs in one basket.

They believed Qualcomm's nonsense again, thinking that the Snapdragon 810 was very powerful, and the new P90 phone adopted the Snapdragon 810.

Wang Yi simply couldn't be bothered with any of this.

No one knows the 'power' of the Snapdragon 810 better than Wang Yi.

These brands were already struggling, and continuing to use the Snapdragon 810 was tantamount to suicide.

That's a good thing.

There are too many mobile phone brands nowadays, too many different brands, and too much chaos. They were all badly let down by the Snapdragon 810, and it's a good thing that they were wiped out in one wave.

Just like the new energy vehicle brands that emerged five or six years later, there were so many, it was frightening. But within a few years, dozens of them went bankrupt and were eliminated!

That's the right situation!
The same applies to the mobile phone industry. Wang Yi simply didn't want to pay attention to these things, but Jian Ziyan was furious:

"Chairman, Qualcomm, LG, and HTC have gone too far. It's one thing to promote their new phones and the Snapdragon 810, but they have to drag Xingyi Semiconductor into it and put us down!"

"Look at these reports!"

Wang Yi took the Xingyi tablet and glanced at it:

The Snapdragon 810, built on the world's most advanced 20nm process, outperforms the Kunpeng 910, completely ending the Kunpeng processor's dominance.

[HTC One M9, powered by Snapdragon 810, officially released, aiming to become the flagship phone of the year. How can Xingyi phones compete?]

[With its state-of-the-art 20nm, 64-bit architecture, the Snapdragon 810 is a revolutionary processor, securing its place as the most powerful flagship processor of the year, bar none!]

[LG's new phone, powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 810, is officially on sale, surpassing the Xphone 4 in every aspect!]

[Snapdragon 810 models launch with great momentum, Qualcomm returns to its peak, and the mobile phone landscape is about to be reshaped!]

[Motorola's new Snapdragon 810 phone is about to be released, poised to become the flagship of the year!]

[Jacob: 20nm process technology is incomparable to competitors' 28nm; the glory days of the Kunpeng processor are over. Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 reigns supreme as the most powerful chip of the year!]

……

"The Snapdragon 810, the most powerful flagship chip of the year?"

"Are phones equipped with the Snapdragon 810 already locked in as the flagship of the year?"

Looking at these reports, Wang Yi laughed: "Who gave them the courage?"

"Exactly, they keep saying they're crushing our Kunpeng 910, outperforming Xingyi phones, and claiming to be the king of phones. I'm convinced."

Jian Ziyan was furious: "President Zhu is also very angry."

"Old Zhu is angry?" Wang Yi laughed. "Looks like it's affecting our sales?"

"Yes, Chairman. Ever since the news broke that the Snapdragon 810 crushed the Kunpeng 910 and that LG and HTC's new phones surpassed the Xingyi phone, our Xphone 4 sales have dropped, and the Xingyi X1 Pro series sales have also been affected. Sales have visibly declined in the last two days!"

“Even the Boundless S2 series has been affected.” Jian Ziyan frowned.

"The Kunpeng 906 processor originally equipped in the Wujie S2 Pro was the second most powerful processor in the world and was selling well. Now Qualcomm is spreading rumors that the Kunpeng 910 has become the second most powerful and the Kunpeng 906 has become the third most powerful. As a result, the sales of Wujie S2 Pro have also plummeted. If the sales of Wujie S2 Pro have plummeted, then the sales of Wujie S2 have also plummeted."

"It's that serious!" Wang Yi frowned.

He originally didn't want to pay attention to it; he could have let Qualcomm continue to daydream for two more months, and then suffer a tragic setback.

But now it's even affecting the Starry Sky flagship phone and the Boundless flagship phone!
This is extremely serious!
With the launch of Alipay in January, consumer spending increased significantly in February and March.

These days, flagship phones cost four or five thousand, or even five or six thousand, which is not cheap.

Without Alipay, only users with strong financial resources could originally make the purchase, while other users could only consider mid-range phones costing two or three thousand yuan, or phones costing a thousand yuan.

However, with the emergence of Alipay's installment payment service, users who couldn't afford flagship phones costing five or six thousand yuan before can now afford them through installment payments.

It can be said that the emergence of Alipay has led to an explosive growth in the public's spending power, resulting in a qualitative leap.

Sales of all products on Douyin Mall have surged, especially electronics and digital products.

The fastest-growing products are still Xingyi phones, Wujie phones, and other products from their own company.

Products like the Starry Sky X1 Pro series, Xphone 4 series, and Boundless S2 series are all best-selling, with sales even higher than during Singles' Day and Double Twelve!

Wang Yi launched Huabei, intending to capitalize on its strong performance to boost sales, ship on a large scale, and sell flagship phones and tablets.

Now look what's happened! With Qualcomm, LG, and HTC doing this, they've ruined the flagship phones from companies like Starry Sky Technology and Boundless Technology!
Meanwhile, the sales of those new flagship phones equipped with the Snapdragon 810 have skyrocketed, multiplying several times over, thanks to Alipay!
"Using Xingyi Technology's Alipay account to smear us, steal our sales and market share, and feed Qualcomm, LG, and HTC! Is this acceptable?"

"Made!"

“We must fight back!”

"You've given him face?"

Jian Ziyan strongly agreed: "Yes, we must fight back. Since our Huabei was launched, the domestic market's consumption power has increased significantly. Major brands are lining up to launch new phones equipped with Snapdragon 810, and they have all accelerated their launch time in the domestic market, just to steal our market share and sales."

"For example, LG's new phone, which was originally scheduled to launch in China in April, has now launched in early March. The HTC M9 also launched in China as a first-launch market. The upcoming Motorola X Pro and Sony Z4 will also consider simultaneous launches in China, which is unprecedented. It's all thanks to the emergence of Alipay that sales in the Chinese market have surged!"

Wang Yi nodded in agreement.

In the past, there was no Alipay in China, and few people used credit cards for consumption. In addition, the per capita income was low, far less than that of developed countries.

Therefore, these international brands look down on the mainland market and are as arrogant as HTC, never launching products in mainland China.

But now that Alipay has emerged, mainland China's consumption power has begun to surge. Astute capital and enterprises have noticed this immediately and decisively increased their investment, including the domestic market in their initial offerings.

"They're smearing us while enjoying the sales growth brought by Alipay's Huabei service, and they're also stealing our market share!"

Wang Yi was so angry he laughed: "We should never forget the well-digger when we drink the water, but these bastards not only forgot the well-digger, they also want to drown him!"

"That's great!"

We have to teach them a lesson!

Jian Ziyan became interested: "Chairman, how should we retaliate? The public relations department is ready!"

"No need. The internet needs traffic. I'll personally take action this time and confront Qualcomm Chairman Jacob!"

As a reborn individual, Wang Yi knew very well that as an entrepreneur, being aloof was useless; the most important thing on the internet was traffic and exposure!

Sometimes, it's better for the chairman to get involved personally.

Just like Xiaomi in its past life, how successful was it? Was it because of its superior products? Its outstanding patented technology? Or Lei Jun's exceptional marketing skills?

Wang Yi knew very well that one Lei Jun was worth an entire marketing team from a competitor! No, worth five marketing teams!

Following suit, Haier's CEO launched a three-zone washing machine, which also sold out instantly!

That's how things work in the Chinese internet industry.

Having traffic doesn't guarantee survival, but lacking traffic guarantees death.

Now that Qualcomm Chairman Jacobs has personally stepped in and shamelessly belittled the Kunpeng 910 while praising the Snapdragon 810 as the strongest flagship processor of the year, seriously affecting the sales of the Xingyi flagship phone and the Wujie flagship phone, Wang Yi no longer needs to give them face!

Wang Yi directly retweeted Jacob's Weibo post and commented:

[The Snapdragon 810 is the strongest flagship processor of the year? Are you kidding me? It's more like the weakest flagship processor of the year!]

One stone caused a thousand waves!

As the chairman of Xingyi Technology, Wang Yi is the youngest internet giant and an IT tycoon, and a prominent figure online.

In 2015, the number of Weibo followers exceeded 50 million.

Although not number one, it's still in the top ten!

In March 2015, there were only thirteen Weibo accounts with more than 3 million followers.

Eleven of these accounts belong to celebrities with high online traffic, the highest being 7800 million followers, and the former Weibo queen.

Second and third, Happy Camp...

Among the remaining people, there are a few whose names cannot be mentioned later.

Only Wang Yi and Baixing Daily are the two non-celebrity accounts, ranking eighth and eleventh respectively.

As for why the ranking is so low?
Because none of them bought followers.

Wang Yi's 53 million followers are all genuine fans, as well as people placed by competitors, who are constantly monitoring Wang Yi's and Xingyi Technology's activities. There is almost no exaggeration in their accounts.

As for other popular celebrities, they probably don't even know how much of it is genuine or exaggerated.

There's nothing I can do; I've bought so many times that I've completely forgotten the exact numbers.

This is why even the top five influential figures, with 60 to 70 million followers, still receive only lukewarm responses when they post a Weibo.

Wang Yi, who has 53 million followers, can go viral on Weibo with a single post.

And this trending topic is even more impressive!

Less than two minutes after the post was published, the keyword "[Wang Dong: Snapdragon 810 is the weakest flagship processor of the year!]" reached the tenth spot on Weibo's trending topics!
Three minutes, fifth!

Five minutes, third!

Six minutes, second place!

In just seven minutes and twenty seconds, it topped the Weibo trending list!

This is the true value of Chairman Wang's position.

Even Wang Feng was filled with despair!
(End of this chapter)