Reborn since 1993

Chapter 470 Kill two birds with one stone

Li Dongling stood at the window of the conference room, looking at the cars coming and going on Changqing Road, which already had some of the busy shadows of his previous life.

"Not only in China, but also abroad, there are many manufacturers supporting Lenovo, including Intel, AMD, Sharp, Panasonic, Samsung, Nvidia, etc. They don't want Lenovo to fail!"

Li Dongling said, "There are currently no companies in China that can produce domestic computer chips, graphics cards and other components. If Intel, AMD, Samsung and other companies do not supply them, there will really be no chips, graphics cards, memory sticks and other components to use in China!

Therefore, as long as they still support Lenovo, it will not fall. If Dongling Hi-Tech wants to truly defeat Lenovo, it must defeat Intel, AMD, Panasonic, Samsung and other companies that support it! "

In fact, the current situation in the domestic computer industry is quite similar to the mobile phone industry in the previous life!

In the past, in the era of 3G and 4G mobile phones, the company that truly dominated domestic mobile phones for more than ten years was not any mobile phone brand, but Qualcomm!
Whoever has Qualcomm will rule the world. This is not an empty phrase in the mobile phone industry in the past. Many mobile phone brands do not focus on appearance design or functions, but use Qualcomm baseband processors as a selling point...

Whoever Qualcomm supplies products to can use that as a selling point for that brand of mobile phone and sell like hot cakes. If Qualcomm doesn’t supply to a certain brand, that brand will be out of stock. In the long run, which mobile phone brand will dare not pay tribute to Qualcomm!
Later, Samsung's LCD screen also became a selling point for major mobile phone manufacturers. The entire mobile phone industry was no longer promoting its own brand, but rather promoting which processor was used, which mobile phone screen was used, which Sony camera was used, and to what extent the Android system was modified, in order to promote the powerful performance of their own machines.

In today's computer industry, it is much the same. The processor uses one from Intel or AMD. In other words, as long as these two companies support a computer manufacturer, that manufacturer will not go bankrupt. To put it bluntly, if this company goes bankrupt, there will be no cheap computers with good performance in the country.

As long as its price is low enough and its performance is acceptable compared to foreign computer brands, even if there are some negative rumors, there will still be a lot of people buying it because there is no choice!

Therefore, if Dongling Hi-Tech wants to truly kill a certain domestic computer brand, the key may not be in China, but abroad. Only by killing its foreign father and launching chips with performance exceeding Intel and AMD, better graphics cards than Intel, and memory sticks larger than Samsung, will it have a chance to kill their agents in China.

Otherwise, this war will never end. After all, it is not a big deal for the other party to launch an agent. If Dongling Hi-Tech really spends all its energy on domestic agents of Intel and Samsung, then this war will never end and it may even be dragged down in the end.

Even the Soviet Empire and the overlord America were severely damaged after being dragged in the graveyard of empires for more than a decade.

Ren Yuefeng took a puff of his cigarette amid the smoke. Since joining Dongling Hi-Tech, Ren Yuefeng has seen many big scenes and has had head-on confrontations with giant companies such as Microsoft, Siemens, and Toshiba.

But now, hearing that he was going to challenge a company like Intel, he couldn't help but feel a little worried.

It's not that Ren Yuefeng is afraid of fighting or something, but the previous competitions with Microsoft, Siemens, Toshiba and other companies were not for each other's core business. If they really dare to touch the computer operating system business, Microsoft will probably do whatever it takes to strangle its opponents that threaten it, even at the risk of being split up!
Similarly, if Dongling Hi-Tech were to release its own chips, it would probably be immediately targeted by Intel, which would use any means necessary!

After all, AMD alone is enough of a headache for Intel, and if there is another rival of the same level, Intel probably won't be able to handle it, so it will definitely suppress any rival that dares to emerge.

Moreover, Dongling Hi-Tech's entry into the computer industry is not intended to become a mortal enemy of Intel alone, but rather to become a rival of overseas computer core component manufacturers led by Intel.

"If Dongling Hi-Tech enters the computer industry and sells computers with self-developed chips, there will be two biggest problems!"

Ren Yuefeng frowned and said, facing Li Dongling, there was no need to hide anything, he said directly, "The first problem is that Dongxin Semiconductor is now using the MIPS architecture owned by MIPS!"

"MIPS architecture chips are not compatible with Intel's X86, and Microsoft does not have a system version that supports MPIS chips. Dongling Hi-Tech can launch computer chips based on the MPIS architecture, but which system should it use?" Ren Yuefeng asked.

Of course, Microsoft is not the only company that has computer systems. Apple also has its own operating system. However, the Apple of today is not the prosperous empire it will become in the future. Jobs has not yet returned, and Apple is facing a bankruptcy crisis.

In addition to Apple's computer systems, IBM also has the AIX system developed based on Unix, as well as the Linux system, but these systems all face a problem, that is, there are too few users and software developers.

Using these operating systems is not only time-consuming and laborious to develop, but there may also be no supporting software in the end. Even if you develop your own software, you will face Microsoft patent issues. Except for professionals in special industries, who would be willing to use an operating system that has no software? !

The most important thing is that once an operating system is developed, it will become an enemy of Microsoft. If it offends Intel and Microsoft at the same time, the pressure it faces will be too great. Even Dongling Hi-Tech cannot fight on two fronts!

At least, Dongling Hi-Tech is not yet able to fight against the alliance of Intel and Microsoft on its own, so it must at least win over one of them. "Dongxin Semiconductor's MPIS chip can get support from Microsoft. Next month, we will go to America not only for Feiyan Technology's listing, but also to get support from Microsoft's system for Dongxin Semiconductor!"

Li Dongling said to Ren Yuefeng. In front of Ren Yuefeng's puzzled look, Li Dongling said, "Everyone in the world is looking for profit. Everyone and every company wants to get something. The only difference is the stakes!"

"The alliance between Microsoft and Intel is not impeccable, at least in the domestic market!"

Li Dongling flipped the Zorro metal lighter in his hand and said, "Whatever Microsoft wants most right now, Dongling Hi-Tech will give it!"

"hardware?!"

After thinking hard, Ren Yuefeng said that Microsoft currently has a somewhat "invincible" momentum in the software industry. There is no rival to it in the global software industry. The only industry that Microsoft is concerned about is the computer hardware industry.

Microsoft has been eyeing the computer industry more than once or twice, but each time it shows up, it is quickly defeated. Computer giants such as Dell, HP, and Compaq are more wary of Microsoft than Sichuan, and try their best to keep Microsoft out of the computer hardware industry!

Why did Microsoft turn to the game console industry and would rather lose more than 10 billion US dollars than exit? It is because apart from the game console industry, if Microsoft dared to intervene in other hardware industries, it would be blocked by companies in the industry united together!

Li Dongling nodded and said, "If Dongling Hi-Tech enters the computer industry, it will need an ally in the short term. It would be great if we could bring in Microsoft. We can give part of the computer hardware business to Microsoft.

Of course, if Microsoft refuses, Dongling Hi-Tech can also look for other partners, but the price to pay may be a bit high! "

Microsoft is by no means a pushover, and Li Dongling knows this very well. Once Dongling Hi-Tech cooperates with Microsoft, it will basically be courting disaster. No one knows how long it will last, but as long as Dongling Hi-Tech can get through the first few years and gain a foothold in the computer industry, that will be enough.

"If we can solve the problems with Dongxin Semiconductor's chips and operating system, there is only one problem left. If Dongling Hi-Tech starts selling computers, it will definitely be targeted. By then, the sales volume may be..." Ren Yuefeng said with some concern.

Even if the MPIS architecture chip developed by Dongxin Semiconductor is developed, its performance is only equivalent to the level of the first-generation Pentium processor. The first-generation Pentium was released by Intel three years ago. In other words, Dongxin Semiconductor's chip technology lags behind Intel's top chips by more than two or three years.

If Dongling Hi-Tech uses Doxin Semiconductor's self-developed chips, it can only launch computers with mid-range or even low-end processors, and these two computer markets are the most competitive.

Lianxiang, Founder, Great Wall and other domestic computer companies are also involved in these two industries. At that time, the computers launched by Dongling Hi-Tech may face a joint encirclement and suppression from low-end models of domestic brands and overseas computer brands.

At that time, if the first computer that has invested huge R&D costs fails miserably, then Dongling Hi-Tech will be in an embarrassing situation in the computer industry. Once the computer sales fail miserably, Dongxin Semiconductor's chips will also be questioned.

In the future, will it still use self-developed chips? If it does, sales may still be a disastrous failure. But if even Dongling Hi-Tech itself does not use them, which company will purchase computer chips from Dongxin Semiconductor? The entire Dongling Hi-Tech computer business may experience a domino effect and end in failure.

Even if Dongxin Semiconductor is abandoned and Intel or AMD chips are used instead, the impact will probably be even greater. If Dongling Hi-Tech purchases chips from abroad, then everything it does today will become a joke!
"If there is no market demand, then Dongling Hi-Tech will create it ourselves!"

The Zorro in Li Dongling's hand was spinning with sparks, and finally closed with a "snap". "There will never be a way out of a price war, it will only make you fall into the quagmire of war!"

"After Dongxin Semiconductor develops its chips and Dongling Hi-Tech develops its own computers, then let Tianya Company enter the large-scale Internet cafe industry!

We can use the Internet cafes to provide funds for Tianya's Internet business, and also purchase Dongling Hi-Tech's computers!"

During the peak period of Internet cafes in China, there were more than 16 Internet cafes, and the number of computers in Internet cafes was conservatively estimated to be around million. This market share was enough to provide Dongling Hi-Tech's computers with sales for several years.

If Doxin Semiconductor's chip technology cannot catch up with Intel's latest generation of technology in ten years, Li Dongling will probably have to replace the entire chip R&D team.

(End of this chapter)