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Chapter 596: Long-term perspective

The director of Intel Asia Pacific is basically the person in charge of Intel in Asia. What he said in Japan's Asahi Shimbun was basically to "kill the chicken to scare the monkey."

In addition to preparing a chip to compete with Dongxin and supplying chips that surpass Tianji to Lenovo, Gregory also announced that Intel's mainland office will be upgraded to Intel Mainland Company.

This was a precursor to the plan to strangle Doxin Semiconductor. Gregory specially formed an Intel team in the mainland and sent capable personnel to prepare to deal with Doxin Semiconductor.

In addition, Gregory also announced that he would form a legal team at Intel's mainland China branch, clearly preparing to take on Doxin Semiconductor.

Intel's current position in the computer chip field is like Qualcomm's in the past. It owns a large number of patents in this field.

By forming a team of lawyers, Intel is preparing to find fault with the Tianji chip and study it under a microscope. Once it is discovered that Tianji uses Intel's technology and patents, what may be waiting for Tianji is probably a letter from Intel's lawyers!

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"It is rumored that the Tianji chip independently developed by the mainland Dongxin Semiconductor Company is a 600-nanometer process, which is equivalent to Intel's first-generation Pentium chip technology.

It is equivalent to the technology of NEC, Toshiba, Hitachi, Fujitsu, Mitsubishi and other Japanese chip brands, which are three or even five years old! "

"The Japanese chip industry is working on breaking through the 193-nanometer barrier. Nikon and Canon will surely lead Japanese semiconductor companies to become the first in the world to break through the 193-nanometer chip barrier!"

The Yomiuri Shimbun of Japan was quite sarcastic about Intel's attitude towards Doxin Semiconductor, which was like a formidable enemy, and believed that Intel was making a big deal out of nothing.

Is it necessary to make such a big fuss to deal with a small company that has just developed chip technology equivalent to Japan's three to five years ago? Shouldn't it be possible to kill the other party with just a little finger?

Of course, Japanese media are not optimistic about the future of Doxin Semiconductor. They are even too lazy to report more about the war between Doxin Semiconductor and Intel, because they believe that there is no suspense.

Even chip manufacturers such as Japan's NEC, although they claim that Japanese chips are the best in the world, are actually suppressed by Intel, their suzerain country, America. Japanese brand computers have to be equipped with Intel chips!
Japanese chip manufacturers don't dare to provoke Intel. Why does Dongxin Semiconductor, which has only been established for a few years, dare to touch the butt of Intel, the tiger?
Therefore, the Japanese media has no doubt whether Intel can defeat Dongxin. The difference lies in how it "crushes" and how long it takes to end this "farce"!
Not only Japanese media, but also Korean media such as Dong-A Ilbo, also felt a bit gloating after seeing the news about TD-SCDMA and Intel.

"Dongxin Semiconductor, located in Hanxi, China, has developed a not-so-advanced Tianji chip. The amount of money invested by the other party for this chip may exceed 1.85 million US dollars, which has exceeded Samsung's R&D expenses on memory stick technology!
This chip is one of the most expensive chips to develop in the global chip industry, but it is also one of the chips most likely to "fail".

Samsung has developed the world's most advanced 256M memory technology, but Dongxin has spent more money on developing memory than Samsung, and has only developed a chip product equivalent to Intel's three years ago!"

The Korean media also reported on Donxin Semiconductor with a bit of disdain. Donxin Semiconductor invested so much money, but in the end it developed a piece of junk. On the other hand, Samsung was ahead of Japan and America in the memory stick camp and developed a 256M memory stick.

In the eyes of the Korean media, isn’t this enough to prove that Korean companies such as Samsung are far superior to Doxin Semiconductor?
"Intel may start a price war with Dongxin Semiconductor. For Tianji Chip, which has just invested huge R&D expenses and has high initial costs, the next step will be the biggest test for Tianji Chip and even Dongxin Semiconductor!

Whether Tianji and Dongxin Semiconductor can survive under Intel's siege is a test not only for Dongxin, but also for other emerging semiconductor companies."

Singapore's United Daily News also has some concerns about Dosin Semiconductor. It is not enough to just develop the device. Whether it can be sold and at what price will determine the survival of Dosin Semiconductor.

The media in Singapore even felt a bit sad because Singapore is also developing the semiconductor industry. They also have to worry that the same fate as Doxin will happen to Singapore.

Hong Kong media also reported that "Gregory, Intel's Asia Pacific director, said that Intel may use price wars, patent lawsuits and other competitive means against Dongxin Semiconductor.

In the future, it is still unknown whether Dongxin Semiconductor and Tianji Chip can continue to get large orders from third-party companies other than Dongling Hi-Tech in mainland China. "

When overseas rumors and media reports spread to China on a large scale, the domestic media's coverage of the Tianji chip began to change again!
The media has always been a fence-sitter, and they start to sway at the slightest sign of trouble, switching back and forth between a quick victory and a quick defeat!

In the morning, the media were still touting the explosive growth in Tianji chip orders. However, after the news about Gregory and Intel came out in the afternoon, the media began to become pessimistic again.

"Will Tianji be the swan song of domestically produced computer chips?"

"Intel is trying to start a price war, where will Tianji go?" "It's already falling behind before it's even released. Is it really worth the sky-high cost to develop Tianji?"

"Lian Xiangliu's prediction has come true. The Tianji chip, which Tianji has invested heavily in developing, has just been launched and is facing a blow from Intel!"

"Intel supplies 450nm Pentium upgraded chips to the mainland. Tianji may face elimination!"

"Lenovo announced that it will release multiple computer models from the end of this year to next year, and YiYu will compete with Shenzhou Computer on the same stage!"

Sensational headlines, one more sensational than the other, appeared on domestic television stations, newspapers and magazines. Those independent media commentators and sociologists who had disappeared after the secret was revealed have stood up again.

These media critics who used to boast of independent thinking and admiration for Western culture and products have stopped their activities due to the emergence of Tianji.

Now, these independent media people are not only publishing comments and discussing the performance gap between Tianji and Intel chips, but are even targeting domestic computer chips.

Use $100 million to $200 million to develop a domestic chip, even if these funds are invested by the parent company Dongling Hi-Tech and earned by Dongxin Semiconductor itself.

But these media commentators also feel "distressed". They think there are so many other things to do with the money, but they chose to spend it on developing chips that are like a bottomless pit. In the end, what they developed is still outdated technology!
With nearly 22 million US dollars, it is enough to buy Intel chips. How much profit can these computers generate if they are sold? However, they choose to develop their own chips, which is a waste!

What? You said that the cost of developing the Tianji chip by Doxin Semiconductor was paid in RMB. Its parent company Dongling Hi-Tech has a lot of cash flow in its domestic bank accounts, and it can't spend all of it even if it develops a few more Tianji chips. But buying Intel chips requires foreign exchange?
Sorry, when the Hanxi media reported this news, it was simply ignored by these independent media commentators and sociologists. Anyway, Dongxin Semiconductor is just wasting money and doing useless work in vain!

In addition to criticizing Tianji and domestic chips, Boss Liu's theory that it is better to buy than to make has also been picked up again and analyzed seriously. In the end, it was concluded that according to the current domestic technological level, it is indeed better to buy than to make, and it is more cost-effective to rent than to buy!
Boss Liu's reputation showed some signs of improving for a while, while Doxin Semiconductor and Tianji became the ones being "ridiculed" for doing useless work and getting nothing in return.

The news in the media made people in China who saw it confused. Previously, the media was touting the Tianji chip everywhere, but how come it fell behind in the blink of an eye?
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"These media are really fence-sitters!"

Wu Xinyi, general manager of Doxin Semiconductor, looked at the newspaper in his hand and saw various concerns about Tianji chips, as well as "well-intentioned" media commentators who advised Doxin Semiconductor not to do any more useless work.

Give up self-research immediately and overseas procurement is the way to go. He threatened that even if Dongxin is given another 30 years, it will not be able to catch up with Intel, which made him very angry.

There is no first in literature and no second in martial arts. For technical personnel, the same is true for pride. Any technical expert who wants to achieve results is always arrogant and does not think that he is inferior to others. Without this pride, the technical expert will quickly become mediocre.

In the provincial capital of Hanxi, at Dongxin Semiconductor Company, Wu Xinyi, Ni Guangnan, Huang Lingyi, Lin Qijian and others were also present.

Looking at the newspaper that Wu Xinyi slapped on the table, Ni Guangnan picked it up and took a few glances at it, his expression somewhat worried.

He didn't expect that Intel would act so quickly and sharply, directly targeting the weak points of Doxin Semiconductor.

"After all, I am still inferior to others. If Tianji can have the performance of a 450-nanometer or 350-nanometer chip..."

Ni Guangnan sighed and said, it can be said that Intel is mean, but this is the rule of the technology industry. If you are not as skilled as others, you will have to face the opponent's beating.

"Academician Ni, this is not your style. When you were in Lianxiang, you were never inferior to others!"

When the atmosphere in the conference room was somewhat solemn and he saw that the morale of senior executives such as Wu Xinyi and Ni Guangnan was somewhat low, Li Dongling started to smile.

"Since Intel has issued a challenge, Dongxin Semiconductor has no choice but to accept it. Everyone wants to be the hunter, but can the hunter and the prey really remain the same forever?

Before the deer falls, who dares to say who will kill it?"

(End of this chapter)