Chapter 102: Fight a battle of public opinion
Huaxin Technology has no branch in North America, and the graphics cards are also produced by major board manufacturers, and Huaxin Technology is only responsible for providing chips and solutions.
The SGI also had a headache as to whether to fatten up and slaughter it again or start using the knife now.
fattened up, although he could get a huge amount of compensation, but at that time, Huaxin Technology had already dominated the market, and it was too late.
And now that Zai has not yet had a few pieces of meat, the SGI knows very well how much weight its own video output auxiliary chip has, and it is impossible for people to agree to it if they want to exchange patents.
It is simply impossible to ask the court to rule that graphics cards are not allowed to be sold.
Imagine a large machine with millions of parts, and one of the screws infringes someone else's patent, and the court will only mediate.
This is not what the SGI wants to see, so what should we do?
Robert Cabrais, the SGI's brainstorm, came up with a brilliant idea.
"Gentlemen, Huaxin Technology infringes on our patents, that's for sure, there are hundreds of thousands of patents in the SGI's patent pool, well, of course, some of them have expired, but there are still tens of thousands.
I don't think Huaxin Technology will find out which patent it infringes, as long as we disclose it in the media that Huaxin Technology has infringed on an important patent of our SGI, and nothing else will be explained, I think the effect will definitely be different. ”
CEO Klein's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but pat the table and said: "Huaxin Technology doesn't know what patents we have infringed, whether it is a core patent or a non-core patent, and they can't even guess what we should do next."
I think they must have signed a huge contract with the board manufacturer, and they must be afraid of being rejected from the American market because of this, and they must face a huge claim from the manufacturer.
Therefore, once the news is released, Huaxin Technology will obediently sit at the negotiating table, and SGI may be able to exchange patents with Huaxin Technology at the lowest price!"
All of SGI's management nodded in agreement.
The next day, SGI's Head of External Relations, Ms. Serena, interviewed a number of mainstream media outlets.
In the afternoon of the same day, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times and other mainstream newspapers published that Huaxin Technology's graphics card chip infringed on the patent of the great SGI company in the United States, which was a theft and a shameless thief.
It has been reprinted by major newspapers and magazines all over the world.
The "people of insight" in Europe and the United States suddenly realized that it was no wonder that this Asian company was able to release this cross-era product, which turned out to be plagiarized from the patent of the old graphics chip company SGI!
This gives certain arrogant whites a reason to vent.
For a time, thieves and plagiarists were in the dust, and newspapers and television were all piled up with criticism of Huaxin Technology.
The people who eat melons in the world are one family, and the people who eat melons in Europe and the United States are no exception, they are not afraid of not making things bigger.
It's just that these people don't understand why SGI doesn't take the law to ban the sale of graphics cards equipped with Huaxin Technology's display chips.
However, just in case they are banned, they still snap up the graphics cards in the world as quickly as possible.
It doesn't matter if the major board manufacturers buy me, I will sell it if you buy it, and it is not you who infringe, and all the graphics cards around the world are out of stock for a while, which is also unexpected.
By the time this matter came to Wang Anran's desk, he had already arrived in Hefei.
This time from Hong Kong Island to Hefei, Wang Anran took the train and plane, if he could, he would not take it, and he would not be in a hurry anyway.
The information was transferred from Yanjing, with feedback from major manufacturers, feedback from personnel squatting in Europe and the United States, and faxes from major newspapers and periodicals.
The feedback from the manufacturer is very simple, the market response of the graphics card is very good, the sales are very hot, and they are worried about the impact of the case, which also proposes to increase the supply of chips, hoping to reduce the supply price.
TSMC's production capacity is still okay, 500,000 chips, accounting for only one or two points of its total production capacity, and then add another 500,000, but the follow-up production must be ordered by the manufacturer one month in advance.
As for the SGI's patent dispute, I am afraid that the SGI itself did not expect it, and Wang Anran did not pay attention to it at all.
He has seen a lot of IT/IC enterprise tearing wars, even now, IBM and Intel, IBM and Microsoft are still tearing, and when the time comes, it will be nothing more than going to the court to rip off, ripping around, nothing more than losing some money.
Because the core patent of the display chip has been registered, the patent of DDR video memory has also been registered in the United States.
With these two patents, Wang Anran has no fear. Besides, there is no recourse to the law yet, and I am afraid of personal balls.
Besides, the object of tearing is SGI, a graphics chip company, no matter how fierce the jump is, it is difficult to bypass the patent wall arranged by Huaxin Technology, which is inherently unequal, on the 3D display, you have to call Dad.
However, the media reports have given Wang Anran a headache, and the reputation of Huaxin Technology is now stinky in Europe and the United States, and it has become a rat that everyone shouts and beats.
The "noble" white man was preemptively released by Huaxin Technology to release such an awesome graphics card, which is obviously like being stolen from his beloved toy, and his fragile self-esteem is very hit.
Now I know that Huaxin Technology's awesome is stolen, so their self-esteem bursts instantly, and if they don't step on their feet, how can they be worthy of the anger that they were almost played.
However, this does not prevent them from continuing to enjoy the big meal provided by Huaxin Technology.
While enjoying, while abusive.
The people who eat melons in the world are one family.
It's just that the domestic media was completely silent, which made Wang Anran quite tasteful, logically speaking, you have to support it, Huaxin Technology was still the national pride you said a few days ago!
On the campus of Qingdao University, a welcome ceremony was originally arranged, but it was also canceled.
In the final analysis, even Lu Wei and Su Lao are worried about whether Huaxin Technology is infringing.
In 94 years, the country lacked self-confidence in the face of the general gap between China and foreign countries.
This made Wang Anran make up his mind and decided to fight a battle of public opinion.
"SGI, don't accept it!"
Wang Anran immediately invited Mr. Flodo, the representative of the New York Times in China, to have an exclusive interview, and this time he planned to go out in person.
The New York Times is naturally very interested in the battle between Huaxin Technology and SGI, which is the focus of the world.
A little-known Chinese enterprise, which has always been the most backward existence in the team, suddenly ran all the way like taking an aphrodisiac and became the leader of the team, which naturally attracted the attention of all parties.
The two hit it off, but because of Wang Anran's itinerary, it was originally planned to be held in Yanjing three days later.
But Flodo didn't agree, for journalists, time is fate, three days, too many changes.
"Hello, Miss Zhang, can you make an appointment in Hefei? Tomorrow, please take a look at Mr. Wang's itinerary, I have a convenient place here." ”
When encountering such a dedicated media person, Wang Anran naturally would not refuse and nodded.
Zhang Lei said into the phone: "Mr. Flodo, it's okay, Mr. Wang will invite you to lunch at noon tomorrow, I hope you can enjoy the light......"