The matter of Baidai Music is just a small episode of him, although he borrowed a lot of money because of this, but it is not in his personal name, basically it has nothing to do with him, even if Baidai Music finally fails, the price of copyright rises after a few years, it is enough to cover his efforts in the past few years. Once successful, the benefits are unpredictable. Maybe it's a billion-dollar dollar that his family wealth fund gets this tax-free proceeds.

Negotiations between Chartered Semiconductor, Lenovo, GLOBALFOUNDRIES and IBM are still ongoing, and they will not be able to talk for a while. I don't know how the acquisition of SunEdison's semiconductor wafer business is going, and it is not only related to SunEdison's strategy, but also related to the company's business side, which is also quite troublesome. Fortunately, after Zhou Shi knew that Europe had an opinion on this industry, he secretly arranged the acquisition of a small and medium-sized enterprise with considerable R&D strength, and prepared to actively participate in the EU's R&D plan at that time. After the difficulty, it acquired SOI-related technologies and patents from the United States and Japan, and prepared to establish a professional enterprise in Modu.

SunEdison, formerly known as Monsanto Electronic Materials (MEMC), signed a 10-year solar silicon wafer supply contract with Wuxi Suntech, but what happened later did not follow with Suntech's bankruptcy. Fortunately, at this time, SunEdison is desperately developing the solar photovoltaic industry, from power generation equipment to power plants, from upstream to downstream, accompanied by the crazy expansion of the upstream industry of silicon wafers, but in order to improve the entire industrial chain, they have not thought about selling their semiconductor silicon wafer industry at this time. Under the entanglement of GLOBALFOUNDRIES, he agreed to the request for a stake and had the idea of spinning off the property and becoming independent.

"Forget it, let's buy technology and talent, and don't think about anything else. Zhou Shifei returned to the United States and met with He Fang, the person in charge of the licensed semiconductor here, to communicate the situation. The United States is much stricter than before. Of course, it is not absolute, for example, Micron, which is relatively controlled by Galaxy Capital, has not been disturbed at all, their CEO is still the pilot who had an accident in his previous life, and among the 7 members of the board of directors, Galaxy Capital only controls two and a half seats, and the actual control is actually still in the hands of CEO Appleton.

"Okay, I also think that there is no need to acquire IBM's business for concessions, Mr. Liang's strength is very powerful, well, there are still a few months to call Chief Engineer Liang!"

"Well, what's the reaction from TSMC?" Zhou Shi

"Since Mr. Zhang took office, TSMC has paid a lot more attention to us!"

"This is normal, but in order to prevent possible blows, we must do a good job of patent defense so as not to be suppressed by them. "Zhou Shi, Singapore and Wanwan have a similar plot, and the defense of Huaxia can be said to be their basic governing philosophy, and the rise of Huaxia is unstoppable, and after the subprime mortgage crisis has crushed their worship of the West, this is their close to Huaxia and the success of Zhou Shi's acquisition of licensed semiconductors. But there are some things that have to be guarded against!

"We've done a lot of ...... "He."

"We are really strong when we are strong, and the defending side cannot defeat the attacking side, we must have our own counterattack ability. "Zhou Shi

Where is the "......".

In fact, this is a bit too much, and if you are not in your position, you don't have to worry about these things for the time being.

If the semiconductor foundry industry wants to surpass TSMC, the only way to rely on the rise of emerging markets, that is, the rise of markets in China and India, and the support of policies, otherwise all efforts will not be good, although it cannot be said that it will be cool, but it will not be good. Until the 5G era, Qualcomm can still charge Qualcomm tax, which shows how much of a role the first-mover advantage will play in the patent era. Many people say that patents are good, patents are good, and how harmful it is for the state not to crack down on infringement and piracy, but in fact, most of these people are very shallow and cannot be analyzed from the perspective of national industrial security. The original intention of the patent may be good, but it depends on who uses it. If the country vigorously promotes patent protection from the beginning of reform and opening up, there will be little room for technology companies such as Huawei to survive, and the development speed of industries such as the Internet will be ten times slower. There are many other industries, such as automobiles, home appliances, mobile phones, etc., which will fall.

These things seem to have nothing to do with ordinary people, but it is a very sad thing for a country to not have its own excellent high-tech enterprises. Just look at the level of development of countries such as India, and to say that the middle-income country trap in South America, Southeast Asia, and other countries has nothing to do with the patent protection system, only some smart people will believe it. The patent system has now become the best tool to protect advantageous enterprises, and it has played a role in stifling innovation and discouraging latecomers to a large extent, as is the case with Qualcomm Tax.

Sometimes what you don't understand doesn't mean it's a bad thing, although China has all kinds of bad, but it has always been one of the most efficient countries in the world, with a group of the world's best talents and elites working hard for this country, this advantage is not any country can replace in the short term. It's just that now some people complain for the better of the country, and some people are pure nonsense or have ulterior motives.

The beginning of Huaxia's severe crackdown on patent infringement is actually the beginning of the stagnation of domestic innovation or the transformation of the development model, and the development of enterprises in the future is probably some high-tech elites, which is not necessarily a good thing, if the whole society is controlled by the elite, where is the opportunity for ordinary people? Coupled with the rising happiness education, one by one spoiling children to the sky, if teachers no longer dare to manage students, I am afraid that our education model will become the same elite education as the United States, is the social class solidified?

Far away, before Trump came to power, Zhou Shi's companies still had a period of golden age, and during this time period, they could accumulate strength to the fullest, so that they would not be injured in the trade war between China and the United States in the future.

Is it a complete failure if the concessionaire succeeded in replacing the franchise as the dominant party in the acquisition case? Perhaps, as long as anyone believes, does success and failure matter? The development of the franchise has not been hit, and after taking a stake in ASML, it has laid the foundation for future development, which is its greatest success. After GLOBALFOUNDRIES' acquisition of IBM's semiconductor foundry business, a series of patent technology cooperation between the two parties may be the biggest gain of Licensed Semiconductor.

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