Chapter 746 Technical Standards Open Conference (3)
"Previously, we allowed a small number of manufacturers to produce Pangu compatible machines, such as Siemens in Europe is the first batch of Pangu compatible machines that we selected to authorize, and Siemens' Pangu compatible machines have achieved good results in the European market......"
"With the success of Siemens' compatible machines, we have successively authorized Nokia, Ericsson, Philips and other companies to produce Pangu compatible machines. ”
"Of course, the emergence of these compatible machine manufacturers will inevitably reduce the market share of our own Pangu computers, and in the European market, the market share of Pangu computers, including compatible machines, has grown faster than before. However, most of the increase in market share is driven by the growth of shipments of Pangu compatible machine manufacturers.
But we don't regret this choice, because, with the increase of compatible machine manufacturers, there are more and more choices for Pangu computers, and different new designs and technologies have begun to appear on compatible machines.
For example, Siemens is a manufacturing giant that spans many industries, and their brand influence and quality have allowed many new users to experience Pangu computers for the first time. ”
Lin Qi said, "Some of Siemens' industrial designs make us feel amazing. Not only have they been authorized by us, but they have also created new possibilities for more Pangu computers!"
The representative of Siemens Company present smiled a little reservedly, although Siemens entered the computer market relatively late, but, with its strength, after obtaining the production authorization of Pangu Computer, except for the operating system and CPU need to be purchased from the new venture electronics group, other parts of the components can basically be produced independently, or find a number of suppliers.
With the brand appeal of Siemens, although it officially released the Pangu compatible machine in 91, it achieved more than 1 million sales in 91 years, and the 92 years are not over, but the current annual production and sales of Siemens' Pangu compatible machine are not less than 5 million units. In this way, one million units in the first year and 400% growth in the next year really made the senior management of Siemens not only feel excited.
To be able to clearly know the production and sales of Siemens' Pangu compatible machines, in fact, it is very simple, you only need to count the CPU purchases of Siemens from Xinchuang Semiconductor Company and Lishan Semiconductor Company, and you can deduce the shipment volume of Siemens' compatible machines.
Of course, AMD also produces some XRM architecture chips, but because AMD is no longer able to obtain the latest technology licenses, it can only produce chips with old architectures, so it is not favored by the market, so Siemens only uses AMD chips in a very small number of products for the sake of prudence.
"Siemens is just the beginning, we will also authorize more companies to produce Pangu compatible machines, any country in the world, as long as it is a company with production capacity, we welcome the production of its own brand of Pangu compatible machines.
Our requirements for Pangu compatible machines are simple, compatible, innovative, and respectful of intellectual property rights.
As long as you are such a manufacturer, then I welcome you!
In addition, we will carry out a support program for small and medium-sized manufacturers, and we will not charge royalties for small start-ups with annual production and sales of less than 10,000 units.
At the same time, individual DIY users, you don't need to fight for our patent licensing, you just need to buy the Pangu computer hardware that is publicly available on the market, and you can form a DIY computer, congratulations, you may have assembled a personalized, one-of-a-kind DIY computer.
At the same time, we will reward the inventions and innovations that are beneficial in the field of Pangu computers or compatible computers......
In principle, small startups with sales of less than 10,000 units do not charge royalties for patent licensing fees related to Pangu compatible devices. For manufacturers with an output of more than 10,000~100,000 units, we will charge 1% of the retail price of the whole machine and 1% of the patent fee. For manufacturers with more than 100,000 units, we will charge 2.5% of the patent fee......
This package of patent fees is the licensing fee for patent standards consisting of more than 30,000 different patents. It also includes the patent licensing fee for the Pangu operating system. ”
Many manufacturers present, if you think about it carefully, you know that Lin Qi is very cunning, didn't you say that the Pangu operating system is free forever?
That's right......
Lin Qi is more cunning, and for ordinary users, it is really free. Users can download it for free, install it for free, and don't need any activation code.
However, the new venture electronics group has registered a bunch of patents for the Pangu operating system.
The patent authorization of the operating system also requires the payment of the manufacturer of the Pangu compatible machine.
Originally, Xinchuang Electronics Group, which took the trouble to produce computers, worked hard to sell them, deducted various costs, including long-term after-sales service, and finally earned a net profit of hardware per machine, which was actually no more than 5%.
After opening up the market for compatible machines, you can charge 2.5% of the patent fee to compatible machine manufacturers, and make more worry-free and labor-saving. In addition, a bunch of peripheral components such as CPU, memory, hard disk, SSD, graphics card, optical drive, etc. can also squeeze more benefits.
The production of these hardware, patents are also prepared for external licensing. However, the patent grant for each piece of hardware is additional, in principle, 2.5% of the ex-factory price of the hardware as a patent license fee.
In general, after the production authorization of compatible machines is opened, the profits of the new venture electronics group company will not be reduced. Even, as the market grows larger, more royalties can be charged, and the profits obtained will even increase.
Of course, the CPU is quite special, and at present, Lin Qi is no longer ready to license the CPU of the XRM architecture to more manufacturers. The two domestic start-up semiconductor companies and Lishan Semiconductor Co., Ltd., two manufacturers have formed a duopoly, which has consciously circumvented the anti-monopoly law.
As the most sophisticated part of the current computer components, the CPU requires the best production technology and equipment. The production capacity is concentrated in China, which can also drive the shipment of lithography machines and other equipment of Linmeng Technology Company.
The lithography machines currently on sale of Linmeng Technology can be rewarded, and they will naturally have the money to continue to invest in the research and development and production of the next generation of lithography machines.
The R&D and manufacturing capabilities of lithography machines are in their own hands, and Lin Qi naturally has the confidence not to rely on international manufacturers like AMD to manufacture chips.
In fact, Lin Qi is quite grateful to AMD for OEM at the beginning, and then turned his face. Because, if they don't turn their faces, Xinchuang Semiconductor and Lishan Semiconductor will probably not get orders for the latest generation of CPU production. The shipment of domestic lithography machines is estimated to be only half of the current one.
It will not be like now, and new start-up semiconductor companies, almost every month, will open a new wafer fab and chip factory. Basically, after more than a year of production, the production capacity ramped up and began to make profits. Continuously generate benefits in the production plant and support the commissioning of newer and more advanced plants.
Basically, before the development of the Pangu computer market has not stagnated, Xinchuang Semiconductor is almost like a perpetual motion machine, constantly developing, and there is no sign of stagnation.