Chapter 0191: Motorola of the Galvin Family
In fact, Tang Huan did not fool the other party in order to put pressure on Grove, he did contact with Motorola at the same time, and also used the foresight of the Reborn to contact the third generation of the Galvin family, Christopher Galvin, that is, Christofo? Galvin. You must know that Motorola at this stage is still in the period of the Galvinist Dynasty.
Motorola's earliest history can be traced back to 1928 when Galvin Manufacturing Corporation, the company that produced batteries. Galvin combined the word "motor" and the suffix "ola" in "motorcar" to create today's brand "Motorola".
The reason why this suffix is singled out is because it was popular at the time, and some companies that made gramophones, radios and other audio equipment in the early 20th century liked to use the suffix "-ola", the most famous of which was the old gramophone Victrola.
Paul, who has grown from various business setbacks in the past? Galvin, after founding Motorola, basically entered the fast lane of career development, but in 1942, the accident of robbers who broke into a house and killed his wife still brought great trauma to his personal life.
At this point, Paul? Galvin's only son, Bob Galvin, is Bob? Galvin has already entered Motorola to work.
Speaking of which, Paul? Galvin spent all his efforts in cultivating the successor of his wealth. Bob? Galvin was often taken by him from an early age. in order to get in touch with the environment of enterprise management. Under the influence of the ears and eyes. Bob? Galvin lived up to expectations. Outstanding performance, was gradually promoted to Motorola's deputy general manager, and even general manager.
In 1959, Paul, who was only 64 years old? After Galvin died of illness, Bob? Galvin successfully took control of Motorola, which has lasted until now, and can be regarded as the second generation of the Galvin dynasty.
In Paul? Under the leadership of Galvin, Motorola's brilliance and performance first. There are countless of them, and in terms of quality control, the famous "SixSigma" process improvement system has been created.
According to the historical trajectory, Motorola will shine brightly in the field of communications, but it will also fall behind in areas such as the "Iridium" program.
And Paul? Galvin's successor was his son Christopher? Galvin, however, announced his resignation in 2003 under pressure from shareholders because of his opposition to the divestment of the semiconductor business, and the Galvinist dynasty ended in its third generation.
As for Motorola, it has carried out a series of asset restructurings.
First in 1999. The SCG, or Semiconductor Components Division, was spun off from the semiconductor business and became ONSemiconductor, or ON Semiconductor. It was launched in 2000.
In Christofl? In 2003, when Galvin announced his resignation, Motorola spun off its semiconductor business by $200 million, integrated it into an independent company called Freescale, or Freescale, and went public in 2004.
In 2011, Motorola spun off its business and eventually became two independent publicly traded companies, Motorola Solutions and Motorola Mobility.
In fact, the former is believed to have inherited the mantle of the old Motorola, while the latter was spun off because the mobile device division was too badly loss-making, and in 2012, it was acquired by Google for $12.5 billion.
After Google obtained 17,000 patents of Motorola Mobility worldwide and ensured that its Android could deal with the patent encirclement of Apple and other companies with peace of mind, it sold its set-top box business MotorolaHome to cable TV equipment manufacturer Arris Group for $2.35 billion, and the remainder of Motorola Mobility was finally acquired by Lenovo for $2.9 billion.
On the surface, Motorola's final outcome seems to be a dismantling, selling, selling, selling, selling, but in fact, how can the Americans be so stupid, only some of its divisions are divided, MotorolaSolutions' strength is still not to be underestimated, after all, what is bought is not as good as what is sold, but as long as you take what you need, it is enough.
But anyway, Paul? Although Galvin passed on his wealth to future generations, the business empire he built - Motorola - has been spent on his family.
Fortunately, in this time and space, these changes have not yet happened, Motorola is in the second generation of the Galvin Dynasty, Tang Huan's information asymmetry advantage is still effective, and the future third generation successor Christofo? Galvin's contact, as usual, is of extraordinary significance.
Although it is the future to take the lead, but Christopho? It is impossible for Galvin to be in a high position directly, and he still has to start from the grassroots level step by step, and the training process can be described as very strict.
Back in college, Christopho? Galvin worked part-time at Motorola, and after graduating, he began working full-time at Motorola in 1973, starting as a junior salesperson and now as a sales and marketing manager.
In the original plane, Christofo? Galvin has been at Motorola's top since 1983 and will not sit until 1997 as chairman and chief executive of Motorola.
Tang Huan contact Christofox? Galvin's method can be described as simple and crude without technical content, after getting the other party's office phone, he called directly to ask, EA wants to purchase 50,000 MC68000 CPUs, how does Motorola quote?
The prince also needs real and reliable performance to establish his prestige, and MC68000 was successfully developed last year, and it is in the early stage of expanding the market. Galvin immediately took the initiative to ask for a visit and a detailed interview.
Waiting for Christofl? After Galvin finished his homework and learned more about this big customer's information, he couldn't help but be pleasantly surprised, he didn't expect to meet a big fish.
Now EA sells more than 400,000 Xiaobawang game consoles in the North American market every month, and each game console is said to use at least two MOS6502, and this CPU is a low-cost processor developed by engineers who left the Motorola MC6800 project team.
It seems that EA is going to launch a new product, abandoning the MC6800-based MOS6502 and looking at the latest and more powerful MC68000, Christofo? Galvin finally came to this inference.
So, after meeting with Tang Huan, Christopho? Galvin tried for a while, but although the answer given by Tang Huan was vague, it surprised him even more, not only the MC68000 used by the next generation of Xiaobawang game consoles, but also other products.
In the process of talking, Tang Huan was also carefully observing the Christopher who had just been established? Galvin, they all say that three generations of nobles, the other party obviously has this innate advantage, even if the two are bargaining impatiently, Christofo? Galvin can also show a strong sense of modern entrepreneurial ethics and the humility and gentlemanly demeanor of a classical gentleman.
The elite style, Tang Huan will also swing, and the talks between the two have laid a harmonious foundation from the beginning.
At this time, Motorola's MC68000 has not yet had large-scale typical application examples of Apple MAC computers, HP printers, game consoles, etc., and EA's considerable number of orders is undoubtedly a praise for MC68000's prospects.
Tang Huan still has great expectations for MC68000, and he hopes that Motorola will make it support the feature of virtual memory as soon as possible, so that Zheru can provide multitasking functions at the operating system level.
Christopho? Although Galvin did not understand the obscure technology, it did not prevent him from recording it carefully, and the effect of the Galvin family on the cultivation of heirs can be seen.
Of course, Tang Huan also put forward the requirements of the second manufacturer, this concept has been proposed by the US Department of Defense for many years to purchase high-tech products, and Motorola, which has benefited from military orders, is naturally very familiar with this mechanism, not to mention Christofo, who was born in sales? Galvin, who was far from knowing that Tang Huan, a high-tech cheater, had the ability to know the autumn in a leaf, and immediately agreed that he would seriously discuss this issue after he returned.
In 1985, designed by Hitachi, Motorola jointly launched the 68HC000 using CMOS technology with a frequency of 20MHz.MC68000
So throughout the 1980s, high-performance MC68000 had a long lifespan, as evidenced by Apple's Macintosh.
Therefore, Tang Huan is very sincere in cooperation, and in addition to negotiations, he not only accompanies Christopho? Galvin, a well-known elite in the family, tasted red wine, played golf, and took him to visit Shennong Fund, Zheru and EA, and even let him see the MC68000 prototype in the 386 plan, which can be said to have achieved the ultimate in public relations.
As the understanding deepened, Christopho? Galvin became more and more aware of Tang Huan's value, if he really only made a hammer deal, then he would not be worthy of being in charge of Motorola in the future, so he took advantage of Tang Huan's frequent olive branches, and also actively responded to the goodwill, as if they became a pair of good friends, and Tang Huan also learned some information about Motorola's communication industry from the other party. (To be continued......)