Chapter 0101: The Lone Wolf of Silicon Valley

Although Tang Huan helped Lin Qingbian deal with Qin Xianglin as promised, his almost frivolous behavior seemed to make Lin Damei a little unhappy, and he didn't contact him again after that.

Tang Huan was unimpressed, and continued to focus on the complicated matters of negotiation with many Japanese semiconductor companies.

History will always repeat some similar dramas, and at this time, Takushima's enthusiasm for high-tech investment is about the same as that of the mainland in the future, so it sends the wrong signal, but it makes some small Japan put on the shelf, and drags down the bidding process.

Nima, this is the usual stinky problem, especially after Tang Huan saw the summary of the preliminary negotiation results of various manufacturers, he became more and more unhappy, and the conditions were similar and there was a suspicion of an alliance.

Tang Huan, who was looking through the documents, picked up a pen and crossed out the names of Panasonic Semiconductor and Mitsubishi Semiconductor, and then instructed Shi Chongtang, "Inform these two that they are out." ”

Shi Chongtang was a little stunned, "The conditions are almost the same, so you can exclude them so quickly?" ”

"Helping the science and technology park attract investment is just a passing reference condition, and they actually understand that it has become my inevitable need, which is too arrogant." Tang Huan snorted, "These two are ranked last among the six major semiconductor companies, just let them get out of here and express our attitude." ”

Shi Chongtang smiled slightly bitterly and nodded in agreement, "Okay, I'll send them away, I hope the science and technology park can also understand our distress." ”

Watching Shi Chongtang walk out of the office, Tang Huan rubbed his eyebrows, thinking in his heart, it seems that eggs really can't be put in one basket, and the factory in Singapore should also be appropriately upgraded.

Representatives of Panasonic Semiconductor and Mitsubishi Semiconductor, knowing that they were eliminated in the first round, immediately showed the perseverance of the Japanese, and revised the plan overnight, hoping to meet Tang Huan again, but they were directly refused, which made them both disappointed and annoyed, but helpless.

At the same time, NEC, which ranks first among the six major semiconductor companies, conveyed a meaning through the official treasure island that Zheru's order will be jointly undertaken by several of them, and in return, a memory production plant will be established in the science and technology park.

"Putting the cart before the horse, it's kind enough to be a donkey's liver and lungs." Tang Huan took a sip, very dissatisfied with the attitude of the science and technology park, so he crossed out the name of NEC again, and you are out.

NEC Semiconductor's parent company, NEC, is a bull fork, and even the business of artificial planets can be accepted, so it is naturally very arrogant, and after being notified, its representative went home directly.

Tang Huan dismisses this, anyway, he will soon compete with NEC's 16-bit personal computer PC-98 in the Japanese market, and he is really afraid that the other party may delay after receiving the order.

Just when it was at an impasse, Masayoshi Son, who was busy selling Xiaobawang game consoles in Japan, brought representatives of Sharp Semiconductor to visit, and Tang Huan understood what it meant when he saw this posture.

Son's first pot of gold was fished from Sharp, and naturally there is some relationship between the two, and it is not surprising that this relationship is now being exploited.

Sharp is very persistent in the pursuit of the latest technology, and its semiconductors can also rank among the top 20 semiconductor companies in the world, and it is the second source of supply for the 8-bit CPUZ80 compatible with Intel8088.

So, Tang Huan immediately gave Son Masayoshi this face, and the representative of Sharp Semiconductor couldn't help but smile after receiving an affirmative answer.

At present, the business of Xiaobawang game consoles in Japan has also been merged into EA in the United States, and Masayoshi Son has become the president in charge of operations in the region, mainly from the factory in Singapore, and the sales are also good, approaching one-third of the US performance.

In line with Tang Huan's idea of buying several local Japanese game production companies, Son is in the process of selecting targets.

"Tetris, a falling block game, is really suitable for all ages, and my family likes it very much, and related variants such as reverse falling have also been introduced, and the gameplay is a lot richer."

Because of his initial success in the console market, Son can be regarded as a spring breeze, he continued: "How about we start a publication that can introduce video games and personal computers. ”

Tang Huan raised his eyebrows, thinking in his heart, "Is this about to enter the media field, it seems that the founder of SoftBank in his previous life has advanced his development trajectory a little earlier." ”

"Of course, if you need any resources, just pull them out." Tang Huan readily agreed.

With Tang Huan's explicit support, Son was very excited, and based on a very detailed understanding of Zheru's current achievements, Tang Huan has now almost become his career idol.

Masayoshi Son is a workaholic, and soon returned to Japan after completing the task of leading the needle for Sharp Semiconductor.

Seeing that Sharp Semiconductor has begun to finalize the formal contract, the three representatives of Toshiba Semiconductor, Hitachi Semiconductor, and Fujitsu Semiconductor finally couldn't sit still and launched a more active second round of negotiations.

Unexpectedly, at this time, another Cheng Biting Jin came out halfway, and a Japanese competitor jumped out - AMD.

Founded in 1969, the company, which was also born out of Fairchild Semiconductor, was focused on redesigning products for other companies to improve their speed and efficiency, and to offer them to the market as a "second supplier" with the appropriate slogan of "better parameter performance".

In order to strengthen the sales advantage of its products, AMD has done a good job in quality assurance, and has become one of the semiconductor component suppliers of Zheru in the United States.

AMD was an early investor in Asia, starting wafer production in 1972 and issuing shares, before establishing its first manufacturing site in Penang, Malaysia, in 1973.

Last year, another assembly site in Manila, Philippines, was inaugurated, with a turnover of $100 million that year.

This year, AMD's stock went public in New York, and a production site in Austin, Texas, was completed.

Although not as dazzling as Intel, AMD's momentum is not bad.

AMD, which has a cost advantage in its Asian production base, can really compete with Japanese semiconductor companies for orders.

What's more, this time, one of the founders of AMD, President Jerry Sanders personally stepped out, and his sincerity was full of sincerity.

Sanders, who is in her forties this year, was divorced when she was still in kindergarten, and was eventually raised by her grandfather.

Perhaps because of the lack of maternal love and paternal education, Sanders gradually developed a withdrawn and obedient personality, so much so that he became a well-known controversial figure in Silicon Valley.

Tang Huan doesn't care about this, although Sanders is frivolous and bohemian, but he also abides by his beliefs and works hard, he does have a great contribution to the development of AMD, and he came to himself from afar to prove it.

After the guests and hosts sat down in the conference room, Tang Huan looked at the other party again.

Sanders's appearance is very distinctive, the frontal bone is slightly sunken, and the nose is a little deformed, it is said that when he was in school, he was upset with his classmates, but his classmates ran away, and he was beaten all over his body, so that he broke his appearance, and his dream of being an actor was shattered.

"This year's Xiaobawang game console is really a new force, and it has become a standard gift during Christmas, and Don must have made a lot of money from it."

Sanders smiled and complimented, he never hid his love of money, and his dream in life was: "To be an actor, make a lot of money, and have a lot of beautiful women." ”

But because of the broken phase, this idea had to be abandoned.

After graduating from college with a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, Sanders joined Douglas Aircraft Company.

However, after dealing with a Motorola salesman, he was very envious of the other party's income level, so he resigned and jumped to Motorola to do sales work, and after only two years, he was already a regional sales manager.

Later, Saunders joined the famous Fairchild Semiconductor, and the sales work was also prosperous.

With such a material foundation, Sanders bought a beautiful house in Hollywood, got a black Cadillac premium convertible, and lived like a movie star as he wished.

When Fairchild Semiconductor went downhill, people left the country, and even a power struggle, Sanders was swept away, so he and his colleagues founded AMD.

It can be seen that no matter what Sanders's reputation is, his talent is beyond doubt.

In his previous life, he was like a lone wolf, leading AMD and Intel to compete, although he was repeatedly defeated, but he made the other party jealous and did not dare to be too domineering in market pricing, virtually allowing the general public to buy high-quality and inexpensive personal computers.

There is a joke that illustrates this role from the side, "AMD should be thanked for allowing people to use cheap Intel processors." ”

From this point of view, Tang Huan, who was born as a grassroots engineer, still admires Sanders, a lone wolf in Silicon Valley.

"If you have money to make together, I will consider AMD and Japanese semiconductor companies together, and even raise the priority separately." Tang Huan laughed and gave Sanders a direct reply.

"If that's the case, then I'm really worth it." Sanders' face was full of relief, "I wonder what AMD has to do to meet this standard?" ”

"Have you heard that IBM is already starting to enter the PC space?" Tang Huan looked at Sanders and asked tentatively.

Sanders shrugged his shoulders, "So what, IBM is so big, it can do anything alone in the industry, and no one can stop it." ”

"That's not the problem." Tang Huan paused, "I heard that most of their personal computers, most of their software and hardware will be purchased from outside IBM, and it seems that Intel has been investigated, don't you think AMD should also prepare in advance and seize this opportunity?" ”

Sanders rolled his eyes and smiled, "I understand, IBM has entered the field of personal computers, Apple is bound to be affected, and your software products mainly serve the Mac, are you taking precautions?" ”

Tang Huan nodded, "Zheru has made a lot of money on the Apple platform, and his interests are already deeply entangled, so it is estimated that it will be difficult to become a software development partner of IBM, so I need to find out some information in advance through other channels, and AMD is a good object, plus you are flexible and eclectic." ”

Speaking of this, Tang Huan smiled meaningfully, "If AMD enters IBM's eyes, then then it only needs to inadvertently inform the relevant technical points of IBM's personal computers." ”

"Okay," or Sanders was a controversial figure, and agreed without much thought.

Tang Huan smiled faintly, found Shi Chongtang, and ordered in front of Sanders: "Inform the representatives of Toshiba Semiconductor, Hitachi Semiconductor, and Fujitsu Semiconductor that we have identified a partner from the United States, and there are still two places left, which will be produced among the three of them." ”

"Two peaches kill three soldiers?" Shi Chongtang said in a lost voice.

Tang Huan glanced at the other party, "That's right, let's see who of the three of them can survive to the end." ”

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