Chapter 230: If you don't do it, you can't do it

Giles watched through the window as the military salute disappeared behind the security guard, pressed the electric button, closed the window, and retracted his gaze to the front. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

On his knees lay a thick stack of newspapers and magazines, topped with an English-language copy of the South China Morning Post.

Giles did not understand Chinese, and there was no difference between Cantonese and Mandarin in his opinion. In order to grasp local public opinion, he can only ask people to buy all kinds of English-language newspapers and magazines published locally to keep abreast of the latest developments.

Today's newspapers and periodicals are all news that Motorola and Taiyu have reached a strategic cooperation, and some periodicals that have not yet reached the time of publication can't help but publish special issues to make a big deal about it.

It is said that the "South China Morning Post" is a British-funded newspaper and is known as the mouthpiece of the Hong Kong government, and many colonial officials have published comments and materials on it, and it is known for its extremely authoritative and independent reporting, and it is the best-selling English-language newspaper on Hong Kong Island, and it is also the main reference material for Giles to judge the changes in Hong Kong's political and economic affairs.

On the front page of this newspaper, there is a large photo, which is a group photo of him and Mao Xiuliang, CEO of Taiyu Technology, on the rostrum. In the photo, Mao Xiuliang has a bright smile, but he has a solemn face and slightly locked eyebrows, looking preoccupied.

Next to the photo, in bold font, it is written with the headline "Taiwoo enters the field of wireless communications, or will shake Motorola's supremacy".

Giles smiled wryly.

He is not a fool, so he can naturally see the strong provocative meaning of the South China Morning Post. But what can he do, can he really do as the Hong Kong government wishes, publicly declare that Motorola will not cooperate with Taiyu?

Or will it be shaken?

You really look up to us, in fact, when Taiyu Technology proposed cooperation, our position in the field of communication has been shaken!

Outsiders think that the introduction of Taiyu Technology is a stinky move taken by Motorola and is luring wolves into the room. But who can know where this move was made by Motorola itself, but was forced to do so.

Throughout the process, Motorola is reactive.

In the words of the warlord president behind Taiyu Technology, he doesn't care whether he cooperates with Motorola or any other company, as long as he can make money, who is his partner. If Motorola insists on clinging to the analog wireless network and uses its power in the political and economic circles to prevent him from making money, he will fight to get no penny for himself, and will also release the digital wireless communication technology publicly.

At that time, even if Motorola does not accept it, other electronics giants will take the initiative to participate in the development of the digital mobile communication market instead of Motorola. If it falls into that step, not only will Motorola's ten years of hard work be ruined, but it will also not be able to recover any investment, and the loss will be immeasurable.

And by cooperating with Taiyu, you can at least share the technology of digital mobile communication with them and earn enough benefits from it.

To put it another way, Motorola has developed digital mobile communication technology in the past decade, and now it has finally succeeded. At this time, in order to smoothly open the market, Taiyu Technology was also involved, and the two sides worked together to promote it......

Giles's face was like eating a bitter gourd, and the corners of his mouth were down, and he looked like crying.

He tried to convince himself to be more optimistic about the matter, but the more he tried to find a reason, the more sad he became.

What the is going on!

Why do we have to bring in Taiwoo to share with us when we develop digital mobile communication technology?

We are cheap, or we are full, and we feel that this market is too big for a family to eat, so we must be generous to distinguish others.

This reason is really sad, not only can I not convince myself to accept it, but I am even more annoyed. The whole heart is surrounded by this indescribable negative emotion, and I feel that the sky is gray, and I can't laugh if I want to, and the more I think about it, the more I feel angry.

Ten years, more than a billion dollars invested, just to share with others!

Who can be persuaded by this reason, who can be so cheap that they hand over the information they have worked so hard to develop to others, and then happily hold each other's hands and say: We will be strategic allies in the future!

Ahh

Giles clenched his hands tighter and tighter, crumpled the South China Morning Post in his hand, and the raging anger in his chest made him want to shout to the driver several times: Go back, Lao Tzu just won't cooperate with Taiyu!

But when the words came to his lips, he couldn't speak anymore.

Hard words are easy to say, but things are difficult to do.

Refusing the invitation of Taiyu Technology to cooperate, a foul word and a middle finger will be solved, but the consequence is that Motorola will completely lose its leading position in the field of communications. Ericsson, Nokia, or any other company, hearing such a sincere invitation from Taiyu Technology, will definitely shake their heads and tails, and immediately rush to please their new owners like a pug, and there will definitely be no sense of humiliation.

It seems that I am still too hypocritical!

Whoever says that we are developing analog mobile communications, Taiyu Technology cannot invest in research and development in digital mobile communications. Our research is about to mature, and they have recently achieved decisive results, which is a common thing in the scientific research community.

Thinking of this, Giles's throbbing heart finally calmed down a little, although he was still a little unwilling and a little painful, but at least he was willing to accept this reality calmly.

Digital mobile communication technology, Motorola is not without accumulation.

After the advent of microprocessor technology, Motorola, as a pioneer in the industry, has invested certain resources in this area for pre-research.

The result is too difficult and too long a timeline.

Digital mobile communication technology is by no means easy to say, and it is not too difficult to say that it is difficult. In terms of analog communication technology, if Motorola considers itself the second, then no one dares to say that it is the first.

From this point of view, it doesn't seem like it's too difficult to switch from analog to digital.

But it's not.

The biggest difficulty in digital mobile communication technology is not in communication technology, but in the fact that the progress of semiconductor technology is still too slow!

In the early 70s, when Motorola began to develop wireless communication technology, the world's first microprocessor 4004 was born, and its line width was 10 microns, and only 2,200 components were integrated.

As an epoch-making product, it's stunning, but that's about it.

Because for wireless communication networks, this level of integration is still too small and too small, so small that the cost of circuit integration is not as valuable as the use of separate components. The best place for it to play a role is in the field of motor drive logic operations and machine tool automation, rather than in the field of communication, which has extremely complex circuits.

Then there was the 8080 launched in '74, which used six-micron linewidth technology and had an integration of 4,500 components; The 8086, which was launched in '78, integrates 29,000 components and reduces the line width to three microns......

At this time, Motorola finally began to face up to the development opportunities brought by semiconductor technology to wireless communications.

However, such an integration level still cannot afford wireless communication, especially the decoding circuit required for the user's handheld phone.

According to calculations, semiconductor chips that integrate logic circuits, decoding circuits, and control circuits must reach at least one million in order to be able to be used. At present, the highest integration level of 30,000 semiconductors is only 33 percent of the minimum demand, which is acceptable for integrating some auxiliary circuits, but it is impossible to integrate the core circuits.

According to Moore's Law, semiconductor integration doubles every eighteen months.

Based on this calculation, it will not be possible until at least the early nineties to achieve the minimum level of integration required for wireless communication, with the minimum level of millions.

This is the reason why Motorola is always tempted in the face of the progress of semiconductor technology, but in the end it is still unswerving in analog network technology: it is not unwilling, it is not possible!

It will not be until the nineties that there will be enough conditions to develop special chips, so for such a long time from the eighties to the nineties, will they do nothing and wait for the empty window to be opened?

Is this still a company that aims to make money?

Motorola also admits that the simulation technology is very backward and will be eliminated by the times, but no matter how backward it is, at least it will be enough for a long time to bring huge profits to the company, which is enough.

But no one expected that Taiyu Technology ignored the most easy-to-implement analog technology, concentrated on digital technology, and actually made it for them.

The problems encountered by Motorola are also encountered by Taewoo.

But instead of waiting for the progress of semiconductor technology, they forcibly understood all the principles of the digital core circuit part, and then actually divided it into four integrated circuit blocks. Although each chip needs to be attached to an additional 25% of the peripheral circuits, relying on this ingenious and powerful design ability, it is necessary to realize real-time data transmission and cooperation between these four independent chips to jointly complete the function of data decoding!

And this combination chip, according to the information submitted by Taiyu Technology, is only 30% less efficient than a single chip!

Even if they are bragging, even if they can achieve 50% of the operating efficiency of a single chip integrating all core circuits, it has undoubted real-world use value.

But this is not a successful use of semiconductor technology, but a victory in design!

This super design ability is absolutely top-notch!

It was because of the recognition of the practical feasibility of this one-point four-chip that the American Telegraph and Telephone Company was moved and decided to abandon the analog network and switch to the digital network. Because of this, Motorola had no choice but to admit the failure of simulation technology and agreed to cooperate with Taiyu Technology.

Of course, even if it is split into four chips, the integration level of a single chip is still as high as more than 300,000, which is still a height that cannot be reached by current semiconductor technology.

In terms of semiconductor technology, Intel is the strongest, and the current highest integration degree is about 80,000 to 90,000, and the specific research progress, as a peer, Motorola is not very clear, but it can roughly guess the level of the other party.

According to this progress, by the middle of next year, they will probably be able to come up with chips with an integration degree of around 150,000.

In another eighteen months, that is, a year and a half, it is not difficult for semiconductor manufacturers led by Intel to make integrated circuits with an integration degree of more than 300,000. After that, other semiconductor manufacturers will also master the manufacturing process within one to two years, and the price will also drop significantly.

This is the fundamental reason why Bell Labs has positioned functional chips with practical value between two and three years after verifying the technology!

So there's still plenty of time.

When two companies reach a strategic cooperation in a certain field, it is never possible to negotiate once or twice, but it requires both parties to negotiate conditions, disputes, and wrestles back and forth, and then only in the case of acknowledging the ability of the other party, reasonably consider the interests of the other party, make corresponding concessions, and finally gradually improve one paragraph by one.

It is not uncommon for months and years to take months or years from the decision to cooperate to the final conclusion of a legally binding contract.

Giles is also not going to negotiate quickly, Tywoo has an advantage in digital technology, but Motorola has an advantage in analog technology.

He has the patience to grind slowly with the other party.

When necessary, the head office will also send a large number of technical support teams and legal teams to talk slowly with Taiyu Company.

If he can't reach it technically, he will try to get it back at the negotiating table.