Seeing that the fire was almost over, Williams no longer had the powerful aura of the lion's big mouth just now, and Du Chengyi secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

"I wonder how much Mr. Williams knows about ARM architecture?" Du Chengyi once again talked about another seemingly unrelated matter. This kind of vague question and answer made Williams unable to feel the pulse of Du Chengyi's thinking again.

What is this man trying to do? Williams muttered to himself. But he couldn't help but proudly say his pride, "Frankly, Jeff, if you give me enough resources, no, as long as you give me similar R&D resources to arm, I can develop a RISC chip with more powerful performance than arm." ”

"You must know that Ultrasparc launched a multi-core 64-bit processor, much earlier than intel and AMD, in terms of multi-core productization, SUN is at the forefront of the world, but unfortunately whether it is UltraSPARCT1 or UltraSPARCT2, these CPUs with excellent performance have not been able to occupy the market in time to become the mainstream, otherwise SUN will not fall to the point of being acquired."

In fact, it was Stanford's Hydra processor that first proposed and implemented a multi-core processor on chip. After the invention of Hydra, the inventor naturally established a company, and naturally such a leading company was small and exquisite, but it could not stand up to the leading technology, so this company was quickly purchased by the SUN company that was rich at that time, and Hydra became the prototype ancestor of the current SUN multi-core processor.

In the late nineties and early 2000s, SUN was also brilliant and arrogant, and even Microsoft, which was wealthy, was willing to bow to the upper hand and paid a sky-high $2 billion in compensation for the dispute with SUN's JA*VA in the implementation of windows.

At the height of the Internet wave, SUN stock reached an all-time high of $258.75 in 2000. The market capitalization is more than $200 billion.

You must know that a company that could have a market value of more than $200 billion around 2000 was definitely a behemoth, and Apple, which is now extremely bullish, could not fall into the eyes of SUN at that time.

It's a pity that the front waves of the Yangtze River push the back waves, and the back waves die on the beach. Waiting for the prosperity to dissipate, SUN fell prey to Oracle, and the final purchase price was only $9.50 per share, giving a total value of $7.4 billion, less than a fraction of that year.

Maybe it was so successful back then that now Williams still seems to have an infinite nostalgia for the glory of the past on his face when he talks about SUN's CPU.

"Okay. Mr. Williams," Du Chengyi interrupted Williams's sweet memories of the past. "Maybe we can change to a new way of trading, a way that allows you to achieve great wealth and realize your dreams."

"We know that Apple's price for your patent is now $100 million," Du Chengyi continued, adding that this is not a very important secret, and if the consulting company cannot provide this information, it will lose its value.

"According to the estimates of industry experts, perhaps in the end, Apple will contribute up to $200 million for this." Du Chengyi said. "Is there anything Mr. Williams would like to add on that?"

Williams shook his head, the other party was able to grasp such a clear information, and it would be a joke to say anything unreliable. Moreover, Williams is a technical talent, not a business talent.

After being diverted from the topic several times by Du Chengyi, Williams had no idea what the other party was thinking.

Although Williams vaguely felt that things were not so simple, and his intuition was that there might be some hidden secrets in the middle, but whether the secret behind this could be used for himself. Williams is not a little sure, today Du Chengyi has given him an excellent opportunity.

Williams is already in his forties and almost fifty, and he has spent more than a year of precious time with Apple, and to this day the two sides are still arguing, and they don't know when they will be able to reach an agreement.

I don't know if there will be recurrence in the future, so for Williams, being able to lock in income directly is better than anything else. And it seems that here in Du Chengyi, it is likely that he will be able to directly achieve his goal.

You must know that Du Chengyi's money orders are all carried, and they can definitely be paid quickly after reaching an agreement. Compared to Apple's uncertain patent dispute claims, this is a certain income, and if it had been another time, Williams would have agreed to a price long ago.

It's just that now Du Chengyi's vague intention makes Williams feel as if he can ask for more. That's why I didn't get straight to the point now, although Williams lacked some business ability, but he was by no means a fool, he was now waiting for Du Chengyi to offer the price first, so as to determine his asking price.

This order is very important. If Du Chengyi directly offers a price of 200 million US dollars, Williams can also try to bargain, even if Du Chengyi does not increase upwards, but with 200 million US dollars as the bottom, Williams feels that today's trip is worthwhile.

"So the price of this patent, if we pay $200 million, presumably Williams shouldn't have much opinion, right?" Du Chengyi really offered a price code according to this.

However, without waiting for Williams to object, Du Chengyi then offered another price that was almost difficult for Williams to refuse.

"In addition, if Mr. Williams is still interested in the development of CPUs, we can add another $100 million to buy NDK, and of course Mr. Williams will have to work for NDK's new CPU development for at least 5 years."

Hearing this completely unexpected proposal, Williams was simply a little confused. Could it be that the ultimate goal of this mysterious Oriental is to enter the CPU industry with strong barriers?

"Jeff," Williams said, picking up his teacup, moistening his throat, which had been a little interfering with the news. "This CPU development is not something that can be done by a small company like me."

"I know, Mr. Williams, you don't have to worry about resources, at least I can assure you that if you reach an agreement, you'll get more than two billion dollars a year in research and development. Of course, for the development of a CPU, this cost may still be a bit small. But at least you can figure out how to move on, can't you? Du Chengyi is like a seductive witch tempting Williams at the moment.

This is not Du Chengyi's whim for a while, but Du Chengyi deduced it from the overall situation of SAL, after all, he is a turtle in the world, and he is also a foreign executive, although the power is very small, but it does not limit his vision of exercising the problem, compared with ordinary people, Du Chengyi sees deeper and farther from the current patent war.

As long as the new Nokia Mobile wins this life-and-death patent war, its rise is almost certain. In terms of the core components of mobile phones, Du Chengyi already knows that the company has made breakthroughs in new display screens, and related production bases are also in full swing.

According to Du Chengyi's estimate, the earliest next-generation products, the latest next generation of products will use the company's own display, the future of the new Nokia mobile to achieve greater achievements, such things as CPU must be customized to better reflect the company's advantages, even if you can't completely design a new CPU, it is also good to be able to develop and optimize a CPU of its own on the basis of ARM like Apple.

Although Du Chengyi didn't have time to think about Cai Siqiang and Duke to report this idea, at this moment, Du Chengyi did it and used Cai Siqiang's authorization to the extreme.

Of course, throwing out this condition that Williams can hardly refuse is also a disguised increase in the price of acquiring that key patent, and now it seems that this condition is more appealing to the middle-aged man in front of him than directly adding another $100 million to Williams to buy his patent.

"Jeff, what you're saying is true, what is your background? Being able to support a small company's annual R&D expenditure of $200 million is by no means something that ordinary companies can afford. Williams said excitedly. Being able to succeed in both wealth and career was an irresistible temptation for Williams.

"Of course, Mr. Williams, I'm not kidding, you just saw that money order, and we definitely have the ability to support a new CPU development." Du Chengyi smiled slightly, but he still avoided talking about his details, this matter is very important, even if the closest relatives have to keep it secret, not to mention that the two sides are still negotiating now.

"Well, you did make my heart flutter." Williams pondered for a moment, then decided. "If the conditions are as you just said, I agree to sign such a package agreement."

Hearing this, Du Chengyi showed a real smile and stretched out his hands, "Welcome to join, Mr. Williams, this is undoubtedly a very wise decision, and you will soon understand how wise your choice is." ”

Yes, many years later, Williams recalled the experience and couldn't help but sigh, feeling both very proud and very lucky. This was a very important turning point in the history of his life, turning himself from an unknown person into an indispensable figure in the history of CPUs.

Being able to shine in his 40s before he was able to shine in his career became the best example of what would later inspire middle-aged people to become late bloomers.

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