But this is almost impossible, because there is also a cost for game software vendors to port their games and software into new systems.

And how can consumers make trouble for themselves, after all, it is very troublesome to change the system.

At this time, Bill Gai Ci looked at his old friend opposite and said with a smile.

"I don't think you Intel need to worry too much, because you Intel has our Weisoft behind it."

Although he Bill Gai Ci and Intel President Barrett have also fought over the years because of their interests.

But the tacit understanding that they once reached between them has never been broken.

Therefore, although the two sides also fought openly and secretly, they still fought in the end and jointly maintained the interests of the Visoft-Intel alliance.

In this case, in the face of the anxious Intel President Barrett, Bill Gai Porcelain also gave the other party a little confidence.

"Thanks to Mr. Bill Gelec."

Although this time it failed to instigate Weisoft Company to personally suppress Shuguang Technology, it was worth the trip after getting the same attitude of the interests of both parties again.

However, Barrett, the president of Intel, will not give up on containing and suppressing Sugon Technology, after all, there are so many miracles created by Sugon Technology since its establishment that there are so many that Intel feels like a man.

Therefore, although Intel cannot borrow the terrifying power of Weisoft Company this time, Intel will also rely on its own strength to contain and suppress Shuguang Technology.

Prevent this company from entering the computer industry, prevent them from developing domestic computer CPUs, so that Sugon Technology can not reproduce the miracle of the rise of the mobile phone industry in the computer industry.

……

On the other hand, Lin Chen didn't know what was going on in the Silicon Valley of Medico.

At this time, Lin Chen was looking at a large number of reports submitted by Ni Guangnan, the head of the Shuguang R&D Center.

These reports are very important and can be said to determine the development path of Sugon's R&D center in the next few years and decades.

These reports include progress reports on the acquisition of semiconductor production equipment manufacturers, and progress reports on the acquisition negotiations of Jingfang Huachuang Company.

There is also a progress report on the progress of the Dawning R&D center to purchase the corresponding R&D equipment and instruments, and then the progress of the R&D team establishment.

There are many, many of these reports, each of which can be said to affect the development of the next few years or even more than ten years, of course, among these reports, there are two reports that Lin Chen focuses on.

One is the acquisition progress report of the CPU manufacturer, and the other is the acquisition progress report of the graphics card manufacturer.

As for other acquisitions of semiconductor equipment manufacturers, these can be handled by Ni Guangnan and the corresponding professional team.

With the current international environment and capital reserves, Sugon R&D Center will definitely not be able to acquire funds from world-class semiconductor equipment manufacturers.

And the Meditech side will definitely not allow them to buy the world's first, second and third semiconductor equipment manufacturers.

However, the acquisition of the world's fourth, fifth and sixth semiconductor equipment manufacturers by Sugon R&D Center does not have so many scruples.

After all, the strength of the fourth, fifth and sixth semiconductor equipment manufacturers is not enough to shake the position of foreign science and technology, and they should not stop the acquisition plan.

As for the acquisition of the world's fourth, fifth and sixth semiconductor equipment manufacturers, is it enough? That's enough.

Because the most important thing for Sugon R&D Center is the technology patents owned by the companies themselves and the technology patent authorizations they obtain through cross-licensing.

Therefore, after the acquisition of them by the Sugon R&D Center, it means that the Sugon R&D Center will have the qualification to develop, produce and sell the equipment.

"What is the attitude of Bay Island VIA Weisheng Electronics to our acquisition of their computer division?"

Lin Chen also asked about Ni Guangnan when he looked at the document report.

Facing Lin Chen's question, Ni Guangnan paused slightly, and then slowly replied:

"Bay Island VIA does have the intention of selling, because they are almost unable to support it.

After all, from 1999 they bought Cyrix processors for $160 million.

Then, in the same year, it spent $51 million to acquire IDT's Centaur processor company, and in 2000, it spent $322 million to acquire S3, the world's third-largest graphics card manufacturer.

The three acquisitions can be called a big acquisition, plus the money burned by the CPU and graphics card chips burned in the past few years of research and development.

And then add the several funds lost by Intel's patent infringement lawsuit, and they are now almost unable to support it.

Although they released a number of C3 desktop processors, Hanteng Antaur mobile processors, SavageXP graphics cards, etc., both in the Bay Island and in China, they are all applauded.

But whether it's good or not, this sales haven't been able to get up.

In this case, Weisheng Electronics can't even get back the R&D costs of developing CPU processors and SavageXP graphics cards in recent years.

It can be said that in the past few years, they have lost at least $2 billion in the CPU and graphics card business.

This is a huge burden for them, a company whose profits mainly rely on chipsets, sound cards, and computer machines, and it is also a burden that cannot be supported. ”

Hearing Ni Guangnan's words, Lin Chen also nodded lightly in approval, which was also in line with what he knew in his previous life.

If there is a final swan song in the CPU business of the former Weisheng Electronics, that is, the Weisheng C7 processor released next year, then the graphics card will be directly gone.

VIA has not developed and released a new graphics chip since it released the SavageXP graphics chip in 2002 because it has hit the streets so badly.

"Do they have the intention of selling it as a package?"

Lin Chen asked about Ni Guangnan.

The reason for this question is that Weisheng Electronics operates the three major cash-burning businesses of CPU, graphics card, and chipset, and the other party may be reluctant to sell the chipset business.

"They are only willing to sell the CPU and graphics card business, but the chipset and other businesses are not willing to sell, after all, their chipset and other businesses are also profitable."

Hearing Ni Guangnan's words, Lin Chen nodded lightly, and then slowly spoke:

"Well, it doesn't matter, the most important thing is the CPU and the graphics card.

The chipset thing is built around these two things, but it would be great if they were willing to sell us the underlying patent license for the chipset. ”

"This should be something to talk about."

Ni Guangnan gave his reply.

Hearing this, Lin Chen looked at the file report, and then when he saw the offer of Wandao Weisheng Electronics to package and sell the CPU and graphics card business, Lin Chen frowned.

Because the offer of Bay Island VIA Weisheng Electronics is too high!

"$4 billion, is this slaughtering us like pigs?!"

Nawan Island Weisheng Electronics itself has been busy with itself, and has been mired in lawsuits since they entered the processor industry.

Since 1999, he has been engaged in patent litigation almost every year, and it was not until March 2003 that a compromise was reached with Intel.

In this case, he was caught in a lawsuit, and the CPU processor that he had spent a lot of money to develop was not selling well, and he lost nearly $2 billion in a few years.

At this time, Weisheng Electronics dared to ask for $4 billion, which was simply trying to slaughter the Shuguang R&D Center as a pig.

"They also have nothing to fear, after all, there are not many processor manufacturers left in the world that still hold the X86 instruction set license."

Speaking of this, Ni Guangnan also felt quite a headache, after all, the computer industry is different from the mobile phone industry.

After decades of fighting in the computer industry, there are only a few CPU manufacturers left that can still survive.

(End of chapter)