Chapter 336: Dumbfounded Intel!
However, Chen Wenqi also knew that after the acquisition of Wandao SIS Company, if they wanted to sell the CPU and graphics card business of Weisheng Electronics, the price would definitely have to be greatly reduced, and the fracture price had to be given.
After all, Sugon's R&D center has the most critical and important X86 instruction set authorization, and the other technology patents owned by Weisheng Electronics and the patent authorization obtained through cross-licensing are important.
However, it is not impossible for the Sugon R&D Center to obtain it through other methods, or directly independently develop its own technology patents.
So Chen Wenqi, who was stimulated, was also ruthless, and decided to greatly reduce the price of CPU and graphics card, and give a quote for fractures!
In this regard, Barrett, the president of Intel who is far away in Medita, does not know this.
I didn't know that his behavior stimulated Chen Wenqi so much, and it made Chen Wenqi make a crazy decision to greatly reduce the price of the CPU and graphics card business.
Presumably, if Intel President Barrett knew this, he would probably regret it and his intestines would be blue.
If they are given a chance to turn the future around, then they will definitely grit their teeth and keep their promises this time, and give Weisheng Electronics SSE3 instruction set and hyper-threading technology authorization as agreed, instead of betraying Weisheng Electronics.
After all, after giving Weisheng Electronics the authorization of these two technologies, it will indeed give Weisheng Electronics a chance to rise, but this does not threaten Viintle's position in the X86 processor.
On the contrary, if Sugon R&D Center acquires Weisheng Electronics, then Sugon R&D Center will directly become the world's third largest X86 processor manufacturer.
Directly has the strength and qualification to develop and produce X86 processors, which is even worse news for Intel Corporation.
After all, this Shuguang R&D center is much more fierce than Weisheng Electronics, both in terms of R&D funds and R&D strength.
The best of both worlds.
Presumably, if there is an opportunity to reverse the future, Intel will definitely provide the authorization of those two technologies to Weisheng Electronics, instead of betraying Weisheng Electronics and angering Chen Wenqi.
But it was too late, and this time Intel did make a mistake.
This Intel saw that the Dawning R&D Center acquired Wandao SIS and officially owned the X86 processor patent authorization to produce X86 processors, and then abandoned Weisheng Electronics.
This kind of behavior itself is no problem, after all, Shuguang Technology is a threat, but Weisheng Electronics, which has three technology licenses, is also a threat.
For Weisheng Electronics, which has no use value, it is normal for them to abandon and betray Weisheng Electronics, but they ignore Weisheng Electronics' determination to develop domestic CPUs.
They didn't take into account that after several years of losses, the senior management of Weisheng Electronics has despaired of the future of the X86 processor, and has no faith and determination to support the research and development of the X86 processor.
According to history, the Weisheng C7 processor launched by Weisheng Electronics next year will be the last swan song, which can be said to be after the Weisheng C7 processor.
Weisheng Electronics did not continue to develop new X86 processors, and only minor updates and maintenance of the original X86 processors were carried out for more than ten years.
Therefore, Intel's decision to betray Weisheng Electronics is indeed fine, but it overestimated Weisheng Electronics' determination to develop X86 processors, which ultimately led to such a result.
Of course, even if Barrett knew what Chen Wenqi was thinking now, the result could not be reversed.
After all, they had already paid the liquidated damages and the notice of breach of contract, and it was useless to say anything at this point, but it was clear that Intel did not know this.
So in the following time, Sugon R&D Center and Weisheng Electronics started negotiations again.
And after this move was reported by the media, it naturally caused Intel to be quite unhappy.
Intel's president Barrett made all kinds of warnings, and also pointed out that Weisheng Electronics needs to bear 30 million US dollars in liquidated damages.
However, these are not frightening Weisheng Electronics, after all, the wool is out of the sheep, and the $30 million liquidated damages can be borne by the Shuguang R&D Center through the quotation.
Therefore, under the intention of Lang Youqing's concubine, the negotiation speed between Shuguang R&D Center and Weisheng Electronics is quite fast, which is comparable to the negotiation speed between Shuguang R&D Center and Wandao SIS Company.
So on July 10, Dawning R&D Center and Weisheng Electronics officially reached a contract for the sale of CPU and graphics card business.
Sugon R&D Center spent $1.23 billion to acquire the CPU and graphics division of Weisheng Electronics, and also obtained the patent license of Weisheng Electronics' chipset technology.
And when the news was announced through the joint press conference of the two sides, the global technology media naturally reported it frantically, and Daxia netizens became excited again.
However, this time their excitement is far greater than the previous acquisition of Wandao SIS Company in the heart of Sugon R&D, after all, this Wandao Weisheng Electronics Company is different from Nawan Island SIS Company.
Although the CPU market share of Weisheng Electronics Company is quite embarrassing, the market share has been between 0.2% ~ 0.5% for a long time.
But it is an indisputable fact that Weisheng Electronics is the world's third largest X86 processor manufacturer!
At this time, Sugon R&D Center acquired the CPU and graphics card business of Weisheng Electronics, and finally added the CPU, graphics card and chipset business of SIS Company.
Under the merger of the technologies and patents of these two companies, the CPU processors, graphics cards, and chipsets of Sugon Technology will be more powerful, which also means that Sugon computer accessories and Sugon computers are really coming!
Thinking of this, how can Daxia netizens not be excited, and how can they not look forward to the birth of Dawning Technology's Dawning computer and Dawning processor, Dawning graphics card, and Dawning chipset?
In this regard, Lin Chen actually sighed a lot, and sighed that he really had no intention of inserting willows into the willows.
Of course, after sighing, Lin Chen was actually secretly refreshed.
Because the Sugon R&D center was originally going to spend about $1.5 billion to buy the CPU and graphics card business of Weisheng Electronics.
As a result, the price is now only $1.23 billion, which is far lower than expected, not to mention, there is a very valuable surprise in the CPU business purchased.
This unexpected surprise comes from. Company D's X86-64-bit processor architecture licensed!
This is a technology authorization that has a profound impact on the future of Sugon R&D Center, and it is a very important authorization!
Because of this authorization, the Dawning R&D Center will be able to develop, produce and sell 64-bit X86 processors in an open manner, which is undoubtedly a far-reaching impact on the Dawning R&D Center.
After all, although the current 32-bit processor still has room to survive, the next few years or more will be the era of 64-bit processor.
At this time, the authorization of the X86-64-bit processor architecture was unexpectedly obtained, which is undoubtedly a complete solution to the big problem of having the qualification to produce 64-bit X86 processors!
Getting this unexpected joy, how can Lin Chen not be secretly happy?
It can be said that Lin Chen, who is secretly refreshed, can't help but give Barrett, the president of Intel, a "Best Outstanding Assist Award". (End of chapter)