Sihai Group's Longteng Computer has been sent to various branches around the world.

The United States branch also has computers equipped with Longteng chips.

After Li Yunhai conveyed the order at the Xizhou headquarters, the people from the branches of various countries gave the X64 chip to the major computer manufacturers.

Global computer manufacturers have evaluated Longteng chips and compared them with Intel, AMD and other chips.

When the results came out, they shocked computer manufacturers around the world.

The Chinese are silent and take the lead in overcoming the big problem of X64 architecture!

Peers such as Intel and AMD also got the Longteng chip and took a test, and the results naturally shocked them and rewrote their stereotype of Chinese semiconductor manufacturing.

As we all know, Intel developed the X64 chip as early as the 80s, but unfortunately it failed, and then it was lazy and the project was temporarily slowed down.

AMD has always wanted to catch up with Intel, so it has poured its energy into developing the X64 architecture, but it is not yet eyebrow-giving.

64-bit is not only 32-bit ahead in numbers, but also has been greatly improved in performance and application scenarios.

In terms of hardware, the biggest difference between 32-bit software and 64-bit is that the 32-bit system only supports a maximum of 4GB of memory, while the 64-bit system successfully breaks through this limitation. This is also an important reason why the 64th was put on the stage in later generations.

But in the 90s, this advantage was not prominent enough, after all, the memory of computers was not large enough to be calculated in gigabytes.

In addition, the 64-bit processor solves the problem of the memory address bus. A 32-bit processor requires 4 registers for a single operation, while a 64-bit processor only needs 2 registers. The benefit is obvious, and that's that it's getting faster.

In Windows, a single program in a 32-bit system can only use a maximum of 2GB of memory space, which makes memory-eating software such as graphic design almost impossible to work. In 64-bit systems, there is no such limitation.

The most fatal thing is that Sihai Group successfully bypassed the X86 instruction set and rewrote a new set of instructions in another open source language, completing the construction of the X64 architecture.

This is equivalent to peers still playing second-generation fighters, and Sihai Group jumped directly from the first-generation fighter to the third-generation fighter, not only completing the corner overtaking, but also forming a dimensionality reduction strike!

Smart people immediately realize how awesome this chip is!

Before, Intel insisted on going its own way and cut off all cooperation with Sihai Group, but now they are deeply annoyed when they see the powerful Longteng chip!

Regret is impossible!

Although the Longteng chip is amazing, it does not mean that Intel is a weak chicken.

According to Moore's Law, the development of semiconductors will not rely too much on X64 chips in the next decade.

In other words, although the X64 chip has been developed, there are not many scenarios that can be applied so far.

The development of computer hardware is not as fast as that of later generations, and it is still stuck in the 80386 and 80486 eras.

In terms of system, most people use DOS and Windows 3.0 systems.

Microsoft began working on the OS/2 version with IBM in 1988, but in 1991 the two companies parted ways, Microsoft went its own windows, and IBM continued OS/2 development.

In the same industry, Microsoft is still not strong, but fortunately it separated from IBM, which made Microsoft later.

After leaving IBM, Microsoft released a new system, began to fully run multimedia and network functions, beautified the interface, supported TrueType fonts, and released a multilingual version of the system, but there was still no Chinese version.

The response to the system has been very positive, with 10 million units sold within two years. This gives Microsoft the ability to go head-to-head with Apple's Macs for the first time.

In general, the current system and software do not have too high requirements for hardware.

The X64 chip is compatible with all systems on the market, including those released by Microsoft, IBM, and Apple.

At the same time, Sihai Group also released its own Windows operating system.

Sihai System is not sold separately, but installed with Longteng computer and given to consumers for free to try.

This operating system adopts a window interface, simplifying the boot process, and you can choose a full Chinese interface.

Of course, if necessary, users can also install other operating systems in the Longteng computer.

Peers and the industry have successively evaluated the Longteng chip, and the conclusion is surprisingly consistent: this is an epoch-making invention, and it is likely to threaten the X86 architecture chip in the future.

Intel is not intimidated by the Dragon Chip, because they can also develop X86-64-bit chips based on the X86 architecture, but it requires a lot of time and capital investment.

It's just that Intel can guard X86 and eat dividends, and it has to invest huge amounts of money and personnel in the development of new products every year, and it can't spare its hands to develop the X64 architecture that is not needed for the time being.

AMD thinks differently.

They are different from Intel, their chips are originally licensed from Intel, and they do not have their own original chip architecture.

When they saw the Longteng chip, they were overjoyed and felt that this was the product they had been dreaming of!

As a result, AMD contacted Sihai Group and proposed to acquire Longteng chips.

Li Yunhai did not register the patent for the Longteng chip.

This makes it impossible for the outside world to touch the bottom of this technology, because there is no public information at all.

If you register a patent, you need to disclose part of the patented technology, and those who are interested can find some ways to find out from it.

Therefore, after many advanced technologies are developed, they will not be registered for patents at all, which makes people secret. This technique is often extremely unlikely to be replicated.

After Li Yunhai received AMD's acquisition request, he did not ask for the price and directly rejected the other party's request.

Longteng chip, this is not only the pride of Sihai Group, but also the only weapon for the Chinese to fight back in the chip industry!

Once sold, the next track, our country will not be able to parallel with the Westerners, and can only do things within the framework stipulated by others.

AMD was not discouraged and the acquisition failed, and immediately proposed to cooperate, asking Sihai Group to give them permanent production authorization, and obtain production authorization for new products year by year.

This request was too high, but Li Yunhai did not immediately refuse.

In the final analysis, the Longteng chip is only a chip, and it needs to be installed to reflect its value.

Intel is unlikely to cooperate, and AMD has become the only partner of Sihai Group, and it has also become their only opportunity.

Li Yunhai is willing to cooperate with AMD, but how to cooperate must be thought about first.

The authorization is signed once a year, and the authorization fee is tentatively set at 10 million US dollars per year, after all, the Longteng chip has just been launched, and it does not have much market share.

AMD agreed to Li Yunhai's request, but put forward two additional requirements, one is that in the next year, AMD's renewal rights cannot be cancelled without reason. Second, when sublicensing to other manufacturers, AMD must be consulted.

Li Yunhai replied that the first request could be agreed, but the second demand was too unreasonable to be supported.

Sihai Group only authorized the production authorization of X64 chips, not the production authorization of Longteng chips.

This is like saying that Intel can authorize many manufacturers to produce 386 chips with x86 architecture, but not every 386 chip is called Intel.

The X64 chip produced by AMD can only be called AMDX64 chip, or they can take a new name themselves, but it is definitely not a Longteng chip.

Li Yunhai also wants to open the international market for X64 chips as soon as possible through extensive licensing, so it is impossible for him to agree with AMD's second opinion.

Since Intel tightened its license, the global chip landscape has changed dramatically.

In the past, many chip factories fell one after another because they could not get authorization.

This is also the reason why Sihai Group invented the lithography machine before, but there were few buyers.

Even if the capitalists purchased the lithography machine, they could not get the authorization of the chip and could not produce the chip.

But now it's different!

Sihai Group not only sells lithography machines, but also self-developed chips that can be licensed to you for production!

But any powerful investor can now enter this industry.

The emergence of Longteng chip has completely broken the monopoly of Intel, and also found a new way out for Sihai Group's own lithography machine!

Li Yunhai believes that after the news spreads, powerful people will naturally come to the door to seek cooperation.

AMD had no choice but to agree to Li Yunhai's request.

The two companies each sent negotiators to the Xizhou Tianhua Sihai Hotel for negotiations.

The negotiation experts and legal experts of both parties discuss the details of the contract from their respective interests.

The negotiations lasted more than three hours before they ended.

Fortunately, in the end, it was negotiated, and the two parties happily signed the authorization contract.

The news that Sihai Group authorized AMD to produce X64 chips became popular all over the world the next day.

The one who was most surprised was Intel.

Intel's executives were shocked!

Because AMD has become the biggest winner in the global chip field, it can produce both X86 chips and X64 chips.

No matter how the semiconductor industry develops in the future, AMD will be invincible.

Intel, which had the advantage, lagged behind because of its momentary arrogance!

Intel executives convened an emergency meeting to discuss the matter.

Some executives think that the X64 chip has no big use for the time being, and it cannot threaten the status of the X86 chip.

But some people have pointed out that we can only be controlled by others. What X86 can do, X64 can do; And what X64 can do, X86 can't do a lot. This is the biggest difference between the two, if the semiconductor industry develops rapidly, then we are likely to lose to X64.

The meeting unanimously agreed that either to get the authorization of X64, or to develop its own X64 chip as soon as possible.

The self-developed chip obviously did not produce results so quickly, and everyone estimated that it may take 5 to 10 years.

In the past 10 years, the situation has been unpredictable, and the chips have been updated for several generations, and Intel will definitely be abandoned by the times long ago!

Therefore, the safest and most convenient way is to find Sihai Group to get authorization.

As a result, Intel sent someone to contact Li Yunhai and was willing to renew the cooperative relationship with Sihai Group.

There are no eternal friends, only eternal interests.

Li Yunhai was weak before, and he was let others take care of it.

Now that he is strong, the people who once looked down on him have to go back and beg him for cooperation.

This is the turn of events.

Of course, Li Yunhai is willing to cooperate with Intel.

What he wants is not to monopolize the global chip industry, and in fact, he can't do it.

As long as you can make your own chips occupy a certain market share, it is enough.

Li Yunhai now aims for a 10% market share.

Whether it can be achieved or not depends on the result.

A powerful chip manufacturer like Intel, of course Li Yunhai will not let it go.

Li Yunhai will not hold grudges against previous grievances, and it will not affect future cooperation.

He deeply understands a truth, this world is decided by the strong.

As long as he is strong enough, he can dominate his dealings with Intel.

On the contrary, if he is weak, even if he holds a grudge for the rest of his life, it is impossible for him to bite the enemy back.

When talking about licensing fees, Intel proposed, you charge AMD 10 million US dollars, then we will do the same, give you 10 million US dollars a year in licensing fees.

Li Yunhai agreed to the amount of the authorization fee they proposed.

He now urgently needs to use the power of these two companies to open the market for X64 chips.

Anyway, the authorization is signed once a year, and when you have already completed your wings, you can adjust the authorization fee.

Since then, Sihai Group has obtained cooperation between two largest chip manufacturers.

When the information got out, the whole world was shocked.

Overnight, the global chip landscape changed!

The X64 chip has become the front page headline of major media around the world.

Popular science articles, gossip articles, prediction articles, and all kinds of reports.

Anyway, the X64 chip, together with the X86 chip, has officially become the twin stars of the chip industry!

Li Yunhai took the opportunity to publish advertisements for Longteng chips in major newspapers and magazines.

"The server uses Longtengxin, X64 architecture, which is specially designed for servers."

The advertising of Longteng chip focuses on server advertising. It doesn't seem to be threatening the X86 PC market, but it has actually affected.

A chip mainly used for servers, wouldn't it be more compelling to use it on personal computers?

Anyone who has ever touched a computer will know that the server runs 24 hours a day without stopping, and the workload is much more than that of a personal computer.

With this preconceived idea, the advertising of Longteng chip was successful.

For a time, the shipment of Longteng chips and computers increased rapidly!

Under the leadership of Li Yunhai, Sihai Group finally fought a turnaround.

Lianxiang Company, which was still hesitant before, took the initiative to call and was willing to cooperate with Sihai Group to purchase Longteng chips.

Zhao Jinping came to ask Li Yunhai for advice, do you want to agree to cooperate with Lianxiang Company?

Li Yunhai is not a person who holds grudges, not to mention that the struggle between him and Lianxiang Company stops in the business world, and there is no personal grudge, so he agrees to cooperate with Lianxiang Company.

If nothing else, Lianxiang Company will surely grow into the leading computer manufacturer in China.

This is the result of the right time, place and people, and it is not something that Li Yunhai can change at will.

Even the emergence of the Four Seas Group will not change this outcome.

The biggest possibility is that Lian Xiang and the twin stars of the four seas shine.

Zhao Jinping had to admire Mr. Li's generosity and wisdom.

Always put the interests of the enterprise first, this is the key to Li Yunhai's success.

At this time, the phone on Li Yunhai's desktop rang.

He picked up the microphone to answer, and after chatting a few words, he slowly put down the phone and said, "Mr. Zhao, the call is from the general manager of Compaq in Greater China. He did not hesitate to refuse our request for cooperation, but now he called us again to discuss the purchase agreement, do you think there is fraud in it? Can you talk to them about cooperation? ”

Zhao Jinping knows that Li Yunhai is a person, as long as it is a win-win cooperation, he will definitely not miss it.

Although Zhao Jinping had been despised by Compaq before, this was only a trivial matter after all.

The reason why Li Yunhai asked him was also to take care of his emotions, afraid that he would have hatred for Compaq and would not be willing to cooperate.

Zhao Jinping let out a long breath and said, "Mr. Li, I respect the company's decision. There is no grudge between me and Compaq. ”

The company's decision, of course, is Li Yunhai's decision.

Li Yunhai groaned: "It's okay to cooperate, but you can't agree to them so happily." They said that they would send someone over to negotiate later, and I would arrange for you to hand over to them. How to say it, think for yourself. ”

Zhao Jinping smiled slightly: "Thank you Mr. Li for your trust in me, you obviously know that I am angry with them, and you are willing to arrange for me to talk to them, you don't want to give me a chance to take revenge, but you want to give me a chance to laugh and grudge." ”

Li Yunhai laughed and said, "Mr. Zhao, this is what I admire most about you." It will not affect the overall situation of the company because of personal grievances. With your words, then I am relieved. Compaq's negotiations will not be difficult, they will come on their own initiative, and there must be a strong will. But there's one thing you need to be aware of. ”

"Please make it clear to Mr. Li!" Zhao Jinping said.

"Compaq doesn't have lithography machines, and they can't produce their own chips, so they can only buy from us."

"Mr. Li, you mean, we can sell the lithography machine to them? Give them another authorization for chips and let them build their own factories to produce them? ”

"Mr. Zhao, you are really my confidant! That's what I mean. If you can talk about success, that's naturally the best! As soon as we sell the lithography machine, we can collect a license fee, and we can also bring a lot of investment to Xizhou! That's a great thing! It's much stronger than them purchasing our chips individually. ”

"I'm afraid they won't invest so much."

"So you need to negotiate. I really can't talk about it, so forget it. ”

"I understand, Mr. Li."

While chatting, Su Hong knocked on the door and came in, and said respectfully and gently: "Mr. Li, Compaq Company has come to ask to see you." ”

Li Yunhai smiled slightly: "They came so fast!" It seems that they can't wait to get the contract. Mr. Zhao, your chance has come! The initiative is already in our hands. ”

Zhao Jinping said with a smile: "Mr. Li, do you want to participate in this negotiation in person?" ”

Li Yunhai shook his head: "You negotiate with them first, even if the talks collapse, even if you fight with them, I will clean up the mess later." If you can make it, of course it's the best. ”

Zhao Jinping understood Li Yunhai's good intentions, got up and said, "Mr. Li, please look at my performance!" (End of chapter)