The more Gao Nian thought about it, the more nervous he became, because the probability of the US taking action was really high.
Thinking of the package that Huawei Technologies enjoyed in his previous life, if Geek Technology were to enjoy it as well...
Then Gao Nian would have to admit that Geek Technology really couldn't withstand it.
After all, Intel's first-generation Core processors with 32nm process technology were already in mass production, and TSMC and Samsung Electronics had mastered 40nm process technology.
Conversely, Zhongxin International would not officially master 40nm process technology until 2013, lagging behind the West by a full four years.
Geek Technology couldn't wait until 2013 to adopt Zhongxin International's 40nm process technology, because by then Intel would have advanced the process technology to 22nm.
Therefore, if Geek Technology were to enjoy the same package as Huawei Technologies, the probability of the smartphone business collapsing would be very high.
"We must prepare in advance."
Gao Nian was already prepared in his heart.
Even if he had to make many actions that seemed foolish to ordinary people, Geek Technology had to be fully prepared!
So, having made a decision, Gao Nian immediately began to make arrangements, causing a stir within Geek Technology.
However, Gao Nian was the boss after all. Even though some executives, such as Lei Bu Si, felt that some behaviors were unnecessary,
in the end, they still couldn't reverse Gao Nian's will.
And so, along with Geek Technology once again suppressing the rise of iPhone phones, Geek Technology's large and small actions never stopped in the following time.
These large and small actions mainly focused on the computer hardware field, the mobile phone hardware field, and the semiconductor manufacturing field.
First, in the computer hardware field, Geek Technology used its financial power to poach R\u0026D talents from Nvidia and AMD.
Subsequently, they continuously laid out plans in the computer hardware industry, preparing to intervene in the research and development and manufacturing of computer hardware.
Their first target was the German memory giant, Qimonda, the world's second-largest memory supplier.
As for why they targeted Qimonda, the reason was that the price of memory had plummeted in recent years.
Coupled with the backstab of Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system and the market depression brought about by the 2008 financial crisis, in January of this year, 2009, Qimonda officially announced bankruptcy and entered the bankruptcy liquidation process.
Subsequently, after some twists and turns, Qimonda was split into many parts, and Qimonda China was divided into two.
Qimonda's R\u0026D team, related scientific research equipment, and a memory packaging production line were sold to a company called Huaxin for 30 million yuan.
And this memory R\u0026D team, after some twists and turns, finally developed the domestic memory stick 'Ziguang Memory Stick'!
At this time, Geek Technology spent 45 million yuan to buy this R\u0026D team of more than 50 people, related scientific research equipment, and that memory packaging production line.
Since then, Geek Technology has the ability to develop DRAM memory and the ability to produce memory packages. Of course, this is not enough for Geek Technology to gain a firm foothold in the memory industry.
So, Geek Technology then used its financial power to frantically divide up Qimonda's legacy.
Among these legacies, the most tempting was undoubtedly the technical patents held by Qimonda.
Although Qimonda's technical patent buyout authorization had been sold to two other companies, equivalent to a scarce resource being divided into three parts.
But the ownership of the most core technical patents was still in the hands of Qimonda. If other companies wanted to use these technical patents, they could only buy authorization from Qimonda.
If Geek Technology wanted to enter the memory industry and quickly take root and survive in this industry,
the best way was to find Qimonda and buy the buyout authorization for their technical patents or directly buy the ownership of the technical patents.
Of course, the price of the ownership of these technical patents would definitely not be cheap, after all, the technical patents they held were still worth 125 million euros in 2014.
If the time was put a few years earlier, in 2009, it would not be an exaggeration for their technical patents to be worth several hundred million euros.
Finally, plus the fact that if you want to buy something from someone else, you must give a higher price than the market price, so it is not an exaggeration that the final purchase price reaches nearly 1 billion euros.
In this case, the most cost-effective thing is actually to buy the buyout authorization for their technical patents, so that you don't have to pay them patent fees in the future.
After all, the other two companies have also obtained the buyout authorization for their technical patents. A scarce thing has become three parts shared.
Their technical patents are naturally not very valuable, so the buyout authorization price of Qimonda's many technical patents should not be expensive.
However, these are all things for the future. Geek Technology is currently only sending a negotiating team to contact Qimonda to see how the situation is.
If the technical patent purchase is successful, then Geek Technology can officially take root in the memory industry and carry out micro-innovation based on existing technical patents.
After developing its own memory chip design, it only needs to find other companies to produce memory chips with independent intellectual property rights.
Then, take the semi-finished memory chips to its own memory packaging factory for packaging, and a brand new memory particle is officially born.
With memory particles, it is a suitable choice whether to develop domestic memory sticks or integrate them into mobile phone motherboards.
Of course, simply solving the memory problem cannot solve the unease and anxiety in Gao Nian's heart.
After all, memory is only one part of the five major parts of a computer, and after that there are CPU, graphics card, motherboard,
and memory, four major parts.
But no matter what, this is also a slight step forward.
At least with memory with independent intellectual property rights, the cost of Geek computers and mobile phones will be further reduced in the future, and profits will increase accordingly.
Of course, after talking about the computer industry, the next thing is the mobile phone industry.
In the mobile phone industry, Geek Technology mainly focuses on the mobile phone hardware industry, such as financing and investing in a certain company or directly establishing a project to develop various mobile phone sensors and mobile phone devices.
For example, Geek Technology spent 700 million yuan to directly acquire Phoenix Company.
Packaging and buying all of their factories, research personnel, research equipment, and patents and camera products held.
Subsequently, Phoenix Company was renamed and became Geek Optics Company.
Geek Optics Company will abandon many of Phoenix Company's existing businesses.
For example, the most famous Phoenix camera and Seagull camera businesses have been shut down, and instead, the company's focus has been placed on the new mobile phone camera business.
