Chapter 234 Performance is explosive! We must cooperate!
Pete has been working hard since his last phone call with Lu Shan.
"No! If everyone does this, we won't have to start a company and will have to deal with these things every day." The person in charge of Intel's Xiaguo headquarters refused outright, waving his hands and shaking his head, fearing that there would be any room for negotiation.
Pete knew that Intel was difficult to deal with because Lu Shan had already told him what happened, but he didn't know that Intel would be so disrespectful.
Patiently, Pete explained the technical level of BanSi Company to Jimmy opposite him. Some of the terms were too professional and even he himself found them a bit difficult to pronounce, but Jimmy definitely understood them. This guy was really difficult to deal with.
"...Give BanSi Company a chance and take a look at the sample first." Pete continued to persuade.
Jimmy was very determined: "If every company cooperates in this way, we don't know how many companies we will have to deal with every day. I hope IDG will also cherish its wings and not endorse those small companies that are not up to par. Doing so will easily backfire on its reputation, as their levels are uneven."
By the end of it, I already felt a little contempt for Pete. Why was he messing around with such a small company?
Pete was almost laughing out of anger. Cooperation doesn’t look at technology or potential, but only at the size of the company?
The conversation was not pleasant, but Pete kept his composure and said goodbye to Jimmy.
Turning around, Pete came to AMD, and the person in charge, Mike, received Pete warmly and started greeting him right away.
There are only a few large multinational companies in Xia Country. Everyone knows a little about each other and maintains good relations. There may be cooperation in the future.
After a few pleasantries, Pete explained the purpose of his visit.
Mike asked thoughtfully, "Did IDG invest in BanSi? We can give them this favor."
Pete shook his head: "Not really. IDG did not invest in BanSi, but we invested in Jiyue. Both companies belong to Lu Shan. This Lu Shan's..."
"Companion Silicon is definitely a treasure in the technology industry, but it's a pity that Lushan doesn't need financing."
Pete recounted the story of Lu Shan, and Mike was stunned.
"Is this really an achievement made by a young man in his twenties? It's an insult to describe him as a genius." Mike was deeply impressed, but Mike would not decide things based on his personal feelings. He promised Pete to try his best.
The superiors at the Xiaguo District headquarters are actually not really interested in such trivial matters. For such a small company and such a small matter, Mike can decide for himself whether to give a chance or not, and then discuss cooperation if it is appropriate.
From the perspective of these large companies, it is right for them not to give opportunities to small companies easily, because too many small companies will be useless even if they are given opportunities. If they are really promising, they can develop on their own.
Furthermore, computer parts companies with real substance are basically supported by big capital, and small companies like BanSi that are not supported by big capital have very limited capabilities.
Don’t listen to any nonsense about starting from scratch. No matter whether it is an Internet company or a computer company, the first pot of gold must be given by big capital, not earned by selling things.
People who start businesses are basically rich people, and there are very few who start from scratch.
With the approval from above, Mike asked Bansi to bring out the motherboard samples for testing. As long as the test passed, the chip would be authorized. Of course, there would be product inspections later. Once fraud or inconsistency was discovered, the authorization would be immediately stopped and legal liability would be pursued.
Pete told Lu Shan the good news, and Lu Shan immediately sent him the motherboard with improved technology.
Upon hearing the news, Zhang Kaifeng and Liu Wenjie couldn't help but sigh, the boss is the boss, he has already made up his mind, no wonder he doesn't blame himself.
When AMD got this weird motherboard, they felt it was a bit unreliable. Compared with the motherboards on the market, it was too small, almost half the size!
There is a reason for this. The memory sticks of companion silicon are small to begin with, and Turing has also made improvements to the circuit layout, so the motherboard is even smaller.
If the graphics card PCI-E did not have to take up such a large space, the motherboard could be made even smaller.
“Can something this small really run? This circuit doesn’t look right.” The tester complained as he started plugging in the instrument.
Everyone was stunned when they took the test.
"Hmm? It actually turns on, and it seems to be running at a pretty good speed!"
"Wow! Really good! Quick! Check out the data, it's amazing. Quick, compare it with our K10 architecture processor!"
AMD architecture K10 (microarchitecture Elon), 45nm manufacturing process, interface is Socket AM3, it is a product launched in 2010, it has passed the experiment and is just about to enter the mass production debugging stage.
I'm in a hurry to find this because the products on the market are obviously no longer able to run as well as the motherboards of Companion Silicon. What models are not available in the testing laboratory?
When a competitor releases a new one, you buy one immediately. After testing your own and other companies' motherboards, you still can't run as fast as the companion silicon motherboard. Then you can only bring out your own advanced motherboard that has not yet been launched on the market.
After a hectic test, AMD discovered a cruel fact - that is, even if the companion silicon motherboard is equipped with a lower-level chip, it can still beat its own leading version, but the loss is not as bad.
At this point, AMD is the one that is struggling. At first, it was worried that the poor process of the companion silicon would damage its reputation, but now it seems that it has provoked a terrible monster. So what should it do?
It is said that those who can be the head of the Xiaguo area are all talented. Mike immediately found a solution. He did not authorize the most advanced chipset to BanSi, but only authorized the mid- and low-end chipsets, so that BanSi would always need his help.
AMD knows that it cannot compete with Intel in the chip field, and its only advantage is its low price.
AMD also knows that its current mid-to-low-end chips have never lost on paper performance, but have never won in sales and experience.
The Companion Silicon motherboard has such awesome performance that it can bring out the best in AMD chips!
Does this give AMD an opportunity?
So can the combination of AMD chip + companion silicon motherboard compete with the performance of Intel + ordinary motherboard?
AMD's technical staff and marketing department are not fools and they immediately understood this principle.
With the performance of the companion silicon motherboard and AMD's promotion, it can be expected that the sales volume will be huge, and AMD will not have to find a way to clear out the low-end chips.
Of course, the most important thing is that AMD can customize the motherboards of BanSilicon to enhance its own competitiveness!
The memory from BanSilicon, the motherboard from BanSilicon, plus AMD's own top-level chips, the picture is so beautiful.
However, AMD thinks that this matter should be done the other way around. After buying back the motherboard from BanSi, it will hand it over to its own foundry. After assembling AMD's top-level chip, it will announce to the public that this is AMD's own motherboard and will only be supplied to high-end customers.
BanSi always sells motherboards that are one or even two levels lower.
Moreover, BanSi's requirements are really not high. They just want a common chip with the same performance as the original Shenchuan chip. What's so bad about satisfying this?
After Mike's report, AMD executives immediately realized the nature of the matter.
As long as AMD authorizes BanSi, it is equivalent to supporting its own affiliated industries in Xia Country. AMD can influence Xia Country's computer accessories market by controlling the supply to BanSi.
AMD quickly approved the authorization, fearing that Intel would preempt the authorization and AMD would then lack a powerful tool.
The specific measures still need to be discussed before a decision can be made, but it is foreseeable that AMD feels that it is doing well again.
Jiangzhou, companion silicon factory.
"It's done. How much has everyone produced during this period?" Lu Shan called Zhang Kaifeng and his group over and circulated the authorization letter to everyone.
"I..." Hao Shuai almost said a swear word. Zhang Kaifeng and the others thought they were dreaming when they held the authorization letter. Is this so easy?
It was so easy that Lu Shan didn't even get too excited and just asked about the production situation.
"The authorization letter is real. If we don't stock enough, there will be a shortage of goods." Lu Shan remained calm.
Hao Shuai and Yang Luo were a little embarrassed: "Although we are working hard to produce, the progress of the negotiations is a bit fast. Now it's only more than 20,000 yuan."
"This efficiency is good, but it's still not enough. Shenchuan is still waiting anxiously for me to get the goods. Once AMD's chips arrive, these things have to be re-soldered in the chip sockets. In this way, the production line may slow down, so we have to prepare the goods in advance and do what we can in advance." After Lu Shan explained, everyone worked harder in production.
Lu Shan has not yet informed Wu Jun that he has obtained the chipset authorization.
Because everything is uncertain before the motherboard is actually produced, the corresponding chip slot is installed, the AMD chip is tested, and AMD's approval is obtained.
Lu Shan also asked AMD for some top-level chips for testing, and AMD readily agreed, which surprised Lu Shan a little.
When Lu Shan brought the most powerful motherboard he had produced to the laboratory, Turing immediately ran over to test it. After a series of tests, Turing was very disgusted.
"That's it? It's the memory stick that's driving the motherboard, and the chip is totally unable to match the memory stick." Turing complained directly without showing any mercy to AMD.
"It's great that they are willing to grant the license. This signal is already a laboratory-level product and is ready to be put on the market."
"They definitely keep the really good stuff, and the ones that can be put on the market are not the best ones."
Lu Shan felt a little helpless: "I understand this, but how can we possibly get that kind of chip? Unless we make it ourselves!"
Poincare came over and teased, "Alan said that the Windows system is rubbish and has been researching new systems, but has not achieved any results so far. What I want to say is that if you can't even fix the system, how can you expect Alan to help you build chips? Ha ha ha!"
After saying this, Poincare laughed like a 200-pound fat man.
Turing was a little angry: "Have you made any progress on the Riemann hypothesis? Why don't you write a paper with your results if you have so much free time?"
(End of this chapter)
