Silicon Valley

On June 15th, Motorola, Ericsson, Philips, Siemens, Intel, IBM, AT\u0026amp;T, HP, etc. gathered at Qualcomm to join and promote the wap standard! The benefits of the wap standard are obvious, enabling mobile phones to access the Internet and attracting users to pay! ! !

The wap standard is beneficial and harmless. It is the most beneficial to the business, and naturally supports it!

There are more than 100 companies or institutions coming to Qualcomm this time.

Qualcomm CEO Owen Jacobs convened and hosted a wap network communication protocol standard conference. At the meeting, Owen Jacobs, as the host, gave a speech on the benefits of wap: "Qualcomm's cdma wireless communication technology Realization makes it possible for mobile phones to access the Internet! However, if the mobile phone wants to communicate with the intent, then a unified network communication protocol needs to be developed between them, otherwise, errors will occur in data transmission and reception!!! Therefore, Qualcomm considers At this point, the wap standard has been specially formulated. The wap standard is used all over the world, so there is no need to worry about data errors due to different protocols!”

"The standardization of wap can save a lot of resources. Companies don't have to spend time and energy to re-develop a standard, so they can launch products as soon as possible, so as to seize the market! It is conceivable that when a mobile phone with Internet access comes out, What a sensation it will cause, won't users love this kind of phone?!!"

After Owen Jacobs finished speaking, representatives of many companies or institutions below nodded slightly in recognition. Seeing this, Owen Jacobs couldn't help but smile, and then said: "At present, the wireless communication of mobile phones is undoubtedly the fastest transmission speed of the cdma network, reaching 25kbps, far exceeding the 15kbps transmission of the European gsm network. Speed!!! Here, I recommend everyone to buy the Snapdragon 100 chip developed by Qualcomm, so that your mobile phone can go online faster!!!”

Irving Jacobs comes to the end. By the way, I did a promotion for the Snapdragon 100 chip. Next, Qualcomm issued a wap standard approval statement to each representative present to vote. Whether to support the wap standard. After Qualcomm's statistics, it can announce to the world that a certain company supports the wap standard, thereby forming a greater influence!

After half an hour. After counting the data, Irving Jacobs found that more than 70% of the companies or institutions expressed support! Seeing this data, Owen Jacobs laughed, the general trend has been achieved, and it is enough to announce that wap has formed a standard!

Subsequently. Owen Jacobs first announced the results loudly on the spot: "The statistical result is. More than 70% of companies or institutions voted for Qualcomm's wap network communication protocol, that is to say, wap can form a global unified standard!! !"

clap clap clap! ! !

A burst of applause suddenly sounded.

After the meeting, Irving Jacobs came out of the backstage and saw Craig Barrett, the CEO of Intel Corporation, talking to the CEO of Motorola Corporation, the largest mobile phone maker, in the corner. Smile, obviously enjoying the conversation...

Irving Jacobs didn't even have to get close to guess what they were talking about. Mobile phones are becoming more and more popular. Intel also saw this piece of fat, and naturally wanted to swallow it! It has now dominated the field of computer cpu chips, and it is very ambitious, and it has not let go of mobile phone chips! ! !

Owen Jacobs frowned. Intel's strength is beyond doubt. If it wants to enter the field of mobile phone chips, it will be difficult to deal with! ! !

Thinking of this, Owen Jacobs was anxious, and when he returned to the office, he called Henry.

"Chairman, I have something to report to you!!!" Owen Jacobs said in a low voice.

Henry heard something strange. Asked: "How to pull, is there something bad?"

"Yes, I found out that Intel and Motorola are in contact! Motorola's mobile phone accounts for the first share of the global mobile phone market and is a well-deserved overlord! If they cooperate with Intel and not with us, Qualcomm will lose a lot!!! "

"Well," Henry nodded in response when he heard the words, and then he pondered, thinking in his memory that Intel had entered the field of mobile phone chips in a previous life, but he was in the wrong team, and the result was a tragedy! Intel developed a chip called xsale to enter the mobile phone market, and stood in line with Motorola's linux lineup.

However, the sudden emergence of Nokia has killed Motorola, so Intel's plan to enter the mobile phone market has failed! !

Thinking of this, Henry asked, "Has Intel contacted Nokia?"

Owen Jacobs thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "It seems not!"

"That's good," Henry laughed. "Intel is on Motorola's side, then we are on Nokia's side!!! Talk to Nokia and express our intention to cooperate!"

"Nokia? Nokia in Finland?" Owen Jacobs thought for a moment and frowned, "Chairman, this company has too many industries and is on the verge of bankruptcy. Therefore, I don't think they will be a good one's business Patner!!!"

Henry patted his forehead and cursed inwardly. How could he forget it? Nokia is a large cross-industry company in Finland. , The industry is too much to drag down Nokia! Now Nokia is really in a state of precariousness. Two or three years later, the newly appointed Nokia president and senior management decisively abandoned all other industries, split and sold all traditional industries, leaving only the Nokia electronics department. And this decision was the most important strategic decision made by Nokia in its history. Since then, it has been the No. 1 mobile phone in sales for 15 consecutive years, which is almost unmatched! ! !

Of course, until the appearance of Apple's "Terminator"...

Henry didn't speak, he thought about it for a while, and then he said to Owen Jacobs: "Owen Jacobs, I have decided to buy Nokia!!!!"

"What?" Owen Jacobs said in surprise, thinking he heard it wrong, "Chairman, you mean, you want to buy Nokia?"

Henry loudly affirmed: "Yes, that's right. I have decided to acquire Nokia! You don't have to worry about this matter, I will let Silicon Valley Electronics Group acquire it! At that time. Qualcomm will cooperate with Silicon Valley Electronics Group again. !"

"OK!"

"Well, that's it!"

After speaking, Henry hung up the phone, thinking about being able to acquire Nokia. I feel a little excited... Now is the most difficult time for Nokia, and the acquisition of it will mean that in the era of mobile phone feature phones, no one can match! ! !

Henry was in a good mood and couldn't help humming a song: "It's awesome, it's awesome. After receiving Nokia and Apple..."

Henry was at the headquarters of the Silicon Valley Electronics Group at this time. Immediately dial the phone and get CEO Harrison.

After a while, Harrison hurried to Henry's office.

"Chairman, do you have something to do with me?" Harrison asked.

"Yes," Henry nodded, "That's right, you contact Nokia immediately and make a purchase request. Well, only buy the Nokia electronics department!!!"

"Well. Okay!" Harrison responded with no surprise on his face. He was used to the boss telling him to buy the company. "If the chairman has nothing else to order, then I will arrange the acquisition now!"

Henry gave a "um", waved his hand, and let him leave.

...

The next morning, Qualcomm held a press conference to announce that the wap launched by Qualcomm has been recognized by most mobile phone manufacturers and telecommunications companies in the world and has formed a standard! ! !

after the news is published. Qualcomm's status immediately improved, and there was an endless stream of mobile phone manufacturing companies placing orders from all over the United States! These mobile phone manufacturing companies do not have the strength to independently develop chips like Motorola. Therefore, they can only manufacture mobile phones by purchasing chips from other companies!

In fact, Qualcomm's main customers are such a group of small companies, and large mobile phone manufacturers such as Ericsson and Motorola cooperate in the way of patent licensing to develop their own cdma chips, and each cdma chip produced will be given to Qualcomm. $40 royalties! ! !

Through patent fees, Qualcomm can also make a lot of money, but it does not earn as much as selling chips by itself! If Qualcomm wants to promote cdma, it must cooperate with mobile phone giants such as Ericsson and Motorola. Otherwise, how can cdma be promoted and how can it form a standard...

Just when Qualcomm's business was booming, Owen Jacobs called Henry again: "Chairman, I have something I want to propose to you!"

"Tell me, what's the matter?"

"Chairman, ARM only has a chip design department, but no production plant. I think we should build our own fab! In the future, we will launch a new generation of cdma chips. If we produce them ourselves, we can save a lot of money! It can also control the production capacity more effectively and is not affected by other manufacturers!!!”

Henry heard this and felt that it was very reasonable.

ARM does not have a production factory, that is, it is poor and cannot afford to open a production factory. In the end, it can only do chip design, and then authorize it to earn a patent fee. But, obviously, the patent fee and the product, of course, the product is more profitable!

In the future, Qualcomm will produce hundreds of millions of chips every year. It is better to find a foundry than to produce it by itself, which is a very huge expense! However, you can learn from Samsung, and the excess production capacity can be used for foundry! ! ! However, Henry suddenly thought of TSMC!

TSMC is the world's first foundry company, established in 1987, and will become the world's largest foundry company in the future, with a market value of hundreds of billions of dollars.

If TSMC can be acquired, then there will be no problem in chip production!

It's just that Zhang Zhongmou, the founder of TSMC, is willing to sell the company?

Henry shook his head involuntarily. Zhang Zhongmou could have such a boldness. Under the circumstance that almost no one was optimistic, he resolutely founded TSMC and created the foundry model. Obviously, he had extraordinary vision and determination, and he wanted to acquire him. 80% of companies will fail! Moreover, after four years of development, TSMC has gone through the most difficult time. Now the company is developing very fast, and its profitability is getting better and better. Zhang Zhongmou doesn't mind if he becomes a shareholder and becomes a minority shareholder.

Come on, simply build a fab yourself, there is not so much to do!

So, Henry said to Owen Jacobs: "Well, okay, let's build a fab! Just, does Qualcomm have money?" , at least need hundreds of millions of dollars! It is difficult for Qualcomm to come up with this money for the time being, because they spend more than 60% of their revenue on R\u0026D...

Owen Jacobs had already thought about it for a long time, and said directly: "Qualcomm can be listed for financing. With the current situation of the company, once listed, it will definitely be sought after by investors, and the stock price will definitely rise!!!"

"IPO financing?" Henry couldn't help but startled slightly after hearing this. He was used to making money from Japan and the Soviet Union before, and he already had Williams Bank to lend at any time, so for a long time Inside, Henry is basically not short of money, so he has no plans to list the company!

However, now that I heard Owen Jacobs proposed to list Qualcomm, Henry suddenly reacted, and it was time to gradually list the company under his name! ! !

After the company is listed, it can raise funds, the shares will be more valuable, and the employees will be more motivated to work! In addition, after the company's listing, the company's popularity has been improved, the company's transparency has been improved, and the public's confidence in the company has increased! ! !

In any case, the listing is still very good. Moreover, the Internet bubble will definitely be ahead of schedule, and Henry doesn’t know the exact time. It’s better to list the company first, cash out some of the funds when the stock price is more suitable, and buy the shares back when the Internet bubble is over!

Henry pondered for a while, and then replied: "Okay, then let the company go public for financing!!!"

"Okay!!!" Owen Jacobs got Henry's answer and hung up the phone very happily!

Henry leaned his head back on the chair, thinking in his mind, in addition to listing Qualcomm, which company should be listed? !

The first should be Internet companies, among which companies that have not yet been listed include Global Online Company, Isearch Company, ICQ Company, 360 Holding Group...

It seems that Nasdaq hasn't had a sensation for a long time. In this case, let the four companies go public together... (The update is a bit late, sorry. Please subscribe!!!)

(To be continued ~^~)