Super Tycoon

Intel's board of directors, all the directors gathered, and everyone discussed how to suppress Chaowei Eagle Weida again and return the market share to its original state.

They don't ask too much, just 80% of the market share. In the fourth quarter of last year in the North American market, their share was only 55% left, how can this work!

"Should we discuss with other c manufacturers that we will offer the same price for products with the same performance, but our quad-core cu will be successfully developed soon, and we now have a triple-core cu. Tell them if they buy more from us Now Core 2 Duo processors, in the future quad-core can also give priority to supply them."

Some people proposed to use future superior products to affect the sales of current products, but this method cannot be put on the table. But they can't continue to cut prices. Compared with the same period last year, their product prices have dropped by more than 40%, and the profit margin will be even lower if they fall further.

Last year they were able to guarantee a 30% net profit, but this year it will drop to 20%. This is also because of the high profits of their motherboards, architecture solutions and other products.

If the market share falls again this year, even if they guarantee that the profit rate will not drop, the overall profit will stop growing or even decline.

The global c market is developing rapidly, and the growth rate in the past two years is very surprising, especially the notebook business, which has the fastest growth rate.

Intel plans to launch more notebook cu and motherboards in order to obtain higher profits. This part must not sell as well as desktop computers, but it can have higher profit margins.

It's a pity that this method just proposed was immediately rejected by another director.

"Have you forgotten the lawsuit between Chaowei Eagle Weida and us? They accused us of using improper means to influence the sales of Chaowei Yingweida's products, and accused us of secretly cooperating with ati to try to monopolize the market."

"If it weren't for Chaowei Eagle Weida's market share, it would be even more difficult for us to justify. Now that we are doing this, aren't we giving the other side the blame?"

AMD and Intel have been in a lawsuit for many years, who made them the only two remaining CU manufacturers in the c market, and they are also in a competitive relationship in graphics cards, sound cards and motherboards at this time.

In fact, lawsuits between competitors are very common. Generally, the strong ones sue the weak ones for infringement, and the weak ones sue the strong ones for unfair competition, oligopoly and so on.

In many lawsuits, the final solution is basically reconciliation. The two parties exchange some ideas in private, exchange some benefits, and exchange for a smile in front of the media.

At the beginning, Intel had reconciled with Chaowei,

Now Chaowei has become Chaowei Eagle Weida, and they are eyeing them again. However, Jerry Sanders, the chairman of Chaoweiyingweida, is also the president of the American Semiconductor Association. Some conveniences of the association.

What makes Intel even more uncomfortable is that Chaoweiyingweida has occupied the Chinese market after Zhiduoxing became a shareholder. Intel's CU market share in North America has dropped to 55%, and in the Chinese market, Intel's market share is only 45%!

Who made Huaxia's C leader even think about purchasing more CUs, graphics cards and motherboards from Chaowei Eagle Weida? Even in the Eastern European market, Chaowei Eagle Weida also took some advantage.

And Microsoft also supported Chaowei Eagle Weida, which made Intel very depressed. How closely they cooperated with Microsoft at the beginning, but now Microsoft is flirting with their competitors for the sake of China, Eastern Europe and other markets.

"Have you forgotten, the news from our laboratory the day before yesterday said that our quad-core architecture has made a breakthrough, and the dual-core architecture has also made a technological breakthrough. With our 65n technology, the performance and cost are better than that of Super Eagle. Weida's 90n products, what should we worry about?"

"Directly announced that our quad-core CU will be released at the end of this year, so as to tell all manufacturers and consumers that we are still the king in the CU field!"

Before Intel announced the parameters of the Core 2 Duo processor, although it has not been officially listed, it has already received consultation from some manufacturers, and some manufacturers have even placed orders.

Intel believes that this high-performance dual-core processor will aspire to the pinnacle of dual-core technology, which will help them crush Chaowei Eagle Weida again. But this is not enough, they also hope to have a better one, so they have done research and development of quad-core technology at the same time.

With the successful experience of dual-core, the research and development of quad-core is also progressing very smoothly. Even their factory layout has been completed, and dual-core can be mass-produced this year. The performance of Core 2 is much stronger than last year's Pentium D, and it is also stronger than Super Eagle. Vita's dual-core processor.

Now they can just dispose of the Pentium series of processors at a low price. They don't want to make a lot of money. Anyway, they occupy the market first, and they won't lose money, but they can make Chaowei Eagle Weida's products backlog.

Large companies compete with small companies on price, but small companies cannot afford it. Although Chaowei Eagle Weida is not considered a small company, but in terms of capital scale, it is far behind Intel. Last year's net profit was either negative or negative.

"Okay, I think the words of director Speights are very reasonable. Our quad-core architecture has been broken through, and the dual-core new architecture has also been completed. Let us give Chaowei Eagle Weida a surprise. At the same time, we will increase our cooperation with ati , Let the other party suppress the Gu business of Chaowei Eagle Weida."

"That old guy Sanders wants to step on our Intel head, they are dreaming! The glory of k8 should also disappear, they still want to challenge us in the server field, and also want to develop in the industrial CU field, they are too Greedy."

"Before they acquired several companies, they were clearly imitating our development path, and they must not be allowed to succeed. We will take this path first, and others will not be able to!"

Just as the chairman of Intel was talking high-spirited, suddenly his assistant pushed open the door of the conference room and rushed in.

"What's the situation? Our quad-core architecture won't pass the test so quickly, right? Or has another c manufacturer placed an order for our Core 2 Duo?" You, an assistant, suddenly broke into our board meeting room? Surely great news, right?

"Chairman, fellow directors, please read the news and quickly read the industry news. Chaowei Eagle Weida announced that their quad-core architecture k10 processor has been successfully developed and will be released to the public soon, and they will be produced using the 45n process. They followed Formosa Semiconductor has cooperated."

What? !

All the directors hurriedly checked their smartphones and read the news online. The surprise has not yet arrived, the surprise comes first!