I want to be a giant of Hong Kong Island

Chapter 531 [Intel Corporation! 】

The three major subsidiaries of Lenovo Group, Lenovo Electronics, Lenovo Electronics, and Sony, share a small industrial park in Silicon Valley;

This industrial park covers an area of ​​20 mu, with three buildings in total, exactly one building for each company.

After Wu Guangyao and Morita Akio inspected the three companies, they went to another Silicon Valley high-tech company, which is the well-known Intel Corporation.

Lenovo Group is a shareholder of Intel Corporation and owns 10% of Intel's shares;
Speaking of the two companies, there is also a long history;
In 1957, the "Silicon Valley Eight Rebels" escaped from the Shockley Laboratory. Eight people funded by Lenovo Group established the "Crane Semiconductor"

At the same time, Lenovo Group informed Xianhe Semiconductor Company about the idea of ​​integrated circuits;

It is precisely because of this that the patents for integrated circuits have changed from being shared by Fairchild Semiconductor and Texas Instruments in history to being exclusive to Xianhe Semiconductor in this world.

Relying on this investment, Lenovo Electronics has been leading the way in Japan in terms of semiconductor technology over the years.

Because Lenovo Group is a Japanese company in name, and it is only a strategic investment in Xianhe Semiconductor, it has not encountered any investigation by the US government.

Lenovo Group is not only a strategic partner with Xianhe Semiconductor Company, but also an investor and partner of Intel Corporation.

It turns out that Intel was originally founded in Silicon Valley by Noyce and Moore, the founders of Crane Semiconductor;

And with Wu Guangyao's "magical calculation", it has long been expected that the two will start their own businesses again;
So Akio Morita was sent to persuade the two of them to let Lenovo Electronics be a venture capitalist, and the condition was that two people would open it at random, and the two companies would also be strategic partners again;

Noyce and Moore agreed without even thinking about it, because they have been working with Lenovo Group for these years and are very happy.

The advantage of Lenovo Group's investment is that it is generous and does not participate in operation and management.

Today, Intel Corporation is the first company in the world to launch a microprocessor, and it is well-known all over the world.

Intel Corporation

After the four greeted each other, they sat in the office.

"Mr. Wu seldom comes to Silicon Valley. I don't know what's the reason for coming to Intel this time?" Noyce said with a smile.

Noyce and Moore would never underestimate Wu Guangyao;

Both of them are scientists with their eyes above the top, but they definitely have some admiration for Wu Guangyao;
Not to mention the achievements in business, but in science, the integrated circuit concept proposed by Lenovo Group, and the Trinitron picture tube technology, transistor radio, walkman, arcade machine, and game console invented by Lenovo Group in recent years. All kinds of achievements show that, It's also a great tech company.

So as the boss of Lenovo Group, he will naturally be highly respected by Silicon Valley scientists.

"Of course they are here to cooperate!" Wu Guangyao said with a smile.

"But for microprocessor 4004?" Noyce asked.

"Naturally, there is demand for the general-purpose chip 4004, but we, Sony, hope to reach an agreement on R&D and production with your company on the cooperation of DRAM chips (memory)!" Wu Guangyao said.

At this time, Intel not only launched the first general-purpose chip 4004 in human history, but also launched the first commercial ARAM chip (random memory) - Intel1970 in 1103.
"But about the components of the video game console?" Noyce asked further.

Wu Guangyao signaled Akio Morita to negotiate on his behalf, and Akio Morita immediately took up the topic.

"Not bad! If possible, we hope that your company can transfer the technology of Intel1103!"

As the saying goes, it is better to buy than to build. Wu Guangyao intends to let Lenovo Electronics develop in the memory industry and become the world's leader;

In the original history, Japanese manufacturers have entered the memory market since the late 70s. Due to their advantages in government investment and consortium support, Japanese manufacturers have greatly threatened US semiconductor companies.Intel categorically gave up the memory business, transferred all its power to the microprocessor, and successfully developed the 386 processor, which became a milestone for Intel to take off again.

Therefore, Lenovo Appliances should lay out early!

"Transferring technology is impossible, because it involves the fundamental interests of the company, so no matter how good the cooperation between our two companies is, it will not be considered at present!" Noyce rebuffed.

Akio Morita showed no unhappiness on his face, and immediately said: "Since the transfer of technology is not possible, then we like your company to help us develop DRAM chips and processors that meet our requirements."

Noyce did not refuse this time, after all, this is a big client;

Then the two sides started a preliminary discussion on the specific cooperation matters of research and development;

Noyce and Moore naturally hope that Sony will pay part of the research and development expenses, but Akio Morita can only use orders as research and development expenses.

In the end, Noyce and Moore were persuaded;

Originally, the relationship between the two companies has been cooperating, and Lenovo Group itself is a shareholder of Intel.

After the talk, Wu Guangyao and Morita Akio got up to leave;
On the way back, Wu Guangyao said solemnly: "After going back, Lenovo Electronics has been fully committed to developing DRAM chips. In the future, memory chips will also be a huge market!"

Akio Morita nodded and said, "That's right, compared to processor chips, memory chips are easier to get started with!"

Wu Guangyao said: "Well! Concentrate on the next city first, and we will also enter the processor in the future."

The two discussed a lot in the car, not about technology, of course, but about the general development of the entire semiconductor industry;

Wu Guangyao also took the opportunity to propose the concept of flash memory in memory chips, which Akio Morita praised as very promising;
Of course, the two are also talking on paper, and it is not certain whether they can be developed first;
However, flash memory technology itself was a patented technology of Japanese engineers in the 80s in the previous life, and was later carried forward by Intel.

Wu Guangyao flew from San Francisco to New York on a leased business jet.

It was Chris who came to pick him up, and the two spent a day at the Long Island villa.

The next day, Wu Guangyao came to Wall Street Tiger Fund.

"Boss, welcome to Wall Street!" Robertson greeted warmly.

"Haha, Robertson, you look more and more like a Wall Street tycoon!" Wu Guangyao patted Robertson on the shoulder and said with a smile.

Naturally, Robertson didn't dare to call himself a Wall Street tycoon in front of Wu Guangyao, so he was very humble.

Wu Guangyao did not come to Wall Street this time to inspect the Tiger Fund, but Robertson helped him catch a big fish, which was the world-renowned headhunting company Korn Ferry International.

It turned out that Wu Guangyao knew that Glorious Nation would come to Valkyrie this year to seek capital investment and sell 25% of its shares to seek further development.

In the original history, Korn Ferry sold out this 25% of its shares before it was listed;
And this 25% of the shares flowed into the hands of Wall Street investment funds.

The reason why Wu Guangyao stole the 25% of the shares was because his group was getting bigger and bigger, and he was also facing the problem of changing executives from old to new, so he had to find many top talents immediately.

Then investing in a headhunting company is naturally the best choice!

It just so happens that Korn Ferry needs financing this year. Isn’t this just a good opportunity?
Arriving at Robertson's office, Wu Guangyao sat on the sofa generously.

"How is the affairs of Korn Ferry going?"

Robertson smiled and took out a share certificate from the drawer and handed it to Wu Guangyao!

"400 million US dollars, 25% of the shares!"

"Good job!"

(End of this chapter)