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Chapter 1215
Hearing that Jim Keller, one of PA Semiconductor's crouching dragons and phoenixes, was leaving, Song Yang couldn't help being silent for a while. Jim Keller and Doble Poole are really the pinnacles of PA Semiconductor. With the two of them, the background PA Semiconductor, which is much inferior to processor giants such as Intel and Texas Instruments, can just ignore this gap, which shows how strong Jim Keller is.

Being able to stay in PA Semiconductor for so many years, with the character of Jim Keller, it is not easy. This is inseparable from his big brother Dobpur, and only Dobpur can let Jim Keller After staying in a chip manufacturer for such a long time, after all, You Xia still wants to wander the world of semiconductors.

Some people are born for a certain industry. Although Song Yang is also in the baseball world, there have been rumors that Song Yang was not born in heaven, and the baseball world is like a long night, but that is just flattery and ridicule.

And Jim Keller is really able to say in the chip industry that "I was not born to be Jim Keller, the chip industry is like a long night".

"Tell Jim Keller that PA Semiconductor will retain his position as chief designer forever. His equity, bonus, and dividends in PA Semiconductor will not change. He can come back to PA Semiconductor at any time!"

Song Yang looked at the Tyrannosaurus rex X1 chip in his hand, and after a moment of silence, he said to Dober Poole.

Of course, PA Semiconductor can use the "competition agreement" to block Jim Keller and join other chip manufacturers, especially companies such as Intel, Texas Instruments, and Qualcomm that may become PA's rivals in the future.

But that also means that it is impossible to drive a great figure in the chip industry out of the processor industry, almost cut himself off from the semiconductor arena, and then try to recruit a master of Jim Keller level.

It's better to continue to keep a good relationship with Jim Keller. Even if he leaves PA Semiconductor, give him enough respect and beauty. Who said that you can't return to your hometown after you leave? !

As long as PA Semiconductor keeps the love with Jim Keller, he still has equity in PA Semiconductor, is a shareholder and board member of PA Semiconductor, and receives huge bonuses and dividends from PA Semiconductor every year, plus the existence of Doble Poole , One day PA Semiconductor is in trouble, can he really bear not to come back? !
Not for PA Semiconductor, not for Doble Poole, not for the great reputation he stayed here back then, would he be worried about the huge dividends he gets every year, and the PA Semiconductor stock in his hand?
Hearing Song Yang's words, Dobpoor heaved a sigh of relief. He definitely couldn't stop Jim Keller, let alone hurt the heart of his younger brother who had followed him for so many years, otherwise, he wouldn't be able to lift his head up in the rivers and lakes in the future. .

But with Song Yang's words, Doble Poole can arrange Jim Keller's affairs, so that there will be no big troubles because of his departure.

"For so many years, PA Semiconductor and ARM have trained and recruited many designers and technicians in the chip industry. Jim Keller's departure may indeed cause the loss of PA Semiconductor's strength, but this part of the loss in the future , can definitely make up for it!"

Dobpoor said to Song Yang that PA Semiconductor has accumulated a certain amount of background even today. It is impossible to say that the platform of PA Semiconductor collapsed just because one person left, so it is not a joke.

But just like the protagonists on the stage, leaving one will indeed reduce the strength of the stage. After all, Doberpool is old. He has experience and can control the development and route of the chip, but he is expected to be in the development stage. A new architecture is a bit of a challenge. After all, time is not forgiving, and Jim Keller is at the peak of his career. He really can carry the design team of a chip manufacturer by himself!

And Dubpur also has to admit that the ARM chip design company that Song Yang spent a lot of money to help PA Semiconductor acquire the ARM chip design company was indeed the finishing touch, which allowed PA Semiconductor to rely on ARM even if it lost its design talent Soon he recovered, so that he would not really starve to death.

"The Tyrannosaurus X1 chip is an architecture jointly designed by PA Semiconductor and ARM. It is the first 3G chip launched by PA Semiconductor. It uses 65nm process technology. The core frequency can reach up to 833MHz, and the first-level cache is 32KB. In addition, the second-level cache is 256KB. The machine equipped with X1 can process two instructions at the same time. X1 also has an advanced engine and double-precision floating-point registers. The video decoding frame rate is maintained at 30FPS, and it supports 720P multi-format decoding. Compared with Compared with the previous PA chip series, it has been reduced!
In addition, according to Song You's request, the Tyrannosaurus Rex X1 chip is a baseband chip, which also makes its research and development costs very high. Before it is fully completed, a large part of the funds may need to be invested. In addition... the production cost may also be higher than A considerable part.

But it is definitely an era ahead of the current mobile phone chips, and it will never be eliminated even in two years. The current architecture is enough to support the X1 chip series and can be continuously upgraded! "

PA Semiconductor has been researching and developing baseband chips. Since PA Semiconductor was acquired by Song Yang, and then when it bought ARM and launched the first-generation P1 mobile phone, it has been developing baseband chips. It can be said that it has been ten years like a day. I don't know how much money was wronged.

But the tuition fee is not in vain. X1 is a 3G baseband chip. Although its research and development costs and future production costs will be high, it is a baseband chip. This is enough to ensure that it will not be eliminated. Don’t worry. , I was disgusted by Qualcomm's neck.

Song Yang is at ease with PA Semiconductor, with Doble Poole in charge. An old family is like a treasure, regardless of how much power Dober Poole still has left, but as long as Duo Bo Poole is there, Song Yang doesn't have to worry about PA Semiconductor.

Song Yang is quite satisfied with the Tyrannosaurus rex X1 chip. Thinking about the first generation of smartphones launched by Apple in the previous life, it was still equipped with an outdated 90nm chip produced by Samsung. era.

This is also why, users of the previous generations of Apple devices feel that after upgrading the system, the system will be unresponsive. I really can't support the new system and so many functions, I can't expect to use horses to pull the train...

The Tyrannosaurus Rex X1 chip, compared to Apple's first-generation smartphone, is equipped with a chip processor that is many times stronger, enough to support Alcatel mobile phones for system upgrades.

"No matter how much you invest, Tyrannosaurus X1 must be developed as soon as possible, and it must be installed on the P6 mobile phone next year!"

Song Yang put down the semi-finished product X1 in his hand, looked at Doberpur and said, "President Doberpur, PA Semiconductor needs to add new product lines. In the future, PA Semiconductor needs to supply more than mobile phones, computer chips, game console chips, and TVs. Set-top box chips, Fortinet firewall chips, and more!"

"America Telecom is launching its own router. In the future, Alcatel mobile phones will launch new product lines, Panda TV will also launch new products, and Siebel's electric cars will also be upgraded to autonomous driving. Alcatel Mobile's Boston robot Many other product lines require PA Semiconductor to supply a large number of chips!"

As a PA semiconductor under the Alcatel Group, from the moment it is acquired, it does not need to worry about orders. No matter how many chips it produces, the several fabs PA semiconductor acquires and builds are basically around the clock. Fully open, there is no rest at all, no matter how high or low the performance of the chips produced, there is no need to worry about selling them, the production can't be finished, the production can't be finished at all...

Alcatel's mobile phones, Sega and Microsoft Xbox game consoles, Fortinet's TV set-top boxes and firewalls, Diamond MP3, Apple iMax computers, iPod players, etc. are all mainstream products in the electronics industry, all of which are controlled by PA. Semiconductor supply chips.

PA Semiconductor alone cannot satisfy so many huge orders, which makes the above products need to be purchased from other chip manufacturers from time to time.

For PA Semiconductor, there is no semiconductor cycle at all. Intel, Texas Instruments, and AMD need to consider the impact of inventory and new chips. PA Semiconductor does not consider it at all. No matter what it produces, it can be sold. As long as no accidents or disasters are caused, it is enough to produce desperately. Anyway, Alcatel mobile phones, Diamond MP3, Fortigate set-top boxes, Sega, Microsoft game consoles, Apple and other companies also cover those orders. up!
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