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Without Dopper Poole, it is estimated that it will be difficult to keep Jim Keller. Even if he can stay, it is estimated that Jim Keller will leave in a few years. No matter how high the price is, he will not be able to keep him. Live Jim Keller.

On the contrary, Doble Poole is still young and strong, and if he is around, he can recruit a large group of chip engineers and have a place in the chip industry!
After entering the ICQ office building, Doble Poole, Jim Keller and other engineers visited the various departments of ICQ according to the usual practice. The engineer still couldn't help being surprised.

It is not surprising that the chips they developed have sold millions of sets of products, but an Internet product has tens of millions of users. For hardware engineers, the impact is still a bit big.

Doble Poole and the others inquired very carefully about the status of ICQ, and kept asking Song Yang about the operating conditions and revenues of other industries in his hands. careful.

It is true that Song Yang is an upstart in the Internet industry, but he has made no achievements in the electronic hardware industry, and Song Yang is too young. This may not be a problem in the Internet industry, because everyone in the industry is getting younger.

But the electronic hardware industry is different. In this industry, experience and qualifications are required. Doberpool and his PA semiconductor team don't know if Song Yang really wants to make a big splash in the chip processor industry, or just Because of a whim, I want to come to this business to have fun!
This kind of thing is not uncommon. A genius in one industry is invincible in his original industry, but his brain cramps and he wants to prove himself in another industry. For example, a certain basketball god insists on going to the baseball field instead of playing good basketball. On the Internet, he used his hobbies to challenge other people's jobs, but he was beaten all over his head.

No, even Apple has failed in the processor project several times. It burned a lot of money, but in the end it turned out to be a mess. You know the difficulty of this business.

To be honest, when the PA semiconductor team in Dobpur received an investment call from the Americas Global Investment Fund, they were also a little surprised. They didn’t know how an Internet company could get involved in the chip industry.

Originally, Doberpool didn't want to pay attention to it, but helplessly, the conditions given by the American Global Investment Foundation, threatening to give PA semiconductor money, are too high, even far exceeding Intel, AMD, Broadcom and other companies, for PA The company's quotation, this is the scene of the arrival of Doberpur today!
After visiting ICQ, Doble Poole, Jim Keller and others came to Song Yang's office, and Doble Poole said to Song Yang in an exclamation tone, "Song, ICQ is beyond my imagination, if it can make a profit If so, ICQ will definitely become a miracle in the history of science and technology.”

When he said this, Doberpool communicated with Jim Keller and others with his eyes. The current Internet market is also in the technology industry. They have heard about it and know that ICQ's current valuation is very valuable.

The most important thing is that Song Yang not only has ICQ in his hands, but also double-click, the emerging telecommunications company America Telecom, etc. On the surface, Song Yang's social status is not low. In theory, he can support a processor semiconductor company.

But only in theory, there are many who want to make a big splash in the processor and semiconductor fields, but very few survive in the end.

Song Yang just laughed at Doberpur's amazement. Having stayed in a giant like DEC, Doberpur has never seen any storms. For him, ICQ is nothing more than a few words of flattery.

Doberpool looked at Song Yang, pointed to Jim Keller and others, "Song, I am very glad that you are willing to invest in PA Semiconductor, but we want to know why you suddenly want to invest in PA Semiconductor. As far as we know, you There is no hardware industry!"

"Moreover, we want to remind you that the semiconductor industry is an industry that requires investment but may not necessarily pay off. This is the misfortune of this industry!"

Mentioning this, Doberpoor felt a little depressed for a while, wondering if he remembered his days at DEC.

The leaving of DEC by Dubpool, Jim Keller and others is actually the truest portrayal of DEC. This old giant company has been in turmoil in the past few years. Even Bill Gates couldn't help mocking, "If you let a A 60-year-old man is in charge of Microsoft, which is unimaginable."

This is the mocking DEC founder Olsen. As the oldest person in charge of the technology industry, Olson is still at the helm of DEC at the age of 67. Until a few years ago, the big ship of DEC was finally about to sink. When it was over, Olsen finally stepped back and replaced Palmer, who was in charge of DEC's semiconductor business, on the stage, finally allowing DEC to stabilize its position.

Palmer relied on the research and development of new computers and semiconductor chips to prevent DEC from going bankrupt, but that’s all. For several years, the semiconductor business has been hovering on the edge of loss and profit all year round, and DEC has also been exhausted due to the huge investment in chips. At the end of last year, at the end of last year, it was finally a little bit unbearable, and no longer continued to develop a new generation of chips. Doberpool also left with a group of former DEC engineers and started to stand on his own.

Even DEC can't handle it, and Apple has been in a mess for several times in the chip project. Since AMD was established, it has rarely made a profit. Now it is Song Yang. how long!

Song Yang said, "Actually, Fortinet is developing a brand-new UTM hardware Internet security product, which requires a brand-new network security chip!"

"UTM device?"

Jim Keller, who was sitting on the side, couldn't help but show some interest after hearing the concept of UTM.

Song Yang nodded, "UTM is a brand-new hardware firewall. In the future, countless companies will need UTM equipment and countless security chips!"

Song Yang is telling PA Semiconductor that his investment in PA Semiconductor is not a whim, but a real demand.

"It's not just Feita. If there are no accidents, everyone should hear another news today. Maybe PA will need to supply mobile phone chips in the future!"

When Doberpool, Jim Keller and others heard Song Yang's words, they couldn't help showing a bit of surprise for a while. They obviously understood what Song Yang meant, and they obviously wanted to enter the mobile phone industry.

Although I was also surprised that Song Yang's span is really large, from the Internet directly to the mobile phone industry, but it can also be said that why Song Yang invested in PA semiconductors, Feita's UTM equipment and mobile phone business need chips, Song Yang's investment in his own semiconductor team seems to make sense, although it is still a bit big.

"Song, do you want PA Semiconductor to be like Texas Instruments?!" Dobpoor laughed and teased himself slightly.

Song Yang couldn't help laughing, "I didn't say that, but if PA Semiconductor can provide the most advanced mobile chips for mobile phones like Texas Instruments, I think that is something worth celebrating!"

Song Yang and Doble Poole looked at each other and saw the meaning in each other's eyes. Both of them were joking, but it was not a joke.

As an old gun in the processor industry, this time Doble Poole brought a group of engineers who followed him to set up his own business, and an architecture master like Jim Keller obviously didn't want PA Semiconductor, just an ordinary semiconductor company.

At this time, Dobpoor was already a little moved. He could see that Song Yang was thinking a lot, and he even saw a bit of Olsen, the founder of DEC in Song Yang's youth.

In his later years, Olsen was obsessed with power. For the sake of the power in his hands, he regarded DEC as a trifle, and drove away many executives and engineers from DEC. However, in his early years, Olsen was ambitious and possessed keen insights. Under IBM's control of computers, it can kill the bloody way of small computers, and it can also develop and produce chips by itself, and its revenue crushes Apple. Even if Apple had Jobs in the beginning, it is just a younger brother in front of DEC... …

However, Doberpool will not make a decision so easily. He has already proved himself at DEC. The famous name of the first generation smashed the signboard here.

"Song, if you want to develop chips, you may have to invest a huge amount of money, but even if your mobile phone project can gain an advantage in competition with Nokia and Motorola, but with all due respect, the market for mobile phone processors this year is only less than 300 million U.S. dollars, and Intel's annual revenue exceeds [-] billion U.S. dollars!"

Dobpoor reminded Song Yang that it is very likely that this industry is not as good as Song Yang imagined, and it may even be a nightmare. The copy of the chip industry can be called the copy of the five permanent members of the United Nations in the technology industry. Brush a copy of the five permanent members, and then To enter the United Nations, the chip industry also needs to pass five hurdles and cut six generals.

Even if Song Yang's reputation as a genius can extend from the Internet to the Dianzi hardware industry, he will fight a shocking battle and survive under the siege of Nokia and Motorola.

However, the market for mobile phone processor chips is only [-] million US dollars a year. Compared with the same period last year, in the computer processor industry, Intel alone has a revenue of more than tens of billions of dollars. Now Intel is not interested in mobile phone processing However, it doesn’t mean that they will look down on them in the future. With Intel and Texas Instruments, the overlords in the chip industry, Song Yang may invest a lot of money, but in the end it will be nothing.

"I see!"

Song Yang answered very directly, "The risk control department of the American Global Investment Foundation has done market research on the chip industry, but I think it is worth investing in!"

"After investing in PA Semiconductor, I hope that Fortinet's UTM equipment and mobile phone project will have enough revenue to support PA Semiconductor's chip project."

What Song Yang said was very straightforward, and he was ready to accept the chip loss. As long as Fortinet's UTM equipment and mobile phone projects can make profits, he can subsidize the processor project. As for the loss, that is also acceptable.

"Not only these, I hope that PA Semiconductor can go further..."

(End of this chapter)