Reinventing the Millennium

Mr. Fang said that extensive exchanges have been achieved.

Mr. Fang wants to talk about the future with his customers.

He even said that he had already discussed the dinner he came over.

It is difficult for Huang Renxun not to question some of the expressions, but he also feels that the other part is very possible. If Yike had not been besieged and shorted, I am afraid that he would not have been able to force a quick version of the world's richest man, nor would it have been possible to reveal Mr. Fang's presence. America’s colluded friends.

Because of this, looking back at the development of ice cores, there seems to be a good explanation.

Bingxin has become the second mainland wafer manufacturing company after SMIC to be allowed to purchase equipment. There may be some opinions here.

The semiconductor circle is either small or big. Some gossips like to take a look at the situation of each company, especially after encountering fluctuations, they become more active.

However, Huang Renxun is not particularly interested in these.

Just like now, whether what Mr. Fang said is true or false, whether extensive communication is useful or useless, what does this have to do with me?

You can't just follow Mr. Fang's baton just because he bought some of his own stocks, right?

Huang Renxun maintained a polite smile on his face. He cared more about his own NVIDIA and was committed to leading it to find new strategic breakthroughs.

"Mr. Huang, I have repeatedly stated my support for economic globalization on different occasions." Fang Zhuo frowned, "Both Yike and Bingxin, these are products of economic globalization. I not only admire it theoretically, but also support it with practical actions.”

"We have a wide range of suppliers around the world and have always had customers at home and abroad."

"Let's talk about Ice Core. The proportion of overseas customers of Ice Core is over 60%. It also has a wafer manufacturing plant in Germany. This year, it is still inspecting new projects in Texas and France. I really can't understand some of the attacks in public opinion now. "

Fang Zhuo talked eloquently and continued: "Ice core is only one part of the division of labor in the global industrial chain. It is precisely based on its focus on this link that it can achieve its current success."

He shook his head slightly: "The division of labor in the industrial chain that has naturally formed on a global scale is very reasonable. I think it is necessary for the industry to work together to abide by and maintain this order."

Huang Renxun picked up the teacup and drank tea slowly, "It's very necessary"?

Fang Zhuo gave an example casually: "Both Bingxin and Yike are abiding by this. A while ago, because of the unfair treatment that Bingxin and Yike may have encountered, some people proposed to sell the NVIDIA stocks in our hands, and then directly take the money." They offered me money to invest in GPUs, but I refused on the spot!”

Huang Renxun put down the tea cup, Mr. Fang was a little annoyed.

“Although GPUs have great potential in the field of deep learning, and we at Yike also have an IC design team and a deep learning team, we can buy the best GPU chips in the world and even have in-depth cooperation with NVIDIA in this area, so why still Do you want to enter this field out of anger?" Fang Zhuo stated his reasons for rejecting some bad proposals.

In economic globalization, it is better to buy than to make.

Yike and Bingxin can have excellent partners, so why bother to develop GPU?

It’s not like the partners aren’t great.

"Economic globalization is indeed the best way for the world to develop." Huang Renxun talked about his attitude from a larger perspective. There is no need to talk about whether Yike has the potential to enter GPU.

Nvidia's current research in the GPU field is not clear enough, so there is no need to introduce a competitor.

Not afraid, but not necessary.

What's more, this is the funds exchanged for Nvidia shares.

Fang Zhuo is also a person who can be big and small. He immediately followed this perspective and said: "Yes, economic globalization is conducive to establishing a larger scale and more efficient collaboration. This is not only conducive to economic development, but also conducive to world peace and stability." Stablize."

Huang Renxun showed some interest, so he chatted with Mr. Fang for a while and observed his performance.

As a result, we kept talking, and we remained calm even when the topic didn't focus on Bing Xin and Yike.

Huang Renxun was thinking about what Mr. Fang showed today, but he took the initiative to bring the topic back: "Mr. Fang, I have probably heard and known about the problems that ice cores are encountering now. No matter whether the problems are big or small, since there are them, then It needs to be solved, Mr. Fang, if you want me to help you, you might as well explain it more clearly."

"Mr. Huang, I just hope you can speak up. I'm not asking you to talk more about ice cores, but I just want to speak more clearly." Fang Zhuo said.

Huang Renxun asked for advice: "How to say it?"

"Mr. Huang, do you think Ice Core's success in wafer foundry can threaten Taiwanese journalists?" Fang Zhuo asked this question.

Huang Renxun pondered, judging from the current news, ice core is encountering difficulties in the 28nm process, and Taiji has successfully achieved mass production last year.

Fang Zhuo didn't wait for the Nvidia leader to answer and continued to ask: "Mr. Huang, do you think Ice Core's success in wafer foundry can threaten the global semiconductor supply chain?"

Huang Renxun couldn't help but smile. If there is no accident and the overseas suppliers of ice cores cut off supply, its production is likely to be extremely unsatisfactory. How can such a controlled company threaten the global supply chain pattern?

As for Taiwan reporters, it is probably difficult to threaten them, but it can be said that they exert competitive pressure.

He got it.

Mr. Fang hopes that his voice will make these things clear.

A foundry company that is dependent on the global semiconductor industry supply chain should not receive such targeted treatment, and its existence is also conducive to everyone's development.

When Huang Renxun heard this, he asked a pointed question: "Mr. Fang, I heard that Ice Core has established a wafer manufacturing alliance in China?"

"What do you think the level of equipment manufacturers in mainland China is?" Fang Zhuo asked.

Huang Renxun smiles again, well, at least the reasons on the surface are sufficient.

He took a few sips of tea, brought the question to a substantive stage, and mentioned what he had heard before: "Mr. Fang had extensive exchanges before coming to the United States?"

Fang Zhuo nodded, understanding what he meant by mentioning this at this time. He may be willing to help Bing Xin speak out, but he also needs to stand on the basis that similar voices already exist.

He said very calmly: "Yes, Mr. Huang, to be honest, I still have some friends in the United States, but the timing this year is special. Mr. Huang, you understand, we are waiting for a suitable opportunity."

Of course Huang Renxun understands that he is running for office this year.

He thought for a moment, and the topic suddenly shifted from ice cores to Nvidia's quad-core processors. The intention was self-evident.

Fang Zhuo listened to a few words, but did not post it directly. He just said: "Your CPU has not withstood the test. This cannot be accepted by mobile phone manufacturers after the overturn of HTC mobile phones. But failure also has the value of failure, again. In other words, technical strength is our foundation, the quad-core processor needs to be re-optimized, and the baseband R\u0026D alliance is also sincerely willing to accept partners who value technology."

Huang Renxun didn't get the answer he wanted, so he brought up his enthusiasm for sales and seriously talked about his ongoing chip optimization.

Come on, in order to get the title of the world's first quad-core processor, Tegra has indeed been rough at work, and now it has lost both its wife and its troops.

Fang Zhuo is resolute. Although I came to you today to talk about ice cores, I can't let you do whatever you want. Who do you think I am?

Huang Renxun became enthusiastic and had a long talk with the head of one of the three Royal families about his own chip.

Before this, he had not considered any possibility of cooperation between Tegra and Yike, but now he suddenly discovered a problem during the communication. The layout of Yike's entry-level models in the global market has just begun.

Compared with Apple's lack of movement, Samsung's product line is rich, and Yike's layout at this point in time may be an opportunity for cooperation.

Fang Zhuo was still relieved and was willing to let Kesheng Mobile have a try, but there was no guarantee of the final effect.

After such a long meeting and chat in the office, Huang Renxun was willing to lend a helping hand at the appropriate time based on the objective situation and help point out the necessity of cooperation in the semiconductor industry.

Huang Renxun entertained Mr. Fang at noon. During the dinner, he did not mention the ice core again. Instead, he chatted with this shareholder with impressive business achievements about Nvidia's future development.

He is now leading Nvidia to try three expansion directions.

The first is the mobile terminal, the second is the automatic driving of cars, and the third is artificial intelligence based on GPU development.

Today, autonomous driving is far away, the mobile strategy has been frustrated, and only GPUs have shown some success, but there is still a long way to go before greater development.

"I don't understand autonomous driving. You are the most expert in the world when it comes to GPUs." Fang Zhuo only focused on the mobile side. "Chips need to be stably iterated. Although Nvidia's Tegra has been iterated, the product is not stable enough. , it is difficult to form continuous feedback and correction, so a partner who can maintain a long-term cooperative relationship is very important.”

Although this statement is self-promoting, Huang Renxun thinks it makes sense. This is true for Apple and Yike in Yusan's family. Even Samsung, which adopts Qualcomm's flagship chip, also uses self-designed chips in its local Korean market.

After lunch, Fang Zhuo followed Huang Renxun to visit Nvidia, an important customer of ice core.

After a complete set of procedures was completed, Huang Renxun saw President Fang off to the car and praised the visitor's attitude and attitude during the exchange.

"Mr. Fang, you really look like a fighter for the market economy."

Fang Zhuo corrected him seriously: "Mr. Huang, remove the 'image'."

He is not only a fighter for the market economy, but also a fighter for the market economy from mainland China who supports the division of labor in the global industrial chain.

Fang Zhuo left NVIDIA headquarters by car.

He sat in the car for a while before he regained his composure and sighed, "It's still quite strenuous."

"Mr. Huang doesn't seem to be enthusiastic about the ice core situation, doesn't care much, and doesn't object too much." Liu Zonghong said about his observations in the limited time.

"Not only him, but people who have nothing to do with it should probably have this attitude. They don't care, and they won't deliberately object. Everyone is just out to make a living. We can talk about areas where there is no business competition. "Fang Zhuo replied.

Liu Zonghong hesitated and asked: "Then...Cook?"

The second person the boss arranged to visit was Cook, the current head of Apple.

This is quite beyond Liu Zonghong's expectation. Although there is cooperation with each other, the competition between Apple and Yike, both of which are Yusan, is still fierce.

"Cook is a smart man." Fang Zhuo briefly stated his knowledge of Cook.

Cook is a smart man. If he wants to retain data in China, he builds local data centers. If some software is illegal in China, he will immediately remove more than 30,000 related software from software stores. He has not responded even when criticized by the outside world.

In comparison, another giant, Google, performs differently in this regard.

After meeting Cook, Fang Zhuo felt his intelligence in person.

There is no need to talk about the domestic market, there is no need to talk about the obstacles that Yike can put in place, and there is no need to even hint. Cook expressed his stance and recognized the division of labor in the industrial chain and the gradual rise of Bingxin.

"The rise of China Semiconductor in this field is obviously difficult to stop." Cook adheres to this view.

At first glance, Fang Zhuo felt that Cook was more confident than himself.

"But what else can Apple get here?" Cook asked the question in a businessman-like manner, and gave an example, "For example, our recent dispute with Samsung?"

Apple and Samsung have recently sued each other. However, Apple chips are still manufactured by Samsung.

This troubled Cook quite a bit.

"Cook, I must say once again that Bingxin is very happy to have a customer like Apple." Fang Zhuo expressed his stance first and then came up with ideas, "You can also continue to discuss cooperation with the reporter with my attitude."

Bingxin is happy, so Apple can lower the price of Taiwan Records.

Unless it has no choice, Apple is definitely not willing to build a relationship similar to Samsung, but the chips in business cooperation can be put on the table.

Cook was surprised by Mr. Fang's sensitivity.

He couldn't help but smile and said like a businessman: "Mr. Fang, there is actually a possibility of cooperation between Apple and Ice Core. I heard that Ice Core's 28nm process has been greatly improved?"

"Then you must have heard wrong." Fang Zhuo shook his head, "I look forward to cooperation with substantial contact in the future. The situation is always changing."

Cook doesn't see the possibility of that change just yet.

He asked Mr. Fang for more specific thoughts on ice cores.

Fang Zhuo also responded with words similar to those used when visiting Huang Renxun. He spoke from an industry perspective and was more willing to promote economic exchanges between them.

The meeting with Cook was straightforward.

In order to show his friendly attitude, Fang Zhuo also mentioned another thing: "Cook, I am willing to invite NVIDIA to join our baseband technology research to stimulate greater cooperation."

Apple joined the baseband technology cooperation alliance led by Yike, which was Steve Jobs's final decision.

Cook obviously thought of this, and said somewhat helplessly: "Qualcomm's technology accumulation in this field is indeed profound, and I would like to see a technological breakthrough in this area as soon as possible."

"So, cooperation can lead to win-win results, no matter which field it is." Fang Zhuo shook hands with the Apple leader. "Self-imposed limitations and arbitrary interference will only lead to loss in the end."

For Apple’s baseband, he is willing to personally invite Nvidia.

For the sake of Nvidia's strategic future, he is also willing to accept it. (End of chapter)