Reinventing the Millennium

The level of Yiko baseband chips is already approaching that of Qualcomm!

When the news spread from the Yike press conference in the far east to the extraordinary shareholders meeting at Qualcomm headquarters, Jacobs immediately sensed the danger of approaching the opponent's technology simultaneously.

He was sitting in the front row, hoping very much that no one would know the news, but the sudden chatter almost didn't require asking as to the source.

“Vote directly on the proposal now!”

Jacob's heart was still heavy when he suddenly heard the decisive voice of the director next to him, and he woke up as if from a dream!

Yes! Vote now! We can’t let this news brew any longer!

As the chairman of the board, Jacob was responsible for presiding over this extraordinary general meeting of shareholders. He turned around and was about to announce the start of voting when he saw many shareholders whispering in the venue. He suddenly felt uneasy and stopped talking.

With just such a moment of hesitation, Jacob almost jumped up from his seat when he saw Chen Fuyang.

"Yike's baseband has surpassed Qualcomm! This is a good thing you Jacob did!" Chen Fuyang got the news about Yike immediately. He was surprised and happy, and immediately realized that this was a good thing for his power grab. News, he decisively stood up and angrily criticized the head of Qualcomm.

"Yike's baseband is not super..." Jacob tried to argue, they were just approaching, how come you exceeded it with just your mouth?

Chen Fuyang interrupted directly: "Jacob, if it weren't for you, how could Yike be where it is today? You are the culprit of Qualcomm's internal and external troubles!"

When Jacob heard this, he felt like he had gone to Yike to assemble the mobile phone himself. He was stunned for a moment before standing up and said angrily: "Chen Fuyang, don't put everything on your head! My contribution to Qualcomm Everyone sees it!”

Chen Fuyang did not look at Jacob at this time, but looked around the entire venue, and said loudly: "As far as I know, Yike has secretly reached a cooperation with Intel. Yike's baseband surpasses Qualcomm, and Intel will also Soon!"

Qualcomm's COO Mollenkopf questioned: "How did you, Chen Fuyang, know about the news that no one else knew? Could it be that you and Fang Zhuo have always been in contact? Did Avago turn the sensor business into something else?" Sold to Yike? Was Avago’s hostile takeover of Qualcomm also instigated by Yike?”

"This is the level of our Qualcomm COO! This is the level of executives who want to take over as CEO! Attack me with Avago's business a few years ago! Is this it?" Chen Fuyang did not evade, but still said loudly, "This year's Qualcomm The response of the Snapdragon 810 is not as good as expected, and this is your responsibility! Mollenkopf, answer me, why the Snapdragon 810 cannot compare to the Apple A8, and why it cannot compare to the Zhurong 05!”

Mollenkopf opened his mouth, but no sound came out. He couldn't compare to A8 and ZR05. This is a long story... Where should I start...

He didn't know where to start for a while, but Chen Fuyang on the opposite side had changed his target again.

"From the CEO to the COO, from the management to the board of directors, Qualcomm has fallen to the point where it is today. There are piles of lawsuits outside, and there are competitors with lagging products internally. Which one of Yike, Intel, and Apple can be easily defeated?" Chen Fuyang said impassionedly, "Someone just used the past business of Avago and Yike to attack me. I want to ask, if this is the case, who and Mr. Fang were called the 'Iron Triangle' in the past?"

Without waiting for anyone to answer, he raised his hand and pointed at Jacob: "It's our Mr. 62 billion!"

Jacob was already angry and irritable!

"If you didn't ask for change yesterday, today it would drop from 100 billion to 62 billion. If you don't ask for change today, tomorrow it will depreciate from 62 billion to 20 billion!" Chen Fuyang did not allow others to interrupt. Although he spoke quickly, his voice was very clear, " Nokia didn’t seek change in the past, and now it has lost its mobile phone business. Sony didn’t seek change in the past, and now it is in recession!”

He said categorically: "We at Qualcomm must seek change. I am standing here today because some far-sighted shareholders have realized that Qualcomm has to change. When I become CEO, I have three things to do first. First..."

In his rage, Jacob suddenly noticed the thoughtful expressions of some shareholder representatives. The heat in his heart was suddenly pierced with a chill, and he finally realized what he should do as the chairman.

He shouted and interrupted: "Vote on the proposal now! Qualcomm does not need an outsider who has never been in the mobile processor business to be CEO!"

As soon as Jacob spoke out, his shareholders immediately voted against the proposal that was submitted this time.

But Chen Fuyang seemed oblivious and continued to loudly promote his views on Qualcomm's future development.

There are still shareholder representatives voting, but the voting speed has dropped significantly, and the number of people waiting and watching is also increasing.

"Now is the voting stage, Chen Fuyang, what you said is completely meaningless!" Jacob tried to interrupt again, but it still didn't work.

When he wanted to forcefully advance this link for the third time, a voice suddenly came from the second row behind him: "Let him finish."

Jacobs didn't have to look back to recognize the voice of Fraser, who represented BlackRock, the second-largest institutional shareholder.

His heart sank. Listening to Chen Fuyang's plan to end the patent litigation with Yike and Apple, he seriously suspected that he and the other two companies had secretly reached a tacit understanding.

"I hope everyone will vote for the future of Qualcomm!" Chen Fuyang ended his speech and said impassionedly. Finally, he asked Jacob quite gracefully, "Jacob, what do you want to say to everyone? "

Jacob's face was ashen, farce, farce!

He had always thought that the other party was a farce, but now he suddenly felt that he was in the middle of it.

Jacob was speechless.

Seeing this, Chen Fuyang also finished his last sentence for this period with "Vote."

No matter how troubled it is internally and externally, no matter how angry shareholders are, it all depends on the outcome of the vote.

Some people immediately came forward to vote, but more shareholder representatives were also communicating with each other. Everyone knew that the vote in their hands was likely to be related to Qualcomm's future this time.

Chen Fuyang looked calm, but his palms were sweating. If he could serve as the CEO of the new Qualcomm, it would be a leap for his career.

On one side is Mr. Chen Fuyang, a master of capital operation and former Avago CEO who claims to be seeking change, and on the other side is Qualcomm’s Mr. 62 billion.

More institutional shareholder representatives began to vote after communicating with each other or with the company.

When the number of supporting votes showed a lead, although it was not the final result, Chen Fuyang already had a smile on his face. However, while he was smiling and nodding at his shareholder representatives, a strange and seemingly inappropriate thought came to him. .

Yike's progress in the baseband field is really great.

At 9:40 a.m. Eastern Time on November 15, Qualcomm's extraordinary shareholders meeting passed a proposal to remove the current board of directors and leader Jacob, and replace it with Senior Vice President Chen Fuyang as CEO.

This result quickly spread throughout the industry, and together with Yike’s flagship Mars, became the two most eye-catching news today.

It is said that Jacobs, the former head of Qualcomm, said only one sentence after learning the results.

"You're destroying Qualcomm."

Chen Fuyang doesn’t know if he will destroy Qualcomm, but he does want to take charge of Qualcomm.

…

When Qualcomm's final results came, Fang Zhuo continued to answer another call on his mobile phone before he had time to express his feelings.

The results of the cooperation between Yike and Ice Core are quite significant. Whether it is Yike’s current influence in the global smartphone market or Ice Core’s lead in wafer manufacturing by breaking through 16nm, this has made many people happy. and excitement.

On the way back from the interview, Fang Zhuo was dealing with various calls, including those from Beijing, Shanghai, Luzhou, overseas, as well as industry friends, retired cadres, seniors in the world...

Ice Core is very particular about the confidentiality of its process research and development this time. Only a limited number of people in the country know about it, which is really shocking.

"Mr. Zhang, you didn't make the wrong decision back then!"

Fang Zhuo answered the call from Zhang Rujing without any greetings. He said the first sentence in a blunt manner.

Zhang Rujing knew that what Mr. Fang was talking about was SMIC's support for Ice Core's 130nm risky trial production. Hearing this, he laughed loudly: "That's right, that's right, it has to be you Fang Zhuo!"

"Tsk, Mr. Zhang is so flattering!" Fang Zhuo accepted the compliment.

"Hey, I really didn't want to agree to you back then. If not, if not..." Zhang Rujing paused, "If Dr. Jiang hadn't been there to persuade me, and if you hadn't made such a gesture, hey, that decision wouldn't have been made by me. Yes, the three of us did it together.”

Fang Zhuo stopped smiling and pondered for a moment: "I later received a letter from Dr. Jiang, which has been pressed under the glass on my desk. He wrote the words 'keep progress'. okay."

"Keep making progress, keep making progress." Zhang Rujing chanted it twice and sighed, "It's so difficult. Ice core is very strong, better than China core. You are very strong, better than us."

"Without Zhongxin wading in front, how can Bingxin enter the market? Mr. Zhang, you have to burn your old bones again." Fang Zhuo said this.

Zhang Rujing was silent for a few seconds. He had something he wanted to ask but kept it in his heart. He just said, "I won't hesitate to ask."

"Okay, Mr. Zhang, I'm waiting for you to come have a drink." Fang Zhuo said with a smile.

Zhang Rujing did not talk any more, knowing that Mr. Fang must be very busy now, and planned to wait until they meet to talk in detail. Now one step for Bingxin is a step for the mainland's semiconductor industry, not to mention that this time, it is really difficult to get ahead of Intel and Taiwanese journalists. Uplifting.

When the car arrived home, Fang Zhuo had time to look at Qualcomm's news.

"Oh, Chen Fuyang can still do it. He really did it. Congratulations to him."

Secretary Liu Zonghong said at this time: "Mr. Fang, the latest news is coming from San Francisco. The Ninth Circuit Court has made a ruling and does not believe that Qualcomm is suspected of monopoly. The Ministry of Justice has decided to proceed with the final prosecution and is discussing with Apple. Submitting a 'petition for writ of certiorari' to the Supreme Court, they said that there is almost no accident and they will definitely have to go to the highest court, but now there is a situation where Qualcomm has changed its CEO..."

"Schroeder just called you but didn't get through. He called me to ask whether this process should be carried out or whether new negotiations could be held with Qualcomm's new CEO."

Qualcomm's replacement of CEO is a situation that the legal department has not considered, so there are two directions now.

Fang Zhuo said lightly: "We have reached this point, let's continue. Qualcomm will still be Qualcomm after changing the CEO. After all, I have talked with Cook before, so it is not good to force an exit at this time."

Liu Zonghong hesitated for a moment and did not talk about Chen Fuyang's power grab.

Fang Zhuo probably knew what the secretary was thinking, so he added: "Let's not use words to talk to Chen Fuyang, let competition and facts fight for us."

Liu Zonghong nodded, understanding that his boss wanted to stab him to the end, and he would not stop even if it started to bleed.

The calls still didn't stop.

Both Fang Zhuo and Liu Zonghong had requests for interviews from the media, and the official media were making appointments. After receiving responses, they had already sent over the drafted questions.

Fang Zhuo first went to the room and took a look at Fang Xiaoman, who was already sleeping soundly. Then he took a look at it and felt that there was nothing new. He just wanted to answer normally when the time came.

Before he had a few words with Su Wei, Liu Zonghong, who was still dealing with various news in the living room on the first floor, reported two more pieces of news.

In addition to the fast-acting NVIDIA, Yike and Bingxin have successively received inquiries from AMD, MediaTek and other companies, and are extremely interested in 16nm, the world's leading process technology.

And, just late at night, a Taiwanese executive tweeted, informally commenting on the ice core breakthrough.

"Ice core's research and development of 16nm is a great disruption to the existing division of labor in the global semiconductor industry chain!"

"Ice Core gave up on 20nm, and its risk of developing 16nm does not prove the maturity and stability of the process!"

Fang Zhuo looked at the news on Twitter and laughed angrily for a second. Before he could speak, there was another call on his phone, this time it was Apple's Cook.

"Yike's amazing 16nm, amazing!" Although Cook had already digested the sudden news, he still expressed his shock at the beginning of the phone call.

"Okay, Cook, I've recorded it and will send out Apple CEO's evaluation of Yike's products later." Fang Zhuo said with a smile.

Cook was shocked and didn't know if he was joking for a moment.

"Just kidding." Fang Zhuo laughed.

Cook was still not sure if it was a joke, so he changed the subject and said: "Yike's Mars 8.8 is destined to be a big seller."

"Oh? We just started pre-sales, we have to check again." Fang Zhuo didn't have time to pay attention to the data.

Cook was quiet for ten seconds and said helplessly: "Apple's official website has seen an unusual refund and return curve. It suddenly climbed up with the time of Yike's press conference as the node..."

It is obvious that many consumers want to exchange gifts before Christmas.

"Thank you for your powerful proof." Fang Zhuo expressed his gratitude.

"The reporter just had a phone call with me and we will try our best to ensure the delivery of 16nm next year." Cook said euphemistically, "We will decide based on the situation."

It depends on the situation. Apple can jump from Samsung manufacturing to Taiji manufacturing, and naturally it can also jump to ice core manufacturing. However, Cook understands that this generation of Yike will definitely be the best, and it is impossible to allocate production capacity to Apple or Samsung.

"We decided to continue our appeal against Qualcomm's monopoly," Cook said of one theme of the call.

He knew that there seemed to be a connection between Mr. Fang and Chen Fuyang, and he had already prepared a plan to persuade him, but he didn't expect to hear a response as soon as he finished speaking.

"Same for us." Fang Zhuo replied.

Cook digested the answer, thinking about the climbing curve of refunds and returns, thinking about Yike's products that were destined to sell well, and thinking about Mr. Fang's reply, and said in a humorous manner while maintaining his demeanor: "Okay, then keep moving forward, keep it up Make progress."

Fang Zhuo accepted the recognition from his competitors and responded to the slogan that Cook said at last month's press conference: "Ok, Bigger than bigger."