Chapter 1041 Want to Buy Infineon

Therefore, MediaTek attaches great importance to the research and development of processor chips, especially the improvement of CPU performance.

Cai Mingsheng dispatched more than 20 top-notch R&D personnel of his own to carry out research in the Fairy Lab in Rongcheng, and spent a lot of financial and material resources to achieve a breakthrough recently.

Although Xiao Qi only gave MediaTek a patent fee of US$0.2 for each processor chip, Xiao Qi promised to use no less than 100 million pieces per year in the future, so MediaTek can earn 150 million yuan in patent income every year.

The patent fee alone can be quite a lot, and Cai Mingsheng began to wonder if he could get a share of the independent baseband chip of dream stars.

The baseband chip is a very important part of mobile phone chips. It is a chip that integrates hspa, edge and wcdma baseband. Because European and American laws stipulate that all parts related to radio communication must be integrated on the same processor. That's why it is integrated into a baseband chip separately.

Basically, the calling function of a mobile phone is composed of a CPU processor, a baseband chip, power management, software and peripherals. This is also a basic function of a mobile phone, and these together become a package solution of MediaTek. Commonly known as the baseband chip, that is, the MediaTek mobile phone chip that Xiao Qi bought at the beginning.

It's just that the Dream Stars produced by Xiao Qi now have a much higher grade. The dual-core processor, power management, fairy system, etc. are all independent components developed by high-end research and development. Naturally, it is impossible to hand over all of them to MediaTek for production.

Just like a computer, there is a big difference between an integrated motherboard and an independent motherboard. The obvious independent motherboard has better effects and more powerful functions, and the same is true for the baseband chips of dream stars.

MediaTek does not have the ability to produce baseband chips that meet the needs of dream stars. But they hope to gain orders for independent baseband chips, which are also an important part of mobile phones, based on their technical expertise.

Recently, Cai Guozhi has been mentioning this to Xiao Qi, hoping that Xiao Qi will let them try it.

But Xiao Qi did not agree.

It's not that I don't trust MediaTek's technology. In fact, in 2012, the smartphone war was in full swing. MediaTek's baseband chips, and even the overall baseband chips, are very marketable. The baseband chips made in Huaguo, such as Lenovo and Huawei, all use MediaTek.

It is not impossible for them to work hard to produce a good independent baseband chip with their solid technical background, coupled with Xiao Qi's genius conception.

But Xiao Qi's vision is always looking forward.

Future Qualcomm, MediaTek, Infineon, Spreadtrum, etc. Dominating the entire baseband chip market, MediaTek is much worse than Qualcomm, but it can be regarded as the second in the world.

However, if he cooperates with MediaTek, Xiao Qi will have no chance to develop his own strength. In order to make his own technology and expertise stronger, Xiao Qi still decides to buy a company with a patented baseband chip.

It's not that Xiao Qi doesn't want to buy MediaTek directly, but it's because MediaTek is under the influence of Xiao Qi. The sweetness of mobile phone chips has been tasted in advance, and the huge profits of billions of RMB will be generated every year in the future. It is destined that Cai Mingsheng will not let go of his company. On the contrary, his ambition is still very difficult, and he wants to take MediaTek to a higher position.

Under such circumstances, it would be very difficult for Xiao Qi to forcibly acquire MediaTek.

In fact, Xiao Qi had asked Cai Guozhi intentionally or unintentionally. Is it possible for MediaTek to raise funds or buy stocks, but Cai Guozhi said "impossible!"

Thinking about it, a company with super profits and strong future development expectations will never be sold.

So Xiao Qi put his plan on the company Infineon.

Speaking of Infineon. Maybe everyone is not familiar with it, but if you say "Siemens Semiconductor Division", many people will understand that this is a well-known department!

After the Siemens Semiconductor Division became independent and established Infineon, they are very unique in semiconductors, such as baseband chips in the communication field, integrated circuits, DRAM storage, automotive and industrial electronic components, etc., they have mastered With very advanced leading technology.

Seeing that the memory market has been very hot in recent years, Infineon conducted a split last year and separated the DRAM department.

After the separation, the dram memory company named Qimonda, as the second largest dram company in the world, was directly listed on the New York Stock Exchange after separation, bringing Infineon $1 billion in financing, and its peak market value Reached about 5 billion.

But Qimonda's good days are not long, and they will fall into the financial crisis in more than a year, and the final market value will not exceed 500 million US dollars, just like most of the suffering brothers and sisters.

The real value is Infineon itself.

Not to mention that it can make mobile phone chip solutions like MediaTek, Xiao Qi got it, which is equivalent to getting 80% of MediaTek's strength, and Infineon's most powerful is not this one!

What Infineon is really good at is the semiconductor chip. For example, many high-end German cars, such as Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Audi, many of the tire pressure monitoring systems, electronic compasses, and smart sensors used in the cars are produced by them. of.

Apple iPhone has many sensor modules, such as ambient light sensor, distance sensor, image sensor, magnetoresistive sensor, sound wave sensor, temperature sensor, humidity sensor, etc., all of which are very important, many of which are Apple Unique use of technology.

These sensors are essential to make a smart phone, and Infineon has not paid much attention to the consumer electronics industry on weekdays. It only equips cars with these sensor components, but it does not mean that they are not proficient. In fact, they are the big ones. expert.

In addition, why did the iPhone and iPad become out of stock during the 2011 Japan earthquake in the previous life?

It is because of the lack of a very important component - the electronic compass.

It is very troublesome to replace this important component originally produced by Asahi Kasei from other manufacturers. It is necessary to uniformly deploy other parts, and this is not a matter of a day or two.

Coincidentally, Infineon manufactures electronic compasses for car navigation systems. Xiao Qi is prepared in this regard, which naturally conforms to the concept of "not relying on a single supplier".

so.

Seeing so many benefits, how can Xiao Qi not be tempted? (To be continued..)

ps:  The more I write, the more I realize that what achievements our country wants to make in the category of consumer electronics is difficult! The roads are sealed tightly, and there are still three floors inside and three floors outside...