Chapter 2362 Jealousy

Feng Yiping quickly found the news he wanted. It was very simple. He just Googled it and found out that in June last year, Intel sold its ARM chip production line to Marvell, also in Santa Clara, for $600 million.

This is a bit interesting. The Marvel he acquired is called Marvel in English, and this Marvell is Marvell, with only an "l" difference.

So, it seems that they are really destined to be together.

However, looking at "June 2006... $600 million", Feng Yiping always felt that this number was very Chinese.

He then Googled Marvel, and his guess was not wrong. Marvel was a company founded by a Chinese couple in Silicon Valley in 1995.

So, it seems that the piece of meat he missed was picked up by a Chinese couple?

He suddenly felt a little happy in a narrow way.

However, he didn't understand one question. Why did this company that acquired the most advanced ARM chip production line at that time become unknown later?

Wu Qian called, "Yiping, the relevant information has been sent to your email."

Wu Qian's information is more detailed. Maiwei is a semiconductor company founded in Silicon Valley in 1995. Among the three founders, Zhou Xiuwen and Dai Weili are a couple.

Feng Yiping also found out at this time that the one with a delicate name in front, who he thought was the wife, was actually the husband, an Indonesian overseas Chinese.

The one with a masculine name in the back was the wife, who was born on the bank of the Huangpu River. When she was studying at the University of Berkeley, she met Mr. Zhou from Jakarta.

The other founder of the company is Mr. Zhou's younger brother.

One of the brothers is the CEO and the other is the CTO, and Ms. Dai is the vice president - it means a family company.

The company's main direction is memory chips, and its performance in that field is quite good. In 2000, the company was listed on NASDAQ. On the day of listing, the stock price rose from $15 to $56. The three founders became billionaires at the same time and were listed on the Fortune 40 Rich List in the same year...

They are definitely the most successful group of Chinese in Silicon Valley.

Later, they got involved in the production of mobile communications and Wi-Fi chips. It was for this reason that they had contact and cooperation with Intel. Later, it was also for this reason that when Intel intended to sell the ARM production line, they bought it as soon as possible - he was really jealous.

As for why Intel sold the ARM production line, when mobile phones were still in the era of feature phones, ARM chips were indeed a product with large volume and low profits, and they really looked down on it.

Another reason is because of a strategy promoted by Otellini after he came to power, called x8re.

Intel, as a synonym for chips and even high-tech, has a market share of nearly 100% in the server market and more than 80% in the desktop market. It hopes that its x86 ecosystem can also enter the low-power mobile field, rather than using its advanced process and design capabilities to help ARM build an ecosystem for high-end applications.

Intel, which has successfully fought its way out of the siege and achieved such impressive achievements today, is indeed qualified to make such a decision.

From another perspective, Intel, which has successfully established its own ecosystem, must be unwilling to contribute to the ecosystem created by ARM, its competitor, from the bottom of its heart.

However, Intel may not have expected that their ARM production line had just been sold for a few months, and Jobs released the iPhone that changed the entire mobile phone industry.

What they didn't expect was that this time, they might be a little too confident.

Because according to Feng Yiping's later experience, in the mobile field, whether it is mobile phones or tablets, or other smart devices later, Intel and its partner and competitor Microsoft can be said to have done nothing.

On the contrary, ARM should have invaded the server and desktop fields later.

So, mistakes, mistakes, missed such a good opportunity.

This is mainly because he does not know much about the semiconductor industry, but no matter how little he knows about the semiconductor industry, he also knows that the dividends brought by Android to CPU can be said to have all been given to ARM.

As for his personality, he does not have the habit of helping others to make wedding clothes for free.

He looked at the latest stock price trend of Maiwei. If everything goes well and the other party is willing to be acquired, then the price he will pay will definitely exceed 3 billion US dollars.

Because it is obvious that he cannot acquire a single production line of Maiwei, but can only acquire the whole.

An acquisition of this scale is not a big deal, but what makes him uneasy is that although the data shows that Maiwei currently sells hundreds of millions of chips every year, why has it not been heard of in the mobile field later?

This at least shows that Maiwei was obviously not successful in the mobile field later.

So, paying more than 3 billion US dollars for such a company, it is obvious that you have to think carefully about whether it is worth it.

The biggest problem is that Maiwei is currently in a period of rapid growth, and it may be difficult to propose an acquisition at this time.

It has to be said that things always have two sides. Feng Yiping's good vision is now well known, which naturally leads to a result. The first feeling of those companies that he likes is that since you want to acquire it, it naturally means that my company has a bright future.

This may lead to the company he wants to acquire, either to insist on a high price, or to regard his company as a hen that lays golden eggs and refuse to sell it.

Feng Yiping rubbed his forehead. For now, this matter can be put aside.

It's not too late to talk about it after he has a full understanding of the current situation in the semiconductor field.

After thinking it over, his frustration also faded by more than half. In any case, he couldn't know all fields very well.

At least for now, he didn't miss the big wind outlets and the most promising projects, which is enough.

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Bezos came over with a tired voice, "Feng,"

"Hey Jeff, what's wrong, busy?" Feng Yiping asked.

He could hear the sound over there, as if someone was still talking about something.

However, the voices on the other end soon disappeared. After all, this was the time Feng Yiping had agreed to talk with him.

"Yes, busy," Bezos said very straightforwardly.

He knew that if there was a big deal, that is, a big deal that would benefit both parties, Feng Yiping would try to meet with him instead of talking on the phone.

Feng Yiping roughly guessed what he was thinking. He was really a snobbish guy, but you might not guess that what I want to talk to you about this time is also something that will bring you great benefits.

"There is such a thing. I plan to send someone to Seattle to visit you in two days, but before that, I hope to talk to you in person about this matter. This is the case. Last month, we successfully developed an operating system. This operating system is very good, especially in the application of mobile devices,"

"So I think..." He briefly introduced his ideas to Bezos.

But after that, there was silence for a long time on the other side. "Jeff, Jeff," Feng Yiping called several times. This guy, could he have fallen asleep while answering my call?

After a while, when Feng Yiping was about to hang up the phone and redial, Bezos' voice rang out, "I'm here,"

His voice sounded much more energetic, "Feng, I have to say... I don't know what to say,"

He really didn't know what to say.

He originally thought that the Kindle he had successfully developed and was producing in full swing would be a product that would amaze the world. He had never expected that Feng Yiping would quietly accomplish such a thing.

Feng Yiping just mentioned it, and he immediately understood the future of the Android system, which was really not comparable to his own e-book reader.

So, his mind was full of this guy, this guy, how could he be so lucky?

He was really a little upset for a while, and really didn't know what to say.

After all, he was a big man who had been famous for many years. How could he have the nerve to show some emotions to a young man like Feng Yiping?

But he immediately thought of what to say, "What about eBay? Do you plan to invite them too?"

"eBay? What is eBay?" Feng Yiping laughed, "Haha, of course not, but I know that Amazon will definitely be the most successful e-commerce company in the future, mainly because of you,"

Feng Yiping's words made Bezos feel a lot better, "I'm happy to join this alliance, I'm waiting for you to send someone over,"

"Okay, I'll let my assistant contact your office to confirm the time, and Jeff," Feng Yiping sped up, "Well, I know you're jealous, right? In fact, you can say it, haha..."

This guy! Bezos held the phone that Feng Yiping had hung up, smiled and shook his head, yes, he was really jealous.

What a lucky guy!