Chapter 905: The First Year of GPU

"Mr. Qin, we have agreed in principle to cooperate with you. We will give up at most 10% of the shares." Gray said.

Qin Feng smiled.

"I think we'd better meet and talk!" Qin Feng said.

Afterwards, the four of them met at the same coffee shop where they met yesterday.

"Stakes, 10% is definitely not enough. It is too small, and my technology and the profits I bring are far more than this share!" Qin Feng said.

"How much do you want?" Gray asked.

If Qin Feng wants too much, they will definitely not agree.

"The three of you hold about 40% of the company's shares. In this way, I only need 15%, but I must have voting rights." Qin Feng said.

Now that 3dfx has been listed, 45% of the shares are in circulation. The three founders hold 40% of the shares, and the remaining 15% is in the hands of other shareholders of the company.

Qin Feng wants this 15%. Of course, this does not mean that all the stocks of other shareholders will be given to Qin Feng. Rather, it means that the company adopts additional issuance or each person allocates some shares according to the shares.

Of course, Qin Feng also has to pay.

This is not to get shares for free, but to give money based on market value.

According to the current stock price, Qin Feng probably needs to spend US$45 million to obtain this 15% stake.

It will take two years, and at this price, it will almost buy the entire company.

The three nodded. This price is almost within their acceptable range.

"However, if you cannot let Sega continue to purchase our orders, and your technology cannot satisfy us, or bring us major changes, then this transaction will be void!" Gray said.

"Of course!" Qin Feng nodded.

Then both parties happily signed the contract with a termination treaty.

"Later, I will go to Shijia and negotiate with them. But now, first of all, I hope you will give up the stb board manufacturer.

"Qin Feng said.

"Give up?" The three frowned, but nodded quickly.

They also felt anxious during this cooperation. Because it did not achieve the results they wanted, it annoyed many board manufacturers to no longer produce their graphics cards.

In this way, they are the only ones producing in the world. The stb factory they acquired could not meet the performance requirements at all. And the yield rate is not enough. This has resulted in their current insufficient market share.

Therefore, they also had the intention to give up. It's just that I can't make up my mind to give up.

"The company under my name, Jiuzhou IT Technology Co., Ltd., will be responsible for acquiring the STB company. Later, it will be used to mainly produce voodoo (Voodoo) graphics cards. With my Chinese human resources, I believe I can reduce the sales of your company's graphics cards. Price." Qin Feng said.

From this point of view, it is also good for Lei Jun.

After all, Qin Feng has great ambitions, and it is not in the computer market.

The real market is the mobile phone market of the future. Because in the future, smartphones will kill almost all opponents.

Computers, cameras, recorders, MP3s, etc., almost everything has been killed by smartphones. Smartphones also need display chips.

Therefore, it is always beneficial to acquire in advance.

Of course, Qin Feng also needs to make the company's deficit larger.

Let no one dare to think about this.

"Okay!" The three Ross nodded.

In this way, they return to tradition and become a pure display chip manufacturer, so they will not arouse the dissatisfaction of many board and card manufacturers.

"As for technology, it's very simple!" Qin Feng smiled, "My proposal is to build a GPU!"

"Gpu?" The three of them were stunned.

"Yes, it is to add a CPU specifically for processing graphics to the existing display core." Qin Feng said, "In this way, the graphics card can greatly reduce its dependence on the CPU. It can use a cheap CPU and add The last graphics card with a GPU can achieve picture performance that far exceeds that of expensive CPUs and expensive graphics cards," Qin Feng said.

Gray, Rose and Scott looked at each other and their eyes lit up.

The reason why the development of their voodoo 3 graphics card is slow is that it is difficult to upgrade. They don't know how to improve either. This caused them to be confused and confused, so development was also very slow.

But Qin Feng pointed out a clear way for them.

Indeed, the unilateral improvement of the current display core is very limited. But if you add a CPU to form a GPU and integrate it, the graphics card performance will be greatly enhanced.

In particular, the current display core frequency is only 110mhz, while the CPU core frequency has reached 400mhz. The gap between the two is too big. If a GPU is manufactured, then the performance of the graphics card will be greatly improved.

And, more importantly, the size of the graphics card can be much larger than that of the CPU. This leads to the fact that the GPU core of the graphics card can be made larger and can surpass the CPU, and the performance can also surpass the CPU. As for heating, is the graphics card heating a problem?

It will be more troublesome for the CPU to heat up, because its core is just that big, but the graphics card is so big, it is easier to create a corresponding radiator.

This time, it's like a whole world has opened up.

"Qin Feng, your technology can indeed be exchanged for our company's stocks. I think we have finally found the way to break the window, thank you!" Gray held Qin Feng's hand tightly.

Qin Feng grinned.

"I have a message for you. Don't you think it's difficult to break through the CPU? Go to ATI and buy the CPU department they gave up. They have also developed CPUs. It is said that the performance is even better than Intel's, but the price/performance ratio is too poor and the yield rate is not good. High. But I think, for you, it is an improvement!" Gray said with a smile.

Ati has also opened the cpu? Qin Feng's eyes lit up.

It seems that this is an unexpected gain.

"Thank you very much!" Qin Feng said with a smile, "Of course, I am here, and there is one more thing. Since we have cooperated, I hope voodoo can also develop a cheap graphics core that can be directly loaded into the CPU. . In this way, players who have no money can also buy a cheap computer. Of course, this may be a bit difficult. But it is possible to develop a video memory core that is loaded onto the motherboard, so that the motherboard can directly have onboard video memory. . It is also a kind of saving for players. It does not need to have good performance, it only requires the ability to play 2D games and some entry-level 3D game performance!" Qin Feng said.

"This is indeed possible." The three nodded slowly.

These are also ideas, ideas for making money.

"Qin Feng, no matter how you negotiate with Sega, we will abide by this contract. Just put the money into the account, and then we will announce it to the public." Gray said.

Obviously, Qin Feng was very satisfied with his idea.

"The money will arrive soon!" Qin Feng smiled slightly.

The money arrived at noon that day. Subsequently, at 1 p.m., 3dfx announced that it had reached a cooperation agreement with Lin Feng. At the same time, it was announced that it would sell its stb company to China's Jiuzhou IT Technology Company.

3dfx will no longer be involved in the field of board production and will focus on making display chips. Major board manufacturers are welcome to come to discuss cooperation.