Chapter 432 Stunning Semiconductor Beauty and the Plan to Dominate 2 of the Top Ten ICs in the World (Subscription Required)

During dinner, Li Xiaofan secretly calculated that he had successfully invested in a number of excellent high-tech and Internet projects in the United States, including Huang Renxun's Nvidia graphics card chips, Dr. Chen Datong's OmniVision CIS sensors, Zhu Min's WebEx, Shabir Bhatia's Hotmail, etc.

The Stanza EDA project of Dr. Yu Zhiping has just been negotiated, and the Global Link information website of Elon Musk will be followed up next, and there are several projects recommended by President Chen Chunlei of the Silicon Valley Chinese Engineers Association...

Of course, the top priority is the eight-inch wafer foundry project in cooperation with Dr. Zhang, which must be closely watched.

The next day, after visiting OmniVision in Silicon Valley, seeing that there was still some time, Li Xiaofan accompanied Academician Ni to Santa Clara to inspect a semiconductor design company called Marvell, which was a project recommended by President Chen Chunlei.

Because President Chen Chunlei had to work in the company, he did not accompany them and helped them to arrange the visit time in advance.

"Hi, Mr. Li, Academician Ni, good afternoon, I am Dai Weili, welcome to our company for guidance!"

When the founder of Marvell, Dai Weili, came out to greet Li Xiaofan and his party, Li Xiaofan was very surprised.

Dai Weili, sounds like a man's name, Li Xiaofan thought it was a man at first, but what appeared in front of him was a graceful woman, with a slender figure and a pure and delicate face, which made people feel the charm of an oriental woman. The unique curly hair and fashionable floral skirt are full of Western charm.

It is difficult for people to associate such a beautiful and fashionable woman with the founders of semiconductor companies that only science and engineering men are engaged in. If it weren't for Dai Weili's self-introduction, Li Xiaofan would have thought she was a romantic and chic artist.

Marvell's office is not big, it is rented temporarily, and when Li Xiaofan and his party entered their small meeting room, they filled it up.

Then, Dai Weili smiled and introduced the two young Chinese men next to her:

"Everyone, let me introduce you, this is my husband, Dr. Sehat Sutardja Zhou Xiuwen. You must be surprised to hear his long English name, because he is an Indonesian Chinese, and this is actually his Indonesian name. The man next to Xiuwen is my husband's younger brother and my brother-in-law Zhou Xiuwu. The three of us are the founders of Marvell Technology. The company is still very small, like a husband-and-wife shop..."

Li Xiaofan felt that this company was very interesting. The male lead's name was very delicate, like a girl, while the female lead's name was like a big boy.

When Tang Xinyi heard that Dr. Zhou Xiuwen was an Indonesian Chinese, she had a brief exchange with him because her father was also an Indonesian Chinese.

Dr. Zhou Xiuwen told Tang Xinyi that she was from Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, and was quite far away from Kalimantan Island where Mr. Tang mined. But in any case, the similar Nanyang background brought everyone closer...

When Dai Weili introduced the Chinese name of Marvell as Maiwei Technology Company, Li Xiaofan was suddenly shocked:

Oh my god, Maiwei Technology is the later Marvell Technology Company! In the previous life, it was the world's top fabless semiconductor company and one of the fastest growing semiconductor companies in the world.

In 2010, Maiwei Technology changed its name to Marvell Technology. Maiwei Technology was once one of Li Xiaofan's clients.

Before Li Xiaofan was reborn, Marvell ranked seventh in the revenue ranking of the top ten IC design companies in the world that quarter!

The first is Qualcomm of the United States, the second is NVIDIA of the United States, the third is Broadcom of the United States, the fourth is Taiwan MediaTek, the fifth is AMD of the United States, the sixth is Novatek Technology of Taiwan, the seventh is Marvell Technology, the eighth is Xilinx of the United States, the ninth is Realtek Semiconductor of Taiwan, and the tenth is Dialog Semiconductor of the United Kingdom.

I have successfully acquired shares in NVIDIA. If I can acquire Marvell Technology, I can occupy two seats in the world's top ten IC design companies in the future. It's so good!

When Chen Chunlei, president of the Silicon Valley Chinese Engineers Association, recommended this project, Li Xiaofan always felt that the pronunciation of Marvell seemed so familiar. Now after Dai Weili's introduction, he suddenly realized it!

After everyone introduced each other, Dai Weili began to introduce their Marvell Technology Company.

She introduced with a smile:

"To be honest, our Marvell Technology Company was founded in our living room last year. My brothers Xiuwen and Xiuwu all graduated from Berkeley. We have technical backgrounds, but have never received training in business administration and finance. The successful listing of Internet technology companies such as Netscape last year brought us entrepreneurial enthusiasm..."

"The first product our Marvel Technology Company started last year was a semiconductor chip that specializes in controlling high-speed data transmission in data storage. At that time, we had to compete with giants such as TI, National Panasonic and IBM. There are many around us. But when people knew we were doing this, they thought we were crazy. Yes, we are very confident, because we believe that the current development trend is just the beginning of mixed signals! In the past, signals were all analog, but now the trend is to mix analog, digital and DSP and integrate them in single crystal silicon. On the chip. Currently, we think this may be a very good time window to start a business at the juncture of technological transition..."

Hearing this, Academician Ni praised: "Mr. Dai, you are very farsighted and visionary, and you are just in time to catch up with this wave of technological changes!"

Dai Weili bowed and said, "Thank you, Academician Ni, for your compliment!"

"Although our chip design concept is very advanced, it is not easy to do business for those storage giant companies. We were all technical people in the past and had never done sales. We had no experience in entrepreneurship or sales before, and we had no connections. Resources. At that time, I used my brain to buy a thick phone book, and then found the phone numbers of companies engaged in storage products from it, and then called them one by one to sell our products..." Dai Weili continued to introduce.

Hearing this, Li Xiaofan gave a thumbs up:

"Mr. Dai, starting a business is really not easy. I really admire your courage and passion!"

"Haha, Director Li, to be honest, we are called foolhardy! Last year, with the entrepreneurial passion that still existed from the beginning, I called all the storage companies in the phone book, but I encountered obstacles everywhere. A little-known company, other big companies didn't give us a chance at all. At that time, the US$350,000 start-up capital from our parents and friends was almost exhausted, and our Marvel Technology Company was on the verge of bankruptcy..." Dai Weili. He sighed.

"Mr. Dai, how did you survive?" Li Xiaofan asked curiously.