51: Chapter 51 made a difficult decision

Lei Jianjun held a meeting with his subordinates in his office.

At the meeting, besides announcing the complete switch to domestic chips, there was one major resolution...

That was, Dami mobile phones would now start clearing inventory, aiming to reach zero stock within two years.

The subordinates were puzzled by this, as Dami's current development trend was excellent, especially in its expansion into overseas markets...

Cutting production and clearing inventory at a time like this seemed a bit too conservative! Was President Lei planning to focus his energy on manufacturing cars? But the competition in car manufacturing was even fiercer!

Lei Jianjun had no way to explain!

He recalled the fear he felt when he saw the 'wrist machine' at Zhou Lei's place that morning; it was an awe born from the future era.

In the face of a product like the wrist machine, ordinary smartphones were mere trash; the era of smartphones was coming to an end...

Except for some basic phones for the elderly that might still linger on, all other smartphone manufacturers were doomed.

Lei Jianjun was grateful to Zhou Lei and Gao Yuan for giving him the time to cut production, clear inventory, and shift his business focus!

However, overseas chip manufacturers were not nearly as happy...

Xia Country was the world's largest mobile phone production base, with more than half of the world's phones produced or assembled there! The declarations from these Xia Country manufacturers would trigger a chain reaction; soon, the entire Xia Country would abandon foreign chips...

If chip manufacturers were abandoned by Xia Country manufacturers...

The consequences would be catastrophic...

The International Semiconductor Association issued a statement regarding the changes in the Xia Country market: "This association has noted regrettable changes in the Xia Country mobile phone market. Some are purchasing chips from plagiarists, which is extremely dangerous and may lead to being abandoned by the international market. This association urges relevant manufacturers to abide by the association's rules, otherwise, it will be considered an automatic withdrawal from this association!"

But just as this statement was issued...

Gao Yuan arrived in Qinjing; he intended to hold a press conference in collaboration with the Xia Country Daily.

Gao Yuan previously had a vice president who was a professional manager with extensive connections! After Yuanfang went bankrupt, he went to a publication under the Xia Country Daily to work as a business operator—so-called 'operating' meant running sales and soliciting sponsorships.

Aside from the main editorial office, all other affiliated publications and enterprises of the Xia Country Daily faced revenue pressure, so they recruited capable people with networks to bring in business... because print media had indeed declined!

Although they were official state media, they couldn't compete with commercial media online, so they took a different path by co-hosting events with grassroots governments and major enterprises to earn funding.

Of course, being state media, there were strict requirements for the content of the activities and the participants...

Fortunately, Gao Yuan's press conference could be described as an inspiring and positive event...

Because netizens across the country were keeping a close eye on Black Fish and Xiawei...

Some thought those Xia Country manufacturers would soon yield...

Because if they were expelled from the International Semiconductor Association, their international procurement of components would become difficult... and their markets might even shrink.

Therefore, netizens all wanted to know what Gao Yuan and Zhou Lei thought...

Now, Gao Yuan was making a kingly return with a new chip...

Through his former vice president, he got in touch with a department under the Xia Country Daily; Gao Yuan wanted to co-host a press conference with them!

The editors of the Xia Country Daily were overjoyed, especially since Black Fish Technology was very generous...

The person currently coordinating with Gao Yuan was the deputy editor of the Economics Department of the Xia Country Daily, named Lin Keyi! She was very tall with long legs...

The two were in the meeting room of the Xia Country Daily, with Gao Yuan holding a planning proposal...

"Editor Lin, I've looked at your plan, and it's still a bit conservative..."

"President Gao, where do you find it conservative?"

"The script. You also know the current situation; this isn't just a press conference, it's actually a pre-war mobilization meeting. Our great war with the international semiconductor industry is about to begin..."

Gao Yuan said.

Lin Keyi was a bit hesitant: "President Gao, the specifications of this meeting are very high, and national leaders will be attending. Moreover, I feel that the language doesn't need to be so aggressive, as long as the message is conveyed!"

"I also understand your difficulties. The people you invite can speak more subtly, but I... when I introduce the products, I can't follow the script entirely. Of course, I promise I won't say anything out of line!"

After several rounds of communication...

The press conference was held in the auditorium of the Xia Country Daily...

This time, Black Fish Technology's press conference would showcase two types of chips: the Catfish Trident-01 and the Catfish Golden Cudgel-01!

When Gao Yuan finished introducing the parameters of the two series of chips at the press conference!

Both the people watching the live stream and those on-site went crazy...

This was a direct slap in the face to the International Semiconductor Association...

Because the chips released this time, the Catfish Trident series, used a 3nm process, and the chip design was a brand-new architecture, different from any other architecture in the world—a 3D chain architecture!

If the 3nm process could still potentially be called plagiarism, then the Catfish Golden Cudgel series chips were a total slap in the face...

The International Semiconductor Association insisted that Gao Yuan's technology was plagiarized, but in fact, on a global scale, the 5nm process was not yet mature, 3nm only existed in theory, and 1nm was pure imagination...

Yet Gao Yuan directly threw out a 1nm process chip...

Even more eye-catching was the performance of the Catfish Golden Cudgel series chips, which was 50 times higher than Yuandian's 5nm chips! It was far more advanced than any other chip in the world...

Such a powerful chip, yet the price was comparable to Yuandian's chips...

This left the entire world in great shock...

Foreign manufacturers finally understood why those Xia Country mobile phone manufacturers had abandoned the chips of international giants...

Because Black Fish Technology's chips were too enticing.

Gao Yuan announced at the press conference that Black Fish Technology had sufficient production capacity to produce one billion chips annually. Furthermore, it wasn't just for mobile phones; they could provide foundry and customization services for computers and all kinds of high-end digital products and smart device chips!

Zhou Lei also attended this press conference...

No one was surprised, because Xiawei and Black Fish were clearly standing together...

When Zhou Lei spoke, he also announced that Xiawei would not only sell Azure Dragon chips but would also supply chips for smart cars, smart homes, and more at low prices... performance would increase while prices would not... welcoming orders from manufacturers worldwide!

Only then did the netizens understand...

Black Fish and Xiawei were planning to carve up the chip market...

One playing in the mid-to-high end, the other in the mid-to-low end...

Both offered high quality at low prices, which was a storm for the global chip market...

It would soon sweep across the entire international chip market!

Although it was late at night in the United States, Bicker was not asleep. Chips were the core business of Yinte Company. If Yinte didn't use Xia Country chips and relied entirely on their own production, soon, their CPU performance might be surpassed by other manufacturers. If the processor CPU business was affected, that would be a massive loss...

The key was that importing high-end Black Fish chips from Xia Country was more cost-effective than making them themselves... and the performance was better.

After three minutes of difficult internal struggle, Bicker made a difficult decision: to stop self-production of 7nm chips and adopt the Xia Country Catfish Trident chips entirely. Just the thought of it made him feel excited...

If they adopted Trident chips entirely, their CPU performance would increase by at least 50 times, but the cost would remain the same... this temptation was too great!

Yinte was just the beginning...

Fruit Company also made a difficult decision; they would redesign new models to match the Catfish series chips. When political forces are not involved, the choice of capital is always simple!