362: Chapter 362 Transmission Technology Summit

The specifications for the Fire Dragon 800 and Fire Dragon 600 chips had changed compared to Shen Fei's previous life.

For instance, the maximum frequency of the Fire Dragon 800 had increased from 2.3 GHz to 2.4 GHz, and naturally, the power consumption had risen slightly as well.

To resolve this issue, Qualcomm spent from January to July making adjustments, finally solving the problem...

"When is Qualcomm's press conference scheduled?"

"August 1st. Unfortunately, the debut model for the Fire Dragon 800 is the Samsung Note3. Our Xiaomi 5 will likely have to wait a while."

After all, Samsung currently ranks first in terms of Qualcomm's preferential policies and chip supply.

He didn't speak, merely picking up the specification sheets for the Fire Dragon 800 and Fire Dragon 600.

These two chips...

Currently, the Fire Dragon 800 has a benchmark score of over 30,000, having caught up to the enhanced version of the Taishan 910—whichever version it specifically is, it has caught up to the enhanced version of the Taishan 910.

As for the Fire Dragon 600, it has already caught up to the enhanced version of the Kirin 910.

In short, Qualcomm's two products are on par with the two products from Taishan and Kirin.

"Mr. Lei, shall we hold a meeting to discuss this this afternoon?"

Lin Bin offered his suggestion, and although Lei Jun didn't say anything, he nodded.

...

Xiaomi's conference room was thick with smoke.

It wasn't because they all liked to smoke, but because things were tough for Xiaomi!

The price-performance market that originally belonged to them had been snatched away by Honor, and the Indian market that once belonged to them had been sabotaged by Transsion and local players.

The smart home market that originally belonged to them had also been seized by Transsion!

Under such circumstances, the several co-founders sitting together couldn't bring themselves to be happy.

Finally, Lin Bin spoke first: "Qualcomm's solution uses the most advanced 28nm foundry process in the world, capable of reaching a benchmark score of 36,000.

This figure has a slight gap compared to the Taishan version, but it is already quite powerful, completely leaving the Taishan 610 in the dust.

In terms of price, it's actually only a little over 100 yuan more expensive than the Taishan 610, and that's only because the licensing fee is a bit high."

Li Wanqiang flipped through the price list.

"Then why choose Qualcomm? Transsion's chips have more stable performance and more reliable power consumption.

Consumer reputation now also hopes that we choose Taishan."

Lin Bin glanced at him: "Old Li, Transsion is our competitor.

Using their chips is equivalent to handing the lifeline of our supply chain over to our opponent.

What if they cut off supply one day? What will Xiaomi do?"

"Won't Qualcomm cut off supply?

When the storage chip factory in South Korea caught fire, Qualcomm cut off supply for three months.

And before that, when Qualcomm's chip production capacity was insufficient, how long were we delayed? We almost had to beg them.

During that time, when the first generation of Xiaomi didn't ship during pre-sales, how long were we berated?"

Li Wanqiang didn't sound angry when he spoke, but when his fist landed on the table, it made a dull thud.

He also felt stifled! But his big brother for some inexplicable reason harbored hostility toward Transsion, always feeling that the other party had snatched away products that belonged to him.

The conference room went quiet because of that fist slam, and Liu De took the opportunity to steer the topic back.

"Mr. Lei, what do you think?"

Lei Jun sat there, his brows slightly furrowed. He was very clear about Qualcomm's overbearing nature, and he had also witnessed Qualcomm's failures...

But he was even more clear about how hateful Transsion was. If not for Transsion, Xiaomi might already be a Fortune 500 company by now, but three years into the startup, they were still nobodies.

Sighing, looking at the expectant crowd, he couldn't bring himself to lose his temper, so he could only say:

"We have had enough of Qualcomm's overbearing nature.

But we cannot trust Transsion. Do you think a competitor who can snatch away our solutions, our market, and our users will sincerely supply us with chips?

Even if they supply us now, what about the future? Once they feel Xiaomi has no value left, they will cut us off, and we won't even have a place to cry."

He set down his teacup, which made a light clinking sound.

"Qualcomm is disgusting, but at least they are a supplier, not a competitor.

The relationship with a supplier is different from that with a competitor."

Li Wanqiang sighed; it seemed Mr. Lei still couldn't get past that mental block.

"Mr. Lei, then we will choose Qualcomm."

"Choose Qualcomm?"

There was a hint of exhaustion in Lei Jun's voice.

"But we must negotiate the terms. A 5% price increase is acceptable—we can give him that face—but the final payment must be reduced by at least 17%, and the supply priority must be raised.

At the very least, for some terminal chips, we must rank first; we cannot always be ranked behind international brands like Samsung and HTC."

"Will they agree to that?"

"If they don't agree, we won't sign.

Qualcomm isn't the only chip supplier in the Chinese market; we can talk to MediaTek or Transsion Semiconductor."

But when mentioning Transsion Semiconductor, Lei Jun was still gritting his teeth...

After the meeting, Lei Jun sat alone in his office, the writing on the whiteboard still there.

He stared at those lines of text for a long time!

Taishan and HiSilicon both have their own chips; they are like two great mountains pressing down on him.

He still remembered four years ago, when Xiaomi had just launched its first-generation mobile phone. Although they had been beaten to the punch by Honor, when he shouted "Born for Enthusiasts," many Mi Fans were still passionately shouting his name.

But now... Xiaomi is still the same Xiaomi Company as before, except that the system they were once proud of no longer holds an advantage, and the rival companies are no longer the rivals they once were.

36,000 versus 50,000, and that's only fighting against the previous generation of the Taishan 910 chip; it's estimated that the Taishan 920 will be coming soon.

...

Time passed quickly, and it was August 25th. The Sino-British joint HiSilicon held a technology summit.

This time, it was an exhibition truly aimed at ordinary consumers.

Consumers could use tickets to go offline and view some of the two companies' cutting-edge technologies, such as new concept phones or upcoming new chips.

Of course, the most important part of this technology summit was selling chips.

Therefore, various mobile phone manufacturers received invitations from the Sino-British joint HiSilicon: Vivo, Oppo, HTC, Samsung...

When Li Qing was mailing the invitations at that time, looking at these invitations, he suddenly felt as if he had missed something, but it seemed he hadn't.

On the first day of the summit, a huge sign-in wall stood at the entrance of the exhibition hall, with a dark blue background and white font: "Transsion . HiSilicon Technology Summit.

August 25, 2013, Guangzhou"

The first thing that took place was naturally the technical presentation, but this technical presentation was aimed at manufacturers, so everyone sitting in the guest seats below was a representative from various mobile phone manufacturers...

Because of someone's oversight, they specifically double-checked it later; Xiaomi was naturally in the audience as well, but Lei Jun did not come, and Li Wanqiang came instead...