516: No. 51D

"This is not the time to calculate costs."

Su Zifeng immediately dismissed their concerns, while constantly telling herself that Transsion would not play tricks on them in this regard.

"They definitely wouldn't!"

After comforting herself, she said to the group again:

"NVIDIA is already one step ahead of us. If we want to catch up, we must do it at maximum speed. Money can be earned back, but if the market is lost, it can never be reclaimed."

Hearing Su Zifeng's final decision, the CFO just let out a long sigh.

He hoped the M&A department would be successful, and also that Huang Tianya wouldn't care about this small amount of money.

[Huang Tianya: Although I don't care about it, there are others who do, and doing a favor is always an option.]

After the meeting, AMD held a strategic press conference:

"AMD announces a $5 billion investment to ramp up graphics technology R&D, fully upgrade the Radeon product line, and accelerate the implementation of the next-generation high-performance GPU architecture. At the same time, it has officially initiated an acquisition offer for the light field graphics technology company LumenRay, and will deeply commit to the field of real-time ray tracing. In the future, AMD will bring more competitive products to global gamers and drive technological innovation in the industry."

Before this press conference had even ended, Wall Street immediately reacted.

AMD surged 12% in after-hours trading, and major investment banks raised their ratings one after another.

Sequoia Capital: "United States technology is rising, and the duopoly in the GPU market is about to be rewritten!"

SoftBank Capital: "AMD strikes hard; NVIDIA's dominant position is in jeopardy."

Meanwhile, Qualcomm also issued an official announcement.

"With Qualcomm and AMD combined, they will definitely be able to defeat Transsion. Can we really use cheap cards now?"

"I don't think there's any need to be so nervous. After all, AMD's prices are about the same as NVIDIA's, but its performance is far inferior to NVIDIA's..."

"Support! Don't spend money on this kind of thing. It's just a GPU. Can't you work on other technology?"

"It feels like our people are suppressing Transsion just for the sake of it. Every time they launch a new technology, we have to follow suit, and the result... Just like the Chinese saying goes, it's a clumsy imitation..."

"To the person above, if they don't chase, how can they turn money into their own?"

"This is competition in the tech field. The United States will not lose, and we will win!"

Meanwhile, in Washington, the National Security Advisor looked at the two progress reports from Qualcomm and AMD in his hands and nodded with satisfaction.

At the same time, he looked at another progress report on Qualcomm and seemed to think... that its relationship with Transsion didn't seem to be significant.

The two companies really seemed to be mortal enemies!

But last time... perhaps they were recuperating?

Now he was a bit looking forward to Qualcomm's performance!

The next few days were a bit quiet, and the time quickly reached June 15th.

To allow more consumers around the world to watch, the time was scheduled for 8:30 PM.

This global press conference was still held at the Shenzhen Bay Sports Center, and the area outside the venue was already crowded with long-waiting spectators.

The spectators waiting to enter had gathered into small groups outside, sharing their views on the new products.

"How much do you think the new cards will go up this time?"

"Maybe 5%. Anything more would make my wallet hurt."

"I'll say it again: this price might give us a shock. After all, Brother Zhan has been talking about it these past two days... Especially the last leak..."

The cause goes back to yesterday, when Digital Chat Station released another ambiguous leak: "The cost of the new cards has skyrocketed, the launch price is highly likely to be raised, and the flagship model will see a significant increase."

At the time, the comment section was in an uproar.

And when they mentioned the price increase, another small group gathered around:

"Price increase? But wasn't it said that the domestic supply chain costs are lower? Why is it getting more expensive?"

"It's 14nm process, brother. Although I don't know their internal pricing, 14nm process is 1.5 times more expensive than 28nm process, so a price increase is perfectly normal."

"But you also said it yourself, they are the same company!"

"Lan Yangyang, what do you think?"

As a gold-medal decryption expert, Lan Yangyang Assistant had also received an invitation to this press conference.

So, after these temporarily gathered teams learned his identity, they were still used to calling him by his online name.

"The price will definitely go up, but it's absolutely not because of the manufacturing process, but because of mining."

Mining!

A flash of resentment crossed everyone's minds. The Bitcoin market had indeed seen significant growth in the past two years, turning from a worthless waste into a cryptocurrency.

And its uses... were very extensive in the black market.

Watching his friends thinking, Lan Yangyang continued:

"The price increase this time might be a bit high, but the entry-level models shouldn't increase that much. Prepare to be fleeced. And after using cheap cards for so many years, it's time to pay some tuition. After all, he is Old Huang!"

Lan Yangyang said this half-jokingly and half-seriously, and everyone present nodded.

That's true, that's Leather Jacket Huang.

"Through Brother Lan's analysis, I understand now. I only have one thought: it can be expensive, but don't just squeeze toothpaste. A 30% performance boost with a 50% price hike is purely an IQ tax."

"So what if it's an IQ tax? If you're capable, go buy AMD's. Their products are even trashier."

"Oh, right, there's another point, and that is that the competing products are too trashy," Lan Yangyang added.

Everyone sighed again...

The time quickly reached 7:40 PM, and everyone began to enter the venue.

Old Huang had specially prepared some merchandise for them, a miniature model of Leather Jacket Huang.

Many spectators looked at it as they entered, completely not understanding what it was for.

But Old Huang, backstage, just smiled: "If you hit my model, you can't hit me!"

Time quickly reached 8:30 PM. It was still the usual dimming of the lights, welcoming the presenter to the stage...

However, this time, before Old Huang came on stage, a faint blue light lit up on the big screen. A processor array pattern slowly emerged, accompanied by deep electronic sound effects.

Then, layers of transistor patterns covered the entire screen.

Amidst their shock, Huang Renxin in his black leather jacket walked out from the side of the stage.

Facing these lush green leeks, he once again revealed that gentle smile, holding a silver metal USB flash drive in his hand.

"Oh no, when Old Huang smiles, your wallet's fate is sealed."

"What should we do? The air seems to be filled with the scent of money."

"Old Huang, just say it! How much is the price going up this time?"

Meanwhile, Lan Yangyang Assistant off-stage was fiddling with Old Huang's merchandise. How much would it have to rise to make all the spectators this angry?

Could it really be...

As for why Lan Yangyang Assistant was hesitating, Shen Fei had already announced the usage on Weibo, and that was: Step on it!

To vent!