Chapter 478: Killing Two Birds with One Stone

Li Dongling stood at the window of the conference room, looking at the busy Changqing Road, which already had a few shadows of the busyness of his previous life.

"Not only domestically, but overseas, there are also quite a few manufacturers supporting Lianxiang—Intel, AMD, Sharp, Panasonic, Samsung, Nvidia, etc. They also don't want Lianxiang to collapse!"

Li Dongling said, "Currently, there are no companies in the country that can produce domestic computer chips, graphics cards, and other components. If companies like Intel, AMD, and Samsung don't supply goods, the country really won't have chips, graphics cards, RAM, and other components to use!"

"Therefore, as long as they are still supporting Lianxiang, it won't collapse. If Dongling Gao Ke wants to truly defeat Lianxiang, it must defeat the Intel, AMD, Panasonic, Samsung, and other companies that support it!"

The current situation in the domestic computer industry is actually quite similar to the mobile phone industry in the previous life!

In the previous life, in the 3G and 4G mobile phone era, which company truly ruled domestic mobile phones for more than a decade? It wasn't any mobile phone brand, but Qualcomm!

"Those who get Qualcomm get the world"—this wasn't an empty phrase in the mobile phone industry of the previous life. How many mobile phone brands didn't play with appearance design, functions, etc., but used using Qualcomm baseband processors as a selling point for publicity...

Whoever Qualcomm supplied goods to, that brand's mobile phone could use this as a selling point and sell like hotcakes. If they didn't supply to someone, that someone would have to cut off goods. In the long run, which mobile phone brand dared not scramble to pay tribute to Qualcomm!

Later, Samsung's LCD screens also became a selling point for major mobile phone manufacturers. The entire mobile phone industry wasn't promoting its own brand, but promoting which processor it used, which mobile phone screen it used, which camera it used (Sony), and how much the Android system had been magically modified, to promote the power of its machine's performance.

In the current computer industry, it's much the same. Processors use Intel or AMD. That is to say, as long as they support a certain computer manufacturer, that one won't collapse. To put it bluntly, if this one collapses, the country won't have cheap and high-performance computers.

As long as it is cheaper than foreign computer brands and the performance is passable, even if there are black materials, there will still be a lot of people buying it because there is no choice!

Therefore, if Dongling Gao Ke wants to truly finish off a domestic computer brand, the key might not be domestically, but overseas. Only by finishing off its foreign fathers, launching chips with performance exceeding Intel and AMD, graphics cards better than Intel, and RAM larger than Samsung, will there be a chance to finish off the agents they pushed out in the country.

Otherwise, this war will be endless. After all, it's not difficult for the other party to push out an agent. If Dongling Gao Ke really spends all its energy on the domestic agents of Intel, Samsung, etc., then this war will never end, and it might even be dragged down in the end.

Even the Maozi Empire and hegemons like America were dragged down for more than a decade in the "Graveyard of Empires," and they were severely injured.

Smoke curled up, and Ren Yuefeng took a puff of his cigarette. Since joining Dongling Gao Ke, Ren Yuefeng had seen many big scenes and had also gone head-to-head with giants like Microsoft, Ximen, and Toshiba.

But now, hearing that they were going to challenge a company like Intel still made him feel somewhat worried.

This wasn't because Ren Yuefeng was afraid of war or anything, but because the competition with companies like Microsoft, Ximen, and Toshiba before didn't involve the other party's core business. If they really dared to touch the computer operating system business, Microsoft would probably risk being truly split up and use unscrupulous means to strangle the opponent that threatened it!

And similarly, if Dongling Gao Ke spread rumors about launching its own chips, it would probably be immediately targeted by Intel, whose reverse scales were touched, and who would use unscrupulous means to suppress the opponent who dared to show its head.

Moreover, Dongling Gao Ke entering the computer industry wasn't just going to be a mortal enemy with Intel, but would become an opponent with overseas computer core component manufacturers led by Intel.

"If Dongling Gao Ke enters the computer industry and sells computers with self-developed chips, there will be two biggest troubles!"

Ren Yuefeng frowned and said. Facing Li Dongling, he didn't need to cover up, so he said directly, "The first trouble is that Dongling Gao Ke's Dongxin Semiconductor currently uses the MIPS architecture under MIPS!"

"MIPS architecture chips are not compatible with Intel's X86, and Microsoft doesn't have a system version that supports MIPS chips. Dongling Gao Ke can launch MIPS architecture computer chips, but which system will it use?" Ren Yuefeng asked.

Computer systems, of course, are not just Microsoft. Apple also has its own operating system. Apple now is not the empire that is in full swing in the previous life. Jobs hasn't returned yet, and Apple is facing a bankruptcy crisis.

Besides Apple's computer system, IBM also has the AIX system developed on the basis of Unix, as well as the Linux system, etc. But these systems all face a problem, which is that there are too few users and too few software developers.

Using these operating systems is time-consuming and laborious, not to mention that there might be no supporting software at all. Even if they develop software themselves, they face Microsoft's patent problems. Besides professional personnel in special industries, who is willing to use an operating system with no software?!

Additionally, the most important thing is that once an operating system is developed, it is an enemy of Microsoft. While offending Intel, offending Microsoft again, the pressure faced is too great. Even Dongling Gao Ke cannot fight on two fronts!

At the very least, Dongling Gao Ke now hasn't reached the point of being able to fight the Intel and Microsoft alliance with its own strength. At the very least, they must win over one side.

"Dongxin Semiconductor's MIPS chips can get Microsoft's support. Next month, going to America is not only for the listing of Feiyan Technology, but also to get Microsoft's system support for Dongxin Semiconductor!"

Li Dongling said to Ren Yuefeng. In Ren Yuefeng's puzzled gaze, Li Dongling said, "The world is bustling for profit. Anyone, any company, has things they want to get. The difference is just the height of the chips!"

"The alliance between Microsoft and Intel is not impregnable, at least in the domestic market!"

Li Dongling flipped the Zorro metal lighter in his hand. "What Microsoft wants most now, Dongling Gao Ke will give it to them!"

"Hardware?!"

Ren Yuefeng thought hard and said. Currently, Microsoft has a bit of an "invincible" momentum in the software industry. There is no match for it in the global software industry. What Microsoft can think about is only the computer hardware industry.

Microsoft hasn't thought about the computer industry once or twice, but every time it shows its head, it is killed in seconds. Computer giants like Dell, HP, and Compaq guard against Microsoft more than they guard against the river, blocking Microsoft out of the computer hardware industry.

Why does Microsoft turn to fight the game console industry, willing to lose more than 10 billion US dollars without leaving the field? It's because besides the game console industry, in other hardware industries, as long as Microsoft dares to intervene, it is blocked back by companies in the industry working together!

Li Dongling nodded. "If Dongling Gao Ke enters the computer industry, in the short term, it needs an ally. Bringing Microsoft in is the best. They can give a part of the computer hardware business to Microsoft."

"Of course, if Microsoft refuses, Dongling Gao Ke can also look for other partners, but the price that needs to be paid might be quite large!"

Microsoft is definitely not a good person. Li Dongling knows this well. Once Dongling Gao Ke cooperates with Microsoft, it is basically skinning a tiger for its hide. How long it can last, no one knows, but as long as it gets through the first few years and lets Dongling Gao Ke stand firm in the computer industry, that is enough.

"If the chip and operating system problems of Dongxin Semiconductor can be solved, the last problem remains. If Dongling Gao Ke starts selling computers, it will definitely be targeted. By then, sales will probably..." Ren Yuefeng said with some worry.

Now, the MIPS architecture chip developed by Dongxin Semiconductor, even if developed, its performance is only equivalent to the level of the first-generation Pentium processor. And the first-generation Pentium was released by Intel three years ago. That is to say, Dongxin Semiconductor's chip technology lags behind Intel's top-level chips by more than two or three years.

If Dongling Gao Ke uses Dongxin Semiconductor's self-developed chips, it can only launch computers with mid-range or even low-end processors. And these two computer markets are the most fiercely competitive.

A host of domestic computers like Lianxiang, Founder, and Great Wall are also mixing in these two industries. By then, the computers launched by Dongling Gao Ke might face a joint siege from domestic brands and low-end models of overseas computer brands.

By then, if the first computer with huge R&D costs fails miserably, then Dongling Gao Ke will be in an awkward situation in the computer industry. Once computer sales fail miserably, Dongxin Semiconductor's chips will also be questioned.

In the future, will they still use self-developed chips? If they use them, sales might still fail miserably. But if they don't, if even Dongling Gao Ke doesn't use them, then which company will purchase computer chips from Dongxin Semiconductor? The entire Dongling Gao Ke computer business might have a domino effect and end up in a complete defeat.

Even worse, abandoning Dongxin Semiconductor and using Intel or AMD chips would have an even greater impact. If Dongling Gao Ke itself purchases chips from abroad, then everything done today wouldn't it become a joke!

"If there is no market demand, then Dongling Gao Ke will create market demand itself!"

The sparks in Li Dongling's hand turned, and finally, with a "clack," it closed. "Fighting a price war will never have a way out and will only make oneself fall into the quagmire of war!"

"Once Dongxin Semiconductor's chips are developed and Dongling Gao Ke develops its own computers, then let Tianya Company enter the large-scale internet cafe industry!"

"Use internet cafes to provide funds for Tianya Company's internet business, and similarly, they can also purchase Dongling Gao Ke's computers!"

In the peak period of domestic internet cafes, the number of internet cafes exceeded 160,000, and the number of internet cafe computers was conservatively around 20 million. Eating up this market is enough to provide several years of sales for Dongling Gao Ke's computers!

If in ten years, Dongxin Semiconductor's chip technology still can't catch up with Intel's latest generation technology, then Li Dongling estimates he will have to replace the entire chip R&D team. ===== CHAPTER 479 =====

If in ten years' time Dongxin Semiconductor's chip technology still couldn't catch up with Intel's latest generation of technology, Li Dongling estimated he would have to replace the entire chip R&D team.