The Light of Domestic Products: The whole world begs me to sell

Chapter 179 Capital alliance, let's see whose sickle is sharp!

"Boss Hu..."

"Mr. Hu, you are here!"

Early the next morning, Hu Lai came to the Phoenix headquarters early, but earlier than him were several investment groups that invested in Phoenix shared cars.

Yesterday, after Qualcomm announced that it would no longer provide chips to Phoenix Motors due to production capacity, several investment groups panicked and quickly communicated with Hu Lai.

But this is really too big!
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Qualcomm's suspension of the supply of SOC chips for Phoenix's smart cockpit is a real hit to Phoenix's weakness, which is undoubtedly fatal to Phoenix, which has just started.

and so.

After hearing the news, the high-level personnel of several investment groups rushed to the mountain city overnight, and arrived at the Phoenix headquarters early this morning.

They knew in their hearts that although the group invested in Phoenix Shared Cars, the investment logic behind it was to be optimistic about Phoenix Motors.

If, if Phoenix Motors is really stuck by Qualcomm chips, then my investment in the A and B rounds of shared cars will really be a heavy loss!
This is an investment of billions!

"Sit down, everyone, I didn't expect everyone to come so early and wait for a long time."

Hu Lai walked into the reception room, and while responding to the bosses who had been waiting for a long time, he saw Feng Rong beside the conference table at a glance.

The two looked at each other and nodded as a greeting.

After Hu Lai greeted everyone, as soon as he sat down, everyone didn't have time to exchange greetings too much. Everyone looked at him in unison.

The Ruiling Group, which just invested in the B round of financing a few days ago, seemed particularly anxious, and asked urgently:
"Mr. Hu, is there any way for Phoenix to solve the problem of Qualcomm cutting off the supply of chips?"

Everyone present raised their ears and looked at Hu Lai.

Hu Lai didn't answer in a hurry, and said slowly: "Everyone knows that the domestic car-grade chips, only Huawei Group's Kirin 990, can barely be used."

"However, even if it is the Kirin 990, each 'Qingluan' must carry at least eight or nine of them to barely meet the requirements. In this way, the internal wiring of our 'Qingluan' will have to be redesigned."

"Also, everyone knows that using Huawei's chips is a bit sensitive."

Hey!
As soon as Hu Lai finished speaking, the bosses in the reception room looked a little dignified, and the atmosphere became dull.

Indeed, as Hu Lai said, the Huawei Kirin 990 chip can be used, but there are too many things involved in Huawei Group.

Once Huawei Group enters the game, not only will it immediately become the enemy of the capital behind Zesla and Qualcomm, but the nature of the whole matter will immediately improve several levels.

But for a moment, President Yu of Sequoia Capital frowned and said:
"Then is it okay to do this, Mr. Hu?"

"We stopped the function of artificial intelligence robot on 'Qingluan', just like the Phoenix shared car, and only kept an 'automatic driverless' function. In this way, the requirements for the chip will not be so high, and there will be more options More."

Ok?
Castrated version?
As soon as Mr. Sequoia Yu finished speaking, everyone's eyes lit up, and they began to think thoughtfully.

This is indeed not a way.

The reception room began to discuss in a low voice, and everyone was quite moved.

"Mr. Hu, I also think Mr. Yu's method is feasible. We will keep an unmanned autonomous driving. The chip can also use Qualcomm's previous generation Snapdragon 820A."

"Uh, with unmanned autonomous driving technology, 'Qingluan' is still very competitive."

The sound of the meeting in the reception room gradually rose, but Feng Rong shook his head and said:
"Everyone is a smart person. It must have cost a lot for Zesla to persuade Qualcomm to stop supplying chips. This matter is definitely not as simple as canceling an artificial intelligence robot."

"I guess Qualcomm won't even sell the previous generation Snapdragon 820A chip. They just want to limit all the smart technologies of 'Qingluan' with chips!"

Feng Rong poured a basin of cold water, and the reception room fell silent.

Indeed, Zesla has spent a lot of time, and I am afraid that he will not give up so easily.

In the field of automotive-grade chips, almost all host chips and autonomous driving chips are monopolized by foreign manufacturers.

The combination of Zesla and Qualcomm may really make it impossible for Phoenix Motors to buy any high-power chips.

"If this continues, Phoenix Motors will be dragged down by them sooner or later. Without the blessing of technology, Phoenix Motors' competitiveness will be greatly reduced!"

"Hey! It's really a bit difficult, mainly because this 'Qingluan' has just started, and without a chip, it's really useless."

"Mr. Hu, why don't you contact the people from Qualcomm first to see if they are willing to sell the Snapdragon 820A..."

The power of "Qingluan" was very clear to everyone present, especially the self-driving technology and artificial intelligence voltage regulator Zesla. It is also the technology of Phoenix Auto that directly affects the sales of Model 3.

This is also the core reason why Mask can't wait to cooperate with Qualcomm to cut off supply and suppress Phoenix Motors.

but……

No matter how good the technology is, if there is no chip blessing, it is useless!
If Phoenix Motors can't survive this time, then...

While discussing, everyone looked at Hu Lai above from time to time.

Ok?
Facing such a situation, everyone was a little bit overwhelmed, but they were surprised to find that Hu Lai didn't seem anxious at all?
Hu Lai just looked at the crowd with a smile, without any anxiety or panic.

After a while.

The meeting room gradually became quiet, and Hu Lai smiled and said:

"Everyone, I haven't finished talking yet."

"Don't worry, everyone. Although the Huawei Kirin 990 chip is barely usable, we have no plans to use the Kirin 990 chip."

"At the same time, we don't plan to reduce any functions on our 'Qingluan'. I want all the unmanned self-driving technology and artificial intelligence, and we are also planning to develop more advanced artificial intelligence robots!"

"As for the chip to replace the Snapdragon 8155..."

Hu Lai raised the corners of his mouth, revealing a mysterious expression.

"As for the chip, we have already found a solution, and it won't be long before we have a result. Please don't worry too much."

what? !

After Hu Lai finished speaking, everyone present suddenly raised their heads and looked at him in amazement.

Found a... solution? !

how can that be!

Everyone present is a bigwig in the investment circle. In the past few years, because of Huawei's incident, there has been an upsurge in investing in chips, so everyone is very familiar with the chip field.

It is no exaggeration to say that among the few investment groups in the reception room, there are not fifty but thirty chip companies in their hands.

They are familiar with the situation of the domestic chip market. In their eyes, the issue of "Qingluan" being cut off is simply impossible to solve perfectly in a short time.

Phoenix found a solution?
That's simply not possible!

And, most importantly.

During the B round of financing not long ago, Phoenix Factory acquired several chip companies and established the Phoenix Semiconductor Department. As far as Phoenix's current semiconductor department is concerned, it is absolutely impossible to produce results in a short time!
Feng Rong also looked shocked. Although he didn't know what solution Fenghuang had found, he was very familiar with Hu Lai and knew that Hu Lai would never target without purpose. Although he was full of doubts, he didn't ask.

The atmosphere in the entire reception room was suddenly a little strange. Hu Lai looked at the surprised expressions of everyone, thought for a while, and decided to reveal a little information.

"Is such that."

"The famous 521 research room of our Phoenix Research Institute has previously developed a 14nm process car-grade chip."

"This time, the supply was cut off by Qualcomm, so we decided to start the production of this car-grade 'Tiger Leap' chip. We are now contacting SMIC for tape-out production."

call--!
My turtle!

Phoenix designed a 14nm car-grade chip?
Even though all the people present were bigwigs from the top investment group in Yan Kingdom, at this moment, they were still numb from the explosive news thrown out by Hu Lai!

Good guy!
Phoenix actually has the ability to design chips without saying a word?
The bosses know about the Phoenix Research Institute. It is said that billions to tens of billions of scientific research funds are spent every year, but they never expected it to be so powerful!

Thinking of this, the bosses looked at Hu Lai in the wrong way.

Unexpectedly, the layout of Phoenix is ​​so deep, Mr. Hu Laihu is really far-sighted, and the layout has been planned in advance!
but!

Before the bosses were surprised, Hu Lai's voice continued.

"Our 14nm 'Tiger Leap' chip with a brand new architecture, if nothing else, has a slightly better performance than the Snapdragon 8155 chip."

???

What the hell!

New architecture? !
The 14nm "Tiger Leap" chip is a little better than the 7nm Snapdragon 8155 chip?

real or fake?

Everyone looked at each other in shock, and they couldn't tell whether what Hu said was true or not in their minds.

Everyone is very clear in their hearts that the Snapdragon 8155 chip is the absolute king of the smart cockpit SOC chip, and it is undoubtedly the No. 1!

Hu Lai's words are like someone suddenly saying, I designed a mobile phone chip, the performance is a little bit better than the Hongguo A15 chip, as outrageous!
how can that be!

Everyone's eyes were on Hu Lai, they were shocked that Phoenix Motors could come up with a 14nm chip design, and they had to accept Hu Lai's foresight.

Unexpectedly...

Can this "Tiger Leap" chip be stronger than the current strongest king, Snapdragon 8155?

If this is the case, wouldn't the problem with the Phoenix Auto chip be solved immediately...?
wrong!

It's not just the chip problem of "Qingluan"!

I am afraid that the entire Yan country chip industry will have a huge shock!
Feng Rong's eyes widened, his heart suddenly became fiery and excited, this, this, this!
If it was said that among all the people present, other people still had doubts about Hu Lai's words, then Feng Rong had absolutely no doubts about Hu Lai.

From the MQ1 polymer material on the "Nirvana" bicycle to the current self-driving technology of Phoenix Motors, he watched Phoenix grow step by step, and watched the various leading technologies brought by Phoenix step by step!

He absolutely believed in Hu Lai!
Thinking of this, Feng Rong suddenly stood up and said loudly:
"Mr. Hu, let me interrupt!"

Hu Lai was suddenly surprised. Before he could speak, Feng Rong suddenly turned his head to look at several high-level people from different investment groups in the reception room, and said with a serious expression and a hint of excitement:

"Mr. Yu, Mr. Zhao, Mr. Li...Everyone, I absolutely believe what Mr. Hu Lai said!"

Feng Rong hadn't finished speaking yet, but all the bosses present were so smart, and when they saw the excited look in Feng Rong's eyes, they immediately understood!
The bosses also reacted!
If, as Hu Lai said, Phoenix has designed a 14nm car-grade chip with a performance that surpasses that of the Snapdragon 8155, then the problem of the "Qingluan" car will be perfectly solved!

Perhaps the "Tiger Leap" chip has little impact on Qualcomm.

but!

Zesla will definitely be hit hard!
Once the chip problem of Phoenix Automobile is solved, it will not only be solved by "Qingluan"!

This is going to give Zesla a heavy hammer on the sales of Yan Country!
Give Zethra a hard hit!
You know, Zesla and Qualcomm cut off supply to Phoenix because the sales volume began to drop significantly.

And the capitals behind Zesla are willing to come forward to persuade Qualcomm because there are too many interests behind Zesla's stock price!
Once the Phoenix comes back from the dead and Zethra's sales start to drop, then...

The bosses were thinking in their hearts, their breathing became short of breath, and everyone realized that this was a golden opportunity!
Short!

This is definitely the best opportunity to short Zesla!

This is poor information!

Everyone didn't say much, and in the face of huge benefits, no one was indifferent!

The eyes of the bosses gleamed, this was a rare opportunity to cut Zesla's leeks, and everyone's eyes were fixed on Hu Lai.

It can be said that as long as Hu Lai can verify that there is no problem with the chip he said, then.

The capital bosses present will do everything possible to escort the "Tiger Leap" chip!
Before Hu Lai could speak, Feng Rong next to him took the lead:
"Bosses, this opportunity is once in a lifetime. As long as Phoenix Motors can solve the chip problem, it will definitely be a huge blow to Zesla in the Yanguo market. It is inevitable that Zesla's stock price will fall and the valuation will be lowered!"

"However, for a trillion-dollar company like Zesla, we won't achieve much if we fight alone. It's better for us to notify the headquarters and form an alliance with Phoenix to carefully plan the situation!"

"We're doing the big ticket, dare you?!"

"Why don't you dare! They are all capital, let's see whose sickle is sharp!"

"The fewer people who know about this, the better. I also think that we can form an alliance, and everyone will contribute together."

"I also agree, now let's see if the 'Tiger Leap' chip mentioned by Mr. Hu is true or not!"

Feng Rong was very confident in Hu Lai. After forming an alliance with a few words, he nodded to Hu Lai and said:

"Mr. Hu, please introduce the 'Tiger Leap' chip in detail!"

Hu Lai trusted Feng Rong very much and did not hesitate:
"Our 'Tiger Leap' chip..."

……

SMIC Headquarters.

As the most advanced chip manufacturing company in Yan Country, it has received unprecedented attention in recent years.

Mr. Liang Song, CEO of SMIC, is quietly browsing the latest news release.

He had noticed yesterday that Qualcomm announced the suspension of the supply of Snapdragon 8155 chips to domestic Phoenix Auto, Rice Auto, BYD Auto, etc.

As a top person in the industry, he knows better than anyone else that the production capacity of Snapdragon 8155 has gradually increased, and there is no such thing as waiting half a year for delivery.

This is undoubtedly a deliberate malicious commercial suppression!

To put it bluntly, it is not sold to you.

Hey!
Mr. Liang Song sighed heavily.

Too bully.

The problem of consumer electronics chips getting stuck has not been solved, and now automotive chips are being suppressed maliciously!

Mr. Liang Song was full of helplessness and unwillingness, but what could be done?

From architecture to design to manufacturing, the entire chip road is full of foreign patents, which cannot be bypassed at all!

"It's difficult, it's too difficult! Qualcomm cut off the supply, and it's really difficult to get Phoenix Motors now!"

Mr. Liang Song muttered a few words in his mouth. He has always been very interested in the Phoenix "Qingluan". Just as he was sighing, the phone rang suddenly.

"Hi, I'm Liang Song..."

"People from Phoenix Motors? Bring a 14nm chip design drawing?"

"You bring them to my office and I'll see for myself."

After a while, Director Zhang, Zhang Feiyang, and Du Xinxin came to Mr. Liang Song's office.

There was no extra politeness, no pleasantries, and Du Xinxin, who knew chips best among the three, opened his own notebook, and the "Tiger Leap" chip blueprint appeared on the screen.

Mr. Liang Song didn't pay much attention to it at first, but after a brief glance, he couldn't take his eyes off the computer screen anymore!

"This... what kind of structure is this!!"

"My God!!! This craft is too complicated!!!"

"This……"

Mr. Liang Song looked at it for a long time, and finally remembered that there were three other people in the office. He raised his head and asked in disbelief:

"Three, is this a chip designed by your Phoenix?"

Director Zhang nodded, his face was a little anxious:
"Mr. Liang, can SMIC produce this chip?"

(End of this chapter)