Reborn Tokyo Golden Age.

Chapter 462

In addition to attending the meeting of the Federation of Economic and Danish Federations today, Bai Chuanfeng also had to meet several overseas visitors.

And most of these overseas visitors are old acquaintances of Bai Chuanfeng.

Apple CEO Sculley, IBM's Lewis, and Vanguard's Wood.

They came to Bai Chuanfeng for no other reason than to raise funds for SIC, and then operate SIC to be listed on Mi.

SIC has been established for seven years and is now a well-known brand in Neon.

As far as the domestic market is concerned, more than 60% of the processor share in the computer field has been won by SIC.

The remaining small part, the processor chips used by Toshiba and Hitachi, are still products authorized by SIC.

That is to say, basically the processor chips of neon computers are directly or indirectly related to SIC.

Because it has been specializing in the processor field from the beginning, after several years of hard work, the situation that SIC can achieve today is well deserved.

But why do these overseas visitors suddenly want to raise SIC?That is also related to the performance of SIC in the Beimi market this year.

Today in the global computer market, Neon’s local presence is not included.In addition to Apple Computer and Shirakawa Electric's own laptops, they use SIC chips.

Just this year, another North American computer manufacturer giant also became an important customer of SIC, which is Compaq Computer.

Compaq adopted SIC's 32-bit chip 80381 in a new generation of portable computers, and the sales of this portable computer exceeded 50 units by the end of the year.

With such achievements, Compaq's sales in the Beimi computer market this year ranked third.

This is a very remarkable achievement, and therefore SIC has once again entered the field of vision of many computer manufacturers.

With the successive applications of Apple, Compaq, and Shirakawa Electric, the performance of SIC has been recognized by the market.

So Hewlett-Packard, Wang An, and even Dell, which has just been established for a few years, began to contact SIC frequently to discuss the possibility of future cooperation.

After all, among all processor chip manufacturers in the world, SIC's products are the most cost-effective.

Although the yen has appreciated significantly, the initial pricing of SIC is much lower than that of its peers.

So even because of the exchange rate, the price has increased a lot.But compared with Intel and Motorola, SIC chips are still very competitive.

The choice of the capital market has nothing to do with nationality. Whoever can create more profits should choose whoever can.

Pushing a step further, Compaq can choose SIC.In addition to performance reasons, the high probability is also because of its cheap price.

Now relying on Apple, Compaq and Shirakawa Electric itself, in the North Rice processor market, SIC seems to be the third in the market after Motorola.

Looking at Wall Street, this technology company from Neon is too young and has not yet been listed.

It's just fine if it's not listed. It's an inevitable choice for a company to grow and grow.

Especially if you want to mix in the global market, don't think about living alone.

And when it comes to going public, that's what Wall Street does best.

So greedy capital began to carefully study everything about SIC, and soon they discovered that SIC's business model was very strange.

This is a pure design company, it does not have its own fab, all rely on other semiconductor companies foundry.

This is very interesting, so some people become more and more interested, and some people lose interest.

After all, as a technology manufacturing industry, without its own heavy assets, the value will be greatly reduced.

Interested parties, however, hold the opposite view, arguing that asset-light design firms are less risky.

In addition, they discovered that SIC has licensed its designs to some semiconductor companies in North America.

This enlightened approach is very different from the traditional neon companies in their impression.

So in the end, after going around for a while, Pioneer found Apple here, and wanted to discuss the possibility of financing with SIC through them.

Known as the ubiquitous pioneer in the asset management industry, the reason why he found Apple.

In addition to Apple being one of SIC's customers, Vanguard is also Apple's behind-the-scenes shareholder.

It happened that IBM, who got the news from nowhere, also had this idea, so everyone hit it off and formed a group to fly to Neon.

Facing their temptation, Bai Chuanfeng did not refuse outright.

He knows that if SIC wants to have a place in the processor market in the future, it is absolutely impossible to just build a car behind closed doors.

As the center of the computer industry, Beimi Silicon Valley is the best stage.

But if we want to win the North American market, is it possible to rely solely on the current SIC itself?
In this regard, Bai Chuanfeng also had to be pessimistic.

Let’s not talk about other things, just look at the ending where Neon Semiconductor had to sign the "Miri Semiconductor Agreement" with tears.

It’s fine if SIC has always been a little transparent in the local market, but if it wants to enter the overseas market and capture a considerable market, then the fate of the Neon DRAM chip company is its lesson from the past.

Therefore, if SIC is to become a pole of the future processor market, listing it is inevitable, and North America is the top priority.

However, despite the idea of ​​going public, everyone has the same goal.

However, Bai Chuanfeng had a certain disagreement with IBM's Louis about the way SIC operates.

"Louis, I have to say it again. SIC will not cede the chip design franchise to other chip manufacturers, especially in the computer field.

If IBM wants to obtain a stable supply chain and preferential prices, then SIC can sign an agreement with IBM and write this into the terms. "

Bai Chuanfeng has repeated this sentence several times, and he has no intention of letting up on this point.

Glancing at Apple's Scully, Bai Chuanfeng had to put down the coffee cup he had just picked up.

"Of course, the same is true for Apple. But Scully, the cooperation between SIC and Apple has always been pleasant, and you have always received preferential prices."

Sculley shrugged. Although he also favored SIC open licensing, Apple's willingness was not as strong as IBM's.

As for Wood, who was leading the way, he was the most laid-back.His goal is only to invest in SIC and manipulate its listing.

But Pioneer Pilot doesn't care about the specific business methods. All he cares about is profits.

Bai Chuanfeng knew why IBM wanted SIC to be licensed to other chip manufacturers. It was nothing more than wanting to always get a stable supply and preferential prices.

The more semiconductor companies that can produce SIC chips, the more stable IBM's supply chain will be.

Even if SIC and IBM break up one day, those authorized manufacturers can continue to supply IBM without worrying about SIC getting in the way.

Even though IBM is currently using Intel chips, IBM is also worried about it in its heart.

Before talking with SIC, IBM also asked Intel in this way, but the other party refused.

That's why Louis sat in front of Bai Chuanfeng at this time and continued the negotiation.

"Bai Chuan is not that I don't believe in you, but business is business, we must consider the worst case."

Louis obviously still did not give up his ideas, after all, IBM is indeed a short board in terms of personal computer processors.

"Louis, since IBM plans to raise funds for SIC, is it still worried about future supply issues?
And Mr. Sculley, please think about it. As a shareholder of SIC, we will of course give priority to ensuring the supply of Apple and IBM. "

Although Apple and IBM regarded each other as rivals two years ago, since the sudden rise of Compaq, as well as the intrusion of HP, Dell and even Shirakawa Electric.

At this time, the Beimi computer market has long been in chaos, with each other having more or less market share, but there is no one company with an overwhelming advantage.

To put it bluntly, it is the market in everyone's hands. In fact, the difference is not big, and no one can do anything to the other.

Because at this time Apple and IBM can sit together and discuss SIC financing with Bai Chuanfeng.

But think about what Bai Chuanfeng said does make sense. He has already become a shareholder, so do we still need to worry about supply issues?

"Okay, Louis, if SIC can be listed in the United States, it will definitely abide by the principle of internal priority, don't you think so, Mr. Shirakawa?"

At this time, Wood, who had been silent for a while, began to smooth things over.

Bai Chuanfeng nodded approvingly, "Of course, please rest assured, Mr. Wood, SIC can guarantee this."

Louis glanced at Wood, then at Sculley, who continued to shrug.

“Well, if that’s the case, then please ask SIC to write this into the terms.”

Louis heard the voice of Wood's words. At North America's home court, SIC will abide by the rules of Wall Street.

Bai Chuanfeng did not refute this, but readily agreed to Louis' request.

With Apple and IBM, SIC will have the possibility to continue to grow bigger and stronger in the North American market in the future.

At the same time, because of the background of Mifang Capital, the various "Miri Semiconductor Agreements" in the future will have nothing to do with SIC.

Alas, if you want a market, you can't avoid some votes.

But today's communication with Apple and IBM is just the first negotiation.

If it really wants to go public in Beimi, SIC still has a lot to do.

In addition, considering the future listing home, Bai Chuanfeng may have to recruit one or two neon allies.

Back at the SIC building in Shibuya, Shirakawa Kaede immediately called for a meeting with several core personnel including Masatoshi Shima, Masaki Matsumura, Akira Yamazaki, and Kazuya Masaki.

Although SIC will not be listed immediately, everything has not been negotiated, and it will even take two or three years to complete the process.

But some things can already be arranged in advance, such as the detailed splitting of SIC's business.

First of all, the processor chip business will be reserved for SIC, which is its main business direction, and it is also what the capital of Beimi pays the most attention to.

In addition, with regard to the R&D of the second-ranked graphics chip within SIC, Bai Chuanfeng intends to establish a separate IMG club, which is responsible for the R&D and design of GPUs.

The remaining driver chips, flash memory chips under development, and other industrial ICs will be handed over to the newly established TSIC.

Simply put, the SIC is divided into three.

Processor chips, graphics chips, flash memory and other auxiliary chips are operated by three different companies.

There is no doubt that the current core is still the SIC body, and its profits accounted for 95% of the net profit of the previous complete SIC.

So even if some businesses are split, Apple and IBM will not have any opinions.

In their eyes, it might even mean that they have gotten rid of the burden.

IMG, which is only responsible for GPU development, has a hard time seeing the future in five or six years.

However, TSIC, which has taken over the development of flash memory and auxiliary chips, may be able to make profits in a short period of time, after all, it has a certain foundation before.

And Bai Chuanfeng had just finished assigning the tasks here at SIC, and within two days, the Ministry of International Trade and Industry came to the door again.

(End of this chapter)