Super Tech Library

Chapter 398 Must Go All Out (Seeking Order)

The mobile phone is the crystallization of human technology, and it is also the most patent-intensive field in the world.As big as the shape of the mobile phone case, as small as the placement of a chip, it is possible to find related patents.

Therefore, mobile phone manufacturers may be sued by the patent owner if they are not careful, and then have to pay a large amount of licensing fees.

In the 3G era, Qualcomm is a hurdle that all mobile phone manufacturers can never get around.

As a result, many mobile phone manufacturers had to join forces to "de-Qualcommize" and study WCDMA technology, 4G, and even 5G technology.The rapid development of communication technology is actually the ambition of mobile phone manufacturers to get rid of Qualcomm as soon as possible.

However, even in the 4G era, Qualcomm's patents are still unavoidable.In particular, the CPU chip produced by Qualcomm is still one of the top mobile phone CPU chips in the world. Compared with it, other mobile phone chips are still dozens of months away.

However, it is very helpless that the gap is so large, and it is even more difficult to catch up.

Before, Mubai had considered this issue, such as acquiring a collection chip manufacturer, and then upgrading the technology and craftsmanship through the technology in the super library.

However, after some careful understanding, Mu Bai found out silently that none of the surviving manufacturers of network chips is a small factory, especially those that can master some low-level patents and special patents, and all of them are well-known companies. There is an intricate equity relationship behind it, and it is basically no more difficult than rebuilding if you want to acquire a controlling stake.

In this way, Mubai gave up his attempt to acquire a new chip manufacturer, and turned to deduce and research his own patents.Mu Bai handed over this task to the manager of the scientific research laboratory - Advanced Artificial Intelligence Xiaobai.

But unfortunately, after nearly two months of deduction, Xiaobai did not come up with any results.It is nowhere in sight to master its own core patents.

In other words, for now, Mubai's first-generation Zenith star mobile phone will eventually have to choose to cooperate with Qualcomm, purchase the other party's CPU chip, and obtain the other party's patent authorization.

Thinking of how many points will be sucked by Qualcomm every time a mobile phone is sold, Mu Bai's heart aches for a while!
In particular, the first-generation Zenith Star mobile phone that Mubai will put into production is equipped with a perfect display screen, graphene-based lithium battery, elementary artificial intelligence program, naked-eye 3D stereoscopic projection and many other black technologies. The profits sucked away are even higher.

Even if Mubai wants to choose Huawei's Kirin chips, HiSilicon chips, or Wanwan's MediaTek chips, he can't do it, because the output of high-end Kirin chips is seriously insufficient, and Huawei itself can't satisfy them, let alone provide them to others. Mubai's Zenith Star Company is gone.

The low-end HiSilicon chips and MediaTek chips are a bit embarrassing. They can cope with low-end mobile phones, but they cannot cope with mid-to-high-end mobile phones.

"Hmph, since you have been sucked by Lao Mei's company, let's make up for it from their people!" Mu Bai has already decided that the price of mobile phones sold to Lao Mei will increase by ten points. If Lao Mei's sales are large, Just enough to make up for the money paid to Qualcomm.

"Next, we should focus on the field of chip semiconductors!" The first-generation Zenith Star mobile phone was helpless to be blood-sucked by Qualcomm, but starting from the second-generation, Mu Bai would not let Qualcomm continue to suck blood.

It can be said that how to reduce blood sucking by Qualcomm is a very critical issue in the mobile phone industry.

As strong as a powerful company, such as Apple, on the one hand, it will file a lawsuit with Qualcomm, and on the other hand, it will take the opportunity to prohibit its foundries from paying licensing fees. Anyway, lawsuits in the mobile phone industry, especially those involving multinationals, are basically It's going to last for several years.

In the past few years, Apple's profits have long been astronomical. Even if the lawsuit is lost by then, it will only pay a few hundred million.

However, this is something that only companies with strong strength and high status can afford.Because the two companies, Qualcomm and Apple, are in a relationship of both confrontation and cooperation, even if they lose the lawsuit, they still have a cooperative relationship.

As for other companies, if you play this game with Qualcomm, you may be able to understand it in less than three months from the lawsuit. Not to mention a lot of compensation, if Qualcomm does not sell you chips by then, then it will be true. It's rather embarrassing...

Because of these concerns, Huaxia really does not have a mobile phone manufacturer who dares to completely tear itself apart from Qualcomm.Well, maybe Zentraedi will be the first in the future!
Just to avoid being charged more licensing fees, Qualcomm taxes, etc., the original first-generation Zenith Star mobile phone, in addition to the mobile phone, also came with a virtual world link device—wireless virtual earbuds, which was directly taken away by Mubai , sold as a separate accessory.

In the afternoon, Mu Bai found Qu Xiaohong, and planned to ask her to go to Qualcomm to discuss cooperation on his behalf.

Qu Xiaohong was originally the vice president of LeTV Mobile, but after LeTV was merged into Zenith Star, she became the temporary person in charge of Zenith Mobile. In the past few months, Mu Bai discovered that Qu Xiaohong He did a good job. After clearing out the backlog of LeTV mobile phones, Qu Xiaohong became a full-time employee.

"Mr. Qu, prepare yourselves these few days, learn more about these materials, and then go to Qualcomm headquarters to discuss licensing!"

Qu Xiaohong was suddenly called to the office by Mu Bai, thinking that something had happened, but when she came, she found out that she was asked to go to Qualcomm to negotiate, and she breathed a sigh of relief.

After coming to the headquarters of Zenith Star Company in Hangzhou, Qu Xiaohong never relaxed for a day. She has always been very clear that her position in Zenith Star Company is not stable.

After all, the mobile phone is too important, and the funds involved are huge. It is not so easy for her, an outsider who joined halfway, to get the support of the company's big boss.

Fortunately, after several months of hard work, Qu Xiaohong finally removed the word "temporary" from the top of her head, and she can be considered as the head of Zenith Mobile, a promising company with a bright future.

At this moment, facing the company's big boss who asked her to go to the headquarters of Qualcomm in the United States to negotiate, in her view, it is a test and a real opportunity.

Therefore, Qu Xiaohong said very seriously: "Okay, Mr. Mu, I will definitely do my best!"

"By the way, Mr. Mu, what are the main things I'm going there to talk about?" At the end, Qu Xiaohong asked.

"You are mainly here to discuss with the other party the price of the CPU of the mobile phone, as well as the issue of patent authorization, especially the amount of patent authorization. If you can negotiate a percentage point, it will be a great achievement!" Mu Bai said seriously.

In fact, Mubai does not have much hope for this trip, because the current Zenith mobile phone has not yet received the attention of Qualcomm.

Even though Mubai asked Qu Xiaohong to bring some performance reports on the perfect display screen and graphene-based lithium battery (just a report introducing how awesome the product is)...

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