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   Chapter 425

   When the villain does not need to consider so many rules, he doesn't mind using various means, and can achieve his goal at the fastest speed, but it is also easy to overturn.

   Just like Microsoft’s acquisition of Netscape, it didn’t get it in the end, but a sworn enemy emerged. IBM also acted as a villain when it faced Wang An and Intel, ARM’s major shareholder, Acorn.

When Acorn was just established, it got its first large order from BBC, and wanted to get a chip license from Intel, but it was rejected directly by Intel, which is why Acorn established a chip department. ARM also has the opportunity to appear.

  If Intel had known earlier, there would be such a day. I didn’t know, would it have rejected Acorn Company, and ended up provoking such a beam...

  England, in an office building near Cambridge University, Saxby, the current president of ARM, just sent off the two founders of Acorn Company, picked up the newspaper from the other side of the Atlantic on the table, and frowned.

  ARM's Ameriga shareholder suddenly changed from Apple to a little-known PA semiconductor, which may be unfamiliar to outsiders, which has only been established for less than a year.

But for Saxby, who has stayed in Motorola, for those founders of PA Semiconductor, Dober Poole, the former chief designer of DEC Semiconductor, Jim Keller, who is considered to be the next generation leader of America Semiconductor, etc. Character, Saxby has long heard of.

Therefore, Saxby is not too worried about ARM's major shareholder changing from Apple to PA Semiconductor, and even has some expectations. The semiconductor industry such as Dobble Poole and Jim Keller, who have joined the god-level figures, ARM's design capabilities, Might take it to the next level.

   But Saxby is also a little worried. He can not worry about the strength of PA semiconductors, but the big financier behind PA is a person from the Internet, so Saxby can't be worried.

  The Internet is now a fast-growing industry, and it is too profitable. Saxby knows that the big moneymaker of PA Semiconductor has rushed into the Forbes America list in just a few years.

   But semiconductors are different from the Internet. It may take a few years to achieve results, just like ARM has been established for seven or eight years, and it has barely fought in the industry.

When it was first established, ARM was beaten by Intel's X86 architecture chip. It launched the first ARM chip for Apple four years ago. The embarrassing result is that Apple's Newton PDA handheld was beaten by Palm. Not many were sold all over the world, and this year, the gang leader Joe, who was returned to Apple, completely cut off Apple's handheld production line.

   Regardless of the reason why Apple's Newton PDA can't be sold, anyway, the ARM chip is also the cauldron, and the ARM chip market has never been able to open up.

   It was not until the past two years that Saxby changed its strategy and no longer sold chips directly, but mainly focused on licensing chip design solutions, and cooperated with Texas Instruments, Nokia, Siemens and other companies, which slowly opened up the situation for ARM.

   But now, the major shareholder of ARM has changed, and Saxby doesn't know what the new big financier will do.

   Just now, Saxby saw the two founders of Acorn, Chris Curry and Herman. They were also a little worried about the wind from the other side of the ocean.

   Worry about whether the balance of ARM will be broken, and Acorn is also worried about whether ARM will be taken away by PA.

But for Acorn, although it is known as "Britain's Apple Computer", Apple is now half-dead, not to mention Acorn, which was sold to the Italian Olivetti Computer Company many years ago, that is, by Wang An The company and Chotus, the Olivetti computer company that acquired part of its business, the technology industry is just like the entertainment industry, no one knows which companies will be involved in a circle behind it...

  Think about it, even Acorn's parent company, Olivetti Computer, relies on selling its business to make a living. How can Acorn be better? No matter how worried Acorn is, Acorn can't come up with a US knife to stop it, PA Semiconductor is swallowing ARM!

   As Saxby was worried about ARM and his situation with the others, the phone rang suddenly.

   "Is that President Saxby!"

   A voice came from the other end of the phone. Hearing this tone, Saxby, who had lived in both America and England, immediately knew that the person on the other side was from America.

   "I am!" Saxby held the phone's hand and couldn't help but tighten a bit. He had a hunch that something big might have happened.

"I am from PA Semiconductor, I have one thing I want to inform you, I hope you can come to America for a debriefing. PA Semiconductor has completed the holding of ARM and already holds a 57% stake in ARM. President of PA Semiconductor Dobble, And the board of directors, you are welcome to join..."

   When the phone dropped, Saxby was a little at a loss. It was too fast. When he and the people from Acorn Company were still discussing, PA Semiconductor had already succeeded in the raid.

   If you can get 57% of ARM's equity, you will already have absolute control over ARM. Saxby knows VLSI company, he must have knelt down, and he sold ARM directly without notifying them.

Acorn, the 43% major shareholder, has an embarrassing position. It seems to be the second largest shareholder, but facing the 57% major shareholder PA Semiconductor, it is useless at all. The entire ARM has completely belonged to PA, including The location under Saxby's ass!

How will PA Semiconductor deal with ARM, whether it will merge or operate independently, according to the rules of the semiconductor industry, basically after the acquisition is completed, they will choose to merge directly, rarely operate independently, and Saxby does not know his president. The location, what will happen, this makes Saxby start to worry.

   On the plane from England to America, Saxby sat in the business class that PA Semiconductor bought for him, but he was not in the mood to rest.

   Saxby never imagined that one day he would be able to return to America and look at the clouds outside the cabin. Saxby was very worried.

   Instead of flying to San Jose, he went to New Orleans. Song Yang invited Saxby to watch this year's Super Bowl together.

   After arriving at the New Orleans airport, Saxby saw a familiar scene again. The Super Bowl is about to be held in New Orleans, attracting a large number of American people.

The whole city has fallen into the frenzy of the arrival of the Super Bowl. Hotels and hotels in New Orleans are all fully occupied. The Super Bowl jerseys, gifts, posters, etc. prepared by major stores have all been stocked. , the most central location of the city, has already posted a huge poster of the Packers and the Patriots joining this year's Super Bowl!

   Saxby and the staff representing the Acorn Company who came with him were picked up in a hotel as soon as they left the airport.

This hotel is only two streets away from the Louisiana Superdome, where the Super Bowl is held. When Saxby passed by, he saw the entire hotel, and it was already packed. Downstairs was a large number of luxury cars. With the bus, security personnel dressed in blackwater company uniforms are patrolling downstairs.

Entering the hotel, Saxby immediately saw a large group of girls with extremely hot bodies, and some people who were obviously in the fashion industry. To Saxby's surprise, he also saw hanging The staff member with the "Playboy" magazine work brand, which made Saxby a little confused. He didn't know where this place was. How could Song Yang choose such a place to meet him.

Saxby was taken to a room in the hotel, and as soon as he entered the room, a big man walked in, looked at Saxby and said directly, "You are Saxby, right, I'm Gallo, Song asked me to pick you up, He'll be there soon!"

   "You can change your clothes, there will be a big party later," Gallo said to Saxby as soon as he came in, regardless of whether Saxby was confused or not, "I'm afraid I'll regret the party for ten years if I missed it!"

Confused, Saxby washed his face in confusion, changed his coat, and was dragged by Gallo to a lobby of the hotel. As soon as he entered the lobby, Saxby saw a large group of men and women in the lobby. , the vast majority of which are girls.

   "What place is this, and who are they?" Saxby finally couldn't help it, and asked Gallo, who was gearing up.

   "They?"

"Tomorrow's Super Bowl, you'll know what they do," Gallo gave Saxby a smug smile and patted Saxby's shoulder, "Today's party, as many people want to come. No chance, you have to seize the opportunity!"

   Saying that, Gallo, who had completed the mission, did not wait for Saxby to ask any further questions, and went straight to the location of the large group of girls, and disappeared in a flash, leaving Saxby alone there dumbfounded.

  In the lobby of the hotel, a large group of men and women, some shaking their bodies to the music, and some holding wine glasses, gathered together in twos and threes.

   One of the tall girls, holding a drink in hand, will perform on stage tomorrow, RICK and Victoria's Secret are not allowed to drink.

Elsa Benitez held the drink in her hand and looked aimlessly at the crowd in the hall. She heard news from the RICK company that Song Yang would be there in person this time, so she came here. There was a party, but Song Yang was not seen.

At this time, looking away, Elsa Benitez saw a somewhat familiar person. It was the Gallo that he had seen at the banquet in Houston before, which made the footsteps that he was about to leave, Stopped again.

   After waiting for a while, the hall was pushed open again, and a large group of people filed in. When he saw one of them, Benitez couldn't help but light up.

   (end of this chapter)