Chapter 507: Cooperation or merger?

At this time Zhang Yang has come to the United States and Silicon Valley, and this time there are important things to do.
The development of Chaowei has been rapid this year. In the first three quarters, sales were close to US$4 billion, and it is expected to increase in the fourth quarter. Overall sales this year can exceed US$6 billion.
This data created Chaowei's history.
Of course, compared with the real industry giant Intel, the gap is still very large, but many people think that the pace of catching up with Intel is no longer so out of reach.
Eagle Weida's performance is getting better and better. Last year, it won several awards. This year's gF series is very popular, becoming the star product of the independent ~~ standing graphics card.
However, Eagle Weida has another idea, that is to implement its own interface standard, no longer subject to others. Only this needs to be discussed with the motherboard manufacturer, it is best to have an alliance to improve the right to speak.
At the beginning, Zhang Yang had talked with the heads of the two companies, which could facilitate the two companies to carry out in-depth cooperation. cPu, graphics card and storage are the most important hardware components of a computer host.
For storage, they can also cooperate with SanDisk.
SanDisk has also acquired the assets of a hard disk company and began to enter the field of mechanical hard disks, with the goal of becoming the leader in the storage field.
Only in North America and island countries, there are many companies with very strong technology. They want to eat away from SanDisk's flash memory cards, while preventing SanDisk's rise in hard drives.
This time Zhang Yang came over to facilitate the cooperation between Chaowei and Eagle Weida, hoping they could jointly develop aPu, which is an accelerated processor.
The aPu word-of-mouth of the predecessor Chaowei Company is also very good, and it has been adopted by many tablets and game consoles.
In fact, the predecessor Chaowei had contacted Yingweida first, hoping to merge with Yingweida. The heads of the two companies have known for a long time, and have this intention to develop together and become the world's top hardware manufacturer.
It was just that Eagle Weida requested to retain the right to operate independently after the merger. Chaowei did not agree. The result was that the cooperation was broken. Chaowei was forced to cooperate with the alternative aTI company, acquired the other party, and completed its own product. design.
But Chaowei's merger also caused Chaowei to quickly lose money. Acquired the other party, but there were problems in operation, and research and development also became lagging. It can be said that the merger was not successful.
Chaowei was trying to replicate the success of Intel at that time, because Intel also produced many integrated graphics cards and sold well. With their motherboards, the market share has always been high.
The stand-alone ~~~ stand-up graphics card is easier to upgrade, and the performance is also very strong, more popular with consumers. Chaowei is thinking of surpassing the roundabout, driving the sales of the motherboard with the graphics card, so as to complete the overtaking of Intel.
But who could have imagined that after the acquisition of aTI by the predecessor Chaowei, Eagle Weida, who was abandoned by them, has risen instead and has become the industry leader.
In this life, Chaowei thought of the graphics card company to cooperate with, the first was Eagle Weida. As the second largest shareholder representative of the two companies, Zhang Yang naturally also attended.
In fact, Zhang Yang hopes that the two companies can carry out a deeper cooperation. Only when everyone joins hands can they have the opportunity to beat Intel, otherwise they will always be at a disadvantage.
If the market share is low, then profits are difficult to guarantee and there is no right to speak. The rules are always made by large companies, and small companies can only choose to comply, otherwise they will be eliminated.
Fortunately, Chaowei and Eagle Weida are still well-known, and they also have their own product architecture solutions. They have developed some standards and are also more popular with consumers.
Intel does not dare to be too forced, otherwise it will be accused of monopoly and unfair competition.
"Jerry, Jason, we are sitting together today, we just want to explore a new direction of cooperation. Jerry means that Chaowei and Eagle Weida merge to become a brand new semiconductor company, which can strengthen the motherboard. The business can also better fight against Intel, and at the same time, they can develop a new product called aPu that combines cPu and gPu.
"Jason, what do you mean by Eagle Weida? Are you optimistic about this aPu vision?"
Jason Huang looked at Jerry Sanders: "Jerry, I only have one problem. After the merger of our two parties, Chaowei’s market value is higher in terms of volume, and our shares will shrink. Then gPu’s Who is responsible for the business?"
"Of course it is you. I also believe that your ability is enough to help the company develop faster, and even the aPu project can be left to you." Sanders said without hesitation.
In fact, after the merger of the two companies, the majority shareholder will become the Zhiduoxing Group, but in terms of voting rights, he is still the first, but less than 50%.
Once Jason Huang chooses to support Zhang Yang, whoever has the final say in the merged enterprise is really uncertain.
"So will Eagle Weida's trademark be retained? Can the company's operations be carried out independently?"
"I'm afraid it won't work independently. The two companies are operating and communication will inevitably have problems, which is not conducive to our development. At present, Chaowei has sufficient funds and the factory invested in China is also under construction. It is expected that next year Can be put into production in the middle."
"And we will also set up a branch company in Huaxia, and at the same time recruit some professional talents. Huaxia people are very smart, you are also of Chinese origin, shouldn't you oppose this sentence?"
Can't stand alone~~~, which makes Jason Huang hesitate. As a result of discussions with his partners, as long as they retain the right to operate independently, they are willing to merge.
In this way, in terms of semiconductor components, they can reduce costs, and at the same time they can use Chaowei's factory, without having to ask Eagle Weida to find a foundry or invest in a new factory by themselves.
But power is given to Chaowei~EbookFREE.me~ This is not good news for the development of Eagle Weida.
"Mr. Zhang, what is your opinion?" Jason? Huang looked at Zhang Yang. You are also the main shareholder of the company, and you are also the main shareholder of Chaowei. Would you not comment on this matter?
"My opinion is to let the two companies merge as much as possible. In this way, they can save a lot of raw material costs. At the same time, some technical personnel can also communicate with each other, which can also play a good role in promoting the development of new products."
"At the same time, the two sides cooperate in product architecture, system algorithms, etc., so that when the products of both sides are used in combination, the performance is more prominent."
"Jason, it seems that you are unwilling to give up the right to operate? But Jerry also stated that this part of the business will continue to be handed over to you, and others will not intervene. Jerry is only serving as the chairman of the board. The development of Weida will not have much impact."
"Jerry, can you make a commitment, respect and believe in Jason? After all, Chaowei really has no experience in gPu, and the development speed of Eagle Weida is everyone's eyes."
Both of them were silent. The cooperation was quite pleasant before, but when the merger happened, there were too many unwilling places to give up.