Four hundred and fortieth eight chapters endless
Regarding Chuco Technology’s acquisition of 3, trx and TI graphics cards, the outside world knows that Chuco Technology is bluffing.
The reason why we can invest in SiS Technology is because SiS Technology is wasting a lot of money in building wafer fabs. In addition, their products are mainly mid- to low-end, and their profits are not high. Now R&D has stagnated because of funds.
, product updates are stagnant, and the associated revenue is naturally stagnant.
It has even affected the normal operation and there are problems in the capital chain. Only then did Chuko Technology agree to take a stake. Otherwise, SiS Technology would never agree to this acquisition.
It is equivalent to Chuco Technology picking up a leak. Of course, we are now in a period of fierce competition in graphics cards. In addition to Silicon System Technology and 3DFX, there are other graphics card manufacturers, but these two are the most suitable for Chuco Technology.
3DFX is well-known and SiS Technology has production lines. Chuco Technology can rely on these two companies to directly enter the graphics card market without having to develop slowly and painstakingly on its own.
Faced with the acquisition request of Chuko Technology, Nvidia is still considering it. Just talking about Chuko Technology is not worthy of Nvidia's scruples. After all, the two parties are not too involved at all, and there may still be competition.
However, when the news came out, after 3DFX was acquired by NVIDIA, those who joined NVIDIA began to make a fuss. The technical staff headed by Louis Jackson, who is now NVIDIA's technical director, began to make a fuss.
Louis Jackson was one of the founders of 3DFX. Although he was not one of the three main founders, he was always the technician responsible for the 3DFX graphics card.
The person most dissatisfied with the acquisition of 3DFX is Louis Jackson. He has always wanted to reinstate 3DFX, but unfortunately, his words and words cannot affect the brand created by Nvidia and others.
Now with the intervention of Chuko Technology, Louis Jackson saw hope, and together with other people who wanted to revive the 3DFX graphics card, they began to make trouble at Nvidia, causing Nvidia a headache.
Facing Louis Jackson and Chuko Technology, Nvidia proposed an acquisition amount of 70 million US dollars and required Chuko Technology to pay 70 million US dollars. They transferred the 3DFX graphics card brand and some technology patents, including that one
The TB graphics card production line belonging to 3DFX, as well as Louis Jackson and others, were all packaged and given to Chuco Technology!
When I heard this news, the outside world looked at me strangely. Nvidia obviously regarded Chuko Technology as a scapegoat. It seemed that they had taken out a lot of things, but they might not have used any of them!
At the beginning, they spent almost 100 million US dollars to acquire the 3DFX graphics card, including patents, technology, production lines and a complete technical team. Now more than two years have passed, and the entire 3DFX graphics card brand has been almost consumed by them.
As for patents and technologies, they have become part of Nvidia. Even the ones given to Chuco Technologies are outdated patents and technologies. As for the TB graphics card production line, it was the most advanced graphics card production line in the world two years ago.
As for now, you must know that the graphics card production line is updated rapidly. It has been upgraded countless times in two years. Even if the TB production line can be modified, it will not be much cheaper than setting up a new production line. Of course, there is no technology for anything.
Thanks to Chuko Technology, this production line can still be used to practice and accumulate some skills.
Generally speaking, NVIDIA's proposal basically treats Chuko Technology as an easy target, and the entire 3DFX has become an empty frame to fend off Chuko Technology!
"Director Chen, should we continue to acquire 3DFX graphics cards, or should we change to another graphics card manufacturer?!" Wu Xingdao, who was far away in North America, called Chen Chu via satellite phone.
Nvidia's move exceeded Wu Xingdao's expectations. It is really difficult to predict whether a 3DFX graphics card can be restored to the technical strength it had a few decades ago.
It was already late at night in Yanjing. After receiving a call from Wu Xingdao, Chen Chu went to the balcony. It was still very hot during the day, but the autumn wind began to blow at night.
Being blown by the cool autumn wind, Chen Chu woke up a little. He took out a cigarette. Amidst the flickering fireworks, Chen Chu exhaled a breath of smoke. Since he is going to enter this industry, he must be prepared to take risks.
preparation.
Chen Chu was ready to take a gamble. The 3DFX graphics card, which was created from scratch, could surpass many established graphics card manufacturers. It was obvious that the technical strength was definitely there. The final failure was due to the management's miscalculation of the market, and the graphics card technology was never developed.
question.
"Buy it, but try to pull out all the original 3DFX graphics card technical personnel and become Chuke technical personnel!" Chen Chu explained to Wu Xingdao that this matter has been rumored for a long time, and Chen Chu is ready to deal with it as soon as possible
Okay, I don’t want to delay this any longer!
After hearing what Chen Chu said, Wu Xingdao said on the satellite phone, "I understand!"
After hanging up the phone, Wu Xingdao looked at the slightly impatient NVIDIA negotiator in front of him and said to him, "The headquarters has sent news that it has agreed to the acquisition. We are willing to agree to your sale plan!"
NVIDIA's negotiators looked at Wu Xingdao in shock. They were obviously trying to force Chuko Technologies to retreat despite the difficulties. Who knew that Chuko Technologies would directly agree to it?
After giving it to Chuko Technology, the NVIDIA personnel felt tangled in their hearts, but it was impossible to go back on the agreement at this time, unless they wanted to become a laughing stock!
Chen Chu was sitting on the balcony. At this time, it was already twilight outside. Except for the occasional light that came on, the rest was dark.
Agreeing to Nvidia's sale plan and spending so much money, in addition to taking risks, more importantly, I want to take this opportunity to tell the entire graphics card industry practitioners that Chuko Technology is really going to enter the entire industry. It is said that a thousand dollars buys horse bones.
, the same principle as this, it will be much easier to poach people from other graphics card manufacturers when the time comes!
After smoking a cigarette, Chen Chu took back his thoughts. Only then did he feel a chill. He tightened his pajamas and ran back in a hurry. It was better to go back to the bedroom at this time.
As for Nvidia taking advantage this time, only Chuko Technology enters this industry, and there is always a chance to regain its position. Then it will not be a matter of a small amount of acquisition money. In other words, since Chuko Technology was established by Chen Chu, when will it take advantage?
Too boring?!
Chuko Technology took over the 3DFX graphics card from NVIDIA, which exceeded many people's expectations. NVIDIA was obviously very open-minded, and Chuko Technology agreed directly without counter-offering, which exceeded many people's expectations!
Since the establishment of Chuko Technology, every time it enters an industry, it has made aggressive acquisitions. From G Games to Renren Technology to Renren Music, there have been no exceptions.
The same is true this time. With the continuous large-scale acquisitions, it is obvious at a glance that this is Chuco Technology's method. It acquired Silicon Integrated Technology for US$300 million and the 3DFX graphics card brand for US$70 million.
When he returned to China from Wu Xingdao, he completed three acquisitions in succession, which surprised countless people. Chuko Technology acquired the Hong Kong-based memory manufacturer GALAXY Technology for US$45 million, and then invested US$50 million in MediaTek, which surprised countless people.
People are astonished.
MediaTek's performance last year was not good. Due to the increasing saturation of the VD, DVD and 3D industries, MediaTek's chip business and optical disk storage business were not very satisfactory.
MediaTek is undergoing a transformation this year. Recently, it is rumored that it has developed the first domestic mobile phone chip. However, its reputation is not good and its technology is insufficient. MediaTek has no sense of presence in the mobile phone industry. Almost no one cares about the chips it develops. It has been in the stock market for almost a long time.
With the year-on-year decline, investors who invested in MediaTek are almost helpless.
At this time, Chuko Technologies suddenly raised 50 million US dollars and directly raised the banner of MediaTek, which surprised countless people. This barbaric style surprised countless people, who didn't know what Chuko Technologies was going to do.
Not only did he acquire GALAX, a memory stick manufacturer, and invest in MediaTek, but when he returned to China, Wu Xingdao once again spent US$10 million to invest in Meizu Technology, an emerging mobile phone manufacturer just established this year, and obtained 40% of the other party's shares.w
A series of operations made people feel dizzy. The outside world once again became aware of the style of Chuko Technology. After the establishment of the Hardware Industry Department, everyone thought that Chuko Technology would not have many moves, but who knew that it would take so long in the blink of an eye?
Five hundred million US dollars, even those who watch it feel frightened.
Seeing Wu Xingdao who had returned to Chuko Technology, Zeng Yuanli breathed a sigh of relief. Zeng Yuanli said to Wu Xingdao, "Mr. Wu, if you don't come back, I will jump off the building!"
Zeng Yuanli received Chen Chu asking him to prepare a sum of funds, but Zeng Yuanli never expected that this time Wu Xingdao went out, just like throwing money, throwing out funds one by one, even he felt a little unable to hold on, taking care of Chu Ke
Zeng Yuanli, the technical moneybag, felt for the first time that his position was a bit difficult!
Hearing Zeng Yuanli's words, Wu Xingdao laughed helplessly, "These are orders from Director Chen, and there is nothing I can do about it!"
The acquisition of SiS Technology, 3DFX and GALAXY Technology were all original plans. SiS Technology, 3DFX is the graphics card business, and GALAXY Technology is the memory stick business. They were all previously planned plans.
But the two subsequent investments were beyond Wu Xingsheng's expectations. The sudden move of MediaTek was a bit surprising, and the investment in Meizu, a small mobile phone developer that was just established this year, with a capital of less than one million, was a big surprise.
Wu Xingsheng was a little confused.
"It's finally over. If Mr. Wu makes another acquisition, I will have financial problems with Chuko Technology!" Zeng Yuanli said to Wu Xingdao.
"I hope so!" Wu Xingdao said to Zeng Yuanli. He was not as optimistic as Zeng Yuanli. Wu Xingdao, who knew Chen Chu somewhat, knew that Chen Chu always did not act according to common sense. Once he started planning, he would be unstoppable.
Chapter completed!