RBCT Chapter 1376 The Strongest Core (4K)
Chapter 1376 The Strongest Core (4K)
Chapter 1376 The Strongest Core (4K)
A transatlantic phone call ended.
The demeanor maintained by Apple CEO Cook was quickly shattered in one person's office.
Two things happened in one day, Yike's Mars and Qualcomm's change of leadership, which surprised him extremely.
Cook had expected some competition from the flagship because of the countdown to Yike, but... this time it really exceeded expectations! If there is no problem with the manufacturing process of Bingxin, it will really bring great pressure to the iPhone!
Unfortunately, last year's low-cost strategy proved to be unsuitable for Apple's development. This year, in order to regain momentum, the iPhone adopted a bigger strategy, increasing the size of the product... and then it ran into Mars 8.8...
Cook put down his phone and looked at the small round mirror on the table a little dazedly.
When he first took over as CEO, he encouraged himself in the mirror every day at home, telling himself to forget the shadow of Jobs, but now... Jobs' shadow is gone, and it has been replaced by Fang Zhuo's shadow!
Also, Qualcomm's Jacob isn't that bad, right?
He did so much for Qualcomm and successfully brought Qualcomm to the forefront of the world, so why was he replaced like this?
Cook feels the same way. Apple has seen its strategy run into problems internally or externally for two consecutive years. Is his position as CEO...
But he changed his mind and decided that fortunately he still had Samsung's share to take, which was still relatively good.
Cook rubbed his face, eager to see how the actual performance of Mars 8.8 would be.
Coincidentally, Samsung's crown prince Lee Jae-yong, who was in Seoul, was in a very bad mood. He dropped the phone he had just answered on the ground, successfully adding another sales unit for Trump.
It's almost needless to speculate that the flagship products of Samsung will be the most affected by Yike Mars 8.8.
Although they are all part of the Big Three, Apple also has its own system ecosystem, while Samsung and Yike belong to the Android camp and have always been the hardest hit. This has also been reflected in today's fluctuating stock prices.
Apple fell 3 points, and Samsung has fallen almost 7 points!
Lee Jae-yong had a headache.
After a while, Lee Jae-yong no longer felt the pain after taking the medicine, and he swore that he would never do it again next time.
He calmed down for a while, changed to a new phone, and was about to call Jacob of Qualcomm, but after the call was made, he remembered that the other party was no longer the CEO of Qualcomm.
boom!
Trump sales +1 again!
Damn, even the business that I took over from my father could be taken away!
What kind of second generation is this Jacob!
Samsung's crown prince Lee Jae-yong was angry at the lack of fighting spirit. After calming down again, he called Qualcomm's new CEO Chen Fuyang, exchanged greetings with him about the cooperation between Samsung and Qualcomm, and tactfully expressed his dissatisfaction with Snapdragon 810 again.
The problems with Snapdragon 810 have already caused trouble for Samsung, but Yike has come up with a blockbuster product this time!
When it rains, it pours. Zhurong uses his power to burn Xiaolong!
Lee Jae-yong is already considering installing his own chips ahead of time. Last year, he was forced to switch from Orion to Snapdragon, and this year he is forced to switch back from Snapdragon to Orion...
Why is there so much helplessness in this world?
After Lee Jae-yong ended the call, he frowned for a long time, feeling an inevitable sense of frustration filling his heart. Bingxin International has taken the lead in process manufacturing. If it can rely on China's huge market, it will probably build an excellent cycle.
How can Samsung catch up then?
This may not only lead to the decline of the mobile phone business, but also pressure from multiple related businesses. Bingxin International spun off its storage business in China and has always been extremely low-key, but it has also obtained Qimonda's patents and technologies, and is probably quietly accumulating strength.
Just as Lee Jae-yong was sitting alone in his office thinking hard, the phone on his desk rang. It was his father's secretary calling, asking him to go to the ward immediately to report on the business situation.
Samsung CEO Lee Kun-hee was hospitalized in May this year due to acute myocardial infarction. In order to ensure safety and because of his old age, he still stays in the hospital even though he has recovered well.
Lee Jae-yong understood that the news of the change of technology must have alarmed his father.
Yike is coming with great momentum...
While tidying up his mood and clothes, Lee Jae-yong suddenly remembered a statement he had heard before: if Yi Ke was like this, he really wanted to turn Samsung into "Little Yi Ke".
……
Yike has launched Mars for eight generations since 07, and Bingxin has been working on the project for eleven years since the end of 03. After such a long time, the two companies have joined forces to finally produce the Mars 8.8 that has made a global sensation.
YiKe has always been strong, and this is also recognized by Wall Street.
But this year's strength is so strong... it's beyond the scope!
Whether it was The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, or the world-renowned financial television station CNBC, they all immediately reported extensively based on the information currently available.
CNBC, in particular, directly invited experts from the mobile phone and semiconductor industries to participate in the discussion and explore the significance of Yike's Mars 8.8 and Bingxin International's 16nm process.
"Yi Ke is the best mobile phone in the world. I know that many people may find it difficult to accept this in their hearts. I also see that some people think that Yi Ke's Mars 8.8 is leading only because of the manufacturer's technological breakthrough."
"But I must point out that Bingxin International has always been Yike's closest partner, and its founder is Fang Zhuo, the founder of Yike."
"In other words, Fang Zhuo has been building an industrial chain system from upstream to downstream for a long time, and it is precisely by relying on this good cycle that he has gradually improved his business territory."
"In fact, in China, there is a summary name for Fang Zhuo's company, called 'Yi Ke System', and Bingxin International is the foundation of its continuous growth."
"If there was no IceCore International, Qualcomm might not have cooperated with Yike, and Google might not have joined forces with Yike. If there was no IceCore International, Yike might have found it difficult to launch its self-designed chips. At least, it would not have been so smooth."
"However, the process alone is not enough. We can clearly see that this year Qualcomm's Snapdragon 810 is not well adapted to Taiji's 20nm process, and there are obvious heat dissipation problems."
"We can't see for now whether Yike's Zhurong 05 chip is as powerful as Fang Zhuo claims, but given Yike's long-standing cooperative relationship with Bingxin International, I tend to think that there won't be too many problems with the Zhurong chip this time. At most, it's just a matter of manufacturing yield."
"The Yike Mars series is set to be a huge hit!"
“Who can stop it?”
“Who can stop Fang Zhuo from reaping huge rewards after years of investment?”
“Perhaps this is the best president in the world.”
The invited expert Tory is from AMD. His analysis was full of admiration. The seeds planted by Mr. Fang 11 years ago have blossomed and borne fruit after difficult cultivation, which in itself is a business case worth writing about.
However, compared to Tory, another former senior vice president from Motorola, Kurtz, was much more unfriendly. He directly pointed out the threats and challenges brought by Yi Ke and believed that this was not just a problem of the mobile phone business.
"The consumer market has always been the most competitive sector. It is not worth being happy that an Eastern company has suppressed Apple and Samsung."
"Tori also said just now that this is a success from the 'Yike system', and Bingxin International plays an important role in it."
"I don't understand how such a company could develop to this point in such a secretive way. Hey, it's time to take action!"
Kurtz made the appeal.
Tory next to him interrupted at this time: "In fact, Bingxin International can no longer obtain more advanced equipment from ASML. This is a hidden danger of the 'Yike system'."
Kurtz immediately said, "Do you think I don't know? But this is far from enough. Our semiconductor industry should exert stronger power to restrict the development of the 'Yi Ke system'. First, Intel should cancel its cooperation with Bingxin International. Second, Yi Ke's antitrust lawsuit against Qualcomm should be ruled as a failure immediately!"
He continued to talk nonstop: "I have seen what the executives of Taiwan News said, and I agree with this. The emergence of IceCore International is a disruption to the global semiconductor supply chain!"
"Not only that, the development of Yike and Bingxin International is a reflection of the rapid development of the East. We must conduct a comprehensive review and vigilance from the perspectives of technological competition, industrial structure, business behavior to global influence!"
“What I want to say is that once Yike and Bingxin International rely more on their own huge markets to compete globally, it is likely to be a disaster!”
"EcoMars can be strong, but not too strong. We all need to be vigilant! It is threatening our Apple and Qualcomm, and may even threaten our Nvidia and Intel in the future!"
When Kurtz said this, he suddenly saw Tory's disapproving expression and said coldly: "Tory, do you think I'm kidding?"
Tolley responded: "Eco is indeed very strong, so strong that it can directly compete with two companies like Apple and Qualcomm, but if you continue to add Nvidia and Intel to this camp, I find it hard to imagine this happening in the future."
Kurtz immediately refuted: "Do you think that Yike will be satisfied with just the continuous R&D investment and process breakthroughs of Bingxin International? Yike is already China's largest cloud computing provider. It has even launched a server chip based on the ARMv8 architecture, which is named after ancient Chinese culture, called 'Jiuzhang'!"
"This is Yike Development's ambition!"
"Bingxin International supported Yike's development in mobile phone chips when it was not leading. Now, it has the most advanced process in the world. Even if the design is a little worse, it can be compensated by the process advantage!"
"If you believe Fang Zhuo is the best CEO in the world, then you have to believe in his courage to use Bingxin International to expand its business, and believe in his ability to continue to snowball in business!"
"Tori, that's Yi Ke, that's Fang Zhuo!"
“Any competitor who doesn’t look them in the face is already falling behind!”
"No, even if they face their competitors, they are still behind!"
Kurtz put forward the "Yi Ke threat theory" and the "Fang Zhuo threat theory" and called for more checks and balances.
Tory thought about Bingxin International's world-leading process technology, the huge market in the East, Yike's development and the ability of Shiyihao's president, and had to fall silent.
There are many programs such as CNBC that invite experts to discuss, and there are also many cautious views like Kurtz. It is really...
The honor of being the world's number one is so important!
The undisputed world number one is even more eye-catching!
For a time, there was a wave of "Yi Ke fever" in public opinion after Yi Ke's autumn press conference.
On November 11, Beijing time, when visiting media reporters received the promised Yike Mars 16 and Mars 8.8 Pro, an even greater "Yike fever" emerged.
Because they were so impatient and wanted to know whether this "world's first" was worthy of its title, the reporters from Europe and the United States did not even have time to board the plane to return home before they received many calls from various parties asking them to conduct actual tests.
Reporters from the Wall Street Journal are relatively unprofessional. They only know that the phone is very smooth to use and they don't feel any heat, so they can't provide more professional advice.
But there are also Bloomberg reporters who are technology product enthusiasts themselves, so they are able to do part-time reviews and directly broadcast the unboxing live on YouTube.
This reporter, named Rom, has a newly purchased iPhone 6 Plus, and he also asked a colleague to get him Samsung's latest Trump. Together with the Mars 8.8 he just got, he now has a complete collection of the flagship products of the three major manufacturers.
When Roma started the live broadcast, it was morning in China, which was 8 pm Eastern Time in the United States, so his evaluation was rarely broadcast by multiple TV stations.
Rom was not alone. In fact, he felt like he was holding a press conference, with many colleagues around him and cameras of all sizes set up.
"Well, I have an iPhone, Trump and Mars in my hands. I'm very excited. Maybe I can change my career and become a blogger in the future."
"Well, how does Arlington usually review products? Hey, Arlington, are you watching my live broadcast?"
"Never mind, let's run a score first!"
Rom took a deep breath and introduced the commonly used benchmark software GeekBench, which is a cross-platform CPU benchmark suite that is also familiar to many viewers.
As a reporter, he knew how to whet the appetite, so he first tested the iPhone and Trump in his hand, that is, Apple's A8 and Qualcomm's Snapdragon 810.
In the single-core test, the A8 scored 1630 and the Snapdragon 810 scored 1163. This has always been Apple's advantage, and it is very obvious.
In the multi-core test results, the two companies immediately reversed, with the A8 at 2927 and the Snapdragon 810 at 3899, which is also the advantage of the Snapdragon multi-core.
Roma has only tested these two items for now, knowing that the audience and the TV station are waiting for the real protagonist.
He took a deep breath and began testing Mars 8.8.
The machine was freshly unboxed and tested live throughout the entire process without any tampering.
Mars 8.8, single-core test result, scored 1874, surpassing A8's strengths by 15%.
Mars 8.8, multi-core test results, scored 4986, surpassing the strengths of Snapdragon 810 by a huge 27.8%. As for the comparison with A8, it directly reached 70%!
The media reporters in the conference room looked at the data in silence, while the live comments on YouTube were quickly refreshed.
Rom looked at the results in his hand and muttered to himself, expressing the same thoughts as the audience:
"The strongest core of Earth Mobile!"
(End of this chapter)