Chapter 1436 Forced to the corner
"With his Godson plus motherboard, will there really be a performance bonus?" Intel held an emergency board of directors.
Originally, they didn't think that Lin Feng's Loongson or this motherboard could pose a threat to them. But later, seeing that the sales of its Jiuzhou Yulu and Jiuzhou Thunder motherboards were so good, they established a
win-tel-NVI Alliance.
Use this to combat this potential threatening opponent.
But I didn't expect that before they had any integrated motherboards or integrated chips, Qin Feng's CPU and motherboard sales were already very scary.
This sales volume was something they never expected.
Now, the entire market motherboard has been completely occupied by Jiuzhou Yulu and Jiuzhou Thunder.
Of course, it doesn’t mean that other motherboards will have no sales, it just means that the sales volume will be greatly affected. At the same price, there is an additional video memory chip that is comparable to mainstream graphics cards. You tell me, let consumers choose.
And because they are all developed by the same company, coupled with Lei Jun's propaganda, everyone believes that if you use Loongson and Kyushu motherboards, the performance will be improved. And both of them are very cheap.
This one is cheap, three loves.
Naturally, Godson's sales also increased.
Before this, Intel relied on Pentium 2 and Celeron 2 to suppress Loongson.
The absolute performance advantage of Pentium 2 and the price advantage of Celeron 2 have kept Loongson's sales in the international market very low.
But now, sales have increased.
Many people began to try to buy Loongson and Kyushu motherboards.
"The current results from our laboratory show that if used with Loongson and Kyushu motherboards, there will be no improvement in CPU performance, but in actual applications, whether it is gaming or watching videos, there will be an improvement," the technician said.
"What does this mean?" asked Intel President Barrett.
"In other words, if we replace our CPU with a Kyushu motherboard, the scores of the related software will be weaker than Loongson in terms of video playback and game performance," the technician said.
Barrett's eyes lit up.
"You mean, their motherboard has limitations on our CPU?" Barrett asked excitedly.
If this is the case, then he can accuse Qin Feng of unfair competition. If this lawsuit is fought, Loongson will be finished.
"That's not it." The technician said, "It's not that there is a restriction on us. It's just that the performance of Jiuzhou's motherboard seems not to be fully utilized. In this way, if we connect our chip, or AMD's chip, the performance of the motherboard can probably be
It can achieve 90% performance, and if you use Loongson, you can achieve 100% performance, or even 120% performance.”
There is obviously a difference between the two.
If it is to impose restrictions on Intel's CPUs, then this is unfair competition.
On the contrary, if it is to achieve better performance, it is not a limitation. It is the superimposed advantages of other brands' technologies.
Although the results between the two are the same, there are fundamental differences.
Of course, the most important difference comes from whether you can sue.
Barrett thought for a while.
"Now Loongson has become a serious problem for us. If it is allowed to grow, it may replace AMD as our most powerful opponent. AMD, without technology and funds, cannot shake our country at all. But Loongson is different.
It has the entire mainland market behind it, and the Chinese government is backing it. It loses billions every year, which is no problem for them." Barrett said solemnly, "They are far more tenacious than AMD.
And a terrible opponent. Therefore, we must treat it carefully."
Many directors agreed with this.
You know, Loongson comes from the Cyrix chip that was once eliminated by the market.
As a result, it has now gone from being a chip that was eliminated from the market to being something that even Intel is afraid of.
Although its performance is still not comparable to Intel, its potential is scary.
Such terrifying potential makes every opponent extremely fearful.
Of course, I am also envious.
After all, no matter how much it loses, it can easily borrow money, and it is a huge amount of money. It can be said that the country is behind it.
This situation is the envy of any company.
After all, with an absolutely huge amount of financial support, your company will definitely be able to maintain its development and will usher in a difficult breathing period.
This breathing period is the key to determining whether a product can survive in the market.
It’s not that many products are not excellent. It’s just that in the absence of a market, they had to leave the market sadly after running out of liquidity.
No matter how ambitious you are, no matter how good the plan is, no matter how far-reaching the prospects are, if you have no funds and no market share, you can only become a yesterday's flower.
This world is so cruel and so helpless.
"I propose that, first, start an investigation immediately to find out whether there is a special code hidden in the Godson that can activate all the functions of the motherboard, or whether it is just because it matches the Godson that the motherboard's performance can be activated." Barrett looked serious.
"That's what we have to figure out."
"Secondly, that is to launch Pentium 3 and completely defeat Loongson! Let our technology completely crush them and make them feel desperate." Barrett said.
"What!" Many directors exclaimed.
Pentium 2 was launched more than a year earlier. Originally, Pentium 2 would not be launched until the second half of next year. As a result, Pentium 2 has been launched for a while now. As a result, the money for Pentium 2 is still available.
If you don’t make enough money, you have to launch Pentium 3. So with so many Pentium 2 and Celeron 2 in the world, can you still sell them?
Many directors looked worried.
This is a loss.
As far as Intel is concerned, it has always been forced to upgrade its products. Otherwise, it would have been slowly squeezing out toothpaste and making all the money before launching new products.
And because of Intel's absolute technical barriers, they have this confidence. But now, Pentium 3 is launched several years ahead of schedule, which is too big a step. This will also cause their profits to drop a lot, a lot.
"I know, in terms of profit, this move is very stupid. But what we want is the market!" Barrett said with a serious face, "Without the market, there is no profit. With the market, the profit will be there sooner or later.
." President Barrett looked determined.
At this juncture, there is no time to delay. If you hesitate any longer, Qin Feng will be forced into a corner. If Qin Feng can really gain a foothold, Intel will be in big trouble. If you want to suppress Qin Feng at that time,
Chapter completed!